is the witness who vice chair liz cheney name checked at the end of one of those recent investigative hearings, which was itself a powerful move because there s rangling that goes on over time, so tub lick publicly calling out a witness is a last resort, but that s what congresswoman liz cheney did to name and shame a trump white house lawyer who she said was not fully cooperating at the time. you probably heard his name, pat cipollone. he had talked to the committee once, so he was not total by defying them like steve bannon or peter navarro. he didn t get to the point of recommending a contempt citation but at the same time he had not agreed to testify under oath. so cheney led that public charge, which we then learned was the prelude to a subpoena, and this all worked, and fast. now cipollone will be testifying tomorrow under oath on camera in the main format the committees use because you ve probably seen clips of the video depositions as they explore issues and build u
developing. biden s white house calling the situation at the border a challenge at a big problem but still not calling it a crisis. this is as the administration officials blame the trump team for what is happening there. now biden s homeland security chief s warning we are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border when we have in just the last 20 years. john: pretty shocking statement. were going to speak with texas senator john cornyn and arizona s attorney general who is leading efforts to sue the biden administration over its immigration policy. so-called public charge. we begin with casey stegall live at the southern border in alamo, texas. casey, what s the situation? john, sandra, good to see you. the border patrol agent chief for this very sector which is the rio grande valley of south texas, one sector alone covers and encompasses some 277 miles of the entire southern border. over the last couple days, he says his agents have arrested almost
weather, to understand fuels better. so there are things that can be done at the federal level. but you know what, when you look at what happened at redding, when you look at what happened at santa rosa, when you look at what happened in ventura, where fires have gone from the wild land/urban interface right into the suburbs, right into towns, that s at the state level. we have to look at our zoning. we have to look at our construction materials. we basically have to look at where we have people on the land and how we protect them. right now we just have to thank those 14,000 firefighters that are on the ground. incredible. glen, thank you. thank you for watching this hour of velshi & ruhle. i ll see you tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. i turn you over to andrea mitchell for andrea mitchell reports. former paul manafort deputy rick gates back on the witness
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A recap of the day s headlines and a look at what s in store for tomorrow.
judge kavanaugh is confirmed to be a justice in the spring court, he doesn t have a recusal obligation just because he was nominated by the president at issue. the law doesn t support that. look, this is a constant fight between special counsels and presidents. president clinton. they fought back hard and ultimately got a very constrained interview. that interview did blow up in the president s face. it s a cautionary tale for any president going before a special counsel. the supreme court has weighed in on these issues a number of times. they have not come down on the side of the president. in two nixon cases, one case they determine the president was immune from civil litigation. prior to that, they decided the president was subject to a criminal subpoena which richard nixon the tapes. it s not clear the president is going to enact the battle. this is going to be an interesting battle if it comes down to