the now, this is a story that unfolds in three parts. first, the fraud.st yes just yesterday, wete learned tht nearly four hundred department of homeland security employees took pandemiarly 400c unemploymt even though they were working. but my friends, this is justinyc a teeny tiny fraction of the massive in brazen coviden theft that has occurred since d the government started doling out billions in so-called relief. the official who s in chargeh of overseeing the distribution of the relieributionf has calleh the biggest fraud inbigges a generation. t frau it was the theft of asc as 80 billion dollars, or about 10% of the eight hundred billion dollars that was handed out in that paycheck protection program. now,in tha remember, that s on l the 90 billion to four hundredio billion believed to have been stolen from the nine hundred billion covid unemploy payment relief program. that s a lot of money. the second part of this story surrounds the tidal wave of inflatiotle n tha
said this: the democratic party, they have a majority. they can stop this crime today. some people say, well, they are soft on crime. no, they are not soft on crime. they are pro crime! they want crime! and they want crime because they want to take over what you got! they want to control what you have! they want reparations because they think that people who do the crimes are owed that! bullshit! they are not owed that. you ll note that he stopped short of identifying juiced who these criminals are, just who it is the democrats want preparative justice for. but then for his audience, identification is unnecessary. because whether it s a campaign ad or a trump rally, gop candidates in swing states have weaponized crime as the cudgel against democrats. with that, they ve embraced a time honored tradition on the right. when all else fails, blame black people. even in states they barely live in. across, the irony of insurrection apologies, making statements while criticizin
administration is responding to it. we begin with matt. edward, day after day, we watch as so many of those migrants cross in to the united states right here in eagle pass, texas. we re seeing something unprecedented. the state of texas is bolstering its border here. these cargo containers were brought in before christmas and now over the past two days, we have watched as the national guard has put razor wire on top of those shipping containers. governor greg abbott s office tells us that its taking unprecedented action to enhance its border safety strategies. that s something that we re witnessing in real time here in eagle pass and also to the northwest in el paso where the national guard installed two miles of fencing along the border there. we have new video of yet another large smuggling bust. texas dps says 18 illegal migrants including a child were being smuggled inside of a tractor trailered. the driver was arrested for human smuggling. texas dps says people from al
please follow the show at jdbalart msnbc. thank you for your time. peter alexander picks up with more news right now. good morning. i am peter alexander here in washington. parts of ukraine are under fire in the dark and running low on water as russia unleashes a new barrage of air strikes overnight. president zelenskyy says 30% of his country s power stations are destroyed by russia part of what he says is vladimir putin s strategy to plunge ukraine into brutal conditions just as winter approaches. we are in ukraine with the very latest ahead. plus, just 21 days out from the midterms, president biden is going to put the spotlight on a crucial issue the democrats hope will motivate their voters. abortion rights. and he is ready to make this promise. codifying roe v. wade into law will be his first big legislative priority in the new congress. if he hopes that ll be enough to keep control of congress in democratic hands, that actually may hinge on a series of other issues. r
former vp s leadership, but republicans are asking, is it safer following a watch dog report suggesting the biden administration may have put national security at risk by failing to properly vet e vac e vac ways from the botched withdraw from afghanistan. our panel weighs in. and some residents are being told tow sweat it out conserve power even as temperatures soar to record levels. an electrifying panel on the future of the state s energy crunch ahead but first breaking news out of memphis, the 19 year old police say is responsible for several shootings around the city tonight is under arrest. cores corespondent jonathan seniory is in memphis he joins us on the phone. . reporter: good evening mike the shooting started around 4:30 central time when he walked into an auto parts store striking shots. he documented it on facebook live which led police to identify the suspect as 19 year old ezekiel kelly additional shootings followed in other parts of the city including a ma