Dont look now, but the border crisis is back with a vengeance and a big concern among president ial candidates that make that a primary start. Why tim scott shows this time to do it. Scary numbers are probably the reason. Kevin corke has more. Kevin . Griff jenkins. I apologize. Look out, kevin corke. Neil my bad. Ive covered the border forever. Theres a reason why tim scott isnt just going to the border for a photo open. Hes going there because the situation is not under control. Sources tell me that Border Encounters are trending up, averaging between 5,000 and 5,500 a day across the entire southwest border. Cbp says they seized more than 22,000 pounds this fiscal year alone as mexican cartels tightener that grip on the border. Heres senator scott. As president of the united states, i would sign the legislation i created that would freeze the assets of the mexican car tens. We have the power to do that. Just a few hours area, jason owens tweeted this saying yesterday Border Patrol ag
hemmer. welcome to the program today. dana: this is america s newsroom, i m dana perino. a liberal commentator who said what a year this day has been. it felt like it. it started yesterday. special counsel robert hur released his report on the president s mishandling of documents. charges weren t warranted but the defense of that decision ignited a firestorm. bill: here is part of what set it off. it reads we have also considered that a trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. dana: that prompted the president to give rare, last-minute remarks last night where he defended his fitness for office. something the special counsel said in his report is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because in his description you are a well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. president biden: i m well meaning, an elderly man and i know what the hell i
gop presidential primary debate is now in the books. the five candidates talked about banning tik tok, killing cartel members and how they would respond to the abortion debate. the presidential hopefuls spent plenty of time attacking each other and they also attacked the former president who happens to be the current gop front runner. fox coverage, political anchor bret baier will give us his top three moments but we begin with aishah hasnie in miami where nobody was pulling any punches. issue a, good evening. reporter: trace, good evening to you. we were warned and told ahead of time that the knives were going to come outen boy did they come out. knives especially held by vivek ramaswamy tonight as he attacked nikki haley over and over again, even getting personal at one point going after her daughter over her daughter s tik tok use. here are some of the most tense moments of the night. do you want a leader from a different generation who s going to put this country firs
investigation. the department of justice s story keeps changing, which isn t mr. weiss. you have authority to bring it, when, where and who or just in your direct. he chased his story. the whistle-blowers haven t. archer said that president biden had dinner with the president of burisma in 2015. mr. biden shook everybody s hand. the white house said the meeting never happened. it s unclear in democrats have a blind spot ahead of 2024. the only thing the biden administration can do is be cooperative and get the facts out as best they can. i think they have done about president biden s noninvolvement in this. some republicans are itching for impeachment especially after the archer interview. but starting impeachment is about the math. it s unclear in the gop has the
to harm him legally. experts say that may be why the president s story keeps changing, going from i didn t know, to its not my fault to it s not illegal. in a new administer view with abc michael cohen says trump directed him to make the payments to them and doing it with a specific purpose in mind, winning the presidency. to help his campaign. to help him and the campaign. reporter: that experts say would be a violation of campaign finance law, which may be why the president is now blaming his lawyer for bad advice. tweeting thursday morning i never directed michael cohen to break the law. he is a lawyer and he s supposed to know the law. just hours after tweeting that trump told fox news cohen barely did legal work for him. that was his title. very low level work. he did more public relations than he did law. reporter: but back in april the president had a different