Mike good evening, Welcome To Washington im mike emanuel in for bret baier. Breaking tonight a pivotal. Eagle pass texas is under a State Of Emergency tonight. The democratic mayor of eagle pass made the declaration as thousands of Illegal Immigrants are crossing into the country in virtually nonstop fashion. We have fox team coverage. Peter doocy at the white house shows us what the president s Press Secretary did when he asked about the crisis. We begin with correspondent bill melugin who has the latest from eagle pass. Hello, bill. Bill mike, illegal crossings here at the Southern Border are back at record high levels. Border patrol agents tell us their morale has never been lower and after two and a half years already, it appears this Border Crisis is show nothing signs of stopping. Illegal crossings into eagle pass, texas surged once again today with fox news cameras catching a nonstop flow of migrants beginning at sunrise and continuing almost nonstop all day long. Neither texas
Hours away, horse racing fans watching to see if he can take the next step to the elusive triple crown. Today, saturday, may 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe, dylan dreyer and all eyes on the horses today. Did i just say horse facing fans a moment ago . I think you might have said horse facing. I love horse faces. Big fan. I often dont listen to the words coming out of my mouth but i thought i said horse facing. Horse walks into a bar. Why the long face . There we go. Ill be here all morning. Anyway, weve got on that note, should we get to the top story of the day . Lets get to the news of the day. Lets do that. On a more serious note, nonstop efforts to get the upper hand on those Southern California wildfires, firefighters continuing to attack them from the sky and also on the groun
And in a new cnn poll, the leader of all democrats eyeing a 2020 run is one of the oldest, but is former Vice President joe biden nevertheless the democrats best candidate to beat donald trump . And he hit more home runs than any player in his era and was one of our First National celebrity brands, but what was babe ruth really like behind the scenes . Ill talk to the author of the new best selling biography. But first, what does Michael Cohens sentencing this week mean for the president . You already know that cohen was sentenced wednesday to three years in prison for tax evasion, bank fraud, Campaign Finance violations, and lying to congress. In a moment, two perfect guests, a former chair of the federal Election Commission and a member of the Prosecution Team in the analogous case of john edwards. Youll remember that edwards sought to use a wealthy heiress to fix his mistress problem in a similar way to how the sdny thinks donald trump used his personal lawyer and the national enqui
Plane crash. Boeing facing serious safety questions following the second crash of a new 737 in the last five months. All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight died sunday morning when the plane went down shortly after takeoff. The pilot had reported technical difficulties. 189 lives were also lost when a lion air crashed in late october. Both involved brand new 737 max 8 airplanes. There is no evidence that the two incidents are linked, but if one issue caused both disasters, boeing might have to quickly have modifications to their planes. American and southwest operate dozens of them. This morning Ethiopian Airlines is grounding all bowing 737 max 8s. So is caymans airlines. Chinas Civil Aviation authority is suspended all flights using the max 8. Boeing delaying plans to unveil its huge new jetliner this week. And eight americans were among the 157 killed. 19 of the dead were United Nations staff members. We dont know the cause of the accident. We will comply with all the
And Jeanine Pirro questioned whether a persons belief opposed the constitution. And a soccer fan in england sucker punches a player in the head. Wait until you see how they responded. Welcome to early start. Im jessica dean. Happy monday. That is a scary incident there in soccer. Im dave briggs. It is march 11, 4 00 a. M. Boeing facing serious safety questions following the second crash of a new 737 in the last five months. All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight died sunday morning when the plane went down shortly after takeoff. 189 lives were also lost when a lion air crashed in late october. Both involved brand new 737 max 8 airplanes. There is no evidence that the fwro two incidents are i think willed, but if one issue caused both disasters, boeing might have to quickly have modifications to their planes. This morning Ethiopian Airlines is grounding all bowing 737 max 8s. So is caymans airlines. Boeing delaying plans to unveil its huge new jetliner this week. And eight