john: america reports, waiting for a federal judge s ruling on the fate of title 42. decision could come down any minute as border states brace for a bigger crisis if the trump era immigration order is allowed to expire on monday. i m john roberts. gillian: great to be with you, john. gillian turner in for sandra smith. border areas are seeing a big surge in activity in anticipation of the title 42 decision in the del rio sector in texas, 1800 migrants in 24 hours. a large number of those people were single adults. that s the migrant demographic that is likelyest to be expelled under title 42. john: texas governor abbott says it will only get worse. it would surpass the population of houston if title 42 is not renewed. 18,000 pouring into border states every day. bill joins us from the border in eagle pass, texas. what are you seeing there? john, good afternoon to you. del rio sector getting hammered with activity, nearly 2,000 illegal crossings in just 24 hours, an
Now in this environment. and that s terrible for the incumbents and particularly terrible for a party that has demonstrably done so much to make the issues worse. gillian: what do you make about the argue, some of the president s critics are putting forward now, that he really should be here at home, right. as americans are confronting, you know, historic inflation, a formula shortage, a border crisis, you know, his focus should be here. i guess they kind of make the airplane argument, secure your own gas mask before you can help the child or anyone else on the airplane. yeah, i think it s really important. but frankly, you know, the optics of where he is at some given moment i think are less important than the fact that when you look at the policies that his administration is pushing, my goodness. the it s it s the policies that are so concerning. it s the policies that seem to be more concerned about whether