border committee, and the state security committee will ensure quiet weekends and holidays for our citizensan of the state border committee konstantin molostov, in his report to the president , emphasized strengthening the security of the state border. considering the acute situation in neighboring countries, border guards, despite holidays, are fully implementing measures to protect the state border and suppress attempts at illegal actions. this work is carried out, among other things, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, the military, and local authorities. tell me, what is the situation at the state border? situation on the state border of the republic of belarus has not undergone any drastic changes, however, a certain tension remains, especially on the belarusian-ukrainian section, despite the eve of the new year, queues of cargo vehicles at road checkpoints remained. on the state of affairs at the state border, as of december 31. 2023 reported to the president of the republic of belarus. based on his order, the tasks of the formation and military units of the border service a

border committee.committee will ensure quiet weekends and holidays for our citizens. chairman of the state border committee konstantin molostov, in a report to the president , focused on strengthening the protection of the state border. given the acute situation in neighboring countries, border guards, despite the holidays, are fully carrying out measures to protect the state border and suppress attempts. queues of cargo vehicles at road checkpoints remained. the state of affairs at the state border as of december 31, 2023 was reported to the president of the republic of belarus. based on his order, the tasks of the formation and military units of the border service authorities were clarified. border control units perform tasks in enhanced mode border control services. operational. technical reserves are in constant readiness to perform tasks when the situation changes. the president also asked the heads of law enforcement agencies to congratulate on his behalf the personnel of ministries and departmen

border committee, and the state security committee will make it possible. ensure quiet weekends anddent , focused on strengthening the security of the state border. considering the acute situation in neighboring countries, border guards, despite holidays, are fully implementing measures to protect the state border and suppress attempts at illegal actions. this work is carried out, among other things, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies and the military. based on his order, the tasks of the formation and military units of the border service authorities, the border division border control tasks are carried out in an enhanced mode by border control services. operational and tactical reserves are in constant readiness to carry out tasks when the situation changes. new home is the borunov family from lithuania and the bugai family from ukraine. and it’s snowing, it’s snowing, that’s it, locals. good evening, we welcome you to our studio, happy new year everyone, now in the last hours of the year, many people are thinking about the holiday table, about products, and we are often

border committee, with the dsaf and... but all these categories that i named, they require a certain sacrifice in their service, here, of course , the church helps, so that a person realizes, understands what it means to lay down his soul for his friends, the church has always blessed the defender of his fatherland for a feat of arms, well, then everyone a defender of the fatherland, he must know: what he is protecting, not only a building, not only a house, but now it is very important, and you and i live in a time when it is very important to protect our spiritual state. people, our traditions , the spiritual component on which the people are based, if we lose our traditions, first of all, spiritually, then we can lose ourselves, and as a people, traditions help to unite them, just like cement holds bricks together and a building stands, so too spiritual tradition, national traditions, they are very important to know. sometimes he falls away from god, and having fallen away from god, he loses connection and loses the moral and spiritual strength of a person, and takes the path of c

border committee, since february 24 , 2022, more than 100,000 citizens of ukraine have arrived in belarusns, we help them. with employment, with housing, but part of ukrainian society not only does not worry about us, but they generally make statements that they are ready to kill us, so you have, maybe you ever wondered how the west managed to set up against belarus, against russia, so develop this russophobia, in a fairly short time, 30 years, it seems to me that in ukraine, especially in western ukraine, these trends were observed back in soviet times, and yet... even before all military of these events, if you visited western ukraine, in including that lev, yes, they called the soviet period nothing other than the soviet occupation, and if we take even that 118th police, ukrainian battalion that burned khatyn, the lion’s share of the participants in this military unit came from western ukraine, chernovidskaya region , as a rule, and after all... they are not only against russians, belarusians, we remember donbass, the fourteenth year, when ukrainians killed ukrainians, when people were

border committee reported.ore than half are citizens of lithuania, latvians are in second place, then poles. our neighbors will continue to be able to use it freely. belarusian hospitality. the visa-free regime has been extended. supported the initiative of the ministry of foreign affairs the president. belarus introduced visa-free travel with its western neighbors last year. in belarus , changes were made to the labor code, amended by more than eighty articles of the document. belarusians begin to relax and work according to the new rules on january 1. certain norms affect every working citizen. this applies, for example, to salaries. now every employer is required to make payments to its employees at least twice. per month, the changes affected the accrual of vacation pay, if an employee goes on vacation spontaneously, not according to schedule, the employer can pay vacation pay within two days after the start of the vacation. changes have occurred in the procedure for granting social leave, in particular edu

more than 411,000 eu residents visited belarus on a visa-free basis over the past year , the state border committee reported. more than half are citizens of lithuania, latvians are in second place, then poles. our neighbors will be able to continue to freely enjoy belarusian hospitality. the visa-free regime has been extended. the initiative of the ministry of foreign affairs was supported by the president. belarus introduced visa-free travel with its western neighbors last year. in belarus has made changes to the labor code, amending more than eighty articles of the document. belarusians begin to relax and work according to the new rules on january 1. certain norms affect every working citizen. this applies, for example, to salaries. now every employer is required to make payments to its employees at least twice a month. i will touch on the changes. accrual of vacation pay, if an employee goes on vacation spontaneously, not according to schedule, the employer can pay vacation pay within two days after the start of the vacation. changes occurred in the procedure for granting social leave,

eu residents visited belarus without a visa over the past year, the state border committee reported.. the visa-free regime has been extended. the initiative of the ministry of foreign affairs was supported by the president. belarus introduced visa-free relations with its western neighbors last year. changes have been made in belarus. already from january 1, individual citizens, this applies, for example, to salaries, the norms affect every employee , now every employer is obliged to make payments to their employees at least twice a month, changes affected the accrual of vacation pay if an employee goes on vacation spontaneously not according to schedule, the employer can pay vacation pay within 2 days after the start of the vacation, the changes occurred in order. line of social leave, in particular educational leave. if an employee receives first, secondary, special and higher education or vocational education, it does not matter whether it is first or not, the employer is obliged to provide the employee with leave, but without pay. the issue of the work schedule of parents with man

border committee of the ministry of foreign affairs affairs, the ministry of internal affairs, the ministryave a lot of common ground, we have worked and will continue to work, yes, difficult times will come for us, i do not hide it, i understand this perfectly well, and my colleagues including this, they understand this very well, but we will work to ensure that the belarusian red cross remains a reliable social partner for our state, despite these rather difficult times, still some new ones. of course, we are not standing still, we are working, we are running out now a very important project, these are crisis centers, we have created crisis centers in all regional cities, now we have , literally next week, the opening of a crisis center in mogilev, this is a very large crisis center, we have also now begun the renovation of a crisis center in grodno, this most. crisis center, it was called a crisis room, it was so small, absolutely, now thanks to the regional executive committee, we have a new premises, which we are now bringing into compliance, so that there is a crisis center and a chil

of the state, the committees were collecting and again that unfortunate letter of the ministry of financearding the increase of the borders , and why 5 million, can anyone answer why? the glaring story about this bill has become, and what will happen to the current 5 million, what is the responsibility? some say administrative, but in administrative it is not mentioned in the code. regarding customs clearance, evasion of customs payments, please note that this is another calculation and another evasion, which is controlled by the state. there is no liability up to uah 6 million. dear people's deputies, in connection with the fact that someone wants to deceive someone, or accept legal uncertainty and... report, this only gives us thoughts, and how we will fight and what we want to fight, with smuggling up to six and cracking down on those border crossings, yes it is possible, but this is again a hole, a hole regarding payment evasion, non-revenues to the budget and everything else, why? because according to the recommendations... the verkhovna rada should dance again and accept the date of

customs committee, to carry out the first stage of the scam.eeded thanks to cunning. before the border, a man was distributing goods to other travelers.

they were allowed through the checkpoint and handed over to the employees of our state security committeet warm greeting, tears, food packages to give people strength to get back on the road. to transport belarusian families from the rafah checkpoint to cairo, we rented five minibuses similar to our minibuses. they had to travel 319 km, part of this route through the desert. at this time , the belavia special flight was already being prepared for departure in minsk. the plane was decided from... large, in the boeing that flew to cairo, there were 189 seats, so that passengers had the opportunity to rest and receive first aid. two doctors and two psychologists from the zubr detachment of the ministry of emergency situations were waiting for the people on board. while somewhere in the desert, exhausted people were shaking in minibuses. our plane drew a detour on the map to go around the territory of ukraine. the plane flew over the bryansk, belgorod and volgograd regions of russia, laid a stitch over kalmykia, swept over dagestan and georgia,... drew a diagonal on turkey, missed cyprus on t

, they were allowed through the checkpoint and handed over... to the employees of our state securityee, a short but warm greeting, tears, food packages to give people strength again, to deliver belarusian families from the rafah checkpoint to cairo, we rented five minibuses, similar to our minibuses, they had to travel 319 km, part of this route through the desert. at this time , a belavia special flight was already being prepared for departure in minsk; they decided to send a large plane, in a boeing, which flew to cairo with 180 seats, so that passengers would have the opportunity to rest and receive first aid. two doctors and two psychologists from the zubr detachment of the ministry of emergency situations were waiting for the people on board. while somewhere in exhausted people were shaking in minivans in the desert; our plane was drawing a detour on the map to go around the territory of ukraine. the plane flew over the bryansk, belgorod and volgograd regions of russia, laid a line over kalmykia, swept over dagestan and georgia, drew a diagonal over turkey, and missed cyprus on

committee, a short but warm greeting, tears, food packages to give people strength to travel again,belarusians with families from the rafah checkpoint to cairo rented five minibuses, similar to our minibuses, they had to travel 319 km, part of this route through the desert, at this time in minsk a special belavia flight was already being prepared for departure, they decided to send a large plane, in a boeing, which flew 189 seats to cairo. so that passengers have the opportunity to rest and receive first aid. two doctors and two psychologists from the zubr detachment of the ministry of emergency situations were waiting for the people on board. while exhausted people were shaking in minibuses somewhere in the desert, our plane was drawing a detour on the map to go around the territories ukraine. the plane flew over the bryansk, belgorod and volgograd regions of russia, laid a stitch over kalmykia, swept over dagestan and georgia, drew a diagonal on turkey, missed cyprus on the left side, and crossed the mediterranean sea. arrived in cairo, landing was carried out very quickly , in ab

committee, a short but warm greeting, tears, food packages, to give people strength to travel again.belarusian families from the rafah checkpoint to cairo, we rented five minibuses similar to our minibuses; they had to travel 319 km, part of this route through the desert. at this time , a belavia special flight was already being prepared for departure in minsk. they decided to send a large boeing that flew to cairo, with 189 seats, so that passengers would have the opportunity to rest and receive first aid. two doctors and two psychologists from the zubr detachment of the ministry of emergency situations were waiting for the people on board. while somewhere in the desert in minibuses exhausted people were shaking. our plane drew a detour on the map to go around the territory of ukraine. the plane flew over the bryansk , belgorod and volgograd regions of russia. it made a stitch over kalmykey, swept over dagestan and diagonally across turkey, passed cyprus on the port side, crossed the mediterranean sea and arrived in cairo. the landing was carried out very quickly, in about 20 minute

, and as state secretary blinkin himself said, and on our web page, the ukrainian committee , on thest page this graph, issued by the american department of defense, will show that about 90% of that money remained here in america, remained in jobs for the americans, built various factories, repaired so that some cities, small villages had the possibility of arming ukraine, it is very important, it is important for the economy of america, and that is why i read those statistics , it seems to me that some people are telling the public that the money must have left america. but really, as the secretary said, no, it is american money, now only things, most of them are things that go outside the ocean. let's expand the topic a little, in continuation, in fact, the european union fears that trump's coming to power may collapse nato, the new york times writes about it. several european officials said their governments assumed a second donald trump presidency would result in the u.s. effectively withdrawing from the alliance. there is also a possibility that the politician will refuse to hel

in 1991, april glasby appeared before the senate foreign relations committee in washington and stated that she had diplomatically cautioned saddam hussein against his army's entry into kuwait. we foolishly did not realize that he was stupid, that he did not believe our clear and repeated warnings that we we would support our vital interests. in actuality, before ambassador glasby's meeting with saddam, the u.s. state department had already given assurances to saddam's regime that the pentagon had no defense or security obligations with the state of kuwait. this assurance encouraged saddam to embark on his invasion, which ultimately led to his country and the surrounding countries becoming entangled in the trap set by the americans. كان يطالب العراق العراق يطالب الكويت باعطاء مليارات الدولارات بدل الحرب كان يطلب منهم فاتورا ضخمه جدا شوارع بمستشفيات مدارس ان هي حربكم وهاي البوابه الشرقيه انا اللي حميتكم من المد الايراني مساعدوا العراق بلا شك مساعده ودعم دعموا العراق بطائرات وباستحا واموال ولكنه صدام صار يريد يستنزفهم بسبب هذه. فرفضوا او تلكاوا فغزى الكويت وهذه الحماقه الاكبر اللي ارتكبه

in 1991, april glasby appeared before the senate foreign relations committee in washington and stated that she had diplomatically cautioned saddam hussein against his army's entry into kuwait. we foolishly did not realize that he was stupid, that he did not believe our clear and repeated warning. that we would support our vital interests. in actuality, before ambassador glasby's meeting with saddam, the us state department had already given assurances to saddam's regime that the pentagon had no defense or security obligations with the state of kuwait. this assurance encouraged saddam to embark on his invasion, which ultimately led to his country and the surrounding countries becoming entangled in the trap set by the americans. كان يطالب العراق العراق يطالب الكويت باعطاء مليارات الدولارات بدل الحرب كان يطلب منهم فاتورا ضخمه جدا شوارع بمستشفيات مدارس ان هي حربكم وهاي البوابه الشرقيه انا اللي حميتكم من المد الايراني هم ساعدوا العراق بلا شك مساعده ودعم دعموا العراق بطائرات وباستحه وباموال ولكنه صدام صار يريد يستنزفهم بسبب هذا. هذه فرفضوا او تلكاوا فغزى الكويت وهذه الحماقه الاكبر اللي ارتك

in 1991, april glasby appeared before the senate foreign relations committee in washington and stated that she had diplomatically cautioned saddam hussein against his army's entry into kuwait. we foolishly did not realize that he was stupid, that he did not believe are clear and repeated warnings that... that we would support our vital interests. in actuality, before ambassador galasy's meeting with saddam, the us state department had already given assurances to saddam's regime that the pentagon had no defense or security obligations with the state of kuwait. this assurance encouraged saddam to embark on his invasion, which ultimately led to his country and the surrounding countries becoming entangled in the... كان يطالب العراق العراق يطالب الكويت باعطاء مليارات الدولارات بدل الحرب كان يطلب منهم فاتوره ضخمه جدا شوارع مستشفيات مدارس ان هي حربكم وهاي البوابه الشرقيه انا اللي حميتكم من المد الايراني ومساعدوا العراق بلا شك مساعده ودعم دعموا العراق بطائرات وباستحه وباموال. ولكنه صدام صار يريد يستنزفهم بسبب هذه فرفضوا او تلكاوا فغزى الكويت وهذه الحماقه الاكبر اللي ترتكبها صدام اللي خلى العا

customs committee , he managed to pull off the first stage of the scam thanks to cunning. before the border, a man distributed something... to other travelers, and already on our territory took the country back. in this way, it was possible to produce 700 units of parts. the maneuvers were necessary to avoid customs duties; the offender hid the entire shipment worth 420 thousand rubles in his garage; now belarus faces confiscation of spare parts, as well as a fine. this was the news from zone x, stay with us on belarus 1. good morning country, monday december 18, on the calendar it’s 7:23, and this is the most that is not exactly belarusian, and maryana marinkova and anna quiloria continue. i will repeat once again, you need to know this information, you see, 13 days until the new year, people, please wake up, move, gifts have not been bought, christmas trees have not been put up, well, now our colleague and arthur smolikov will join us via teleconference, arthur, where are you? good morning. good morning, as always, it’s very nice to hear this song. the morning starts jus

according to the state customs committee, turn the first he succeeded in the scam stage thanks to hisng. before the border, the man distributed the goods to other travelers, and already on the territory of our country he took them back. in this way, it was possible to produce 700 units of parts. the maneuvers were necessary to avoid customs duties, the entire consignment worth 420 rubles. the offender hid it in his garage, now belarus faces confiscation of spare parts, as well as a fine. this was news from zone x, stay tuned to belarus 1. good rante belarus, good morning country, let's continue to wake up together, anna quiloria, maryana murenkova monday , we start this week cheerfully, brightly, actively , beautifully, because on the calendar it’s already the eighteenth day, 13 days, by the way, until the new year, so if you didn’t buy gifts there, didn’t put up a christmas tree, i don’t know , that they have not yet purchased everything for the new year, they have caviar, peas, sausage, what else they buy, we usually do it for... peace of mind, so that there is no emotional burnout,

the border.e asking. maria: yes it is, your chairman of your committee mark green told me that he believes xi jinping is directing these people and he's telling them to go to america, get into america, settle here and become saboteurs when xi jinping is ready to direct them, your chairman of the committee told me that, what can you tell us about any information you may have on the. >> mark green chairs the homeland security and i'm on foreign affairs, mark is exactly right the chairman is exactly right this is what the fbi ought to be focused on, the internal security of the united states is the fbi's role, whether they're coming across the border or however, the getting here that is fbi's job and i asked that he focus on his job. maria: mike johnson writing a letter of made is ran by director is issuing an ultimatum to the biden administration for their push for more aid for ukraine. johnson writes a supplemental ukraine funding is dependent on exact make a transformative change to the nations b

budget has already lost over 9 billion hryvnias, the specialized parliamentary committee calculated. in addition, the situation at the polish border had a negative impact on travel to other neighboring countries. in particular, at one of the checkpoints at the entrance to romania, a long line of trucks formed, our ivan siretskyi saw it. the long-distance runner sergehiy traveled to the european union via poland for cargo and is now forced to cross the border for the first time at the krasnoilsk checkpoint on the border with romania. we used to leave through nyzhanko through yagodin, then they were blocked, we went through nyzhankovychy for the last time, then we had to stand in line there for 12 days, then the logistician decided that it would be faster to go this way, we are going to lithuania in a hurry. the way to the baltic country through romania. twice as long - says the man and there is a queue of trucks in front of the checkpoint. this is the third day, we are standing here for the third day, constant tension, lack of sleep about these tracks, you will not understand who is d

border with mexico. thank you, congressman, for being here.at you make of this threat of legal action from the justice department. do you agree immigration law is within the purview of the federal government or do you support this new law your state 's governor signed? >> i think that lawyers are going to determine that. essentially, texas sues federal government, federal government sues texas. round and round they go. the only person that wins is lawyers. meanwhile, the american public are seeing this open border crisis and are directly impacted by it. if you're a district like mine, 800 miles of the southern border, you feel it every day. but even across the country, you are feeling it with the rise in fentanyl. a couple of days ago, a flight, full of migrants, headed towards new york city got diverted to philadelphia. right now we're talking about new york city, chicago, el paso, and other parts of texas. but very soon we'll be talking about l. a., denver, philadelphia, and other parts of the country. this border crisis does not end until w

gives us worse than nothing on border.gresswoman beth van dine member of the ways and means committee joins us now. during this week's mexico visit secretary of state blinken called on mexico to help end what he calls an irregular migration. that's an understatement. republicans are obviously tearing into that meeting as should every american with some calling it all talk, no action, and too little too late. i would like to know where in the world was kamala? >> that's a great question. as our border czar, why wasn't she down there? that's a great question. i can't answer it. we have been saying this this whole week as soon as we found out the meeting was scheduled. great to talk to the president of mexico, what is your plan? what is your demand? what is your goal? how are you even setting this up? again the trump administration mike pompeo went down there he had a definite goal. mexico, you will partner with the u.s. and help us protect our borders. if you don't you will see increases in tariffs, decreases in aid and ther

i will ask republican congressman and house armed services committee member cory mills. disorder on the border. 6000 people join a massive caravan headed to mexico, headed through mexico as secretary of state entity blinken is slated for trip to mexico to meet with the mexican president talking about the causes. retailers bracing for a billion-dollar return nightmare. consumers return $170 billion in merchandise this holiday season. a live report dealing with post christmas frenzy. i am edward lawrence and you are watching coast-to-coast. for a stop story, the final trading week of 2023 underway, stocks report a tear today as this whole week no matter what happens, the markets end of the year defying the odds and expectations. let's bring in a man who defies the odds, kenny polcari, hope you had a wonderful christmas, santa claus rally came. is it going to stay the rest of the year? >> reporter: it feels like it is. they don't want to quit. the market has gone straight up. i'm becoming cautious because of the action we have seen. it feels like they are pulling forward of

well , continuing the topic, a specific figure, more than 9 hryvnias was lost by the state budget only november, all because of the lack of customs payments, which were formed due to the blockade of the ukrainian-polish border. this figure was named by the head of the parliamentary committee on finance and tax policy danylo hetmantsev. he noted: this is essentially a powerful blow to our economy and exports directly. in addition, this is a huge amount of money that our army did not receive. well, vasyl, we talked to you. about the fact that, in addition to food products and various industrial goods, which are currently idle at the border, there are also delays with autogas, well , last week there was such a situation that it began to rise in price, in the regions at small gas stations they stopped supplying it to drivers in general, well, while the situation at the border is like this, the verkhovna rada is already meeting within a few months to increase the excise duty on this liquefied gas for drivers, the increase may be significant, the head of the tax committee, danylo gitmantsev,

customs payments, they were formed due to the blockade of the ukrainian-polish border. this was announced this week by the head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, danylo getmantsev. he noted that these losses of 9 billion hryvnias are a powerful blow to our economy and , of course, to exports, and this is huge money that our army did not receive. and in continuation of the topic, ukrzaliznytsia is preparing to massively transport trains with trucks across the ukrainian-polish border, it has already launched test train, it is at the crossing with the hrubeshiv checkpoint, the train is loaded with more than 20 ukrainian trucks, they were blocked before entering our country. well, ukrzaliznytsia says that this is a promising business, but the polish customs still have questions about the dimensions. loads and the availability of fuel in the tanks of trucks, well, i think that this issue will be resolved, well, at least some movement has already taken place, well, the united states agency for international development will spend 225 million d

of the homeland security committee.want to start with getting your thoughts on the visit paid by the secretary of state and the homeland security secretary to mexico to discuss ways to curb immigration. from what you have heard and seen, do you think any important progress has been made? thank you for having me. i think it is important that the secretary of state made that trip to mexico city. for too long, the administration has relied on the dhs secretary to handle a lot of this, i think that is a positive development, but talk is cheap. it is all about the results, and it can'tjust be everyone is doing a greatjob. 0ftentimes in these diplomatic situations, you talk about the pleasantries. you don't want to get to the root of some of the issues. there needs to be tangible results out of there. what i have specifically been asking the mexican officials for is for them to curb humanitarian and work visas for people that have no intention of using those visas. what ends up happening is people from all over the world use

of the homeland security committee.nt to start with getting your thoughts on the visit, paid by the secretary of state and the homeland security secretary, to mexico to discuss ways to curb immigration. from what you have heard and seen, do you think any important progress has been made? thank you for having me. i think it is important that the secretary of state make that trip to mexico city. for too long, the administration has relied on the dhs secretary to handle a lot of this, i think that is a positive development, but talk is cheap. it is all about the results, and it can'tjust be everyone is doing a greatjob. 0ftentimes in thsee diplomatic situations, you talk about the pleasantries. you don't want to get to some of the issues. there needs to be tangible results out of there. what i have specifically been asking the mexican officials for is for them to curb humanitarian and work visas for people that have no intention of using those visas. what ends up happening is people from all over the world use mexico city,

: in the states bordering texas alone, look at the increase in patients coming to them for treatment.ics now have long wait >> reporter: the woman in the front row is blair nelson from austin, texas. she paid a huge price in the delay it took her to find care. she discovered her son had a deadly condition very early on at just 12 weeks. >> every one of my son's organs were growing outside of his body, including his heart, everything. the heart was still beating outside of his body, and i couldn't even get the care. >> and the heartbeat, it's such nonsense. like, we would know right here if one of us had no brain and no heartbeat, you're not living. >> reporter: it would take blair a few month to find a clinic in another state that would fit her in. it was in those days that were ticking by, doctors suspect she was unknowingly developing a potentially life-threatening complication called placenta akree da. at the care center, she started bleeding. >> i just remember laying there and feeling a ton of liquid leave my body, and i was hemorrhaging. i was taken out of the back door and my h

: in the states bordering texas alone, look at the increase in patients coming to them for treatment.ics now have long wait lists. >> reporter: the woman in the front row is blair nelson from austin, texas. she paid a huge price in the delay it took her to find care. she discovered her son had a deadly condition very early on at just 12 weeks. >> every one of my son's organs were growing outside of his body, including his heart, everything. the heart was still beating outside of his body, and i couldn't even get the care. >> and the heartbeat, it's such nonsense. like, we would know right here if one of us had no brain and no heartbeat, you're not living. >> reporter: it would take blair a few month to find a clinic in another state that would fit her in. it was in those days that were ticking by, doctors suspect she was unknowingly developing a potentially life-threatening complication called placenta accreta. at the care center, she started bleeding. >> i just remember laying there and feeling a ton of liquid leave my body, and i was hemorrhaging. i was taken out of the back door an

hear the governor's plans for a new state law coming at the southern border. then hunter biden's deadline us is today to confirm his closed door deposition on december 13, coming up oversight committee chairman james comer on what he says looks like bribery, money laundering and tax evasion from joe biden and family, comer telling me he ah has the votes to start an impeachment inquire youly. joining me this morning, mark tepper, liz peek. "mornings with maria" is live right now. breaking news out of the middle east this morning, the u.s. has launched a drone strike, killing five iranian proxy fighters in northern iraq, coming after severe escalation from iran's proxies in yemen, they launched an hours long assault on commercial ships in the red sea. the u.s. val command releasing a statement saying this, these attacks represent a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security, they have p jeopardized the lives of international crews representing multiple countries across the world. the united states will consider all appropriate responses in ful

continue in the united states, today nbc news reported that the negotiations between the congress failedrats and republicans regarding the border, so obviously this will also be a minus for assistance to ukraine. oleksandr, do you understand why volodymyr zelenskyy intends to speak only before the senate today, why, for example, not the congress or not the congress and not the senate, because both there and there there are republicans, and they both need to be convinced, and all the more so we remember that volodymyr zelenskyi already met with senators in the usa in september and convinced them, so definitely it seems to me that this is related to the specifics of the law-making procedures in the united states, i.e. the bill is white, it, its fate is ultimately decided by the senate, probably that is why the president decided to speak in front of the senators, but for us in this situation the most important thing is to achieve specifically. a positive result, and i look at it quite optimistically, despite these internal political moments related to the traditional struggle of republicans

border with mexico. thank you, congressman, for being here. i wonder what you make of this threat of legal action from the justice department. do you agree this is within the purview of the federal government, or do you support this new law your state's governor signed? >> i think the lawyers are going to determine that. essentially texas sues the federal government, federal government sues texas, round and around they go. the only person that wins is lawyers. meanwhile, the american public are seeing this open border crisis. if you're a district like mine, 800 miles of the southern border, you feel it every day. but even if you're across the country, you're feeling it with the rise in fentanyl. just a couple of days ago, a flight full of migrants headed toward new york city got diverted to philadelphia. right now we're talking about new york city and chicago and el paso and other parts of texas. very soon we'll be talking about l.a. and den skver and other pa of the country. >> it's having wide ranging effects. i think everyone would agree wi

where he works with mine by the order to cancel stefanchuk's order. drove to the border, knowing thateased. yeah, that's how it was, but still . he stated that he is filing a lawsuit against you, against you and the service, the border service, and as far as i understand, the court ordered that you and the border service submit all the evidence and documents that became the basis for not releasing poroshenko abroad, have you already done it, well , i'm in the procedural process, if, well, i'm not sure that i need to comment on it, everything that will be required will be according to the process, we will do, and everything that will not be... prohibit the law, because some documents, well , they are not my property, i can't, i don't have administrative functions regarding them, so this issue should, for sure, well if to decide, in some other categories, in this whole story , i am only personally, well, if a little worried that the defendant is the borders of the detachments, and there is a sufficiently large finance there. demands and how during the war to demand from the border guard

of the homeland security committee.ing your thoughts on the visit paid by the secretary of state and the homeland security secretary to mexico to discuss ways to curb immigration, from what you have heard and seen, do you think an important progress has been made?— think an important progress has been made? ., ~ , ., ., ., been made? thank you for having me i think — been made? thank you for having me i think it _ been made? thank you for having me i think it is _ been made? thank you for having me i think it is important - been made? thank you for having me i think it is important that - me i think it is important that the secretary of state make that trip to mexico city, for too long the administration has relied on dhs secretary to handle a lot of this, so i think that is a positive development, but talk is cheap. it is all about the results and it cannot just it is all about the results and it cannotjust be everyone is doing a greatjob. 0ften it cannotjust be everyone is doing a greatjob. often in the diplomatic sit

a smuggler with ties to isis to enter the united states through our southwest border. we also demanded information on dhs's screening and vetting of evacuees. most recently, being -- we requested documents on terrorist threats at the southwest border. the department and fbi's delays and lack of responsiveness have become an unacceptable pattern. make no mistake. we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to secure these answers for the american people. i look forward to a productive conversation about the current threats to your homeland and the actions being taken to prevent them. i think our witnesses for being here and i look forward to your testimony. i now recognize the ranking member, the gentleman from mississippi, mr. thompson, for his opening statement. >> thank you mr. , chairman. good morning and welcome. secretary mayorkas, director wray, and director abizaid, we welcome you. with one notable exception during the prior administration, you and your predecessors have regularly come before this committee to discuss threats facing the homeland and how y

republican primary. >> what was the cause of the united states civil war? >> i think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are. >> nikki haley has had some problems with some basic american history. >> if someone asked me what the cause of the civil war was, it's easy. >> just two weeks before the first votes are cast in iowa, nikki haley faces backlash for comments over slavery and the civil war, and her ruling in maine keeps the republican front-runner off another state's employment ballot. a legal battle likely heading to the supreme court. >> i will always uphold what the court does. >> our powerhouse roundtable weighs in with their forecast for the year ahead. >>> from abc news, it's "this week." here now, jonathan karl. >> good morning, and welcome to this week. i hope you had a chance to unwind and enjoy some time with family and friends over the holidays, as we prepare to celebrate the new year. but even as the country relaxes just a bit, it's been quite a week in politics. a foreshadowing, perhaps, of the

the selection committee failed after choosing one loss alabama over fsu.and 2024 presidential candidate ron desantis slamming the group on x saying, quote: what we learned today is that you can go undefeated and win your conference championship game with the college playoff committee will ignore these results. this is going so far, lawrence, to get governor desantis' response. it was a controversial decision. people are going to be unhappy no matter what they did. >> lawrence: there is no winning in the new playoff structure. >> carley: no winning, that's exactly right. climate enjoy john kerry pushing president biden's green agenda on the world stage any more i mind myself getting more and more militant because i do not understand how adults who are in positions of responsibility can be avoiding responsibility for taking away those things that are killing people on a daily basis. >> lawrence: what does this mean for american coal workers. former west virginia coal miner bo berkeley joins us now. the secretary doesn't understand. help him. >> well, honestl

terror watch list. >> i had director wray in front of my committee for our worldwide threats briefing clearly said, you know, that the open border has created both an increased risk for his agents who are now hunting these individuals inside the united states and, certainly, an increased risk to the american people. and he's, honestly, he expressed a real fear and worry about what's happening inside our country. 294 terrorist watch list folks since this president came to office. compare that to only 11 during the entire trump administration. maria: wow, big numbers. joining me right now is wisconsin senator ron johnson who sits on the senate homeland security committee. senator, good to see you this morning. merry christmas to you. >> morning, maria. merry christmas to you. maria: well, you've said that this is by far the most important issue this country faces today. tell us why. >> well, it is a clear and present danger to america. it's obvious. i mean, we're getting numb if to the numbers. you laid out the case quite well in your opening. 6 million people since the start of the bid

terror watch list. >> i had director wray in front of my committee for our worldwide threats briefinghe clearly said, you know, that the open border has created both an increased risk for his agents who are now hunting these individuals inside the united states and, certainly, an increased risk to the american people. and he's, honestly, he expressed a real fear and worry about what's happening inside our country. 294 terrorist watch list folks since this president came to office. compare that to only 11 during the entire trump administration. maria: wow, big numbers. joining me right now is wisconsin senator ron johnson who sits on the senate homeland security committee. senator, good to see you this morning. merry christmas to you. >> morning, maria. merry christmas to you. maria: well, you've said that this is by far the most faces today. tell ua. it's obvious. i mean, we're getting numb if to the numbers. you laid out the case quite well in your opening. the start of the biden administration have come into this country illegal arely, and we don't know where they are. 1.7 are known

i represent border state and the people of new mexico. we know we have to search for real solutions but if this was an actual oversight during on immigration, who would be a different committee for one and we would talk about actual policies to solve the problem is not what we are talking about. it's going to be brought to the floor in the coming days with/the programs that help address is seven. it is ridiculous and not even a real budget. they bring a budget before that will not pass and they will shut the government down. it is truly outrageous, boggles the mind so i want to say if you want to work on immigration reform, work on immigration reform. we need an asylum to work, border security that is appropriate. we need to work on bipartisan immigration reform stop bringing fall solutions forward and stop using the people of new york for a publicity stunt and stop demonizing the people coming to this country to seek asylum. new york has always been a place of immigrants, every single country in the world has a community in the city of n

it says any, an immediate cease fire, it can meet urgent, humanitarian needs. doctors without borders, believes the water down resolution will have a meaningless impact on gaza. civilians say the children expresses similar sentiments, stating that anything other than an immediate cease fire is inadequate. and the international rescue committee calls the counsel salia to demand the ceasefire unjustifiable. but again, jeffrey is the communication advocacy coordinator action 8 and the occupied palestinian territory. she says the people in gone so need a complete ceasefire. the un security golf surface of the ocean that the bat, what's best here the last night is not enough ink. to me is nothing. a ford that is deliberate and gather a what is needed? a full and complete ceasefire that you bought it and get the need this war to be in depth and that people in gather, need, this escalation to be stopped. and therefore, as i am going to an end in the organizations and we come up and deliver it to the people in gather on the continuance bumping as so and that he wanted to be an organization. a

terror watch list. >> i had director wray in front of my committee for our worldwide threats briefingaid, you know, that the open border has created both an increased risk for his agents who are now hunting these individuals inside the united states and, certainly, an increased risk to the american people. and he's, honestly, he expressed a real fear and worry about what's happening inside our country. 294 terrorist watch list folks since this president came to office. compare that to only 11 during the entire trump administration. maria: wow, big numbers. joining me right now is wisconsin senator ron johnson who sits on the senate homeland security committee. senator, good to see you this morning. merry christmas to you. >> morning, maria. merry christmas to you. maria: well, you've said that this is by far the most important issue this country faces today. tell us why. >> well, it is a clear and present danger to america. it's obvious. i mean, we're getting numb if to the numbers. you laid out the case quite well in your opening. 6 million people since the start of the biden adminis

the state of texas and governor greg abbott in the way he is engaging with order committees. operation lone star has been a project of governor abbott's that has created some chaos and border communities like my own. high-speed chases that result in fatalities and significant property damage. there are other violations as well, racial profiling, unlawful detention of migrants and i could go on and on. will you commit to a review of whether federal funding sources are being used to support operation lone star and whether such funds violate the civil rights act? asst ag clarke: we monitor operation lone star and we can commit to doing that. >> there is a growing group of legislators not just in taxes sounding the alarm. if migrants receive a civil rights violation by an official with lone star who should they report this to? asst ag clarke: they should raise their complaints about law enforcement to the fbi. we work with the fbi to investigate. >> i want to sound the alarm about a new bill that was passed by the texas state legislature sb4. it's basically a texan effort to subv

and international rescue committee calls to councils failure to demand to cease fire on justifiable. we have jaffar easy communications and advocacy coordinator at the action age in the occupied palestinian territory. she says, the people in guys a need a complete sci fi for you and security golf service of the ocean that the bat, what's the best deal the last night is not enough ink to me is nothing but a board that is deliberate and gather a what is needed a full and complete ceasefire that you bought it in, get the need this war to be in. this is that people in gather, need this escalation to be stopped. and therefore, as i am going to an end in the organization and we cannot deliver it to the people in gather on the continuance bumping as so and that human it's area and organization august took the wrong and therefore means very do with this starts that incidence of gather on the continuous of them being under the streets of evacuation and the orders of the thank you wishes and there is a human interior and get that through. we did as a family and did as of the restaurant in gath

i represent a border state, i represent the people of new mexico. we know we have to search for real solutions. if this was an actual federal oversight hearing on immigration solutions, we would be in a different committee for one, and two, we would talk about policies that would solve the problem. that is not what we are talking about. the budget that will be brought to the floor in the coming days will/the programs that help address asylum. it is ridiculous . it truly is ridiculous. it was not even a real budget, it will not even pass. they are bringing a budget to the floor that will not pass and then they will shut the government down. it is truly outrageous and it really boggles the mind. i do want to say to my colleagues, if you want to work on immigration reform, let's work on immigration reform. we need bipartisan immigration reform. we need a pathway to citizenship . we need an asylum system that works. we need border security that is humane and appropriate. we need to address this crisis. we need you to act. you have to keep the government

, and ann widdecombe , committee, and ann widdecombe, former minister of state for pnsons former minister this? well, the fact is that we have still in this country a large number of unemployed people . unemployed people. >> and so as far as i'm concerned, they should be given the necessary skill. and indeed, when it comes to no skills at all, they should be compelled to work . so i don't think we should work. so i don't think we should rely forever on importing laboun rely forever on importing labour. however it is true that if you look at the us, for example, where we're not talking about unskilled labour, we're talking about skilled labour and we do import quite heavily. and if you're going to cut down on that , then you've got to say how that, then you've got to say how you're going to skill the relevant numbers from our own population in. and i mean the whole point of brexit was not that we closed the borders, but that we closed the borders, but that we closed the borders, but that we controlled them and that we said, who came in, what qualification they had to have , qualification t