conference from texas governor greg abbott, top of the hour. he is calling on the biden administration to declare a federal emergency at the border. he said this is a crisis of the president s own making. we have the latest from the dhs secretary testimony to the senate homeland security committee this morning. we ll go to the border in just a moment. john: we kick off hour one of america reports with former acting ice director tom holman. i wanted to play from yesterday, there s a little bit of sound from the dhs secretary and get you respond to it. let s listen. borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. john: he says there, tom, that the borders are not open. what do you say to that based on what we have seen in del rio texas in the last couple of weeks? it s a lie. it s a lie. the borders are wide open. i have never seen a border so vulnerable in my entire career. thousands of being released every day into the united states, many with
who on january 6th tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. this is where we are tonight. newly installed fencing around the capitol, just like after january 6th. fencing expected to go up outside the supreme court as well. online chatter threatening violence. homeland security says social media users have discussed storming the capitol tomorrow, the night before the rally, and one commented on kidnapping a member of congress. it s not just the capitol. there has been online chatter about using the rally to target local jewish institutions. and so-called liberal churches. with very real threats to the capitol eight months after one of the darkest days in american history, the former president is weighing in exactly the way that you would expect him to do it, right, with a disgraceful statement saying, hearts and minds are with the rioters. that s not a dog whistle, that is a full bullhorn. sympathetic with them? we all saw what happened at the capitol on january 6th. we
news continues. let s turn things over to don and don lemon tonight. good evening, everyone. this is don lemon tonight. and the news from capitol hill is ominous. an urgent, new warning from homeland security about the increasing possibility of violence at the so-called justice for 6th rally. which let s remember, is in defense of the blood-thirsty insurrectionists who on january 6th tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. this is where we are tonight. newly-installed fencing around the capitol, just like after january 6th. fencing expected to go up outside the supreme court, as well. online chatter threatening violence. homeland security says social-media users have discussed storming the capitol tomorrow, the night before the rally. and one commented on kidnapping a member of congress. and it s not just the capitol. there has been online chatter about using the rally to target local jewish institutions. elected officials and so-called liberal churches. and with
after the capitol riot. both times, suggesting china believed the u.s. was preparing a an attack. their fears, according to the authors of the book, based in part on the rhetoric toward china coming from the former president. here is how the president responded. sir, in your opinion thank you. thank you. i have great confidence in general milley. now, according to a defense official who spoke with cnn, these calls were not done in secret without anyone else knowing. they were, according to this official, attended by 15 people including a representative from the state department. general mark milley is scheduled to testify on capitol hill later-this month. the woodward and costa book goes into further details about milley s concerns about the president possibly launching an attack. reportedly, telling his subordinates that he must directly be involved in any discussion involving military action or nuclear strike. as the book describes them, quote, if you get calls, n