tonight about immigrants at the border. the governor of texas is now launching a new tackle force there point fingers and do little else. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the president s slumping approval data and the latest on the expiration of title 42 we begin with correspondent bill melugin along the border in brownsville, texas. good night good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. texas governor greg abbott made a major announcement today saying is he going to be deploying several hundred elite texas soldiers down here to the southern border equipped with riot gear in an effort to block any mass migrant crossings into his state. is as we are now just three days away from the end of title # 2 and, already, we are seeing record high illegal crossings. president biden s open border policies is going to cause a catastrophic disaster. bill: today, texas governor greg abbott announced the formation of a new elite border response force made up of hundr
bill: today, texas governor greg abbott announced the formation of a new elite border response force made up of hundreds texas national guard soldiers who he says will deploy to hot spots and repel mass illegal crossings. they will be deployed with the tools that will be needed for them to be effective includes boats on the water, night vision, as well as riot gear. illegal crossings at the southern border are skyrocketing. ahead of title 42 s expiration on thursday. new video from the fox drone team shows one of the biggest groups of migrants we have everybody seen. after they crossed illegally into brownsville, texas. most of them adult men in a line almost as far as the eye can see. been reports that over the weekend in a 72-hour span, they made more than 26,000 migrant apprehensions. a staggering average of almost 8,800 per day. and, now, some democrats are joining republicans in sounding the alarm. kansas democrat congresswoman