shelby park and blocking access to federal agents. right now it s unclear who will blink first in this showdown at the rio grande between the state of texas and the biden administration. texas digging in its heels after the supreme court ruled the federal government had the right to take the state s fencing down, but governor greg abbott insists he is acting within his rights to protect his state for what he calls an invasion. hello, everyone, and welcome to the a brand new hour of fox news live, i m eric shane. hey, or arthel. arthel: hi, eric. hello, everyone, i m arthel neville. so the constitutional battle over border enforcement comes as we get staggering new numbers on border encounters. customs and and border protection reporting 302,000 migrants tried to illegally enter the u.s. last month. this is beating the previous record high by more than 32,000. we are covering the border crisis from all angles. florida attorney general ashley moody standing by, she is one of
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. the supreme court comprised by appoint east of former president donald trump ended a most consequential term. scotus on voting rights, affirmative action, student loans and adoption. this on top of last year s rulings concerns abortion, guns, religion and climate change. yesterday, the court released a much anticipated opinion concerning speech and gay rights. at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasn t the baker. this case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. then the court decided for the baker, but didn t determine whether a business owner s speech writes can justify refusing service to gay couples. well, five miles from the colorado baker is a graphic artist named lorie smith who will join me momentarily. she said she didn t want to create any same-sex wedding message at odds with her religious beliefs. she neve
what donald trump rather see the border crisis fixed or campaign on it? take a guess. the lead starts now bipartisan senate border deal at risk of death with donald trump urging senate republicans to kill it so he can use the board as central campaign issue against joe biden . all the latest from capitol hill coming up to cnn on the ground in the streets of ecuador where gang violence plagues the country. this month gunman took over a tv station, see what our crew captured as police try to crackdown damaging auto leak, what israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said on a hot mic that could ruin negotiations to free hostages held by hamas. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper you we begin with the 2024 lead, the immigration deal reported on the show for months which republicans insist on being part of a package to aid in ukraine in israel that whole deal might go up in smoke why? partly because senator mitch mcconnell, one of the powerful replicants other than form
des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today