more than 18,000 migrant children and teenagers are now packed in the facilities you see on the lower screen. the d.e.a. is warning that smugglers, because of all this movement, now have dramatically more turnt to sneak narcotics over the border while this is going on. at the same time, deportations are falling dramatically under the biden administration. so the arizona governor doug doocy weighing in saying the white house is in total denial pointing to what the dhs secretary told him. secretary mayorkas and i had a conversation. i felt at the end of the conversation he was divorced by reality. he tried to sign off by saying to me the border is secure. and i pushed back and said mr. secretary, that type of communication will ring with complete inauthenticity in the state of arizona. the border is not secure. we re live in mcallen. we re at the d.e.a. warehouse, 26,000 pounds of marijuana worth $9 million. all of this will get burned up in oklahoma. the d.e.a. says it s
to have to answer that question. we re hours away from the first ever second impeachment trial of a president in united states history. and his party wants to pretend the trial is improper. so they don t have to be on record ignoring everything that most will see as obvious. trump s lawyers argue this is all unconstitutional and political theater by democrats. two points. first, this was by far the most bipartisan impeachment in our history. ten members of trump s own party formally accused him of a high crime. second, if that s what you think, why don t you go to court? if you don t think the constitution means what it says about a trial following the impeachment, go to court. they can t. do you know why? because this is not about the law, per se. despite all the familiar terms, like trial and jurors, convict, this is a political process. it is about votes and integrity. trump seems to have the former in his pocket, and these senators appear to have too little of the latter.
world to persuade trump to stop the violence, which he for 187 deadly minutes failed to do, or outright refused to do. the breaking news today, the select committee now breaching the innermost ring of trump s family circle. his daughter ivanka is being asked by the committee for information on her direct contacts with her dad, the expresident, at key moments on the day of the insurrection. among those moments, according to a letter from committee chairman bennie thompson to ivanka released today, quote, as january 6th approached, president trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade vice president pence to participate in his plan. one of the president s discussions with the vice president occurred by phone on the morning of january 6th. you were present in the oval office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. the committee also appears to zero in on ivanka trump s efforts as the insurrection unfolded to get trump to step in and stop the violence
first, breaking overnight, new york attorney general s office saying for the first time that her office has uncovered significant evidence that the trump organization misrepresented the value of its assets to boost its bottom line, the a.g. now asking a judge to order the former president, his children don junior and ivanka trump, all to sit down for questioning and hand over documents. also cnn was first to report that the january 6 committee has now obtained phone records for trump s younger son eric and don junior s fiancee, kimberly guilfoyle. these are the first known subpoenas targeting the trump family. and later today, the national archives will release trump-era white house documents to the january 6 house committee. it s a small batch of documents out of a much larger pool requested, but it s the first time the panel will get any of the white house records that trump wants to keep secret. all right. let s bring in cnn legal analyst. great to have you with us. the
we re live in london with the international investigation on the suspect. tens of millions of americans brace for a massive winter storm. details from the cnn weather center. and we begin with breaking news. tennis star novak djokovic has lost his bid to stay in australia and defend his title in the australian tennis tournament. he now faces deportation. the hearing was djokovic s last attempt to stay in the country despite having his visa revoked twice. the courtsided with the australian minister. they said his presence could spur a rise in antivaxing sentiment. djokovic released a statement saying i am extremely disappointed with the court ruling to dismiss my application for judicial review, which means i cannot stay in australia and participate in the australian open. he added, this is key here, i respect the court s ruling and i will cooperate with the relevant authorities in relation to my departure from the country. for more on all of this, we want to bring in cnn