What well garland do. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia, Attorney General Merrick Garland may eventually make a singular decision that determines the outcome of the 2024 election, whether the doj will continue to push for donald trump to be tried before election day in the federal case, premised on alleged Election Interference for months. Here, ive delivered commentaries focused on the timing of this particular prosecution because i think its most perilous to trump, and ive often done so with the assistance of elie honig will join me again in a moment. Heres the issue on wednesday, scotus granted cert and announced that the high court will hear Donald Trumps Immunity Defense i dont think the ultimate outcome is in dispute. I think trump loses that claim. In my opinion, its unlikely its illogical that the court will provide Blanket Immunity from criminal prosecution to an american president more important is the process, the timing of the courts Decision Garland told cnns evan pere
saying. we begin in brownsville, texas. border patrol reports a record-setting 83,000 migrants crossed illegally this week alone. that is equivalent to a full capacity dallas cowboys football stadium crossing our border in a week. downtown brownsville, texas, where evidence of migrant releases is everywhere you turn. venezuelan migrants can be wandering with folders containing paperwork after their release from custody, despite claims from the white house such releases are not happening. the claims that they are allowing mass release of migrants is false. the migrants say otherwise. i doubted if i was going to be allowed in. not everyone is smiling. fox cameras are rolling as ice loaded up with illegal immigrants. the agency stresses there are consequences for crossing the border illegally. fox news was in mexico as title 42 expired at midnight. we watched as a group gathered to cross into brownsville illegally with one man getting into the water. national guard s
happen. hello, welcome, hello to you. john: john roberts in washington, this is america reports. any moment now the white house will take questions ahead of today s pivotal meeting in the oval office, time running out to avoid the u.s. defaulting on its debt. sandra: coming sooner than many had predicted, charles payne is standing by. john: jacqui heinrich is live, where the briefing is pushed back by 15 minutes or so, and jacqui, the president has touted his ability to reach across the aisle for an agreement. what s changed? jacqui: they are not negotiating leer. the president campaigned on being the uniter in chief refuses to negotiate, even though he always touted how well he worked with the other side during his 50 odd years in washington. and despite his own past votes against raising the debt limit over concerns about too much spending. in 2006, he wrote because this massive accumulation of debt was predicted, because it was foreseeable, because it was unneces
bill? neil, good afternoon to you. this week alone here in brownsville, thousands upon thousands of people crossed illegally. as a result of that border patrol here over capacity and they have been conducting mass releases. take a look at this video. a few hours ago in downtown brownsville, migrants walking around a bus terminal. some carrying folders with their dhs paperwork. there s an ngo that helps these migrants out with their travel documents. a lot of them are venezuelans. we caught up with one venezuelan man that was released this morning. here s what he had to say. title 42 ended yesterday. in my message, it doesn t matter. you can make it to the u.s. last night as the click hit midnight, title 42 expired, we were with a grouped of four gop senators that were getting a tour from the border patrol union. they had said there was an expectation that there were 22,000 people across the river getting ready to cross the river. that did not end up happening. the senat
biden s border crisis new migrating north of the u.s. border as agents in new york, vermont, and new hampshire are all seeing illegal crossings now. i m sandra smith, and it s great to be with you for another week here, john. john: john roberts in washington. you are warmed up, revved up ready to go. this as america reports freezing weather not stopping migrants from making the journey across the canadian border into the united states. border patrol agents have seen 743% increase at encounters in just the last three months. more than in the previous two years combined. sandra: meanwhile, south of the border, cbp sources say nearly 300,000 known got-aways since october. that averages out to 2,450 got aways a say. john: streaming through south texas. texas dps in a high speed chase before a group of migrants fled on foot into the brush. sandra: eric shawn on the northern migrant surge but first, bill melugin is live in the rio grande valley. they do whatever they can