Bret okay. Good evening. Im bret baier. Startling new numbers showing a dramatic increase in the number of individuals that may be on the Terror Watch List caught trying to enter this country illegally since 2021. The latest figures dont even account for the known gotaways. Those folks that slipped in to the country undetected. This comes amid a serious accusation on Capitol Hill from a - >Border-official >Highranking Border Official of interference by the bidenharris administration. The former chief of the San Diego Border Patrol says he was muzzled from discussing concerns about terrorism. Griff jenkins start us off with this. Good evening, griff. Good evening. This is the stuff that keeps the chief of the Border Patrol up at night, the growing threat of a terrorist slipping across our Border. 382 individuals whose names appear on the Terror Watch List were stopped trying to cross the Border from year 2021 to date. This is compared to the 11 individuals apprehended between 2017 and 2
And, protect our dreamers and understand, we can do both, create Unearned Pathway to citizenship, and ensure our border is secure. We can do both and we must do both. Donald trump and his extremist allies will keep trying to pull us backward. We all remember what they did to tear families apart, and now they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in american history. Imagine what that would look like and what that would be. New polls out today so that the race is still very tight in the swing states. The ones that count, with harris holding small leads that fall within the margin of error. Meanwhile today, more than 100 former national security officials who served in republican administrations as former congressional republicans signed a letter endorsing Vice President Harrison calling Donald Trump quote, unfit to serve. Her opponent spent the Day Campaigning in an unusual state for republican president ial nominee at this point in the campaign, New Yor
Not commit his conviction was overturned, as we have covered, he joins me live in studio today. Hes going to explain how hes trying to make what happened to him does not happen to Anyone Else plus brandnew polls from a handful of states likely to decide the president ial election. What voters in these battlegrounds are saying about Vice President hello, harris and former president Donald Trump, and leading this hour, the clock is ticking and failure is almost guaranteed as dysfunction continues to rain on Capitol Hill, the House Of Representatives is getting ready to vote on what is said to be a doomed government Funding Bill. If and when this fails, House Speaker Mike Johnson is not revealing as of now what Plan B is that . Coming he has a Plan B. Republicans are aware of the timing and are warning about the repercussions of federal Government Closing for business just weeks ahead of the president ial election. Complicating all of this Donald Trump this afternoon putting out a social
Now at breaking point. [bell ringing] norah major news for the economy. The fed cutting Interest Rates for the first time in four years. What it means for your wallet. Its a huge problem, and its getting worse and worse. Norah and Tonights Eye on america. Mortgage rates are coming down, but what about the Supply Shortage of homes . We look at one solution. Im the first person in my family to be a homeowner. Norah the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and Thank You for being with us on this wednesday night. Theres a lot of news at home and around the world, and we want to start with the number one issue for americans the economy. The federal reserve made a big move today, cutting rates by half a percentage point. Thats more than expected, and it is the first Rate Cut since the Covid Pandemic in 2020 and the largest since the 2008 financial crisis. So tonight the big question is, what does it mean for your Credit Card bills, your mortgage, your auto loans, and
And on that note, i wish you a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. I will see you at The End of tomorrow. Vice President Candidate j. D. Vance has a new line he likes to repeat on the campaign trail. You know the big difference between conservatives and liberals . Is that no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months. I would say that is strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric. Two Assassination Attempts, attempts in as many months. I think it is time to say to the democrats, to the media, to everybody that has been attacking this man and trying to censure this man going on 10 years, cut it out or you are going to get somebody killed. J. D. Vance wants people to believe it is the Lefts Rhetoric that motivated these attacks. Donald trump has taken it a step further directly blaming Kamala