Numbers of illegal crossings as recently as june but now warned the tide is turning reporting a drastic increase so far this month despite extreme heat and new restrictions put in place by Homeland Security. Republicans point to a border wall started under President Trump but never completed. Not a coincidence the thoughts on Physical Barriers Go Hand In hand with what we see as the consequence. The fruit of decisions. The white house insists their border plan is actually working. Listen. As we have said multiple times, our border enforcement plan works. It the deterrent. Diplomacy and enforcement. We have seen that plan working. Gillian officials in Sanctuary Cities including new york and chicago are struggling to support thousands of migrants and Asylum Seekers. It is a major rift in new york between the governor and mayor adams. Cb cotton is in new york with details on the emerging feud. We begin first in El Paso Reporting On The Trump border wall that never came to be. All up and d
democracy. the obamas making this rare return to the white house today. you see here, and meditating on the state of american democracy. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. what we share is so much bigger than what we don t. our democracy is so much stronger than our differences. standard language that some are saying hits different right now with so many election deniers running for office. also tonight, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, dick durbin is here. so we have a lot going on in this hour. we begin though with the nukes. yes. specifically the risk danger and the scandal of a former president hoarding these stolen and top secret documents that are, we re learning now, more and more involving nuclear weapons. there s reporting that the fed seized documents about the nuclear capabilities of foreign nations which they say trump was holding i
We begin this hour with Breaking News on the economy. There is new data sugg the american job market remains strong. This morning, the govnmt reported that employers added a whopping 336,000 jobs last month. Thats nearly double t 170,000 Jobs Economists had predicted. The Unemployment Rate held steady at3. 8 . And when you break it down,he hispanic Unemployment Rate fell 0. 3 . While the black Unemployment Rate rose 0. 4 . Were keeping a close eye on the white house where the president is set to speak about this jobs report and national manufacturing. Well bring you those remarks when they begin. Joining us now, dominique chu. Whats behind the numbers . Not many people at all were forecasting for this kind of job growth pointed out by the doubling of jobs created over the forecast. What this does suggest is that the u. S. Economy is still extremely resilient and thats a good thing. Theres a lot to unpack. But the big takeaway from this report, the economy is growing in some ways and no
the biden administration terminating all contracts for border wall construction despite the recent surge of migrants there saying the focus is on smarter security at the southern border. we re live right there at the border in la joya, texas, with more. hi, bill. good morning. we ve known for quite some time the biden administration wasn t planning to finish this border wall project. now we want to show you what it physically looks like forto not build the border wall. look at this video. we were tipped off to this location. you are looking at one location where a bunch of steel that was supposed to go towards the border wall has been sitting in the open baking in the sun and rusting since january. there are 10,000 of these wall panels sitting here. each panel worth about $5,000. you can do the math upwards of $50 million just sitting there going to waste. keep in mind taxpayers have already paid for this.
governor ron desantis announcing several law enforcement agencies will head to arizona and texas to assist in security operations. it comes as texas governor greg abbott unveils a $250 million down payment to begin a border wall project in his state. new exclusive fox video shows the helicopter hovering over the grassy area and the higher taxes were agents detained two migrants presumably trying to cross into the u.s. tennessee senator marsha blackburn will join us. we ll begin with bill melugin live at the border in la joya, texas, with more. trace, good afternoon. both republican governors made big announcements yesterday with governor abbott here in texas saying look, federal government is not going to do its job, not going to uphold its responsibilities than those of us here in texas are going to do it for him and we are going to build a border wall. he said the surge is not slowing