the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn t interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence the shuttered houses and empty ca
there, home he specifically sought out there speak speaker. in turn, when he could not locate her at the home, he turned his violence towards her husband. the horrific attack on paul pelosi and the horrific response from the right. it s weird things going on in the household in the last couple of weeks. tonight, the mainstream maga attempt to false flag the attack by a suspect who told the fbi that he wanted to kneecap the speaker of the house. then the simplest way to stop crimes like this is to get tough on crime. the republican midterm messaging on crime versus the reality in red states. do you believe we have higher crime than new york or california? that s what she just said. plus the justice department chimes in on voter intimidation in arizona, and lindsey graham s attempt to wriggle out of election interference subpoena, denied by the supreme court. all in starts right now! good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. just days after the husb
proud sanctuary enclaves. ron desantis sending two flights of migrants to obama s favorite vacation spot, martha s vineyard. massachusetts democrats already calling that a humanitarian crisis, and it s only 50 people. and texas governor greg abbott dropping off bus loads of immigrants right at kamala s doorstep after she declared the border s secure. the president is accusing republicans of using those asylum seekers as political props, while others go even further. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings, using them as props. abbott and desantis are doing today in the legacy of segregationists playing politics with people s he lives. these are the kind of tactics we see from smugglers in places like mexico and guatemala. some politicians would rather not only have an issue but exacerbate it to the extent of literally human trafficking, as you said. judge jeanine: the white house and blue governorers scrambling ove
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
in the capitol and being targeted by the mob. during all those hours refusing to call the pentagon or any law enforcement for reinforcements. in fact according to aides even refusing to take a call from pentagon officials offering their help. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the attorney general of the united states that day? no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of homeland security that day? i m not aware of that, no. did you hear the president ask for law enforcement response? no. as the men and women in charge of protecting vice president mike pence became more and more desperate about their ability to get him to safety or even save their own lives. and we ll replay in that context an insight to every key moment from last night