More than 12,500 known got-aways just since october. meanwhile in del rio sector, the second busiest, there have been more than 800 migrant apprehensions in the last 24 hours. there have been almost 89,000 apprehensions since october 1st. that s up a staggering 238% over the same time last year and just over the christmas weekend, the del rio sector saw more than 2700 migrant apprehensions including the arrest of three sex offenders, bret? bret: you know, bill, after all the months you spent on the border and i know you are heading back that way in a few days, seeing all these challenges this year firsthand, what s the morale like for the border patrol down there? bret, it s absolutely rock bottom. and we talked to them every time we go out there on these trips. we talk to then out in the field. their biggest frustration right now is they feel like they have essentially been turned into social workers, always having to do paperwork or processing of a family unit. sometimes they fee
bret: among other things, president biden s first year in office was marked by a growing crisis on our southern border. authorities recorded more than 1.7 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2021. correspondent bill melugin had a front row seat for months there on the border. bill joins us now from our west coast newsroom. good evening, bill. bret, good evening to you. the border crisis certainly has not taken a break over the holidays. we have got some brand new numbers, courtesy of a dhs source and we will get into those now. take a look at this. just in the last 24 hours, just in the rio grande valley sector alone, there have been more than 1100 migrant apprehensions since october 1st, the sector has seen over 136,000 encounters. that is up 160% over the same time period last year. on top of that, the rio grande valley sector has already seen
Going to be made? well, as it relates to the chicago public schools, they just said that they favor the shift to remote learning. they said that they have favored it, not necessarily that they are going to take that action, bret. bret: there s a lot of school districts that are pending that decision, probably in the next couple of days, mike, in chicago. thank you. the travel nightmare meantime in america s airports stretching into a sixth day, listen to this. more than 975 flights have been canceled so far today. that s on top of nearly 100 cancellations yesterday. travel experts say the situation could get worse as millions are expected to travel before the final busy days of the holiday season after the new year. airlines have blamed the mess on staff shortages on the omicron variant, vaccine mandates, and scattered winter storms. stocks were mixed today, the dow gained the 90. marking a record close for the first time since november 8th. also gave the dow a 6 day
All underaged when maxwell tricked them into being sexually abused. lawyers telling jurors that maxwell should not be a scapegoat for epstein s case. attorney for the southern district praising the women who were brave enough to come forward. a unanimous jury has found ghislaine maxwell guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable, facilitating and participating in the sexual abuse of children. crimes that she committed with her long-time partner and co-conspirator jeffrey epstein. the road to justice has been far too long but today justice has been done. now, bret, ghislaine maxwell facing 65 years in prison after being sentenced here in manhattan in federal court. the judge has not set a date yet for sentencing. bret? bret: alexis, she did not take the stand in this case.
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