beyond that is equipment and beyond that is the rio grande. this is the overall area where authorities say the three migrants drowned and additional two migrants were in distress on friday. that is the reason why all of this has erupted. i want to show you the scale of this takeover by the state of texas. this is shelby park, but it goes on for a while downriver. you can see that there is a international bridge that crosses into mixico, this park keeps going. there are two bridges, a golf course, if you go several miles that is the extent of this takeover. according to a law enforcement source, the number of migrant apprehensions has gone up in the past few days. on sunday it was about 1000. if you look around you do not see migrants, there are national guard members but you do not see migrants. where they coming through? that is the thing about border barriers, they do not stop it, they redirected. migrants are actually being pushed through, by smugglers, farther up river west of town in a residential area and beyond that. that is where borde

a woman and two children drowned in the rio grande as they tried to enter the u.s. from mexico on friday night. u.s. border officials say texas military officers prevented them from helping. but texas officials are denying those allegations. here's abc's zohreen shah. >> reporter: tonight, homeland security and members of congress blasting the state of texas, they say for denying federal agents access to a part of the border where they were trying to rescue three drowning migrants friday night. mexican authorities recovering the bodies of a woman and two children in the rio grande overnight near eagle pass, texas. representative henry cuellar, who represents eagle pass, says the texas military department and texas national guard "did not grant access to border patrol agents to save the migrants." on wednesday, texas authorities built a fence with gates and razor wire, taking control of a 50-acre park along the rio grande, blocking federal border agents from entering. a move the mayor empathetically rejected. >> that is not a decision that we agreed to. this is not s

they tells us pose a drowning last week and a mother and two children to round on the rio grande.mittee chairman michael mccaul members of congress took a tour of the rio grande on both to see it work migrants are suppressing illegally each one spoke at a press conference there were a visibly frustrated with the current state of the border operations. >> there were 3.1 million people it came to the border. 2.5 border encounters. 600,000 getaways that's a 3.5. and then about 1.5 got allowed to come in one way or the other to the u.s. and that is not acceptable. the system cannot take this. >> texas a democrat emphasize both republicans and democrats need to work together on this crisis to see change. >> of needs to go back to the policies that work and get this thing done. 8 million encounters, no legal status 300 on a terror watch list. >> another topic discussed was a drug smuggling from mexico into the united states. mccall is will the other group will travel to mexico city today to mate with the president and other mexican officials to talk about how they can stop the influx of

grande al impedir que la patrulla fronteriza entrara ayudarles.ra responsable de la muerte de los 13 inmigrantes, porque el departamento militar de texas habrÍa negado el acceso de la patrulla fronteriza al Área. en un comunicado publicado en su cuenta en la red social x, cuÉllar afirmÓ "esto es una tragedia, la responsabilidad es del estado". el republicano greg abbott respondiÓ que en el momento en que la patrulla fronteriza solicitÓ acceso, los ahogamientos ya habÍan ocurrido, liberÁndose de todo tipo de responsabilidad. tambiÉn el gobernador greg abbott ha sido criticado por sus comentarios durante una entrevista radial, la que dijo que no le disparan a los inmigrantes que intentan cruzar la falda porque los acusarÍa de homicidio, luego aclarÓ que le prompter quÉ es ilegal y quÉ no. quiso aclarar algo que claramente es ilegal, sin embargo, nuestros comentarios y las crÍticas al gobernador hago continÚa —— los comentarios y las crÍticas al gobernador greg abbott continÚan. ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ borja: gracias. nuestro nÚmero del dÍa, 726, e

hay alertas de frÍo para por lo —26 estados desde la frontera con canadÁ hasta el rÍo grande en texasn el aeropuerto de dallas, deshielaban los aviones. preocupando pasajeros como juan, que hoy llegÓ con varias horas de anticipaciÓn con sus ocho familiares para tomar un vuelo. se anticipan mÁs cancelaciones y retrasos de vuelos en las prÓximas horas, ya que el pronÓstico del clima indica que a partir de esta medianoche, habrÁ una acumulaciÓn de nieve entre dos a 3". >> las cosas no se ven bien, y le preguntÁis cuÁnto mÁs durarÁn estas temperaturas extremas. >> para eso pasamos con nuestra meteorÓloga. quÉ ves en el pronÓstico? >> gracias. estaremos experimentando una de las noches mÁs frÍas, la sensaciÓn tÉrmica llegarÁ a 27 bajo cero. no solamente en iowa, si no en 23 estados del paÍs. en cuestiÓn de minutos, pueden ocasionar quemaduras en la piel. vamos a hablar de amaneceres congelantes para los prÓximos tres dÍas, chicago en un solo dÍgito a partir de maÑana, dallas 17, orlando 30 partir del miÉrcoles. hay alertas invernales en vigor a la nueva tormenta que impactarÁ desde texas h

ilia: la hermana de la mujer que se ahogÓ con sus dos hijos honda cruzaban el rÍo grande se dirigiÓ el. marlene: la trÁgica muerte de una madre mexicana y sus dos hijos es el centro de una nueva batalla entre el gobierno federal y el gobierno de texas, mientras que el departamento de justicia ha solicitado que la corte suprema le de acceso a los agentes federales de ingresar al parque de higo paz, texas, mÓnica de la sancha y su hijo con el corazÓn destrozado van al estado de mÉxico donde le darÁn el Último adiÓs a su hermana y sus dos sobrinos, su destino cambiÓ a cruzar el rÍo por debajo del puente internacional dos entre el paso texas higo paz. >> ya estaba muy hondo y allÍ fue donde se hundiÓ, nos hundimos, no sÉ cÓmo le hicimos, pero salimos, y ellos no salieron. marlene: aunque estaba oscuro, piensa que les faltaron unos pasos para llegar a suelo tejano, sus sÚplicas terminaron siendo escuchadas por autoridades mexicanas. >> vieron que vendrÍan con nosotros en una lancha, y sÍ llegaron. marlene: autoridades mexicanas notificaron a la patrulla fronteriza del sector de del rÍo una

para evitar que inmigrantes es karen a los contenedores colocados a orillas del rÍo grande.nos dice el sargento renÉ cÓrdova, se siguen realizando restos. como esta pareja venezolana que lleva horas bajo el sol esperando el momento oportuno para atravesar las barreras. nos dicen que se sienten acorralados, tienen miedo de regresar por el peligro que pueden representar las aguas del rÍo. a pesar de las advertencias el gobernador continÚa desafiando a la administraciÓn del presidente en lo que asegura que son acciones para asegurar la frontera texana con mÉxico. en algÚn momento observamos como agentes de la patrulla fronteriza vigilaban el rÍo grande al borde de un bote, el alambre de pÚas permanece en ese lugar. jorge: un vuelo con mÁs de 100 inmigrantes deportados de estados unidos llegÓ a la ciudad de guatemala, es el mÁs reciente grupo de centroamericanos, colombianos y venezolanos a los que vuelve el gobierno del presidente porque no califican para recibir asilo. ilia: en new york los migrantes que duermen en las calles pueden engrosar el nÚmero de desamparados de sacied

the letter was sent two days after three migrants including two children died in the rio grande nearle pass. the white house says texas officials blocked the border patrol from attempting to provide emergency assistance. morgan chesky joins us from dallas. good morning. what do we know about what happened? these migrants drowning including two children. >> reporter: yeah, jose, an unfortunate tragedy happening at the border that is becoming more common as these illegal crossings continue, but what we're looking at here is a disputed time line between what federal officials are saying and what texas officials are saying that involve those drowning deaths that you mentioned. we do know that according to federal officials, they were contacted by mexican authorities alerting them to a mother and two children crossing the rio grande near shelby park in eagle pass. this is near the area where so many of those crossings have been taken place. it was at that point officials were dispatched to these location, and we hear from the federal government saying that were unable to reach that woman

grand from a public park that the federal government uses to launch their boats to patrol the rio grand to a staging area that the federal government uses during migrant surges and also they use that area to manage transportation assets so they can move migrants from that area for prors ing. from talking to a law enforcement source on the ground, this person tells me this puts border patrol in a bind. and the texas military department doubling down on their efforts to block border patrol sending a stumt to cnn saying, quote, the current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant searches, giving strict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal crossings in a city park a at the reese owe grand and greater eagle pass area. the key words there, and i want to repeat them because these are important, this is the texas military department saying they are keeping organizations out. organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in a city. governor abbott has not responded for our request for comment. but governor abbott did take to twitter yesterday to say, quote, we a

this is what we saw, watch. >> we are live here at the rio grande where the texas department of publicd wildlife as well as the texas national guard are getting ready to do some patrol in the rio grande. remember it, is the rio grande that separates mexico and the united states many of the folks take that dangerous journey where underway be. >> lawrence: do you mind asking them where they're coming from? >> lawrence: going to houston, going to california. and going to florida. there has been some dispute about the governor sending the buses to the location. as you can see, before they even enter into the state of texas, they already know where they want to go. >> we are approaching right now the buoy system as you can see 13 here. some democratic officials want they want this stuff to be removed. what they say is the buoy system is harmful for the migrants coming across. a lot of people argue can stop and turn around: one migrant turn around they could get into the country. a lot of times you will see that they will go back and you will see the bag right there with all his belongings t

. >>> all right, straight ahead, three migrants including two kids drowning in the rio grande. just days after texas officials blocked u.s. border patrol agents from m accessing g the a. stay witith us. >>> welcome back. a migrant mother and her two kids drowned in the rio grande in eagle pass, texas, just days after texas governor greg abbott order state officials to block border patrol agents from accessing the area. the white house is condemning abbott's latest action as a cruel political stunt. joining me is national correspondent rafael romo. how did this happen? >> it's just so horrible. fred, what we know is a woman and two children drowned some time between friday night and saturday morning in the rio grande in eagle pass, texas. this information originally came from texas democratic congressman henry cuellar and later corroborated by other agencies. cuellar said in a post on social media that the u.s. border patrol learned friday at about 9:00 p.m. a group of six migrants was in distress. according to the congressman, border patrol officials called the texas military d

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along rio grande, not far from eagle pass, signs of human presence are everywhere. this 38-year-old mother from honduras traveling with already three-year-old son and 16-year- old daughter said their reasons for crossing are more powerful than the measures intended to stop them. she says she decided to leave honduras after her daughter was kidnapped. >> this crisis has spiraled way out of control. we are at the point of no return. >> reporter: a local law enforcement official says an influx of about 1,000 migrants a day in december was way more than they could handle at eagle pass, texas, a town of less than 30,000 at the border with mexico. >> we don't have the manpower to take care of what we call the local business. the criminal elements. and the immigration. >> reporter: new york and chicago have made headlines because of the resources and money they have had to divert toward care for asylum seekers, transported to them from texas. >> we talk about $12 billion, and in addition to what we already need to run this city. >> reporter: but the impact is also being fe

and mexico, is in the middle of this river, in the middle of the rio grande. as soon as migrants get on the u.s. side of the border, under u.s. law and policy -- and normally, sara, that would be border patrol enforcing immigration law. well, here in this zone, you don't see that happening because texas has taken over. sara? >> this is such a wild scene not seeing border patrol in that area. and you've been showing us all of these pictures throughout when there was border patrol. and now that it is just open basically with a few folks from texas looking over. that battle, i'm assuming, is going to go on and on and on, although the supreme court has often times said this is a federal job, a job for the f federal authorities. we will see how this all pans out. pretty extraordinary pictures you're showing us. thank you to you and your team and your very steady photographer taking you through the area on the back of a pickup. >> it was a great report and a unique perspective. >>> this morning new reaction to comments made by president biden about the continues u.s

texas dps says the rio grande averages a drowning every day. >> texas is doing every measure, putting every measure in place to prevent that, to try to discourage that, but yet at the federal level, the federal government has not done anything as far as trying to discourage illegal immigration, especially those that want to cross a dangerous river. >> and this area in shelby park is secure, but thousands and hundreds of people are trying to cross and in other areas where that razor wire is not securing the perimeter, sandra. >> sandra: dana marie in eagle pass, texas. john. >> john: former president donald trump bringing his former ice chief, tom homan on stage during his granite stage victory speech, in a nod to voters fed up with the border. policies they say are adding fuel to the fire. jacqui heinrich is live at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> jacqui: president biden knows people care about the border. he knows enough to talk to fox for a little while last week admitting that the border is not secure and imploring congress to give him the money to fix it. this administration is havin

grande. en el área de eagle pass. >> mónica, hermana de la víctima, vio como sucedió todo. no más. >> mire como se lo llevaba el río. no me nomás miraba las cabezas. el departamento de seguridad nacional dijo que los agentes de la patrulla fronteriza fueron informados por el gobierno mexicano a eso de las 21:00 de la noche del viernes. >> sobre un grupo de 6 migrantes en peligro en el río, indicando que tropas de la guardia nacional de texas impidieron su paso por el parque shelby bajo la dirección del gobernador de texas. >> greg aber its devastating to imagine that state officials. >> el congresista joaquín castro dice que es devastador. imagina que funcionarios estatales súper verán que personas se ahogaban en el río y bloquearán el paso de los agentes. >> is not trained they're not equipped they're not ready to rescue anybody or asegura que los soldados no están entrenados ni equipados para rescatar a ninguna persona que se esté ahogando en el río. >> at this point they're interfering wit

grande river, here we see it on the screen now, the governor of the state, referring to the fact that provision both in the constitution of the united states and in the constitution of the state of texas, because the state... has its own constitution, this, as we remember, was once the independent republic of texas, which ceased to exist only in 1845 to be a republic and joined the united states of america as the 28th state, and before that it separated from mexico, so there is a lot of latin american population there, the fact is that in the last months, in the last two years, let's say up to 2 million, no... legal emigrants tried to infiltrate the territory of the united states from the territory of mexico, it is not only mexicans, and not so many, there are many venezuelans, hondurans, guatemalans, and of course mexicans also want to enter such a country as the united states of america with its high standard of living, and in december 250 000 only illegals tried to penetrate. to the territory of texas, new mexico, arizona and california, precisely these four states in the south bor

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people dying in the rio grande. why don't we do something about it? but here we are again.atch your flights and get on washington, d.c., before the snowstorm comes in but give them the money in the world to endanger the people we represent. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized, mr. roy. mr. roy: prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized to close. mr. roy: everyone expects us to do our job and we continually fail to do it and continue to spend money we don't have, undermining our known national security, funding a bureaucracy that is at war with the people we represent. at some point we ought to do what we campaign on. on both sides of the aisle, we should recognize that the american people expect the republic that the representatives that they send to the united states house of representatives to actually represent them. i yield

after a mother and her two children died in the rio grande. then just out of prison for refusing his mandatory military service in israel and headed back to prison, we will speak with the first israeli conscientious objector since the gaza assault began over three months ago. >> there is a whole system of pulling people into the army and making them work for the occupation and for oppressing palestinians. amy: and as palestinian casualties in gaza so, nearly 25,000 people overall killed, we will speak with an emergency medical doctor just returned from gaza about the catastrophic situation on the ground. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. mexico and chile have requested the international criminal court investigate israel for committing war crimes against civilians in gaza as outrage grows over israel's 15-week assault of the besieged territory, which has killed nearly 25,000 palestinians. over 10,000 of them, children. on thursday, the european union parliament

you've heard about this tragic situation with migrants drowning crossing the rio grande. lt.patrick from texas will be with us. whose fault is this? stay with us. oooohhh, it is cold outside time to protect your vehichle from winters wrath of course the hot sun can be tough on vehicles too you need weathertech all year round! come on, protect your investment laser measured floorliners and cargoliner will shield the carpeting from sand and snow for your interior, there's seat protector and sunshade plus, mudflaps and bumpstep for the exterior order american made products at weathertech.com surfs up yeah, right >> this is what greg abbott wants, he's been talking about how texas has done everything except shoot the migrants. he let them drown. >> this is on the troopers, preventing law enforcement from saving a life. we are becoming fwhum to plight of people. where is your humanity? >> laura: where is the humanity? sweetheart, how about where are your facts? biden's doj and msnbc blaming texas for the tragic deaths of three migrants crossing the rio grande after blocking border

-mexico border, including shelby park near eagle pass, a city park on the banks of the rio grande, denyingaccess to the u.s. border patrol and making it impossible for agents to respond to rescue calls. the area has also been blocked off with fencing, gates and razor wire. the biden administration has given governor abbott until today to remove the barriers after the justice department on friday petitioned the u.s. supreme court to intervene against texas. texas congressmember joaquin castro said -- "this is what operation lone star looks like on the ground. texas officials blocked border patrol agents from doing their job and allowed two children to drown in the rio grande. governor abbott's inhumanity has no limit. everyone who enables his cruelty has blood on their hands." bipartisan congressmembers agreed to a $78 billion short-term funding bill that would avert a partial government shutdown on friday, while expanding the child tax credit and restoring business tax breaks, among other things. the deal was put forward by democratic senator ron wyden, chair of the senate finance committe

grande." abc news was on the ground in september as customs and border protection agents lifted or removed the wire as migrants arrived on the texas side of the rio grande. administration officials and immigration advocates have called the wire dangerous and inhumane. these graphic photos obtained by abc news know some of the injuries caused by the wire, some requiring medical treatment. while the court's order today did not elaborate on the decision, four justices, clarence thomas, samuel alito, neil gorsuch, and brett kavanaugh, voted to side with texas and deny the biden administration's request. today's ruling is just the start of what's expected to be a major battle at the supreme court over the efforts by texas and other states to take more control over their international borders. and the justices will be ze siding all this against the background of a crisis at the border, and the presidential election. david? >> david: terry moran from the court tonight. terry, thank you. >>> now, to

they stood on the banks of the rio grande and blamed the biden administration for this recent influx. taking place as directly behind them, a lone migrant family crossed the river, two parents, three children, the father, carrying a little girl in pajamas as they were greeted by the border patrol on the other side of the river, underscoring the need for something to be done. chris. >> morgan chesky, thank you for that reporting. the arrest of a florida man, threatening to kill eric swalwell and his children. nbc's julie. >> reporter: a 72-year-old man arrested on wednesday in connection with threatening phone calls and voice mails he left for congressman eric swalwell's congressional office here in washington, d.c. as part of these voice mails he allegedly said he's going to come after him and kill him. he said he's threatened to come and kill your children. these are the kinds of things that were left on swalwell's congressional voice mail machine. michael shapiro was arrested in 2019 for making other threats to different members of congress according to the u.s. capitol police. this

it's about 2.5 miles of the rio grande. you look right here to my left, you'll see this first fencing that just went up. that is new. then there are several layers of razor wire, and he keeps on going and going. that's why we wanted to do this driving to really give you a purse active of what is going on here in this area. every now and then, you will see that there are either pieces of clothing or shoes or things in between this razor wire. that's what migrants use squeeze in between the wire to get across to the united states. all of this wire is not stopping the illegal immigration. as a matter of fact, we just learned that there is about 19 people crossing just behind us, and we have video of what's happening once they arrive here to the united states, and it's actually state authorities who are arresting the individuals. i want you to take a look around. there is no border patrol in this area. again, because the state of texas took over the area last week, and that is -- that is the -- the issue here, that the state of

grande." abc news was on the ground in september as customs and border protection agents lifted or removed the wire, as migrants arrived on the texas side of the rio grande. administration officials and immigration advocates have called the wire dangerous and inhumane. these graphic photos obtained by abc news show some of the injuries caused by the wire, some requiring medical treatment. while the court's order today did not elaborate on the decision, four justices, clarence thomas, samuel alito, neil gorsuch, and brett kavanaugh, voted to side with texas and deny the biden administration's request. today's ruling is just the start of what's expected to be a major battle at the supreme court over the efforts by texas and other states to take more control over their international borders. and the justices will be deciding all this against the background of a crisis at the border and the presidential election. david? >> david: terry moran from the court tonight. terry, thank you. >>> now, to t

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eric: matt finn is live right along the rio grande in eagle pass. matt, you say there are no emigimmigrants or migrants crosg exactly where you are so it seems to be working for now. what's the latest on the ground? >> we have no see state of texas has heavily fortified this area around me this exact spot where i'm standing typically had a lot of brush around it so there was not a lot of high visibility for the state have texas has removed all about brush it up two or three layers of the razor wire behind the national guard is all around me right now can clearly see into the river and into mexico on the opposite side the past couple of days we have not seen a large number of migrants cross into this park. however our crews have seen groups crossing upriver and down river. i spoke a short while ago to the texas military department. the texas national guard they say all of the port fortification does help to corral the migrants it may not stop them entirely but this does allow the texas national guard to keep their eye on the river and prevent migrant

eric: standoff on the rio grande. math, thank you. arthel?el: all right, more on more than two dozen republican governors siding with texas in this border battle. that includes florida. governor ron desantis says he is willing to send the florida state guard to texas to help with the flood of migrants. joining us now is florida attorney general ashley moody. thank you for joining us. and i want to start here. why do you support this bill that removes the requirement that florida's state guard be used exclusively within state? >> well, you know, governor desantis has been clear there are many reasons within florida that we need, you know, additional help in times of emergency that are directed by state leadership, but what i think you're really seeing now and why americans are just aghast at what is happening is you have a federal government that every step of the way under a president who is charged with defending and if standing strong to secure a nation has been undermining that security from the day he took office. just to put it in an exa

along the rio grande, not far from eagle pass, texas, signs of human presence are everywhere. this honduran mother with her son and daughter says the reasons for crossing are more powerful than the measures intended to stop them. she says she decided to leave honduras after her daughter was kidnapped. >> this has spiralled out of control. we're at the point of no return. >> reporter: a local official says an influx of 1,000 migrants a day in december was way more than they could handle at eagle pass, texas, town of less than 30,000 at the border with mexico. >> power to take care of the local business, criminal elements, immigration problem. >> reporter: new york and chicago have made headlines because of the resources and money they've had to divert towards care for asylum seekers transported to them from texas. >> $12 billion in addition to what we already need to run the city. >> reporter: but the impact is also felt in smaller cities. the federal emergency management agency has granted nearly $12 million in funding to atlanta since 2022 to offset coasts associated with mig

yesterday i saw the national guard set up new barriers, barbed wire down the rio grande, and a wholeolice bills as the state continues to arrest migrants and... joe biden threatens our sovereignty state, and if he does federalize the texas national guard, that would be unprecedented, it would actually activate the federal guard and become. look at yesterday, at all this obscenity that is happening, we continue to move forward. trump slammed president biden and condemned the border crisis. this is a disaster, this is a terrible situation, nothing like this has ever happened before. this is the worst border in the history of the world, including any other country. there has never been a country where millions and millions of people could enter without checks, without prohibitions, without knowing anything. trump slammed president biden and condemned the border crisis. texas governor greg evatt prepared a letter addressed not just to the presidential administration, but to the entire world. here's part of what it says. under president biden's lawless border policies, more than 6 million

that's of three migrant in the rio grande river escalating the feud between federal government and statexas over border patrol. details on the straight ahead. washington examiner reporter sarah bradford talks about the impact on the 2024 presidential election. she's next. ♪ it is our commitment. we need to do this. ♪ ♪ ♪ southern border after the migrants drowned trying to cross the river near shelby park, the park is a center of court directly after greg abbott took the state national guard to seize control of it essentially kicking the fence out. matt finch is live in eagle pass with the latest on all this. >> right now we are standing inside shelby park does become a battleground between texas governor greg abbott and the biden administration. governor abbott says biden policies allowed cartels to smuggle migrants into the park and his state so he has seized the property and take out federal border patrol agents. this property at this park is a hotspot for illegal immigration for a number of years and you may recall the crush of migrants in this park a few weeks ago. this week the dep

he says border patrol learned that a group of six migrants were in distress in the rio grande late friday. but agents were denied access to the migrants by the texas military department. cnn has reached out to authorities for further comment. >>> now, with u.s. and european aid packages stalled, the french morn minister on a trip to kyiv is promising to help. and the u.s. wants to seize frozen russian assets and funnel them to ukraine. how that could happen, next on cnn. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ukraine says russia launched dozensover missiles and drones. no injuries reported. it destroyed eight missiles but russia claims it achieved its goal by hitting military industrial facilities. volodymyr zelenskyy said the country lacks defenses. he discussed ukraine's defense needs while meeting with the french foreign minister saturday. they talked joint production of weapons and strengthening air defenses. he promised france will standby ukraine for as long as it takes and will push other european countries for more support. >>> now top u.s. officials are trying to figure out how to divert about $300 bil

elian: el alambre de pÚas permanece en texas junto a rÍo grande a pesar de que la corte suprema determinÓ gobernador de texas abbott. presentadora: un fusil como este calibre 50 con un alcance de 6000 pies se utilizÓ para derribar un el —— helicÓptero militar mexicano en el 2015, esto es un fusil del ejercito estadounidense, lo cual preocupa a las autoridades en el paÍs mexicano. presentador: se ha vuelto muy comÚn la presencia de armas del ejÉrcito estadounidense en desfiles de armamentos del narco mexicano. >> la secretarÍa de defensa alertÓ a los estados unidos de armas que entran a mÉxico que son de uso exclusivo del ejÉrcito estadounidense y es muy urgente que se haga una investigaciÓn al respecto. ppresentador: desde 2018 se han encontrado 221 ametralladoras automÁticas, 56 lanzagranadas y una docena de lanzacohetes que pertenecieron al ejercito estadounidense. >> estas armas fueron fabricadas para el ejÉrcito y cuando viene el prÓximo modelo y quieran deshacerse de ellas, las desarman. presentador: las armas son nuevamente wrentham las —— nuevamente armadas donde el marco las obtie

grande and the greater eagle pass area." but governor abbott taking it a step further today during a press conference, saying the state of texas has the authority to do this. take a listen. so, texas has the legal authority to control ingress to any geographical location in the state of texas, and authority is being asserted with regard to that part in eagle pass, texas, to maintain operational control. >> now, the biden administration is asking the u.s. supreme court to intervene, so that border patrol can regain access to this area. and boris and brianna, i have not had that one of the other important things, the numbers at the u.s. southern border have plummeted significantly. apprehensions back in mid- december were about 10,000 migrants a day along the u.s. southern border, that dropped to about 3000 per day in january. now, in eagle pass, the epicenter of this latest battle, they are about 500 per day this week, so that also raises questions about why is the state of texas doing this at this point in time? back to you

grande.se are two students from venezuela who were studying architecture, they started protesting against the maduro regime and they feel they had to flee their country because they would either be kidnapped or killed if they stay there. they tell me they have been here for two days, they have not eaten, they have not had water until a few hours ago when texas national guard gave them water. but this is the standoff that we are seeing. the people caught in the middle are migrants, these two individuals simply want to turn themselves into authorities but border patrol is not here. to be clear, the international boundary is in the middle of this river, these two individuals are technically in u.s. territory and under federal law and policy, they should be apprehended and they should be processed through normal immigration processing but right now, they are sitting there, they are having to wait, it's kevin and vanessa, vanessa, she showed us some of the cuts that she has on her legs, she has di

. >> now, you're looking live at texas' razor wire barrier along the rio grand river and it appears toe working and a major plummet in large groups and the mayor and texas national guard tells me the number of crossings dropped from a high of 4,000 a day last month down to about a few hundred a day this month. the weather warming up and giving us a clearer bibbingture how well this is work if it continues to push away the large groups and becomes a game of whack a mole. do they go to new mexico, arizona and california? stu. stuart: thanks very much, matt. more than 15,000 chinese migrant haves crossed the orion border since october 1. sheriff, are chinese migrants passing through your town or staying, which is it? >> well, for us in river side county and we're not 100% sure where they're going to other parts of california or whether they're staying here. certainly there's so many of them. we is seat difference and see that a lot are staying and it's certainly completely noticeable and something that we can't avoid. jowski are they pleaing persecution back home? what's the reason? >> fo

/mexico border on the rio grand. the state had seized control of the area and put up fencing and razor wire under an emergency declaration signed by governor abbott. abbott, who has shipped tens of thousands of migrants to democratically run cities, posted on x we are making clear texas will be a tough place to cross. in response the doj petitioned the u.s. supreme court writing tro texas's new answers demonstrate their ability to patrol or even surveil the border and be able to respond to emergencies and ask the to restore access to the border, it is charged with patrolling and migrants responsible for apprehending, inspecting and processing. and in new york city the overwhelming number of asylum see, needing to be housed led to one brooklyn high school switching students to remote learning on so their building could house migrants due to bad weather. so the fox news town hall wedding w said this. >> we're taking them back to where they came from. we have no choice. >> under a new expansion of medical, all low incom

stuart: another day and another group of migrants climbing on shipping containers in the rio grande. casey steagall, has the flow slowed? >> reporter: historically the new year generally starts off being a little slower when it comes to illegal crossings. we have experienced that the last several days but i want to show video the shipping container incidents. somehow they managed it to climb up the shipping containers, pretty tall along the riverfront, the national guard assisted them before turning them over to border patrol, we are talking 10 or 15 migrants but we know that adds up. despite january numbers being down, texas dps tells us compared to last january encounters in this spot are up roughly 4% despite things being slower. they are always temporary and can restart at a given time. >> it may seem slow but we've seen that before. we see slow months and a surge that continues to pick up but we are dealing with human smuggling and criminals trying to come across the border. >> over in the rio grande valley sector. 473 migrants. the figure was awfully 1400, the weekend before th

grande tratando de llegar a los estados unidos.una mujer muy trabajadora. fÉlix: en noviembre pasado una madre y sus dos hijos tambiÉn adolescente se ahogaron en la zona de eagle pass buscando es un americano. maity: pasamos en mÉxico, donde el carte de la familia michoacana ha extendido el cobro de extorsiones. ahora le exige a los pobladores el pago de impuestos por la casa donde vive e incluso le cobran dinero extra por la compra de alimentos bÁsicos. alejandro: los criminales se fueron al extremo en el municipio en la costa de guerrero y pasaron de cobrar extorsiones a comerciantes, empresarios y agricultores a exigir un pago de $4 a la semana a los ciudadanos solo por habitar sus casas. una prÁctica que es insostenible para las familias. van a las viviendas y les dicen que si quieren vivir ahÍ tienen que pagar esa cuota. alejandro: en comunidades de ranas como la palma la cuota va de los $ 40. >> ha habido familiares asesinados respecto a que no los han querido apoyar. >> la gente tiene miedo de dar la cara ante las amenazas d

elian: el alambre de pÚas permanece en texas junto a rÍo grande a pesar de que la corte suprema determinÓ del gobernador de texas abbott. presentadora: un fusil como este calibre 50 con un alcance de 6000 pies se utilizÓ para derribar un el —— helicÓptero militar mexicano en el 2015, esto es un fusil del ejercito estadounidense, lo cual preocupa a las autoridades en el paÍs mexicano. presentador: se ha vuelto muy comÚn la presencia de armas del ejÉrcito estadounidense en desfiles de armamentos del narco mexicano. >> la secretarÍa de defensa alertÓ a los estados unidos de armas que entran a mÉxico que son de uso exclusivo del ejÉrcito estadounidense y es muy urgente que se haga una investigaciÓn al respecto. ppresentador: desde 2018 se han encontrado 221 ametralladoras automÁticas, 56 lanzagranadas y una docena de lanzacohetes que pertenecieron al ejercito estadounidense. >> estas armas fueron fabricadas para el ejÉrcito y cuando viene el prÓximo modelo y quieran deshacerse de ellas, las desarman. presentador: las armas son nuevamente wrentham las —— nuevamente armadas donde el marco las o

i want to show you how critical some of these areas, it is a 2.5 mile area of the rio grande that texas. look at this video. this was shot on december 20. this was in the middle of a migrant surge. the area that you're looking at is an area used by federal authorities to manage the migrant flow. this is when thousands of migrants were arriving into the area every single day and the federal government was using this area to manage that to figure out ways to get transportation for these migrants to send them to processing facilities. now come back alive to me. this area right here that texas has taken over. texas has not solved the immigration issue, that's not what i'm trying to show you. what i am showing you, if there is another surge, the federal government does not have access to some of the critical areas on the border so they can manage that flow. not only has texas not stopped illegal immigration i learned from a law enforcement source, what smugglers are doing is going be on the razor wire, further up river and west and they are pushing migrants to cross into the country illegall

grande river, they set up a barbed wire fence and kicked out federal border patrol agents, they saidexas. i assure you, this has never happened in the history of the united states, that the federal border guards were simply taken and thrown out, replaced with the national guard, and said: we will protect the borders. state, and not the united states of america, this never happened in america. there is panic in the biden white house, they don’t know what to do about it. there is already an appeal to the supreme court of the united states, which should prohibit texas from protecting its own borders, but in texas they do not vote for biden, they do not vote for democrats, they vote for republicans. the situation is very complicated, and which means, in fact, that separatism has penetrated. hello, the evening news is live in the studio of ekaterina berezovskaya. here are the main topics. construction and major repairs schools, integration.