sandra: as the top of the 2:00 hour on the east coast, a live look at the white house where we are expecting karine jean-pierre will take questions after texas governor greg abbott accuses the president of dereliction of duty. it is a big day for the border. we are watching all of this happening. it s happening live. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you here today. gillian: good to be with you, gillian turner in for john roberts. a major battle over a stretch of land the biden administration has allowed migrants to traverse for three years now, texas says enough is enough, they are alleging failure by the administration to enforce the law justfies their right to stop the federal government from removing the concertina wire. the authors of the constitution knew there would be times the federal government would not live up to its duties so empowered article 1 section 10 the right of self-defense. biden administration has truly abdicated its
if you wanted to go to harvard or yale, you had to be at the top of your class. they demanded greatness from their students. if you wanted to walk the runway at fashion shows and have your face placerred on magazines and billboards, you had to be in tip top shape. stunning enough to make somebody stop in their track. if you wanted to run nasa, ibm or exxon you had to be the best in the business. they demanded greatness from their employees and that demand formed generations of excellence. the weak were weeded out. the strong were rewarded with money and status and a sense of fulfillment. our society doesn t have standards anymore. everybody gets a trophy. you re not allowed to judge anybody. nothing s taboo. the people we revered yesterday are despised today. weakness is rewarded and strength is punished. we traded excellence and achievement for diversity and inclusion. it s happening all across the country. in new york, the nypd s neutering the physical fitness test. they ar
have been on it may have affected a presidential election. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was weeks before the 2020 presidential election. 51 intelligence officials signed that letter. the letter called the laptop by hunter biden russian disinformation. in an exclusive interview, the then campaign advisor says he had nothing to do with it. with regard to that letter, i didn t wasn t my idea, didn t ask for it or solicit it and i think the testimony that the former deputy director of the c.i.a. mike morrell put forward confirms that? do you except it is not russian disinformation? i am not engaging in politics. i have a lot of my agenda. things we just talked about. harris: mike morrell testified blinken was the impetus for the statement. house republicans demanding information on the original letter. who crafted it in total? the deadline for blinken and others thursday for that information. blinken s denial says more ties between him and
president joe biden. coming up, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul, is here just back from taiwan on what he learned about taiwan s readiness should china invade and why he is now sanctioned by communist china. then, what does china have on joe biden any any? a new whistleblower emerges on biden family and what the oversight committee says is influence peddling in plain sight. aggressive commentary from a former white house stenographer. joe biden is lying. joe biden is a criminal. that s the bottom line. i don t care if he goes to timbuktu or iowa or anywhere, he s a criminal, and i ve got the evidence if they put me in front of grand jury that s right now seated in wilmington with special prosecutor david weiss, my testimony becomes the evidence that will put him in jail or will lead to the his impeachment. probably lead to his impeachment first. maria: wow. coming up, former housing and urban development head dr. ben carson is here on ame
president joe biden. coming up, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul, is here just back from taiwan on what he learned about taiwan s readiness should china invade and why he is now sanctioned by communist china. then, what does china have on joe biden any any? a new whistleblower emerges on biden family and what the oversight committee says is influence peddling in plain sight. aggressive commentary from a former white house stenographer. joe biden is lying. joe biden is a criminal. that s the bottom line. i don t care if he goes to timbuktu or iowa or anywhere, he s a criminal, and i ve got the evidence if they put me in front of grand jury that s right now seated in wilmington with special prosecutor david weiss, my testimony becomes the evidence that will put him in jail or will lead to the his impeachment. probably lead to his impeachment first. maria: wow. coming up, former housing and urban development head dr. ben carson is here on ame