interviews with more than 45 people, including members of the biden administration, the report and over a course of several months of reporting, and it includes root participants in meetings saying that the president has performed poorly at times and appears slower the journal makes the point to say that most of those who were critical of biden s performance behind closed doors where republicans. but it did also say it includes some democrats. and the white house is responding to the wall street journal with this. and let me read the statement congressional republicans, foreign liters and nonpartisan national security experts have made clear in their own words that president biden it s a savvy and effective leader who has a deep record of legislative accomplishment. now, in 2024, house republicans are making false claims as a political tactic that flatly contradict previous statements made by themselves and their colleagues joining us right now, democratic strategist, matt bennett, he
us in paris this morning covering the president s trip. kayla great to see you. thank you very much kate. and breaking overnight, president biden s sweeping executive order at the southern border is now in effect. the new policy giving the president and border officials the ability to effectively shut down the border almost immediately. and here s why border officials can begin turning away almost all migrants when the daily average of illegal crossings hits 2,500, average daily arrests for illegal crossings from mexico. people not crossing at ports of entry or last below 2,500 in january of 2021. the move by biden is getting slammed by republicans saying it s too little too late. and democrats are divided on this. some of that i m applauding the president and his move, others slamming the move is going way too far it is extremely disappointing that this white house would choose to double down on the previous administration s harmful and flawed immigration policies. it s not perf
have you here. what s this trip supposed to be about while the trip is about a lot, john, it s about shoring up alliances, some of which these allies have broken with president biden over his handling of the situation in gaza, some of which are trying to shore up funding to continue coming to ukraine s defenses and it s also about shoring up goodwill back home with many americans frustrated with a protracted war in ukraine and angry over the fate of civilians in gaza. biden is trying to project leadership on the world stage. as you mentioned, drawing a distinction with donald trump, his predecessor, and now gop opponent and in the words of national security spokesman john kirby, he believes we re at an inflection point in history it s tied to the way geopolitics are changing, the way challenges are being presented to us around the world. making it clear what you stand for and what you stand against matters. a president biden will again make the argument that standing up to tyranny it
encounters. have you take a look on that at this past monday, border authorities apprehended about 3,500, meaning that this went into effect right away. now, what administration officials say that this would be lifted when those average encounters reach around 1,500, but that could take some time, especially as officials are anticipating, there could be a surge and migrants coming to the the us southern border in the summer months. now there are exceptions for another accompany children victims of severe trafficking and other special circumstances. but migrants can still continue to make appointments through the cbp app to try to seek asylum in a legal way. now, this will require cooperation from mexico president biden in the past 48 hours, jumping on the phone with both the current and incoming presidents of that country. but as you heard there, there has been pushed back from members of president biden s own party s progressive, who are saying that t is simply drawing from the trump
instability around the world. i can tell you this race has been remarkably frozen in time. it has barely moved throughout the course of any of these from the conviction last week to other big events like the biden immigration bill, of course, voters are still taking all of this into account but this is a new moment in the campaign. the debate is just three weeks away. the republican convention also looming so we sat down with some voters to hear what s on there. finds as they re beginning to pay a bit more closer attention to this race the past is done. let s move ahead. caroline quinlan has little appetite for re-litigating the past a warning for both sides as the rematch of joe biden and donald trump sets in for a summer of uncertain certainty. both parties have their extreme sayyed and no one s in the middle. it s a new moment in a campaign that often feel like an old sequel. trump s trial is over the first debate is three weeks away. and here in