of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting
letters. the first reply, he spoke about how important these letters are for him. reporter: it works like this. supporters write in emails which a team translates into russian. then a group of volunteers in russia who preferred not to show their faces, take the letters, stuff the envelopes, drive them to the post office, and mail them to the prison. through a lawyer, gershkovich said i m humbled and deeply touched by all the letters i ve received. i ve read each one carefully with gratitude. the u.s. state department is formally designated gershkovich as wrongfully detained. more like a hostage than a prisoner. president biden delivering a message to his family this weekend. we all stand with you. evan went to report in russia to shed light on the darkness that you all escaped from years ago.
inflation reduction act, the chips act, in terms of bringing new businesses online, energy rebates, that kind of thing. what am i doing. i get what you re hurting. what am i doing that s going to try to alleviate this problem for you. ultimately, though, when we get to 24, they re just going to want to see these measures from the fed and others have paid off they feel differently in their budgets. inflation is down, wages are up and, you know, these measures have had the impact you want them to have. we re seeing the rate of inflation not soaring quite as much at least. the rate is increasing but not as much as it was. thank you. our thanks also to gina from the new york times. as russia suffers devastating losses in its ukraine invasion, its detention of evan gesh virtue is leading to people trying to raise his spirits. you re watching chris jansing