Right now. Consists of three people. The governor, attorney general and secretary of state john merrill. Theyre beginning to certify the results from the special election earlier this month. What had happened is republican roy moore filed a lastminute complaint with the Alabama Circuit Court to intervene and delay the certification based on new allegations of voter fraud and calling for a new special election. But just moments ago, montgomery circuit judge Johnny Harwick denied the order. That means that doug jones by the end of this hour will likely be headed to washington where he will be sworn in by Vice President pence on january 3 next week. Secretary merrills office spoke with me several times today as i tried to understand why this was occurring. Just a quick primer in Alabama State law. You have 48 hours after certification to petition for a recount. There were no circumstances, so moore did this lastminute effort. However, secretary of state merrills office, jon, told me they
Migration they had been abetting for years. Well, on friday, they got the message and caved. The Mexican Government will nowe deploy 6,000 troops along the southern border of guatemala and Going Forward certain asylumseekers will await in mexico rather than the u. S. Until their cases are resolved. Now, none of that is going to solve our illegal immigration crisis, but it is potentially a big help. You would think every american would be happy about it. But no. Democratic National Candidates complained about the deal and taking mexicos side. We need a decent relationship with mexico. They are our allies as is the case with canada, we should not be confronting them every other day. Trumps erratic threats and trade policies are not the way to go. Speak of tariffs in general that what happened with mexico, the way he h used that on the immigration issue was just not a good thing. I think the president hast completely overblown what he purports to have achieved. By and large, the president