and countries around the world to address that. post counter isis campaign, you know, the active operations and when isis was defeated in syria, what we ve seen is isis metastasize like afghanistan. this is not only an iraq and syria challenge but a global challenge. you can t wish it away. you have to keep pressure on isto keep from a resurgence. as they demonstrated in 2014, if that is allowed to happen, disastrous consequences. i d like to focus on isis threat in iraq as you said. it s been largely suppressed. the u.s. has been advising and training iraqi security forces in iraq for years now. does the pentagon think that iraqi security forces are able on their own to deal with current situation that is or the threat of isis that has been largely suppressed? that s a question for the iraqi security forces to answer. we re there at the invitation of the iraqi government to help train and advise. we ve been watching this for a long time. the iraqi security forces parti
pursuit of justice. day one of the administration, president biden signalled to the world through words and actions that our borders are open. and so they were. hope we can all commend the biden-harris administration for their actions to prevent a serious disorder at the border following the expiration of title 42. we know the border s in trouble, we know we have a problem with fentanyl, got-aways, drugs. sad reality is my colleagues on the majority have no interest in any meaningful immigration reform. john: we begin this tuesday with lawmakers sparring over the biden administration handling of the migrant surge at the southern border and allegations that the white house set up border patrol to fail. gillian, good afternoon. gillian: great to be with you, john. gillian turner in for sandra today. this is america reports. subhouse committee is hearing testimony from the dhs inspector general, tasked with staffing and morale challenges with border agents over the
shatters more members top members of the biden administration are en route to mexico for high state talks. i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. this is america s newsroom. mike, wonderful to be with you. hope you had a wonderful christmas and we re looking forward to a new year. mike: i hope santa was good to you are kids and you. molly: santa pulled it off once again. a record christmas at the border. more than 35,000 migrants crossed illegally into our country over the four-day holiday weekend and now a new caravan is heading our way but in just a few hours, secretaries blinkern and mayorkas will meet with mexico s president. i have 0 confidence in anything blinken does. everything he negotiates is actually not in the best interests of the united states. the first thing he has to do is say we ll shut down the border. anybody that comes into the united states send them back to your country. good luck with 700,000 immigrants
japanese we should be able to beat the houthis. secretary austin and the biden administration is failing our troops in the field. i admire him, he is a patriot, but he is not doing a good job protecting the soldiers. without iran there are no houthis. the houthis are completely backed by iran. molly: forces in israel are expanding their ground operation in gaza. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with the latest on these escalations. trey, to you. good morning. threats from iran and its proxies are increasing amid concerns about the possibility of a broader regional conflict. yesterday alone we understand that 12 attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles were shot down by the american eisenhower carrier strike group from the houthis and lasted for ten hours. an american service member remains in critical condition following a drone attack against the erbil air base that drew an american response. zooming in on the ground, israeli chief of staf
tonight. good evening, peter. mike, on this memorial day, president biden is expressing confidence that there won t be a debt default while also trying to express condolences to the families of fallen american service members. god bless all those who gave their lives so our nation might live. present arms. peter: hours after solemn wreath laying at arlington national cemetery. i never say i m confident with what the congress are going to do. i feel very good about it. headlines of the deal suspending the debt limit until 2025 and limiting federal spending. what this will do is it increases defense and increases veterans. if you take nondefense with veterans out it, goes bloat level of 2022. congressman chip roy doesn t like the deal and roy sits on the rules committee where the bill goes next. he tweets a reminder that during speaker negotiations to build the collision that it was explicit both that nothing would pass rules committee without at least 7 g.o.p.