send? i ll ask john kirby with the national security council. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, pressure campaign. the january 6th select committee revealing tonight it will make the case tomorrow that donald trump s pressure on mike pence to overturn the election d directly contributed to the deadly snushg insurrection. the hearing will focus on president trump s efforts to convince his vice president to subvert the election. those efforts happening behind closed doors, on twitter, and on the airwaves. mike pence, i will tell you right now, i m not hearing good stories. i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. he s a great guy. of course, if he doesn t come through, i won t like him as much. all that, despite the lawyers in the white house counsel s office telling trump clearly that pence could do no such thing. he didn t have the authority. and aides also say that the hearing will incl
Duty last year in texas. And now i recognize myself for opening statement. Border protection work every single day to secure our nation. Often in rugged terrain, sometimes in very remote areas, far away from the amenities of modern life. They are exposed to blistering heat of the arizona desert and brutal cold like montana. They are the driving force behind our Border Security operations. Nation is for nate they atunate this. Not smuggle drugs and dangerous individuals through our ports of entry. It is dangerous work. Made more dangerous because agents are subject to frequent assaults. Some of them have the potential to kill or cause brave bodily harm. Just a few weeks ago an agent in san diego was patrolling the border on allterrain vehicle when he was struck in the chess by a rock. Thankfully the agent released from the hospital and will recover. But this type of assault is far from an anomaly. Many other agents seriously injured by rocks thrown over the fence. On the screens to the
But her rival senator Bernie Sanders is protesting what his Campaign Calls the medias rush to judgment since super delegates dont actually cast the votes until the Democratic National convention in philadelphia in july. As secretary clinton makes the history books, rival donald trump come this fall accused of making, quote, the textbook definition of a racist comment. Those words coming not just from any republican but the highest ranking, the House Speaker paul ryan, in response to trump insisting that the judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University recuse himself because of his mexican heritage. Speaker ryan endorsed trump, keep in mind, merely five days ago. I regret the comments he made. I dont think claiming a person cant do the job because of the racist comment. I think that should be absolutely disavowed and unacceptable. But do i believe that Hillary Clinton is the answer . No, i do not. Do i believe that Hillary Clinton is going to be the answer to solving these probab
States. Sunlen s Sunlen Serfaty joins us from capitol hill. We know something can come as early as tomorrow morning, but do we have clear answers after the meeting the president had with republican lawmakers yesterday . Reporter as of now no. There are many competing, legislative proposals and many lawmakers wanting to do something on this, but as of this hour theres nothing that has the votes that can pass up here on capitol hill to have a legislative fix for this problem that weve heard from many lawmakers speaking out very vocally and critical of this policy of the trump administration. We will hear from speaker of the house paul ryan any moment now. Of course, that comes on the hills of President Trump speaking to the House Republican conference last night, going into that meeting, many lawmakers wanting to hear a very explicit endorsement by President Trump of one of the house bills that is a broader immigration package that also includes an addressing of the separation issue at t
Legislation. They want open borders that breeds horrible crime. Republicans want security and im working on something. It never ends. If hes working with that he didnt share that with lawmakers. Some lawmakers leaving say they didnt know which two bills he favored and hes not moving the ball. New reports of hundreds of Young Children, babies, toddlers being separated from their parents. The Associated Press reporting the administration is calling them tender age shelters. Three facilities in texas, housing hundreds of children, again, babies, toddlers, all younger than 13 years old. Tender seems a tough word. Sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill and abby let me start with you, because the president just tweeted this. Im working on something. Any word on the white house for what hes working on . Reporter good morning, kate. No word from the white house as to what the president was referring to and it will be interesting to see what hes been working on in part because for days now the white