unsanitary conditions in processing along the border, is that the case? that s absolutely the case. i testified and since then we have more than doubled the number of crossings, march 27th, we have a crisis that we are at breaking point at the border, we don t have room, we asked congress 5 and a half weeks ago for supplemental fund to go manage this overcrowding concern and get help health and human services, we have seen no action on thoses those requests. how much time do you spend on this as oppose to homeland security overall? dhs is multimission department. we have to stay on our toes, i was looking at the disaster and fema s response on tuesday from the flooding, we have to do it all, we had a big election security set of briefings and maintain momentum there, but this is a crisis and crisis meaning that managing time and
headline from what he has been saying lately, he is going to go after the forgotten voter. right? he s the guy to help those who need economic assistance, shorten costs, increase revenue, if you will. a business hue to that. that s very important, because there are others, republicans certainly on the trump team, will talk about employment, talk about wages. they ll say the economy is doing so much better. but there s another issue that isn t being discussed as much and that s affordability. can people actually afford the day-to-day items that they need to eat and to actually entertain their families? so i think some of those items and thoses are the ones families will be burdened more much more and add on top of that the way the economy is structured, on-demand economy, people are very concerned about retirement and wages, and health care costs. that s why democrats are talking about a $15 minimum wage
julian assange hand grenade mistakenly included in a filing last night. here s the story in our laps. yeah, it revealed apparently due to a cut and paste error that there was some court action apparently an indictment or some other charges against julian assange that were put under wraps. kind of sirn dippy us for some folks that would come out now, but also putting folks on both sides of the spec rum in a bit of an awkward position. you have people who were vi dentally againstwe julian assan who seemed to beia rallying to e side of wikileaks sort of like thoses clips you show of the president during the election anden frankly you do have folksn the left, as well who were sort of defenders of assange, said maybe he s controversial abu entitled to all those protections who are now out there rallying at the side of the mueller probe and suggesting
another rally in the blitz of rallies he s doing ahead of next tuesday, but before he left the white house, he gave this presidential address that the white house says was warranted by what they are calling a quote, immigration crisis, but when the president addressed reporters he didn t disclose any new information or unveil any new policy proposals instead putting them off saying they are coming next week and not saying anything specific. essentially what we saw was the president reiterate what he says at these campaign rallies. just this time it was here in the roosevelt room at the white house and it was more of that larger argument that we ve seen from the administration and from president trump specifically as they are hoping to pollster republican support ahead of next tuesday and make this all about immigration. wolf, it s just that on top of the president s idea saying he s going to deploy thoses of troops to the u.s. and mexico border, his claim that he wants to end birth rig
the folks who have already been charged, who ve already been separated from their kids, here is what the customs andder protection agency says about that. for those children still in border patrol custody, we re reuniting them with their parents or illegal guardians following prosecution as specified by the order. families will not be detained together when doing so would pose a risk to the child s welfare. that last part is more in line with the policy that had been in place with past administrations, but, again, following prosecution, what does that mean, how is that going to take? how long are they going to continue to be in custody. now, president trump has tweeted this morning about part of this issue, indicating he opposes the idea of adding more judgments to this process. he says we shoulden be hiring judges by the thoses and our ridiculous immigration laws