dignified transfer of three u.s. soldiers killed last weekend in jordan and to meet with families as their loved ones remains returned to u.s. soil. plus, 353,000 jobs added. the first employment report of 2024 is out and it is much stronger than anybody expected. this as new exclusive cnn polling shows that voters are giving president biden slightly more credit for economic gains. and a jungled mess. that s how a gop source is describing house republican s attempt to impeach president biden. we will bring you new reporting on how top members are finally admitting it is probably not going to happen. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with the most solemn duty of an american president. joe biden is in delaware at dover air force base to witness the dignified transfer of three u.s. soldiers killed in jordan. 24-year-old sergeant kennedy sanders was known to her parents as munchkin. they say she dove into everything head fir
Americans are faced with a moral gravity to make things right for our neighbors like Jose. But fairness and justice for this unique population can only be permanently secured by Congress.
midterm elections. and here is what a lot of folks in congress, whether democrats or republicans refused to acknowledge, democrats are afraid to talk about border security, and republicans are afraid to talk about establishing a path to legal status. this is going to get more heated through the course of the day. secretary of homeland security alejandra may work us to testify on he ll today and tomorrow. todd and carley. todd: doug lose later life for us, let s bring in mark mark dannels and border of security. you will be testifying later today but the bigger issue, i think is has the left quite frankly achieved their goal of open borders? good morning, todd and the answer to that is yes, they have you look at the staggering numbers over the last 14 months a number we haven t seen in 20 years on this border and continues to get worse.
are already overwhelmed and believe removing title 42 which quickly expelled many migrants during the pandemic could create even more problems for so many different states. still, the white house says it believes the president and it is well believed the immigration law is a matter for congress. not the cdc. is the president really wanting title 42 to go away because it was a trump era policy. the president has never felt that title 42 was an effective immigration policy and he talked about that during the campaign. while some democrats want title 42 lifted, others are urging the white house to think of the political security ramifications. telling jon ossoff it s congress that needs to find a solution. here s what a lot of folks in congress, whether they are democrats or republicans refuse to acknowledge. democrats are afraid to talk about border security. and republicans are afraid to talk about establishing a path to legal status.
have the infrastructure on our side of the border to adjudicate asylum cases. so that we don t have backlogs that last months and years. it also means that we need to have an honest conversation about the folks who are here without proper documentation and otherwise follow the law at a time when businesses are short of workers, rather than them remaining in the informal economy and in the shadows. establishing a path to legal status. americans overwhelmingly support both of these policies, border security, real effective border security. and a pathway for those who are here without documentation otherwise follow the law. but what you hear in congress is partisan rhetoric, neither side willing to acknowledge the reasonable points that the other side makes. i m willing to make those acknowledgments, have that conversation, support both border security and that pathway for those who are already here. bret: we welcome that conversation with republicans and democrats here to talk about so