communities. we know from the local nonprofit organization in the past three days, nearly 1,000 migrants have been released. jake, that doesn t include the thousands of migrants who are being transported to other cities in texas for processing by u.s. immigration authorities. rosa flores for us, doing great work in del rio, texas. thank you. let s talk about this with sheila jackson lee from texas. she serves on the house homeland security committee. thanks for joining us. senate majority leader chuck schumer called the deportations of haitian migrants a continuation of hateful and xenophobic trump policies, unquote. schumer is talking about title 42 that s a trump-era policy allowing for immediate deportation for some migrants due to the covid pandemic. you ve also called for the biden administration to end that policy. did you get any assurances today when you met with biden administration officials that they ll take action on stopping that policy? jake, thank you first of all
mattis announced his resignation last week it was highly critical of the president s foreign policy. the president bumped up the change at the pentagon to new year s day about two months early. if the president s critics like actress alyssa milano tweeted this afternoon he becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops at christmas time. too soon? the president was on his way. at after calling troops around the world to wish them a merry christmas he went to see some in person. ed: mike emanuel, good job but if you, i appreciate it. peter king who serves on the house homeland security committee. good evening, merry christmas. thank you, you two. ed: as mike said it wasn t just hollywood stars. you had nbc news, his critics again thinking that got the president corner, look at this headline. nbc news. trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops at christmas time. meanwhile, within hours, he is in the air doing just that.
outside of washington many years in the print department of juse to look at the house judiciary committee members sent to us, and we are conducting that investigation. shannon: huber was nominated by then president barack obama. huber brings criminal charges, it will have more credibility. likewise, he finds no criminal wrongdoing, it will be noted, this was someone who was renominated by president trump when he came to office and had the backing of conservative republicans like mike lee, orrin hatch and utah. shannon: ed henry with the latest details. thank you. isn t huber enough? to some g.o.p. lawmakers believe a second special counsel is what is going to take to get to the bottom of what has happened at the fbi and doj? let s ask one of them. let s pick a new york republican congressman peter king, who sits on the house homeland security committee. great happy with us tonight. thank you, shannon. shannon: what do you make it weird for me attorney general today? you heard t
right fit for him. i can understand that. i think it s not unusual in an administration for people to turn down positions. i think it is important for the president to appoint someone as quickly as possible. general kellogg is an outstanding choice. general petraeus will be an outstanding choice. others will be considered. it is important to get that position filled. but if he was concerned about hiring staff, for instance, some of thing, the is that he wanted to bring in his own team but the white house was insisting on k.t. mcfarland, the deputy, staying on. there s always a certain friction between who comes in, who doesn t, who has the final say. this is not unusual for an administrations. i think that should be resolved and it should be resolved quickly. it s up to the president to make sure that it is resolved and that if there are those type of personnel issues, that they not be allowed to delay the flow of the administration. congressman, obviously you have a unique persp
ararian peninsula. they either expected to return to the fight. will gitmo close or will congress stop the president? he serves on the house homeland security committee. congressman, my first question is, i want to settle this argument about it being a recruitment tool. is there any evidence of that at all? i have always heard that. i think the only evidence in the mind of the new york times writers or liberal left. somehow the real reason al qaeda hates us why the jihadists hate us is because of u.s. imperialism with dick cheney, because of guantanamo. it is all nonsense. the fact is the only reason they feel they can attack us is they think we are weak and we are not going to retaliate. i have been there guantanamo. there s not an army base in this country or boot camp in this country where the soldiers are