r what d.c.. released a statement saying abbott is taking action to move migrants without adequately coordinating with the federal government and voter communities. back in texas he is creating chaos at the border, he has imposed new inspection rules for commercial trucks entering from mexico, saying it is to ensure no undocumented migrants or drugs are on board those trucks. the washington post reports, this has caused multi mile backups leading to supply chain delays, which are affecting hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the border. even the wall street journal editorial board says abbott actions have made the border mess even worse. the governors of two mexican states have now made an agreement with abbott to increase security measures on there and. that means there can be a return to normalcy in those entry points. but why is abbott doing all of this? well according to his office, both actions are the first in a
trucks. the washington post reports, this has caused multi mile backups leading to supply chain delays, which are affecting hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the border. even the wall street journal editorial board says abbott actions have made the border mess even worse. the governors of two mexican states have now made an agreement with abbott to increase security measures on there and. that means there can be a return to normalcy in those entry points. but why is abbott doing all of this? well according to his office, both actions are the first in a series of aggressive actions by the state of texas to secure the border in the wake of president biden s decision to end title 42 expulsions. title 42 is an emergency health order enacted by the trump administration during the pandemic to prohibit migrants from entering the u.s.. beto o rourke said this to our colleague lawrence o donnell about those new rules. it is going to jeopardize jobs throughout the state, and
a single day record for covid cases but of course the key indicator is hospitalizations and that number thankfully remains stable. this comes after the governor expressed frustration to president biden about some supply chain delays for testing. the governor says he has been, quote, creative with locating a supplier. joining us is the arkansas governor asa hutchinson. thanks so much for being with us. when president biden says tell us what you need what are you telling him, what are you telling jeff zaents the covid communicator, what are you telling the federal government? last week i told the white house task force that we needed additional monoclonal antibody treatments. we re out of those. we re in short supply of those. the federal government controls the allocation of those to the states. we made that request. we did get some. they re already used. we need more. and so that s the greatest need that we have. in terms of the at home testing,
reality check. what the truck? it is a question you might ask yourself while watching footage of this canadian trucker protest. 500 rigs clogging up traffic in canada s capital for two weeks, while other protesters join in. now they re blocking the vital bridge that connects us with our neighbors to the north. the signage of course says they re fighting for freedom, specifically repealing vaccine mandates and covid restrictions they argue are disrupting people s lives. but in fact, they re the ones doing the disrupting now by holding traffic and trade hostage, adding to supply chain delays and threatening to push prices even higher. so they re compounding the problems they re complaining about, an absurdity is the only consistency when people try to politicize a virus. for example, look, i ve always thought that when protesters block bridges and highways, it is a uniquely self-defeating form of protest. because it alienates far more people than it attracts and usually conservatives a
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