Its own laws, it is smugglers, and Human Traffickers and drugs and weapons and terrorism also people here unlawfully committing seriously, deadly crimes, sovereign nations need secure borders. Strong countries enforce their law ands federal government needs to do its job or someone else will. Governor abbott and ron desantis are highlighting these issues, there are now threats to sue governors and calls for criminal probes. Someone removed governors from office but not remove people here unlawfully . Joining us now is former dhs secretary chad wolf thank you for joining us, your successor said that border is secure how would you describe it. The border is anything but secure, we continue to see month after month high numbers over 200 thousand illegal apprehensions over 900,000 Got Aways This Fiscal Year that is ending in about a month from now, with that much unlawful and uncontrolled migration across the sort of everyone border you have no control over it you could point to a couple o
speaker mccarthy made to get his new gig? fellow republicans calling on house speaker kevin mccarthy to make his secret deals public as the party makes its first legislative move since taking control of the house. also this hour, president biden at the podium in mexico city only to be overshadowed by questions about multiple classified documents found in his private office. from lively discussions to bipartisan friendships to physical confrontations, the new push to turn on the c-span cameras the full time onto the house and let the whole world see what really happens in the people s house, just like we did last week. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. the main issue today, what exactly are the extents of the details, the promises that kevin mccarthy made to those republican hard-liners to get their votes to become house speaker and why is he hiding any lists of those promises from not only the public, but from his own rank-and-file.
tonight with the context, brian taylor, political commentatorfor the herald, and leigh ann caldwell, political reporter for the washington post. welcome to the programme. there s been an evolution in the way the west views this war in ukraine, an evolution in the arms which nato countries are supplying first it was shoulder held stingers, then the hymars, next came the patriot missile systems, now it s a conversation over tanks. the red lines have shifted with the evolving nature of the war. in recent months, the allies have come to the opinion that a year long stalemate in ukraine is in no one s favour except russia s. so what would it take to allow ukraine to win rather than just avoid losing? what would ukraine require in order to punch through the russian defences in towns like bakhmut and soledar, from where the bbc s andrew harding reports. we are in an area where russian and ukrainian infantry now appear to be fighting at close quarters. clambering through the remain
world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president biden s ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. john, thank you very much for running. president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the state s lieutenant governor to tout the administration s signature infrastructure law. this law is about more than rebuilding our infrastructure. it s about rebuilding the middle class. something john knows a lot about and talks a lot about. and to fund raise for the democrat who is running in one of the most competitive races in the country against mehmet oz. with the clock ticking toward election day, some campaigns taking a sharper approach like in georgia. for you, herschel walker wants to ban abortion. after weeks
from last night. i ve had the distinct pleasure of staying up till three a.m.. when i was doing my face tough, i looked at the tv and said i will turn this on. i totally feel you because it was a long night. to be honest with you, i thought it was done at around 11:45, when they said they would adjourn until monday, and then in typical d.c. fashion, i don t know what kind of system allows you to change or vote but, it s the hill, so you could do whatever you want. it s the red part of the hill. i m looking for to watching a show this evening. i know you have great guest. thank you so much, enjoy the rest of your evening off. good evening, to you, welcome to ayman. kevin mccarthy banks, borrows and steals and a 15-day battle to become how speaker, but it is just the start of republican chaos, as a group of extremist lawmakers that in their grasp over the republican party, two years after the january six insurrection. some promising steps forward in the fight across the