to the scene of the crisis. in mcallen, texas, the testimony from border chief as republicans search for answers and solutions. the white house accusing them of playing partisan games with the hearing. that is rich, considering democrats are playing their own. they were going. even spent our tax money on travel to get there and suddenly a political flip, they all cancelled on the border hearing. a republican spokesperson tells us the members booked travel and called a witness before backing out. here is what they missed. chief ortiz, does dhs have operational control of our entire border? no, sir. harris: what is it exactly the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas has been saying? not that truth. here he is last year. will you testify underoath, do we have operational control, yes or no? yes, we do. we have operational control at the border? we do. harris: it was bad back then, it is historically raw and dangerous now, you know it is not under control. art delqua.
the balloon had been flying over the country and parts of canada for more than a week prompting secretary of state tony blinken to postpone a planned trip to beijing. welcome to fox news live, i m miken manuel. the balloon was shot by f-22 fighter jet and raising questions about u.s.-china relations. we have fox team coverage with alexandria hoff, charles watson in surf side beach, south carolina and lucas tomlinson on the north lawn of the white house. lucas, let s start off with you. good afternoon. lucas: the u.s. navy dispatched 3 warships and salvage team to combwaters, records spread 7 miles and 47 feet of water. tom cotton say it is chinese spy balloon was a trial balloon for president biden. the president was paralyzed the entire week by a balloon. we should have shot the balloon down over the illusion islands. we should never have allowed to transit the entire continental united states. that incident had not been previously reported until today the pentagon 3 other
on pay and conditions. it has been the greatest experience of my entire life, my own children and family notwithstanding! and a hollywood ending, perhaps, for wrexham, looking to win a return to the football league this weekend. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the justice secretary and deputy prime minister dominic raab has resigned from his posts a day after a report investigating bullying allegations against him was handed to the prime minister. mr raab had promised to step down if the inquiry found against him, and in a statement he said it was important to keep his word. but he s claims the investigation hasn t been fair, calling it kafkaesque , and accused the inquiry of making the threshold for bullying so low that it would encourage spurious complaints against ministers. with the very latest from westminster, here s our political correspondent, iain watson. let s make him our next prime minister. please welcome rishi sunak. he minister. please welco
this live from london. this is bbc news. the uk s deputy prime minister resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. over 400 now killed in fighting between rival military factions in sudan as the international community pushes again for a ceasefire. allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. two months on from the deadly earthquakes in turkey and syria, our correspondent visits survivors. and why you do not need to be fit to climb everest. now we can go to the sport headlines. hello from the bbc sport centre. a blow for the lionesses ahead of the women s world cup later this year england captain leah williamson has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. the arsenal midfielder fell awkwardly during their wsl defeat against manchester united on wednesday and the club have confirmed she s set for an extended period on the sidelines . our sports reporter jane dougall has more. we have confirmation from her club arsenal a short time ago confi
proposal coming up. bill: we begin with the d.c. senate council reversing course on its controversial crime overhaul. after president biden signaled that he would join republicans in blocking the measure. i m john roberts in washington, good monday to you. gillian: good monday to you, john, is it monday, tuesday, i don t know anymore. there are so many days. and they just keep going. john: it feels like one day leads into the next. gillian: we are almost at that point around here. can you believe it. all right, i m gillian turner and first sandra smith today, this is america reports, that crime bill has become a source of some conflict, democrats in washington over the last few days quite a few house dams are upset with the white house were not given them a heads up that the president plans to veto the bill. john: senior correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill and he has the latest on this about-face. chad. john, good afternoon, the d.c. city council is tr