john: america reports, waiting for a federal judge s ruling on the fate of title 42. decision could come down any minute as border states brace for a bigger crisis if the trump era immigration order is allowed to expire on monday. i m john roberts. gillian: great to be with you, john. gillian turner in for sandra smith. border areas are seeing a big surge in activity in anticipation of the title 42 decision in the del rio sector in texas, 1800 migrants in 24 hours. a large number of those people were single adults. that s the migrant demographic that is likelyest to be expelled under title 42. john: texas governor abbott says it will only get worse. it would surpass the population of houston if title 42 is not renewed. 18,000 pouring into border states every day. bill joins us from the border in eagle pass, texas. what are you seeing there? john, good afternoon to you. del rio sector getting hammered with activity, nearly 2,000 illegal crossings in just 24 hours, an
The jobs were sidelined because of the pandemic and deficit is going down, we no longer have pandemic spending thanks to joe manchin. john: for point of reference, the answer you were referencing when senator john barrasso asked the interior secretary whether gas prices were too high. we were going to play that, about you wanted to pull the rug out from under you. no, i found it unbelievable that s what her answer. so-called conspiracy theoryists say that s the answer. when they asked venezuela to puncture holes in the ground and lift the sanctions on the horrible regime and the government we don t even recognize, gillian, you know that better than anybody, we should not talk to venezuela, let alone bail us out with their dirty oil. gillian: we had senator barrasso with us on the set, and