because of what immigration experts call a perfect storm of catastrophes, the pandemic, the ensuing recession, and the war in ukraine, which choked off grain exports, in other words, food. almost nowhere has been hit harder than latin america, pushing millions to flee in search of not just a better life, but life period. couple that with what smugglers are doing to take advantage, and a fire hose of misinformation on social media, telling people that now is the time to come. and you get what we are seeing right now, a crisis at the border, but not just the border in cities like el paso, interior cities, including new york, say they are at capacity. what exactly does that mean? what exactly is being done, and what exactly is being blocked by lawmakers who arguably benefit from using immigration as a campaign talking point? joining me now is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley who s in el paso, texas, for us. so julia, you know this story, this subject in and
full extent of donald trump s misdeeds, including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, or coming to life in remarkable detail. that is thanks to that long-awaited final report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on this show we highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of his particular misconduct. his work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman to corruptly pushed the bogus and legal theory that then by s president mike pence could unilaterally throw out the results of the election and install trump as a winner. even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now, the committee referred to that plot in chapter five as, quote, a coup in search of a legal theory. now, that alone frankly should be enough to american politics permanently if not true trump criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focused on last night was just one of eight chapters detailing all aspects of the attempted coup. the 845-page report dro
january 6th insurrection, the full extent of donald trump s misdeeds including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, are coming to light. in remarkable detail that is thanks to that long awaited report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on the show, they highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of trump s particular misconduct. his, work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman, to corruptly pushed the bogus and illegal theory that then vice president mike pence could unilaterally throughout the results of the election and install trump as the winner, even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now the committee referred to that a coup in search of a legal theory. that alone, frankly, should be enough to pardon trump from american politics permanently, if not charge him criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focus on last night, we just one of a chapters dealing all aspects of the attempted coup. the 845-
january 6th insurrection, the full extent of donald trump s misdeeds, including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, or coming to life in remarkable detail. that is thanks to that long-awaited final report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on this show we highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of his particular misconduct. his work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman to corruptly pushed the bogus and legal theory that then by s president mike pence could unilaterally throw out the results of the election and install trump as a winner. even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now, the committee referred to that plot in chapter five as, quote, a coup in search of a legal theory. now, that alone frankly should be enough to american politics permanently if not true trump criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focused on last night was just one of eight chapters detailing all aspects of the attempted
the social media company twitter has begun sudden and sweeping job cuts to save money. it s thought its new owner elon musk, who s the world s richest man, might reduce the platform s workforce of 8 thousand by as much as half. many twitter staff are finding out via email that they no longer have a job. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an e mail to the personal accounts that it was the last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. in some cases, some relief, right? because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of this year. there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. another said. f