Alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security and shouldnt be. John a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers from across the country escalating attacks against the dhs secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the border policies. Good afternoon to you. Jacqui good to be with you, john. Im Jacqui Heinrich in for sandra smith. A group of two dozen texas Lawmakers Led by Chip Roy Will Lock funding from Mayorkas Department unless biden addresses the worsening situation at the border. John across the aisle, focusing of reports of Texas Separating Migrant families and putting pressure to investigate State Agencies for the alleged incidents. Jacqui and mayorkas has taughted the lower number of Migrant Crossings, the tide appears to be turning. In august, stopped 6,000. John complete coverage. Jacqui Casey Stegall in el paso, texas. Renewed debate about the border wall. There is. Under president trump, 15 billion was allocated to build about 740 miles of wall and barriers down here along the southern
up to 11% from 5%. that is pretty good. among trump primary voters, ramaswamy s support is up from zero back in march to a whopping 22%. governor desantis is down 15% since then. after a successful day of work in the crowds at the iowa state fair, look at south carolina senator tim scott. he finds himself moving up the fox news power rankings for the gop primary, sitting in third place in the hawkeye state. that is pretty solid. meanwhile, in a head to head of a virtual tie between the current and former presidents. the two men separated only by the margin of error which is plus or minus three points. so clearly, right now, ramaswamy is the breakout gop candidate while government governor desantis support is down. it was at when a person. in february. it is down to just 16% right now. but keep this in mind. it can change all of that in the
first gop debate. it is a week away right here. trace: kevin corke life for us in dc, thank you. let s bring in political scientist lauren wright. i want to get your take because i was looking at this poll and i see vivek ramaswamy go from trump 5% from 5% to 11%. what is your take away from that? you know, and i think national polls can be really helpful. sometimes it is a great snapshot of who people are paying attention to. and at this stage in the race, that is what most of these candidates including ramaswamy are trying to do. trump has the built-in name or condition. he always has. but for a lot of these guys, they are just trying to get known on a basic level and sometimes when people have a chance to get to see them, they have a positive response. and sometimes, they have a negative response. it is still very early.
nice to see you, jacqui. jacqui: bring up the polls to start and look at what we are looking at. stunning. call for number one, donald trump obviously still in the lead, but the biggest jump here, you had between june and now, vivek ramaswamy go from 5% to 11%. david, what do you think made that happen? he is saying things that americans, particularly republicans want to hear in his message, whether it be his tough stance on foreign adversaries, his belief that government is being used to weaponize political opponents, things republicans ultimately believe. so he s saying what they believe. his challenge going into next week, he s never publicly debated in a presidential forum. and he s not prepared, he says. he gets one chance to make a first impression, what he will be doing for many republicans. i think he probably comes