reportedly stood and said, mr. speaker, let's get this show on the road. that, of course, was governor phil bath. we lost phil this year. last year. he was the epitome of public service. his legacy is distinguished by his unrelenting human rights leadership, determined fiscal conservatism and enduring love for idaho. so let me close with an ode to governor bath and say emphatically, let's get this show on the road. let's get to work for the people of idaho. let's focus on the big things and let's all aspire to lead a leg -- leave a legacy like governor bath, a legacy that will outlive us all. god bless idaho. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

>> coming up, defense department press secretary major yen pat ryder will brief reporters at the pentagon on several issues including defense secretary lloyd austin's hospitalization, israel and the middle east. we'll have live coverage. it's expected to get under way in a few minutes here on c-span. e homeland security secretary, alejandra mayorkas headed down to eagle pass, texas to talk about issues concerning immigration and border security. one of the people covering the secretary while there was ks 8ttv, she is a producer and contact -- content creator. she had a chance to speak to the secretary. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the city itself. why does it draw so much

attention when it comes to immigration? guest: local officials are kind of curious. it is about 2600 people right across the border from a big mexican city. a lot of people go to and from there. but things have been difficult with the bridge closures and migrants have been crossing over recently which we have seen have been draining their resources. host: we sell republicans interested in the area that we saw the homeland security sec. being interested himself. what brought him there? guest: he said because of the large number of migrants. the week before christmas we sounder rep -- we saw around 4000 migrants every single day and you might have seen pictures of the large groups of people waiting to be processed. and so the secretary said he wanted to visit to see the impact and to think border patrol. host: give us a sense of how

much time he spent on the ground and who he talked with and what was he kind of gathering as far as learning or following this topic. guest: i am not sure what time he got there. we just knew that he would be there to meet with border enforcement and local leaders. the mayor told me last week that secretary mae arcus let him know that the bridge was reopening on thursday. and when we got to speak with him he had a media availability around 4:00. he spoke for about 20 minutes and one-on-one with us afterward. host: if you go to the website you can see the interview. what did you ask him and what did you learn about the topic? guest: we had five minutes and what we wanted to focus on where the issues that people in eagle pass have. every time i have gone there in the past two or three months every time people have said that they wanted to see secretary mayorkas. they are frustrated with him and

the federal government. he says that he understands but he kinda passed the buck and said congress is responsible and they need to put laws in place to help the people. host: in the follow-up story leading up to the visit you said you talk to business leaders and other people and they talked about the visit and what they were hoping to hear from the secretary. what were some of the concerns that those people wanted to hear , at least that they wanted him to address? guest: they wanted to see how he would help. several business owners i talked to and his stores not usually open on sunday but because the bridge reopened he wanted to make sure that he could stay open on sunday. we talked to the chamber of commerce and said that businesses lost 40 to 60% of their profit because of the lack of people coming from eagle pass. a lot of people say that they just want solutions, some of the suggestions we have heard is closing the border entirely to migrants and another person said

that he never thought he would say that and that he understands why these people come over to the u.s. for a better life. but he says the lack of control is hurting his business. host: she is the secretary -- did the secretary address the governor's approach or express concerns about it? guest: he did not touch on that. host: as far as what you have seen from the governor's actions, is it making differences? or what has changed from what you see? guest: nothing yet because i know that sb four does not go into effect until march. that it has been a point of discussion. talk to the fire department and they are overwhelmed. they said that they got more money to address the they have to pull additional ambulances. that they are hopint

the federal government steps in and helps. host: you have been back and forth several times and covering this topic when it comes to the larger issue. what have you learned from your reporting and covering it? guest: for me the thing that stuck with me is the impact that it has on people's everyday lives. when you see the political back-and-forth, you see people bickering about it. it is onesie -- one thing to see that and how it is affecting businesses and how it is affecting their safety. people say that they are concerned. they do not know who is coming over and they see people waiting on the street to go to wherever they are going, whether it is san antonio or other cities in the u.s.. and they are just overwhelmed. host: this is danielle out of ksat-tv out of san antonio. if you want to see her work and the interview she had taken go to the website.

>> we take you live to the pentagon where defense department secretary major general pat ryder will brief reporters on several issues including defense secretary lloyd austin's hospitalization, israel and the middle east. live coverage here on c-span. we expect it to start shortly.