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we are following breaking news out of the university of north carolina chapel hill where police at the school are responding to what they are calling an armed and dangerous person on or near campus. that is according to an alert from the university. nick valencia is joining us now with more information. what can you tell us, nick, the latest? we ve been checking in with you, this take da dynamic situation. and we are looking at video from a local affiliate, wral and wtvd. this is still an active situation and you are seeing the police officers in contact cal gear show up there on campus. alert went out to those in the area shortly after 1:00 p.m. eastern. we ve been told that this incident centered around the bell tower part of campus, which is central part of the unc campus and we ve been looking at video from local affiliates of police in tactical gear escorting students out of buildings with their hands up. in the last 30 minutes, some students have been emerging, ....
galvanized the civil rights movement as it entered the very tush brent 1960s. today s marchers are hoping to reinvigorate the fight for civil rights for the 221st century. we re going to go live on the ground in just a few minutes. griff: but first, a federal judge issued a devastating blow to a group of montgomery county, maryland, parents wednesday, rejecting request requests that schools that a allow parents to opt out of we are very resilient, and we are very determined. i really our religious beliefs are on the line. we are requesting our first amendment rights to free exercise, and we will not stop until we get that here. griff: for more on this let s bring in our political panel. joining us today, chris bernard, the president of the american conservation coalition, and jonathan cost, a capital council llc partner. gentlemen, thank you for being here. i presume you ve seen this story, and really it was one that i was covering in the judgn this injunction ....
alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security and shouldn t 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. i m 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 an ....
head on at the fair. iowa is an important state in the presidential election cycle. holding the lead off presidential caucuses in jana bright alexis mcadams live in des moines, iowa with the latest force. john, good evening from des moines, iowa at a busy i was state fair. we had a lot of fun today but we also worked really hard and caught up with almost all of the candidates who are out here on the ground including former president donald trump, which we will get to in just a minute find out if he s going to show up to the fox news debate in milwaukee just days from now. we also walked around the fair with 40 governor ron desantis talking to him one on one asking how it feels like he has connected with the voters here in iowa. he says he s going to go to all 99 counties. topic to border and talked about why he things he should be the next president, listen. what you want people to know about you if they are just going to end up having to side between you two is a t ....
trump s social media, they say, pointing to a post that says if you go after me, i m coming after you. that was friday night in the filing. since then, donald trump has repeatedly attacked jack smith, said nancy pelosi is going to hell and claimed mike pence is lying in his sworn testimony, that he s gone to the dark side. trump s lawyers did the full ginsberg, or his lawyer, singular on sunday, arguing the january 6th charges are bunk, that donald trump was exercising his free speech. will he use that same defense in arguing against the protective order. donald trump used that, the response is due today at five, we ll explore it. we re also watching georgia where d.a. fani willis is indicating a big decision is coming any moment. not to mention florida where something could be brewing in the other special counsel case. what judge aileen cannon just did that might give jack smith a reason to ask for her dismissal. let us dive in. joining me now is nbc news justice and ....