mnuchin and mark meadows and robert o brien. now mnuchin s spokesperson is telling the post he didn t ask for protection and will reimburse. he could have declined it like everybody else at any point for any reason. here is one of the reporters david fahrenthold of the washington post. you follow the numbers and what things cost and issues like this. first of all, lay out what happened here and the context of this, because the secret service has a gigantic budget, $2 billion plus. so 52 grand, all right, like sure that s a lot of money to regular people, maybe not in the context of this budget. explain why this is significant. these are people that the secret service isn t supposed to protect. the way it s supposed to work when the president leaves office the secret service protects him and his spouse and any children that are not 16 yet. in the past some presidents extended protection for college
that recommend now for booster shots for most americans coming in. this is significant. affects a lot of people. simone biles, she is now tied for the record as the most accomplished american gymnast in history. we told you it was going to be a day full of breaking news. who needs a rundown. that was just this year alone. we expect a lot more at 3:00. probably this yellow blazer, too. the best reporters, all things washington. see you same place, different time, after the weekend. and you can always find us on twitter anytime. thanks again for being with us in the mornings. we ll see you in the afternoons next week. craig melvin picks up our coverage, next. our coverage, next because we were created for officers. but as we ve evolved with the military, we ve grown to serve all who ve honorably served. no matter their rank, or when they were in. a marine just out of basic, or a petty officer from 73.
users if they were among them. at the meantime, illegal immigrants are finding new and faster ways to get into the u.s. using a legal loophole. and an actual hole in border fencing existing. national corresponding william la jeunesse at the border with a look at how illegal immigrants are exploiting the system. we ve had over 170 bridges to our infrastructure this year. the u.s. border chief shows how smugglers make the existing fence obsolete. they will cut this off on the bottom down there, dig the hole, jacked the fence up, come right under there. on sunday, multiple busloads of migrants came from guatemala, men, women, children sprinted to a precut hole, one by one ducking underneath. a majority of them were an adult and child, and there was a small fraction of unaccompanied children. the group voluntarily surrendered, knowing the next stop was likely to be released in the u.s.
why is the fence up, bernie? oh, a barrier is acceptable if they protect you personally? they re only wrong if they re used to protect our border and the american people, just like how many celebrities in hollywood and politicians have armed security guards? and bernie flies in private jets. that s right, bernie. this has been a hannity watch investigation and all kidding aside, there are serious questions that need to be asked here, like is that guy okay? and hannity, how good is hannity? how good is hannity? and he s a great guy. and he s an honest guy.
candidates this weekend. senator bernie sanders kicked off his 2020 campaign in brooklyn, wasted little time before revealing more hypocrisy. democratic socialist, open borders advocate held a rally and was happy to greet his supporters from behind the barrier. why is the fence up, bernie? oh, a barrier is acceptable if they protect you personally? they re only wrong if they re used to protect our border and the american people, just like how many celebrities in hollywood and politicians have armed security guards? and bernie flies in private jets. that s right, bernie. this has been a hannity watch investigation and all kidding aside, there are serious questions that need to be asked here, like is that guy okay? and hannity, how good is hannity? how good is hannity? and he s a great guy. and he s an honest guy. guy prer