Program, you went to court to fight for that. If this is such a problem, building 20 miles of wall, why not just go to court. We went to congress. Congress appropriates the funding, we asked them to not use the funding for that particular purpose they denied it and now we are complying with the law. If you have to build a border wall but you dont think its going to work, once its done are you going to tear it down . Im not getting into hypotheticals from here. Im just telling you what i can tell you from here, the facts are, that dhs is complying with the law. This is from fiscal year under fiscal year 2019, under Republican Leadership and dhs is required to do this. The president asked multiple times of congress to reappropriate, they did not. And we are not complying by the law. Thanks, everybody. Sandra clearly peter doocy getting questions at the end. If he had the chance, you know, she has obviously left the room. If the president continues to believe the border wall is not effect
Bill what you are watching is a stunning and yet absurd sight on our southern border. That is el paso, texas, video from overnight. Droves of people rushing our southern border. It is just the latest example of the chaos down there prompting a major reversal on behalf of the president and the white house. Thats where we start today. Im bill hemmer. Dana has the day off. Our friend and colleague smitty got the early alarm today. Sandra always good to be with all of you. Im sandra smith and this is americas newsroom. The urgency at the border. The migrant Crisis Prompting President Biden to resume construction of the border wall. The department of Homeland Security is fast tracking 20 miles of new barrier. Dhs Chief Mayokas said the need for it is acute and immediate. He is waiving theyve seen a quarter million crossings. It has gotten so bad the president is willing to break a key promise that he made to the left in 2020. Trump campaigned on build that wall. Are you willing to tear that
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, december 9th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining you this morning thank you for joining us this morning. it was my birthday and thanksgiving. it s been a couple of weeks. i had to get that out. a federal appeal court has upheld the gag order in trump s election aversion case. who he can and can t talk about and how he is responding to the ruling. hunter biden is facing new criminal charges. what the white house is saying. it was an emotional day for family members of the victims of ethan crumbley. i came within sight. you intended to kill me. the sentencing he and hiss parents are u no facing. the potential impact and the major cities we re walking through the weekend. and major rivalries kick off today. the 124th army/navy game on cnn this morning. we begin with both leading presidential campaigns being forced to deal with legal issues in the run-
passed a resolution to censure squad member jamal bowman for pulling a capitol building fire alarm back in september. it forced an evacuation of the building. it also created quite a chaos as congress rushed to head off a government shutdown. the new york democrat is now the 28th lawmaker ever censured in history. you are watching the faulkner focus. i m julie banderas in for harris today. it was caught on video and why he pled guilty. he got caught. bowman a former middle school principal said he was simply trying to open a door clearly marked as off limits. he pled guilty to a miss demeanor charge and paid a $1 thousand fine. the max fine. bowman continues to deny he was trying to delay the spending bill vote. jim jordan confident the censure motion would pass. i think it is in a more broader and how crazy things have gotten in the biden administration. an f.b.i. that says if you are catholic you re extremist and members of congress pulling a fire alarm to disrupt a vot
Couple. A 17yearold boy from lord and is charged with from lorton is charged with murder. Elicit upon a is at the live desk Melissa Dipane is at the live desk with the latest. And scott werey trying to keep their daughter away from somebody who they thought was a dangerous boyfriend. Naming theare not suspect because of his age, but the boy being charged is a boyfriend they were worried about. They were uncomfortable with him. Melissa they had reservations about their 16yearold boyfriend. A skeletal face. Anyssa they did what concerned parent would, telling the teenagers they cannot see each other anymore. They disapproved of all the time she would spend with them. Morning, a final post on facebook, a triumph over tyranny. Later, there was an Early Morning rendezvous between the teenage daughter and the suspect. The police are not identifying the suspect because of his age. Together. Ent an hour and bunkley and scott heard a noise or somehow sensed something was up. Melissa the boyfrie