tonight about immigrants at the border. the governor of texas is now launching a new tackle force there point fingers and do little else. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the president s slumping approval data and the latest on the expiration of title 42 we begin with correspondent bill melugin along the border in brownsville, texas. good night good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. texas governor greg abbott made a major announcement today saying is he going to be deploying several hundred elite texas soldiers down here to the southern border equipped with riot gear in an effort to block any mass migrant crossings into his state. is as we are now just three days away from the end of title # 2 and, already, we are seeing record high illegal crossings. president biden s open border policies is going to cause a catastrophic disaster. bill: today, texas governor greg abbott announced the formation of a new elite border response force made up of hundr
legislature will likely be an uphill battle. governor greg abbott called in the past raising the age unconstitutional though a handful of states have enacted similar laws. bret? bret: casey stegall live in allen, texas. thank you. as mentioned before president biden is scheduled to meet with congressional leaders from both parties tomorrow to talk about the economy. specifically about raising the debt ceiling. this comes as he refuses to consider a bill specifically that has passed the republican lead house to address that debt ceiling threshold and cut government spending. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight. chad chad democrats sounding debt ceiling alarms. default would mean that checks would stop from social security, from the military, and to much more barring cost for americans for buying a home, buying a car.
tonight about immigrants at the border. the governor of texas is now launching a new tackle force there point fingers and do little else. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the president s slumping approval data and the latest on the expiration of title 42 we begin with correspondent bill melugin along the border in brownsville, texas. good night good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. texas governor greg abbott made a major announcement today saying is he going to be deploying several hundred elite texas soldiers down here to the southern border equipped with riot gear in an effort to block any mass migrant crossings into his state. is as we are now just three days away from the end of title # 2 and, already, we are seeing record high illegal crossings. president biden s open border policies is going to cause a catastrophic disaster.
another tragedy in texas left 8 people dead just north of dallas. we re learning more about the victims of a gunman s attack at an outlet mall saturday. he was killed by a police officer who had been responding to a separate call. senior correspondent casey stegall is in allen, texas tonight with the latest. good evening, casey. bret, good evening. we are also learning tonight that two young sisters were among the victims, among those killed in this shooting and their mother is in the hospital listed in critical condition. fourth grader daniela man doza and second grade sister sophia mendoza attended cox elementary school and today in a letter to parents the district superintendent says in part words cannot express the sadness we feel as we grieve the loss of our students please hold the mandela sisters close to your heart. s this this as they try to determine the motive with
bill: today, texas governor greg abbott announced the formation of a new elite border response force made up of hundreds texas national guard soldiers who he says will deploy to hot spots and repel mass illegal crossings. they will be deployed with the tools that will be needed for them to be effective includes boats on the water, night vision, as well as riot gear. illegal crossings at the southern border are skyrocketing. ahead of title 42 s expiration on thursday. new video from the fox drone team shows one of the biggest groups of migrants we have everybody seen. after they crossed illegally into brownsville, texas. most of them adult men in a line almost as far as the eye can see. been reports that over the weekend in a 72-hour span, they made more than 26,000 migrant apprehensions. a staggering average of almost 8,800 per day. and, now, some democrats are joining republicans in sounding the alarm. kansas democrat congresswoman