alex perez and davenport. also tonight come a new video showing a carnival cruise ship battling violent seeds and hurricane-forts wins off south carolina. waves crashing into the ship, waves gusting up to 80 miles an hour. hallways flooded. the ship returning to port nearly nine hours late. victor oquendo standing by. the debt ceiling deal heading to congress. will it passed the house and senate before the new june 5th deadline? speaker mccarthy already facing pushback from some conservative republicans. president biden working the phones with democrats. our team pressing him. will this get done by june 5th? the house vote set for wednesday. the abc news exclusive. an 11-year-old boy shot and wounded by a police officer responding to a 911 call from his home in mississippi. the boy describing what happened and what it felt like getting shot in the chest. authorities looking for a missing couple, disappearing during a cross-country drive from tennessee to california. the cou
give you the opportunity to address this. would you be willing to adjourn? this subcommittee is now in recess. this committee will now come to order. acting director, thank you your patience for your patience. i will now turn to the ranking member. thank you, i thank the distinguished chair. acting director johnson recently, the administration has released several policy memos under the guise of prosecutorial discretion that reduces the ability of officers to enforce the law except for three narrow categories citing limited resources. my first question, sir. acting director, if the premise of these memos is to focus limited resources on the most pressing categories of offenders, why are you not asking for more resources, sir? mr. johnson: good question, congressman. i guess i would start with, detaining individuals in this covid environment has been extremely challenging. as i mentioned in my opening remarks, just given the lack of medical personnel, and the ability t
recess. this committee will now come to order. acting director, thank you your patience for your patience. i will now turn to the ranking member. thank you, i thank the distinguished chair. acting director johnson recently, the administration has released several policy memos under the guise of prosecutorial discretion that reduces the ability of officers to enforce the law except for three narrow categories citing limited resources. my first question, sir. acting director, if the premise of these memos is to focus limited resources on the most pressing categories of offenders, why are you not asking for more resources, sir? mr. johnson: good question, congressman. i guess i would start with, detaining individuals in this covid environment has been extremely challenging. as i mentioned in my opening remarks, just given the lack of medical personnel, and the ability to hire garden services or some of the ancillary services, bringing on additional detention capacity all i
under the guise of prosecutorial discretion that reduces the ability of officers to enforce the law except for three narrow categories citing limited resources. my first question, sir. acting director, if the premise of these memos is to focus limited resources on the most pressing categories of offenders, why are you not asking for more resources, sir? mr. johnson: good question, congressman. i guess i would start with, detaining individuals in this covid environment has been extremely challenging. as i mentioned in my opening remarks, just given the lack of medical personnel, and the ability to hire garden services or some of the ancillary services, bringing on additional detention capacity all it is something the agency has looked at, it just is not seem does not seem to be a viable situation given the current covid-19 environment. given the lack of detention resources, the inability to detain a lot of individuals just because of the mounds of litigation surrounding covi
under the guise of prosecutorial discretion that reduces the ability of officers to enforce the law except for three narrow categories citing limited resources. my first question, sir. acting director, if the premise of these memos is to focus limited resources on the most pressing categories of offenders, why are you not asking for more resources, sir? mr. johnson: good question, congressman. i guess i would start with, detaining individuals in this covid environment has been extremely challenging. as i mentioned in my opening remarks, just given the lack of medical personnel, and the ability to hire garden services or some of the ancillary services, bringing on additional detention capacity all it is something the agency has looked at, it just is not seem does not seem to be a viable situation given the current covid-19 environment. given the lack of detention resources, the inability to detain a lot of individuals just because of the mounds of litigation surrounding covi