pentagon? something i know a little bit about. i have been in the military for the better part of two decades. i was in the army national guard until last month. we all saw this coming. and now it s here. this just the woke military stuff you have been hearing about. this is not extremism standdown or a social distancing reading list or even a foolish cia recruitment video we have all seen by now. this is worse. this is way worse. this, my friends, is a purge. a purge of the defense department led by a new and now powerful radical leftists. a 1619 project activist, a hard core social distancing democrat. a man who believes all, all trump supporters are racist and extremists. and what must we do to racists? we must define them and then we must purge them. so who is the pentagon s newly meanted maga purge man? well, meet bishop garrison, the new senior adviser to the secretary of defense. his portfolio is diversity, equity and inclusion. but his purview is much wider. never h
so last night, president biden spoke with the texas governor and prepared for fema to start sending these federal supplies and resources to the state. as texans suffer, senator ted cruz is back in the state doing or attempting some damage control, this after flying to cancun with his family for a vacation while the people of his state suffer. overnight, the new york times published texts from cruz s wife showing that the senator lied about the reason for his trip. last night, some of cruz s constituents protested outside his home, calling for him to resign. let s begin, though, with the crisis on the ground there in texas. cnn s natasha chen is live in houston. so, power back for millions of texans, but really becoming a water crisis there now. reporter: yeah, jim, there s still a water issue in many parts of the city here, but as you said, power is starting to come back on. people are starting to turn a corner here. and we can tell that, because we re in a furniture st
january 6th right despite a warning from intelligence officials that there might be. officials want the national guard to stay on in washington for a while yet. we begin tonight with a surge in illegal immigration putting the new white house team on the defensive and facing criticism that its own responses not much different than the one by the predecessor, which was heavily criticized. correspondent casey siegel is in eagle pass, texas, again tonight. good evening. john, good evening. federal agents out here working on the border saying that they are desperately trying to avoid a repeat of the 2019 humanitarian crisis down here. unfortunately, as new numbers and stats come in daily, their optimism is fading. despite its close proximity to the southern border. life on emily king s remote ranch in south texas is usually pretty quiet. maybe if i had one or two incidents in the last four years. that was then, this is now. to speak of the last month, 45 days, it had literal
in the last year or so. and he s done some great stuff, and i thank him very much, particularly on helping to encourage vaccine take up amongst more hesitant groups and communities. new figures show fewer than one in five people with covid 19 symptoms request a test, and the number who follow self isolation rules is low. as france goes into a third lockdown we talk to an expert in paris in paris about the situation across the country. and the life and legacy of diana, princess of wales, is to be recognised with a blue plaque in london. one of six new plaques dedicated to pioneering women. good afternoon. a 22 year old has become the first british police officer to be convicted of belonging to a banned neo nazi terror group. neo nazi terrorist group. benjamin hannam was also convicted of lying on his met police application and having terrorist documents detailing knife combat and making explosive devices, following the trial at the old bailey. hejoined national action after
congress, compared to 46% who prefer republicans, that is a statistical tie due to the margin of error. what isn t a tie is that republicans hold a commanding advantage when it comes to enthusiasm for november s midterm elections. 61% of republicans are, quote, very interested, compared to 47% of democrats, which could make all the difference in who controls congress. and then there is this, which doesn t bode well for the country. not only does 72% of americans say the united states is heading in the wrong direction, 70% of americans agree with the statement that america had become so polarized that it can no longer solve the major issues facing the country and that those differences will only continue to grow. just 27% of americans say that despite the nation s strong partisan differences, the country always comes together to solve the greatest challenges. now, consider this, the last time nbc news posed this question in a poll 12 years ago in 2010, just 45% of americans sa