the southern border is near a breaking point with thousands of migrants there waiting to be processed. federal authorities are reporting a seven-day average of more than 9600 migrant encounters at the border this month, which is among the highest ever recorded. republican tony gonzalez says the resources of border towns already are stretched thin and are being pushed past their ability to handle the unprecedented surge. when there s large numbers of people that come over, border patrol gets overwhelmed. they have to feed and clothe and house these people. where do they go? they go to the local grocery store. just the other day they bought 8,000 loaves of bread, cheese, food to feed these people. guess what happens when you go shopping at that local grocery store? you don t have groceries. joining me is rafael romo on the southern border in eagle pass, texas. just give us a sense of what you re seeing there today. reporter: let me tell you, in the last few minutes we saw
welcome back. more apparent evidence has emerged of donald trump sweeping post-2020 pressure campaign. stop me if you ve heard this before, breonna. then president trump calls a fellow republican and pushes them to block joe biden victory. we know that he did it with vice president pence. we heard the recording of him doing it with georgia secretary of state brian rothberger. now they have a were recording of him pressuring to michigan election workers. the difference here is this time it appeared to work. according to the detroit news, hours after to michigan certifying the election results they got a call from trump. he urged him not to sign a certification. the pair then refused to sign. in the end it didn t matter, at least not to the outcome of the voting. it could matter to these folks. here we have cnn katelyn polantz tracking out of. this kaitlan, i do want to be clear here. cnn has not independently heard this recording. the detroit news is reporting that it has
jack smith to accelerate a decision on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election criminal interference case. now, the one sentence reply the order from the supreme court reads, quote, the petition for writ of serzh yry is denied. in other words we re going not going to the appeals process could give donald trump ample time to further delay this case, which is of course supposed to go to trial just a few months from now, the first week of march. trump may now try to delay the start of the trial until the calender begins to encroach on next november s election. in which if he s the nominee the next court could ask to put the case on pause until the next presidential contest is decide. and should trump win that election the case will go away entirely which is to be clear and we all understand including the people on the supreme court exactly what he wants. although i have to say it is stel unknown if trump will be allowed to meaningfully delay thi
today smith submitting a scathing replay to trump s request to slow walk the case which he called misguided. he writes, this case is so important to the public that it requires a, quote, immediate and definitive decision by this court. emphasizing, quote, the charges here are of the utmost gravity. smith reiterating how extraordinary and essential this ruling is writing, quote, this case involves for the first time in our nation s history criminal charges against a former president based on his actions while in office. and not just any questions. alleged agents to perpetuate himself in power. in preparation for this titanic matchup, both parties are beefing up their legal teams. smith is stackk his roster with a real heavy hitter. reportedlyriing in, quote, one of the most accomplished modern supreme court advocates who has argued more than 100 cases at the high court. meanwhile, trump has added three lawyers, including a veteran of the conservative legal community who has su
on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on all in we have to coordinate that decision. but they certainly supported an insurrection, no question about it, none, zero. the fallout from colorado s seismic decision to boot donald trump off the primary ballot. trump incited the insurrection and there is no loophole in the constitution. tonight, the dilemma for conservatives on the supreme court. i m not a lawyer, but i suspect that supreme court would likely overturn this. and the republicans scramble to keep trump on that ballot regardless. and we re gonna withdraw from the primary and go to a strict caucus process that will allow our voters to choose trump if they want. plus, the other states who could follow colorado s lead. trump s attempt to stop special prosecutor in the supreme court, and the ramif