greg: okay. it feels good. yes. [laughing] stop it. stop it. keep going. i m kidding. happy monday, everyone. so last week s sports illustrated announced they were laying off their entire staff. you could see it coming like a plus size model down a fashion runway. still this was a big deal for those of us who grew up when as i was required reading. nobody knows what that means. so it is said that si managed to go to an a mental institution in record time. if anyone wants to learn how not to run a company, s.i. has your game plan. that is because the management tried almost everything they could to they could think of to drive clicks except for one tiny thing, keeping the focus on exports. you know the subject they were supposed to be illustrating instead of showing how to run a brand faster than it takes to chug a bud light? [laughter] what management should have tried is remembering what their loyal customers want, sports, straight up without the woke chaser.
news at night. breaking news america a illegal immigrants crisis forcing a texas sized standoff between the federal government and the lone star state. pushing the leaders of democratic lead sanctuary cities to call out the biden administration. kevin cork is live in washington. but we begin with bill live with sanctuary cities at a breaking point. this stretches across the country. illegal immigrants are swarming in boston. 100 camped out in boston logan airport. shelters are at full capacity. dozens of families were sleeping on the cold floors. the massachusetts governor is calling on biden to act right now. she asked for $250-million dollars to help the overwhelmed shelters. this is not the state s making. in chicago massive of migrants are camping in train stations, police stations and airports after texas sent more than 30,000 migrants to the sanctuary cities. locals are future that resources are used for illegal immigrants rather than needy chicago residents. a democ
value at $84.5 million. it s an interesting me. today, a jury ordered donald trump to pay writer e. jean carroll $83.3 million, approximately one trump park avenue, for defaming her. breaking that number down a little bit more, the jury awarded e. jean carroll $18.3 million to compensate her for the harm trump s lies caused her. they awarded her another $65 million in punitive damages to, well, punish donald trump, to deter him from defaming e. jean carroll ever again. we will have more on that in just a moment. a nine member jury took just two hours and 45 minutes to reach its verdict after hearing final arguments from trump, and carroll s lawyers. mr. trump himself spent the final day of the trial causing disruption. and when ms. carroll s lawyers were given closing arguments, he stood up and walked out of the room, at which point the judge interrupted ms. carroll s lawyers and order that the official record reflect donald trump s abrupt exit. at one point the judge had to
take a listen. what do you make of the fact that yesterday, this jury said he has to pay $83 million to e. jean carroll? yes, i m disappointed. she waited 30 something years to say that she was sexually assaulted, what do you hope to hear from him today about that? i hope to hear from him that he s going to have it repealed. you want him to appeal? yeah,. appeal . and you know, the things these folks here really tell us, they want to hear him talk about today are the economy, the border wall, the immigration, they say that these trials, this decision yesterday is going to have no impact on the election, and it s just going to fire up his supporters,. alex interesting, let s pivot to democrats, liz, who are focusing on las vegas as well. what we know about vice president kamala harris s trip there to sin city? yeah, so she will be here as well today after a campaign swing the last three days in california. today is the first day of early voting in the f
house to the standoff underway right now at our southern border. today is the deadline for texas governor greg abbott to allow federal agents access to shelby park in eagle pass. a hub for illegal border crossings. the biden administration wants the razor wire fencing there gone. but defiant texas officials now declaring that they will not comply. in fact, the national guard there is putting up more razor wire. matt finn is live on the ground with more. our panel is standing by. matt whitaker, tom homan and tomi lahren. first to peter doocy that was directly out of the white house briefing. peter, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. we know half of this country s governors, 25 of them, all republicans, sent a letter to this president saying that they stand with governor abbott in this effort to secure the border on his own. it doesn t sound like this white house is putting any stock at all in that letter. instead, they keep directing people s attentions to the senate neg