our border since just october 1. almost 8 million since president biden s inaugural. those are all record-breaking numbers. the records have been broken and broken again. so clearly there s a crisis. everyone acknowledges this. congress and the president are not acting to do anything to fix it or to reverse this situation at this point. the huge numbers that we talk about all the time, they are numbers. they re important. they impact american cities. they impact the national security of our country and the bottom line of all of that. no one knows any of this better than border patrol chief jason owens. and while this number may sound a lot smaller, it s one that he wants you to know something about. he says it s a huge concern. he just posted these photos. he says that since october 1 border patrol has caught more than 160 coming in with gang affiliations. ms-13. all of them involved likely with murder, extortion, narcotics, weapons, human trafficking. prostitution. so on all
speed bump. on the republican side, new skepticism over next week s default deadline. and a day of raw grief and remembrance in uvalde, texas, where almost one year to the moment a gunman walked into robb elementary school and killed 19 students and two teachers, forever changing the community and the nation. we ll hear from one mother who lost her daughter, lexi, and is now demanding change. i m hoping that seeing her face, hearing her story encourages other moms and dads to join us in this fight. and we begin this hour with florida governor ron desantis set to jump into the presidential race in just about seven hours. nbc news was first to report he plans to launch it on twitter, during a talk with billionaire twitter owner elon musk on the social media platform. casey desantis, the governor s wife, released this teaser video. our best days lay ahead of us. but is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every si
about his stroke. nor about his cardiomyopathy and need for a pacemaker and he was refusing to debate his opponent in an effort to run out the clock by not agreeing to a debate until many pennsylvanians had already voted. i defended an nbc reporter who was criticized for reporting that fetterman had trouble understanding her small talk before the interview. i thought the coverage was being determined by empathy alone, not objectivity when the facts demanded both. now comes the news from the junior senator admitted himself to walter read on wednesday night for treatment of clinical depression. his office released a statement saying while john was experienced depression on and off throughout his life, it only became severe in rekren weeks, he s receiving treatment on a voluntary basis. we re told that john is getting the care he needs and will soon be back to himself. this is fetterman s second hospital in as many weeks. he was recently admitted to george washington university
hill. i m jim sciutto. the moment of impact, remarkable new video shows a russian fighter jet as it forced down a u.s. drone over, we should note, international waters. all of this played out just south of ukraine. 48 hours ago. video proof russia didn t tell the truth about this. i m going to walk you through what we learned from the new video just ahead. also today, janet yellen with a direct message to americans, your money, your bank deposits are safe. she is set to testify on the hill next hour. this, of course, as bank failures here in the u.s. in an unrelated and ill timed bank issue in europe is spooking so many. so this morning what you need to know. if the banking news feels like a lot, how about a little distraction? how about a little march madness. if your bracket isn t locked in, you are running out of time. but we have the guy to help you make the final decisions later this hour. we begin this hour with the incredibly newly declassified video showing the
biden tells ukraine no f-16s for now as putin s deadly invasion hits the one-year mark. tonight, new concerns russia may be on the verge of getting some new and lethal assistance. plus, alex murdaugh back on the stand and grilled by prosecutors, making the case nothing he says can be believed. and wnba star brittney griner back on the court after spending ten months in a russian prison. how is she doing? the president of the phoenix mercury is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone, i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, no f-16s. president biden saying the united states is ruling out ukrainian president zelenskyy s request for fighter jets for now. president zelenskyy continues to say what he really needs are f-16s. will you send f-16s? look, we re sending him what our seasoned military thinks he needs now. he needs tanks, he needs artillery, he needs air defense, including another himars. but there are things he needs now you