thanks, jesse. jesse: see ya. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. following two major stories president trump has filed appeal with the colorado supreme court with the decision to keep his name off the primary ballot. we will have that plus analysis with brit hume and shannon bream in just moments. but we begin with the crisis at the southern border. more than 50 house republicans are in eagle pass, texas tonight meeting with border officials. getting a first-hand look at the migrant crisis that is forcing the biden administration to go on the offense. the white house placing blame on the house g.o.p. saying members are obstructing progress, even as president biden faces mounting criticism from democrats. correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight in eagle pass, texas again. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. today s congressional delegation was the largest one to ever visit the southern border. and these house republicans came here after decembe
and the japanese authorities say a coastguard aircraft involved in yesterday s fatal collision at tokyo s haneda airport wasn t cleared for take off. the smaller aeroplane collided with a japan airlines passengerjet on the runway, leading to a fireball and the deaths of five people. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war, after what moscow described as difficult negotiations. this programme continues on bbc one. today, two other parties are out of the starting blocks. on the eve of big speeches from the labour and conservative leaders, today we had a farage free reform uk press conference. and a lib dem stunt. richard tice, the reform leader, and daisy cooper, deputy leader of the lib dems, are here. all politicians are up against some grim economic warnings. i think it s more likely than not we will see the uk entering recession over the course of 202a. it is a coin toss if you look at economic forecasts. so how will the economy play into t
a time of mounting pressure on nhs services with some organisations declaring critical incidents or warnings they were very busy with long waits in a&e. this is not unusual in midwinter. with the strike moving into a second day, this seems little prospect of talks between ministers and the bma before the action is over on tuesday. that means somewhat anxious day for hospitals and their patients. some more. hugh pym, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news now. donald trump has asked the us supreme court to intervene over his disqualification from the colorado primary ballot. last month the state s highest court concluded the former president engaged in an insurrection before and during the january sixth capitol riots. as a result, it said he should not be eligible for inclusion on the ballot. mr trump has also challenged a similar exclusion from the state ballot in maine. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war,
sunni jihadist just this type of thing in iran. the sunni jihadist groups on him suspicion but this is likely to fall, although no group has yet claimed to have carried it out. the iran supreme leader of the i had to said there would be a harsh response. it is the deadliest attack in the country in decades and can only increase tensions in a region thatis only increase tensions in a region that is already a tinderbox. holly, bbc news. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war after what moscow described as difficult negotiations. each side has released more than 200 military personnel in what s thought to be the biggest exchange yet. some of the ukrainian soldiers returning were captured the city of mariupol in the early stages of the full scale invasion. a 15 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death on new year s eve. harry pitman, who was 16, died following an altercation on primrose hill in north lo