operators disconnected transmission at the military high command perhaps that's according to reporters without borders voice of america has also reported periodic blackouts for example. we don't i don't think there's any black coat involved is not in bones on the. we have about 150 tenants the number of journalists as they can thousands so i don't see any incident you have been not been able to name one person who has actually been intimidated by the state agencies if there is a personal case of someone like concepts and then mr minister i would say. perhaps you will believe. a justice in the supreme court who recently said in a hearing that the media in the country is not free and of the country is being destroyed in a systemic manner perhaps you will believe that statement and perhaps you can also explain to me why your prime minister has separately cried foul and said that politicians are being targeted with libelous reporting do you expect people to believe that you are really the victims here and frankly of their drugs would have lost the who hold many believe the judiciary is free and how many p

operators disconnected transmission at the military high command behest that's according to reporters without borders voice of america has also reported periodic blackouts for example. we don't i don't think there's any black oak involved is not in boats on the sea. we have about 150 times the number of journalists as they can thousands so i don't see any incident you have been not been able to name one person who has actually been intimidated by the state agencies if there is a personal case of someone like concepts and then mr minister i would say. perhaps you will believe. a justice in the supreme court who recently said in a hearing that the media in the country is not free and of the country is being destroyed in a systemic manner perhaps you will believe that statement and perhaps you can also explain to me why your prime minister has separately cried foul and said that politicians are being targeted with live this reporting do you expect people to believe that you are really the victims here and frankly of their drugs would have lost the whole many believe the. how many. many judges have been

operators disconnected transmission at the military high command behest that's according to reporters without borders voice of america has also reported periodic blackouts for example. we don't i don't think there's any black oak involved is not invited on the. we have about 150 channels the number of journalists as they can thousands so i don't see any incident you have been more been able to name one person who has actually been intimidated by the state agencies if there is a personal case of someone like concepts and then mr minister i would say. perhaps you will believe. a justice of the supreme court who recently said in a hearing that the media in the country is not free and of the country is being destroyed in a systemic manner perhaps you will believe that statement and perhaps you can also explain to me why your prime minister has separately cried foul and said that politicians are being targeted with live this reporting do you expect people to believe that you are really the victims here and frankly of their drugs would have lost the who hold many believe the tradition is free and how many

operators disconnected transmission at the military high command perhaps that's according to reporters without borders voice of america has also reported periodic blackouts for example. we don't i don't think there's any black coat involved is not in boats on the. we have about 150 channels the number of journalists in thousands so i don't see any incident you have been more been able to name one person who has actually been intimidated by the state agencies if there is a personal case of someone like concepts and then mr minister i would say. perhaps you will believe. a justice in the supreme court who recently said in a hearing that the media in the country is not free and of the country is being destroyed in a systemic manner perhaps you will believe that statement and perhaps you can also explain to me why your prime minister has separately cried foul and said that politicians are being targeted with libelous reporting do you expect people to believe that you are really the victims here unfriendly of their judge would have was the who hold many believe the judiciary is free and how many people how

operators disconnected transmission at the military high command behest that's according to reporters without borders voice of america has also reported periodic blackouts for example. we don't i don't insure there's any blood go in bali is not in boats on the sea. we have about 150 times the number of journalists in thousands so i don't see any incident you have been more been able to name one person who has actually been intimidated by the syrians is if there is a personal case of someone like concepts and then mr minister i would say. perhaps you will believe. a justice in the supreme court who recently said in a hearing that the media in the country is not free and of the country is being destroyed in a systemic manner perhaps you will believe that statement and perhaps you can also explain to me why your prime minister has separately cried foul and said that politicians are being targeted with libelous reporting do you expect people to believe that you are really the victims here and frankly if they're judged would have lost the who hold many believe the judiciary is free and how many people how

operators disconnected transmission at the military high command behest that's according to reporters without borders voice of america has also reported periodic blackouts for example. we don't i don't think there's any black coat involved is not invited on though i would say. we have about 150 channels the number of journalists is they can thousands so i don't see any incident you have been not been able to name one person who has actually been intimidated by the syrians if there is a personal case of someone like concepts and then mr minister i would say. perhaps you will believe. a justice in the supreme court who recently said in a hearing that the media in the country is not free and of the country is being destroyed in a systemic manner perhaps you will believe that statement and perhaps you can also explain to me why your prime minister has separately cried foul and said that politicians are being targeted with libelous reporting do you expect people to believe that you are really the victims here and frankly of their drugs would have caused the who hold many believe the. how many people many

al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death an abstention for endangering national security reporters without borders ranks egypt of 166 out of 180 countries and its index of press freedom of hussein is now free says at least 30 journalists remain in egyptian prisons chala ballasts out his era. i'm joined now from doha by al jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashara why has mahmoud hussein been released now. you know clearly there are some circumstances happening indonesian and on the world that influence the system of the president with a c.c. notably. the recent not read normalization of relations between cutout and the photobucket think country which includes egypt and to the advent of the biden administration and just to remind our viewers around the world biden have made it clear over the last several months that he will no longer give. you know a pass to autocrats and that he will no longer coddle dictators he put it in lawless words in the sense that he puts the likes of the vet the has the issue on notice that he could no longer jail journalists and human rights activists and he can no

al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death an abstention for endangering national security reporters without borders ranks egypt of $166.00 out of $180.00 countries and it's index of press freedom of hussein is now free says at least 30 journalists remain in egyptian prisons chala ballasts out jazeera. over $100.00 is edis killed by isis fighters and 2014 have been laid to rest in a funeral service in northwest iraq their remains were found in mass graves last year and identified through d.n.a. testing the religious minority was targeted by eisel because of their faith the u.n. estimates at least 5000 years these were murdered and 7000 women and girls abducted and even enslaved william what does the founder of the that's a human rights organization that works to improve minority rights in iraq he explains the current difficulties for displaced. they are scared to. even the strategy of the government is too close. to the terror to their homeland but still the situation you know in specially is in john. is very. critical on people they there's no trust of the security situation has and in general as w

al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death an abstention for endangering national security reporters without borders ranks egypt of 166 out of 180 countries and its index of press freedom of hussein is now free says at least 30 journalists remain in egyptian prisons chala ballasts out his era. african union leaders have been meeting by video conference for a very annual summit there are likely to discuss a range of shared concerns. including the covert 1000 pandemic in the struggle to secure vaccines the outgoing chairman cyril ramaphosa says the continent has been devastated by the virus and still faces a long and difficult road before the pandemic is defeated often why is following the summit from nairobi. expecting the african center for disease control and also the a used vaccine task force to report to the african union to update them on progress in this summit comes at a moment where the african continent finds itself at the bottom of a lot over grossly on equal allocation the distribution of covert 19 vaccines around the world experts estimate that the richest countries would have vaccinated

al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death an abstention for endangering national security reporters without borders ranks egypt at 166 out of 180 countries and its index of press freedom of hussein is now free says at least 30 journalists remain in egyptian prisons shall about alice out his era. over 100 members of iraq's the minority who were killed by i.c.l. nearly 7 years ago have been buried among them were 2 brothers of a nobel peace prize winner nadia it was tortured and raped by eisel fighters a service was held in the northwest of the country to lay them to rest their remains were found in mass graves last year and identified through d.n.a. testing the united nations estimates at least $5000.00 new c.d.'s were mudded and 7000 women and girls abducted and enslaved. today we are standing in front of a scarf and it's because neda the iraqi government nor the kurdistan governor. to protect it or defend it and this is a fantastic time to see making the remains of the us victims not to be also a state of transitional justice a number that other victims. are women to be treated in who survived tha

committee to protect journalists the electronic frontier foundation human rights watch and reporters without borders just to name a few sent a letter to the administration asking the by administration to drop the charges and not appeal the judge's ruling the letter states quote the indictment of mr threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is conduct that journalists and engage in routinely and that they must engage in in order to do the work the public needs them to do. so it appears when it comes to attacking press freedoms through the indictment of julian assange is the song remains the same regardless of the elephant or donkey who set up shop in the oval office and start watching those hawks. on a city street. that are so let's see this is joyce state. great city displays systemic deceptions so which were so you'll. welcome everyone to watching the hawks i am a robot and i'm of the goodness gracious the media like wow i didn't i'm not shocked that the by administration decided to follow in the donald trump footsteps but i think there were a lot of people tha

reporters without borders describes egypt as one of the world's biggest jailers of journalists, withidespread arbitrary detentions, mass trials, and even life imprisonment for some reporters. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery and fraud before abruptly walking out of the courtroom where hearings for his corruption trial are taking place. this comes just weeks ahead of new elections in israel, the fourth in two years, and amid ongoing protests against netanyahu in israel. meanwhile, the international criminal court ruled friday it has jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territories, clearing the way for investigations into israeli crimes in gaza and the west bank. we'll have more on this after headlines. we will speak with the world-renowned attorney raji. the biden administration said friday it will remove yemen's houthi rebels from the government's list of terror groups, reversing a last-minute move by the trump administration, which yemenis and international aid groups warned would only worsen the world's worst humanitarian cat

al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death an abstention for endangering national security reporters without borders ranks egypt of 166 out of 180 countries and its index of press freedom of hussein is now free says at least 30 journalists remain in egyptian prisons chala ballasts out his era. senior political analyst maramba charlock snout the wider reasons behind what his aims release. clearly there are some circumstances happening indonesian and on the world that influence the sister of the president to fit that a c c notably. the recent not read normalization of relations between cutout and the 4 black i think country which includes egypt and to the advent of the biden administration and just to remind our viewers around the world biden have made it clear over the last several months that he will no longer give. you know a pass to autocrats and that he will no longer coddle dictators he put it in lawless words in the sense that he put the likes of them but the has a notice that he could no longer jail journalists and human rights activists and he can longer continue with the same political repre

al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death an abstention for endangering national security reporters without borders ranks egypt of 166 out of 180 countries in its index of press freedom of hussein is now free says at least 30 journalists remain in egyptian prisons chala ballasts out his era. let's take to scott griffin who's the deputy director of the international press institute he's joining us from vienna scott griffin thanks so much for your time or you're going to zation as well as countless others along with al-jazeera had been lobbying for mahmoud abbas a israelis for the past 4 years what is your official reaction to this news. we're 'd going to need a reminder obviously we are related to this news it's a wonderful it's a wonderful day it's a wonderful day for mahmoud and his family so we're very pleased and the campaigns were just as useless mentioned 4 or so years since he was arrested so it is a good day and it's it's one step towards respect for people expression of press freedom and did you expect it at all or or was a surprise. there had been some discussion in recent days that it's p

that incident also figured in the recent reporters without borders assessment that now ranks the united states as only the $48.00 freest country for journalists and places us in the trouble democracy category you shouldn't have to worry about die off covering the news unless it is ancillary to covering the news. the 4th this day has meaning and you breathe life into it every day as they did. i love every one of you a special love for the we have a capital because. we believe in wrong jerald job they want to point out who's right what was wrong and what we could do better so the members of my staff. enjoy the incredible about. to return to work if you want. i am proud. to work among the giants. so i'd like to thank you and i thank them thank. you for the go through and. i think most folks. when it happened. was just in shock the 1st thing i thought was i hope that it doesn't come out at the shooter had a vendetta against specifically the news from i hope it's just something random working the site is going to the 1st place. and it was specifically targeted in the space. and that that was

. >> reporter: doctors without borders is fighting to get vaccines to malawi, and into the arms of healthne of three are here and the other five, all out with the view ris. they're really strained with this particular wave. >> some countries have ordered many times the number of vaccines than the size of their population. what impact could that have? >> the issue is more of a timing issue than a health issue. if it falls apart, it's not only people dying from covid we're going to have here. we'll have excess mortality related to other diseases. it's only for them delivering precious oxygen tanks in the wards. you have would be a sister and you have it to tell yourself yo will be well. >> her skills as a doctor are honed by the years of never carrying a full arsenal of weapons. >> 20-year-olds in europe might get vaccinated before you get a vaccine. >> sure. >> how does that make you feel? >> that's brutal but that's reality. >> why would this moment be any different? 40,000 vaccine doses, that's what they're hoping to get to malawi soon. in fact, now to help the health care workers and co

, is only getting worse. >> i don't remember feeling like this in the first wave. >> reporter: doctors without borderst vaccines to malawi. and at the very least, into the arms of health-care workers. one of just three-remaining specialists, covering four full covid wards. the other five, all, out sick with the virus. >> and people are dying. and like, all the systems are like really strained with this particular wave. >> reporter: some countries have ordered many times the number of vaccines than the size of their population. what impact could that have? >> the issue, right now, is more a time issue than a quantity issue. the health system falls apart. you know, it's not only people dying from covid that we're going to have here. we're going -- going to have excess mortality, related to other diseases. >> reporter: hope is still being kept alive, if only because of dr. purey and the nurses and workers constantly delivering precious oxygen tanks to the wards but she says to survive as a doctor at queens, also, means being a realist. >> we had to accept that our situation is different. you have to come

. >> reporter: doctors without borders is fighting to get vaccines to malawi and at the very least intopirri, one of three remaining specialists covering four full covid wards, the other five all out sick with the virus. >> people are dying and, like, all of the systems are really strained with this particular wave. >> reporter: some countries have ordered many times the number of vaccines than the size of their population. what impact could that have? >> the issue right now is more time issue than a quantity issue. the health care system falls apart, it is not only people dying from covid that we're going to have here, we're going to have excess mortality related to other diseases. >> reporter: hope is still being kept alive if only because of dr. pirri and the nurses and the workers constantly delivering precious oxygen tanks to the wards. but pirri said to survive as a doctor at queens, it also means being a realistist. >> we have to accept that our situation will be mentally well and i'm going to look after myself and we'll deal with what we have, but we'll do our best. >> reporter:

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now at the border and they are talking now about how mexico refuses and is not cooperate with the u.s.. drug cartels and human traffickers. we have reports coming out at border patrol withoutoving trailers not equipped with ventilation food or water or covid ppe to push 80 people in three separate events just recently and dozens more illegally crossing the border. the drug war is taking a turn for the worse and it's a full on blitz by the drug traffickers in human traffickers right now to take it managed to covid chaos here. your reaction? >> as you and i talked about a i month ago if jill biden became president we would lose control of the border. they don'tor care about these people. they are making millions of dollarsar a day and smuggling tm in tractor-trailers, i was there. when the lead investigator 19 suffocated to death. i stood in that tractor-trailer among 17 death. to have gone too the hospital ad died on the way. a 5-year-old child suffocates and it's something i will never forget. you heard me arguing with the cover some in chicago. i held that child and i felt a lot of children my career on the order. openness border up and central americans and americans it'

now there's an increase of children crossing the border without their parents. >> reporter: there areportant context is during every presidential transition you see an up tick crossing the border where you'll see bipartisan pushback tonight and this week is over the use of what is called temporary influx communities. the reason that people are upset about this, both left and right, is that these are unlicensed facilities, the oversight mechanisms are not in place in the way they would be for a permanent shelter they're not operated by customs and border protection it's where they have to legally put child refugees before they're discharged to sponsors if the biden administration is going to make a departure from this strategy, they haven't said they're willing to do that, yet. i don't think anybody wants to see these children in unlicensed facilities, including the government itself. >> what about the families of the remaining children separated by the former administration. >> i think it's extraordinarily good news. obviously anybody would say that, to find the children and start the

there is a report from doctors without borders, according to the report more than two thirds of those making the journey north to come victims of violence along the way. nearly one third of the women are sexually assaulted along the journey. the former chief of the u.s. border patrol and former acting director of the u.s. customs told this committee and july that there is a family pretending to be related when they are in fact, not. the word is out. people know that if they send or bring a child, their end result is entry to the united states. investigation by homeland security along the border control began a fraud initiative in el paso. they put out a report that outlined fraudulent families, the bottom line was that the investigation concluded individuals have entered into schemes to dangerously transfer their children ranging in age from four months to 16 years to unrelated adults they can pose as family units. and to fraudulently obtain immigration benefits. so, what happens is somebody shows up at the border with a child claiming to be theirs. and we have no idea if they really

border that we've been working with over the last, almost two years. >> reporter: the attempt to roll back the border policies doesn't come without criticism. 19 members of congress have written a letter to the biden administration, explaining this move could pose covid-19 risk. in all, about 27 folks are going to make their way from those encampments to the united states. about nine families will then be relocated to the bay area over the next couple of days. they are waiting for the asylum applications to be processed. some folks will be here to welcome and help support them. live in sausalito, cierra johnson, for "today in the bay." >>> want to take you to southern california, where we've been following this breaking news. this is in compton. look at this. a massive structure fire has been burning for quite some time now. the concern is that it is near nearby homes, as well. stacks of wood pallets could be fuelling this fire. that's a big problem. it grows and grows. also, power lines appear to be sparked or hit by the powers, as well. firefighters have been out there battling the fire for quite some time. it is massive and we're keeping our eye on

worried about the fact that people as they come across the border illegally released into the us, a court date without testing. he said this, reporting from that area, he told border report that paroling, the old catch and release policy has endangered border communities because us customs and border protection officials are not testing migrants for the coronavirus prior to their release and that is into the us. not great for those coming here. they may need medical care but sending them into the us population without testing seems to be completely in contrast to making us all take tests before we get on domestic flights. >> if i had a couple minutes with pete, i would talk about reality, the reality is i can't take a 45 minute flight from dc to new york without a test but we have migrants participating in caravans, active mobile covid-19 petri dishes traveling thousands of miles from hotspots in mexico which is where we've seen the highest covid-19 death since the pandemic began, they get to the us-mexico border, stuffed in overcrowded unsanitary stash houses and tractor-trailers as they come across illegally and what about the 6600

the southern border that is worth talking about, the fact that homeland security agencies stood up real programs, real people, 15 years ago, all this time without any significant reportingabout it, who all have read intelligence the public is not privy to. the resource programs. the covert border war, when it was released -- intelligence for protected classified intelligence. the ongoing investigations, and address human traffic for national security interests. what i mean by that, the 11 iranian's apprehended at the arizona border one week ago monday. today is tuesday, people coming from countries on the southern border in places like afghanistan. somalia, syria, iraq, afghanistan, chechnya, some 35 to 40 different countries that you have significant terrorist activities that they are showing up at the border without any identification, very often moving through south america, latin america, the book breaks this whole thing down, the near war and the far war. get to the near war first. i described the near war as essential element of it, they reach the border like the iranian this, the alarm goes off about other 3 letter agencies go to detention facility and began a ve

who's head of mission for doctors without borders in syria he joins us on the line from about welcome to day w dr i'm just listening to that report it's clear that lots of these people even if they haven't been physically damaged are incredibly traumatized by this experience . we have here surely and after 10 years of 4 in syria living in terrible conditions and most of the displaced population are now in very precarious situation and on top of that if you had the problematic of the government of course yes we find terrible situation there. is that. the world has to i think to a great extent forgotten about the despised people inside syria and i wonder if there is a danger of these sort of horrible conditions that what we're seeing effectively becoming normal this is what was just going to be like this for the next i don't know 510 years. yes exactly on the situation tendency to normalize for the international community but it's not the situation for the people living there as i said most of the people are now suffering for more than 10 years of work living in terrible conditions because conditions in the camps still. not settled

. >> reporter: tonight, we've also learned that border crossings by unaccompanied minors, kids who come here alone and without their parents, is on the rise as well. and now the biden administration is under fire from immigration advocates who are upset that they are opening up a facility just outside san antonio, texas, reopening that facility to house those children. norah. >> o'donnell: mireya villarreal, thank you. well, tonight, the white house says president biden has spoken by phone with saudi arabia's king salman. the call comes as the u.s. is set to release an intelligence report as soon as tomorrow that says saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman was responsible for approving the murder of columnist jamal khashoggi. the white house says it intends to recalibrate the u.s. relationship with the saudis. we've got more now on our investigation into military families who are having trouble getting enough to eat during the pandemic. nearly 40% have had trouble putting food on the table. cbs' mark strassmann continues his reporting tonight, including the military's response. >> beggars can't be choosers. >

border illegally into the u.s. and a court date without testing. he says this and this is from fox 2 now.com. he says he told border reportsew arrival via the old catch and release policy has endangered order communities because u.s. customs and border protection are not testing migrants for the coronavirus prior to their release. mark, that is into the u.s. until they have the court date. not great for those folks coming here. they may need sick help and medical care but sending them into the population without testing seems to be completely in contrast to making us all take test before we get on domestic flights. >> yeah, so if i had a couple of minutes with pete, i would like to talk about reality, shannon. the reality is i can't take a 45 minute flight to d.c. to new york without a test, meanwhile migrants participating in caravans of thousands of people that i call active code covid peachtree traveling to sps in mexico with the highest covid death since the pandemic. to get to the u.s.-mexico border and stuffed and uncrowded stash houses. in tractor-trailers as they come across illegally. what about the 6,600 who have

and running again but many homes are still without power as workers rush to repair damaged or frozen powerlines. maria mendez reports on south texas and the borders who might be trying to cross the border? thank you for having me. and, yes, this storm has impact did. immigration has innocence continued in the sense that, you know, federal authorities have reported they have had to go into the rio grande to try to protect migrants who have been trying to cross, despite freezing temperatures and authorities have been worried about their offices and migrants are like getting hyper romeu and you know, other migrants who are still waiting to seek asylum in mexico though have been breathing this cold weather, basically intense —— briefing. so a lot of immigrants have been trying to help them stay warm. we know how many _ help them stay warm. we know how many peeple _ help them stay warm. we know how many people have - help them stay warm. we know how many people have been . how many people have been trying to cross the border in such terrible weather? i don't have any _ such terrible weather? i don't have any big _ such terrible weather? i don't have

high alert because the deaths in guinea were reported in and around the city close to their shared border liberia was the cleared ebola free in 2015. year without is there a coming up right after the break as regional leaders arrive in charge from the g 5 somehow summits we take a look at why security is at the top of the agenda and from street parties to silence how brazilians are trying to fill the void left by the cancellation of this year's going about. its time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways there's a lot more snow on the way you might gather from this satellite picture of your system for cloud to turning into a shape that looks like a proper storm system is going to do this if it's 2 days a lot of snowfall carter quite a lot for the western side of hong sure the temps aren't as low as they were but they're low enough to do that and that snow white even show itself in south korea is saying for a couple of days and the temperatures do look more or less average but it looks cold doesn't it however that won't last with a cold blast as comes out through shanghai towards taiwan might even get to hong kong shanghais tem

running again but many homes are still without power as workers rush to repair damaged or frozen powerlines. a little earlier i spoke to maria mendez, border reporterfecting those attempting cross into the us. yes, this storm has impacted migrants. immigration has still, in a sense, continued reported they have had to go into the rio grande to try to protect migrants who have been trying to cross, despite freezing temperatures and authorities have been worried about their offices and migrants alike getting hypothermia and, you know, other migrants who are still waiting to seek asylum in mexico though have been braving this cold weather, basically in tents. so a lot of immigrants have been trying to help them stay warm. do we know how many people have been trying to cross the border in such terrible weather? i don't have any big figures, but there have been a few reports in the last week or so from different field offices for federal authorities, the case that i mentioned earlier was from the eagle pass area and another really significant case that wasn't here on the border but was north of us, in san antonio, local authorities intercepted a call fo

virus has also been reported in the democratic republic of congo that's week to blues the regional representative for epicenter africa the research branch of doctors without borders he's joining us from cameroon is capital you know and dave thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera so what we understand is that these are the 1st cases of ebola since that outbreak in 2013 to 2016 why is there a reemergence now of the virus and in this particular area of guinea. thank you for inviting me it's important to highlight dr the same cause will produce the same effect we know all that even those forests in 0 korea are on their behalf those most likely the past were carrying those virus so we never will have contact between the human and animal is very our break we don't know yet how it happened whenever there will be contact there will be a transfer between the i mean moles and a you might be so that might explain why we have dr reversions of the hour what about the numbers we're seeing in the democratic republic of congo so far 3 cases reported there this must be concerning that it's spreading from one country to the next. actually due to outbreak or not at all i think

handle the situation absalom without being forced to close down our borders again sooner or later because we have a pink thumb of lockdowns here opening up their. reportersami demonstrators in russia have adopted new tactics in showing their support for kremlin critic alexei navalny thousands have been arrested in nationwide protests and said he was jailed earlier this month but this time the gathering seem to have gone unhindered the doubloons moscow correspondent emma show reports. tiny lights in the winter darkness a symbol of unity against the kremlin's politics from siberia and on to st petersburg and moscow people lit up their courtyards under the motto love is stronger than fear. the team of opposition politician alex enough viney believe the unusual protest strengthened the sense of community within the russian opposition. we got tens of thousands of stories from people real life stories about how people went out into their courtyards some people met others there usually after big protests all we're left with is soulless numbers so the number of people who protested the number of arrests but we have come out of this with a lot of real connection

>> are you suggesting they're letting people in across the border without testing them, or tell me a little bit more. >> reporter: they're having to, because of the executive order that the president signed earlier this week -- >> which one? >> reporter: rescinding president trump's policy which stopped catch and release. they're saying that they're having to provide -- they're having to release some migrants into the community before they know for sure they do not have covid, and they're worried it could spread in the community. is there anything being done at the federal level to make sure that this is not contributing to the spread of coronavirus in this country? >> well, certainly the reason we put in a number of protections in terms of travel and otherwise is to keep the american people safe, but i haven't seen that report. i can't validate the accuracy of it, but i would certainly point you to the department of homeland security for more specifics about what's happening at the border. go ahead. >> reporter: thank you. you continue to say that you're hopeful that republicans will still get on board and achi

report a steady climb in apprehensions. especially of central american families, and unaccompanied children. some left by parents at the border who then go it alone without detention. many continue until they succeed. the trump administration cut down now and that's to shut off the nation's asylum system so that these parents were left with no other choice to protect their children other than pretty much handing them over to the u. s government. doesn't joe biden promises to leave intm claims are heard. we hope that those who have been put in remain in mexico will be able to make their asylum cases from the safety of the united states and outside of detention by the task force must report back in four months. meanwhile the border patrol is preparing for another surge driven by the poverty in central america and likely, more welcoming approach when they arrive here. as for the wall, biden officials last night called it wasteful and useless. border agents who work here back to different democratn the first step to push through there. $1.9 trillion covid relief package without help from republicans. this comes one day after the president sat down with moder

secretary psaki: are you suggesting they are letting people in across the border without testing them or tell me a little bit more? >> reportercause of the executive order that the president signed earlier this week -- >> secretary psaki: which one? >> resending the president trump's policy, they are saying they are having to provide, having to release migrants into the community before they know for sure they do not have covid, and they are worried it could spread in the communities. is there anything being done at the federal level to make sure this is not contributing to the spread of coronavirus in this country? >> secretary psaki: certainly a reason he has put in protections in terms of travel and otherwise is to keep the american people say. i cannot see that report so i cannot validate the accuracy but i will put you in with the homeland security what is happening at the border, go ahead. >> reporter: you say that you are hopeful republicans will get on board and achieved bipartisanship, but we haven't seen any limit on the republican side. the fundamental differences remain the same. what gives you hope and optimism t

without ever being screened for covid-19. trace gallagher is on the case for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: border authorities so the obama policy that allows illegal immigrants to be caught, processed and paroled into the us is back in full swing and officials in texas reportedly so concerned how many illegal immigrants were being released, the city was sent 10,000 covid-19 tests, those who test positive are quarantined and released into the us but texas state senator says other texas cities are releasing migrants who have not been tested adding, quote, bob is very alarming to all of us in that they are coming from central america and through mexico to be released into the united states without being tested for covid-19 is really unconscionable. catch and release -- the biden administration policies are being implemented at such a rapid pace that local officials say they haven't had time to prepare and then there's the laundry list of new guidelines given to immigration and customs enforcement that will limit deportation including those who commit crimes was for example guidelines would encourage

reporting along the border. you kicked off the entire hour now. let me go with more than a half million people in texas suffering without power or safe drinking water for the fourth straight day as severe weather causes havoc across the state of texas. more than two dozen people have died due to cold. that number, we're told, could rise. meanwhile another winter storm is sweeping across much of america today raising even more questions about energy demands. casey stiegel is live for us in dallas as he has been on the storm. casey. >> harris, boiled water advisories in effect for more than 100 counties across the state of texas. that translates into about 7 million people, including the austin and houston metro areas. houston the fourth largest city in the country, pipes and other water treatment equipment have frozen because power has been out for so long in some of those places. one-by-one energy customers were happy to report are coming back online down from more than 2 million last night to just under 500,000 at the moment. plumbers are working non-stop. they are responding to calls of frozen and burst water pipes while thousands have stood out

reporter: that's right. customs and border protection is arresting around 300 children a day on the u.s./mexico border. this very arrived alone withouton to manage. there is a process for them. after they're taken into cbp custody, they are transferred to the health and human services department which runs a shelter network until they can be relocated with family in the united states. the challenge the administration is facing is there are a growing number of children and not enough space for them. the reason for that is in part because of the coronavirus pandemic. last year and over the course of the year shelters have drawn down their capacity to comply with cdc guidelines like social distancing meaning there is simply less space for children who are arriving. the strags has opened an overflow facility for the children where they can be located to family in the united states but in the interim, federal officials are scrambling behind the scenes. they're sharing concerns with capitol hill about the limited capacity. again, laura, this is an administration who is working to find solutions for what is still an increasing trend of unac

without these variants coming in. on top, we have had a report today saying scientists have been advising a couple of weeks ago the only way to keep out variants was either complete border slow to act or inadequate acting. we have had the chair of the home affairs select committee saying the government should be learning from countries that have put in policies a year ago, like australia and south korea, with hotel quarantining or output with hotel quara ntining or output testing. with hotel quarantining or output testing. the shadow home secretary said the government should be bringing in an airport quarantine for all arrivals. bringing in an airport quarantine forallarrivals. but bringing in an airport quarantine for all arrivals. but the government today saying, no, it's policy is a mixture, and is following the scientific advice. the important thing is part of that policy is not yet in place and that is the airport hotel quarantining, we do not know yet how that will work, we expect news this week. nicola sturgeon is preparing to announce whether scotland's lockdown will last beyond the middle of this month. the first minister is also expected to give details about

without power as leaders question with a green energy can hold up in a crisis. live report on the growing concerns. the botnet ministration letting 25,000 asylum-seekers cross the borderek, is another crisis brewing? we discussed next. fox news alert a civilian contractor killed, 5 others injured after an attack on the us-led military base in iraq. >> the deadliest attack against forces in nearly a year. >> this major escalation it is not just a challenge in the iraq context but very likely roads from this attack lead to iran so it is an early test of the biden administration as it works out its policy on both countries. 14 rounds were fired, four rocket landed inside the us military compound, 10 outside. a contractor who was not an american citizen was killed, four american contractors were injured, one us servicemember was also hurt. the action happened around the airport, it is rare for attacks to occur there. us secretary of state anthony blinkian said i reached out to the kurdistan regional government to discuss the incident and pledge our support for all efforts to investigate and hold those accountable responsible. a little-known group called the guardians of t