He celebrated a congressmans assault on a reporter at a rally. How can he howl about democrats and mobs while glorifying violence himself . Can his trusted adviser explain . Well find out tonight. And the caravan is coming from down south. Dramatic scenes today providing fresh fodder for fearstoking. Trump thinks that their pain will be his pleasure for the midterms. Friday lets get after it. Okay. So saudi arabia makes an admission and some arrests. All of a sudden announced in the middle the night, literally. And it does all feel like this is still under cover of darkness. Lots of questions tonight, and we have the right people to answer them. Two former u. S. Ambassadors to the region. Robert jordan was ambassador to saudi arabia under george w. Bush. Gerald feierstein was ambassador to yemen under obama and we dont have an ambassador to saudi arabia right now. Thats one of the things thats not exactly greasing the wheels of the process here. So first big question, and i start with
What matters to the president is winning. So the proposition is this. Will enough of you buy into his fear and loathing to drive turnout. Will that repulsive new ad we showed you accusing democrats of plotting to help migrants kill our cops, will that work for you . Many republicans are staying quiet, but not all. We have a leader, a potential president ial aspirant who has a message for you. A message that takes us back in time, but lines up with exactly where we are now. Big night, tons to test. Lets get after it. We saw more of trump in the theater from the absurd as the president delivered a president ial address behind a white house podium. Why am i putting in quotes. It was a political rally, there were no new details, no specifics on immigration. He was peddling more fear and loathing. Listen. No nation can allow itself to be overwhelmed by uncontrolled masses of people rushing their border. Its not just people, its people, its drugs, its human traffickers, theyre throwing rocks
Smollett for staging his own attack. And today, the shocking reversal with smollett still maintaining his innocence. Ive been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one. This has been an incredibly difficult time, honestly, one of the worst of my entire life. Im a man of faith and im a man that has knowledge of my history and i would not bring my family, our lives or the movement through a fire like this. Now id like nothing more than to just get back to work and move on with my life, but make no mistakes, i will always continue to fight for the justice, equality and betterment of marginalized people everywhere. And then in a joint show of force, Chicagos Police superintendent and mayor rebuked the decision by prosecutors to drop those charges. My personal opinion is that you all know where i stand on this. Do i think justice was served . No. Where do i think justice is . I think this city is still owed an apology. He did this all in the name of selfpromotion and he us
Resources have become strained and that the u. S. Immigration system is at a breaking point. So President Trump is putting pressure on mexico. Lets check in with cnns natasha chen at the southern border in front of the hidalgo, texas point of entry. What more can you tell us about this threat from the president . Reporter well, fred, this is going to be a major impact if the border closes here. We have been watching People Living on the u. S. Side going toward mexico today. They just go about their daily business, they runn errands, go to the dentist, see family. A lot of people cross to work and maybe live on the other side. This is going to be a big impact on daily lives. Of course, the commercial cargo traffic goes through a different port about two miles from us. Youve seen President Trumps words there in his speech as well as on twitter talking about how mexico needs to stop the illegal immigration from their side because of the massive influx of people. Right now, ports are still
Over capacity right now. In el paso, they have nearly triple the number of people theyre designed to handle. Were getting details about a plan to release hundreds of those detained people from overcrowded Migrant Centers into communities in south texas. Theres just no space left for them. Cnns natasha chen is at the bord border. Natasha, give us some more of the numbers. How many people are about to be released and when is this going to happen . Reporter ana, we talked to the brownsville city manager this morning. Hes already observed within the past couple of weeks that migrants have been dropped off by cbp by the bus depot in town. He said for the first week and a half they were seeing 50 people a day. In the last few days thats ramped up to average 300 people a day. When we talked to him this morning he said by 5 00 a. M. They were already seeing 150 people just today. And hes been told to expect many more in the days to come. He does not know how long this will last. Now, when he t