so much to saw about ukraine and democracy and freedom. one other small note, he also talked about what a leader volodymyr zelenskyy is. i said were you surprised? he said the whole world was surprised. i knew early on that he was going to be the leader he was. now, almost 60 days into this war, every night he talks to the nation. every day he stands in the streets and he s become a leader, yermak says, not only ukraine, but a model with the world. aishah: and i thought he was brutally honest with you as ukrainians tend to be. the one take away, the message i thought i heard it before four weeks ago, six weeks ago, it s hard to wrap your mind around the fact that we re two months into that war, whole cities are gone, millions of refugees, displaced now not being able to go back home even if the war ends tomorrow and the chief of staff for
authorities. griff. griff: lucas tomlinson live for us at the white house, lucas, thank you very much. aishah. aishah: latest on the national guard soldier. you re loo at images from eagle pass, texas, where officials are still at this hour searching for the mexico national guard soldier who is believed to have drowned on friday while trying to save a migrant in the rio grande river. bill melugan has the latest, bill. bill: the national guard is presumed to have drowned and his body still has not been found. he never resurfaced and the state of texas in the process of notifying the soldier s family. if you take a look at the scene. latest update as we know it. last night the texas military department said they call off
administration stands firm on repealing that trump era border policy next month, despite increasing resistance from within his own party. lucas tomlinson is tracking it for us from the white house today. lucas. aishah, president biden flew to seattle not far from the border, the northern border with canada, that is. many lawmakers wanted to visit the southern border where they re expecting a migrant surge ahead of the midterm elections. listen to the candid admission from one democrat. this is not good for democrats in november, you know, in talking to some of my republican colleagues, they re saying, we can t believe the white house is giving us this narrative. dozens of democrats, including many in tight senate race this is fall, as you know, aishah, urging the white house to keep title 42 in place, barring nearly two million migrants from coming to the u.s. since the pandemic two years ago, and delaying lifting
creme lib in the propaganda, and, of course, you applaud the russian faithful like the people we saw speaking out against what they know to be the truth which is a war over here that s been going on for two months. aishah: you will continue that incredible reporting for us, griff. thanks. griff: meanwhile lawmakers from both sides of the aisle speak out on the biden administration response to the russian war in ukraine, that s coming up.
aishah: only expected to get worse. a lot of folks worried about that, bill melgin at the border, excellent probation reporting, griff. griff: for more on this let s bring in texas department safety lieutenant chris oliveras, lieutenant, thank you for joining us. it s always great to talk with you. i ve spent a lot of time with you down there in texas but today is a particularly somber day, somber weekend, how is dps handling the latest news. good afternoon, great to be with you. yes, you ve been with men and women of texas dps, national guard, border patrol and you have seen the great work they are doing day in and day out to be on the front lines but what occurred, of course, on friday with our national guard soldier is very tragic. the brave soldier, that s the true example of bravery and courage by going into the river,