Veteran m. J. Hegar in a debate sponsored by nexstar broadcasting. This is an hour. This is the u. S. Senate debate in texas. Good evening and welcome to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in houston. Youre watching us on one of 14 next Star Media Group stations. Were broadcasting live from el paso out to texarkana and houston to amarillo and beyond. Youll also be able to follow us along with our discussion on twitter now at tx Senate Debate. Tonights debate is between the democratic nominee m. J. Hegar and the republican incumbent senator john cornyn. Were joined tonight by a virtual audience. On one screen we have supporters of senator cornyn tuning in from home and on the other side, we have supporters of m. J. Hegar. Thanks to aufl you for joining us virtually tonight from across the state. Here we have no live audience. We are following coronavirus social distancing guidelines set up by the c. D. C. To keep us all safe here this evening. Each candidate and their staff have
Good morning, id like to start by welcoming our witnesses who appear today to provide information on the support that the department of defense is lending to the department of Homeland Security at the u. S. Mexico border. The d. O. D. s presence on the border is not new. Their support of d. H. S. Operations has indeed evolved over the past year. Right now, it would appear that this administration is testing the limits of that relationship. Since the first large group of migrants began traveling north from Central America in late april of last year, fleeing violence, persecution in their home country the president and d. H. S. Relied heavily on d. O. D. To support their Border Security operations. It is important to note here that the april, 2018, caravan the president caravan, the president s principal reason for deploying the National Guard, shrunk from 1,500 migrants to approximately 300. Nefrl, the president issued a memorandum at that time directing the second retear of defense to
Molly dueling visits to the southern border this week from President Biden and former President Trump preponderance as immigration dominates the 2024 race. Welcome to Fox News Live, im molly line, happy to be back in d. C. Mike im mike emanuel. This comes as family and friends gather to mourn laken riley after she was allegedly murdered on the university of georgias campus by an illegal immigrant. Griff jenkins is live in mission, texas, with the latest. Ing hello, griff. Reporter hey, good afternoon, mike. 9 and the border encounters are tick up again as we enter march, more than 7,000 in the last 24 hours, perhaps thats why we add those dueling president ial visits. President biden went to brownsville which is part of the rgv sector while 300 miles away former President Trump going to eagle pass, part of the del rio sec or tomorrow each man taking a shot at one another, biden calling on trump to join him in supporting that failed Senate Border bill while trump simply blamed biden for
The streets there. Hours before the curfew went into effect police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters. Ron johnson says the protests spiraled out of control and police had no other choice. Molotov cocktails were thrown. There were shootings, looting, vandalism and other acts of violence that clearly appear not to have been spontaneous, but premeditated criminal acts designed to damage property, hurt people and provoke a response. Also the other big news, a preliminary autopsy conduct the on behalf of Michael Browns family shows the 18yearold was shot at least six times including twice in his head, some bullets entered and exited brown several times. The aups found no gunpowder on browns body which could indicate he was not shot from close range. He was shot after a struggle. Officials have identified darren wilson, a sixyear police veteran as the officer who shot him. More than 100 people gathered for a rally to support him and collect donations for wilson and his family. Ferguso
As the state government consistently increasing confiscations of fentanyl, experts say that the seizures will not affect the illicit drug market significantly.