our border since just october 1. almost 8 million since president biden s inaugural. those are all record-breaking numbers. the records have been broken and broken again. so clearly there s a crisis. everyone acknowledges this. congress and the president are not acting to do anything to fix it or to reverse this situation at this point. the huge numbers that we talk about all the time, they are numbers. they re important. they impact american cities. they impact the national security of our country and the bottom line of all of that. no one knows any of this better than border patrol chief jason owens. and while this number may sound a lot smaller, it s one that he wants you to know something about. he says it s a huge concern. he just posted these photos. he says that since october 1 border patrol has caught more than 160 coming in with gang affiliations. ms-13. all of them involved likely with murder, extortion, narcotics, weapons, human trafficking. prostitution. so on all
good evening, thank you for joining us commit is trey gowdyi and it is sunday night in america. every four years they tell us this is the most important election of our lifetime. usually it is hyperbole but sometimes it is simply logical in the sense it is the next election and therefore, the most important. but i will concede. this election cycle does feelspo disproportionatelyl. consequential. at a realossr crossroads. more people arre pe questioning democracy as a system of government. americans seem less interested in working things out and more interested in duking things out. so maybe 202t.4 is the most important election of our lifetime.efin regardless, it is definitely the next one. it is ten months away. joining us now are two old friends of the show, opinionm an washington times opinion editor and democratic strategists kevin wallin. charlie, you have tollu helvepe with this month. there are prominent republicans and conservatives who claim they will not suppor
thank you for having us, and welcome to luthuli house. it s a great pleasure to be here. how disappointed are you with the state south africa is in today? south africa is undergoing challenges like many other countries. but i think to put us into a category of a failed state, it s an exaggeration. ican give. but you think that s a conversation that south africans are having amongst themselves? well, it comes from pockets of the powerful thinkers in the country who project us as displaying characteristics of a failed state, of course. we may not be too defensive to that. if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state. but we are notjourneying towards that direction. but the reality is that if you are a young south african reaching adulthood today, you only have a one in two chance of actually finding a job. 50% of young people are out of work. a state should be able to provide work for its people, should ensure that the economy functions. we have a south afr
features of the economy that is fluctuating at an international level, which has had an impact on our own economy, but also partly some of our own weaknesses in terms of managing the economy well. we are under recovery. and objectively, the covid 19 messed up a lot of countries. the ukraine/russia war in itself has shattered most economies in the world and it has brought a high level of cost of living and a number of challenges that have affected adversely the developing nations. so some of the features that we see in terms of the economy of south africa are not immune to us only. if you look at the state of unemployment in europe, in some of the advanced economies, it is ea rth shattering. yes, nothing like it is here, though. and, mr secretary general, we have to face one simple fact. your party, the anc, has been in powerfor 29 years, and you quite literally cannot even keep the lights on in this country. we have been in power for less than 30 years. and in that. three dec
but right now, south africa is in a big mess, with a protracted energy crisis, shocking levels of unemployment and inequality, and systemic corruption. my guest is the secretary general of the anc, fikile mbalula. is his party about to pay the price of failure? fikile mbalula, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having us, and welcome to luthuli house. it s a great pleasure to be here. how disappointed are you with the state south africa is in today? south africa is undergoing challenges like many other countries. but i think to put us into a category of a failed state, it s an exaggeration. er. ican give. but you think that s a conversation that south africans are having amongst themselves? well, it comes from pockets of the. ..powerful thinkers in the country who project us as displaying characteristics of a failed state, of course. we may not be too defensive to that. if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state. but we are notjourneying towards that di