jillian: the former kansas attorney general in the river to be running to replace kirsten nielsen as dhs secretary. rob: bill barr, what sparked the russia probe? jillian: it took hours after the democrats toward the ag over his handling of the mueller report. >> reporter: you were talking about cameras on me as a joke. this was no joke. lawmakers using what is typically a meeting centered on the justice department's budget, a pretty boring meeting, to hammer the attorney general about the mueller pro-blooge william barr sounding off about a team that was assembled to investigate the origins of the fbi counterintelligence investigation into the trump campaign. >> the office of the inspector general has a pending investigation of the fisa process in the russia investigation and i expect that

elaine security secretary kirsten nielsen is touring the southern border today.ouse judiciary committee authorizing a subpoena of robert mueller's for report, democrats want all the material evidence from the special counsel's investigation into the alleged russian meddling in the 2016 election, the panel took action even after attorney general william barr told congress intended to release the unredacted report later this month. sources told foxnews congressman tim ryan will announce he is running for president today. the ohio democrat is seen as a political moderate with blue-collar voters, he challenged nancy pelosi in 2016. breaking overnight, three new women accuse joe biden of inappropriate behavior hours after the former vice president released a video confronting the allegations. the latest as democrats remain divided. >> we are now at we 7 women and for some they are all painting a cringe worthy picture of the former vice president who is expected to make a 2020 run for the white house, the latest three women are sophie and allie who told the washington

first the acting head of ice, then secretary kirsten nielsen and the director of the secret service at a time when even the homeland security secretary under president obama concedes there is a crisis at the border. ron johnson issued a statement saying, quote, i'm concerned with the growing leadership void in the department tasked with significant problems facing the nation and democratic senator dianne feinstein notes that the department of homeland security, 10 top positions filled by someone in an acting capacity adding, quote, the leadership of the homeland security department is unprecedented and a threat to our national security. more changes are likely due in large part by the president's domestic policy chief stephen miller who last week was given total jurisdiction over immigration. is known for pushing hard-line immigration policies and the president said his decision to withdraw the nomination of the acting ice director was because he wants to go in a, quote, tougher direction. secretary nielsen as replacement, customs border protection chief. >> kevin mack a lean in. >> pu

secretary kirsten nielsen announced this evening. she is resigning after 16 months on the job. she tweeted pictures of her resignation today. she also wrote quote it's been an honor of a lifetime to serve with the brave men and women of the department of homeland security i could not be prouder or of and more humbled by their service dedication and commitment to keep our country safe from all threats and hazards. senior administration officials say nielsen had a meeting at the white house with the president this evening. they say she was planning to talk with him about immigration and border issues and a path forward. one of the sources say she had no intention of resigning, but rather was going there with an agenda. >>president trump also tweeted about her resignation he added i'm pleased to announce that kevin mcaleenan the current us customs and border protection commissioner will become acting secretary for homeland security i have confidence that kevin we'll do a great job and he was sworn in as the commissioner in march of last year he previously served as cbp is acting c

kirsten nielsen is leaving her position as secretary of the u.s. department of homeland security she oversaw some of president obama's most controversial policies including the proposed border war and the separation of migrant families. the u.k. has condemned israel over plans for new settlements in the occupied west bank and turkey's also criticized israel's prime minister for an election promise to annex illegal settlements in the region benjamin netanyahu says he extend israeli sovereignty if he wins tuesday's election turkey's foreign minister and other charges show you called the comments irresponsible but palestinian leaders say they are surprised by the promise but it set to be a tight race between netanyahu and his main rival former army chief benny gantz how a force that has more on the campaign from western. four years ago benjamin netanyahu pushed the raisman who don't boo boo's in a facebook video on polling day he used fears of the palestinian israeli vote to mobilize his own core support. for that but in this campaign israel's prime m

the border wall there the trip comes amid controversy surrounding the departure of secretary kirsten nielsen pence says he supports trump's immigration efforts last month the us immigration and customs enforcement office in atlanta. and said quote there's a crisis on our southern border. attorney general bill barr testified before congress today for the first time since releasing his letter about special counsel robert mueller's report maher said he expects to release a redacted version of the report within a week those redactions are key because mark could choose to keep secret any information president trump doesn't want revealed. but barr explains that help provide reasons for each read action with the help of special counsel mueller. >>best-selling jet is apparently facing me facing a deepening crisis the airline manufacturer release data today showing airlines are now holding off on ordering. the boeing 7.37 max jets, according to boeing only 10 of the planes were ordered in the first 2 months of 2019 in 2018, boeing sell 112 orders of the plane in the 1st quarter alone. but after those

a federal judge blocking the white house policy as homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen speaks out for the first time since resigning. griff jenkins joins us with more on the security shakeup. lots going on in terms of homeland security. >> a lot going on. the president's border battle, the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco blocking the administration's remain in mexico policy overturning asylum-seekers to mexico as they wait for claims to play out. it was under her leadership at dhs the policy known as migrant protection protocol, at the border crossing between san diego and tijuana, the policy, quote, lacks sufficient protections against aliens being returned to places where they face risks to their lives or freedom. the ruling does not immediately take effect, the court is waiting until friday allowing the administration time to appeal but the president is weighing in on twitter saying ninth circuit judge just ruled mexico is too dangerous for migrants, so unfair to the us, out of control he says. the ruling comes as secretary nielsen spoke out for the first ti

homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen equally to the border situation with a disaster everyone can recognize. >> one of if not the biggest crisis this country faced in a decade truly. security aspects of this humanitarian aspect of this have got to be addressed. this is at the top of our list at dhs, we've announced today we are not treating this like a massive hurricane disaster. >> meaning the secretary has ordered emergency surge operations to handle the influx of migrants including shifting 750 border patrol agents to areas of higher need and re-implementing migrant protection protocols that would keep us asylum-seekers in mexico while claims are processed because the president has repeatedly complained about the catch and release program he calls the dumbest immigration system in the world and with all of that said another caravan of central american and caribbean migrants are now in the southern mexican state of chiapas moving north. shannon: it continues, thank you very much. dhs secretary kirsten nielsen says the agency is treating the border crisis with the same protoc

the president himself psh fmer dhs secretary kirsten nielsen to follow through on his plan, according to a source. why in port to retaliate against democrats who opposed his border wall. but nielsen resisted and the dhs legal team eventually produced analysis that killnd the plan, the washington post reports house speaker nancy pelosi's district in san francisco was among those targeted. pelosi firing back saying quote using human beings, including little children as parties in their work game to perpetuatfe pele. >>and they want more people in this sanctuary cities, let's see if they're so happy they say we have open arms are always say they have open arms, let's see if they have open arms. >>that was boris sanchez reporting for us tonight, the washington post and new york times are reporting that the white house plans to release of migrants in sanctuary cities. it was first floated in november in an e-mail from a white house policy adviser to homeland security officials slow there are several sanctuary cities and counties in the bay area news of this attempted proposal is infuriatin

homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen likened the crisis to a category five hurricane this weeknger, gillian melcher and allysia finley. is crisis a fair word for what's happening at the border? >> i think so. if you see about 100,000 migrants came across or were arrested last month. paul: in march. >> in march. this is more than in a decade. basically, we're on pace to exceed 1.2 million this year. paul: and it's reversing the trend which, in a couple yearsings, was down. >> it's been falling for a decade, and you've had an uptick of migrants from central america, not mexico. actually, you have a reverse trend from mexico, and these are migrants fleeing violence, economic or just poverty, gang violence whereas before you had a lot of migrants coming from mexico to come here to work. paul: so some of these -- that's what's behind these caravans, they're coming here -- >> that's right. they see an opportunity. life is better in america, and the asylum laws, basically, they step one foot into the u.s., they can claim asylum, and they will, basically, never be removed. paul: why no

president was "ranting and raving, saying border security was his issue, demanding that kirst kirsten nielsen shut down the border at el paso the next day at noon" nielsen argued all they would be doing is ending legal trade and travel and migrants would just go between ports. the president's response, another quote. "i don't care." eventually mick mulvaney seemed to be able to talk the president out of it though. it's like this president doesn't even think he needs a dhs secretary, just somehow to, you know, follow his orders. and who is his enabler, his henchman in all of this, sources are saying the president himself recently told aides that immigration hardliner stephen miller is in charge of all immigration and border related issues in this white house. the same stephen miller who, according to former white house staffer, cliff sims, remember, said he would be happy if "not a single refugee foot ever again touched america's soil." the same stephen miller who just three days ago convinced the president to suddenly withdraw the nomination of i.c.e. director ron vitiello. >> we're going in

. >>> two weeks before president trump's forced kirsten nielsen to resign.esisted the closure of the southern border and she said no likely sealed her fate by a president who likes to sur roind himself by yes men and women. this is a list of aides who told him no and were no longer welcome in the trump administration. so politics reporter chris lizza is with us. and no did not serve her well. >> that puts her in good company. there is more than that. i say when we do the graphics but for the sake of television we had it down. and madis opposed the withdrawal of troops from syria and resigned under protest, and there are 400 troops still in syria so donald trump reversed himself. and we know james comey, the reason he was fired is because donald trump said could you see a way to drop this michael flynn thing and he said no. and then rex tillerson had to say we can't do that because of the law. john kelly again tried to be a gate-keeper with trump, trying to restrict his worse instinctsely in an interview said should be judged by what trump didn't do as oppose

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secretary of homeland security kirsten nielsen is out donald trump announced that she'd be leaving her position on twitter and while nelson says she resigned it's clear that in less than happy of late with how the southern border is being handled culhane takes a look at her legacy. it's fair to say that cures didn't elson will go down in history as the most controversial secretary in the history of the young department of homeland security she put in place what many saw as draconian policies under her watch thousands of children were ripped from their parents trying to cross the southern border many housed in crowded camps until a federal judge stepped in and demanded the families be reunited she leaves office with potentially thousands of children misplaced separated from their families and the government now says it could take up to two years to reunite them all because for many they didn't keep appropriate paperwork her actions were met with scorn and widespread protests at her home. i don't restaurant with marches across the u.s. and pleas from overseas but as you can leave it to b

says acting white house chief of staff and make mulvaney told former homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen not even bring up the topic to president trump. the times says mulvaney told are in a meeting that trump equated any discussion of russian electn activity with questions about the legitimacy of his election victory. nielsen reportedly organized to meetings with cabilligence officials to address the issue of russian interference. according to the new york times article she eventually abandon those efforts. one official says the department of homeland security believes efforts to block foreign influence in future elections are necessary. but the white house's refusal to discuss the issue makes that difficult nielsen left the white house earlier this month. south a congressman ro khanna had this reaction to that report. >>well it's highly concerning i read the times piece in the white house is dismissing this is just a couple facebook ads. but that's not the case let me be very clear. bob mueller concluded that the russian interference was sweeping and systematic this was far more than f

kirsten nielsen was harassed at her home.chased and follows -- politicians are chased and followed, congressman steve scalise was seriously injured. this is the kind of momentum that the left has given to crazy people, and despite all that they published this piece. trish: i mean, it's one thing, dan, right, if it's -- and, by the way, hey, you know me, i'm all for freedom of speech. i'm all for it, you know? you can think it, you can say it, you can write it, but at some point, certainly at a certain level, right? "the boston globe," there should be some responsibility, someone there, some editor that says, you know what? it's really not a good thing to talk about attacking conservatives, tampering with their food, potentially really hurting them. >> well, yeah. and even before they took it down, the last version i saw still called, you know, still bashed police as invertebrate sub misi haves. -- submissives. it state basically went after conservatives saying they should be harassed, calling for direct action. the author him

to questions today following the resignation of the department of homeland security secretary kirsten nielsenenators on the homeland security committee say that they're concerned with the shakeups it was a force resignation for sure some people were the trump administration. >>it's heading toward a more extreme immigration policy now our washington dc correspondent alexandra moe has the latest from capitol hill. >>it is a in a word. chaos. >>democrats and republicans say they're concerned about the firings of homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen and her top assistance is dangerous dangerous given what's happening at the border, dangerous. >>given the broad responsibility that the department of homeland security has for protecting our nation and california senator kamala harris worries about what's next. she was reportedly forced out because she resisted the white house's desire to embrace even more extreme tactics commander jonathan, why is the person in charge of reuniting children who were taken from their parents by the us government. >>he told senators it could take up to 2 years t

immigration court hearings, the ruling coming the day after nielsen hit the chopping block and kirsten nielsen isn't the only one, the director of the secret service was also removed in one what official calls a near systematic purge of homeland security, even though it was just five days ag that the president said this. >> i could not be happier with secret service, secret service has done a fantastic job from day one. very happy with them. >> well, now the fact is the president can have whoever he wants in his administration, whoever he wants, elections have consequences. and one of those consequences is the president gets to surround himself with people who will carry out his policies. but when those policies go against the values that a lot of americans stand for, when those policies involve separating thousands of children from their parents, that is not making america great. the president wants to reinstate, even expand his family separation policy. question is, will that throw the administration into even more chaos? david gurgen is here, sam vin grad, max booth and michael d'antonio ne

now another member of president trump's cabinet this policy kirsten nielsen resigned sunday night as a trump expresses his frustration over the situation at the southern border with mexico where she was forced to resign. >>after a meeting with the president last night karen caifa now in washington with the latest reaction and she tells us what happens next. >>i will continue to support all efforts to address c humanitarian and security crisis on the border. >>in others, not i'm on my way to keep doing what i for the next 2 days. >>son nielsen's tumultuous tenure as hompland security secretary coming to a close as president trump calls for tougher action at the us southern border with mexico. amid a surge in border crossings. despite reports she was on thin ice with the president nelson was at the border with him late last week. she described her department as being in disaster response and called on congress to you don't have to us all other parts of immigration that also need to be solved. >>but right now we have an emergency on our hands we need to treat it as such. >>nielsen came

person sitting at the front desk >>alice reports directly to the homeland security secretary kirsten nielsenthink the president who was also forced out sunday after a face to face meeting with president trump ended in him demanding her resignation i share the president's goal of securing the border did not i'm on my way to keep doing what i for the next 2 days. the shakeup comes as trump has become increasingly frustrated with immigration blaming nielsen for a spike in border crossings and pushing her to reinstate the administration's. >>0 tolerance immigration policy which he ended last year after backlash we're going to keep the families together. >>i didn't like the site a feeling the families separated sources tell cnn stephen miller played a critical role in ousting nielsen but she's not the only dhs official he wants to get rid her miller has also pushed trump to dismiss director of citizenship and immigration services. >>as well as the department's general counsel but the next departure could be the acting deputy secretary claire grady is technically in line to replace nielsen when sh

homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen had nothing but praise for president trump and i think the president again for the tremendous opportunity to serve this country the day after the president demanded her resignation alleges gone some democrats say it's about time when she was the one who engineered his policies to separate children. >>from their parents of the border, but the president says us immigration policy must be tougher and lawmakers are wondering what that he's more and more pressing for actions at the border, the don't respect our treaty obligations are domestic statutes on how we treat people seeking asylum democratic senator chris coons as the president blames congress for immigration issues but has failed to lead lawmakers towards bipartisan reforms and white house aide hogan gidley says he's hopeful wilson's replacement, kevin mcaleenan will inspire lawmakerso act hopefully it will lead to some massive changes along the southern border neck spent the last year as commissioner of us customs and border protection and his appointment is not without controversy. >>sa

i mean stories kirsten nielsen is leaving her position as the secretary of the u.s. department of homeland security she oversaw some of president donald trump's most controversial policies including the proposed border wall and separation of migrant families practical hain has more from washington d.c. the next couple of days people are asked the parlor game of did she really resign or did she get fired because the president often tweets out that people have resigned and we later find out that he in fact sent them out the door where does she go because she has been so controversial issue going to be able to land a job any company to want to put her on let's say their board which is usually what happens to cabinet secretaries period a public backlash because she has become the face of this policy it's not just the president calls for a pause in fighting in libya have been ignored u.n. backed government forces and warlord troops are engaging in airstrikes as have terrorist forces continue their advance on the capital tripoli so that's president has made army leaders to

she was working with kirsten nielsen pushed out on sunday. the president again suggested he'll call it more military as he promised a tougher direction on immigration. >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> in israel tonight benjamin netanyahu heads for an historical fifth term as his rooifbl was defeated. he is said to become the longest serving prime minister in israel's history. >>> tonight, a tragic end to a mystery in paradise. two weeks after an american couple disappeared on vacation in the dominican republic, nbc's ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: tonight investigators say they believe a body recovered in the caribbean sea is orlando moore, missing nearly two weeks along with his girlfriend, porsche ravenell. the couple disappeared the day eyy me. authorities now confirm that ravenell was found by fishermen, unconscious by the side of a road leading to the airport. at a hospital. a vehicle submerged in the sea found nearby. >> reporter: the evidence suggests there was a traffic accident, he says. back in new york, friends devastated.

secretary of homeland security kirsten nielsen will be leaving her position and i would like to thank her for her service. i am pleased to announce that kevin, the current u.s. customs and border protection's commissioner will become acting secretary for dhs. i have confidence that kevin will do a great job. following her senate confirmation, secretary nielsen took over the position on december 6, 2017. we will have more on the resignation of homeland security kirsjen nelson at 9:00 a.m. is next, historian douglas brinkley talks about his book "american moonshot." at 9:00, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. leland'st, new parliament debates a ban on semi automatic weapons and a wake of a march terrorist attack on two mosques that killed over 50 people. ♪ brian: doug brinkley, your new book "american moonshot." what's it about? is about how john f. kennedy put all these political chips on the idea about going to the moon by the end of the. 1960's the big gnome -- the big moment was made 25th, 1961. he gave an afternoon speech to joint session of congress.

us president donald trump has confirmed that homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen is leaving her position it wasn't immediately clear whether her decision was voluntary nelson oversaw trump's controversial policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the mexican border she defended the president's declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall. former israeli army general and centrist party leader benny gantz has criticize.

department of homeland security, president donald trump says homeland secretary security secretary kirsten nielsen is leaving her job amid growing frustration by the administration over the number of southern border crossings, us customs and border protection commissioner, kevin matt going in was will replace nelson and become the acting head of the department of the border offic trump's priority for the department. it was initially found unfounded to excuse me funded to combat terrorism after the september 11th attacks. wilson tweeted it's on her resignation writing it's been an honor on the life time to serve with the brave men and women and i could not be prouder and more humble by their service dedication and commitment to keep our country safe for all from all threats and hazards. california senator mcconnell harris tweeted her reaction to the news saying your son will son i misled the american people and defended trump's inhumane policy of separating children from their parents. it was long past time for her to go. well it was a bittersweet ending for the golden state warriors the dup's play

in the nuclear power plant and where that stands right now, but cybersecurity, you were with kirsten nielsening the biggest threat that we face as a nation. >> wow. there's a lot of threats we face as a nation. but, you know what? there's a funny metaphor about this. it's almost like a war of submarines. you know, you and i can stand on the coastline, and everything looks pretty normal. people don't see what's happening in that space unless it's in a disastrous fashion. so cyber warfare is going on all the time. it is a significant impact to our national security and impact to our way of life. the so-called existential threat. i'm talking about threats that are not pinks, thugs and criminals -- punks, thugs and criminals, i'm talking about people that would have an interest in disrupting our way of life. those are the ipg this is we are -- things we are particularly focused in. i help lead the electricity sector under homeland security, kirsten's done a great job, but now we've brought together something we call the tri-sector group. so we're working very hard comprehensively to really prote

neith kirsten nielsen's forced exit created a ripple effect leading to an overhaul of the agency, sweeping changes at the homeland security. it started with the forced resignation of the dhs secretary. >> i want to thank the president again for the tremendous opportunity to serve this country. i share the president's goal of securing the border. >> reporter: hours later, the president also fired the director of the secret service, and sources tell abc news more than half of those running agencies within the department of homeland security could be gone by the end of the week. >> can't take you anymore. i'm sorry. can't happen. so turn around. that's the way it is. >> reporter: the systemic purge comes as the president grows increasingly frustrated with inn asylum seekers at the u.s./mexico border. abc news learned that two weeks ago, a tense oceeeting ended with the president ordering nielsen and secretary of state mike pompeo to shut down a portion of the border, but was dissuaded by aides at the last minute. according to "the new york times," the pu

the director of the secret service is out less than 24 hours after homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen resied under pressure. nbc's kristen weer has that and more of the mounting vacancies. >> reporter: tonight the president with a sudden purge of the leadership ranks at homeland security. two administration officials tell nbc news secret service director randolph alice is out to get tougher on security including at the border. yesterday dhs secretary nielsen who had gone to the border with the president last week resigned under pressure after clashing with the president privately for months. today nielsen saying this to reporters. >> i share the esident's goal of securing the border. >> reporter: it comes as the border patrol of migrants reached a breaking point, 100,000 apprehensions on migrants in the border in march. the highest monthly tally in a decade. nielsen was at odds with the psident over ways to fix it. mr. trump wants tougher criteria for the growing number of asylum seekers. >> the asylum program is a scam. some of the roughest people you've ever seen. as >> reporter:t j

secretary of homeland security kirsten nielsen is out donald trump announced on twitter that she'll leave her position and while nielsen says she resigned it's clear trump's not happy with how she's handled problems at the southern border al-jazeera as patty culhane looks at her legacy. it's fair to say that kiersten else and will go down in history as the most controversial secretary in the history of the young department of homeland security she put in place what many saw as draconian policies under her watch thousands of children were ripped from their parents trying to cross the southern border many housed in crowded camps until a federal judge stepped in and demanded the families be reunited she leaves office with potentially thousands of children misplaced separated from their families and the government now says it could take up to two years to reunite them all because for many they didn't keep appropriate paperwork her actions were met with scorn and widespread protests at her home. i don't restaurant with marches across the u.s. and pleas from overseas that has got me to beg and

fencing does have is a plaque but now there's the president say here's homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen. >>i think part of that's just it's an optical to have the president stand in front of the wall indicates immediately to any of your that he's at the border. >>and today, mr. trump reiterated that he will now give mexico one year to stop the surge of central american migrants and drugs crossing into the us. mister trump also took the opportunity today to lambast state politicians in california for quote complaining about wildfires. but he refused to comment on several recent lawsuits filed by the state against his led by california's attorney general javier becerra against president trump's national emergency declaration that is the declaration that would allow him to use money to build his border wall congress is looking at that and that remains the question whether or not that will actually happen can pan back to you all right, thank you grant, let's take a live look outside the weekend is coming up on us and we see some clouds out there definitely there was arraigned earlier that w

it is because of kirsten nielsen as i said earlier in the broadcast, if i've ever seen an example someonen over their head, it is her. >> i think president trump right now, because of the outcome, new political capital. i think if there is one place he should spend it, it is on the border. it's on immigration. it's on enforcement. seeing the courts deal with the emergency declaration. >> you've got to move ahead here. >> absolutely. >> that's the whole point. >> do it now and let the courts try. >> there is no way that you deny the president of the united states constitutional duty, i think he will prevail. >> using his political capital. >> ingenuity. adaptive nest. >> the reality is, the democrats now control the house. basically saying -- >> bottom line, they do not want to allocate. >> who cares what they want. >> secure the damn border. >> my point, if you let me make it, i'm waiting. >> going up in beating up on them. this is why i am doing this. we have already basically talked about how we can reallocate. >> are we there yet? [laughter] that is what you get for the other night. >>

a federal judge blocking that white house policy as outgoing secretary kirsten nielsen speaks out forst time since re-signing. more on the security shakeups and a big decision last night. >> reporter: judge richard seaborg from san francisco blocking the administration asked remain in mexico policy returning asylum-seekers as they wait for claims to play out, it was under her leadership they implemented this policy known as the migrant protection protocols. four months ago the border protection, the judge ruled the policy, quote, lacks sufficient protections against aliens being returned to places they face under risks to their lives or freedom. the ruling does not immediately take effect until friday allowing the administration time to possibly appeal. no word from the doj but the president is weighing in on twitter saying ninth circuit judge just ruled mexico is too dangerous for migrants, so unfair to the us, out-of-control, the ruling comes as secretary nielsen speaks out for the first time since her resignation sunday. >> i want to thank the president for the opportunity to serve

kirsten nielsen cut short a trip to europe to get to the border repairing for the president to shut itis statement. the crisis at the border is worsening, dhs will do everything to end it. we will not stand idly by while congress fails to act yet again so all options are on the table. we will redeploy hundreds of personnel to the border to respond to this emergency, saying she is reallocating 750 officers to border patrol to assume duties, it could rise to 2000 in the coming weeks, she says they will require more asylum-seekers to wait in mexico as their claims play out. increasing number of migrants across the border to wait for roughly 60-300 per day. jared kushner says all this is an effort to put pressure on everyone to act. >> one thing i love about the president as he doesn't let people hide from problems. if there's a problem he makes people confront the problem and his creative about how to find a solution. >> reporter: warnings of the economic toll and border pleasure would cause growing, democratic congressman, districts along the border. >> the idea any president would ever

secretary kirsten nielsen visiting yuma, arizona saying the country is in emergency response mode withhe met with border patrol officials and is heading today to calexico, two hours to my east where we will travel as well where donald trump will meet with border patrol officials and tour a new section of the border fence. rob: amazing the difference between what you hear on the border of the people doing the work and what you hear in the media and politicians in this country. we appreciate it. jillian: a 17 our hostage standoff in georgia coming to a tragic end overnight, the gunmen killing a 60-year-old boy and a woman who was 8 months pregnant at a home near atlanta. the incident began when the suspect's girlfriend tried to kick him out. two officers tried to enter the home. one hit in the torso saved by a bullet proof vest. they are both expected to be okay. rob: suspected new zealand mosque shooter ordered to undergo a mental health test. experts will determine if the australian man will stand trial, charged with 50 counts of murder, 39 counts of attempted murder after allegedly op