One thing we are concerned on illegal immigration, is the economy. Shutting down the border with Third Largest trading partner would have a pretty massive impact not in actual trade but psychological damage itll do. Theres a lot of other ways that we can handle this. We have Fox Team Coverage on this, jeff paul following the situation at the border from west coast news room but we begin with ellison barber who is reporting from West Palm Beach near the president s home at maralago, ellison. Good evening, rick, yeah, President Trump is not backing away from threat to shutdown the u. S. Mexico border even though some members of his own party say it would be a bad idea, in a new tweet, President Trump said, quote, mexico must use strong immigration laws to stop many thousands of people trying to get into the usa, detention are maxed out. Next step to close the bored. President trump threatened to close the southern border in the past but he never actually did it. He also never set any sor
I think that will work, massive numbers of dollars. Casey stegall has more from the border in el paso. Casey. Casey melissa, good to see you, what we are expecting the secretary to do in yuma, arizona, waiting for pictures to come in now tis similar to what she did yesterday, right here on the ground in el paso. And that is essentially meeting with Border Patrol agents and officers to get realtime updates on the situation from those on the front lines, those on the ground dealing with it day in and day out. Officials say once she is briefed in arizona today, shell provide remarks and comments to the press later this afternoon. We did not get that opportunity with her yesterday in el paso because she also toured a satellite holding facility. This region in particular, the el paso sector alone has overcrowding issues at the facilities. Holding centers over capacity because of a spike in the number of families and large groups that have come to this spot to turn themselves in. On twitter,
President trump announcing the decisions to join dozens of other countries grounding the planes. 40 countries including the u. S. Putting a stop on the jets. The president said safety is paramount as the faa links two deadly crashes with the same plane model just five months apart. President trump any plane in the air will go to its destination and then be grounded until further notice. Planes in the air will be grounded if theyre the 737 max. Boeing is an incredible company. They are working very, very hard right now. And hopefully they will very quickly come up with the answer. But until they do, the planes are grounded. Bill doug mcelway picks up the story live in washington this morning. The fate of boeing was pretty much sealed yesterday morning when canada announced it was grounding all 737 max 8s. Left no airspace outside the u. S. Where the planes could fly. Canada and then later the u. S. Cited new evidence as well gathered at the crash site on wednesday as well as new satelli
Is heading to the border. She paints a dire situation underway there. Right now this is one of, if not the biggest crisis this country has faced in a decade. Were treating it like a massive cat 5 hurricane disaster. President trump mexico is stopping people from coming. Lets see if they keep it up. If they dont or we dont make a deal with congress the border will be closed 100 . My guess is cooler heads will prevail upon the president not to do this. Closing down the border would have catastrophic Economic Impact on our country. And i would hope we would not be doing that sort of thing. The president is in meltdown mode as it relates to the situation at the border. I ask the head of the Border Patrol do you need a wall . He said absolutely. Sandra weve got Fox Team Coverage for you, kevin corke live at the white house in a moment. Alan dershowitz is standing by with analysis. We begin with Catherine Herridge live on capitol hill where the house panel is set to vote. Good morning. Good
Month. A strong rebound. We had been worried about that number we saw in february, what was happening in the American Economy, were we starting to see, you know, global winds biting here in the United States and it looks as though that february number was an anomaly. The last three months to get 180,000 on average the last three months. That Shows Companies are still hiring. The Unemployment Rate down to 3. 8 , thats pretty much steady with where it had been. You look at that number, thats a generational low. That shows you a full recovery from the great recession. So where were the jobs . In business and Information Services 34,000 new jobs there, specifically in Architectural Engineering services, Computer Systems design, that is a good job category here, also in management and technical consulting services. Look over there in the middle of your screen, healthcare that has been a steady performer now for years. There are jobs all along the wage spectrum in healthcare that continue to