texas governor greg abbott remains adamant that the state will continue arresting migrants who cross illegally. texas has the legal authority to arrest people coming across the razor wire barriers on our border and we will continue to use our arrest authority and arrest people coming across the border illegally. for more analysis on the legal back and forth between the state and the us supreme court, i spoke to the legal director for american civil liberties union of texas, adriana pinon. she broke down the law known as sba. you strongly disagree with sb four, the aclu has called it a threat to basic civil and human rights. while it is frozen at the moment, what is happening to migrants who have crossed the border illegally? seq the border illegally? $34 currently the border illegally? $34 currently cannot - the border illegally? $34 currently cannot be - the border illegally? se4 currently cannot be enforced because of that, there should because of that, there should be no
idea that it has an ecosystem that is tightly controlled. we are seeing here lawyers from the department of justice arguing that that tight control is hindering innovation and hurting rivals by keeping them out, and also limiting the choice of consumers. this will play out over the next couple of years. meantime, tim cook is busy in shanghai, where he has been opening up the company s second largest or in the world. that is a crucial market for the company and in the first six weeks of this year, they have seen a 24% drop in iphone sales. it is a challenging time for this company and i have a lot of fires to put out right now. i want to switch tax lightly because donald trump could be in line for a $3 billion payout if his company, truth social, actually merges. what is going on without? , , ., ., without? this is the social media com an without? this is the social media company that without? this is the social media company that he without? this is the social media compa
and he will soon approve the evacuation of civilians but added that it would take time for the incursion to begin. it does not spell much hope really for the continuing ceasefire talks that are ongoing in the qatari capital of doha, and a senior hamas official said that israel s response to the latest proposals there seemed negative and constituted a step backwards. all of this is likely to take centre stage of talks with the us secretary of state antony blinken, when he comes to israel on friday, at the end of a middle east tour that has taken him to saudi arabia and, on thursday, to egypt. the israel leg of the troop was previously unscheduled and comes as this increasingly acrimonious relationship between the us biden administration and the netanyahu government here in israel. antony blinken s aim will be to try to restrain an israeli leader who seems increasingly intent on pushing on with this fight, both in the war and for his political survival. meanwhile, aid groups sa
survival to take the precedence over the best interests of israel. he has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in gaza, which pushing support for israel worldwide to historic lows. israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. the highest ranking jewish elected official in the united states calling for a leadership change in israel, now five months into its war with hamas. we ll have more of senate majority leader chuck schumer s important comments and the reaction to them straight ahead. plus, an update on donald trump s efforts to get his classified documents case dismissed. we ll have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. and while trump was in a courtroom, president biden was on the campaign trail in another key midwest battleground state. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 15th. it s friday. we made it. barely. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with a seri
surf is up. hello and welcome to today s verified live. downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative party s biggest donors about the mp diane abbott. the guardian reports that during a business meeting in 2019, frank hester said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot . mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude . mr hester has issued a statement saying that at the meeting in question, he said he abhorred racism. diane abbott has also released a statement responding to his alleged comments. she said. government ministers have faced questions from the media and they called his comments unacceptable but stopped short of calling them racist. well, it s clear that what he said was inappropriate. he has, as i understand it, apologised for those remarks. i think the critical point here is i don t think what he was saying was a gender based