good evening, i am bret baier . following two big stories tonight, president trump takes the stand during his social defamation trial. we begin with the biden administration, giving texas a deadline of friday to allow federal agents back onto federa and feel the southern border to cut razor wire of there. texas official seeds the area nearly three weeks ago removing federal officers and putting in new measures to stem the flow o illegal immigration. matt finn following it all in eagle pass, texas again tonight. good evening, matt. texas officials don t have plans to comply with president biden s deadline tomorrow to remove the barbed wire here. in fact, right now, the texas national guard is installing additional razor wire here in shelby park. the texas attorney general tells fox that his state does not plan to comply with the biden administration s deadline for texas to reopen shall be park to the biden border agents. two give the biden administration doesn t even p
the moment, i cannot say a lot about the ukrainian reaction and the response to what happened. so for the ukrainian defence ministry has not confirmed that this military aircraft could have been downed by the ukrainian forces suit no confirmation from their side. ukrainians say this has asked for comments from the general staff, the defence ministry. the general staff replied that for now, they don t have enough information and they still have to try to find out what happened there. of course, the prisoners of war and the issue of swaps is one of the most sensitive and difficult things and issues of ukraine now. thousands of ukrainian military are still in the russian community and there was an expectation that new groups of prisoners could have happened but again, military intelligence that is in charge of these swaps of prisoners of war said that for now, they are not ready to provide any official statement or confirmation or denial whether any prisoners were scheduled. to
morning. i needed somebody to pull me up. judge jeanine: did they have to pull you by your legs? bret: they did. see you, good night. good evening. i m bret baier, 800 a day. that s the number of known got-aways at the southern border as texas officials and the biden administration continue to babletion battle over the border crisis. this comes as washington lawmakers try to reach a deal on dealing with the influx of migrants coming across the border. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram on capitol hill as congressional republicans really turn on each other over the immigration legislation. but we begin with correspondent dana marie nickel with the latest. good evening, dana marie. we have new numbers from the southern border shows a stunning number of migrants slipping through border patrol on a daily basis. border patrol sources tell fox news there s been nearly 100,000 got-aways at the border so far this fiscal year. that s an average of 800 migrants p
[laughter] dana: if you do, i hear it counts for two votes. bret: two votes, all right. thank you bret: good evening. i m bret baier, we are coming to you live from bedford, new hampshire for the second voting and first primary of the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will set the stage tonight for the now two candidate race in tomorrow s primary election in just a moment. first breaking tonight, federal agents can begin removing razor wire southern border in an area texas has taken over. 5-4 decision seen as a big win for the biden administration and comes as texas officials officials are refusing to back down installing new barbed wire fencing in that area. immigration and border patrol officers, the border issues actually were top issues for voters during the iowa caucuses. they are trending issues here new hampshire. bret, the decision that came down just hours ago, really does effect what happens here in shelby park. can i tell you border patrol from what i co