the enemy is actively using aviation , mortars, artillery of various types, in addition , the national guardsmen are currently holding positions on the border of donetsk and luhansk regions say that the enemy is resorting to other provocations in particular, it covers the positions of the armed forces with strike drones, please listen , the aviation is also working, there are a lot of lancets, there is a new type of drone in their drones, which also inflicts damage he follows the likeness of shahid, he calculates the target in the same way and he asks himself to hit directly, now these fighters are also gathering for a drone this time for reconnaissance and the guys thank everyone who still hasn’t tired of helping both them personally and the army in general, so more about the work we will tell you about these fighters of the rapid response brigade of the national guard of ukraine. just now, in our next story, phosphorous attacks have stopped in the east. this phenomenon is quite common, so in order not to find ourselves in the epicenter of such fireworks, we stop by the positions of the nationa

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the russians in the kupynsk-lyman direction, the military and national guardsmen have secured their positions, are now maintaining the defense and carrying out aerial reconnaissance, said national guard representative mykola urshalovych. in in turn, the enemy equips the units with personnel and equipment and tries to scout our positions and hinder the military. in a week, the russians carried out more than 100 airstrikes in this direction and fired almost 700 times from... in the areas of the belogorivka silver forestry , being under intense fire from the enemy, the guardsmen maintain defense, carry out aerial reconnaissance and methodically harvest scouted enemy targets. in order to improve the tactical position, carry out shock and storm actions, inflict losses on the enemy, c manpower, armed equipment and replenish our exchange fund. the number has increased, as a result of the russian shelling of antonivka, three people were injured, two women were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, the occupiers also ransacked the belozersk community's daisy road in the morning, damaged communications ,

the military in the recovery program , massage in one procedure, sports and not only all the national guardsmen have just returned from the combat zone. they have three days ahead of them of psychological rehabilitation, in order to reach everyone and help as much as possible, specialists use the simplest methods and methods developed during the war . sports games in our country, because group sports games raise such cohesion, people are already opening up, first of all, it is necessary to identify those who suffered emotionally the most , military psychologist stepan kolodiy tells someone from boys may need not only psychological but also physical rehabilitation or the help of doctors and the main thing for successful adaptation after the front line manage to do here during the so-called decompression, this is a mandatory recovery program for the military, because then they return to their families and children so that the personnel can switch from a state of war to a state of peace so that they can return home already more relieved and less emotional as they approach victory, the enemies thou

team of ukraine had 25 members, among them military veterans of the armed forces of ukraine, national guardsmenofficers, ukrainians competed in nine sports and showed the best results in history, we are proud, a crazy shot, a curious incident happened in the saudi arabian football championship, the best player of our time, cristiano ronaldo took a dangerous free kick into the frame of the goal, the portuguese did not hit zate directly into the head of the operator of the television crane behind the goal a man in a good way about sausages, a big party broke out despite the fact that the man admitted that ronaldo's nose is not offended today was like that and i can only wish you a nice and peaceful evening take care you can read more news on our website espresso tv subscribe to us in telegram and watch it on youtube well, literally in a moment you will meet my colleague vitaliy portnikov, god, congratulations , friends, we continue our informative film on the expresso tv channel with you vitaliy portnikov and we will talk for the next two hours about the most important events of this day this wee

they covered us with mortars. just like the 72nd brigade and the national guardsmen, there was something about them . it would have gone wrong when they were defending the city. well, everything was fine, and about a few days before the liberation by the irpenians who were on the buch . i returned to civilian life and at the end of august i went to the military commissariat again because a close friend of mine had died. on the same day, i called the army and said that i want to go fight again. what do i have to do? i said, come, let's do everything . instead, they dragged me around for a month. observation committee in the end, i signed a contract , then a training center for training abroad after studying abroad, a five-week professional training and already after professional training in december of last year, i got into the brigade and by the end of the year i was on combat duty positions well, it turns out that for a month there was such a standard exchange of fire for being on the front line of defense , both sides were shelling us, but such an aggravation started at the end of janu

counter-intelligence regime, that is, together, well, the fsb officers, together with the policemen, with the national guardsmena sweep individual settlements that are suspected, well, the inhabitants of which are suspected of cooperation with ukraine, with ukraine, for example, some small village near there, i don't know, pepo is not allowed there, yes, there is a patrol at the entrance, at the entrance to the village, at the exit around the perimeter , and they begin to comb house after house, checking basements, wells, everything everything everything everything everything on the subject, not established people, some, there is no russian registration, fresh earth, for example, yes there, yes, fresh earth, what do you bury, maybe a cache with ammunition, possibly drones, etc in this way, every settlement is checked , in cities it is door-to-door rounds. ivan, i would also like to ask you about the situation in the zaporozhye region, the other day, general ternavskyi reported that the armed forces of ukraine had already broken through the line of defense of the russian forces near the village of verbove, in ge

consisted of 25 participants, among them military veterans of the armed forces of ukraine, national guardsmen and police officers, ukrainians competed in nine sports and showed the best results in history, we are proud to protect the ukrainian sky canada will allocate more than 24 million dollars for systems of the air defense of ukraine . canadian defense minister bill blair said that, therefore , the international fund headed by great britain will deal with the purchase of weapons . i would like to remind you that this contribution is part of the military aid that prime minister justin trudeau announced in june, the polish army conducted military exercises with the involvement of tanks, helicopters and ground forces. will present the latest polish military equipment, including abrams tanks and k2 hymars launchers , a total of about 70 pieces of equipment , a charter plane with tourists crashed in brazil 14 people were killed, including the crew members. this was reported by the cnn news agency, according to preliminary data, the passengers were on their way to a place for fishing when the p

they made trenches, and it was also difficult to smoke them out from there, and from what the national guardsmend me, today the russians are trying to storm. of our defenders and the occupied borders, and from this we conclude that liberating the settlement is half the battle , the guys say that it is necessary to secure a secure position and hold it . the guys say that they repulse two or three assaults a day, and it happens that one position passes from hand to hand for several times a day they stormed one position from us and took it from us the next day we took it from them and so we alternate throughout the day each position is as important as possible because these positions are already at their best and even if they take at least one position and we don't take it back we eat from that position, from that position, they will control part of the mite. the russians cling to this village so much because it opens the approaches to bahmut to its southern part . also, it will be more difficult for the enemy to reach the roads and logistics routes with shells. now they are being fired upon. when

florida deployed more than 5000 national guardsmen and 30,000 utility workers descended on the area.made landfall at florida's keaton beach wednesday morning as a strong category 3 hurricane, with winds up to 125 miles per hour. it then moved quickly north, reaching the carolinas this morning, still with winds around 60 miles per hour, on its way out to the atlantic. it could threaten bermuda early next week. in south carolina, the torrential rains continued. the storm, coupled with high tides, sent water over sand dunes and onto beachfront streets. the surge even topped a seawall protecting downtown charleston. swells were expected to continue through the labor day weekend, causing life-threatening surf and dangerous recurrence. -- dangerous rip currents. still, back in florida, officials expressed some relief that idalia was less destructive than they first feared. heavily populated areas like tampa bay avoided a direct blow from the storm, though parts of the city did see serious flooding. governor ron desantis, who toured the worst-hit areas today, compared idalia to hurricane ia

afternoon, kathy hochul calling up an additional 150 national gn that brings the total to 2200 national guardsmen responding to the migrant crisis state wide including hundred 50 who sole job is to case management and help migrants apply for work. today she made the case that all migrants should be eligible for work despite the fact that critics say that in expediting work permit for migrants will only entice more asylum-seekers to come to new york city. >> that's what i am most excited about, and we have over 400,000 open jobs right now. everything from farms to construction to restaurants, hotels, nursing homes and hospitals, my gosh, they could use workers right now. >> still tensions continue to rise here in the city. yesterday there were pro and anti-migrant protests outside the bronx where a temporary dorm could be at the just site of the next temporary shelter. it was a former dorm that could be turned into a shelter for these migrants, there are people that are upset here in the city concerned about whether or not these migrants are vetted, just this last weekend, two migrants here in the

we also know that governor abbott, we have learned from whistleblowers that he has ordered national guardsmen to prevent migrants from turning themselves in to cbp, has even ordered that they push people back into mexico. mr. chairman, i would like your unanimous consent to enter into the record an el paso times article from earlier this week, texas national guard orders hundreds of asylum-seekers on u.s. territory back into mexico. this, in addition to governor abbett separating fathers from their children and their families, it's just egregious what is happening on the border the operation lone star. attorney general garland, are you able to speak to any responses the department has had to governor abbott's blatant undermining of federal immigration authority? >> i can speak on the question, when we brought suit on the rivers and harbors act with the interference of navigable waters, that case is still under adjudication in the district court. >> i understand that, there are other issues and i want to make sure i flagged them for you today at this hearing, but would also like for your folks

today and that rough surf could produce coastal flooding and governor said she's got about 50 national guardsmen to navigate the potential flood waters that may come in to play and red cross and workers ahead of the state and she's gone ahead and taking action to be in the best position possible ahead of the anticipated impacts. >> i do this and it's necessary to get assets in place before anything lands here in massachusetts. it puts us in the best possible position to be abi able to respd to the ways we need and the equipment and military personnel. we have sent to the federal government and formal request for emergency declaration under the stafford act. >> of course this is not the first time the state has been needing to prepare for a flood event and actually not the first time this month just a few days ago, 11 inches of rain flooded neighborhoods across the state of massachusetts, the video you saw earlier showed impacts from a nor'easter back in 2014. a storm that will produce really hurricane lee i should say will produce some similar, really impacts that this area is used to seeing dur

and i for one as a veteran always, always appreciate national guardsmen and women. our coast guard men and women and our first responders. their homes take damage for their families are out there to rather than being home taking care of their property there helping everybody else. i certainly hope he is loud and proud in taking care of our military. which right now is in the throes of the crisis for the florida national guard in particular does overseas deployments. and every year fully activated for the storms. those of the things i hope to hear from him but hope to hear some leadership some real compassion. we have not seen up-to-date. anita: marine one just landing now and live oak by mistake by the gainesville before he took off from there. now he is in live oak. he is he's getting off of the helicopter. and going to see some of the damage there and live oak where it is hardest hit. a quick question to you about his praise of how governor ron desantis has handled this tragedy so far. he seemed to have some words of praise for him earlier in the week. what you th

florida state guardsmen, a newly activated force designed to alleviate the pressure on the national guardsmennatural disasters. they're picking up here ready to eat meals, putting them in the trunks and then further down there's water as well, and back there you see those blue tarps to help them out with the recovery efforts, tarping up their homes and at the end of the process line back there is ice that they're packing in there. now, let me give you a little bit of details into the schedule of the president, just before 11:00 a.m. here in about 45 minutes, the president and the first lady, they're set to depart the white house and go over to joint base andrews. just after 1:00 p.m. they'll arrive here, gainesville regional airport, and then 15 minutes later they will receive an aerial tour of the storm-ravaged area en route to live oak right here in suwanee county. and also with these recovery efforts and he will deliver remarks. guys? >> and isabel, president biden has said he'll be meeting with florida governor ron desantis on this trip today, but desantis says it's not happening. is it c

declared the strike a federal crime and apply 12,000 troops, the strike turned deadly after national guardsmenny as 30 people. in the aftermath of this massacre in an effort to appease the nations workers, labor day was formed. the pullman porters of the 19th century did not allow their fears to be broken even when the government who powers and be thought that it could. workers across the railroad industry banded together to put pressure on the system. does any of the sound familiar? our nations no stranger to strikes. walkouts and unions, standing together. right now we're seeing a reinvigorated labor when it comes to life right before our allies. hollywood writers have been on strike for nearly four months. and actors join the picket lines two months ago. auto workers are now authorized a strike against automakers in a contract agreement isn't reached this month. flight attendants at american airlines also voted to authorize a strike just this week. when you have u.p.s. out there, unionized workers threatened a mass walkout for approving a new contract last month. and now u.p.s. drivers make

we also know that governor abbott, we have learned from whistleblowers, he has ordered national guardsmen to prevent migrants from turning themselves in to cbp, has even ordered that they push people back into mexico. and mr. chairman, i would like to unanimous consent to enter into the record an el paso times article from earlier this week, texas national guard orders hundreds of asylum seekers on u.s. territory back into mexico. >> no objection. >> this in addition to governor abbott separating fathers from their children and their families, it's just -- it's agregious what is happening on the border via operation lone star. attorney general garland, are you able to speak to any responses the department has had to governor abbott's blatant undermining of federal immigration authority? >> i can obviously speak on one question, when -- we brought suit under the rivers and harbors act for the interference with navigable waters, that case is still under adjudication in the district court. >> i understand that. there are other issues, i want to make sure i flag them for you today at this hea

we also know that governor abbott -- we've learned from whistle-blowers, that he has ordered national guardsmen to prevent migrants from turning themselves in to cbp. has ordered that they push back people into mexico and, mr. chairman, i would like to unanimous consent to enter the record an el paso times article from earlier this year. texas national guard orders hundreds of asylum seekers on u.s. territory back into mexico. >> without objection. >> this in addition to governor abbott separating fathers from their children and their families, it's just egregious what is happening on the border via operation lone star. attorney general garland, are you able to speak to any responses the department has had to governor abbott's blatant undermining of federal immigration authority? >> i can obviously speak on the question. we brought suit under the rivers and harbors act for the interference with navigable waters. that case is still under adjudication in the district court. >> i understand that. there are other issues -- i want to make sure i flag them for you today at this hearing. but would als

texas governor abbott says he has deployed more texas national guardsmen to repel illegal crossings tonstall and fix the wire that was cut. guys? >> brian: thanks, lucas. meanwhile i never remember it worse. that seen yesterday under the bridge was much like the haitian scene before. just so you know this is a biden caused absolute disaster rippling through this city in particular. they are going to end up in new york, by the way. see you shortly. make sure you get your metro pass. and meanwhile, we have the president of the united states refusing refusing an invitation from the mayor to do what the hispanic caucus did and visit the roosevelt hotel. this is where it's teeming with people. can't get inside you are sleeping on cardboard outside. the president says i'm going to let venezuelans stay for 18 months. can you work. 40% of the people here illegally are venezuelan. and this is going to be chaos. that is a huge magnet for the rest of venezuela, that horribly run country. and it also says this is just the beginning. what these democratic mayors and governors want to do is get ever

we also know that governor abbott, we have learned from whistleblowers that he has ordered national guardsmenants from turning themselves in to cvp, has even ordered that they push people back into mexico, and mr. chairman, i would like unanimous consent to enter into the record an el paso times article from earlier this week, "texas national guard orders hundreds of asylum seekers on u.s. territory back into mexico." >> no objection. >> this in addition to governor abbott separating fathers from their children and their families, it's egregious what is happening on the border via operation lone star. attorney general garland, are you able to speak to any responses the department has had to governor abbott's blatant undermining of federal immigration authority? >> i can obviously speak on the buoys question. when we brought suit under the rivers and harbor act for the interference with navigatable waters, that case is still under adjudication in the district court. >> i understand that. there are other issues and i want to make sure i flag them for you today at this hearing, but would also li

three or four national guardsmen come to the middle of the game.they try to stop the game and they tell them, you've had your fun today. we'll have our fun tomorrow. okay. on the morning of april 20th of 1914, an it's questions of actually what happened. but there is an exchange of gunfire and both sides think the other side is the one who shot the national guard will attack the camp. the people in the encampment try to get out. one of the individuals in the camp by the name of lewis tex tries to go to the national guard and ask them to stop the fighting so that they can pull the women and children out of the tent colony. he's hit in the back of the head with the -- of a rifle, and then he shot and killed. he's left on the train tracks for three days. that he other individuals as well will try to get out. charlie costa will try as well. he'll also get shot in the back as he's dying. the story is that he talked about his family and checking, wanting to make sure that his family was safe and still alive. by the end of the day. the national guard, in

>> if they followed their emergency authority and deployed quick qrf, we could have had 200 national guardsmen, it could have been a game changer. we could have used their help. >> i am on a tragic circumstances you know about then police lieutenant michael bird and the interaction to which lead to death of ashley babet, a rioter. because of his actions now captain bird and his family facing onslaught of threats and been target of vial attacks some racist, a family member of miss babbitt said that michael bird needs to swing from the end of a rope. >> no comment on that. >> no comment. before i yield back, may i ask you consent to enter to record following article from "washington post" fact checker dated debt 15, no trump did not order 10,000 drops to secure the capitol on january 6. article from cnn, fact checking representing jordans claim that speaker pelosi of responsible for u.s. capitol security on january 6. and a letter from secretary of army to commanding general, dated january 5th. relaying the restrictions. and a interview of former house sergeant of arms paul irving. and support f

>> if they had followed emergency authority and deployed the quick qrs, we could've had 200 national guardsmen quickly. that would have been a game changer, the metro police department sent me 1000 officers, we could absolutely use their assistance. >> on a tragic circumstance, you obviously know about then police lieutenant michael byrd and the interaction that led to the death of ashley batter. a rider that tried to break into the lobby, because of his actions, now captain byrd and his family faces and onslaught of threats and have been the target of aisle attacks, some of them racist. a family member had publicly said that michael byrd needs to swing the end of a rope. do you have any reaction to that comment? >> no comment on that. >> no comment. before i reeled back, may i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the following, an article from the washington post, december 15th, 2021 entitled no, trump did not order 10,000 troops to secure the capital on january 6. an article on cnn fact checking that speaker pelosi was responsible for capital security on january 6, a memorandum for

book, quote, as i pull off-campus, military vans pour into the city, unloading hundreds of national guardsmenreet. my soul feels broken. washington looks like a war zone because of us. i have no groceries and haven't eaten all day. i wander the aisles aimlessly. life feels like a fever dream, completely unreal. i'm detached from myself. i abandon my cart in the middle of an aisle and leave without buying anything. mylues fill with frigid air as i walk to my car, tears rolling down my cheeks. i feel physical pain as i see the capitol dome as i cross the bridge into washington. i want to scream but i feel paralyzed. i don't turn on any lights when i enter my apartment. my body is on auto pilot as i walk from my front door to the living room. i collapse onto my couch staring at the ceiling. i feel my cellphone vibrate. it's mom and paul. mom is crying. she's begging me not to move to florida. paul interjects trying to diffuse the argument before it begins. he doesn't realize how little i care, how far gone i am. cassidy hutchinson joins us now. had you rog do? >> doing well, nicolle. how are you

inhumane policies in action that have taken the lives of children at the border and we've lost national guardsmen to death. this is not only inhumane but operation lone star is not effective. abbott is lighting $25 million on fire every week to cause suffering instead of creating solutions p. why do my colleagues across across the aisle not want solutions? because they have no interest in a functioning immigration system and they thrive off keeping the immigration system broken so they can continue to stoke anti-immigrant fierce for their own politics. operation lone star furthermore is also unconstitutional. in arizona versus the united states, the supreme court ruled the federal government, not people like governor abbott, have supremacy over the immigration system. abbott's unconstitutional abusive, wasteful, and inhumane operation lone star is a disgrace to our state and to our nation. i want to be clear, not one cent of federal money should go towards caging families, cutting innocent people with razor wire or drowning children, period. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentle

we also know that governor abbott, we have learned from whistleblowers that he has ordered national guardsmen to prevent migrants from turning themselves in to cbp, has even ordered that they push people back into mexico. mr. chairman, i would like your unanimous consent to enter into the record an el paso times article from earlier this week, texas national guard orders hundreds of asylum-seekers on u.s. territory back into mexico. this, in addition to governor abbett separating fathers from their children and their families, it's just egregious what is happening on the border the operation lone star. attorney general garland, are you able to speak to any responses the department has had to governor abbott's blatant undermining of federal immigration authority? >> i can speak on the question, when we brought suit on the rivers and harbors act with the interference of navigable waters, that case is still under adjudication in the district court. >> i understand that, there are other issues and i want to make sure i flagged them for you today at this hearing, but would also like for your folks

brought three buckets medal dispenser, a russian pseudo-hero, then he came to the guardsmen, there are units of the national, one of the deputy ministers of the russian ministry of internal affairs, also a medal collector here, putin is trying to raise their fighting spirit, so in a way that gives various units the rank of guards, in particular, it seems like the day before yesterday, the 58th army received such a rank , before that the same 810th marine corps brigade, before that the 291st regiment, 70th, 71st regiments received such ranks, what do we know, because tracking where these units stand, when they receive these ranks, apparently then they bang hard and the artillerymen begin to celebrate their so-called achievements with salutes, because in those days the number of artillery fire increases exponentially, they start stupidly thresh, but nevertheless it does not help them, because the result we see is that they slowly, slowly retreat , well, either they retreat, or they leave certain areas, a gray zone is formed there, well, de facto, they lose control over those or other positions, and look, how

buckets of medals, distributed to these russian pseudo-heroes, then he came to the guardsmen, there are also units there national replacements... of the russian ministry of internal affairs is also a medal collector here, putin is trying to raise their morale by giving various units the rank of guards, in particular, it seems like the day before yesterday that the 58th army received such a rank, before however, the same 810th brigade of marines, before that 291st regiment, 70-71st regiments received such ranks , what do we know, because tracking where these units stand, when they receive these ranks, probably later, they bang hard and start, to celebrate their so-called achievements with artillery salutes, because in those days the number of artillery fire at them simply increases there and then, they start to flounder stupidly, but nevertheless it does not help them, because we see the result that they are slowly retreating , well, they either retreat or leave certain areas, there is a gray area, well, de facto they lose control over certain positions, but look, how would you rate it now, apart from minefields,

guardsmen. there are also units of the national guard and their various police units , one of the deputy ministersf medals here, putin is trying to raise their fighting spirit in such a way that he gives various units the rank of guardsmen, in particular, it seems like yesterday that this 58th army received such a rank, before that the same 810th marine brigade, before that 291 regiments, 70 and 71 regiments received such ranks, what do we know, because tracking where these units stand, they when they receive these titles, they probably then bang hard and start celebrating their so-called achievements with artillery salutes, because in those days , the number of artillery fire increases exponentially, they start hammering stupidly, but nevertheless, it does not help them, because the result we see is that they are slowly... retreating, or retreating, or leaving these or other areas, a gray zone is formed there, well , de facto, they lose control over these or other positions, and look how you now estimated that, apart from minefields, there are still quite serious problems, well, in relation to ,

nation would remain free. the soldiers, sailor, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen who are standing watch and those on the field before you, thank you. thank you for your service, thank you for your sacrifice. you are in fact the most capable and lethal military force in the world today and in all human history. let me thank my family. my family and friends here include my classmates from princeton and so maybe we can hear you shout. that was pretty weak actually. so, i am not sure what to make of that. the but i was made an honorary class of 1980 from west point, so maybe all of the west point classmates, maybe we can hear from you. oh, that is even weaker. so maybe i will go back to princeton. that is all a result of last night. so, my actual family that serves as the greatest and deepest gratitude and i was blessed and deserve to be in a country of america where you rise and fall by your merit and judged by the content of your character. my mother was a navy wave in the military hospital in seattle taking care of the wounded and returning from the general pacific in world war ii. when my father served with t

guardsmen managed to dislodge the enemy from positions in the melitopol direction. this was reported by the acting director of the department of the main directorate of the national guard mykola urshalovich, according to him, we are in the melitopol direction under pressure from the defenders, the occupiers are forced to withdraw from their positions our soldiers are entrenched on the occupied borders despite the powerful resistance of the occupiers , despite dense mining and engineering equipment, as well as the powerful resistance of the occupiers our units had partial success, advanced both into the depth of the enemy's defenses and along the front in the kherson direction. national guard units continue to carry out stabilization measures , conduct reconnaissance, inflict fire damage on identified enemy targets, provide support for the actions of the defense forces, conduct training, teach english and work on simulators about this was reported by the spokesman of the air force, yuriy ignat, the training is taking place according to the established plan , the military and other specialists will learn on many at sites from different countries, a large group of aviatio

, the guardsmen managed to dislodge the enemy from their position in the melitopol direction about this mykola ushalovych, acting director of the department of the main directorate of the national guard, said, according to him, in the melitopol direction, under the pressure of the defenders, the occupiers are forced to leave their positions, our soldiers are entrenched on the occupied borders, despite the strong resistance of the occupiers, despite dense mining and engineering equipment, as well as strong resistance of the occupiers, our units had partial success, they advanced both in the depth of the enemy's defenses and along the front in the kherson direction, units of the national guard they continue to carry out stabilization measures, conduct reconnaissance, inflict fire damage on identified enemy targets, provide support for the actions of the defense forces, and now the armed forces operative reports that the occupier has also lost cotton in roza, all of the zaporizhzhia region , there is also a lot of smoke and fire in the occupied territories, the enemy is forming 12 assault rifles for breaking through a hole in our defense at the estuary in the direction of kopiiv,

nation. you also look at the heroism that day, by the first responders, by many of our civilians and also our guardsmenre in new york. we have a large national guard contingent here in new york. literally hundreds of thousands of them immediately went to their armory without being asked. by the end of the day, we had 6,000 guardsmen on duty here. we had six states involved with the air patrolling. one of the unique stories is within washington, d.c., when flight 93 was unaccounted for, we launched fighters. because they were not armed, they only had 500 rounds of training ammo. their mission was to prevent anything from attacking our nation's capitol. so when the air crews took off, they knew it could mean them having to ram the aircraft to prevent it from attacking our capitol. >> extraordinary moments of service and potential sacrifice 22 years ago. now, we are two decades since the attack. still ever present, particularly those in new york. how are you seeing the spirit of service? are you still seeing americans want to serve in that way, and are you concerned that maybe not enough are? >> you know,

national guards members to the states border with mexico and operation lone star has created order management challenges, it has resulted in countless humanitarian and due process violations for migrants. it has harmed guardsmen assigned to the mission, it has cost the state billions of dollars and it has completely undermined the federal government's authority over immigration. i sent you a letter, my colleagues and i from texas sent you a letter from july about greg abbott's floating barriers. i know that case is going through appeal. but, we have also learned that the national guards shot at a mexican national across the rio grande and in september, on september 1st, i sent you a letter asking that the doj investigated that. prevent migrants from turning themselves in to cbp, has even ordered that they push people back into mexico. mr. chairman, i would like your unanimous consent to enter into the record an el paso times article from earlier this week, texas national guard orders hundreds of asylum-seekers on u.s. territory back into mexico. this, in addition to governor abbett separating fathers from their children and their families, it's just egregious what is happening on the border the operation lone