devastation. but we appreciate the focus. we appreciate the outpouring of love and we appreciate the volunteers that have flocked to lee county and the surrounding areas here in alabama. it s a whole of government, a whole of society and whole of community effort to get lee county to a better tomorrow. bill: you have a strong message. thank you, sir for your time good luck to you and everybody down there. brian hastings, thank you, sir. thanks, bill. appreciate it. bill: you bet. sandra: we are waiting for a set of hearings to kick off on the crisis on our southern border. a live look there. all of this happening as border patrol says it has reached its, quote: breaking point. we will take you there live in moments. bill: also the mysterious death of almost two dozen horses closing historic racetrack. details on this bizarre story in a moment. it is a difficult thing. i m sure that the trainers and the jockeys all want to keep racing and have their employment.
sandra: breaking news out of capitol hill where a pair of border security hearings is set to guinea moment now one day after the border patrol warned of a crisis that has hit its, quote: breaking point. welcome to a brand new hour of america s newsroom. i m sandra smith. bill: i m bill hemmer. any moment now the house and senate holding dual hearings on what the trump administration calls a crisis. seeing a surge at the border today. and take a look here. more than 240,000 apprehensions have already happened this year marking a massive 97% increase from just last year alone. warnings now that the worst is yet to come. so, without a consequence, without being able to deliver a consequence to these individuals for illegally crossing our borders, the border patrol has no reason to expect that this trend will decrease, in fact, we believe it will increase. bill: so mike emanuel we are waiting on that hearing live from the hill now.
most promising horse events of the season. 21 horse deaths at the track in just the last two months clearly more than just a terrible coincidence. so neither training nor races will take place until track officials have some answers. tim, the chief operating officer for the company that owns santa anita told the associated press, quote: we want to do all the testing that needs to be done. when we believe we are in good shape we will start to train over again. santa anita, by the way is, a dirt track and officials have been looking at whether the unusually wet winter california is going through has anything to do with the rash of injuries and deaths track was shut down two weeks last week while testing was carried out in the wake of what was then 19 horse deaths. a soil and safety expert from the university of kentucky was brought in and after tests declared the track 100 percent ready. so training resumed. but on monday a horse went down and just yesterday 4-year-old philly less like
anti-semitism. it seems to be more fashionable in europe. it seems to be more fashionable in this country regretfully at least among some members of the new class in the house. we need to stand up to it in every way we possibly can. sandra: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell there condemning what he is calling a, quote, disturbing rise of anti-semitism saying the senate could soon vote on a measure addressing the issue. of course, this comes as house democratic leaders appear to have caved to pressure on a similar resolution in their chamber. let s bring in dr. zuhdi jasser president of the american islamic forum for democracy. good morning to you, doctor. good morning. sandra: are they doing enough, start with the house, for example, are they doing enough to push against anti-semitism in the house? absolutely not. i mean, if you look at the resolution, i m frankly as an american and as a muslim,
to them artificial crisis. a vote to reopen the government, sanders is considering another run for president in 2020. democrats pushing back on the border wall but apparently more than happy to use taxpayer money on healthcare. bill diblasio, the latest to push a plane catering to illegal immigrants. todd pyro live in studio with a look at the new fight from the left. calling a, quote, the largest, most conference of plan in the nation new york city mayor bill diblasio promising to guarantee healthcare for everyone in the big apple including those here illegally, his plan aims to serve 600,000 people devoting $100 million to others for health insurance. any information provided by illegal immigrants will not be shared with the federal government. there are undocumented people who cannot access traditional health insurance. we think there is a big audience