alex sandra says that's just an excuse to lock up critical journalists. last log listed below the k u. k. for last summer i was so happy i saw hundreds of thousands of fellow ruffians on the streets and i know they're still out there. but it's not a sprint and it's a marathon. we have to learn to conserve our strength name for it, but i haven't listed it for me and protests of which a prominent dissident and fellow ruth was taken off the ryan air plane in minsk and arrested along with his girlfriend. sophia pago, a russian citizen bell ever seen. authorities released a video of her claiming to show a confession. but her mother says she could hardly recognize her. she is lucca boone. my daughter is in a k g b jail in minsk. i'm asking the whole world to help my girl get her freedom back and we want to do it because it's a common fate in bella. bruce desperate families fighting for their loved ones and looking to the west, not to russia for help. highlighting some other world news now. several dozen russian diplomats, nbc staff, and their families have left

alex. >> hi, sandra. border agents have asked for more support. more funding. in states $2 billion fund that would go to help the more than 20,000 children that would help in crossing the border alone. an hhs spokesperson said the recent transfers have had no impact on the on going work to defeat this pandemic. in the first four months of 2021, agents have apprehended 530,000 people. most are by coyotes. proving that these people are smuggling humans across the border isn't as easy as it seems. >> you have to prove it with evidence, right? so this person could very well just be helping people walk across the river. now, if we had the evidence to prosecute, i'm confident our state's attorneys or u.s. attorneys would take that matter but it would be a very difficult case to prosecute. >> now, we have seen almost 30 people cross the border just today alone. there's items on the ground that people discarded, wet jackets, shoes, socks, even money. the only traces left behind of the difficult journey that they have made. sandra? >> martha: thanks, alex, reporting fro

alex? >> hi, sandra.nd women do every day. del rio is the second most busy sector along the border. they have seen people from 70 countries already this year. an uptick of 400% more apprehensions than this time last year. even more busy than that is the rio grande valley where i am and where we were able to join them in a pursuit. pilots just got word of people trying to run from law enforcement. we responded to the coordinates and now the search begins. one person looking for what they can, seeing if they can find the one that relayed the information to the texas department of public safety and customs and border patrol. >> our pilot spotted smugglers. the white van hidden by trees. because of our helicopters, they loaded the vehicle back up showing how important this work is here every day, sandra. >> sandra: thanks, alex. great reporting. in the air this time. thanks very much. john? >> john: great pictures there. wow. take a look at this. what is the worst headache you've had? frightening moment in th

>> sandra: thanks, alex. great reporting.emocratic mayor of del rio, texas telling us yesterday about how he has been dealing with this border surge first hand. take a look. >> why are taxpayers continuing to fund these issues? it's the policy that needs to be evaluated and reassessed. this is not be sustained, this is unsustainable. it's affecting my community first hand. >> sandra: powerful interview yesterday. i want to bring in heritage foundation visiting fellow chad wolf. we want to mention that we reached out to alejandro mayorkas. he did not get back to us. we have not heard back, i should say. thanks for being here, chad. you just heard from that democratic mayor of a border town calling it unsustainable. he talked about the resources getting sucked up and how this is unsustainable so when does the biden administration hear this and act? >> well, it's a great question. the mayor is right. the communities along that border are the ones having to bear the cost of this crisis and the unprecedented migrant flows that we'

. >> sandra: alex hogan in times square for us.n's climate ongoing john kerry testified before congress today. how to combat change but republican lawmakers pressed carry on allegations of him leaking information to iranian prime minister. >> maybe he was confused or incorrect or he's trying to embellish. what i read about that article said that he was portraying himself as out of the loop. and quite emotional, apparently, is what i read. i have seen him be quite emotional. >> john: will speak with the ranking member of the house of foreign affairs committee. but first, the state department to hear the latest on this. he doesn't strike me as a guy who's out of the loop. >> you look at this and the former secretary of state is denying that he should any sensitive information with the iranian government. he says that he is wrong that he informed him about is really strakes on 200 iranian targets in syria. >> he said he learned one thing for me and i've already answered that question. i never said that, i don't know where you come up

alex. thank you. an emergency drought summit took place today in the north bay. sandra fell. congressman jared huffman. lead the discussion on exploring solutions and approaches to address drought conditions in the russian river watershed. last month, the sonoma and mendocino county water head was listed under governor newsome's first drought emergency declaration. reservoirs in those counties are at record lows. we all know it's really bad. that's why we were the first place in the state of california that the governor singled out for this kind of an emergency declaration. but we do need to, i think have a very clear sense. the most critical needs that we're going to face. conservation efforts and water restrictions are already in effect in several north bay cities, including healdsburg, cloverdale and saint halina, the red flag conditions kept firefighters busy this weekend across the bay area, according to cal fire from friday until this morning, firefighters responded to 15 vegetation fires in the north bay. they burned more than 60 acres across sonoma, lake, napa and sol

ktvu, sandra's senior is monitoring what's going on there in minneapolis and 100 joins us now live from the newsroom with more well, alexevents around the city of minneapolis. today we begin at a gathering at the site where george floyd died. and that is where we find charles macmillan. he was a key witness for the state during the trial of derek shobin. he was also one of the last people to see floyd alive. mcmillan acenas a bit of a hero for his testimony today, he spent a lot of his time here taught taking pictures with people at the scene where floyd lost his life. it has become a memorial. nearby park, george floyd memorial service held there and attendance was floyd's sister, bridget. she told the crowd that she did not want to accompany her other family members to the white house. she says she chose to remain in minneapolis to honor her brother's death because lawmakers have been slow to passes sweeping police reform bill. i was going to d. c for a purpose. i was going to d. c

ktvu, sandra's senior is monitoring what's going on there in minneapolis and 100 joins us now live from the newsroom with more well, alex. there were several events around the city of minneapolis. today we begin at a gathering at the site where george floyd died. and that is where we find charles macmillan. he was a key witness for the state during the trial of derek shobin. he was also one of the last people to see floyd alive. mcmillan acenas a bit of a hero for his testimony today, he spent a lot of his time here taught taking pictures with people at the scene where floyd lost his life. it has become a memorial. nearby park, george floyd memorial service held there and attendance was floyd's sister, bridget. she told the crowd that she did not want to accompany her other family members to the white house. she says she chose to remain in minneapolis to honor her brother's death because lawmakers have been slow to passes sweeping police reform bill. i was going to d. c for a purpose. i was going to d. c for body to sign a bill, by that has not signed that bill biden has broke a promise. well, today, the family of georg

. >> sandra: and to wrap up this week, jennifer lopez has been making all the headlines and serve breakup last month and now alexund a surefire way to steal back the spotlight, selling makeup for men, the former yankee star unveiling a so-called blur stick to cover up everything from underwriting circles to razor bumps, throwing himself in the business venture since his with jay low. "people" magazine reports was a major blow to his ego. maybe men want to use makeup to cover up a blemish. >> john: clearly we have to do it to be on tv. otherwise he would see what we really look like which is scary. you're going out to a club or something like that, he's got to look good, he's back on the market again. >> sandra: probably the market out there, great to be with you all. >> john: i hope you have a great weekend, supposed to be terrific weather. >> sandra: watch out for cicadas, and sandra smith. >> john: the story with trace gallagher starts now. >> good afternoon that they were going to be dead as of this morning. i heard that the meeting was postponed and then it was back on and come up