administration, migrant children are being allowed through. the why, why are they coming, is much more complicated. most reports show migrants fleeing poverty, violence, natural disasters in their home countries. some come to reunite with family members. this video shows dozens of migrants after they crossed the rio grand river on rafts waiting to apply for asylum in texas. to be clear, there is an increase in migrants at the border. last month they encountered 3500 migrants per day. this past friday 5500 were encountered at the southern border according to internal data from customs and border patrol obtained by nbc news. 2,000 were families. around 200 were expelled. the rest allowed to stay in the u.s. to await their court dates. of the 2800 single adults encountered friday, nearly 2200 were denied entry. there is, of course, lots of finger pointing around the increase. this crisis is created by the presidential policies of this new administration. there s no other way t
vehicles to ukraine. a major boost for that country as it begs western allies to close the skies and end russianary assaults. at a meeting, defense officials, u.s. secretary of state lloyd austin said the united nations and its allies would quote keep moving heaven and earth in order to meet the defense needs of ukraine in this war. at a press conference with reporters after that meeting, austin refused to engage with russia s threats. you heard us say a number of times that that kind of rhetoric is very dangerous and unhelpful. nobody kind of wants to see a nuclear war happen. it s a war that you know all sides lose. and so, rattling of saberers and you know dangerous rhetoric is clearly unhelpful and it s something that we won t engage in. in the southern ukrainian city of kherson, russia is tightening its grip. ukraine s flag has been lowered at the city council building. the u.s. mayor says they have seized the local government and plan to stage a referendum to assert
cavuto, this is your world. first to hillary vaughn at the white house with the latest. hillary? progressives had been pushing for a while for the president to act alone on some of the items in build back better. but now there s a renewed sense that there may be a possibility that democrats can get enough of this on board to pass a slimmed down or skinny version of what was the president s build back better agenda. senator elizabeth warren saying in an op-ed today that it s mandatory for the president to try to do something because if he does not, she does not see democrats holding the majority in congress in the mid-terms in november. white house chief of staff ron klain signals there may be some negotiations going on for a revised reconciliation bill headed in to the summer and fall. inflation though has been a top concern of some democrats like senator joe manchin and one of the reasons why he has been a road block to passing build through reconciliation. if it s not j
up first tonight president biden on the ground in florida earlier today getting his first up-close look at the severity of idalia aftermath we did briefing did not include a meeting with governor desantis their potential president to reverie now taken the spotlight. lucas tomlinson is a lie from the white house with the latest, lucas? john, president biden and the first lady traveled down to live oak today to tour the destruction firsthand. governor desantis was a no-show. i am here today to deliver a clear message to the people of florida and throughout the southeast. as i told your governor there s anything around your state needs and ready to mobilize support the quick sly poke is located about halfway between tallahassee and jacksonville. without governor desantis there to greet him with the gop debate looming former governor now senator rick scott can play host. that was a big deal. they help the first responders. you approve through fema the individual assistanc
committee wrapping testimony from special counsel robert hur. republicans focused on the special counsel s finding that president biden willfully retained classified materials. democrats insisting that because president biden was not charged in this case that that means he was exonerated. watch. the hur report represents the complete and total exoneration of president biden. is it now okay if i take home top secret documents, store them in my garage and read portions of them to friends or associates? you used your report to trash and smear president biden. a forgetful old man that mr. hur said did not remember when he was vice president. who wins with this ludicrous spectacle? putin wins, xi wins. the tyrants of the world win. they have one more reason to celebrate donald trump and his cult followers. we have a former vice president that will not suffer any consequences for all of these actions. all right. we ll unravel that. chip roy who sits on the judiciary