Good morning. Ince becoming chairman january, ive been trying to find a solution to the problem that we all acknowledge which is a border out of control, laws being abused, humanitarian crisis, a National Security crisis in the making, and in march, the Committee Held a hearing to learn the scope of the problem. , the numbere of families have doubled, the problem is beginning to be unmanageable, we are all concerned about the humanitarian conditions which is why we supported a 4 billion appropriation to provide better housing, but we have done nothing to stop the flow until today. A bill i introduced after the scope of the hearing that was based on the best advice i could get from those in charge, and the dhs director who testified in june said the bill we had before this committee would stop 70 to 90 of the flow. My colleagues on the other site said what about Central America. You are right, we need to invest in Central America, but there is not enough money to invest until we change
Weekend. Here the weeks top stories. Standing before congress and from of the same people who aided and abetted donald trump in trying to overturn the 2020 election the very Scene Of The Crime that is the january 6th insurrection, President Biden on thursday night, painted a picture of a Republican Party that has fallen so far that it no longer respects or adheres to the very basic norms of our democracy. Many of you are here on the darkest of days, we all saw with their own eyes the insurrectionists were not patriots, they have come to stop the peaceful transfer of st power. January 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election pose the greatest threat to you as democracy since the civil war. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6th. I will not do that. This is a moment to speak the truth and to bury the lies. Heres the simple truth. You cant love your country only when you win. Remember your oath of office, re defending to al
Movement led by sdon don. He is mon shod the 13 13 times. Trump and the threat he thoses to our democracy here at home to our standing in the world looms large over every line of the speech. New york times describing the president s State Of The Union quote unleashed an unyielding. Mr. Biden seemed to relish the showdown. While he boasted his accomplishments as president s do, he made no aspiration to rhetorical flourishes. He men shod his utty agenda with no utty in it and he. We will not walk away biden said in his address we will not bow down. He was speaking go russia and he seemed to intend it for the fight for his own presidency. President biden came out swinging against donald trump and the gop in the speech that laid out in the bluntest terms the stakes in the upcoming election for our democracy and freedom at home and abroad. With us at the Table Board Member Analyst is here and National Affairs analyst is here. The host of politics nation here, and the president of the Nation
Franklin, its great to see you. Thanks for your time tonight. Thank you. That is our show for this evening. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. We have what we call a quorum here at the last word. We have three senators joining us tonight. Well, okay, wait. Adam schiff, who is one Election Night away from becoming the next senator in california. Hes going to win. Because republicans cannot win statewide there. Hes going to join us. Sherry brown, who actually is currently a Senator Running for reelection is joining us. And the big, Big Winner In Texas Last Night on his way to the general election in november. Senator cruise. Cruz only one by three points last time. This could be the time. Its senate night here. You might be able to hash out a plan for Immigration Reform in an hour. And later, actually, Andrew Weissman and Melissa Murray are going to join me and we did something unusual for tonights segment, alex. We rehearsed it. We rehearsed for an hour in from a Liv
Come to order. I apologize. The gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, chairman. Mr. Mayorkas, members of this committee, please turn your attention to the video screen. All americans, not only the states most heavily affected, but in every place in this country are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens of legal immigrants with. The Public Service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That is why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more, by hiring a Record Number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens than ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring. By barring the Welfare Benefits daily and the budget i will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens or arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the work space as recommended by the commission headed by