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conference from texas governor greg abbott, top of the hour. he is calling on the biden administration to declare a federal emergency at the border. he said this is a crisis of the president s own making. we have the latest from the dhs secretary testimony to the senate homeland security committee this morning. we ll go to the border in just a moment. john: we kick off hour one of america reports with former acting ice director tom holman. i wanted to play from yesterday, there s a little bit of sound from the dhs secretary and get you respond to it. let s listen. borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. john: he says there, tom, that the borders are not open. what do you say to that based on what we have seen in del rio texas in the last couple of weeks? it s a lie. it s a lie. the borders are wide open. i have never seen a border so vulnerable in my entire career. thousands of being released every day into the united states, man ....
democrats are aware that mcconnell is playing pure politics with this and have yet to signal whether his offer is feasible in their view. one democratic senator has already called it, quote, b.s. for the u.s. the stakes could not be higher. if republicans follow through on their obstruction effort in effect they would be responsible for the delay of benefit payments to tens of millions of retirees, medicare, and medicaid providers and numerous rouse others receiving checks from the u.s. treasury. it could lead to a catastrophic default on the nation s deb. the government has never defaulted on its obligations so how this all works is unclear. but its impact to be wide ranging. this morning, six former secretaries of defense who worked in republican and democratic administrations sent an urgent letter to congress warning them of the national security implications of a default writing, quote, if they default on the full faith and credit of the u.s. it will send a signal t ....
expanded medicaid, and measures to combat climate change which house speaker nancy pelosi says is just not ready for a vote yet even though she had previously promised the two deals would be linked. that test standoff at this hour. speaker pelosi saying she s still shooting for a vote on infrastructure sometime today even though there is a little bit of doubt it has votes to pass. let me remind everybody how wildly popular both measures are among all voters. in a recent pew poll, supporters have a 31-point advantage over opponents. a poll from show nearly two thirds of likely voters support the legislation. over at fox news their numbers show 62% of all voters support this infrastructure bill. also the vast majority of americans support the so-called social spending bill that progressives rallied around as well. the new york times writes this about it, quote, the president and top democrats appeared as far as ever from an agreement but there is a darker reality loom ....
across the board for the democrats based on inflation, rising crime and that open border issue towards mexico. it could be that the courts might provide a bit of relief for the biden white house in some ways. a judge s decision keeps title 42 in lays for now. that came late yesterday. that could change next month. the supreme court is currently picking up the remain in mexico policy to question whether or not it is supported by our federal laws. we ll break this down for you in just a moment with the arizona attorney general. bill melugin is standing by at the border as well and mark meredith is at the white house. we break this down with mark. hi, mark. good afternoon to you. a few minutes ago, the white house sent fox a memo written by the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, that outlines what the government plans to do when title 42 is lifted. it says the government has been prepares for months if not years to do this by making sure there s supplies an ....
prosecute gangs or mafia crime families sums up the entire coup plot. here is how district attorney willis puts it last night. the indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgia s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgia s presidential election results. now, her indictment of this criminal racketeering enterprise begins with a very simple and clear statement, it goes like this. quote, depth donald trump lost the united states presidential election held on november 3rd, 2020. prosecutors allege that the entire coup plot was in service of reversing that one single, simple fact. they say that trump and his 18 co-defendants along with 30 unindicted co-conspirators, quote, constituted a criminal organization, whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities, including and not limited to false statements and writings, impersonating public officers, forgery, fili ....