is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sown up the 2024 gop nomination, or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion, but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan in the wall street journal writing this week, i refuse to see the story is over. the voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, the new york times wrote, the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steadily gaining in the polls and historically there s a lot of precedent for surging candidates to keep gaining, especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire, which is second up, will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary, and according to data released yesterday from gallup, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. the rs and ds are tied at 27. it ties a record for an independent showing, making them the largest
Temporary protections to nearly half a million migrants. Republicans blasting the move. In texas, one border town declaring a State Of Emergency. And the tragedy. A 3yearold migrant child dying while trying to cross the rio grande. The alarming New Discovery at a new york Daycare Center where a 1yearold died after fentanyl exposure. What police found inside a trap door. The urgent manhunt after a dangerous Child Sex Offender escaped from the hospital. The images of him walking out and roaming free. Ukrainian president zelenskyy meeting with President Biden at the white house, and his plea to congress for more aid as republicans support fades. The Tropical Storm warning for the east coast. Were tracking it. Rupert murdoch, the creator of fox news, stepping down as chair of his media empire after a tumultuous year. And for two days, he was lost at sea. Today his reunion with those who saved his life. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. We begin
asking for asylum. they re not trying to sneak into the country. they re trying to use our asylum system to stay here. so you ve witnessed, you ve personally witnessed mass migration all around the globe. what s the common denominator you ve seen, and how does that apply to what s going on on the texas/mexico border? when i was a foreign correspondent, i specialized in covering conflicts and humanitarian disasters, so i frequently went to borders of countries that were undergoing civil war or some sort of insurgency, and i witnessed hundreds of thousands of people fleeing for their lives. you can literally hear the gunfire and the artillery in the background as they re coming across the border seeking safety. and that s what the asylum laws were set up for, if is you were suffering persecution, if you were fleeing for your life, the international law and, frankly, every religion has a policy of
largest deportation effort in the history of our country, we re bringing everybody back to where they came from. we have no choice. meanwhile, california just became the first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants under a new expansion of medical, spearheaded by governor gavin newsom. all qualify, including an estimated 700,000 adults age 26 to 49, living in the state illegally. now back to texas, there was this written in a recent column in the houston chronicle , the border plan includes surrender and stunts instead of solutions. he added, abbott is right about one thing, the entire nation must help with the migrants allowed to remain in the united states pending the resolution of their asylum claims. eagle pass has a population of 39,000, del rio with 43,000
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