republican congressman george santos who admitted to lying about parts of his background arrested. he is in federal custody this morning. we have the 13 count indictment and we ll break down the very serious charges he s facing. moments from now, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is set to give live remarks on operations at the southern border, one day before the health restrictions known as title 42 were set to be lifted. we re live on both sides of the border as the amount of people seeking asylum trying to seek asylum continues to build. and e. jean carroll speaking out one day after a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. we ll play for you what she had to say. in washington, a standoff between president biden and top republicans with just weeks to go before what could be a catastrophic default on the nation s debt. and we are following breaking news at this hour. right now, new york republican congressman george
you know, the question wasn t whether or not he would be indicted, the question would be when. he s being accused of using public funds to buy designer clothes. it is a 19-page indictment. i m not a speed reader, just going through it, he used allegedly public funds to buy designer clothes. he was working and making over $100,000, but he falsely claimed he was unemployed and received $24,000 in unemployment benefits. he lied allegedly on federal disclosure funds. so these are very serious charges. money laundering, wire fraud, making false statements in congress. theft of public funds. very, very serious. yes, he s innocent until proven guilty. these are very serious allegations. and, so, catherine, if proven guilty on any of them, what kind of what could he be facing? he could be facing we call it double digit, double digit times, if he s convicted of any