he demonstrated. let me close with this. there is no greater responsibility of government than to insure the safety of the american people and those who serve and protect us all. we re incredibly proud of all of you, i mean that. incredibly proud of all of you. we will have your back as long as we need to, as long as you are engaged. just in the past two weeks our nation has observed national fallen firefighters memorial weekend. national police weekend, national peace memorial officers day and also hosted this event several times as president and vice president and co-sponsored the bill that created the metal of valor when i was a u.s. senator. these are the same some of the most meaningful things i do as president. knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country. you represent you represent the very best of us. you represent the best of who we are as americans and god bless you all. may god protect publ
of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting
boat followed by ron desantis at 20%. not even close not this impact and the republican party has been remained in trump s images is a grassroots in the base and this is a runaway tripling the amount of support from the next contender and there was event in palm beach for a bunch of donors to have a different view of the horserace but in early primary states were a challenger we need to gain momentum it can be a headwind to be the front runner who clearly still has the pulse of the base and after the mar-a-lago raid that ended up bolstering support for him. if they re going after him that way he s laid out policy videos and proposals being proactive of what he would do in the future he talked in his speech same working to harvest better in the legal way to gather early votes the way the left has dominated we need to get into the business. it was a strong speech and a big win on the pole. he laid out what he stands for and the selection pretty set at the top of my list wil
suffering, and our desperation for his political gain. president biden s first-ever face-to-face meetings with the families of brittney griner and paul whelan since they were detained in russia. i would have done it sooner. still need to deal with the families and explain there are limited things that you can do when you have this kind of a situation going on. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. a kingdom celebrates the life of its queen. a family mourns the loss of its matriarch. the queen s eight grandchildren came together to hold vigil as she lies in state. outside westminster hall, tens of thousands of mourners gather to pay their respects. the line stretching for miles, and the wait at times surpassing an astonishing 24 hours. president biden and the first lady arrived in london not long ago. they will be among heads of state from around the world to attend the queen s funeral on monday. and a short time ago, we learned that the queen