Rather than in between the ports of entry as illegal immigrants. So the effort was ramped up a number of years ago as the border began to, you know, as control on the border began to crumble. So what you see is a lot of cooperation with Border Patrol, and with immigrations and customs enforcement, its essentially augmenting Border Security in texas. Lastly, id say its been working because what youre seeing now is youre seeing, especially as Governor Abbott ramped up enforcement. Youre seeing the traffic that is controlled by the mexican drug and Human Trafficking cartels shift pretty significantly to the west, states like california, especially, where t has a very t attitude toward illegal immigration. Host would you say, or would it be fair to say that operation lo s to criticism of President Bidens handling of immigration matters . Guest i would say it was a direct response, not necessarily to criticisms but the reality on the ground. You may recall a couple of years ago, i was at th
From the heads of the cia about world threats and how they could impact the United States. Testimony over china, russia and the southern border along with tiktok. What do you think are the top threats facing the United States today and what would you like the federal government to do about it . 02, 202 7488001 for republicans and independents 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 post on facebook at facebook. Com cspan and on x at cspanwj■. With the release of the worldwide threats report, you can find it online on the sena side, the annual threat assessment to the intelligence community. Here are some of the lines concerning possible threats and how they impact the u. S. China has a capability to directly compete andqjnq aer ort support beijing power. Russias ongoing aggression in ukraine. Local and regional powers are trying to gain and exert influence at the cost of neighbors. Regional and local is conflict from has israel in the Israeli Attack on gaza. Instability from east
jon: it is perhaps the most serious challenge to the vladimir putin s authority, although at this moment it appears the challenge has edged. yevgeny prigozhin has turned his forces around and is said to be heading back to belarus. let s check in with our greg palkot who s covering the story from that part of the world. greg. reporter: jon, it looks like we re back on the brink in russia just across the border from where we are right now in kyiv, but it also looks like a lot of damage was done. it was the biggest risk to russian president vladimir putin s more than two decades of rule, attempted coup, an armed uprising. the man responsible, evgeni pregoes telephone, complaining friday about the war, then pulling his fighters out of ukraine and into the russian city of rostov-on-don with where, with little trouble, they took over the place. and, yes, prigozhin sent forces towards moscow, within 120 miles, the kremlin bracing for an attack, vladimir putin branding the actions
good evening. this is america s late news. breaking tonight the u.s. supreme court has now decided to review the colorado decision banning former president trump from the state ballot. the court has also scheduled oral arguments for february 8 in what could be the high court s biggest political decision since bush v. gore 23 years ago. in the meantime president biden began his 2024 campaign push but instead of running on his own record it appears biden is choosing to villainize former president trump. even some democrats are saying biden is being hypocritical when it comes to democracy but first senior national correspondent dev is life in d.c. with what former president trump is is saying. a very interesting rally to watch. on the heels of joe biden s campaign launch, as you know, punctuated by ominous warnings of what a second trump presidency just might entail, former president obviously responding today. holding a pair of rallies ahead of the iowa caucuses. mr. tr
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