Through the desert every day, often in dangerous temperatures. Arthel just a few minutes of talk to Arizona Congresswoman. First we have Fox Team Coverage for you, cb cotton on the overcrowded hotels in New York City. And Christina Cole but with the latest on what is happening at the southern border we will start with christina. Cox high arthel per border sources tell us theres more armed smugglers and violent incidents happening along the border lately. Especially in california and San Diego County but theres also a surge of illegal Border Crossings and arizonas desert. This outdoor holding site for migrants hot conditions is getting back lash but some called the structure a cage, spokesperson for customs and Border Protection tells me single adult men are rotated to this outside facility in the tucson sector on a needed basis and transported to other locations for processing as rapidly as possible. But some advocates are critical of this outdoor sites. Tucson based Nonprofit Humane B
Lying about election results, mailing personal insults at its critics. Making famously veil threats towards those who seek to hold him accountable. But none of trumps can change the cold, hard fact that the former president now faces serious criminal charges in three separate cases. In the coming days and weeks, it could even be one more. We start tonight with congressman benny thompson, democrat of mississippi. The former chairman of the january six commission. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Its always good to talk to you. Lets talk about trumps lawyer, john moreau. He did it washington and said recall the full ginsburg today. Almost a little bit about what he had to say becho and get your response on the other side. Take a listen. The defense is quite simple, donald trump, President Trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. As an american citizen, he had the right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had the right to petition governments aroun
washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15
good morning. breathe it in deep. the weekend is here. and welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. is and i m paula reid. boris, it s great to be with you. we appreciate you getting up bright and early. amara is skiing somewhere in europe. here s a look at what we re watching this morning. overall we created more jobs in two years than any administration created in the first four years. president biden taking a victory lap following a strong jobs report. where we re seeing those jobs. plus a stunning free falls that led to the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history. and testing the waters. presidential hopefuls sworm iowa this week as the gop race heats up. we have new reporting about when ron desantis might announce that he s running. i looked on the ground and it was flooded. he seems to be in a smiling mood for a natural disaster. california soaked by the another round of storms. those atmospheric rivers washing out roads, collapsing bridges and
offensive antitank rockets and precision aerial weapons along with fuel trucks and bridging equipment. eric: senior correspondent mike tobin. hello, mike. mike: hello, eric and molly. the u.s. the u.s. aid package to be announced on monday puts u.s. contribution to $30 billion for ukraine s defense. that s part of what we talked about with top negotiator in ukraine. top adviser in president zelenskyy s office understands that american taxpayers are growing tire and skeptical of funding war in ukraine? what is your argument to continue funding war in ukraine? if you want to live freely in the u.s. and constantly talk about it and you re ready to pay the highest price it s necessary to win the war in russia. mike: president xi jinping of china met with russian president and not met with zelenskyy. the ceasefire the freezing to have conflict as such. the occupied territories will remain under the russian federation. mike: president xi everyone in placed the call to presi