island, complete with amenities, wait for it, that include x box game consoles, ping pong tables, fluff and fold laundry, plenty of controversy, with residents housed in homeless shelters, a stark contrast to rundown conditions they live in. meanwhile, the situation at the southern border is spiralling out of control. the el paso mayor is denying the white house asked him not to declare a state of emergency over the influx of illegal immigrants, but comments at a city council meeting last month suggest otherwise. did the white house ask you not to declare a state of emergency? absolutely not. one of the things i m thankful for the white house, the federal government, they ve done a really, really good job working with us, helping us to make sure we get funding to be able to do the job that border cities are required to do. i had a conversation this morning or yesterday with the chief of the u.s. border patrol, chief ortiz, and he does not support declaring a state of emer
president who wanted the extra near oig legitimacy from doj to back his bogus claims and overturn the election and stay in power. even some trump allies now privately acknowledging to cnn that some of the testimony from yesterday was, quote, damaging. this is the room where it happened. a dramatic high stakes meeting in the oval office just three days before the capitol riot in january of 2021. the witnesses testified that trump leaned on them to publicly call the election fraudulent and corrupt, something that they wouldn t do. and that when the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen there refused, trump threatened to replace him with this little known environmental lawyer from the civil division jeffrey clark. the justice department officials in the room all pushed back threatening to resign. he said so suppose i do this, suppose i replace him, jeff rosen, with him, jeff clark. what would you do? and i said, mr. president, i would resign immediately. i m not working one mi
border patrol, chief ortiz, and he does not support declaring a state of emergency at this point. our congresswoman urged for us not to do that and the county judge does not support that at this point. we may have to do that. i mean, there is going to be a point we may have to do that, but at this point and the white house asked for us at this point not to do that. but our president is staying silent on the border issue, instead turning his attention to other causes in south america. fox news learning the biden administration is funding drag performances in ecuador, the state department awarding more than $20,000, a cultural center to host drag theater performances in the name of diversity, equity, inclusion. the state department didn t respond to fox news request for comment. guy, there s so much to unpact. let s get top line thoughts. start with the el paso, texas controversy. it seems like this mayor down there is changing his
as, quote, nuts and a murder-suicide pact. just hours before yesterday s hear going, reports emerged that federal acts had actually conducted a search of clark s home. it is unclear exactly what those investigators were looking for. here with me now, let s bring in florida state attorney for palm beach county and also a former prosecutor, michael zeldin. and gentlemen, so nice to have you. a lot to get to, a lot to unpact. dave, i want to start with you. yesterday was so striking to me, so much of this testimony we had heard through drips an dd grabbing, but they really laid out a picture, if you will, of how desperate the scene was and grabbing, but they really laid out a picture, if you will, of how desperate the scene wastimod heard through drips and grabbing, but they really laid out a picture, if you will, of how desperate the scene wasand , but they really laid out a picture, if you will, of how desperate the scene was. what stood out to you? i think the quote that said just sa
embraced and celebrated murderers and now want to follow his lead. the first thing for america would be the worst thing for america would be that this case becomes exemplar and precursor. the first of many. our panel is back with us and joining us jamal jeffery. let me start with you, rittenhouse claims he shot three people and killing two in self-defense. a lot of this hinged on what that law means in w wisconsin. it s clear they could not convince the jury. unpact that for us. well, we have a pretty liberal set of laws of self-defense connected to some of the issues around racial