as its known is underway, a few tensions that existed in the early stages. president biden is about to sit down with president obrador and justin trudeau. what can biden say to ease the crisis at our southern border. that number there, 2.3 million plus border encounters for fiscal year 2022. that ended in october or the new one began in october. it was an all-time high by an enormous margin. for some context, that s more than the entire population of houston, texas and we monitor the summit at this hour. we ll bring you that live. we re waiting to hear what these folks might say about the cartels, about our border and any agreements that they might reach to crack down on this situation. retired four-star general jack keane, chairman for the institute of study of war and a fox news senior strategic analyst joins me. good to have you with us today. obviously one of the greatest concerns is whatever pertains to u.s. national security from president biden s perspective. and he we
for senate, and that would certainly be something, this show gives enough about, and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. u all very good night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late yet again, i ll see you again tomorrow. tomorrow thank you at-home for joining us this hour, happy to have you here, lots of news have all kinds gone out right now in california the monsoon style rains there, have literally 10% of the entire u.s. population living under a flood watch right now. the population of california so, big the win 90% of californians, or under a flood watch, tonight that s 10% of the whole u.s. population in this succession of extremely wet storms the north central coast of california has been particularly hard hit already, and now with additional storms, still coming, there are all kinds of northern california rivers that don t usually flood, that are looking now like they are going to flood. there s the places
california less than 48 hours after monterey park. did one motivate the other? governor ron desantis his decision to reject ap african american scores. that is somebody pushing an agenda. we want to see more people did this. we have to hit it head on. a new chapter. imminent having a definite pause from spokes after controvy after rebranded appearances. nobody asked for this initiative and nobody goes to candy he to get identity politics. shazam, little lamb in the morning. wake me up before you go go i hope you are singing along, do the dance for me. that is a chris dance to the song. brian: but shazam is the title ainsley: it rhymes with lamb. brian: is not shazam a ga game. ainsley: it is the name of a song. brian: in that action hero and he has some to do with lightning? i m sorry to interrupt. chris, don t turn the music off break it up, do it, chris, come on. come on. right there, ladies and gentlemen. steve: now he is dancing.
looming large over this summit is the role of cartels pushing migrants and drugs into the u.s. and the question of whether mexico truly controls its own border. biden s dhs secretary admits the vast majority of migrants who crossed into the u.s. illegally go through smuggling rings. and mexico tried to show strength with that high profile arrest. it s been described as a gift to biden and a message that mexico s approach to cartels called hugs, not bullets, prevents blood shed. tonight, president biden receives a dignified reception in mexico city for the summit with his north american counterpart to talk immigration and drug trafficking. but just days before. [gunfire] it took three it thousand 586 mexican soldiers descending on sinaloa to capture drug king pin son of chapo. cartels forced down two air force planes and shot up a commercial airliner. and authorities confiscated 26 barrett rifles, six machine guns, 26 long arms. nearly 600 magazines. bullet proof vests and
eight other candidates trying to unseat her. john: will the democrat dance her way out of office as chicago s crime crisis puts her celebration on pause? we ll find out soon. we could as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: and it was a busy first hour, here we go. sandra smith in new york. it is not only republicans upset to see chicago s mayor partying up in the streets while the city suffers. raymond lopez, he is not a fan of lori lightfoot s latest moves. also a democrat, and he will be joining us life. but first this fox news alert. john: human smuggling and fentanyl busts, texas is bearing the brunt of the biden border crisis. governor greg abbott is taking matters into his own hands, announcing the state s first-ever border czar. sandra: retired agent michael banks. the title border czar may sound familiar, the same one president biden gave his vice president, kamala harris, nearly two years ago. john: