general bill barr name john durham to investigate the investigators and predicted he d find the crime of the century. durham didn t have much luck in the courts. now, four years after he started, durham s harshly critical report saying he relied on raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence along with seriously flawed information has plunged us all back into the same old, familiar debate, the story that seemingly will never end. i m howard kurtz and this is the mediabuzz. howard: the report by special counsel john durham exploded like a neutron bomb, and the media are deeply divided over his conclusion that the fbi acted on such flimsy evidence that its investigation of possible collusion between donald trump and the kremlin never should have been launched. first among those claiming vindication, the former president. this was a coup that they were looking at. these are sick people. howard: and many of those on fox news and elsewhere joined in castigating the m
my buddy phil is here. good morning. good morning. thank you for letting me come back. i wasn t sure after yesterday. you re such a pleasure. you make these mornings great. did you get some sleep? i did. little bit. thanks for having me. we have a lot going on today. five things to know for this tuesday, may 9th, 2023. vladimir putin speaking from red square claiming the, quote, real war is being waged on russia during a scaled back victory day ceremony, the speech comes hours after russia launched several cruise missiles at kyiv. also the gunman behind the texas mall shooting had a very disturbing online history, full of posts about nazis and mass shooters. police say he killed eight people, ranging in age from 3 years old to 37. and happening today, president biden hosting a high-stakes meeting with congressional leaders to discuss the debt limit. country is at risk of default if a deal isn t reached by early june. e. jean carroll s rape trial against donald t
the destruction of our sovereignty that could make leaders of the democratic party care. as is often the case with my extreme maga republican colleague sprayed they have a fictional argument about what s happening at the border. and than actually do nothing to solve the real problem. fictional? does he think the video is made up? people sitting under the ground camped under reflective blankets . the line of people. the environmental disaster that is left behind at the border? that s all made up, congressman? what a fraud. the scenario that he is paintin here, that somehow this is all fantasy, we see that he and his fellow democrats just don t car about what s happening to this country, the country they are t be serving. the department of health and human services announced that the migrant child died while in custody. my jeanette that hand fund unde trump. if you years ago, this would have spawned a million hashtags followed by tearful trips to th border appeared today it
crisis averted i want to be very clear. our borders are not open. after weeks of warnings, the southern border remains calm. thousands of migrants are still hoping to cross over. how long will it last? i asked her why the u.s.? she said, to have a better future. plus, facing off. governing is not about entertaining. it is ultimately about winning and producing results. the florida governor is back in iowa ahead of a 2024 announcement that could come any day. that has trump ended ron desantis s campaign before it began? and countdown to catastrophe america is not a deadbeat nation. we pay our bills. i have no plan, no proposed savings, and no clue. with three weeks to go, can the president and speaker make a deal to avoid a devastating default? hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday. i am abby philli p. calm, not chaos. 48 hours after a covid era policy allowed the u.s. to quickly turn away migrants expired, these are now the scenes at the u.s
saying. we begin in brownsville, texas. border patrol reports a record-setting 83,000 migrants crossed illegally this week alone. that is equivalent to a full capacity dallas cowboys football stadium crossing our border in a week. downtown brownsville, texas, where evidence of migrant releases is everywhere you turn. venezuelan migrants can be wandering with folders containing paperwork after their release from custody, despite claims from the white house such releases are not happening. the claims that they are allowing mass release of migrants is false. the migrants say otherwise. i doubted if i was going to be allowed in. not everyone is smiling. fox cameras are rolling as ice loaded up with illegal immigrants. the agency stresses there are consequences for crossing the border illegally. fox news was in mexico as title 42 expired at midnight. we watched as a group gathered to cross into brownsville illegally with one man getting into the water. national guard s