World. It sauls says a lot about us this still includes the release of russian political prisoners. They stood up for democracy and human rights, the united states helped secure their release as well. Thats who we are in the united states. We stand for freedom and liberty, for justice, not only for our own people but for others as well. And thats why all americans can take pride in what weve achieved today. That was President Biden speaking at the white House Yesterday following the most substantial Prisoner Swap since the Cold War. Well have more of his comments and emotional reups for the wrongly Detained Americans in just a moment. Also ahead Donald Trump doubling down on his Race Based Attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris after falsely claiming that she only recently decided to become a black person. Meanwhile, harris is expected to name a Running Mate soon and appear with them tuesday in philadelphia. Well have all that and more and the Selection Process coming up. All right, g
Migrant boy in texas stopping and asking Border Patrol agent for help. He is one of many children found abandoned at the border every day. Hello, welcome to another edition of america reports, i am john roberts In Washington and hi, sandra. Sandra and sandra smith in new york my hello, john, these images of Young Children all by themselves. They are met by Border Patrol agents at the border. No matter how many new shelters are built, the Biden Administration, john, cannot keep up with a surge. Right now, there were more than 19,000 unaccompanied Migrant Children in u. S. Custody. John sandra this comes as Top Republican request with briefing to men on the fbi Terrorist Watch List caught cost, crossing the border. We will speak with you and investor nikki haley about the take on the border crisis, but first lets go to Alex Hogan Life On The Border in texas, alex . House speaker Kevin Mccarthy says he wants a briefing of classified briefing how these two men from yemen try to make their
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 nations 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 to our friends
Military, economic and humanitarian assistance for the next five months. Well go live to the white house momentarily for Reporting On If and when that package might get through both the house and the senate. It comes on the same day that the head of nato said members of the alliance have pledged and provided more than 8 billion in Ukrainian Military aid so far. And this morning former nato Supreme Court allied Commander Navy admiral James Stavridis told us what theyve done to keep ukraine in the fight and how the new aid package could help tip the scales. It is an enormous step. And really if you look back to, say, world war 2 and you look at what the United States was doing for a very beleaguered, very encircled united kingdom, this is beginning to hit those levels. And in fak, were hearing Historic Alecos as you know of the Land Lease Program which was the cornerstone of Franklin Roosevelt did for winston churchill. Were in that same mode here with our friends in ukraine. And i think