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issue. and when you actually go to border patrol counsel, those that see the chaos day to day, they re saying send us some help. yet it appears that help won t be coming from congress anytime soon. the bipartisan border bill that republican senator james lankford and others worked on for months is now dead. wal go through the republican-led chaos on capitol hill. plus, we ll take a look at a possible plan b on border security from the white house as president biden considers taking executive actions to address illegal migration. and also ahead we re going to break down the monumental case going before the supreme court later this morning that could determine whether donald trump stays on the presidential ballot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 8th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we have a packed show this morning, and we ll begin on kamt where the carefully crafted, bipartisan border security, ....
fatigue and morale issues, and in thele meantime republicans a playing politics. they are playing politicwise the vital resources ukraine needs to defend its democracy from invaders. the democrats agreed to work with republicans and to craft a bipartisan bill to increase border security measures in exchange for that aid. but then donald trump came out against the deal. he did not want to hand president biden a victory on trump s favorite campaign issue, which is drumming up fear about what s happening eaautothe bord. and so today republicans voted to kill their own bill in the senate. the finaln vote was 49-50 with all but four republicans voting against r it. after that stunning defeat democrat chuck schumer put a second bill on the floor. it strips out the border stuff and juste funds aid to israel d taiwan and ukraine, which is what the democrats wanted in the first place. 58 voted to advance that bill. that is just shy until the 60 they need for final passage. now t ....