g7 leaders, so that question you posed, how this affects the war in ukraine and nato, key to those discussions which are ongoing, will be for the foreseeable future, i think. . ., , ., ., ~ think. david in washington, thank ou. the greek authorities are facing new allegations about failing to help people on board a sinking migrant boat last week. it s thought hundreds of people lost their lives. there were 104 survivors. the bbc has now heard evidence from several of them who accuse the greek coast guard of sailing away from the boat when it was clearly in serious difficulty. the heavily overcrowded boat, which had set out from libya, went down around 50 miles south west of the coastal town of pylos. khalid karamat, from the bbc s urdu service, reports from athens. at least 82 people died when this vessel sank with fears up to 500 more people perished in athens. in athens,
members of congress and laugh about the death of migrants. the president was asked about this a short time ago. i don t know what they are saying about the members of the congress. i know the democrats are not happy about the border patrol. martha: a moment to tell his side of the story. the chief of law enforcement operations for the u.s. border patrol. we begin with david in washington. this story is troubleing to say the least. we are learning this group is not new. it s 3 years old. it has just under 10,000 members. it s a secret facebook group and journalists alerted the double to the disgusting posts. it s made up of current and former members of the u.s.
early states, letting people get to know you and having a message that resonates with people. i m not going to have a problem in january or february. before we get to david in washington who will have a smart question, i have a dumb question. i m on the new jersey turnpike trying to get to the vince lombardi rest area without blowing out a tire. the republicans have the highway bill coming up for passage, hopefully a six-year passage at the end of october. in the highway bill there is a trigger for a federal gas tax increase to fund all the projects. the country is falling apart. federal gas tax i don t think has been raised since about 1993 or 94. would you sign a bill calling for like a one or two cent increase in the federal gas tax. i think there is a better way to do it, mike. and congressman ryan is talking about that. the repay treeation of the 2 plus trillion dollars in
captions by vitac www.vitac.com an historic and stunning showdown is under way right now between the obama administration and federal judges. a three-member appeals panel all republican appointees has taken issue with the president s jawboning of the u.s. supreme court over the health care reform law. now an unusual demand from those judges is putting a lot of heat from the justice department in washington. brian todd is following this battle for us. brian, what s going on? reporter: one seasoned court analyst says federal judges almost never do this kind of thing. whether he intended to or not an appeals court judge has publicly taken on president obama and walked into the political fire. reporter: a barometer of how high the political stakes are for the president and his opponents on the health care law. a public sparring match between president obama and the courts. on monday, mr. obama says this about the supreme court s review of health care. ultimately, i m