republican congressman george santos who admitted to lying about parts of his background arrested. he is in federal custody this morning. we have the 13 count indictment and we ll break down the very serious charges he s facing. moments from now, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is set to give live remarks on operations at the southern border, one day before the health restrictions known as title 42 were set to be lifted. we re live on both sides of the border as the amount of people seeking asylum trying to seek asylum continues to build. and e. jean carroll speaking out one day after a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. we ll play for you what she had to say. in washington, a standoff between president biden and top republicans with just weeks to go before what could be a catastrophic default on the nation s debt. and we are following breaking news at this hour. right now, new york republican congressman george
to echo, even as they say that these charges are concerning, people like speaker mccarthy are not going so far as to say what others in the republican party are saying, which is that santos should resign. we asked mccarthy last night, you see him there on the screen, he said because he was in debt ceiling meetings, he didn t get a chance to see what was happening with santos and then this morning, mccarthy was read the charges and reiterated that it is concerning, but that he has to go through the process. now, that s not to say that because mccarthy says he s going to wait it out means that other republicans here are willing to do the same. you have, of course, people in the new york delegation from santos own party saying he should resign. and congressman tony gonzalez of texas saying he should be expelled. and that call for expulsion would require a two-thirds vote here in congress. frankly they would probably have the numbers to do it, but that tweet and that call for action, agai
rick perry and mitt romney taking off the gloves and turning up the volume. the gop heavy weights going toe to toe in the republican debate. sparring over social security and who is better qualified to create jobs. jim a costas live in los angeles. the sparks were were flying between romney and rick perry. yes, they certainly were. you can say that for sure. last nitric perot o owe rick perry showed he can hit back. rick perry and mitt romney stood side by side last night. first on the question of which governor created more jobs. michael dukakis created jobs faster than you did. george bush and his predecessor created jobs more than you did, governor. a newly aggressive john huntsman. i hate to rain on the parade of the lonestar governor, but we were the number one job creator. it switched to the healthcare plan and the mandate requiring residents to have medical insurance. what some republicans call owe bottom any care. an individual mandate in this country.
no, it did not. and the infrastructure spending employment was 14%. right now we ve got the wars, but we re not spending money on the infrastructure. we need to do both in america. chris, if you talked to real small businesses people they would tell you and it s summertime. if the government hadn t made, you know, the minimum wage at $8.15, there would be almost 2 million mortemry workers just for the summer, but they can t afford it. so 8.15, because it went up 15 cents it s breaking the bank. no, 5 to 8.15 you laugh, but for the small business person shall $3 is a difference. the 8.15 at a worker, and spent 8.15, you made that right now as i m talking. brenda: all rightment that s got to be the last word, thanks, guys. forget the debt ceiling meetings. let the debt clock run down and watch the market run up, only on bulls and bears.