justice ginsburg. within hours of her passing, we only six weeks into the 2020 election, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said this in a statement. president trump s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the united states senate. that move was quite ripe with hypocrisy. you will recall back in 2016, mcconnell blocked the consideration of merrick garland who was nominated with eight hole months remaining in obama s second term. he blocked the nomination because it was too close to a presidential election. after trump s election, elected, the seat was filled by conservative neil gorsuch. the conservative line was it was appropriate for the seat to be filled by conservative. we won ginsburg died weeks before the election, the same reasoning up applied. i know you are. shocked trump said that he
the justice department has also filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order for the governor is doing. governor abbott says it would be of some solace if the federal government were conducting appropriate covid-19 testing and other mitigation strategies. i will take every available step consistent with the law to fulfill my duty to protect the health and safety of all texans. i ve been very respectful and supportive of the administration. but something has to change. democratic congressman henry cuellar republican 7 lindsey graham say biden administration should appoint a borders are. who do we believe can help us get out of this mess? we concluded almost instantaneously, jeh johnson jeh johnson. served as obama s second term homeland security secretary. activists accused him of aggressive immigration enforcement. in the way a texas, rich edson, fox news.
it ended during obama s second term. that means when cubans come if they make it to the sand they aren t automatically allowed to stay and begin the citizenship process. they will have to apply for asylum. over the past year we have seen more cuban migrants making their way to mexico and going up entering the country across the rio grande. bill: what a story that is. phil keating watching it from miami. we ll wait for more answers. dana: chicago mayor lori lightfoot is facing a lawsuit to only grant interviews to reporters of color. is it an abuse of color? some boys were crying and scared. bill: an apparent kidnapping attempt at a school stopped after a teacher jumps into action. dana: a shoot-out in broad daylight in the streets of manhattan where the search for is suspect stands, we ll tell you.
even higher than previously reported. and way ahead of inflation. but the best news is on low income workers. president trump is specifically delivering on the promises he made to the forgotten men and women who revolted against an establishment that punished them with free trade, open borders and globalization. incomes are rising fastest for the lowest paid. hourly pay growth for the bottom 25% has outpaced that of higher earners every month of the trump presidency. in blue collar industries like mining, construction and transportation. it far exceeds what we saw under obama s second term. which all the establishment experts said was impossible by the way. jobs are coming back in numbers we haven t seem for decades. last year s gain of 264,000
last year. and way ahead of inflation. but the best news is on low income workers. president trump is specifically delivering on the promises he made to the forgotten men and women who in 2016 revolted against an establishment that punished them in the name of globalist dogma. in the trump economy income are rising fastest for the lowest paid. hourly paper for the bottom 5 percent has outpaced that of the obama economy. and wage growth far exceeds what we saw under obama s second term. and with president trump s revitalization of manufacturing which all the speforts said were impossible, jobs are coming back