Bret okay. Good evening. Im bret baier. Startling new numbers showing a dramatic increase in the number of individuals that may be on the Terror Watch List caught trying to enter this country illegally since 2021. The latest figures dont even account for the known gotaways. Those folks that slipped in to the country undetected. This comes amid a serious accusation on Capitol Hill from a - >Border-official >Highranking Border Official of interference by the bidenharris administration. The former chief of the San Diego Border Patrol says he was muzzled from discussing concerns about terrorism. Griff jenkins start us off with this. Good evening, griff. Good evening. This is the stuff that keeps the chief of the Border Patrol up at night, the growing threat of a terrorist slipping across our Border. 382 individuals whose names appear on the Terror Watch List were stopped trying to cross the Border from year 2021 to date. This is compared to the 11 individuals apprehended between 2017 and 2
Day the fed makes a long awaited move, slashing Interest Rates for the first time since 2020. Plus, the woman who may be the democrats best weapon in the fight for abortion rights. As the 11th Hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhle and we are now just 48 days away from election day. Are you ready for this . That is less than seven weeks. You might have a Doctors Appointment scheduled after the election at this Point And Today americans got really good news about the economy. The fed decided to vote big with its first cut to Interest Rates since 2020. That means in the middle of an election where many americans say the economy is the top issue, mortgages and Credit Card bills are about to get more affordable. It is another top issue for americans, emigration. She talked about that when she spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus today. We must also reform our broken immigration system. And protect our dreamers. And understand we can do
Soft and america has beaten back the unprecedented economic challenges of the global pandemic and the ensuing disruption to the economy. It is proof that the biden economic recovery has been nothing short of miraculous. Especially given the mess he inherited from trump and the u. S. Outperformed every other country on earth. Trump like so many republicans before him has enjoyed a pulling advantage with voters over the economy. That may be changing. Multiple polls in recent weeks suggesting harris is closing the gap and possibly even leading trump on economic issues. Harris has been helped by trumps inability to feign caring about the expenses of americans as he proved earlier this month with that rambling answer to that direct question in New York. It was Word Salad but with one under noticed but toxic ingredient that deserves more attention. If you take it in november, can you commit to making childcare affordable and if so what specific legislation will you advance . Childcare is chi
And, protect our dreamers and understand, we can do both, create Unearned Pathway to citizenship, and ensure our border is secure. We can do both and we must do both. Donald trump and his extremist allies will keep trying to pull us backward. We all remember what they did to tear families apart, and now they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in american history. Imagine what that would look like and what that would be. New polls out today so that the race is still very tight in the swing states. The ones that count, with harris holding small leads that fall within the margin of error. Meanwhile today, more than 100 former national security officials who served in republican administrations as former congressional republicans signed a letter endorsing Vice President Harrison calling Donald Trump quote, unfit to serve. Her opponent spent the Day Campaigning in an unusual state for republican president ial nominee at this point in the campaign, New Yor
Many decades. It hasnt been done for a long time, but we are going to win new york. We are 47 days away from election day, and instead of rallying in a Battleground States, Donald Trump was on Long Island Last Night vowing to win new york, a state, of course, he lost by wide margins in both 2016 and 2020. Well have more from that event in just a molt. Meanwhile, on capitol hill, a small group of house Republicans Yesterday killed speaker Mike Johnsons Plan to fund the government. Well look at what could come next in that spending fight. And also ahead well bring you the latest out of lebanon following a second day of targeted and deadly Device Explosions. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and we will begin with the road to the White House. Yesterday was supposed to be the day that Donald Trump faced sentencing for his 34 Felony Convictions in the