it is 2:00 in the afternoon, the southwestern tip of iceland. that volcano we ve been watching for weeks has finally erupted. look at that. there is a lot of concern for those in the area. we re on the story as it develops. i want to share that with you as we begin. first, however, got to get to our own border. it is at a breaking point. agents say the crisis is worse than ever and now the state of texas is going to try something it has never done before as we say good morning. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. it s tuesday. hello to my partner here. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. sit a little chilly in here. i m holding onto my hot cup. everything is fine. fine. we want to get you to these numbers. this happened yesterday. a staggering 4500 people crossed in the del rio sector alone. the southern border saw a total of over 12,000 people yesterday. bill: this is part of what greg abbott calls a tidal wave of illegal entry. he has been saying
a movement the likes of this country has never seen before. iowa represents this country more than any place and also represents tradition. other candidates have like seven people standing in a farm and they are talking and it s a very nice, it s a very nice thing to watch. john: former president trump basking in his status and taking a shot at rivals at a town hall with sean hannity in iowa last night. another jam packed hour, sandra. sandra: indeed, good to be with you. this is america reports . voters will be caucusing, can you believe this, in just six weeks, and the media, it is fair to say, is starting to freak out over the possibility of a second donald trump term. editors at the atlantic magazine dedicating the next issue, what would the world look like under trump. and some are branding the former president a dictator. i sometimes wonder if trump knows the definition of democracy because he might be getting it confused with another d word, meaning dictator.