meanwhile, the congress of judges of ukraine has its quota. again gives the green light to unworthy candidates, if you look at the delegates from the council of judges, from the congress of judges, well, it becomes, it becomes clear that once again the judiciary shows that they are delegating there, those who are representatives of the old system and who will do everything to preserve this corrupt status quo and not make any changes, this once again shows, once again shows that the judicial system needs to be cleaned and cleaned very qualitatively and very strongly. currently , there are five vacant positions in the constitutional court, three of which are to be filled by candidates based on the parliamentary quota and two candidates proposed by the congress of judges. the suitability of the proposed candidates for the position will be evaluated by an advisory group of experts. however, it is already clear that it will not be easy to select the worthy ones. in particular and because of the many unscrupulous representatives of the judiciary in the lists, it is suggested. nataliya panchenko, jud

meanwhile, the congress of judges of ukraine, according to its quota , again gives the green light toy candidates. if you look at the delegates from the council of judges, from the congress of judges, well, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes clear that once again the judging shows that they are delegating there.

if the head of state does speak at today’s congress, then judging by the experience of the previous congressall december 2021. they also said also about a whole series of specific ones, today the party supports this candidacy, including, and this, by the way, is said by many of the participants in today’s congress, because the words... yes, yur, of course, our colleagues work here, there are a lot of them here too a lot, our colleagues they work in the hall, on this site. and in general, it must be said that everything that is happening today at the vdnkh exhibition, well, there is a feeling that it is a little frozen for these next few minutes, in anticipation of the start of the congress, because, of course, not only journalists and not only its participants are waiting for it, it’s quite obvious, we hear that the presentation video is now starting. of the 551 delegates registered at the 21st party congress , 492 delegates are present, which is more than half of the total number of delegates. there is a quorum, i propose to start work plenary session of the congress, who is in favor? who's

and stories of sacrifice and resistance congress, 319 domestic and foreign artists sent more than 1500 works to the secretariat of this congress. 200 works reached the final stage of judging works from the countries of the resistance area is a considerable amount in its own way. the judges checked all the works one by one and announced their opinions that these 16 works were chosen as the best works. 12 of the chosen ones, two of the poets of the countries of the resistance front and two of the professors of poetry and literature of the country and the figures who are present today from the literary community of the country. the winners of this literary congress had sent their works with different topics. lebanon, palestine, syria, iran are waiting for him to return. there were several poems that were presented to the jury done it was about the value of resistance and sacrifice , the moral importance of it for today's generation. their poems were about resistance in the culture of ashura, the fall of blood in the middle of the plain of blood , the naked sun of aisar, and the holy defense in the sky of your bravery. next news with the burden of trust on your shoulders, get

of law, i will be the first person to get expelled for congress without any conviction or committing treason. and it's a dangerous precedent for the future that will demise this body eventually. >> judgecongress accused of crimes, john fetterman thinks democrats will look c like hypocrites if they don't put out his fellow colleague and died incr senator bob menendez. >>it we have a colleague in the senate that actually has done much more sinister and serious kinds of things, senator menendez. he needs to go. and if you are going to expel george santos, how can you aloud to somebody like menendez to remain in the senate? and santos is kind of lives were funny, and landed on the moon, where as -- i think menendez is really a senator for egypt, not new jerseyje. >> will: i mean what is happening in the world? >> judge jeanine: at leaste he is putting some sentences togetherfe. >> will: the body double may have happened, that was a coherent smart answer. >> harold: that is a harvard educated senator, be careful. >> will: it just means he isol getting better. >> judge jeanine: we ared: h complicated complementing a democrat, when was the last time he complemented a republican? >> harold: c

that >> this was banned from members of congress and judges after precisely what you're saying happenede 80s when members of congress, they had tax writer in congress got $100,000 in speaking fees. so this never happened, but what did happen, and we still don't sort of know all the circumstances, but as you were describing, all of these extraordinarily wealthy businessmen stepped in and started paying for various aspects of justice thomas's life. >> what's so fascinating, what other things, if you are a law firm, you could take care of your, monika but you can private school, you could take super fancy vacations, you could get that rv. all of the things that are the trappings, they all end up coming together via gifts, essentially. >> your salary doesn't matter as much if other people are paying for, and it's not just gifts like a christmas present. we're talking about things that, its cash in your pocket, essentially, to defray living ace expenses. harlan crow, the billionaire real estate developer paid about hundred thousand dollars in private school fees for a child that clears thoma

of the congress. zhirinovsky forever. the name of the founder of the ldpr, vladimir zhirinovsky, was heard more than once at the congress as a delegate, judgingwhich fellow party members greeted lutsky in the hall, the intrigue was only in one thing: how the decision would be made: would it be unanimous by a majority vote? 3 minutes for the report, one for the speech in prinia. representatives of the ministry of justice and the central election commission monitor compliance with the formalities. special attention is paid to procedural issues, the election of the counting credentials commission is in strict accordance with the rules. victor bud, who joined the party ranks after returning from the united states, where he spent 14 years in prison on trumped-up charges, i am sure that his activities in supporting fighters in the northern military district zone speak in favor of slutsky. we understand that now the whole country must unite so that we achieve victory, so that our guys return home. victory and eduardovich gained the required number of votes for nomination to the post of president of the russian federation from the political party ldp

[cheers and applause] >> library of congress, including law and are collections of federal judges and supreme court justices. this is the largest. oliver wendell holmes was one of the most famous jurists on the supreme court, and he wrote the book, the common law which was published in 1881. the main item on display here is his black book, a compendium of every book he read and it connects to all these items, in that it gets to the intellectual world oliver wendell holmes created when he wrote the common law, which at its heart, it is a judicial text that says judges and policymakers must balance between precedent that did not prove durable overtime with law that is not transparent, and good men and women had to find a way to take the failures of the past, and modern policy, and mend them together to make laws that work for the nation on a regular basis, that is rational. this page, agatha christie is on here, you even see virginia woolf. in this account by lockwood, the final paragraph, he talks about how he had been reading her life and letters at the time. why i say that is because

of the twenty- first congress. russia and africa. fox, thank you, but judgingthis one emphasizes the multipolar vector of world development. we will come back to you more than once to talk about the scope that accompanies the united russia party congress. extraordinary events are taking place in serbia parliamentary elections. candidates from eighteen parties and movements take part in them, with the favorite being the favorite. the race is believed to be the ruling coalition led by aleksandar vucic's serbian progressive party. second place, according to opinion polls, may be taken by a group of pro-western movements. the president explained the decision to hold early elections by saying that serbia needs to maintain stability and unity. this spring, the country was rocked by two mass shootings. the liberal opposition used spontaneous civil rallies and began to put forward political requirements. well, i’ll add that at the same time as the parliamentary elections, municipal elections are also being held in serbia. in the gaza strip , a french foreign ministry e

of congress. this is why it is a big deal, subverting will of voters, voters picked santos. >> there was house ethics committee, that was pretty revealing. >> judge elizabeth warren saying she is american indian, and swalwell and menendez, why aren't they under the gun? >> fair question. the subscription, it was more it was from more than that -- on the record saying we are a nation of laws, not a nation of men, he said this institution better remember that. fair warning, could be a slippery slope. the bigger picture, what this means for speaker johnson, has razor thin majority. major battles coming up, shutdown battle looming. this is dividing the party and does change things for republicans. >> judge jeanine: you have terrorist sympathizer like rashida tlaib, ilhan omar, cory bush. >> i'm not for expulsion, i was expelled from many groups throughout my career and i feel it is unbecoming. >> my gosh. >> jesse: this guy is a liar, fraud and thief, only difference, he was too obvious about it. you got to be sleazy, but classy, you can't still, you have to insider trade, okay. it is embezelment, why not take kickbacks like bernie sanders' wife. lie

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of people who don't sign up to that. what judge cool? the 95 percent of congress backing israel, you know, so there will be a turning point at some point. i'm not in 2024 is incredibly interesting. not just because you've got by them heading to the pulse. if he does, if he actually makes it, i'm still not sure. you know, with this, the middle it see the way it is. i mean, is how many times can we mess up? you know, before the democrats suddenly panic of the last moment. but don't forget to go to europe in elections in june as well. and this is much, much bigger in my view because, you know, adults mentioned earlier about the fatigue, you know, assessing in across the america. and now the system seems to be slowing down. and there's a lack of confidence now in the political elite sooner, but in, in, in, in europe, that trends that transcends into people voting for, for right groups as a present practice. right. so you mentioned earlier about fall, right, the populace leaders now, you know, i've got another one in the netherlands, which is just one. and i'm presiden

of new york to ratify the constitution. >> judge, our partner in this endeavor, the library of congress on its website describes the federalist papers the most significant american contribution to political thought in our history. do you agree? >> i think it is true. there were a number of unique contributions to political science that came out of the federalists. in discussing the nature of government, madison said the government had to accomplish two things. it had to be able to control itself. the three things he pointed out were essentially new things -- separation of powers, but he also focused on the checks and balances, where each house would check the other house, each branch of government would check the other branch. perhaps the most original contribution was federalism, the idea they having two governments would do more to preserve liberty than just having one government. >> let's range from the federalist number one. this is alexander hamilton. after an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsistent federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on the new constitution for the united states of

schedule this week was very busy: a trip to the arkhangelsk region, a meeting with judges of the constitutional court, a congress of railway workers, a conversation with the heads of duma factions. pavel, as always , carefully observed all the events and even participated in the most important things. yes, hello, that’s why we now have a lot of observations, bright shots from behind the scenes of the direct line, but most importantly, after it we were able to ask additional questions to the president. his answers were published earlier than others in the telegram channel zaruvin, subscribe, well we're watching the full video right now with you. the final line of the press conference, what would putin say to himself in 2000? year, what would i say , i would say, you are on the right path, comrades, what would you warn against, against naivety and excessive gullibility in relation to our so-called partners, and after such words the event ended, thank you, all the best, but some questions it got even bigger, i didn’t immediately manage to unfasten all the wires from myself, with which i was practically tied to the

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ukrainian regime to washington so that he could convince both houses of congress to vote for a sixty-billion-dollar package for ukraine, but judginge comments that were heard from the capitalist hill right during the negotiations in the white house, zelensky was not very successful in this. nothing changed. even among those who support ukraine, there are concerns that the issue of allocating money to ukraine this year will not happen decided, despite even the pleas of the president of ukraine, who left the capitalist hill empty-handed. biden sweetened the bitter pill. at the very beginning of the meeting, he announced the allocation of $200 million to ukraine from the previous financial package. they don’t specify how much is left there in the white house, they only say that the bottom is already visible, everything will end in the coming weeks. zelensky, in turn, tried to please biden with good news. yesterday i met with representatives of the imf and the world bank and they were impressed incredible economic growth of ukraine, almost 5%. and this makes a big difference. we are becoming less and less dependent on foreign aid and

to return to the wi fi as i was denied that he used to get his any a talk from congress of his body to appeal to the judges on the local restrictions . now the republican candidate also faces several other from the on civilian law suits in america, courts polls part by the way, donald trump is the frontrunner for the parties. presidential nomination, while incumbent president, democrat, phil biden has recently seen his reading sing to an all time low the okay. from north to south america, venezuelan president nicholas number 2 at all has ordered more than 5000 military personnel to take part in defense of extra sizes comes after the u. k. deployed a worship to the coast of diana initial support for its former colony and made a regional territorial dispute. we believe in diplomacy in dialogue in peace, but no one should present venezuela. no one should mess with venezuela. we are men of peace. we are a people of peace, but we are warriors, and this threat is unacceptable for any sovereign country. of threats by the decadent fam or british empire is unacceptable. yeah, nicholas major nod, holding back, and r

special counselor jack smith indicated in the court filing, he may call members of congress, said trump's criminal trial as the judgep, said the police were responsible for the attack on the capital. the trial is to begin march 4th but it can be delayed as an appeals court reviews trump's argument that he is shielded from prosecution by presidential immunity. jericka, u.s. supreme court is opted not to intervene and settle the dispute. at least not yet. >> jericka: all right, we will stay tuned. scott macfarlane, thank you. tonight, we are learning new disturbing details about the mysterious death of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend. the bodies of 18-year-old savannah soto and the father of her child were found in a car yesterday afternoon with gunshot wounds. cbs's cristian benavides spoke to her mother about the horrifying scene. >> i don't want to believe that she is gone. it hurts too much. she was my only daughter. >> reporter: 18-year-old savannah soto was eight months pregnant. she and her boyfriend were reported missing on saturday% after they didn't show up for an appointment to induce labor. >> she wa

circuit, the court of appeals, holding that the lower court judge had correctly said, law enforcement officials, members of congressmpacted on january 6, can sue the former president. he had said this included official action by me as president so you can't sue me. there's a doctrine like that. but the courts have said, what you did was political. it was all about staying in office, not official. that was a blow. then the real one/two punch, the second blow was landed when judge chutkan in the criminal trial said, there's no defense that you are undertaking official action. in a criminal case, you have less of an argument. there's never been american immunity in the constitution history, precedent, or law. we don't have that for a president because in america, no one is above the law. >> the judge said, you don't have the divine right of kings. >> that is the idea. that's the founding idea of our nation, that if you are accused of breaking the law, that from the most important american, a former president, to just average folks, you have to show up, make a case to a jury and the jury will decide. that's the america

the secretariat of this congress, of which 200 works reached the final stage. 40 works from the countries of the resistance area is a considerable amount in its own way. judges all works one by one. they made a review and announced their opinions that these 16 works were selected as prestigious works. 12 of the chosen ones, two of the poets of the resistant front countries. resistance and two of the country's poetry and literature professors and figures who today, the literary community of the country was present. the chosen ones of this literary congress had sent their works with different topics: lebanon, palestine , syria, iran, waiting for him to return . there were a few ghazals that were submitted to the jury, and in them , the importance of resistance and sacrifice. his moral for today's generation, their poems are about resistance in the culture of ashura, in the middle of the plain of blood, the naked sun of jesus , the holy defense in the sky full of your courage, they arranged ash'ari with the theme of the martyred commander soleimani , o light-winged commander, whose firm steps are always on the way to the province . it is pure. martyrdom was you

had a 98 foot yacht on which he entertained senators and judges and members of congress, powerful men of business. he found that, unfortunately, hatred was a renewable resource. he could tap that. he said -- it is largely a white state. still one of the most homogenous states in the country. is a handful of jews. but they would preach these horrible speeches saying, let's boycott the jewish religion. they sent goons down to close jewish shops that were open on sunday. they had 30,000 people legally deputize to harass enemies of klan certified virtue. he saw very clearly that if he could play to the fear of others, this changing america, maybe it wasn't in indiana, but it would come to indiana, the blacks are moving into indianapolis, the jews will be here from new york city, god knows we are we have the irish and italians , these priests are loyal to rome, the nuns have secret rituals in the conference. he burned down several comments. -- con vents. it made him rich. the question was, was that there? i think it was there, but it took a very skillful demagogue to bring it to life. >> i

of sunshine will kron 4 is your local election headquarters. a judge ruling that bakersfield bakersfield, gop assembly member vince fong. >> is able to run for congress. this comes after he was disqualified for running because of his current reelection filing to the state assembly. 8 on wallace has the details. the judge saying vince fong can appear on the 20th congressional district ballot. >> here's a lawyers from both sides had to say in court. we have to allow people to all about. that was the argument. attorney brian hildreth made in sacramento superior court on behalf of his client, bakersfield gop assembly member vince fong. the house will be in order. it all comes after former house speaker kevin mccarthy announced in the summer he'll resign from his seat representing california's 20th congressional district by the end of the year. fun later announced his candidacy for the valley seat. but shortly after that, secretary of state shirley weber said fun was disqualified from running for congress because he had already filed to run for reelection to the state assembly. weber argued fun was not allowed to withdraw from his assembly race to instead

of 2025. kron 4 is your local election headquarters. judges ruled and makers hill gop assembly member vince fong is able to run for congress. this comes after he was qualified. disqualified running because of his current reelection filing to the state tom wallace has that story. >> the judge saying vince fong can appear on the 20th congressional district ballot. here's a lawyers from both sides had to say in court. we have to allow people to all about. that was the argument. attorney brian hildreth made in sacramento superior court on behalf of his client, bakersfield gop assembly member vince fong. the house will be in order. it all comes after former house speaker kevin mccarthy announced in the summer he'll resign from his seat representing california's 20th congressional district by the end of the year. fun later announced his candidacy for the valley seat. but shortly after that, secretary of state shirley weber said fun was disqualified from running for congress because he had already filed to run for reelection to the state assembly. weber argued fun was not allowed to withdraw from his assembly race to instead run fo

special counsel jack smith indicated in a court filing he may call members of congress at trump's criminal trial and ask the judgeump from arguing police were responsible for the attack on the capitol. that trial is scheduled to begin march 4th, but it could be delayed as an appeals court reviews trump's argument that he is shielded from prosecution by presidential immunity. jericka, the u.s. supreme court has opted not to intervene and settle the dispute, at least not yet. >> all right. we'll stay tuned. scott macfarlane, thank you. >>> today the white house announced plans to provide up to $250 million in additional military aid to ukraine. it includes air defense munitions and artillery in what will be the last aid package, unless of course congress approves additional funding. house republicans have insisted a compromise on immigration along with u.s. border security is crucial to negotiate any foreign aid package. >>> to israel now, where the military says it is expanding its offensive in central gaza, calling it a new battle zone. here in washington, a top aide to prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meetin

and judges and members of congress have powerful, you know, men of business. he found that, unfortunately, hatred was a renewable resource. he could tap it and he said it is a white state. they did it. they are still and were then one of the most homogenous states in the country, just a handful of --. but they would preach these horrible oral speeches saying boycott the jewish businesses they set armed goons out to close down jewish shops that were open on sunday. they had the 30th thousand people legally deputized to harass enemies of klan certified virtue. so stevenson saw clearly that there was a fear if he could play to this fear of others this changing america, maybe it wasn't indiana, but it's going to come did in those blacks start a movement in indianapolis those -- will soon be here from new york city. god knows we've already got irish italians these priests are all loyal to rome these nuns have these secret rituals going the convents he burned down several convents. so he played to this fear of others and it made him rich and the good your question w

and judges and members of congress have powerful, you know, men of business. he found that, unfortunately, hatred was a renewable resource. he could tap it and he said it is a white state. they did it. they are still and were then one of the most homogenous states in the country, just a handful of --. but they would preach these horrible oral speeches saying boycott the jewish businesses they set armed goons out to close down jewish shops that were open on sunday. they had the 30th thousand people legally deputized to harass enemies of klan certified virtue. so stevenson saw clearly that there was a fear if he could play to this fear of others this changing america, maybe it wasn't indiana, but it's going to come did in those blacks start a movement in indianapolis those -- will soon be here from new york city. god knows we've already got irish italians these priests are all loyal to rome these nuns have these secret rituals going the convents he burned down several convents. so he played to this fear of others and it made him rich and the good your question w

he had a yacht on which he entertained senators and judges and members of congress and u powerful men of business. he found that unfortunately, hatred was a renewable resource he could tap, and he said -- indiana is largely a white state. they are still and were then, one of the most homogenous states in the country. just a handful of , but they would preach these horrible speeches saying, let's boycott the jewish businesses. they sat there armed goods out to close down jewish shops that were open on sunday. they had like 30,000 people legally deputized to harass enemies of clan certified virtue. so, stevenson saw very clearly that if he could play to this fear of changing america -- maybe it wasn't in indiana, but is going to come to indiana. blacks started moving to indianapolis. those will soon be here from new york city. god knows we've already got these irish and italians. these priests are all loyal to rome. these nuns have these secret rituals going in the convents. he burned out several convents, so he played to the sphere of others and it made him rich. the deeper question is

he has really tried to go to congress and give us funding for the judges and the border patrol agents but it's congress, part of the body of government that i'm part of, that hasn't worked i think that's where the blame needs to be. >> do you think what we are seeing at the border right now is at a breaking point? >> i do think it's a crisis but i think we have to understand what is causing the crisis. first of all, countries overseas haven't recovered as fast from the pandemic, you have great political instability in places like venezuela, you have climate refugees. you have more outbreak of violence, and then we need to be thoughtful about how to address it, and it starts with securing our borders but also having an actual, rational system for asylum. the president has called for that, the problem is people want to politicize this by showing images at the border. i'd rather we work towards a solution that secures the boborder but i is humane pay >> congrgressman, grgreat to ha you. thanks foror being witith usus. >>>> happy holidaysys. >>> totonight, isrsrael, indici ththat it's exexpanding ththe militatary o

it is clear that the final decision will be postponed to next year, and there, judging by the work schedule of the congressthe senate seems to be starting on the eighth, the house on the ninth, and johnson, as you know, the speaker of the house of representatives, has fired his, his congressmen, and it's clear that he's not going to do an effort, god forbid, that it happens next year , mr. oleg, we are actually not convinced, but the rhetoric of the last few weeks has been that... the americans will help, like halepa, it's a bad situation, but they won't leave us, and they convinced us that it's all domestic politics. american affairs, now we see that ukraine can really be seriously affected , maybe it can result in us simply having heavy losses on the battlefield and it is not known what else, is it really just politics and that only concerns the united states of america? yes, this is mainly a matter of internal political struggle, that the struggle is fierce. the political struggle between the republicans and the democrats and also the struggle within the republican party itself, that is, ukraine, as i s

they come to the border, he has really tried to go to congress and give us funding for the judges and border patrol agents, but it is congress. the part of the body that i am part of. that is where the blame needs to be. >> do you think what we are seeing at the border right now is, is it at a breaking point? >> i do think it is a crisis, but we have to understand what is causing the crisis. countries overseas have not recovered as fast from the pandemic. you have great political instability in places like venezuela. you have climate refugees, you have more outbreak of violence, and then we need to be thoughtful about how to address it. it starts with securing our borders, but also having an actual, rational system for asylum. the president has called for that. the problem is that people want to politicize this by showing images at the border. i would rather work toward a solution that is humane. >> congressman, thanks to have you. >> thank you, happy holidays. >>> tonight, israel indicating that it is expanding in gaza as we are learning about hundreds of 2000 pound bobombs dropped i the firsrst month of the war. >>> israel is bombardin

judge chutkan also roundly objected to trump's double jeopardy claim, where he argued that he could not be prosecuted for the crime since he had been acquitted of it by congress, citing the impeachment judgment clause of the constitution. to that chutkan wrote, "the defendant's interpretation of the clause collapses under the

we've seen federal judges convicted, in court, of taking bribes and getting impeached by congress. and nobody ever said, wait, you have to pick. you can only do one of those. you can't have these two procedures against the federal judge. >> yeah, i want to associate myself with melissa's comment that the double jeopardy argument is stupid. >> thank you. >> it has some legal content because the law that are frivolous appeal does not divest the district courts jurisdiction. and so i think the double jeopardy part of trump's appeal can be set aside. it certainly does not substantiate the argument that the trial court can't proceed. and really the only thing that the judge needs to take up here is the immunity argument, where trump says i've got presidential immunity so you can't prosecute me. that argument is not frivolous. i think it's probably a loser, but it's an argument that is made in good faith. >> joyce, in your experience in tax evasion prosecutions, how many of them involved a defendant by the time they go to trial who has paid all of the taxes in question? as we're seeing wi

people go after nato, he has urged members of congress to take the long run here. he said history will judge. and much much more, john king, what do you make of that and will it have any impact and i should also note, important note, that the reaso n why this is being held up is republicans want to include pretty significant immigration policy, not just funding for the border but policy changes, along with that. >> and they haven't been able to reach an agreement on that. if you just read the transcript. most people out there watched this through their partisan lens. it was an incredibly strong moral argument for defending and standing with ukraine at this moment. the president is right on the facts, if united states walks away or significantly reduces funding, the european governments will be under pressure and other governments around the world, they will be under all kinds of pressure to reduce it as well. so, the question is, mitch mcconnell is the big player here. he agrees with the president. 100% about supporting ukraine but he wanted something. he wants more on the border. he has to

of staff. there was a concurring opinion by judge rosenbaum agreeing with that but urging congress to amend the statute to cover all federal officials. but agreeing meadows's actions were outside the scope of white house chief of staff. the attitude that no, when you talk about campaign activity, trying to urge one person being chosen over another, either by congress or the electoral college, that was campaign activity. you do not get immunity for that. of course donald trump has said he was participating in those activities, too. he says i get immunity because it falls under my obligation to take care that the laws be faithfully executed and that includes election laws. so far that argument has been on the back of his hand. no come of that is what the civil rights -- no, that is what the justice department is there to do, it is not for you to put a thumb on the scale of who the american people should choose particularly after the election has taken place. >> we only have five minutes left. let's talk about hunter biden quickly. let me take the lead. and then john, i will ask for your thoughts.

of staff. there was a concurring opinion by judge rosenbaum agreeing with that but urging congress to amend the statute to cover all federal officials. but agreeing meadows's actions were outside the scope of white house chief of staff. the attitude that no, when you talk about campaign activity, trying to urge one person being chosen over another, either by congress or the electoral college, that was campaign activity. you do not get immunity for that. of course donald trump has said he was participating in those activities, too. he says i get immunity because it falls under my obligation to take care that the laws be faithfully executed and that includes election laws. so far that argument has been on the back of his hand. no come of that is what the civil rights -- no, that is what the justice department is there to do, it is not for you to put a thumb on the scale of who the american people should choose particularly after the election has taken place. >> we only have five minutes left. let's talk about hunter biden quickly. let me take the lead. and then john, i will ask for your thoughts.

congress to act. we do, indeed, need additional resources. the department of homeland security needs additional resources. the department of justice for additional immigration judgesthe state department for appropriate funding of our refugee programs and the efforts that we have in the international arena so we need congress to act. we have sought additional funding, not just for the federal government, but for these cities to be able to deal with what is an unprecedented situation, not just domestically, but internationally. >> mr. secretary, to the point of needing congress to act, what senate republicans are pushing for right now is very similar to hr 2 which passed the house the security the border act. to maim a couple of things in it, restart construction on the border wall, increase the number of border patrol agents, limit asylum, narrow the president's parole powers. why is that unpalatable to the administration? >> i would say two things. one, we presented proposals that address the situation that provide real practical solutions, and also do not do violence to our fundamental values. we are a country of refuge. we do have asylum laws. we do have refugee