captured. chris joining us, national border patrol council spokesman. chris, this was dumped on the media late last night and i always find that i wouldn t call amusing, but telling because the assumption is that it will get lost assuming there are no news shows on the weekend and you re on one now that s live so we re talking about it. what do you make of that number and what it s telling you and what you ve been reporting and telling folks for quite some time? well, you know, that number, quite honestly, is staggering. you know, a few years ago, 50,000 was a large number, you know, over two million or 200,000, over 200,000 is just, that s an insane number, but i don t think the worst is behind us yet. more people are continuing to show up on a daily basis and they know they re getting a free ride once they get here, they ll continue to move this way. neil: the 227,000 reported in the latest month in september, chris, i m hearing from our griff jenkins that 10 might be
forgiveness plan has been temporarily all theed by an appeals court as he faces criticism on the economy and rise in crime. we have more from charles watson on the midterms and let s kick things off with lucas tomlinson from the white house. good afternoon, griff. before leaving for the beach, president biden was bragging about his initial court victories. just yesterday state court and the supreme court said no, we re on biden s side. but last night, a federal appeals court in st. louis said not so fast and blocked his plan to bail out student debt until they make a final decision. the white house wasting little time putting out a statement saying it will proceed with its plans and quote, we ll continue to move full speed ahead in our preparations in compliance with this order and the administration will continue to fight republican officials suing to block our efforts to provide relief to working families. now, it s unclear whether the court s decision means for the 2
of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent
about our children or us. stand for against us. because we re not going nowhere. dozens of devastated and furious members of the uvalde community lashed out at the school board, demanding new leadership and the firing of the school district s police chief. the contentious meeting came after the release of a damning report and dramatic police body cam video. meanwhile on capitol hill, two trump white house officials will testify in thursday s prime time hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump, during the insurrection. and over in the senate, joe manchin is trying to save face. he s now claiming that he has not written off any key parts of president biden s domestic jaebd. we ll have the latest on where the negotiations stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, july 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we start with the latest on the january 6th in
commonwealth. the senate gop primary. hedge fund guy dave mccormick and trump-endorsed tv doc dr. mehmet oz locked in a tighter than tight battle. look at that. just 2,600 votes apart. the trumpiest candidate really not endorsed by him kathy barnette trailing despite what looked like a late surge and people were concerned she might actually win, or could win. cnn projects doug mastriano, a champion of the bogus big lie of election fraud, in 2020 has won the gop governor s primary there. and talk about high drama. as cnn projects john fetterman wins pennsylvania s democratic senate primary. he is exactly where he didn t expect to be right now, though, watching from his hospital bed. he s recovering from surgery to get a pacemaker today after he suffered a stroke on friday. and then there is north carolina. that s where madison cawthorn has conceded to chuck edwards. the 26-year-old cawthorn conceding after multiple scandals, everything from bringing a loaded handgun through a