campaign 24 developments. hello, steve. reporter: mike, the former president showing he can still draw a big crowd. pickens, south carolina, population just 3,000 and yet more than 50,000 according to local police turned up to hear nutes at midday in ther 90 sweltering heat. many of them arriving in the predawn hours. they heard the former president take credit for recent supreme court decisions. somebody that hasn t done nearly as well and perhaps has not worked nearly as hard will not be taking your place in school, at a college or university, they re in the going to be. we re back to the old merit system that that built our country. reporter: in the meantime, trump s competitors took shots at him from multiple angles. nikki haley, former governor of south carolina, said she expected trump s massive lead mt. polls to evaporate by the fall. it s not about how many people show up at your rally, it s how many times you show up and how hard of the questions you answer
than anybody else. people come to the border and try to get in without the necessary legal basis to do so, they will be sent away. talk to the migrants coming across the border, what do they say, we are here because of your president, here because of president biden and that s why we keep coming. i ve made a call to our president, our vice president, we need action. united states of america does not care about the safety, security of the border. border state officials fire back at the administration, as the migrant crisis could get work to start the new year. rich edson in new york. jonathan: jonathan hunt in los angeles. a fresh wave of 15,000 migrants head straight for the southern border, alejandro mayorkas and sent of state antony blinken are set to meet face-to-face later this hour with the president of mexico to discuss the migrant crisis. rich: chris clem is standing by whether the meeting will lead to policy change, but first to our team of reporters. c.b.
things. that s going to be a concern for people as they get to the ballot box. mike: brad, your thoughts. number one, i think it s ironic for any republican to really accuse someone of nepotism when you look at the trump children. secondly, it isn t the biden focusing on this issue, it is house republicans that have made in the top priority in the house. there s no plan to address inflation, higher education or student loan rates. it s hunter biden all the time, and i think voters have to ask to the previous speaker s point, is this really what you want congress focusing on for the next four years? it s not. i think republicans are taking a huge risk. they can t find any dirt on the president, so they re trying to attack his son. i think that s going to backfir- i d love to weigh in there. mike: go ahead, mara. i ve said countless times if you re frustrated by the nepotism in the biden white house, then trump s not your candidate.
society today, you have access to the absolute best technology, the best health care, the best education, the best neighborhoods, the safest neighborhoods. and the system is in your favor. and i m not mad if you re wealthy you have those advantages. i just get a little upset when everyone else gets screwed in the process. so look, you have talked about some things you would do. you sponsored multiple bills, for example, on college tuition. one of them that you have endorsed is bernie sanders college for all act. that basically makes it free tuition at public colleges and universities, and slashes student loan rates as well. so usa today estimates that it is $70 billion a year in tuition alone in this country for public universities. that s $70 billion a year just for tuition. where would that money come from if you were going to give that for free? well, let s first start by saying we do k-12 education now, and that was for an industrial