our border. jackie? reporter: welsh dana, initially mexican authorities identified ten ms-13 gang members concealed within that caravan of migrants trying to make their way into the u.s. they discovered 15 more after a group of about 100 of them clashed with mexican federals last week upset they weren t being allowed to leave the premises. the ms-13 members were aggitators in that scuffle. the shelter was not supposed to be closing until wednesday or thursday of this week, but the mexican officials tweeted out photos showing the warehouse already cleared of the migrants. we do know 70 were deported back to their home countries, including the 25ms-13 gang members. over the weekend, several hundred were bussed to neighboring border towns in an effort to break up the caravan, but about 1500 were granted h e
it s been signed by other presidents, from 1977 or so, it gave the presidents the power. there s rarely been a problem. they sign it. nobody cares. i guess they weren t very exciting. dana: we have an exciting show ahead. sarah sanders joining us in a few minutes, but first mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with the reaction from up there. reporter: welsh dana, good afternoon. democrats say they will use all the tools possible to try and stop this action, going in the courts and also here on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi gave us a preview the last time she addressed reporters. did i say i was filing a legal challenge? i may. i will review our options. we will review our option. we will be prepared to respond
gonna say it will be after january 3rd. dana: chris stirewalt, thank you. please check out i ll tell you what. go to podcast.com. click on the logo. variety of options for downloading is always available on i tunes or wherever you listen. pretty fun this week. fallout continuing today from the announcement defense secretary jim mattis will be stepping down attend of february. decision coming just a day after president trump decision to pull all remaining troops out of syria. national security correspondent jennifer griffin, she knows all of what s going on at the pentagon. she joins us now. tell us what it s like over there today. reporter: welsh dana, i m told to expect more resignations. yesterday i was told the mood in the meetings at the pentagon was as somber and depressed as it has ever been. mattis is a beloved iconic leader among enlisted and officers alike. a recent poll conducted by the military times of active duty
peninsula. the russian annexation of creamia with nato calling for restraint. will they get such restraint, trey? reporter: welsh dana, the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting today to discuss the latest escalation between russia and ukraine. at that meeting the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, called on russia to immediately release the crew and ship members currently being held after they were captured. haley adding russia must abide by its international obligations and from the perspective of the trump administration the actions were a violation of international law. following the incident the ukrainian and russian boat exchanged fire leaving six ukrainian sailors injured. ukraine s president is calling for the introduction of marble
saudi arabia saying this is turkey trying to drive a wedge between them and the u.s. and to break up their strong relationship. dana? dana: turkey all struggling under the sanctions of president trump s administration put forward after an american pastor was not released as asked. what are you hearing about that today? reporter: welsh dana, in fact, we came to turkey to cover brunson s trial. he had been held for two years in charges of terrorism and espionage in connection to a coup in 2015. people believe those are trumped up charges. we spoke to his lawyer who said this is about much more than that. it was a deal being done between the u.s. and turkey. turkey wants sanction relief on its major bank and a fine reduced. just today we are hearing that a deal may well have been done and they are optimistic that pastor brunson may be flying back to the u.s. his lawyer pointed out the same