some of the biggest lines of migrants i have ever seen and we are also seeing the state of texas act differently. we have never seen them physically block migrants from entering before. so a lot of firsts on this trip, bret. and what remains to be seen is what s going to happen after midnight tonight. but our crew will be out here. we are pulling an all-nighter and we ll see what happens. bret: we know you will. thank you. the strategy blaming congress for not passing comprehensive immigration reform legislation. tonight the president s point man on the border is insisting people trying to enter the country illegally after title 42 expires will be turned away. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has that part of the story live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. evening, bret. the white house kept reporters far away from the president during his only public event today. hours before title 42 lifts, talking about environmental conservation. not even a chance to
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that ukraine war? that did not were either. if that was not enough, jean-pierre explained the real reason for the disaster at the border really has nothing to do with joe biden s policies. it is actually the republican party s fault. they have not done anything to be helpful in this process. they have taken political stance. what they put forward is not going to help the issue at all. and we have taken this very seriously. on day one of the president put forward a comprehensive immigration reform legislation to really have this conversation about, how do we put more resources to deal with this challenge and instead, they want to take away resources. that is what they have told us. and so, if they want to seriously have a real conversation, we are willing to have that conversation. they have not proven that. they have not proven that they want to have a real conversation. they want to make the situation, the challenges we see at the border, worse. kayleigh: so totally failed to ment
problem, is that rights sinema and tillis are planning to introduce this bipartisan bill to potentially effectively extend title 42 for two years, unclear whether that will go anywhere. however, it goes to show how lawmakers and the biden administration are trying to figure out some way to prevent this expected influx, which is expected to start again when title 42 is lifted late next week. lindsey. gabe gutierrez, thank you for your reporting on the ground there in juarez, mexico. matt, the last time we heard from secretary mayorkas before this trip was on meet the press this weekend and he was questioned about what has gone wrong, how we got to this point. here s what he said. the president on day one delivered a solution. he delivered immigration reform legislation that we had hoped congress would act on swiftly. they haven t. so we re going to focus on recent border crossers. but the point, the fundamental point is we have more than 2
situation carefully, but the fbi is the lead investigative agency and working with the locals there. let me move to the announcement and what s coming in life after 42. there is already reports of brownsville, texas, right now, shelters are overwhelmed. the cities of chicago and new york are already overwhelmed. what s may 12th going to look like if we re already overwhelmed before the expiration of title 42? a few things, chuck. first of all, this is a tough challenge and has been, as we ve all recognized for years and years, we are seeing a level of migration not just the southern border, but throughout the hemisphere that is unprecedented. it is the greatest of migration in our hemisphere since world war ii. the president on day one delivered a solution. he delivered immigration reform legislation that we had hoped congress would act on swiftly. they haven t. within the constraints of a