immigration plan has been working. and the pentagon is telling us tonight that using active duty troops instead of the national guard will not affect readiness. i think we ll see these troops arrive as early as may 10th. pete: that s despite recent claims the border is secure. you said yesterday when it comes to illegal migration, have you seen it come down by more than 90%. where did that number come from? i was speaking. peter: cbp says the answer 156,000 people morphos call year so far. i will answer you if the dramatics come down a little bit. if the dramatics. peter: what s dramatic about asking a question about. okay. i m going to answer. i was speaking to the parolee program. peter: pentagon says troops will be armed for self-defense not law enforcement. laying out their mission like. this fill critical capability gaps. ground based detection and monitoring. data entry. and warehouse support. as the pentagon preps for a migrant surge, lawmakers are
american border problems won t be fixed until congress acts. fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 americans a year. border. we now have the worst border crisis in american history. china threatens our sovereignty we will act to protect our country and we did. the president s refusal to stand up to china, our most formidable adversary. it s never a good bet to bet against america, never. america can once again be the land of the free and the home of the brave. steve: we are using the official state of the union address music as you can see. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, february 8th, 2023. currently in our nation s capital it is 44 degrees. come on in here to studio m., midtown, manhattan. we are at 36 degrees. and welcome to the official post game show. if you did not see what the president was talking about last night in the congress, we got you covered. ainsley: we have all the highlights for you. did you all stay up and watch? brian:
proud sanctuary enclaves. ron desantis sending two flights of migrants to obama s favorite vacation spot, martha s vineyard. massachusetts democrats already calling that a humanitarian crisis, and it s only 50 people. and texas governor greg abbott dropping off bus loads of immigrants right at kamala s doorstep after she declared the border s secure. the president is accusing republicans of using those asylum seekers as political props, while others go even further. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings, using them as props. abbott and desantis are doing today in the legacy of segregationists playing politics with people s he lives. these are the kind of tactics we see from smugglers in places like mexico and guatemala. some politicians would rather not only have an issue but exacerbate it to the extent of literally human trafficking, as you said. judge jeanine: the white house and blue governorers scrambling ove
Cnn primetime with abby philips starts right now. Objectively american democracy is in perilous condition. The nations politics are poisoned. Truth has become optional. Instead of desired or even required. The republic has of course always faced threats to it even before Rupert Murdoch. But so much of the current state of our democracy can be traced back to the beast of his creation. Good evening everyone. Im abby philip. Rupert murdoch is stepping down as ceo of fox news tonight. His legacy is outrage porn. Partisan red meat. Stoking relentless culture wars. But it all started with what you could argue is a noble vision to create a center right news network to elevate more perspectives that arent based in gotham or in washington. But instead, Stoking Division seemed to become murdochs mission. So did power and so did the money. Fox became a mouth piece for republican administrations, a mouth piece really for donald trump and eventually a vehicle for his baseless conspiracies. It is im
contestants? and could doug burgum s tears real him out? the story behind that story coming up. brian: batter up tonight. major league baseball heading to rickwood field to pay tribute to the negro leagues. will cain brings takes us back in history. ainsley: remember, mornings are always better with friends. brian: get dressed. lawrence: we re going to go straight to that fox weather alert. right now tropical storm alberto, the first major storm of the summer season bringing heaven rain to the texas coast. ainsley: galveston completely covered in water. some inches 11 inches of rain. officials say tornadoes and water spots have also possible. steve: right there on the gulf coast. as it rains down in texas. historic heat wave continues midwest right up through new england with 99 million americans under heat alerts today. brian: let s check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for the fox weather forecast. janice: first day of summer and we are feeling it a