allowed federal official to quickly expel migrants, ostensibly because of the pandemic. more now from cnn white house reporter priscilla albert. but alisyn, this ruling is ultimately a victory for republican-led states that sought to intervene in this case and block the termination of title 42. now, the white house responded to this order saying that they will comply with it. but they also pointed the finger at congress, saying it is on them to pass immigration reform. they also made their position quite clear, saying that, quote, title 42 is a public health measure not a immigration enforcement measure. and it should not be instead it indefinitely. since this has come down, there is already confusion around the border. immigrant advocates and groups have been disseminating information to migrants on both side of the border to try to convey what this means, which is ultimately that this public health authority that was invoked at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic will c
sought to intervene in this case and block the termination of title 42. now, the white house responded to this order saying that they will comply with it. but they also pointed the finger at congress, saying it is on them to pass immigration reform. they also made their position quite clear, saying that, quote, title 42 is a public health measure not a immigration enforcement measure. and it should not be instead it indefinitely. since this has come down, there is already confusion around the border. immigrant advocates and groups have been disseminating information to migrants on both side of the border to try to convey what this means, which is ultimately that this public health authority that was invoked at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic will continue to remain in effect. meaning that officials can continue to expel migrants who they encounter at the u.s. mexico border. now legal alert, the attorney of the american civil liberties union said it is, quote, deeply d
important thing you can possibly do is stop the influx today, get a handle on what we have in terms of the backlog, and stop adding to it. and i think that s the fundamental disagreement between the parties. republicans want to put a stop to everyone coming in and being added to the asylum backlog. and others say just do it faster. and that s a huge gap between the two parties. paul, scott is saying that a wall won t help. wasn t there a time that democrats supported a wall? oh, a wall makes sense in some places. it s ironic. and others, that s what mr. trump in understanding of donald trump. but scott, rather, not quite right about this. i don t want to be mean. but the wall doesn t stop an asylum seeker. i silence here is somebody who has, who claims a well founded fear of persecution. so she presents herself to the border patrol. she s not trying to avoid anything. she s not stopping a wall. she s going to the gate. she s going to the border patrol and saying here i am, take me
through the coalition politics to do everything that has to be done if they have to do it alone. mitch mcconnell once voted for that. marco rubio once path voted for. that oren hatch, chuck grassley once voted for that. and it is a way forward other than just pointing fingers at red states, and stunts like transporting migrants in the middle the night, and 20 lawsuits by tying biden s hands on trump s policies. that is the way to move forward. there s not a secret decoder ring. we ve seen the roadmap before. it s just a question of political will to move in that direction. okay gentlemen, stick around. i am more questions for you on other topics. as a lot is happening tonight, such as documents burned in a fireplace. he won on top, and why one witness thought he was threatened by president trump. more resolutions tonight from the january 6th revelations. . that is next. yes.
recollection or even recordings of calls between roger stone and the president discussing e-mails, all of these pieces come into sharper focus now that mueller has his hands on trump s written responses. mike schmidt, take us through what you and your colleagues have reported last night about the president s flow of information from manafort s lawyers, even after manafort had agreed to cooperate and i guess a nonlawyer would assume that meant be helpful to the mueller probe. that wasn t the case. yeah, so there was a pipeline from kevin downing, manafort s lawyer, to rudy giuliani. and this really helped give the president s legal team insight into what was going on. and this also helped certainly led to the president becoming agitated. the president knew that the prosecutors were really hammering on manafort. and specifically on the question of the trump tower meeting. what did they they were going to manafort and saying, what did the president know about this? did he know about