Bill total number of children in u. S. Custody now more than 20,000 and climbing. Good morning, everybody. Its friday. Im Bill Hemmer live from New York. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. That number was 19,000 At The beginning of this week. Now were at nearly 21,000 by monday you could maybe see that go up by 1,000 a day is whAt They are estimating. Bill no signs of it ending. Dana not if they dont make a policy change. Bill the Price Tag is staggering. Dana 60 Million a week just for the children. That record high in migrant children is coming after a month of heartbreaking images. The toddlers dropped over the Border Wall left to fend for themselves. Abandoned little boy crying in the desert. A Border Patrol Officer comforting a frightened child. The Washington Post reports the administration is spending 60 Million a week to take care of these things and Texas Governor Abbott laying the blame on the president. It wasnt happening until biden took office. What will solve
than nine minutes. use of force expect, jody steiger, a sergeant with the lapd returned to the stand and made it clear that force should not have been used once george floyd was handcuffed and on the ground and that the risks were very well known. because at the time of the restraint period, mr. floyd was not resisting. he was in the prone position. he was handcuffed. he was not attempting to evade, not attempting to resist and the pressure that was being caused by the body weight could cause positional asphyxia which could cause death. two days ago the emergency room doctor who received floyd at the hospital said it was his belief that the causes of floyd s death was, in fact, a lack of oxygen. the defense is trying its best to dispews that. attorney eric nelson put the spotlight on george floyd. nelson played part of a police body cam video and can be heard floyd saying, quote, i ate too many drugs. after the next witness, james ryerson, the minnesota law enforcement ag
you. across the country parents losing their rights and the covid pandemic. one state may allow some students to get vaccine without the parents permission. and tommy. usually is super bowl sunday what about super bowl saturday? the idea from one highschooler that is going viral. first would be of the fox news alert a rookie new york police officer is dead and other officers fighting for his life in the hospital after they were ambushed in the line of duty. alexis and mcadams live from the new york news department 32d precinct. there is a growing memorial to mike, alexis. trace good evening. a growing memorial lots of sadness for the entire city of new york into the officers behind me in front of the present for the officer was shot and killed work for the cognizant ambushed burlesque it to where we know about this right away but this is a video from last night harlem neighborhood the shooting happened around 6:00 p.m. last night buried three nypd officers responding
comments pointed at florida governor ron desantis? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s watching one florida man battle another. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, january 13th. let s start with the news. president biden is keeping the pressure on senate democrats to pass voting rights or change the filibuster. today the president will attend a closed door democratic caucus lunch at the u.s. capitol to push senators into backing the two bills, but despite his vocal support, the president still has an uphill battle to get senators manchin and sinema on board. every democratic senator would need to vote in favor of a change for the filibuster. this comes just one day after majority leader chuck schumer outlined his plan to make sure republicans can t stop him from bringing up voting rights. schumer wrote a memo to colleagues detailing a workaround to get the senate bills to floor for debate even if a final vote re
christmas specials starting with the grinch who stole christmas. the annual christmas specials were an event. when you first see that advertisement like. frosty the snowman returns tuesday night. was that on once. missed it, you were screwed. mom, mom can we watch that, can we watch that? mom? on sunday, december 4th, burl ives again tells the exciting new story of rudolph the red nosy reindeer. i was obsessed with clay nation. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was the pinnacle. loved that show. tells the story of rudolph based on the show redorsal outsider. burial ives as the snowman, the elf. remember him? the castoff. i want to be a dentist. it s a lucrative business given that your boss santa gets paid in cookies. and of course you have clay immigration thing in the history of he. still scary. to this day when that face comes on errr. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer has run every year since 1964. making it the longest running christmas special. act