encounters just in the first three months of fiscal year 2023. but the biden administration continues to maintain that the border is secure. we re looking live at eagle pass, texas. that s where griff jenkins joins us with the late from there. hey, griff. reporter: hey, good afternoon, eric. and if you weren t just watching that drone, we can take you back up to it. the border patrol air boats just passing underneath the bridge here in eagle pass. it is ground zero here in the del rio sector for this crisis is. these agents in texas dps troopers and national guard here are absolutely exhausted from what has been happening, and that is why these december numbers were so startling. take a look at these numbers. let s go into them. 251,000 migrant encounters in december of which 49,405 were title 42. that means that 200,000, eric, were released into the u.s. that is quite a stunning number there in and of itself. but the the second number is what i wanted to show you. the 717,
rivals. and affecting bidens two years in office. the battle he faces in congress. our favorite historians is here as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening, i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it has been seven months since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. but today, antiabortion activists came to washington for the annual march for life. the first since roe was struck down. and two days before the 50th anniversary of that original decision. the anti-abortion rights movement has achieved one of its main goals, the washington post points out there is a, quote, internal debate about how to make an abortion ban nationwide. march leaders emphasized friday that rose overthrow was just the start, that they will be launching dozens of local marches. most abortions have been banned in more than a dozen states and a support for national ban has been the major theme for today s march. the march began as a response to roe, we don t and as a
,. won. president addressed americans black mayors and all mayors really in washington this. week touting policy wins on infrastructure, and the economy, at the midway mark of his presidents return. moving ahead in the next two years, and already challenges. republicans in the house are clamoring to use their new majority to investigate the president s handling of classified documents. and to put his department of justice under the microscope. just two days ago, the nation hit its debt limit setting up a high stakes confrontation over government spending. it is a battle president biden will have to face without his veteran chief of staff, don klain. nbc has learned, klain will leave his post in the coming weeks according to two sources. all of this, as we mark the 50th anniversary of roe v. wade, this weekend. seven months after the landmark ruling protecting abortion rights at the federal level was overturned by conservative dominated supreme court. it is another hot butto
another potential presidential candidate. the news broke during our show yesterday, former president mike pence showed a batch of documents classified markings were found at his home in indiana last week. he medially handed them over to the doj. meanwhile, fox checked in with other past occupants of the white house. we got a quick response from the office of former george w. bush who said they checked but don t have any classified documents. the office of his successor former president obama is refusing to answer if there has even been a search. still, that is nothing compared to the stone wall and we have been getting from the current white house on the issue. after a special counselor is named president biden went to his house in wilmington. what was he doing in there? i will refer you to something relating to this case? i would prefer you to the white house counsel it. do you think the story was leaked by someone trying to bruise the president politically ahead
attacks as vladimir putin marks the new year with a combative speech. [ cheers ] plus, the world welcomes 2023 from the land down under to asia and beyond. new york getting ready for its biggest celebration in years. oh, i ve always seen it on tv, so i decided to be here today. and later, the rubik s cube fast approaching 50. why the color-matching puzzle is showing no signs of aging. whenever i m bored and i don t know what to do, i just play with this. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. there is only one pope today. benedict xvi died today ending an unprecedented decade in which the catholic church had two living popes, one reigning, one retired. in 2013 benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign saying that at age 85, he was no longer up to the job. his successor, pope francis, is 86. the path could be clear now for him to step down. cbs chris livesay is in rome tonight with more on the death of