14% of the state overall is in the drought, but where the worst is, exactly where these fires were, in maui, guys. will: we re going to turn now to your headlines. border patrol sectors are near or at full capacity as nearly 20,000 migrants are in custody according to cbp sources. this information comes as agents report encountering up to 6,000 illegal immigrants per day last month. top house democrats led by congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez calling for a doj investigation of supreme court justice clarence thomas. they re demanding answers over thomas the relationship with a republican mega-donor. ocasio-cortez posting, quote, no one is above the law. for with two decades justice thomas failed to report millions in gifts. in april thomas put out a statement defending travel he took with his friends over many years. he insists he as has always followed supreme court guidance and can assure you that his sin when it comes to alexandria
who hopes youngkin get in the run. he donated a million bucks to his pack. a million bucks to a guy who is not even in yet, how are you going to get him to run? well, he s fighting in virginia for the elections coming up on the 7th of november and that is what the money is for to help him turn that state republican. don t forget it was blue state that maybe be turning completely republican center red in matter of three years. steve: yeah. that is great accomplishment for him. steve: i read a report in axios is that said a number of big donors are disappointed ron
fairness and civility. samuel alito is a model supreme court justice. please join me in welcoming him this evening. nice friendly introduction. the man introducing supreme court justice samuel alito at this 2010 event his name is paul singer, a hedge fund billionaire, a republican mega-donor and a figure behind an investigation pub published by propublica offering details of a luxury fishing trip he made to alaska in 2008 aboard mr. singer s ship, a trip mr. alito didn t disclose. around the time singer flew justice alito to alaska, he was trying to convince the supreme court, singer is, of a $2 billion dispute he had with the country of argentina. alito said he didn t do anything wrong by not disclosing the trip because he considered it to be personal hospitality, and because he says he barely new mr. singer.
this morning a lawyer for the gop mega donor who held private deals with supreme court thomas agreed to meet with staff. cnn obtained a letter from dick durbin from michael bop who reiterates urges the committee to, quote, reassess the partisan course it is pursuing. into the letter telling durbin to feel free to have his staff contact him with any questions and set up a time to discuss his request. durbin said he believes crow s letter will help craft judicial reform legislation. staying on the supreme court, we have fascinating new details from our colleague s reporting about how a wealthy conservative activist may have helped florida governor ron desantis seal a tight
this morning, we re getting new insight into the relationship between supreme court justice clarence thomas and har lin crow from the gop mega-donor himself. the real estate magnet spoke to the atlantic about his highly scrutinized relationship with justice thomas, a relationship that includes luxury travel, tuition gifts, and a real estate purchase that crow says, quote, i have never nor would i ever think about talking about matters that relate to the judiciary with justice clarence thomas, though, he did follow up with this email to the reporter, it s not like we haven t talked about work-related issues. it s not realistic for two people to be friend and not talk