the biden transition team and government officials began to sound the alarm to increase shelter space for migrant children whom they expected would soon be crossing the border in large numbers but the trump administration didn t take action until days before the inauguration according to two biden transition officials and a u.s. official with knowledge of the discussions. they were sitting on their hands a transition official told nbc news who doesn t currently work for the biden administration. it was incredibly frustrating. the report adds that as of february the department of health and human services was only able to use about half of the congressionally funded capacity with covid protocols and a shuttering of facilities. because of those limits unaccompanied children are backlogged in stations. their numbers reaching a record high of 5,200 children in custody last week with hundreds held past the three-day legal limit. that is the backdrop to news breaking this afternoon
some argue that what is happening a the border is a crisis, particularly the number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving. it is distressing. sadly, it is not new. spring has just begun, and the warmer weather brings with it a rye in migrants at the border pretty much every year. check out this data from customs and border protection. apprehensions typically peak in march. you can see it from year to year to year. a consistent peak each march. now, this year the spring increase has been especially large. the u.s. is detaining more than 5,000 children in adult detention facilities. again, that s children in facilities meant for adults. official are figuring out more appropriate places to house them. all of this is happening as we continue fighting covid-19. the biden administration is responding to criticism over the border. today on the sunday morning shows, some republican lawmakers argue that the president s immigration policies have encouraged refugees to come north.
contributions that were hush money payments after mr. cohen pled guilty to helping trump with that, among other things, in may 201 he was sent to prison. after serving about a year in prison, though, mr. cohen got out and he was transitioned effectively to home confinement. the reason he got out was because of covid. it wasn t special treatment to him. it doesn t appear to have been. this happened to a lot of prisoners at the time. but a seriously crazy things happened to him right after that, something that appears to be very specifically designed for him. just a few weeks after he was sent home because of covid, the bureau of prisons revoked his home confinement and decided even though he d only been home for a couple weeks, they were going to send him right back to prison. sure he d been relest because of covid like other prisoners and they told him they were going to fit him with an ankle monitor and let him serve out his sentence at home. and they shackled him and brough
the final 12. prosecutors painted rittenhouse as an armed vigilante who provoked the violence, while the defense portrayed him as a frightened teenager who feared for his life when he shot the three men. take a listen. you cannot hide behind self-defense if you provoked the incident. if you created the danger, you forfeit the right to self-defense. every person who was shot was attacking kyle. one with a skateboard, one with his hands, one with his feet, one with a gun. hands and feet can cause great bodily harm. cnn crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz is outside the courthouse in kenosha. there are some procedural steps this morning and then the jury dives into deliberations. explain how it plays out. reporter: right, the first order of business here, jim, this morning is getting the 12 jurors seated. the final 12 jurors that are going to decide kyle rittenhouse s face. that s the first thing the judge does this morning. as you said, there are 18, they n
congressional republicans are urging the president to declassify information on what is being called a very serious national security threat. it reportedly concerns russia. we ll have a live report from the white house. but, first tonight, shots fired and one person is killed at the victory celebration for the super bowl champion kansas city chiefs. several others people were wounded. two people are in custody at this hour. it happened near the end of the event which was expected to draw around a million fans. we are awaiting a news conference for an update. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is following that story. and has the very latest. jonathan? good evening, kevin, as the rally wrapped up this afternoon in front of tens of thousands of fans, gathered in front of kansas city s union station, someone began shooting sending many of those fans, including families with young children running for their lives as the mood of celebration turned to terror. video on social media