crisis at the border. they are on pace for more than 300,000 migrant encounters in just the month of december. about that, welcome back. i m john roberts. welcome back to you. jacqui: good to be with you for a second hour. sandra smith has the day off. i m jacqui heinrich. president biden spoke with his mexican counterpart as it threatens hundreds in millions facility, biden administration is choosing not to send migrants to ice detention centers that are sitting completely empty. what is the reason for that. jacqui: complete coverage now, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick responds, but first, william in the los angeles newsroom. why aren t the ice facilities being used? jacqui, the president has said he does not want to use them. otherwise, does it make sense to be releasing thousands of migrants a day with a slip of paper, while thousands of detention beds taxpayers paid for daily go empty. take the center in california. 2000 beds, fully staffed, and operational t
italy and spain, among others. this is notjust a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. and that s why i m convening a meeting tomorrow, a ministerial meeting, with fellow ministers in the region and beyond, to address this threat. for more on what the shipping disruption might mean for the global economy, i m joined from washington by hung tran, a senior fellow at the atlantic council and former deputy director at the international monetary fund or imf. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. firstly, if you can explain how important this area is to global trade? important this area is to global trade ? important this area is to global trade? important this area is to ulobaltrade? , ., ., ., global trade? this area of the red sea leading global trade? this area of the red sea leading to global trade? this area of the red sea leading to the - global trade? this area of the red sea leading to the suez l red sea le
drones houthi launched from yemen this morning, this comes as the international shipping industry is on high alerts for attacks in the region. i m griff jenkins. aishah: hi, i m aishah hasnie. that makes the houthi drones shot down 37. military officials reporting these are only defensive measures. lucas tomlinson is live from the white house on these attacks. if they want to disrupt international shipping it appears they are succeeding, a number of shipping companies told them to go dead in the water or get to a safe port. hard to do in yemen. the national security advisor is holding iran responsible for these attacks. while the houthis are pulling the trigger, so to speak, they re handed the gun by iran and iran has a responsibility to take steps themselves to cease these attacks. there have been over 20 drone and missile attacks against international shipping in recent weeks. to date, there has been no response. shot down a $32 million reaper drone off the coast of y
havoc to global trade. speaking in bahrain, the us defense secretary lloyd austin said participating countries include the united kingdom, bahrain, canada, france, italy and spain, among others. this is notjust a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. and that s why i m convening a meeting tomorrow, a ministerial meeting, with fellow ministers in the region and beyond to address this threat. for more on what the shipping disruption might mean for the global economy, i m joined from washington by hung tran, a senior fellow at the atlantic council and former deputy director at the international monetary fund. this area of the red sea leading to the suez canal is quite important in terms of the volume of trade passing through it. about 12% of global trade passes through the red sea, including 30% of the container shipping. altogether, it accounts for about us$1 trillion per year of trade, so it is quite significant, and a disruption
welcome to the programme. florida governor ron desantis has officially announced that he will be running for us president in 202a. but his much anticipated campaign launch on twitter was hit with a series of technical issues. to individuals who have done more to loosen. might have surprised many but not those who have worked with elon musk for nearly a quarter century. his freedom as putting money is were, elite institutions and corporate media and it s an incredible honour. ..to have governor ron desantis to make this announcement. and after 25 minutes, the stream was reconnected for an official announcement prompted by moderator and tech entrepreneur david sachs. i think we have a record i audience assembled here and the biggest room - those probably have been assembled online and what would you like to tell them? i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. the live announcement may have been hit by technical glitches, but the vide