economists are telling a different tale, a much different tale. and remember when vice president harris told meet the press the border is secure? well, there are new warnings tonight of not just one but multiple migrant caravans heading to the so-called secure border trying to get into the u.s. before republicans potentially take back congress. and crime victims here in california are furious after one of the state s biggest counties just dismissed hundreds of criminal cases, many of them for violent offenses all because of a judge shortage. l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva is here on set with us to talk about rising crime and confronting the deadly fentanyl crisis. plus, breaking tonight, elon musk appears to have completed his takeover of twitter ousting two top executives in the process. but twitter s leading advertisers are warning mr. musk his plans to promote free speech might drive users away. but we begin with president biden trying to paint republicans as the ones
we have a long way to go, but we ve come so far and can t quit. you don t fire a guy who is winning. it is not dysfunction, what it is the exchange of ideas. house republicans under speaker kevin mccarthy will unleash a pro-growth agenda to get the economy moving. we need to get to a point where we start evaluating what life without kevin mccarthy looks like. ashley: alexandria hoff has the latest, good morning. alexandria: 11 votes in three days, enough for the history books. we enter day four and kevin mccarthy was asked if the party has been weakened by this process? your power has it undercut the power of the other speakers? it was used over john boehner. i m not doesn t that inherently mean you will be a weaker speaker? no, i would only be a weaker speaker if alexandria: details of a potential deal emerge. given all demands of those resisting a vote for kevin mccarthy, the deal would allow an easier route to oust mccarthy and provides house
Suspicious package there. All this why the feds say the san antonio blast is likely linked to the string of deadly bombings in austin. Four blasts in all across the Texas Capitol killing two people and injuring four others since march 2. Local police now coordinating with the feds on the investigation. Multiple agencies here from government to municipality. Were trying to Work Together to, you know, get some answers and find out whats going on. Chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is live in austin, texas right now. Jonathan . Jon, a lot of fear, a lot of dread in communities across texas. Obviously centered here in austin. Now spreading to the san antonio region after this explosion overnight at a huge fed ex facility in schertz, which is a suburb of san antonio, about 70 miles from austin where the other four explosions have taken place. A source with the atf telling me today that they are obviously looking at that explosion in the light of the investigation of the four others. While th
Second summit with President Trump. This time in new york city . Even as we have seen new signs that north korea could be expanding its Weapons Program despite the pledge from pyongyang. Theres lots of news. Lets get to it. And first today it seemed like the search would take a miracle. It seemed to those carrying it out almost impossible but now an incredible find in thailand. New today, the Young Soccer Team missing for nine days found and safe. But not yet rescued. The operation is not over. Just minutes ago from a camera sent into that team, our first look at the 12 boys and the young coach alive in the flooded cave. Theyre safe, said the british rescuer. Brilliant. The boys are between the ages of 1116. Somehow, we dont know how but somehow for nine days they have survived in that wet cave in total darkness. We have no idea what they ate, if anything, whether they had freshwater or drank the filthy flooding water filling the cave, ebbing and flowing with the tide. You can hear the
Whopping 12 million, 2 million more than expected. Fundraising is not without c controver controversy. Stephen ross is not backing down. And formal impeachment proceedings have begun against President Trump. What were learning about the origins of the russia investigation. Could that slow a wrench in those plans . Tonight we kick things off in iowa where almost every 2020 democrat is wooing voters. Mark meredith has more and an embarrassing misstep. President trump is pouncing after biden had a miss speak. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids. Despite the applause, joe bidens Campaign Says the comments were a mistake, not a racist remark. They said Vice President biden misspoke and immediately corrected himself. He made the point that all children deserve a fair shot. 2020 democratic president ial hopefuls defended his backtrack. I dont believe the Vice President was being racist. I believe joe biden being joe biden. He misspoke and used a poor choice of word