transports. breaking tonight, federal judge appoints a special master to review documents in the raid on the mar-a-lago home of former president donald trump. also denying a request from the government to exclude reportedly classified documents. what does all of that mean going forward. the panel breaks that down go plus with the fentanyl crisis, the attorneys general from more than a dozen states and urge the president to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction to help protect americans from a mass casualty event. we begin with the fight over migrant buses and no flights. the white house correspondent kevin corke has the latest on what happened on the border and martha s vineyard. good evening, kevin. a border battle to be sure between white house and blue states against g.o.p. resident governors who supporters say are simply forcing the blue states to live with the consequences of their preferred border policies. if you live in a border town in
and i ve been in court fighting and proving that they are breaking the law everyday when they have opened border, when they let people flood in and release hundreds of thousands into the interior, they are breaking the law, they have become part of the cartel conspiracy, helping them move it across the country by moving people around the united states. pot/kettle? todd: there you go. you mentioned fentanyl, i want extrapolate. you are urging joe biden to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, what would that do? ashley: it s a great question. 18 of my attorney general colleagues around the nation are saying enough is enough, this is such a potent drug and because of destruction of security on our border, it is flooding our
than a dozen states are urging president biden to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. the request comes as college and university students return to school amid an ongoing opioid crisis. correspondent matt finn has that story tonight. good evening, matt. good evening, rich. the bipartisan attorneys general from 18 different states are asking president biden to meet at lee declare fentanyl and weapon of mass instruction arguing the number of people the legal dog is killing increased x financially every year for the past several years. wrote a letter to president biden reading in part, we ask classifying a legal fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. or if you conclude if you do not have the authority to do so, urge congress to pass legislation to do so. fentanyl is considered the most deadly drug in america. the synthetic opioid is coming
house threw together this last-minute rose garden event to make the announcement with the president shows that they are pretty eager to take a victory lap when they can, bret. bret: jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. thank you. bret: attorneys general from several states are asking president biden to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. that request comes as college and university students return to school amid an ongoing and increasing opioid crisis correspondent gillian turner shows us tonight. it has been a weapon of mass destruction. of mass casualty of mass death. american college students back campuses across the country. this academic year they face a threat much greater than bad grade. lawmakers warning them about recreational drugs typically consumed by students laced with fentanyl. whether it s a wmd or not
i have asked joe biden just today to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction because i believe it is slowly destroying our nation and if he will do that, then law enforcement can coordinate and go after the cartels and make meaningful impacts. it requires action from this president. i would beg him to stop listening to whoever he is listening to and start listening to the american people and let s do something about this crisis. bill: well stated. just to make your point on screen for viewers, this is the fentanyl that has been seized going back to 2019. you had 1200, which is ridiculous enough. but now in 2022 you have 5300 pounds of this stuff. we re only in april. marc thiessen wroo its biden s border disaster fuels the crime wave in american cities. one major reason we re facing a surge in crime is the disaster biden unleashed on our southern border. the dea seized enough fentanyl