el paso s mayor says 2,000 migrants arrive here every day. most of them from venezuela. but some don t stay here for very long, as the city is bussing migrants to other parts of the country. just like the governors of texas, florida and arizona, but here there s coordination with the city of el paso and cities like new york, where many are being sent. yesterday i spoke with several venezuelan mite grans, including one who told me he s just grateful to have a place to go. one who told me he s just grateful to have a place to go. that s where i can work and make a life. if god sends me over there, god will open the doors for me and let me work. so i can work and help my mother and bring her. we ll have more on the situation at the border in just a moment. but we begin with a major development in the probe investigating those highly classified documents seized from former president trump s mar-a-lago home. overnight an appeals court lifted a judge s hold that prevented the j
city of el paso towards everyone. i m wondering, i spoke to a number of mostly venezuelans who aarrived. there were some that didn t want to speak. but those i spoke with last night, they weren t really aware of where in the united states they were or where they were going to go. they don t want go anything specific. one of them was telling us that he thinks martha s vince yard is great because that s where presidents live. they want to go where they can continue to fulfill their dreams. but is this we often talk about the humanitarian crisis, which is what it is. but is this also a crisis for cities like el paso. we re all work together. we don t have them out on the street, which is really important. we find them shelter. we find them food. shelters are full. they are full. that s why we re working with the federal government to make sure we can get decompressed. we have been getting help from
of weeks. how are they remembering him? reporter: i have, jose. and i spoke with one person today who served in the obama administration, who said that when they think of colin powell, they think of the word character, because that is the type of person who he was. he had a character that really guided his principles and his decisions. he had a strength of character, this person said, remember, he delivered that speech in 2003, at the u.n., to advocate for the war in iraq. what wound up being based on faulty intelligence. and this person said, colin powell had the character to come out and say that he regretted that. he called it a blot on his record. and that that required some strength. now, he also, in 1996, flirted with the idea of running for president. you may recall, and he decided not to. and those who knew him say, look, this was someone who did not have an appetite for politics, but who understand it so well, and that was
and deaths by 89%. according to a new study, the company plans to submit that data to the fda as soon as possible. meanwhile, the devastating effects of covid continue to unfold across our country. today, we re remembering father francisco delvaninos, a catholic priest who tragically died of covid at the age of 58. while there were no public memorials for him, quote, proof of mecca s gratitude towards him are everywhere. and now his congregation is working to protect his community in honor of his legacy. joining me now with more on this is eduardo garcia, an assemblyman from the father s community and the executive director of the legal center, which has done extensive work in efforts to get our community vaccinated. eduardo, tell us a little bit more about the contributions of the father. this is an amazing person who aarrived in mecca, california, from 2018 from compton.
underscored by his decision to endorse former president obama just two weeks before election day, which really gave former president obama that extra bounce, as he was heading into election day. and also gave moderate republicans the cover to support obama. so people are remembering him for all of that today. i spoke with one former bush administration official who said he was a family man above all else. he had three beautiful children whom he loved. but he treated his staff like family. and this person said that when her father passed away, one of the first calls that she received was from colin powell. so i think this is going to be a day where his service to this country is recognized, is honored and is celebrated. and also those more personal moments where he really touched people on a very deeply personal level. chris, and thank you so much. we re expecting any minute now president biden to come out, and he s going to be speaking about these very, very strong numbers