Even after the white house told us theyre being sent back home. Press secretary jen psaki trying to dodge the disaster in texas. Instead lashing out at the Border Patrol agents on horseback. This has been an incredibly heart wrenching issue. Weve watched the photos of haitians gathering under bridges and the horrific video of the officers on horses using brutal measures against people. They were placed on administrative leave and will not be interacting with any migrants. Meanwhile, nobody in the administration seems to know the exact number of people coming across our border. Youre telling us that the dhs chief has the most recent numbers about how many of these people under the bridge have been sent back and how many have been released into the u. S. The dhs chief is telling us that he doesnt know. So who else can we ask . You can certainly ask the department of homeland security. Im confident, peter, that you want the most up to date numbers and well get you those i promise you this
The lines for Covid Testing stretching on for hours as daily cases driven by Omicron Reach the highest level in the year. There are warnings the surge will be 5 times larger than the peak last winter. The white house rejected a plan back in october that have would ramped up testing in time for the holidays. Critics charge the biden team was so fixated on Vaccinating Americans it left testing on the back burner. The president promised to spend billion dollars on testing but test Centers Across the country are overwhelmed and home kits are tough to find. The president addressing that moments ago wrapping up a covid briefing. If we had known we would have gone harder and quicker if we could have. We are able to purchase 500 million at home rapid tests to be sent to the American People for free. The president knew the importance of testing when he was a candidate and slammed President Trump tweeting the administration promised millions of tests. Its not happening fast enough. Where are the
The palestinian israeli conflict that we are experiencing today youve seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. For the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. For christians, this is a place where jesus was crucified. For muslims, it is where the Prophet Muhammad made the night journey. People are said to have conquered the world that have swept through this city. No other individual changed the landscape in the way that Herod The Great did. Determined to take on the christians and further madam jerusalem. At a time of otto and islam rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. For israelis, the creation of The State Of Israel is seen as a miracle and, of course, for the palestinians, its a great disaster. The history of jerusalem. A very complicated story. And if you dont know it, in its complexity, its very hard to understand whats going on there today. The past is never dead and if there is a city in the world to which that applies, its je
President biden at a briefing announcing he will be traveling to kentucky wednesday. This administration has made it clear to every governor whatever they need when they need it, when they need it, make it known to me and well get it to them as rapidly, as rapidly as we can. We just learned osha is launching an investigation after a tornado destroyed an Amazon Warehouse in edwardsville, illinois, killing six people there. Im Hallie Jackson with you this afternoon in washington along with our nbc news team on the ground covering the aftermath of these storms. Wendy wilfolk is in mayfield, kentucky, and wendy, let me start with you. Youre in what seems to be the epicenter of these storms, and i know youve talked with people who are devastated. They lost their homes, they lost people they love. Reporter indeed, hallie, good afternoon to you. I am struck by the peoples resilience as they go through what theyve lost, which is their lives and their livelihoods. If you look at the downtown ar
all this as outraged parents sound off over agendas in their children s class rams. john: merrick garland says it is about keeping school board members safe. you wrote the memo because of the later. the letter is disavowed now. you will keep your memo going anyway, right? it did not adopt every concern they had in the letter. did you consider the chilling impact your memorandum would have on parents exercising their constitutional rights? only thing this is about is violence and threats of violence. judge, this is shameful, your testimony, your performance is shameful. thank god you are not on the supreme court. you should resign in disgrace. sandra: that happening moments ago. more with andy in a moment, we begin with ayesha hasnie. we plan to see more from the senators in a moment, ayesha: right ag garland is trying to smooth over the memo. it is not working. republicans are drilling down on a couple points, the first is vagueness of the demo. it reads the d