to lead talks on how to stem the surge in illegal border crossings. those crossings reaching historic proportions with authorities routinely reporting 10,000 encounter a day. the influx is in border authorities, 10,000 in custody right now. so stretched are resources, customs and border patrol had to close two major railway crossings and other ports of entry so they can shuffle agents to busier points along the border. $43 billion in trailed a year are carried on those two rail lines alone. no telling how politically costly an extended closure could be. with congress on holiday, talks for a comprehensive border package have installed, and with them, hopes for ukraine and israel aid. republicans say funding for those embattled nations must be paired with measures to secure the u.s. mexico border. it s a quid pro quo triggering a backlash who fear an asylum and refugee crackdown could hurt the party among latino voters. joining us now, nbc news correspondent guad venegas who s
over kabul in afghanistan to the taliban, women in afghanistan have fewer rights now because we have a female vice president here who can t even speak correctly. so they know all of this is coming. the second half of 2020 two is going to be even worse than the first half. now, the new york times, let me just tell you quickly, as a pollster is notoriously pro democrat, pro hillary in 2016, biden in 2020 just quickly in in twenty 20, they said trump was going to win montana by six. he won by 16. they said he s going to win kansas by seven. he won by 14. they said your bottom is going to win ohio by one. he lost by eight. he was going to win florida by three. he lost by three. the list goes on and on . so sample sampling s never really great. it s never really great for republicans, always tilted towards biden and it s their poll. the new york times poll that says sixty four percent of democrats want somebody beyond joe biden. 2020 four. 94% that basically everyone. 94
from washington tonight. thanks for being with us. the phony democracy defenders, the focus of tonight s angle. just as they scramble to stop the rising trump campaign back in 2015, they re back in mode again making wild and scary predictions. trump is promising to resort to authoritarian tactic should he become president again. you don t think he is dying to silence the media, think again. his top priority is vengeance. donald trump uses nazi terminology. laura: headlines are so bad, they are funny. why trump s presidency may be more radical than the first. blah, blah, blah, you get it. trump turned the table on biden. over the past few years, you have watched biden s marxist try to stop free speech, destroy attorney-clients privilege. bogs charges. we love you! somehow i m not worried. that s why we are doing. this we have to straighten out our country. laura: of course the new york times poo pooed president trump s attack. accusations against mr. biden, whi
morning futures. i m sean duffy in for maria bartiromo. today, more hostages to be released by hamas after a nail-biting exchange yesterday.s 13 israelis and 4 foreign citizens are back in israel afte cr hamas terrorists put the deal on hold for over 6 hours. israel has received the third hs list of hostages to be released, so for now the deal seems to be back on. national security advisor jakeit sullivan said this morning he has, quote, reason to believe at least one of those released today will be an american. up to ten americans are believed to be held by hamas. here s what president biden sai friday when asked about the kidnapped and missing americans. we don t know when that will occur, but we expect it to occur. we know thpecte numbers when thr going to be released, so it s my hope and expectation it ll be soon. and of the americans [inaudible] do you know all of their - conditions? are they all alive? we don t know all their conditions. seanican: plus, days af
i m wolf blitzer in washington along with kaitlan collins. this is america s choice, election day in america your headquarters for all the crucial issues driving voters to the polls. key races are in mississippi, kentucky and ohio. the first polls close in hours from now. these races can help us get a sense of where the voters are. we ll see in abortion rights will continue to be the driving force so clearly in last year s election after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. in ohio tonight, voters are deciding to enshrine the right to one in the state s constitution. and governors contests in kentucky and mississippi, along with control over the government of virginia, where all 140 seats in both the house and the senate there are up for grabs. . we have live team coverage of it all. jessica dean is in richmond, virginia. kyung lah, you re no franklin county, ohio. what have voters been saying as they cast their ballots today. reporter: what you re he