Texas, he is at the border. A hearing that is about to be underway. We begin with bill and those new pictures. Speetwo good afternoon. Border patrol sources tell us that this happens a lot more than people realize, but nonetheless, the images are startling. We will pull them up. Law enforcement sources telling us that this happened Saturday Night in the rio grande valley, as a drawbridge camera shows a group of three suspected Cartel Gunmen crossing illegally into texas, a very heavy cartel area. As they are moving through the brush on the u. S. Side of the border, they are armed with ar15 style rifles. Some of them are wearing body armor. I am told that elite Border Patrol agents responded to the area, look for these guys, but came up empty. This happened just days after an armed smuggler was seen here in eagle pass. Look at these Images Released by texas dps. Drones over this Human Smuggler who had a rifle on him as he was guiding a group of Illegal Immigrants across the river across
weaponizing its attack line on donald trump, but he appeared to have given them plenty of ammunition. let s get the latest from rich edson in washington. rich? good afternoon, neil. much of the respect presidential field has criticized the department of justice over this. they re also taking issue with the former president s alleged behavior. his campaign says it raised roughly $2 million last night at a fund raiser in bedminster, new jersey just hours after the former president appeared at his arraignment in a courthouse in miami. as his federal indictment dominates the gop race for president. i don t think that most republicans support the conduct that is detailed in that indictment. it s reckless, it s harmful to the american national security and it doesn t show the judgment that you need to be an effective president during difficult times. former vice president mike pence told the wall street journal, these are very serious allegations and i can t defend what is
is focused on legal appeals, not campaign promises. plus joe biden, what he plans to say to voters but where he will go to say it. and with time running out for nikki haley and ron desantis to take down trump, why won t either of them hit the former president where it could hurt? good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is wednesday, january 3. 5:00 a.m. here in washingtonen a also 5:00 a.m. up in maine where donald trump s legal team just struck back on their battle to stay on the ballot. they appealed the ruling by sheena bellows that disqualified him for maine s gop ballot under the 14th amendment insurrection ban. trump s lawyers arguing that bellows was a biassed decision maker with no legal authority. here is bellows late last night on cnn. i think it is important to note my sole obligation is the oath i swore to up hold the constitution and follow maine election laws. i was duty bound by maine election laws which require this process of holding a hearing and issuing a de
to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas extensive tunnel network in gaza city. and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to president biden about beijing s intentions with taiwan. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 21st. i am not jonathan lemire. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. now, th
pass, texas where a record 12,600 migrants have crossed in a single 24-hour period. there s never been more. write it down in pencil. desperate times apparently call for desperate measures. wait till you hear what texas is doing now because it says washington is doing nothing now. we are now. you know, the numbers are staggering. they keep changing day by day. another record, another day. these are numbers heretofore thought impossible to get to. that you couldn t possibly get anywhere near them. but so be it. fox s bill melugin is at the southern border of what is behind the wave and what they re doing to address the wave. bill? neil, the situation at the southern border has gotten so bad that multiple sources tell me that federal bureau of prisons personnel have been sent down here to help border patrol with transportation of illegal immigrants. the bureau of prisons confirming this. they are providing transportation resources and they tell me the resources are limited. w