wall street journal assistant editor james freeman is here to weigh in. but first, no end in sight for the migrant crisis overtaking the southern border and no plan in place yet from the white house with the title 42 policy possibly ending any day now. welcome to america reports, i m aishah hasnie in washington. i m rich edson. border patrol agents are taking drastic steps to prepare for the worst. in just a matter of days, built a massive tent in the el paso desert bigger than a football field to handle the expected overflow of migrants if title 42 is lifted. and the new york post puts it welcome mat for illegal immigrants. chad wolf is standing by, but first matt is live at the southern border in eagle pass, texas. matt. rick, so far today our crews have seen four different migrant groups cross into the united states. standard procedure along the southern border. the surge is not slowing down and did not slow down over the christmas holiday weekend. sources
languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massachusetts have more than doubled since the summer before biden took office. rick scott will join us in moments. john: jacqui, why did the president not use the trip to declare a national climate emergency? jacqui: we don t know. speculation maybe it s tough timing to roll out the announcement on the trip to the middle east, and concerns about gas prices, state of the economy, recession fears. even some talk and speculation maybe they are holding off with some shred of a hope to get senator joe
of africa. didn t think that could happen? it is happening. in africa, china now calls the shots, it takes the natural resources for itself, period. as of tonight there is only one remaining african country that dares to recognize taiwan and it happens to be among the smallest countries in africa, swaziland. everyone else on the continent obeys beijing. how can this be happening? isn t colonialism racist and bad? yes, it is and no one is worse and more racist than the chinese. go on chinese social media sometime and see how they describe the africans they ve subjugated, it s horrifying. why isn t the new york times writing stories about any of this? you know why. because the new york times is on china s side, that s why they all but ignore the brutal chinese colonization of latin america which is also in full swing right now. colonialism violates everything the new york times once claim to believe in but that s okay because i never really believed any of it anyway, it w
at wisconsin and a grocery store in new york and a flee market in texas,and what should be safe spaces but instead the sites of four mass shootings over the weekend. and then kim jong-un calling in the military to help with covid. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin with a seismic shift for european security as russia faces its consequences on the war in ukraine. on sunday, finland s government formerly announced it intends to join nato and then hours later sweden followed suit. they are widely expected to endorse the nation, and nato leaders said the approval process could move very quickly. sunday s announcement mark an historic policy change for two countries that remained neutral for decades, and it s likely to anger vladimir putin who has long-time considered nato expansion a threat to russia. finland s ambassador said russia has changed the calculous. the situation has changed rather profoundly, and
not changed they are not conducting a legitimate investigation. it seems as though they just want to go after their political opponents. now before we dive into what this means for the investigation, nbc s capitol hill correspondent, ali raphael, is here with the latest. ali, welcome. good to be with you, symone. did you have. you ali, you are hill grew here. so this penis have been issued, but are the members expected to comply with the subpoena. yeah, well judging from the fact that all of these lawmakers, all five of them have been asked to voluntarily speak with the committee in the past, and all five of them refused, in addition to the fact that as you mentioned at the top there, all of them have slammed the committee and this probe. they have called it quote, illegitimate, corrupt. as you mentioned they ve called this a witch hunt. it is very unlikely that they would comply with the subpoenas. but the committee, if that happens is left with very few options. the f