agents doing the kind of things that help them, our border patrol agents, have greatest visibility as to what s going on at the border, whether that is surveillance and more logistic support. all of that is happening, too. neil: you seem concerned about this. it s clear that jake sullivan wanted to clarify the administration is concerned about this. i don t want to be rude here. is the president? he doesn t visit. he doesn t talk about it. he says there s bigger issues. what is going on with him? the president knows how important border security is. he gets routine briefings on this. neil: he rarely talks about it, john. the number of times he talks about it doesn t convey how important he knows the issue is. neil: he doesn t visit. he doesn t think it s a pressing issue. that there s far more pressing
there s no one guarding the border. the threat to american homeland has never been greater. neil: i had a chance to talk to henry cuellar about what type of message is getting out to mexico and points south about what is going on in this country? this is from congressman cuellar. i want you to react to this. the president of guatemala told me personally more than once that they re ready to help, ready to do more. if they can stop folks from coming in from guatemala and to the southern part of mexico, that would be greatly a good way to slow down folks from coming in. neil: are you disturbed when you read the local press at mexican papers, whether you go to guatemala or ecuador and further south, that there is a sort of consensus building, the green light remains on to come to the united states? take your chances but the chances are good you ll get in?
issues. the president understands the importance of border security. i can assure you of that. neil: all right. we shall see. john kirby, thank you. good seeing you. meantime, more mediate concerns for those trying to move around and get to grandmas, trying to make it early. a lot of flights are getting delays because of a monster of a storm that has cancelled thousands of flights. it s getting bigger and doesn t kendall smith know it. kendall? yeah, neil, that s right. a major coast-to-coast storm is going to be impacting almost the entire lower 48 this week. coming up, i ll break down the timeline and what you can expect in your neighborhood next. need new glasses? get more from your benefits at visionworks! how can you see me squinting? i can t! i m just telling everyone! hey! use your vision benefits before they expire. visionworks. see the difference.
paul s release. even after we secured the release of brittany, we were still actively having conversations with the russians about paul. and that work continues right now. we re still having those discussions. if we can get him home today, we ll do that. i want to be careful not to speculate on a particular time frame. i want to switch gears on this g-7 and plow how we deal with ukraine. i found it interested that janet yellen said that the u.s. will continue to help ukraine and will continue to do this as long as it takes. what is as long as it takes mean? it means as long as it takes. the president has said the very same thing. the leaders of the g-7 in the summertime said the same thing. those exact words neil: that could be years, right? we ll see. it doesn t need to. quite frankly, the war can end
resources. but keep in mind secretary jeh johnson, keep using it i think is a good example of how they used title viii team to treat migrants with respect and dignity. give them the legal relief they are entitled to under the law. at the end of the day of someone has to be returned with all due respect, you ve got to do that. title viii allows us to do that. title 42 is just a faster process. thirty-six congressman, do you think in mexico is helping enough here or just turning a blind eye to this? no, they could definitely do a lot more. i do not think they are turning a blind eye but they could definitely do a lot more. there are ways to get them to do more. it s not only mexico, but even the president of guatemala. i spoke to the president of guatemala. i think that will be a better place were mexico and guatemala can work together. the president of guatemala told me personally, more than once, they re ready to help and ready to do more.