Theyre a combination. Thats going to do it for us. Happy friday. I will see you again on monday. Now it is time for The Last Word where our friend ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. Good night. Tonight we begin with breaking news. Senate Democratic Leaders have reached an agreement over Unemployment Benefits with moderate democratic senator joe manchin, ending a ninehour standoff that threatened to derail action on President Bidens covid relief bill. The agreement would extend the existing 300 weekly Unemployment Benefit through September 6th, and it offers Tax Forgiveness on up to 10,200 in Unemployment Benefits for those who make less than 150,000 a year. In a Statement Released tonight, Senator Manchin said, we have reached a compromise that enables the economy to rebound quickly while also protecting those receiving Unemployment Benefits from being hit with unexpected tax bills next year. Joining us now on this breaking news, democratic senator tim kaine of virginia. He is a me
Security executive the nonstop illegal Border Crossings and the rise in smugglings. Shortly after that meeting, senior white house officials will tour the overcrowded Child Detention Center there in texas. That will be in a moment. John in the meantime we are getting an up close look at how this crisis is taking its toll on families living along the border as well as Law Enforcement officials. Fox news camera showing exhausted National Guardsmen asleep on the job. He was supposed to be performing border control. As migrants waited to be processed. Sandra in just a moment we will speak with john saunders, a rancher in the border city in texas. He says Illegal Immigrants have hit his property at least 20 times with major damage. But first, live at the border in roman texas, also known these days as smugglers paradise. Hillary . Hi. The National Border Patrol Council is reacting to that sleeping National Guardsmen telling me this in a statement, this is a good example of the strain cartel
Gabe gutierrez is the only journalist allowed inside today and he joins us momentarily. What he captured was an Intake Facility with tables with clothes and shoes lined up, staff and children moving about the site. The staff is near capacity, and this focus on the border comes as President Biden is facing his own version of the immigration challenge. Over 9,000 unaccompanied children detained on the border. On a month to month basis this is up 63 from last month. Today the new president tapping the Vice President to oversee solutions. I think the best thing to do is to put someone who when he or she speaks they dont have to wonder about, is that where the president is . When she speaks rs she speaks for me. If this all feels familiar, it is for many reasons. Number one, some of the International Issues from Central America up to mexico with immigration have been going on for many years. Number two, of course there is recent history. Immigration being a key fault line in the last admini
Spreader events and hot spots for college students. Were covering it all, and also, my Special Report this hour, thousands of immigrants still waiting to be reunited with families even after Donald Trumps muslim immigration ban has, in fact, been lifted. Im going to take a deeper look at that later on this hour. But we first want to start in atlanta where a rally organized by Stop Aapi Hate is in full swing. Marchers, theyre calling for an end to antiasianamerican violence in the wake of this weeks shooting. Deepa is in atlanta for us with all this. Good to see you this afternoon. Thanks for joining us on this. Talk us through what youre seeing on the ground here and what youre hearing from folks, what changes, what real changes do they want to see . Reporter yasmin, thats right. Its been an emotional week in atlanta in the area and today as well, about a thousand rally goers here gathering at the steps of the capitol, now marching towards further into downtown. People from all racial
This is American Voices. Thank you so much for being with us. Im alicia menendez. My first guest this hour is congressman joaquin castro. He just led a congressional delegation on a tour of the office of Refugee Resettlement in texas where Migrant Children and migrant families are being held as they await their day in court. Judge just a moment well talk to him about what he witnessed inside that facility and at the border and well discuss how we as a country can do right by those Seeking Refuge and a better life here in the united states. But we cant talk about progress without talking about what has held us back from progress for decades. In fact, this week gave us a full smattering of many of the challenge thats this country is currently up against and how it remains politically impossible to address these issues because one political partys refusal to face hard truths. Relying on fear to win and side shows to legislate. Case in point. Georgias brand new law targeting Voting Rights.