and the conditions there. the latest heartbreaking story there this chaotic humanitarian crisis involves an infant and a toddler who police say were abandoned by smugglers in the desert. arthel: matt finn is on the border live in eagle pass, texas, with more on this dire situation. matt? reporter: hi, arthel. this saturday afternoon we ve already seen a few dozen illegal migrants crossing the rio grande illegally, some of them over my shoulder now waiting to be processed. eagle pass, texas, which is where we are standing, is the port9 of entry where so many migrants cross illegally here to the united states. texas republican governor greg abbott and arizona republican governor doug ducey have been sending migrants by bus to sanctuary cities like new york and d.c., relieving their border towns of the burden of hundreds of house of illegal migrants. and the sheriff of one county tells fox news president biden should be stepping this to help solve this problem. let s get pre
increase taxes for you, the american people being crushed by the skyrocketing cost. skyrocketing cost of everything else. you are watching alexandria ocasio cortez on monday i m todd piro. ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. downplaying concerns about recession and are responding with even more spending and even as abc poll finds 69% of americans think the economy is headed in the wrong direction. the democrats are still celebrating. todd: alexandria hoff with the fallout, good morning, alexandria. good morning democratic senators sherrod brown said a fragile arrangement. all 50 members had to be on the board, awake and there after pulling an all nader. if you asked me what help get this done and some people have asked me that but i would put in one word, persistence. the reconciliation process required to pass spending bill with 16 hours of i voter roma and passed by harris. a year of negotiation with what was once the 3 trillion plus build back better bill and
and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al
let s go to phil mattingly who is in rockville, maryland where joe biden is participating in a reception for the democratic national convention. democrats are trying t ining to support going into the midterms. do you know what he s expected to address tonight? reporter: jake, in case you can t tell from the high school band behind us, it s campaign season for the president and his team. they ve been talking about getting on the road for several weeks. this will be the launch of the midterm campaign season, including a very clear speech, making clear that while he understands a win does not [ inaudible ] they have real things they can campaign on. they can campaign on legislative results, against republicans that they feel like are against most of the things perhaps democratic voters want to pay attention to. more than anything else, jake, over the course of the last several weeks, there have been clear signals that the supreme court s decision on roe v. wade is boos
should he run again? we will take a look at it. [laughter] bipartisan group of senators say they have reached an agreement on a framework for a bill on gun control. the bill would include a federal grant program to encourage more states to pass so-called red flag laws. got a black sideline, full head of steam and a touchdown and the it philadelphia stars win their fourth straight. come on over down to the corner sister and my brother every different color. feel that sunshine. steve: good morning, atlanta, georgia, this is your 6:01 wake-up call. boy it s going to be a beautiful day today. go outside and live it up 75 degrees. it s nice and clear. you re going for a daytime high in the 90 s. lower 90 s, probably a little humidity on this june 13th, 2022. ainsley: i love atlanta. i have just such a love for that city because it s close to where i grew up in south carolina. that was the big city. we gold there christmas time because it was decorated and