. they re sending migrants to big cities on purpose, using them as a political ploy. but texas isn t backing down. gov. greg abbott vowing to continue busing migrants to our nation s capital and others in the gop are calling out the d.c. mayor for complaining. it s here in the mayor of washington, d.c., which is where i m sitting right now complaining about 4000 people on two hundred busses that governor abbott has sent to washington, d.c. since april, running to the pentagon saying, oh, my gosh, we need the national guard, you know, cry me a frickin river. right. you know, welcome to the party . why don t they secure the border? because what has happened because of their actions, every single community in america is now a border city. this is a national crisis. listen, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. and in this case, they have declared themselves a sanctuary city. so they re going to get every ounce of what that means kitty. they say just like here
immediate move to do just that. senate and the white house giving some space at the moment to try and facilitate bipartisan talks, they ve gotten close but have fallen short. particularly as it pertains to red flag laws or background chechs. senate majority schumer made clear. there is a pretty clear 10-to-11-day deadline on those talks. the fact that the white house isn t backing specific proposals isn t stating one or two proposals has to get done. underscores the fact as the president tries to shift that dynamic that has been so firmly in place now for more than a decade, he wants something to get done. whether that happens, though, remains a very opened question. the president, obviously, will be traveling to texas in the days ahead. he will likely get remarks there. he made the point early on wednesday, his primary
good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us this morning. mitt romney is standing by his decision to attend a vegas fund-raiser with donald trump today even though the real estate mogul won t let go of the birther issue. trump is again questioning where president obama was born. he first raised the issue a year ago. you know, back when he was running for president. barack obama should end this. he should provide the public with a birth certificate. if he doesn t do it, he s doing a tremendous disservice to the public. trump harped on the issue for such a long time that for the first time in american history, an american president produced his long form birth certificate. trump still hasn t put the issue to arrest but romney welcomes his support. joining me now is cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. hi, ron. good morning. the obama campaign is hitting back with a new campaign ad going after romney about this controversy. let s watch a bit
drew is going to join us again tonight because the story is still unfolding. the charity in question is the disabled veterans national foundation. that s their seal. they have raised nearly $56 million in the past three years. what s outrageous is that not one dime has actually gone directly to help disabled veterans. we have been showing you this now for a long time. you may what happened when drew tried to talk to the president, precilla wilkewitz. meet precilla wilkewitz, president of the disabled veterans national foundation. who we found at a small vfw office in baton rouge, louisiana. well, this is the veterans of foreign wars. i didn t think you d do something like this. we ve agreed to talk to you. answer your questions. nobody agreed. here is the question. none of the money has gone to any veterans, ma am? okay so the bottom line is you re not going to give me an interview? cnn has been trying to get an interview for two years with the disabled veterans natio
now for a long time. you may what happened when drew tried to talk to the president, precilla wilkewitz. meet precilla wilkewitz, president of the disabled veterans national foundation. who we found at a small vfw office in baton rouge, louisiana. well, this is the veterans of foreign wars. i didn t think you d do something like this. we ve agreed to talk to you. answer your questions. nobody agreed. here is the question. none of the money has gone to any veterans, ma am? okay so the bottom line is you re not going to give me an interview? cnn has been trying to get an interview for two years with the disabled veterans national foundation, since we began tracking its fund-raising. we ve gotten angry phone calls, angry e-mails, promises of written responses and now a slammed door, but no answers. and just think about this. if you would raise $56 million over three years and had something to show for it and given that money to veterans you would think you would want t