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restriction known as title 42 was to be lifted. but the rules requiring the u.s. to turn away migrants are still in place after the supreme court put a temporary hold on a lower court ruling ordering them to be rescinded. the biden administration on tuesday asked the high court to rereject a last-minute effort by 19 republican-led states to keep the measures in place, but not until after christmas. the white house argueses the restrictions are, quote, no longer necessary to protect public health. the supreme court could rule on this issue at any time. here in el paso, we're very near the greyhound bus station, where there are folks who have been staying here overnight. it's about 32 degrees. overnight it was colder than that. there's so much movement, there's so many people coming through, but also going on to different parts of our country.

we have seen all kinds of facilities settle up here. but there are men, women and children who are here. we'll have more in a moment. we'll speak to some of the folks that have is made that journey to the united states. we have another major story happening today. right now ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is on his way to the united states. zelenskyy will visit president biden at the white house before heading to capitol hill, where he will address a joint session of congress tonight. joining us now from washington is white house correspondent monica al away. good morning. this is huge news. how did all of this come together? >> reporter: it was closely held for some time given the sensitive security concerns here with all of the logistics.

volodymyr zelenskyy did speak to president biden a couple weeks ago, as they normally and frequently are in touch during the course of this war. we understand that the u.s. offered this invitation a couple days later. they continued to talk about how it could all come together. and just this past sunday, president zelenskyy accepted that and that's when the official plans went into motion. there's so many moving piece, so the u.s. consulted with the ukrainian authorities in terms hof how to make this as safe as possible they didn't want to announce anything before he could really be on his way here because even up until thes last moment they said all of this could change. so when he does awe arrive in just a couple hours, president zelenskyy will be meeting with president biden. they will have an extended conversation and bilateral meeting followed by a joint press conference and then president zelenskyy will head to capitol hill for that joint address to congress. so an incredibly significant

moment, as this war continues, and as the u.s. continues to pledge more aid to ukraine and something significant in terms of weaponry with that patriot missile defense system. something that ukraine has been asking for for a long time. so we know that that will be among the discussions between the two presidents. they were at the white house last year, but this is so notable because it's the first time president zelenskyy left his own country since the start of that russian invasion in february. >> they are trying to reduce the number of migrants crossing the border. the texas national guard put up razor wire fence near the border that became a popular crossing point. there you see the images. the homeland security department says it's moved nearly 10,000 migrants out of the city over the past week. the department also says over

the past three days the number of people have fallen from 2,500 to 1,00 despite efforts there are still tens of thousands of people on the mexican side of the border waiting for their opportunity to come across an apply for asylum. one of the people able to make that journey is vens kuwait lance who just arrived to the united states. you were tortured. you have your case file. what they did to him was horrendous. you spent four months walking from venezuela to here in el paso. why? >> because right now in these moments venezuela is a very

difficult situation. s i was tortured because i simply for thinking differently in my country. i decided because i was in jail from january until august in the prisons. >> tell me about those four hos. what was the most difficult part? >> translator: mexico. it was the most difficult for us because we went through jungles, animals, we saw a lot of dead. a lot of children died in front of us on that journey so with went to central america to get to mexico. mexico was very difficult because the authorities in

mexico, what they do is extortion, take our money. they would charge $300 for what is a free permit so we could get to el paso. >> what are your plans now? >> translator: my plan is not to stay in the united states. i want to go make something, do something so i can make some money and go to canada. >> you left your wife and your two children. a 15-year-old and a 23-year-old. how difficult? >> translator: because i prefer to pass the dangers myself than put my wife and my children in this. >> what are your dreams? >> translator: to live in peace. >> gracias. >> just one of the stories.

there are literally tens of thousands of people that are making journeys just like that to try to get to the united states and ask for asylum. gaud joins us now. what do things look like on the other side of the border? >> reporter: things have changed dramatically. this is the area where hundreds lined up. we all saw more than a thousand lining. it took days to process them. the national guard came in and changed things they have been standing guard. there was still hundreds of people, 300 to 500 people were this front of the national guard here.

they were burning fires to stay warm. obviously, the temperatures here overnight, as you hengsed, they drop to the low 30s. so people leave the area. i spoke with someone from the county here. they have a person that is asighened to overlook migrants. his title is to be in charge of human rights. he tells me they have about 3,000 migrants in different shelters. maybe another 3,000 are roaming around. but a total of 7,000 ply grants remain. but no one is crossing anymore. that's the gate where people were being processed. this is the scene here that's changed dramatically. >> thank you so much. we're talking about those officials that are there to

check on the migrants. every sij one of the people i speak to say the hell they go through, the worst part is going through mexico because officials are there to extort them, rape them and abuse them. that's the reality going on. with us to continue our conversation is the mayor. thank you for being here. it's food to see you. the homeland security folks tell hat fewer migrants have beens crossing. but they have been able to move 10,000igrasut of the city in the past couple days. you just over the weekend called for a state of emergency here. why? >> i think it was important to see that we didn't want people sleeping in the streets. the temperature would drop around 20 degrees. it was important to make sure our visitors are safe and i said any time our city or visitors were thot safe, i would call a state of emergency.

that's the day i was asked to do it long before that, but that wasn't the right time. the right time was on saturday. and you can see that we have stepped up our operations since we have done that. and we're getting prepared. i always tell people we are preparing for the unknown. >> what do you need? what are the resources that you need? this is not inexpensive. you're spending a lot of money. it was about 300,000 a day you were spending. what do you need from the federal government? >> the federal government has become a good partner to l pa so. theel paso. the so it's an expensive ordeal. we're here to do the right thing. and we're opening up the convention center.

>> the convention center is here. the schools will be opening up. you spoke with the folks at the bus station overnight. >> they said if they have a ticket, they would be able to come in and go. a lot of the people here, we come two or three times a night and talk to them and bring a city bus to take them to shelters or hotels and get them off the street. a lot of them don't want to come off the street because they are waiting for their bus. the bus honked and you have seen a lot of them have gotten up. >> what i have seen is extraordinary soul and sirt from the people of el paso. el paso strong bringing food and clothing. i see city out here. and i see the state over there. i got to tell you. i don't see this urgent surge of federal resources and foxes here. am i wrong? >> the federal government has been very good with us. they have really given us the

resources that we need and we'll continue to work with our federal arter ins. they have been working with us to have the resources. it's important that not one person can do anything, but all of us together, we have done a great job. the county, the city, the federal government, the state. we'll continue to do that because i can tell you that we're going to make sure whether title 42 is lifted or not lifted, we're going to do the right thing. >> the right thing is making sure people are taken care of. it's a band-aid from a broken immigration process. the process needs to be fixed. i think we need to work. it's bigger than the u.s. we have to work with all the countries across the world to fix it. and that's really needs to start

now. >> what do you think that el paso is the epicenter? why is it that forces outside of the united states chose el paso? >> because the people. the people are welcoming. they talk to each other. and they have a huge network. most of them have a cell phone and they talk about how they are treated. we treat people the right way. >> always a pleasure to see you. thank you for coming on with us this morning. >> merry christmas. we're following a major day of news this morning. millions under threat of extreme weather. why expertses are now saying this could be the worst preholiday storm we have seen in decades. plus a release of trump's taxes on its way to the public. we now know he paid zero dollars in federal income taxes in 2020. why?

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we're here in el paso, texas, covering the humanitarian crisis at the southern border. just right now, this group of migrants that just recently crossed into the united states was released here right outside the bus station. they are just arriving now. they are getting the lay of the land. and folks are coming out and bringing clothing and water and to do and they are leaving it here this is just a process that continues. we're also following other big stories for you today. millions of americans are bracing for what's expected to

be the worst prechristmas winter storm in decades. the potential bomb cyclone is expected to bring life-threatening cold and power outages and create far-reaching chaos for millions of people traveling this week. damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour are forecasted from the great lakes to new england. blizzard conditions expected from chicago to buffalo. joining us now from o'hare airport is maggie vest pa. how is it locking for folks hoping to fly this week? >> reporter: jose, i'm going to be real. they should get out as soon as possible. airlines have started dropping their rebooking fees. delays will start stacking up as soon as this afternoon. i want to show you the master list that our team has put together to help you anticipate the timing. i want to get these cities right. starting this afternoon, airlines are expecting problems

getting out of omaha, des moines, minneapolis, denver and then as this storm like lu becomes a bomb cyclone, we're expecting hr problems tomorrow morning in kansas city, green bay, raleigh and that's when we start to see anticipated problems here in chicago. this is a hub for united and american. so this is a huge one. the list grows again on thursday. you throw in new york, d.c., philly and look at friday. detroit, cleveland, buffalo, boston, hartford, the list goes on and on. if you're thinking to yourself, i'm trying to get out of minneapolis, but on friday morning. they are going to have a problem on wednesday. no, this will ripple out to different airports and last for several days. so the disruption of this could be far reaching and long lasting. you don't want the to try to leave your city if you're expecting to be hit by this storm in the couple days after it huts. this could be a massive disruption that could last through the holiday.

if you have the flexibility, try to get out as soon as possible. likely today. also experts are reminding people the vast majority of americans will be hitting the roads. those are also likely to be a mess throughout the midwest starting midday on thursday. we're talking blowing snow, really heavy winds, possibly blizzard warnings and that dangerous cold. so they are also asking people to drive early or consider driving later, which depending on the timing and the ramifications of this storm, could mean after the holiday. that's why they are stressing getting out early. also amtrak started to cancel routes throughout the midwest. that almost never happens. that's a sign of how heavy the winds are going to be. so the advice for everyone no matter how you're traveling, if you can leave early, do it now. >> maggie, thank you. important information. aftershocks are rattling

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over the first three years in office, president trump paid $1.1 million in federal income taxes in 2020. he paid zero in office. the committee says the irs did not follow its own internal guidance of conducting a mandatory tax examination of a sitting president. joining us is ssan. you have previously reported on what president trump made in the years before he came into office. what do you make of what the committee has released so far? >> it's interesting. the one number that stood out there is 2018, and it looks like he paid a lot of income tax. he paid more that year because he had to sell a property. that goes to the fact we're not seeing a trend here that is surprising in terms of we found that for years he wasn't paying income tax. his businesses aren't doing well

and that continue. in 2020 he paid no income tax . that was the year of the pandemic and his businesses didn't do well. >> so just he didn't pay taxes because he alleged that he had lost money. right? yeah, or there could have been something carried forward that would factor into that. but the bottom loin, it wasn't a good year for him. we don't is a lot of visibility underneath that number. everything sort of flows into the 1040, but that's the safe assumption. the 2018 number is interesting because he sold an asset that year and that's what triggered that. the other thing we saw in the report that i just found interestings was all the areas that the irs is now looking at, they have gone through and the report details various things that the irs is poking into.

he had cash contributions in the million dollar range. they are looking for the underlying documents on that to make sure that what he says is actually true. they are also looking at related party transactions with his children. are they loans or are they really gifts that were just being called loans to avoid the gift tax. those sort of things. there's a whole list of things in this report that the irs is now apparently looking at. it's interesting. >> what do you make of the failed to follow its own internal guidance when it came to auditing trump while he was in office? >> i was thinking it's shocking given everything that happened during the trump administration, but it is revealing that they did not audit him for two years. there's a standard presidential audit. it should happen. the irs should go through his returns to see if there's any red flags and they didn't do that for two years.

the whole purpose of the ways and means when they requested this was to see if that audit program was working. not only was it working, it was completely broken down for two years. and separately, we didn't get much more information on this other than it looks like that this other big audit, and then there's this other audit that was going on since 2009. if that goes against him t could cost him more than $100 million with penalies he could have to pay. and that looks like it's still going on. we found out about that in 2020 when we got a the lot of the tax information. there was information about the audit this had that. and we're going to be watching to see if there's anything more that comes forward on that. we're also waiting. we have the report. we don't have the underlying tax return information. ways and means should be released, uh-uh would imagine, tomorrow or friday.

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35 past the hour. tens of thousands of people have arrived here in el paso in thes last days and weeks hoping for an opportunity to a new life in the united states. many of them have been forced to sleep on the sidewalk in freezing cold temperatures. it's been a very difficult journey just to get here. i want to dro you to a cuban man, who not everything happens in a vacuum.

and everything is in its own toim too. thank you for being with us. your journey leaving cuba to get to here took you nearly four years. >> i left cuba in 2018. >> why did you leave cuba? >> translator: leaving communism because you can't live there. >> why did it take you four years? >> translator: i had to leave. all bra i'll subpoena you worked in uruguay. so i could get enough money to make the journey to the united states. >> what was the toughest part? >> translator: leaving and walking all the countries.

>> what was the toughest part of that? >> translator: mexico. >> how? >> translator: they take everything from you. they take everything from you. >> what are your dreams? >> translator: i want to have a tranquil life and bring my family. >> work in everything. you want to be reunited with my

wife and my children. >> translator: i have six children, but my two youngest. to leave cuba. they don't have to stay in cuba. they could go to jail because of their thoughts. >> it took him four years to get here. everybody's story is different. but everybody's reality is that their final dream is to live in the united states. el paso is not the only place getting ready to deal with what could be a huge number of people crossing the border once title 42 is lifted. morgan chesky joins us from mission, texas. how is the rio preparing for what could happen in the future? >> reporter: they are centerly

aware of the potential consequences of title 42 expiring just after christmas. there is a heavy presence here. i'll step out of the way. this is just one of several of the border patrol boats that have been going up and down this area patrolling, in addition to border patrol personnel on the shoreline keeping ab eye out for anyone who may be attempting to cross. we were told several spotters were seen across the river earlier today, but right now the main concern that we have been hearing is from the groups that offer relief to the mite dprantss. they are afraid that so many could come across. their resources that are already stretched thin could run out. that's something we have been hearing not just here in the valley, but also in el paso. and also in the del rio pass area. this was a major hot spot of illegal crossings.

now the third busiest part of the border where illegal crossings take place following the eagle pass. so right now there is a lot of frustration in the uncertainty. but people are aware that we may not really know that's on the other side of christmas. all that having been said, the numbers continue to rise. >> morgan chesky, thank you. with us to continue our conversation is texas congresswoman who represents el paso. it's a pleasure to see you. thank you for coming out and being with us. we often talk about el paso strong. there have been so many times that el paso needed to be strong. i'm thinking of the attack in

walmart where 23 people were shot and killed and our community here stood fast and strong. they arement coing out to support people who lieng all of us but at a different time. what is el paso need and what is el paso need to do now? >> thank you for being in my beautiful, wonderful community of such good will resilience. i'm proud of el paso. what i would like folks to recognize is we have the mayor, the county judge, myself and others absolutely unified wanting to make sure we live up to the values of this great nation. but what do we need? that's a very important question. there are immediate needs, there are mud term needs and long-term needs. in the immediate, we needed help

with emergency shelter i just dwot through talking to another group of migrants who slept on the street. so we need more help with emergency shelter. the secretary called in the red cross and they are going to help stand up emergency shelter for about 10,000 people. our institutions are collaborating. we'll work on that piece as quickly as possible and see progress in the short-term my team and i worked closely to make sure they knew the needs not just of our community in terms of our local governments, but our agents, our personnel. we need resources. republicans sought to limit those resource, even to the men

and women of the border patrol. it's shameful in the moment of need there were those efforts. but we need what is in there. we need to get this passed. but in the long-term, this congress needs to wake up. we have been seeing migration patterns change and increase since 2014. the obama strags or trump administration acknowledged the need to focus on our western hemisphere in the way necessary. >> but you know this. there were hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, there have been efforts underway for decades to work with and support and i'm thinking with the collaboration of mexico. i'm just wondering, washington needs to deal with immigration.

and they haven't. since 1986, that was the last immigration reform program that existed in this country. so my question is i just don't see, and maybe i'm wrong, i don't see the urgency. i see the urgency of the ngos. i see the red cross, the plane that brought me here was filled with volunteers. i see local officials here. i see state border patrol, national guard. i just don't see the urgency by the federal government. am i wrong? i don't see fema. where are the organizations? where are people just knowing that these are men, women and children who are asking for asylum, the legal right to ask for asylum. but i don't see it. >> i share your feeling of frustration and the need for you are sen sit. i would like to see more direct

engagement. i will tell you the secretary has been amazing. fema has bent over back ward to help local governments. it's because of the efforts that we have the american red cross coming in that you saw all those volunteers coming in. but we see frequently members of congress, mostly republicans. i brought 20% of congress to el paso in my first year in congress as a freshman. >> should the president be here? >> the president should be here. i think everyone should be here. but more importantly than the president actually being here, you want congress to act. i would like the state department to be even more robustly engaged on this hemispheric issue because this is going to take a lot of work. it's going to take legislation. and we need the urgency that you talked about. >> congresswoman, thank you so much. it's great to see you here.

just look at these men, women and children. with a christmas sweater, a little girl that's probably 7 with a christmas sweater. >> one more thing. i know that the reaction by folks to our frustration and feeling of being overwhelmed, sometimes can have some negative feelings attached to it. this is a moment where we have to engage with grace and kindness. >> congresswoman, thank you. on other matters on capitol hill, the january 6th committee readies the release of its final report with an historic criminal referral for the former president. what else we could be learning from that, next. could be learng from that, next. if you still have symptoms of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis or active psoriatic arthritis after a tnf blocker like humira

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have answered in today's final report? >> reporter: i have a lot of questions that i think we're going to get answers to in this final report, and one of them is chiefly, we know the referrals for donald trump and his lawyer john eastman. but there were several people who were also mentioned in the executive summary who also could have some kind of exposure even if the committee didn't think there was enough that they knew evidence-wise to put forward a criminal referral. key people at various parts of the schemes that the january 6th committee has laid out in painstaking detail, but we'll get more of that today as we look at eight chapters of this report and then of course all of the addendums that will be included as well. things like the underlying evidence, documents that this committee fought so hard to get in the first place, and then of course those key transcripts. we've seen some of the more shocking moments and the one that fit the committee's narrative in realtime.

but being able to read through them is going to be important, especially when you consider at various points in the executive summary, they literally say, read and compare some of these testimonies to see people who might have contradicted each other, all of that information coming today, jose. >> ali vitali on capitol hill, thank you so much. we'll have much more from the border when we come back, including someone who is helping to ensure that migrants are safe and have a place to stay here in el paso. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." when you're ready to go, but static says “whoa.” try bounce lasting fresh dryer sheets. ♪♪ more freshness. more softness. less static. less wrinkles. yeah! it's the sheet. ♪♪ new bounce lasting fresh dryer sheets. it's the sheet!

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56 past the hour here in el paso. folks just dropped off right by the bus station some fruits and vegetables, some breakfast, some clothes for the folks that are out here and many who have spent the night here. cities along the whole southern border are dealing with something like this.

shelters here already at or near capacity as they prepare for an even greater number of migrants when the final lifting of title 42 does take place. joining us now is the director of the announceuation house. it offers help to migrants. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> it's just heartbreaking to see little kids that are out here that are having to spend the night. tell me about what you and your group have been doing. >> well, enunciation house has been at this for over 45 years. we oversee a network of shelters, primarily churches, that have opened their doors and are using a church hall, cafeteria, gym, to provide hospitality and those church and ngo groups that are located in el paso, we have one in demming, two in albuquerque, they receive

refugees, provide them hospitality, a place to sleep, meals, and then most importantly, help them make contact with their family, their friends to be able to move on. >> in your 42 years, how would you compare and contrast what we're seeing now? >> we've seen surges in the past. there was a significant surge in 2018, 2019. this is significantly greater. what's most concerning is that the people that we're seeing now are nationalities that we really didn't see back in 2018, 2019. 2018, 2019, nationalities were primarily the northern triangle of central america, guatemala, honduras el salvador, now we're seeing nationalities that back then we didn't see at all. we didn't see venezuelans. >> you have cubans and haitians.

>> correct. >> it's easy for folks listening to numbers and surges and waves. but this is about men, women and little children. how can people help and support this? regardless of how you feel about immigration, about -- it's not about that right now. i'm talking about the men -- has her christmas sweater on and slept in a box last night. how can people help people to people? >> what we need right now is hospitality capacity. we need hospitality capacity here in el paso. but it's very important for people to understand, this is not an el paso need. this is a border-wide need. it's also important for people to understand that. we can't look at capacity just in el paso because we don't have

the transportation infrastructure to move people forward in huge numbers. for that reason we've started reaching out to faith communities in the interior of the country. we've sent one bus to denver, two buses to kansas city, one to omaha, nebraska. >> just to wrap it up, it's important for people to know that this is not just a localized -- it's not. >> it's a national responsibility to receive the refugee. >> thank you. appreciate the time. that wraps up the hour for me from el paso. i'm jose diaz-balart. i just want to wrap it up by thinking of the little girls and the little boys who spent the night right here last night by these garbage cans under a box and they made that journey to here with a dream and a hope of a better life. when it all boils down to everything,