People should not make the dangerous journey. It s clear they re open. This man, rodney scott was president trump s and then president biden s chief of the u. S. Border patrol. He also worked in counter terrorism at the border in 29 years of service there. He recently wrote this letter to the leaders of the homeland security committee in the senate. I witnessed the unprecedented seismic shift in border security and immigration policy initiated january 20, 2021, the biden inaugural. This shift, he writes created the current crisis. He goes on to say contrary to the current rhetoric, this is not a surge, this is a national security threat. Low level unsophisticated and uneducated smugglers are crossing the border and evading apprehension daily to think that wellresourced terrorist networks, criminal organizations and hostile nations are not doing the same is naive. So here s what the president had to say just a short time ago. He s at the u. N. Today where he spoke. He never mentioned an
Californians overwhelmingly reported to keep gavin newsom as their governor, instead of handing the governorship to trump supporting radio host larry elder. Here is governor gavin newsom tonight, thanking voters for rejecting trumpism, and larry elder. In the state of california. We said yes to all those things that we hold dear, as california s and i would argue as americans. Economic justice, social justice, environmental justice, our values were california has made so much progress. All of those things are on the ballot this evening, and so i m humbled and grateful, to the millions and millions of californians to exercise their fundamental right to vote. And express themselves to overwhelmingly reject the division, by rejecting the cynicism, by rejecting so much of the negativity that s defined our politics. Leading off our election coverage once again at this hour, msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. Steve, what are the latest numbers? you got him right here lawr
California s overwhelmingly voted to keep gavin newsom as their governor. Instead of handing the governorship to trump supported radio host, larry elder. Here is governor gavin newsom tonight, thanking voters for rejecting trumpism, and larry elder in the state of california. Anne we said yes to all those things that we hold dear as californians. And i would argue as american, economic justice. Social justice. Racial justice. Environmental justice. Our values were california s made so much progress, all of those things were on the ballot this evening. And so i m humbled, in grateful to the millions and millions of californians that exercise their fundamental right to vote and express themselves so overwhelmingly, by rejecting the division. Fire rejecting the cynicism, by rejecting so much of the negativity that s defined our politics. Leading off our election color tips at this hour, msnbc national corresponded steve kornacki, steve what are the latest numbers? we got him like here law
Finals fails. We begin in north korea and what appears to be a show of strength. State media reporting that north korea has now successfully test fired new and strategic long range cruise missiles. According to the report, the missiles tested over the week flew 1,500 kilometers before hitting their targets and falling into water. Both south korea and the u. S. Say they are looking into these claims. South korea s top nuclear envoy is set to discuss north korea during a meeting monday with u. S. And japanese officials. Let s go straight to the region. Paula is standing by for us. What more can you tell us? hi. Reporter: this was another wakeup in the region. It is not as significant as it would have been if it were a ballistic missile. This is the type of missile that is not violating u. N. Security council resolutions so technically, north korea didn t break any rules. Clearly it is something that everyone in the region and washington watches very closely. We know in the military parad