Look yet of the attack on the capitol. A new report reveals capitol intelligence trump supporters were discussing ways to get through the tunnel under the capitol, and that intelligence never made it to capitol police officers, who soon would be surrounded like sitting ducks pleading for help that took hours to arrive. Listen to what one officer speaking in his own capacity told my colleague, kasie hunt, this morning. The crowd, they wouldn t listen to anything the police were saying at all. They continued to say we are here because trump sent us here, and we won t listen to nobody else but him. That was sergeant benell. He said they used whatever they could get their hands on to beat officers. Today is the second day back on the job after he suffered injuries that required surgery. Much of the fallout today is not from the report reveals but rather what it does not. It recovers what and how of the insurrection, but not the why. No mention of the role donald trump played in fueling the
first, we must begin by commemorating our emergency responders who have died, whether through complications from injuries or sadly from suicide in the days and months after the violence. brian sicknick of new jersey. leavengood from new jersey. billy evans of massachusetts. geoffrey smith of illinois. and gunther hashida of virginia. today and every day we remember them. we mourn their loss. we honor their limitless heroism in the face of the unthinkable. second, we also thank every single member of the capitol police, the d.c. metro police, and the national guard who kept us safe and prevented a violent riot from turning into something much worse. that afternoon, our capitol police were outnumbered, unprepared, and largely left on their own. just watching on television the brutal beating of one of them by the mob, another being crushed between a door and a wall. it just rips your heart apart as you relive that day and you remember how the capitol police suffered but persiste
for the washington post. i asked him what impact this ruling will have. for the time being, it allows texas to move forward with implementing this very aggressive law that really asserts an almost unprecedented state role in enforcement of border and immigration enforcement, which is a federal responsibility. i should note that this issue, the merits of it, are still pending before a lower court, so this legal battle is far from over. you said this unprecedented challenge we have seen a stand off between the federal government, the biden administration and texas s governor greg abbott over this issue immigration. where do you see this heading next? i think it is an issue that will continue winding up at the highest court, because these legal issues we are talking about are profound, and they get at the fundamental delineation between the state and federal governments and their unique role in the constitutions. it will continue to be a political issue, but it will also c
enforcing border immigration, which is a federal responsibility. i should which is a federal responsibility. ishould note that this issue, the merits of it are still pending before a lower court so there is a legal battle that is far from over. you said this is unprecedented, the challenge, there has been division over this issue, where do you see this heading next? i think it is an issue that will continue winding up of the highest court, because these legal issues are profound and they get out the fundamental delineation between the state and federal governments and their unique powers in our constitution. so i think it will continue to be a political issue but it s also good to continue to be a legal issue that continues to work his way back up to the highest court in the land, the us supreme court, whether related to the store or other laws that texas lawmakers have passed in recent years. immigration is playing a major role in this year s presidential election. on tuesda
a top issue in this year s presidential election immigration. on tuesday, president biden accused donald trump of despising latinos . mrtrump, meanwhile, released a campaign video, slamming mr biden s handling of the migration crisis. the us supreme court is allowing texas to enforce one of the toughest immigration laws in the country. the law lets state officials arrest and deport people suspected of illegally crossing into the us from mexico. the court rejected a bid by the biden white house to block the controversial immigration policy, while a legal battle over the measure plays out in a lowerfederal appeals court. crossing the us border illegally is already a federal crime, but violations are usually handled as civil cases by the immigration court system. patrick svitek covers texas for the washington post. i spoke with him earlier. patrick, i want to start with the supreme court saying that texas can arrest and jail migrants at the border. what impact is that going t