Alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security and shouldnt be. John a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers from across the country escalating attacks against the dhs secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the border policies. Good afternoon to you. Jacqui good to be with you, john. Im Jacqui Heinrich in for sandra smith. A group of two dozen texas Lawmakers Led by Chip Roy Will Lock funding from Mayorkas Department unless biden addresses the worsening situation at the border. John across the aisle, focusing of reports of Texas Separating Migrant families and putting pressure to investigate State Agencies for the alleged incidents. Jacqui and mayorkas has taughted the lower number of Migrant Crossings, the tide appears to be turning. In august, stopped 6,000. John complete coverage. Jacqui Casey Stegall in el paso, texas. Renewed debate about the border wall. There is. Under president trump, 15 billion was allocated to build about 740 miles of wall and barriers down here along the southern
Gillian 4 00 a. M. Thanks for having me. Im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. The threat a repeating third grade now is being designed to motivate students to work harder in school as some schools are struggling to overcome major setbacks lingering from the pandemic. Bill third grade is a critical benchmark. Those who cant read are four times more likely to drop out of school. Gillian memphis, tennessee, 76 of third graders there right now not proficient in reading. Only 1 of those students were held back a year. Bill at problem chronic absenteeism. More than a quarter of students are missing at least 10 of the school year. It puts them of greater risk of dropping out. The governor from arkansas Sarah Huckabee sanders with us yesterday. We have to get back to the basics of teaching math, reading, writing and american history. We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this Propaganda Leftist Agenda Teaching our kids to hate america and hate one another. Its one of
one. airlines facing a stress test this memorial day weekend. aaa expects air travel to be busier than it s been in nearly 20 years. also, the washington post with quite an exclusive report this morning. workers at mar-a-lago moved boxes a day before the fbi came to pick up classified documents last year. how that etcvidence could determine obstruction. and one of the most powerful republicans in texas is facing possible impeachment by fellow republicans. the gop led committee of state lawmakers wants the attorney general removed. big basketball headline this morning. the boston celtics staying alive with a dominant game five win against the heat in the eastern conference finals, and the lsu women s basketball champs heading to the white house today. this hour of cpr thi cnn this m starts right now. but we begin with your, hopefully, long holiday weekend. memorial day travel. airports are going to be very busy, the busiest in two decades as america bounces back from
atmospheric river is raising water levels and leaving a trail of destruction. a levee breech iach is forcing evacuations in monterey county. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency. we can t live like this. how do i live like this? how do i have my kids live here or my elderly mother live here? mike, a lot of people are trying to reassess how much longer can they endure this. reporter: right. you know a couple people made the decision to leave just a few minutes ago. we saw them coming out on national guard convoys because they couldn t wait any longer. we re here just over the santa cruz line in pajaro. you see acres of farmland that are now underwater. if we push in looking north, the farther you go, the closer you get to the pajaro river. a levee in the river failed around midnight local time, which is why you see all this water flooding this strawberry farm that s on either side of the railroad tracks. we want to jump to drone video of neighboring watsonvi
of control the washington post is reporting that officials are safeguarding all uninsured deposits at ? valley bank this is a response of the government can t find a buyer for the failed bank and the treasury department has briefed lawmakers about the latest on the situation. they were the go to lender protect startups until the sudden collapse on friday. and what are we hearing from the bided administration about what s being done and what s being ruled out? the bided administration has been working trying to find a solution in the wake of a collapse a bank the treasury secretary said she has been speaking with regulators throughout the weekend and depositors and president biden spoke last night with the california governor gavin newsom about steps to address the situation. one big question is regarding the deposits at the bank for the time being the fcic insures deposits up to $250,000 leaving them to question what happens to those who have larger than that amount and t