well, i think he can save it ultimately. there are two separate tracks we re talking about. obviously, you have the whole negotiation between the left and the center of the democratic party over the infrastructure bill and the reconciliation, which is the broader social spending package. and, look, they are arguing about a number on reconciliation. one thing politicians can do is find a midpoint between two different numbers, between the progressives and centrist and ultimately they ll get there. the other track, though, is more significant in some ways. not in terms of the long-term impact but the immediate crisis which is that mitch mcconnell, you know, at the moment, is behaving like a terrorist. and he is holding a gun to the head of democrats and indeed to the whole global economy in threatening to have the u.s. default on its debt by refusing to vote for any expansion of the debt ceiling. the important point to remember is that even though he is the one, you know, mak
rio g told me what they re doing is basically releasing any family units and any women who are currently claiming to be pregnant. you can see impact that it s having on the camp here. take a live look at the scene here. we ve told just about 5,000 people are left over in this camp right now. that is significantly decreased from what it was on saturday, about 15,000. w you still see a lot of people milling about, they ve built their make hadshift structures waiting in the sun, the heat, finding out if they have a chance of being released into the united states. you can take a look at our live drown head. we ve been showing you this for the past several days. the camp is still fairly large but youpt can see parts of it are starting to be cleared out becauses the feds want to get to the optics of this so they re trying to clear it as fast as possible. we want to show you what some of those mass releases look like. we were in del lio earlier today, we went to an ngo, fawn had gov
and alligators. dive teams are on the scene to help with the search. they have helicopters and areas that are not accessible by vehicle. bill has experience with these kinds of investigations he s going to weigh in first. good afternoon and adding to what was just said it s not a friendly place to camp. a lot of bugs and reptiles. it s not day number four of thi intensive and exhaustive search in the nature preserve and stil no sign of brian. he was certainly being sought after for questioning related t the confirmed death of his fiancée. after three full days in the florida sun as well as pouring afternoon rains no evidence of him has turned up. the terrain is rough swampy and underwater gear using technolog which can spot large objects down below the surface of the dark water. we just decide i ve team go in about one hour ago. the police tell me they are searching the large body of water not a great place to camp out as i said his parents say h went for a hike last tuesd
shrinking. still in the thousands and there is news that another big surge could be coming to that area. correspondent bill melugin has been on the story from the beginning. he joins us live from del rio along the border again tonight. good evening, bill. he bret, good evening to you. yesterday president biden said he was going to get the situation here at the border under control. so the obvious question what s the plan? well, border patrol sources on the ground here in del rio tell me when it comes to this camp, they are now naturally seeing pretty much all family units any women that claim to be pregnant. the idea being they want to get this camp cleared out as fast as possible. del rio, texas on wednesday. where border patrol is making progress in its gargantuan task. the number of migrant still there has dropped to 5300 as of wednesday afternoon. that s a significant decrease from a climax of nearly 15,000 on saturday as dhs now confirms they are releasing some haiti
security recipients not receiving the check. i want to point to the republicans and say this is the reckless behavior of republicans. the house bill is also the subject of sharp divisions within the democratic caucus, some members objective of the inclusion of a billion dollars for israel s iron dome defense system which as you, know shoots down incoming rockets fired at israel. the funding was removed and will be voted on in a later bill. but republicans criticize the change and vowed to stand as allies with israel. that brings up the democrats deep divide. which is threatening biden sweeping domestic agenda. progressives and moderates, the left in the middle, artist and off over went to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which is already passed in the senate. and the much larger and more expensive bill which expands the social safety net. right now moderates want to vote on the infrastructure bill on monday as promised, progressives have threatened not to support