Reins from nielsen. Plus, never say never unless youre the white house. A new strategy for the administration on how to keep the president s tax returns secret forever. Here with the message not so fast. We have our team here with all of that and much more this morning. We start this morning with that developing news and that new era in one of the administrations most difficult jobs. Kirsjen nielsen out and the president rails against open borders declaring our country is full. Well get to that rhetoric in a minute. But, heres the thing. There is a real crisis at the border that the next secretary will have to tackle. If you add it up, 64 p of bord apprehangzs are minors, trends the u. S. Has not seen before. He has not been quiet about this. Just a couple weeks ago he said the nations Immigration Enforcement system had hit a quote, breaking point. Two weeks ago i briefed the congress that it is at the breaking point. That breaking point has arrived this week at our border. Nbcs hans n
I say sugar. [laughter] steve by that standard we will talk to Henry Kissinger fridafried chicken. Steve the Trump Administration is now cracking down on the crisis at the southern border in a new way you havent heard about. Brian wow. Attorney general william barr ordering new rules for Asylum Seekers at the dhs as the dhs considers further emergency action. Ainsley Griff Jenkins is live in washington with the latest attempt to slow the migrant surge. Whats the latest . Griff hey, anxiously, brian and steve this is significant. Barrs first decision. Will no longer be able to ask for relief. Barr writing this. A credible fear of persecution or torture is ineligible for release on bond. Previously migrants have been able to ask for bond until their case is heard. Often it is granted. This does not apply family units our unaccompanied children. Certainly the focus of the problem there. It will not effect those applying legally for asylum at a port of entry. Meanwhile the department of de
Fox news david spunt is live with the latest. The u. S. Claiming responsibility for this attack. Im going to read this statement from the pentagon in just a moment. Major general suleimani was in charge of irans qud force and he was killed at the direction of President Trump after the air strike hit his convoy. Near Baghdad International airport. Suleimani joined the armed forces in 1979. The year of the iranian revolution. He played a major rule in arming shiite malitias that killed u. S. Troops during the iraq war. Also killed was the number 2 of iran backed malitias known as the pmf. Iraq state tv reporting seven people were killed. I want to read part of the statement from the pentagon. It says . Raymond, this comes amid tensions between the United States and iran. A new years eve iranian protester stood outside the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Things got so out of control, President Trump ordered 750 soldiers in the region to deal with the unrest. Now just today secretary of defense
Drumstick. Bill i did. Mission accomplished. Sandra great to be back this morning. Im sandra smith. As the president gears up for a major trip abroad, at home lawmakers are entering the second phase of the impeachment push, the white house now saying the president and his lawyers will not be participating in the house Judiciary Committees first public impeachment hearing this week. Bill the House Intelligence Committee today starts reviewing a draft report on its investigation. Here is the lawmakers sounding off from over the weekend. They want to what i believe is to play a political game and tie the process up in the courts as long as they can and run the clock out. Were not willing to play that game. Rounds one and two by Speaker Pelosi and chairman schiff are as rigged as a carnival ring toss. This impeachment inquiry that were in right now, were here reluctantly. The impeachment of a president is not something we came to congress to do. Why are they hiding this stuff from us . If
Years eve attack on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. David spunt is live with the latest. The u. S. Claiming responsibility for this attack. Major general suleimani was in charge of irans qud force and he was killed at the direction of President Trump after the air strike hit his convoy. Suleimani joined the armed forces in 1979. He played a major rule in arming shiite malitias that killed u. S. Troops during the iraq war. Also killed was the number 2 of iran backed malitias known as the pmf. Iraq state tv reporting seven people were killed. I want to read part of the statement from the pentagon. It says. Raymond, this comes amid tensions between the United States and iran. A new years eve iranian protester stood outside the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Things got so out of control, President Trump ordered 750 soldiers in the region to deal with the unrest. Now just today secretary of defense mark esper said the game has changed and were prepared to do whatever is necessary to defend our per