executive action president biden just signed to tighten the border. any moment the president will explain his big, new plan. we re live at the white house and at the u.s./mexico border, to dig into how this could be an immediate game-changer for people crossing into this country. the seasoned fbi agent who has been investigating hunter biden for months, will resume her testimony at the trial of the president s son. the text messages included in the indictment that have not come up in court. and, quote, i will not be intimidated. right now, attorney general merrick garland going toe-to-toe with members of congress, from everything from donald trump s criminal trial to a reality check to crime in america. our nbc news reporters are following all of the developments. we start with aaron gilchrest. this aclu challenge is something the administration had to be challenges. how do we know about how they ve been preparing for the legal challenge to this order? you re right, chr
the discussion nationally. and a lot of great elements. but as far as this action today, i think there will be an impact. the threshold is half of what the bill had. what this really says, is what the mayors and the community leaders along the border have been saying, there are things that the administration can do, that the president can do, without a congressional change, to have a positive impact. we ll see what that actually ends up looking like on the ground. policies on paper, versus how they are enacted in the field, can vary and they vary by different border control sector. going to see how that ultimately plays out. let me ask, for you, looking at what this is, is the best-case for what this could establish. and if there s other executive actions you want to see
we have border security ready to go and the same thing happened. too many members of congress prevented its ultimate passage. always bipartisan work. if i know, and i do now, there s a process, to make sure that we re putting the resources that we have, into the places i need most, that means that the resources my state puts up, is leveraged in a more effective manner. it s good policy. i recognize so much more has to be done on both ends. security and protecting innocent victims along the border. both. i for one, am pleased that the president has taken decisive action, that takes into consideration the realities that states like mine have. surging resources where i need them at the border, making sure all of us are safer. and to critics, who say,
to be more pointed in his criticism of republicans. lots of phrase there s. the president, not really pulling a lot of punches. chris, you re right. jen? it was me. sorry, aaron. he did talk about how trump stood in the way of passing the bipartisan bill. and he went through a litany of terrible things that donald trump had done with immigration, including and him saying that he would references that they would never do that. never ban people based on their religion. he would never separate children from their families. he was saying, laying out the even as he takes the tougher action, he would not be doing what trump did. never mentioning in his name, an official white house event.
let s look at the timing of this first, right? mexico presidential elections are over. they were weight for that to happen. and i think the other we had the senate vote, maybe a week or ten days ago, to show and demonstrate that congress was not able to pass a bipartisan bill that would have better addressed the border. they are trying to establish they did everything they could to pass a bipartisan border bill. they did everything they could administratively. and it s not just the action that the president is taking today. there are more there s more agents on the border than there has been on other presidents. president s asking for money for border enforcement, that congress has not delivered to him. and you re setting the stage for the debate where he said, i did everything i could to address this and they stood in the way.