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cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez is join us now.scilla, what more can you tell us about what the president said? >> fredericka, this is a key state for president biden. it's one that he is credited for turning the tide in 2020, but this time around he faces an uphill battle amid waning enthusiasm among black voters and dipping poll numbers among this key constituency. his message across multiple stops including at the church behind me this morning is that he needs this state and this diverse electorate for him to clinch another win in november and to do that he drew ke connections in a speech last night about what the administration has done for communities of color and investing in hbcus and driving down insulin costs and student debt relief and how that has improved and benefit the lives of black voters, but notably, fred, he also mentioned that up until this point on the trail had not come up and that's border security. president biden throwing his support behind an emerging border deal that if given the authority he would shut d
cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez is join us now.scilla, what more can you tell us about what the president said? >> fredericka, this is a key state for president biden. it's one that he is credited for turning the tide in 2020, but this time around he faces an uphill battle amid waning enthusiasm among black voters and dipping poll numbers among this key constituency. his message across multiple stops including at the church behind me this morning is that he needs this state and...
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we have got full coverage of this breaking story, natasha bertrand is in washington, priscilla alvarez is with president biden in south carolina, and ben wedeman is in beirut. natasha, you first. what are we learning about the attack? >> reporter: a very serious moment for the u.s. military, for president biden, for the administration writ large because this is the first time u.s. service members have actually been killed from hostile fire since the war in gaza began. and sparked all of these tensions throughout the middle east. now, we're learning that these three u.s. service members were killed after a drone struck a base in northeast jordan right on the border of syria, and it also wounded, we are told now, upwards of 30 other u.s. service members. that number is likely to continue to rise as the service members seek treatment for symptoms that are consistent with traumatic brain injury, according to two u.s. officials that we spoke to in the last hour. now, this is a really high number of individuals killed and wounded in this kind of attack. previously, when these kinds of attack
we have got full coverage of this breaking story, natasha bertrand is in washington, priscilla alvarez is with president biden in south carolina, and ben wedeman is in beirut. natasha, you first. what are we learning about the attack? >> reporter: a very serious moment for the u.s. military, for president biden, for the administration writ large because this is the first time u.s. service members have actually been killed from hostile fire since the war in gaza began. and sparked all of...
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for more on this, let's bring in cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez.scilla, what can you tell us about the reasons for biden's sudden support for this tough border bill? >> reporter: well, he's facing a difficult political landscape here. president biden has had to handle the u.s.-mexico border since the first days in office when there was already a surge of unaccompanied children. it has been an issue that's dogged him over the years and that's the reality he faces going into 2024 as former president donald trump continues to attack him on immigration policies. so he yesterday in this rare statement embraced this compromise that senate negotiators have been working on saying it was tough and fair. there was a line that was this one, it said, quote, it would give me as president a new emergency authority to shutdown the border when it becomes overwhelmed, and if given that authority, he continued, i would use it on day one when i sign that bill into law. now, this is not dissimilar from what former president donald trump did when he was in office and w
for more on this, let's bring in cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez.scilla, what can you tell us about the reasons for biden's sudden support for this tough border bill? >> reporter: well, he's facing a difficult political landscape here. president biden has had to handle the u.s.-mexico border since the first days in office when there was already a surge of unaccompanied children. it has been an issue that's dogged him over the years and that's the reality he faces going into...
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priscilla Álvarez cnn south carolina. >> also in south carolina is nikki haley mounting a month longand against donald trump before the february primaries and her attacks on trump have escalated recently. the campaign is getting a boost by presume's legal battles and heavy vaimts from billionaire's like charles koch. >> only two state have voted there. are 48 more that have to vote. no matter what donald trump thinks, he can't bully his way to the white house. it's not going to work. and after he did that, we raised another $1.4 million. so donald, keep them coming because it's great. >> donald trump has continue to stock his immigration while campaigning in nevada, the presidential candidate says there's 100 percent chance the influx at the border will lead to a terrorist attack calling migrants criminals and rapists and said he opposed bipartisan negotiations in congress instead saying when he's president he will send reinforcements to the southern border. >> we have no choice within moments of my inauguration we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in america. oka
priscilla Álvarez cnn south carolina. >> also in south carolina is nikki haley mounting a month longand against donald trump before the february primaries and her attacks on trump have escalated recently. the campaign is getting a boost by presume's legal battles and heavy vaimts from billionaire's like charles koch. >> only two state have voted there. are 48 more that have to vote. no matter what donald trump thinks, he can't bully his way to the white house. it's not going to...
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priscilla alvarez, thank you for your reporting. t has been three months since hamas' attack on israel and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war must not be stopped until three objectives are achieved. >>> three months now since hamas' october 7th attack on israel the idf says it has dismantled hamas' ability to operate in northern gaza and it's now turning its focus south. cnn can not independently verify that claim. secretary of state antony blinken is on a mid east tour, working to prevent a wider conflict. blinken met with trurkish president erdogan saturday and is set to arrive in qatar next hour. let's start with blinken's tour. turkey up first. how much can turkey do? what's their degree of influence over specifically iran and of course then the iranian proxies? >> reporter: well, turkey has a good relationship both with iran and with hamas, so they can be a stabilizing force in the background, turkey is also very close to qatar, which is a key negotiator to try to get the hostages out. so all of this is also
priscilla alvarez, thank you for your reporting. t has been three months since hamas' attack on israel and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war must not be stopped until three objectives are achieved. >>> three months now since hamas' october 7th attack on israel the idf says it has dismantled hamas' ability to operate in northern gaza and it's now turning its focus south. cnn can not independently verify that claim. secretary of state antony blinken is on a mid east...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez is in washington. hello, priscilla.fficials say president biden has complete confidence in austin. there has been quite the reaction. >> there's been criticism that we only learned of this news friday evening after he was hospitalized on new year's day and had remained in the hospital over the course of the week. this is an unusual set of circumstances. we know that yesterday president biden spoke with secretary lloyd austin. that's when the white house said the president remains confident in the secretary. this comes after learning that he was in the hospital starting on new year's day. it was, the source tells us, after the president was informed about it by national security adviser jake sullivan days after the secretary was admitted to the hospital. he was admitted because of complications to a medical procedure. austin admitted during that time that he should have been more transparent. but we should also note that sources tell us on new year's day, the same day secretary austin was admitted to the hospital was the
cnn's priscilla alvarez is in washington. hello, priscilla.fficials say president biden has complete confidence in austin. there has been quite the reaction. >> there's been criticism that we only learned of this news friday evening after he was hospitalized on new year's day and had remained in the hospital over the course of the week. this is an unusual set of circumstances. we know that yesterday president biden spoke with secretary lloyd austin. that's when the white house said the...
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priscilla alvarez has more from the white house. >> reporter: president joe biden saying on saturday that he is willing to make quote significant alterations in border. this as senate negotiators continue to try to hammer out a deal on border policy changes to past the white house supplemental request. that hinges on border policy changes and the president on his way to camp david having this to say to his republican colleagues. >> i am pushes for fundamental change for the border for a long time. a long time. and so, hopefully let the negotiations play out. >> reporter: now of course this comes against the backdrop of the biden administration asking the supreme court to intervene as texas blocked a part of the texas mexico border from border patrol. blocking them from carrying out their federal enforcement duties. texas said they were trying to address the situation. but it was part of the ongoing dispute between president biden and texas governor greg abbott over the handling of the u.s. mexico border as the governor continues on with his border mission which has caused alarm withi
priscilla alvarez has more from the white house. >> reporter: president joe biden saying on saturday that he is willing to make quote significant alterations in border. this as senate negotiators continue to try to hammer out a deal on border policy changes to past the white house supplemental request. that hinges on border policy changes and the president on his way to camp david having this to say to his republican colleagues. >> i am pushes for fundamental change for the border...
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. >> cnn's priscilla alvarez is in charleston, south carolina, traveling with the president and omar jimenez is looking at other democrats. democrats who are looking to take support away from biden and are challenging him in the democratic primary. james clyburn told me that he's worried about the lack of enthusiasm for biden among the black community. what was the president's focus today in his speech at the church? >> jake, it was clear in this speech by president biden and from the campaign officials thereafter that mobilizing black voters is what's going to get him that second term in the white house if he can pull it off. the focus was twofold. on the one hand, it was an extension of his friday remarks and preserving democracy and personal freedoms both of which he argued were at risk under former president donald trump and especially if he were to take the white house again, and it was in this location a critical one, that he sent that message. we are here at morther emanuel ame church where a whit supremacist killed nine parishioners and he drew on that memory during his remar
. >> cnn's priscilla alvarez is in charleston, south carolina, traveling with the president and omar jimenez is looking at other democrats. democrats who are looking to take support away from biden and are challenging him in the democratic primary. james clyburn told me that he's worried about the lack of enthusiasm for biden among the black community. what was the president's focus today in his speech at the church? >> jake, it was clear in this speech by president biden and from...
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and for more, let's bring in priscilla alvarez. what you can tell us about president biden's support for this tougher border bill? >> reporter: well, this marks a stark shift from the white house position in the early days of the administration. and is a way to fend off attacks from former president trump on immigration policy as this election season heats up. in this rare statement from president biden, yesterday he talked about this deal saying that it was tough and fair. statements that came only hours after house speaker mike johnson said that the deal would be dead on rifle. b arrival. but one line that struck current and former administration officials i spoke with.but one t and former administration officials i spoke with. it says that it would give me, as president, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. going on to say and if given that authority, i would use it the day i signed the bill into law. we know according to manu raju that what is included in this deal is a new emergency au
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cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez joining us now from south carolina.e can you tell us about president biden's message to voters there? >> fredericka, this is a key state for president biden. one that he has credited in 2020 for turning the tide in that election, but this time around he faces an uphill battle with black voters, where there's been waning enthusiasm and where his approval has dropped slightly in the polls and so over the course of multiple stops including at the church behind me this morning the resounding message for president biden is that he needs this state and this diverse electorate and they are the ones that launched him into the presidency in 2020. he wants to see that happen again in 2024 starting next week with the first in the nation democratic primary. this was the message that he also delivered last night at a dinner and what he did was really seek to draw a connection between what his administration has done and its record and how it has improved and benefited black voters. that includes, for example, driving down the cost o
cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez joining us now from south carolina.e can you tell us about president biden's message to voters there? >> fredericka, this is a key state for president biden. one that he has credited in 2020 for turning the tide in that election, but this time around he faces an uphill battle with black voters, where there's been waning enthusiasm and where his approval has dropped slightly in the polls and so over the course of multiple stops including at the...
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like to bring in priscilla alvarez and rafael romo. let's start with priscilla in washington in front of the white house. what is the reaction from the biden administration? >> reporter: well, the white house has condemned the texas governor's actions on the u.s. -- on the texas/mexico border, saying this is, quote, extreme political stunts. this is part of an ongoing dispute between the governor of texas and president biden over the handling of the u.s./mexico border. since the start of the biden administration, the texas governor slammed the president's immigration policies and taken actions as an affront to the policies. this latest action on the texas/mexico border this past week, where the texas governor blocked part of the border and border patrol from accessing it really marked an escalation and an unprecedented one. now, as you mentioned there, the department of justice went to the supreme court asking for them to intervene because, they said, texas was blocking border patrol from its federal enforcement duties, and saying the
like to bring in priscilla alvarez and rafael romo. let's start with priscilla in washington in front of the white house. what is the reaction from the biden administration? >> reporter: well, the white house has condemned the texas governor's actions on the u.s. -- on the texas/mexico border, saying this is, quote, extreme political stunts. this is part of an ongoing dispute between the governor of texas and president biden over the handling of the u.s./mexico border. since the start of...
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david chalian, jackie kucinich of "the daily beast," and priscilla alvarez. thank you for being here. let's start with what we're seeing today. you heard our reporters eva and jeff on the trail. gives us a david chalian 30,000-foot view of the snapshot of the race at this point. >> it's so odd to me thatters when in this place 12 days to go to the iowa caucuses and the bulk of our conversation is about a race for second place. i keep wondering to myself, well, what do you get in a nomination race if you come in second? you get nothing. so just anned a con fug ration of the dominance here. so we are eager to get voters to weigh in here to confirm whether he is that dominant or not, but i do think what jeffs was just talking about, the diminished money for desantis and increase in advertising and the momentum we have been seeing, i wonder how much margins will matter here. if ron desantis ends upcoming a lot closer to donald trump in iowa than people expect, you can imagine that being fuel for some donors to get back in the game. so i think we're now in a waiti
david chalian, jackie kucinich of "the daily beast," and priscilla alvarez. thank you for being here. let's start with what we're seeing today. you heard our reporters eva and jeff on the trail. gives us a david chalian 30,000-foot view of the snapshot of the race at this point. >> it's so odd to me thatters when in this place 12 days to go to the iowa caucuses and the bulk of our conversation is about a race for second place. i keep wondering to myself, well, what do you get in...
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priscilla alvarez is covering president biden.of these service members is significant escalation, obviously very tragic outcome. what are you hearing from the president? >> reporter: manu, we got a statement from president biden moments ago where he says, quote, america's heart is heavy. he goes on to say, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical iran-backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. the statement goes on to call those three american service members patriots, and it ends with this, saying we will carry on their commitment to fight terrorism and have no doubt we will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing. of course, manu, this is a significant incident that comes amid concerns about escalating tensions in in the middle east. this is something that u.s. officials have tried to avoid and said that they did not want to see this conflict wind. it still remains to be seen. the president is saying in this statement that he wil
priscilla alvarez is covering president biden.of these service members is significant escalation, obviously very tragic outcome. what are you hearing from the president? >> reporter: manu, we got a statement from president biden moments ago where he says, quote, america's heart is heavy. he goes on to say, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical iran-backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. the statement goes on to call those...
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priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >>> in texas three migrants have drowned in the rio grande river. an adult and two children. in the city of eagle pass according to a democratic lawmaker calling it a tragedy for which the state bears responsibility. it comes days after local authorities blocked the u.s. border patrol from accessing miles of the u.s. mexico border. we are hearing tragic stories more and more often lately. but it seems to be impossible to deter those who are desperate to reach the united states, despite the real dangers. rafael romo has the report. >> reporter: when we were at the border less than three weeks ago, there were as many as thousands of migrants crossing the rio grande daily with the purpose of surrendering to immigration authorities to request asylum. now the number has plummeted to just a few hundred per day. but the asylum crisis in america is far from over. and as we found out, it is proving to be very costly for cities across the nation. a jacket stuck in barbed wire. a pile of recently discarded clothes. along rio grande, not far from eagle pass, s
priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >>> in texas three migrants have drowned in the rio grande river. an adult and two children. in the city of eagle pass according to a democratic lawmaker calling it a tragedy for which the state bears responsibility. it comes days after local authorities blocked the u.s. border patrol from accessing miles of the u.s. mexico border. we are hearing tragic stories more and more often lately. but it seems to be impossible to deter those who are...
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priscilla alvarez is joining us live from washington. i think the threshold for impeachment for a cabinet second o secretary is different and new. what do we expect today? >> this is the start of a process that was a long time coming. secretary mayorkas has been a target for republicans really early on as someone that they criticized over president biden's border policies. and now senior republicans see it as the way forward as their probe into president biden has moved quite slowly. so this is what they are going to do now, move forward with impeachment proceedings against s secretary mayorkas on this defining issue. the committee said that the committee will ensure that the public is aware of the scope of secretary mayorkas' egregious misconduct and refusal tone tors the law. but also that the process is completed promptly and accountability is achieved swiftly. now, to your earlier point, conservative scholars and legal experts have said and argued that just not agreeing with an administration's policies is not enough for impeachment.
priscilla alvarez is joining us live from washington. i think the threshold for impeachment for a cabinet second o secretary is different and new. what do we expect today? >> this is the start of a process that was a long time coming. secretary mayorkas has been a target for republicans really early on as someone that they criticized over president biden's border policies. and now senior republicans see it as the way forward as their probe into president biden has moved quite slowly. so...
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priscilla alvarez, thank you so much. let's bring in democratic congressman robert garcia of california. he's an advisory board member for the biden campaign. congressman, we'll get into the biden campaign rally in a moment. but i want to get your reaction to the president embracing some of the tougher policies on immigration on. friday he said he supports the border bill that is trying to get its way through the senate and vowed to shut down the u.s.-mexico border if it passes. what did you think of that? what's your response to all that? >> yeah, i think what's important first is we haven't seen of course what the actual legislation looks like. it hasn't been released. i think it's early to make judgments as far as what the broader bill looks like. i think broad lie speaking there's a few things the president has said. one is he wants to surge additional support to the border. he wants to get more border patrol, technology, ensuring that the resources are on the ground, the nonprofits have the resources on the ground. s
priscilla alvarez, thank you so much. let's bring in democratic congressman robert garcia of california. he's an advisory board member for the biden campaign. congressman, we'll get into the biden campaign rally in a moment. but i want to get your reaction to the president embracing some of the tougher policies on immigration on. friday he said he supports the border bill that is trying to get its way through the senate and vowed to shut down the u.s.-mexico border if it passes. what did you...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez is there for us. sound like the president also got personal going after donald trump, calling him a loser a couple of times. what did he say? >> reporter: he did. he was previewing his new general election arguments by casting former president donald trump as, quote, a loser and as someone who is defeated. he also made the case multiple times that the u.s. is better off with president biden, not with former president donald trump, saying, "what's good for america is bad for him politically." he tried to draw a connection with some of his own legislative accomplishments and how that's affecting communities, investing in hbcus, driving down the cost of insulin, student relief was a big issue he touched on. notably he weighed in on border security and that emerging border deal that we've been reporting on throughout the day, saying essentially what he said in his statement last night. that he would shut down the border if given the authority, and then fix it quickly. it was a notable mention given that i
cnn's priscilla alvarez is there for us. sound like the president also got personal going after donald trump, calling him a loser a couple of times. what did he say? >> reporter: he did. he was previewing his new general election arguments by casting former president donald trump as, quote, a loser and as someone who is defeated. he also made the case multiple times that the u.s. is better off with president biden, not with former president donald trump, saying, "what's good for...
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priscilla alvarez, cnn, south carolina. >>> also in south carolina, nikki haley before the republican primary there on february 24th. haley's attacks on trump have escalated recently after she largely avoided conflict with the former president for almost a year. the campaign is getting a boost by trump's legal battles and heavy investments from political networks leaks to people, like billionaire, chuck charles coke. she is facing an uphill battle, but the south carolina governor is refusing to step aside. >> only two states have voted. there are 48 more that have to vote. no matter what donald trump thinks he can't believe his way to the white house, it will not work. and after he did that we raised another $1.4 million. donald keep them coming, because it is great. >>> donald trump campaigned in nevada, a state nikki haley is not expected to visit. cnn is traveling with the former president and has more. >> well, nevada is a state that donald trump and his team feel like they have already won. part of that is because nikki haley is not participating in the caucus here, instead, she
priscilla alvarez, cnn, south carolina. >>> also in south carolina, nikki haley before the republican primary there on february 24th. haley's attacks on trump have escalated recently after she largely avoided conflict with the former president for almost a year. the campaign is getting a boost by trump's legal battles and heavy investments from political networks leaks to people, like billionaire, chuck charles coke. she is facing an uphill battle, but the south carolina governor is...
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. >> let's bring in priscilla alvarez at the white house. what is the latest on this fight over the border in congress? >> reporter: it is still at a standstill. what is on the line, $14 billion for border security as well as aid for ukraine and israel. and for weeks, senate negotiators has been working almost around the clock to reach a consensus on border policy changes to have that supplemental funding that the white house has requested pass through congress. this is an ask from republicans who want to see some changes on u.s./mexico border before signing off on this additional aid. agai again, for israel, ukraine and border security. and president biden says he's been open to changes. but what those changes are have been hard to nail down. of course this is a complicated issue, this being immigration policy, and one that congress has not been able to move on or make changes on for decades. but this of course is also happening against the backdrop of the ongoing dispute between the white house and texas governor greg abbott who has launch
. >> let's bring in priscilla alvarez at the white house. what is the latest on this fight over the border in congress? >> reporter: it is still at a standstill. what is on the line, $14 billion for border security as well as aid for ukraine and israel. and for weeks, senate negotiators has been working almost around the clock to reach a consensus on border policy changes to have that supplemental funding that the white house has requested pass through congress. this is an ask from...
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let's go to cnn's priscilla alvarez to break down the president's speech. what did he say?> reporter: the president just starting the 2024 election by laying the foundation of what will be his campaign, a focus specifically on the threat that the former president, donald trump, poses on democracy. so in these remarks yesterday in pennsylvania, the president really underscoring the urgency of the moment, but also the stakes of this election, repeatedly coming back to this being about democracy and the american experiment. and, also, saying and condemning political violence and what occurred on january 6th, because, of course, these remarks came on the eve of the anniversary of january 6th. but he also repeatedly leaned in on former president donald trump, calling him by name multiple times. in previous speeches, the president has called him his predecessor, the former president. but this time specifically going after donald trump and all the concerns that president biden holds about what would happen if he took a second term, and warning of the chaos that would ensue. he als
let's go to cnn's priscilla alvarez to break down the president's speech. what did he say?> reporter: the president just starting the 2024 election by laying the foundation of what will be his campaign, a focus specifically on the threat that the former president, donald trump, poses on democracy. so in these remarks yesterday in pennsylvania, the president really underscoring the urgency of the moment, but also the stakes of this election, repeatedly coming back to this being about...
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let's bring in priscilla alvarez. the warnings were coming for weeks. it has happened, do officials know what's going to happen next? >> that's right. the white house has been saying for some time that these attacks in the southern red sea were intolerable, going so far as to give a final warning. but the last straw here, according to administration officials came on tuesday when there were additional houthi attacks in the red sea targeting u.s. commercial vessel as well as u.s. military vessels alongside it. that prompted president biden to convene his national security team for military options and then the president went on direct defense secretary austin to carry out a response. the president said, quote, these targeted strikes are a clear message that the united states and our partners will not tolerate acts on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world's most critical commercial routes. now, the houthis have condemned this. this is an iran-backed rebel group. they control most of northern yemen and t
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>> all right, priscilla alvarez at the white house. thank you so much. >>> in iowa it is negative seven degrees right now. unbelievable how cold it is. it's only about to get worse ahead of monday's caucuses. republican frontrunner donald trump believes this weather will benefit him over his challengers. joining me to talk about this is iowa republican strategist david kochel and commentator bakari sellers. great to see you. david, it's been a long time. i hope all is well where you are. hope you're staying warm. what about this weather? i was talking about this with jeff zeleny. do we know how this is going to break? does it favor one candidate over another? what do you think? >> you know, i really don't know if it's going favor one over the other. i know that trump has very passionate supporters who would go through fire for him. but also people who don't like trump can be very motivated, as well. so we don't know -- if he -- whoever with seniors is probably going to be worried about this. it's not just cold, it's almost dangerous at
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prissivelya alvarez joins -- priscilla alvarez joins us. the president speaks a short time from now. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, this is a stark shift from the white house positions in the early days of the administration, and it is a way to fend off former president donald trump's attacks on immigration policy. president biden releasing a rare statement friday evening as these talks are ongoing in which he said that the deal that is coming together by senate negotiators is tough and fair. but it was one line in particular, jim, that really stood out to the current and former homeland security officials that i've been talking to as well as immigrant advocates. it was this one -- quote, it would give me as president a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. and if that -- if given that authority, i would use it the day i sign the bill into law. that is the restriction that is similar to what the former president, donald trump, did during the coronavirus pandemic which was invoke a public
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let's bring in priscilla ail from alvarez. how are they hoping to use this border cris tis to their benefi? >> over the last few days, they now see an opportunity to go on the offensive on border security. and sources i've talked to say the reason for that is because the messaging here is quite simple, they can pin the blame on republicans for not wanting to move forward with a tough deal. as one strategist told me, quote, they chickened out. now, generally democrats have framed immigration on the campaign trail as wanting to move forward with immigration reform, but not having the opportunity because republicans got in the way. this time, though, they can take a step further by saying they wanted reform and tough reform and republicans still got in the way. this deal that we know of so far doesn't include legalization for undocumented immigrants. that has been a top ask for democrats for years. and by that being excluded and by the new authorities being added, it essentially puts democrats in a position where they can take ad
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. >>> all right, jeremy diamond, thank you so much, natasha bertrand, and priscilla alvarez, thank yous well. >>> this from several nations meeting in paris to go over parameters to possibly bring hostages home. the israeli's prime minister office calling the talks constructive. we bring back kevin as well as jeremy. kevin, you first. what is the white house saying about the cia director's involvement here in these discussions. >> reporter: who you officials i think are hopeful the talks could lead to the arrangement of the release of all of the remains hostages and a prolonged pause. i don't think this is unrelated to the deaths of those americans in jordan. if the u.s. can come up with an agreement that includes a pause, there is a hope that would provide more space for the discussions to continue about how this conflict would eventually be resolved, and essentially lower the tensions in the region. i do think those deaths do lend some urgencies to the discussions their ongoing now. director burns is in paris talking with hi intelligence counterparts from egypt and israel as well as
. >>> all right, jeremy diamond, thank you so much, natasha bertrand, and priscilla alvarez, thank yous well. >>> this from several nations meeting in paris to go over parameters to possibly bring hostages home. the israeli's prime minister office calling the talks constructive. we bring back kevin as well as jeremy. kevin, you first. what is the white house saying about the cia director's involvement here in these discussions. >> reporter: who you officials i think are...
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priscilla alvarez is joining us now from the white house.s the administration saying about the 60 strikes. >> the resounding message from officials is this was a move to deescalate by degrading the capabilities of the hewitt houthis following multiple attacks in the red sea. the white house had called all of those attacks intolerable. >> now on tuesday there were additional attacks and that's what officials said marked the final straw. the president convening his national security team to review a list of military options and after that, the president directing the defense secretary austin to carry out the response, which as you mentioned there, included 60 targets at 16 hewouthi militant locations. senior administration officials say this was to degrade their capabilities. now in a statement, the president saying the following, quote, these targeted strikes are a clear message that the united states and partners will not tolerate attacks on personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the most critical commer
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priscilla alvarez with some new reporting on this. how are democrats planning to do this? >> reporter: this is a bit of an unusual land interesting development for a party that has kept border security at a distance or at least mentioned it and pivoted to other issues. i have been speaking to a strategist that sees a new opportunity that really opened in the last few days as republicans move to tank the border compromise that was reached between senate negotiators. as one put it, we had a tough deal and they chickened out. that was referring to republicans. that is really the difference. the framing for democrats has always been, we pursued reform in congress but republicans did not want it. now they are taking it a step further. this does not even include legalization for undocumented immigrants which democrats previously pushed on. this is an opportunity they are using to say, we are willing to take a tougher stance but republicans don't want that. president biden over the weekend in remarks to south carolina democrats mentioned border security, taking it to this deal. h
priscilla alvarez with some new reporting on this. how are democrats planning to do this? >> reporter: this is a bit of an unusual land interesting development for a party that has kept border security at a distance or at least mentioned it and pivoted to other issues. i have been speaking to a strategist that sees a new opportunity that really opened in the last few days as republicans move to tank the border compromise that was reached between senate negotiators. as one put it, we had a...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez joins me live from the white house.riscilla, how optimistic are your sources in the white house about a deal coming together? >> reporter: well, whether a deal can come together is still a really big question mark going into the weekend, but the flurry of activity over recent weeks does amount to the most intensive effort we have seen so far on trying to reach a deal since last november, and that's important here and notable with the cia director bill burns heading to europe to engage in these multi-party talks about the parameters of a deal that would include a cessation in fighting and the release of additional hostages. now, people at the table here include also egypt and qatar. both have been key players if brokering with hamas including last november when we saw the release of hostages. burns then was also crucial in bringing this deal together. now, of course, we should note these talks are often very sensitive and delicate, so whether they can come to an agreement still very much unclear. but u.s. officials have
cnn's priscilla alvarez joins me live from the white house.riscilla, how optimistic are your sources in the white house about a deal coming together? >> reporter: well, whether a deal can come together is still a really big question mark going into the weekend, but the flurry of activity over recent weeks does amount to the most intensive effort we have seen so far on trying to reach a deal since last november, and that's important here and notable with the cia director bill burns heading...
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priscilla alvarez was reporting inside the white house a short time ago.a live update next. stay with us. >>> new developments as protesters gather outside of the white house, here was the scene as demonstrators gathered outside security gates that were installed outside the white house fence, that prompted the secret service to evacuate nonessential personnel just in the last hour we are learning why, joining us now from inside the white house, priscilla, i noticed that you were on the phone and now you are back in the briefing room, i have been in situations like that at the white house where the secret service doesn't take chances, what is the latest on the situation? >> reporter: that is right, when we were talking, we were being evacuated by secret service, i am in the white house briefing room, that was a short moment, the need to get us off the ground, i've since talked to a federal law enforcement official who told me what prompted that higher level of security was a damage to the temporary fence around the white house, there were additional barrie
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cnn's priscilla alvarez joins us from wisconsin where harris is about to speak. what do we expect, priscilla? >> reporter: well dana, vice president kamala harris is expected to take direct aim at former president donald trump. laying the ground work for what will be the central democratic message in the 2024 campaign. it's notable that it's the vice president that's kicking this off. she has been a leading voice on this issue and expected to play a central role in 2024. now her argument is coming here to battleground, wisconsin. a state that biden eked out a win in 2020. and typically a red suburb here in wisconsin. her sergeant going to be that former president donald trump appointed three supreme court justices, conservatives. and that is what led to the overturning of roe. she will also speak about the harm and confusion that has occurred since the dobbs decision. specific examples of what that has looked like, that the roe bands, they were invoked after that was overturned. she's also going to be talking about an ad that was released by the campaign this wee
cnn's priscilla alvarez joins us from wisconsin where harris is about to speak. what do we expect, priscilla? >> reporter: well dana, vice president kamala harris is expected to take direct aim at former president donald trump. laying the ground work for what will be the central democratic message in the 2024 campaign. it's notable that it's the vice president that's kicking this off. she has been a leading voice on this issue and expected to play a central role in 2024. now her argument...
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alvarez passed this on to me over the last few minutes, the white house is urgently increasing aid to ecuador they see this as a state quickly deteriorating and when they need to step in on. this is something connected with everything else with immigration, drug flow if you don't stop it at the source, the concern is it will come to the u.s.. >>> cnn on the ground in israel. coming up, the problematic comments made by prime minister netanyahu in a recording with fierce ticket undermine efforts toto free the e momore than 100 hostageses still beieing held d the e terroriststs of hahamas. stay with h us. >>> back with the world lead. tell us how you really feel, leaked audio recording on a certainty of is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu aired on israel's channel 12 where the person speaking bashes the country of qatar for its role as mediator in the israel hamas war and is very angry with the americans for renewing a lease on a military base in qatar without extracting concession on hostages first. nic robertson reports from tel aviv, anger grows with the longest serving israel
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. >> priscilla alvarez at the white house, thank you very much. >>> the president of m.i.t. a four part plan after heavy criticism of her congressional testimony on anti-semitism. is it enough to keep her job after two others have lost theirs. >>> and a nevada judge is recovering after a defendant -- look at this -- attacked her in the middle of the hearing. the new charges the defendant is facing this morning. >>> today reverend al sharpton is set to lead protests outside harvard donor bill acman's office in new york who was a vocal critic of claudine gay and her handling of anti-semitism on the campus. gay spoke out for the first time since her resignation this week acknowledging she made mistakes during her congressional testimony last month in making clear she believes the campaign against her was driven in part by her skin color. she wrote my inbox has been flooded with death threats i've been called the n word more than i care to count. and she defended her academic writings against plagiarism allegations. >> reporter: this is claudine gay punching back against her cri
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and priscilla alvarez in iowa, and we have kristen holmes as well. and what are you seeing? >> and he is going to set the stakes for the 2024 election, and protecting american democracy has been the centerpiece of the biden campaign and this is what the president is going to underscore today and calling back the january insurrection, and explaining why the president donald trump is posing a threat to democracy. this is an extension of the 2020 bid for white house where he talked about battling for the soul of the nation, but also going back to his re-election video last year where the first few videos and images were about the january 6th insurrection and calls for freedom and protection of american democracy and all of this the campaign official have said are more urgent. in the statement the dep si campaign manager for the biden/harris campaign said that the president is going to make the case for democracy and americanism will call for the fight that are central that we are in today. and the start of the location of the speech is important, because it is the backdrop of t
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priscilla alvarez is at the white house with more.spending more, people seem to be pretty happy with the gas prices. prices have dropped some. and yet biden doesn't seem to be getting any of the credit for this. is that what you are hearing? >> that is the challenge for the white house and for the biden campaign, making the connection to voters that what they are feeling is connected. the white house says to what president biden has done for the economy. and just moments ago, he touted this pce report saying that it is an important milestone, that means more breathing room for work families. the way the president will try to convey this message by hitting the road. and clear example of that is his pitch in wisconsin yesterday where he made the connection between his legislative accomplishments on infrastructure and transits point between wisconsin and minnesota and the fresh round of funding that was going to that bridge. that he called a vital link for the u.s. economy. and so that is what he will be doing over the months to come, vi
priscilla alvarez is at the white house with more.spending more, people seem to be pretty happy with the gas prices. prices have dropped some. and yet biden doesn't seem to be getting any of the credit for this. is that what you are hearing? >> that is the challenge for the white house and for the biden campaign, making the connection to voters that what they are feeling is connected. the white house says to what president biden has done for the economy. and just moments ago, he touted...
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cnn's kristin holmes , priscilla alvarez and the author and editor of the new book hbc you made celebration o tomorrow, it is available everywhere you can get your books. thank you for coming. you are a oklahoma girl. you are somebody who has been covering donald trump for forever. what is your sense of the push and pull? i want to do something. before you answer the question, i want viewers to hear what donald trump said this weekend about this. >> is the leader of our party and there is zero chance that i will support this horrible open voters betrayal of america. a lot of the senators are trying to say respect lee that they are blaming it on me. i said, that's okay. please blame it on me. they are getting ready to pass a very bad bill. i will tell you what. a bad bill, i would rather have no bill then a bad bill. >> go ahead. >> would have to take a step back to what immigration means in the general election. this is an issue that donald trump is not only competing on, but really started campaigning on in 2016. donald trump wants to run his campaign on three big issues. one of them is im
cnn's kristin holmes , priscilla alvarez and the author and editor of the new book hbc you made celebration o tomorrow, it is available everywhere you can get your books. thank you for coming. you are a oklahoma girl. you are somebody who has been covering donald trump for forever. what is your sense of the push and pull? i want to do something. before you answer the question, i want viewers to hear what donald trump said this weekend about this. >> is the leader of our party and there is...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez is following the story for us, joining us from charleston, south carolina. good morning to you. there is going -- this is going to be no doubt an emotional moment seeing biden back there at the church where there was that horrific attack by a white supremacist. >> reporter: that's right, sara. he has a deep connection to the state and to this church. this is a moment that the campaign is looking to recharge and re-energize the campaign. president biden has cited south carolina repeatedly as the state that turned the tide in the 2020 primaries and pointed to the black voters who buoyed his campaign at that time. but polls have since shown that black voters are disengaged and disconnected from the political process. so the goal here is to try to shore up those votes again. and the argument is twofold. the president is going to provide an extension of his speech last friday and talking about preserving democracy and personal freedoms and the risk that former president donald trump poses to all of that, particularly in a location like this one, the mother eman y
cnn's priscilla alvarez is following the story for us, joining us from charleston, south carolina. good morning to you. there is going -- this is going to be no doubt an emotional moment seeing biden back there at the church where there was that horrific attack by a white supremacist. >> reporter: that's right, sara. he has a deep connection to the state and to this church. this is a moment that the campaign is looking to recharge and re-energize the campaign. president biden has cited...
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let's begin with any is -- with priscilla alvarez. what more can you tell us about biden's sudden embrace of a tough new crackdown at the southern border? >> reporter: well, this marks a stark shift from where the white house was in the early days of the administration and appears intended to fend off any attacks on immigration policy from former president donald trump. now this was a rare statement that president biden put out last night as these talks are still ongoing, and only hours after house speaker mike johnson said that any deal reached in the senate would be dead on arrival. president biden calling this compromise tough and fair. but it was one line in particular that struck current and former administration officials i spoke with as well as immigrant advocates, and this was there one -- quote, it would give me as president a new authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. if given that authority i would use it the day i sign the bill into law. now according to our colleague manu raju, there is language in
let's begin with any is -- with priscilla alvarez. what more can you tell us about biden's sudden embrace of a tough new crackdown at the southern border? >> reporter: well, this marks a stark shift from where the white house was in the early days of the administration and appears intended to fend off any attacks on immigration policy from former president donald trump. now this was a rare statement that president biden put out last night as these talks are still ongoing, and only hours...
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priscilla alvarez joins us now. >> reporter: jim, this is a situation that has raised alarm bells here at the white house and across the administration. officials have been telling me that they are increasingly concerned about the actions that the state of texas has been taking along its shared border with mexico. and this is just the latest example of that. in this case, a woman and two children drowned in the rio grande on friday evening. that according to the department of homeland security. what happened here was that the border patrol agents were responding to a distress call from the mexican government. but when they tried to access the area where these three migrants were crossing, they could not get to it because they were being blocked by texas. now, this is an area that texas, last week, blocked border patrol from accessing, and it has been an escalation in this ongoing dispute between the biden administration and the state. and in a statement, the white house saying the following, quote, while we continue to gather facts about the circumstances of these tragic deaths, one th
priscilla alvarez joins us now. >> reporter: jim, this is a situation that has raised alarm bells here at the white house and across the administration. officials have been telling me that they are increasingly concerned about the actions that the state of texas has been taking along its shared border with mexico. and this is just the latest example of that. in this case, a woman and two children drowned in the rio grande on friday evening. that according to the department of homeland...
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for more on these developments, let's bring in cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez who is already in south carolina. what can you tell us about biden's expected plan while in that state? >> reporter: well, he's going to be rallying black voters here to vote for him. i mean, this is a state that buoyed him in 2020. it's one that he credited for turning the tide in 2020. and it's also a state that will kick off the democratic nominating process for the first time. a change that biden himself supported. but of course all of this comes as president biden is also navigating the complicated politics of the u.s.-mexico border. the statement he released on friday marked a stark shift there where the white house has been in the early days of the administration as he tries to also fend off incoming attacks on immigration policy from former president donald trump. and in this statement, president biden said that the compromise that senate negotiators have been working on was tough and fair, but it was one line in particular that really struck current and former administration officials that
for more on these developments, let's bring in cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez who is already in south carolina. what can you tell us about biden's expected plan while in that state? >> reporter: well, he's going to be rallying black voters here to vote for him. i mean, this is a state that buoyed him in 2020. it's one that he credited for turning the tide in 2020. and it's also a state that will kick off the democratic nominating process for the first time. a change that biden...
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priscilla alvarez is joining us with more. it is significant that burns is getting involved here. qatar has always been at the center of it. how likely is this on actually happen and what shine would it take? >> it is just another top u.s. official getting engaged in these talks. as there are intensive discussions about parameters of the deal that would include release of hostages an cessation of fighting in gaza. as you mentioned, the cia director will be going to europe where he will meet with israel and egypt intelligence chiefs and the qatari prime minister. all are key players in the talks. whether they can get to a deal is still unclear. we've known over the course of time since october 7 that these talks are still very sensitive and delicate and they can break at any moment. but we do know brett mcgurk is already engaging in the talks as well and the white house has described it as sober and serious. now, we should note there are tensions between israel and xwi t qatar after a leaked reporting of netanyahu calling qatar problematic, this of course something that the white h
priscilla alvarez is joining us with more. it is significant that burns is getting involved here. qatar has always been at the center of it. how likely is this on actually happen and what shine would it take? >> it is just another top u.s. official getting engaged in these talks. as there are intensive discussions about parameters of the deal that would include release of hostages an cessation of fighting in gaza. as you mentioned, the cia director will be going to europe where he will...
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. >> before we go, i want to highlight some great reporting from our colleagues, priscilla alvarez, betsy cline, arlette saenz, and others in the white house, talking about the way that the campaign is going to continue to use kamala harris. fired up kamala harris becomes the biden campaign's voice on some of its most central political issues. how critical is this? >> i think it's critical for joe biden. i think that for republicans it's -- it's actually a good thing on their front because they believe that she is a polarizing figure. i understand the urge to use her and the desire to use her and what she brings to the table, but i also think that -- if you listen to nikki haley speak, she talks all the time about how you're not really voting for joe biden, you're voting for kamala harris. that's who's going to be the next president, essentially referring to his age. they think that is a talking point for them, as well. >> i think kamala harris -- we saw her kind of find some of her footing last year, right, reproductive issues is right there in her wheelhouse, as well. again, the campaig
. >> before we go, i want to highlight some great reporting from our colleagues, priscilla alvarez, betsy cline, arlette saenz, and others in the white house, talking about the way that the campaign is going to continue to use kamala harris. fired up kamala harris becomes the biden campaign's voice on some of its most central political issues. how critical is this? >> i think it's critical for joe biden. i think that for republicans it's -- it's actually a good thing on their front...
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priscilla alvarez is at the white house with more. janet yellen giving a speech in chicago, focusing on the middle class. this is after the president got an important endorsement from the united auto workers union. >> reporter: that's right, poppy, all of this goes to show that president biden is turning the page to the general election. as you mentioned, he's going to battleground wisconsin today, a state that he narrowly won in 2020, and it gives him another chance to needle former president donald trump over something he wasn't able to accomplish in office, which was an infrastructure bill. now, what the president will be doing in wisconsin is making the connection of what his legislative accomplishments have done for the voters in wisconsin. a fresh round of funding for a bridge that serves as a transit between wisconsin and minnesota. of course this comes on the heels of that key endorsement you're seeing there of the united auto workers union just yesterday. they had withheld endorsing president biden over his concerns over supp
priscilla alvarez is at the white house with more. janet yellen giving a speech in chicago, focusing on the middle class. this is after the president got an important endorsement from the united auto workers union. >> reporter: that's right, poppy, all of this goes to show that president biden is turning the page to the general election. as you mentioned, he's going to battleground wisconsin today, a state that he narrowly won in 2020, and it gives him another chance to needle former...
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priscilla alvarez is a at the white house. good morning. you want to start with this moment for the biden campaign as he tries to use this anniversary to kick off his case for second is term. >> reporter: he's going to use this moment to set the stakes for the 2024 election. protecting democracy has been the center piece of the president's campaign, he's going to illustrate that in his speech today by the calling back to the january 6th insurrection and also the threat that former president trump poses to democracy. if you recall back in 2020, the president also did this in his bid for the white house. calling for the battle of the soul of the nation in his reelection video last year when he announced he would run again in 2024, he start ed that video with images of january 6th, what campaign officials say the threat is so much more urgent. saying in a statement, quote, the president will make the case directly that democracy and fire freedom have fought and died for remains central to the fugt we're in today. as you menaced there, the loca
priscilla alvarez is a at the white house. good morning. you want to start with this moment for the biden campaign as he tries to use this anniversary to kick off his case for second is term. >> reporter: he's going to use this moment to set the stakes for the 2024 election. protecting democracy has been the center piece of the president's campaign, he's going to illustrate that in his speech today by the calling back to the january 6th insurrection and also the threat that former...
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alvarez about this cease and desist order by dhs to the state of texas asking them, and hear this, not just to give border patrol access to that park, to the area that you see behind me and to miles of river, but to actual federal land, and i want to leave you with a statement because it's very telling in this letter. t it says some of the barriers placed by texas and the armed soldiers deployed by texas are on federal land. specifically texas national guard is blocking entrances through federally owned and maintained border barriers with armed soldiers, and poppy, and phil, the dhs has given texas until wednesday to give border patrol access. back to you guys. >> rosa flores, thank you. >>> and "cnn this morning" continues right now. >>> the first votes of the 2024 presidential election are now just hours away. >> we want to save america from crooked crooked joe biden, you must caucus tomorrow. >> final pitches and sub zero cold. >> it's on track to be the coldest caucus night in history. >> even if you vote and then pass away, it's worth it. >> we can do this, this starts with iowa.
alvarez about this cease and desist order by dhs to the state of texas asking them, and hear this, not just to give border patrol access to that park, to the area that you see behind me and to miles of river, but to actual federal land, and i want to leave you with a statement because it's very telling in this letter. t it says some of the barriers placed by texas and the armed soldiers deployed by texas are on federal land. specifically texas national guard is blocking entrances through...
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alvarez about this cease and desist order by dhs to the state of texas asking them, and hear this, notborder patrol access to that park, to the area that you see behind me and to miles of river, but t
alvarez about this cease and desist order by dhs to the state of texas asking them, and hear this, notborder patrol access to that park, to the area that you see behind me and to miles of river, but t
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our colleague priscilla alvarez sent me a note saying, said the white house is trying to throw everythinghave at this next 30 days to try to bring ecuador under control. it's interesting talking to the folks on the ground, there is a direct correlation between what we're seeing with migration and what's happening with the destabilization of this country, if it falls anymore -- >>> ahead of history making case, a mother on trial for involuntary must, accused of being responsible for son's school rampage, her father being charged with the same. we will tell you what happened in court today. i had historic trial underway in michigan in connection with the shooting death of four students at oxford high school in 2021, seven others were wounded. the shooter was 15 years old at that time, he's convex the deadly rampage in serving life in prison without parole. his parents are facing involuntary manslaughter charges related to his crimes, that is the first. never before has this happened in the u.s.. testimony in the mother's case started today the father will be tried separately, that is tentat
our colleague priscilla alvarez sent me a note saying, said the white house is trying to throw everythinghave at this next 30 days to try to bring ecuador under control. it's interesting talking to the folks on the ground, there is a direct correlation between what we're seeing with migration and what's happening with the destabilization of this country, if it falls anymore -- >>> ahead of history making case, a mother on trial for involuntary must, accused of being responsible for...
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. >> priscilla alvarez live from the white house. thank you so much. we want to pivot to capitol hill now. house republicans are saying that they will shut down the federal government if their demands are not met on a border deal. right now, of course, a bipartisan group of senators is trying to find middle ground. republican hard-liners would say they only accepted a deal that looks like a deal that passed the chamber last year. hr to, also known as the secure the border. rack >> it includes beefing up border patrol staffing, restricting use of humanitarian parole programs, continuing border wall development, and the stripping of funding from nonprofits to care for migrants. let's go to manu raju. money, where does this stand now? >> really in a period of uncertainty. huge consequences looming. there is a negotiation happening right now in the senate to try to come up with some sort of middle ground among a handful senators in the immigration to see if they could get a deal that could actually pass the senate and move through the house. get signed int
. >> priscilla alvarez live from the white house. thank you so much. we want to pivot to capitol hill now. house republicans are saying that they will shut down the federal government if their demands are not met on a border deal. right now, of course, a bipartisan group of senators is trying to find middle ground. republican hard-liners would say they only accepted a deal that looks like a deal that passed the chamber last year. hr to, also known as the secure the border. rack >>...
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in fact, our colleague priscilla alvarez sent me a note from her conversation at the white house, they'reing to, as they put it, throw everything they have at this in the next 30 days to try to bring ecuador under control. it's interesting talking to the folks on the ground because there's a direct correlation with what we're seeing with migration. so if it falls in my more disarray, it's going to be an issue. >>> ahead, a mother on trial for involuntary manslaughter. the father's also going to face trial on the same charges. i'll tell you what happened in court today. >>> an historic trial is underway in michigan in connection with the schuhooting deaths of four students. the shooter was 15 at the time. he's confessed to the deadly rampage and is serving life in prison without parole. his parents though are facing involuntary manslaughter >>> testimony in the mother's case started to dashgy. the father will be tried separately. they could face 15 years in prison. prosecutors alleged they ignored warning signs and his father bought him a gun and took him to a shooting range: >> she didn't
in fact, our colleague priscilla alvarez sent me a note from her conversation at the white house, they'reing to, as they put it, throw everything they have at this in the next 30 days to try to bring ecuador under control. it's interesting talking to the folks on the ground because there's a direct correlation with what we're seeing with migration. so if it falls in my more disarray, it's going to be an issue. >>> ahead, a mother on trial for involuntary manslaughter. the father's also...