good afternoon, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the blame game over southern border, president biden and house republicans are attacking each other as a record number of the u.s. continue to cross border patrol agents are doing everything they can to take care of this situation, but they are completely overwhelmed, completely just overwhelmed with the situation, and it s getting worse. plus, it s what the atlantic calls the english muffin problem. you might not have heard of it, but likely you re dealing with it. why so many americans hate the current economy even though the numbers show it s actually trending in the right direction. and the cdc tracking a surge in covid cases as millions travel for the holidays, what you need to know about the new variant fueling the virus s spread. we begin with the humanitarian crisis growing by the hour on the southern border, a record number of migrant crossings are pushing processing facilities way
this year joey is on pace to do it once again with a whole new record high. but according to the most idiotic people that work in the white house, joe biden is not at fault. it s not his problem. they didn t have this problem with the last administration. biden halted construction of the border wall, ended the stay in mexico policy, and told illegal immigrants come one, come all, there s no vetting, not even during the pandemic as far as health issues. according to dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, his boss is not responsible. no. you ll never guess what s really responsible. climate change. he thinks [laughter] i know. he thinks there are climate refugees all over the world, and there s nothing that the president can do about it. it s the climate s fault. take a look. when we speak about the border, we have to put it in context, that this is not a challenge. and it is indeed a challenge. not a challenge exclusive to the united states. you know, chile, just deployed its m
patience and the officers trying to resolve this peacefully. behavior of this individual did not result in that. residents were not injured and grateful the officers will be okay. brooke: the officers were shot three hours after the standoff began. two were patrol officers and the other worked in the canine unit. the lapd says none of the dogs were injured in last night s shooting. los angeles issued citywide tactical alert in response to the shooting. the suspect is dead and there is no longer a threat in the area. he started firing at the officers and the law enforcement used canines, bean bags and gas to get him. a swat team broke through the barricade and moved in on the suspect. reports say the shooter was a felony drug suspect, police have not confirmed his identity. fraternal order of police president reacting saying, how many more of us need to be shot or die before safety and protection of law enforcement is a priority? los angeles mayor karen bass visited the woun
doesn t necessarily reflect another or the whole, footage of soldiers during a pause in battle doesn t mean there s to war. the zapruder film before jfk is shot doesn t make it a parade. pretending otherwise is conning people. pretending otherwise when you know better is something else and enabling that con when you re a high-ranking elected official accountable to the public directly in line to the presidency is hard to imagine. or so you might think because that s just what house speaker kevin mccarthy has done. he enabled this. the crowd was enormous. a small perjury of them were hooligans. they committed vandalism. you ve seen their pictures again and again but the overwhelming majority weren t. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionist, they were sightseers. fox s tucker carlson cherry-picking from 40,000 hours of footage that speaker mccarthy released to him and only him of the january 6th attack. the fox host attempted to con hi
not necessarily reflect the reality of another, or of the whole. soldiers enjoying a pause in battle does not mean there is no war. az prudhoe film for four jfk shot does not make it a parade. pretending otherwise is conning. people pretending otherwise is counting something else and enabling that come when you are a high-ranking elected official directly in line of succession to the presidency is hard to imagine. or so you might think. because that s just what house speaker kevin mccarthy has done. he s enabled this. the crowd was enormous. a small percentage of them were hooligans. they committed vandalism. you ve seen their pictures again and again. the overwhelming majority weren t. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers. fox s tucker carlson last night cherry-picking from some 40,000 hours of footage that speaker mccarthy released to him and only him. of the january 6th attack on the capitol. the fox