brownsville. nearly 2,000 they ve encountered. by comparison, david, if you remember back in april of 2021, that del rio bridge with some 20,000 haitians, it took 17 days for them to get to 20,000 haitians in del rio. here in brownsville, in the past 10 days exceeded 20,000 and they re largely venezuelans. you can see it the construction, they re calling it camp monument, the border parole agents are, setting up areas to process, encounter, screen and transfer out these migrants and it s just part of what they re trying to get ready for because it s less than two weeks before title 42 lifts. i wanted to take a look at one more piece of footage that we shot this morning and this is the migrants showing up here. like i side 90% venezuelan and cuba, colombia, honduras, el salvador as well. meanwhile, in el paso, take a look at pictures given to fox news by local ngo, they ve set up shelters with migrants all over the streets and we heard some 30,000 migrants are waiting in juare
republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau
hi to everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. happy friday. what began at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, an affair between a porn star and a business mogul, now has the potential to throw the entire country into unchartered territory with donald trump reportedly on the verge of becoming the first ex-president to be criminally indicted. as we reported on this program yesterday, blockbuster reporting in the new york times reveals that the manhattan d.a. has invited donald trump to testify before a grand jury in the probe examining hush money payments to adult actress stormy daniels. the new york times notes that such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney alvin bragg to notify a potential department without ultimately seeking charges against him. as for whether donald trump will take bragg up on his offer, the washington post quotes a trump associate saying that everyone will advise him not to go in. here is ter
a fraud victim has won a £153,000 refund after the bbc s money box programme contacted his bank about him being targeted. and it s the final day of the mens six nations rugby ireland are hoping for the grand slam when they play england in dublin this afternoon. we start in pakistan where police have fired tear gas at supporters of former prime minister imran khan as his motorcade arrived at the high court in the capital islamabad. he left his home in lahore on saturday morning after a court lifted the arrest warrant issued against him. he s charged with corruption while in office, charges which he says are politically motivated. his convoy to islamabad was accompanied by dozens of supporters. they had earlier prevented police from trying to arrest him at his home. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies is following mr khan s convoy, and she sent us this update as he set off. this is the start of the journey for imran khan from his home to the court in islamabad. this
politicsnation. tonight s lead profiles in courage. on this presidents day weekend, two of our commanders in chief one current and one former are facing perhaps their greatest challenges in politics and in life. tomorrow, president biden will travel to poland where he will mark the one year anniversary of mush russia s invasion and war in ukraine. calls for ukraine s allies to stay the course. as the u.s. accuses russia of crimes against humanity in ukraine and the republican majority in the u.s. house threatens to curtail the billions of dollars in aid that has gone to ukraine. now going into a second here in here at home the earliest electoral challenge in our materializing. on the republican side, former republican south carolina governor nikki haley has joined donald trump in pursuit of the gop nomination in 2024. and 2020 democratic contender marianne williamson is expected to make her own announcement that she is running for the white house again. she would be the first