sabotaged that operation, put those agents in danger potentially. that operation was set to begin and the feds pub politicly announced it. why would they do that? border states are now taking matters into their own hands. texas governor greg abbott deploying a tactical border force of more than 500 troops. abbott getting right to the point saying texas is responding to the chaos caused by biden ending title 42. he sent 1500 men and women from the military to the border to do paperwork. i deployed elite trained soldiers to defend texas. he posted this video showing barbed wire installed across gaps in the border wall where a massive group of illegals tried to cross just a few days ago. what did he tweet? wired shut. this hour yesterday we broke the news on the monster-size surge happening even before title 42 expires. more than 26,000 people, nearly 7,500 of them gotaways, which means they are making their way in and we have no idea who at least 7500 people were thereabouts. t
good morning at home. policy allowing for quick migrant expulsion expires tonight. border patrol dealing with a number of daily apprehensions. biden administration warning the crisis could be getting worse admitting that tough times are straight ahead. we are are clear eyed about the challenges we re likely to face in the days and weeks ahead which have the potential to be very difficult. bill: with us now texas governor greg abbott and border czar mike banks. good morning to you and mr. banks, thank you for your time. i know you have been out and about. what have you seen out there and what do you think the american people need to understand from your experience, sir? so there are two things that people need to understand. one i think it was brandon judd that you were having giving you some comments earlier. so brandon judd was spot on in this regard. that is we need the policies that were put in place by the trump administration. remember this, three years ago we had
let s get to the news. border towns bracing for the end of the policy that lets the u.s. quickly expel migrants. texas is putting up barbed wire and deploying hundreds of national guardsmen in addition to the 1500 troops being sent by biden to do administrative duty. bill: the white house says the president would veto a republican border bill that s coming up for a vote in the house. despite the number of migrant encounters under his watch ballooning to nearly 5 million. dana: another city bracing for impact is el paso. there already thousands of people are camping on the streets. ice is launching a targeted operation to process and hopefully deport some of them. we spoke to some of the migrants living in el paso and the reasons for them driving to cross the border illegally. they detailed their journey to seek asylum here. americans should know not all of the people are bad. we want to work and get ahead. i m daniel rom rom and have been in el paso, texas for three d
you know, generally i think it s a bad idea to go on the stand, and i think it s a particularly bad idea for trump because he lacks self-control, and it would be very difficult to prepare him and keep him testifying in a prudent fashion. that s former attorne general bill barr with some legal advice for donald trump s attorneys. we ll have a live report from outside mar-a-lago as the former president prepares to head to new york today ahead of his historic arraignment. meanwhile, his legal troubles also seem to be a money-maker we veal a look at the campaign cash trump s made since the announcement of the indictment and it all comes as there s another challenger for the 2024 republican nominee, and he s calling on trump to drop out of the race good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, april 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, your week with us, what will be a historic week. and we begin in new york city where donald trump is
trump and biden take the stage in ten hours. we ve seen them spar. last time around four years ago. a 90-minute contest this time that could have big consequences in november on election day. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. we re looking at the venue live right now in atlanta. and there is already a noticeable difference between the candidates and how they have gotten ready this week. president biden spent seven days doing mock debates with 16 advisors at camp david. we haven t seen him in a week. donald trump used multiple ways to prepare for tonight including very public events as he hit the campaign trail to talk and listen directly to voters. fox news chief political analyst brit hume said biden better be ready after spending a week away from the white house. the president, by the very nature of his or her job, his job so far, is cognizant of the details of the major issues. you have to deal with them all the time. so this level of preparation i