taken control. >> so, this is called an -- >> reporter: texas department of public safety, lieutenant christopher olivarez, showed us with state nationalrdsmen were installing fresh razor wire barriers along the river. >> help me understand why texas has a problem with the border patrol coming in to process migrants in this park. >> the issue is trying to prevent another influx. because when border patrol is here setting up a processing center, it's going to encourage more migrants to cross the river because they know where to go. >> reporter: it's one of many spots along the texas border where coils of sharp wire have been going up ever since governor abbott launched operation lone star in 2021. since then, thousands of migrants have been detained on trespassing charges, state troopers have cracked down on human smuggling rings, and the state has spent more than $150 million sending migrants on buses to places like new york and chicago, turning the problem at the border to a political and financial headache for democratic mayors. once the site of ball games and flea markets, shelby park is the model of what the border can be. >> where

i deployed thousands of texas national guard to a stopper is a and declined barriers to deny illegal into the state of texas. we caught joe biden using a park in eagle pass, texas which became the epicenter for the crisis. 5000 illegal immigrants were crossing eagle pass a day. i ordered the texas national guard to wire that part shut. [applause] there is no longer thousands of people crossing the border even hundreds at that point, now on average, there are only two people crossing the border illegally and they are arrested by the texas department of public safety. [applause] our air force has been so successful in the last two years we have seen illegal immigration increase in the mexico and arizona and california area but in the state of texas because of the resistance we have put up, illegal immigration has gone down 65%. [applause] know this, unless joe biden does finally begin to enforce immigration laws, i will continue to bus those migrants across the united states of america. [applause] a bunch of hypocrites. [laughter] they are going to new york, trust me. [applause] they ne

to helicopter crews supplied by the texas national guard warmed up at the command center. well, this was quite an operation. and i'm just disappointed that your people didn't let, you know, even though you were at london, they're pretty good telephone and radio connections, as i recall. and that seemed to me a shame. well, thank you. my time is up and this is congress investigates a special american history tv series where we look at hearings that have been held in the house and senate throughout our history and their impact. this week we're looking at the waco hearings of 1993, 1995. our guest is david jackson of usa today who at the time was with the dallas morning news was religious freedom brought up as an issue as well in these. yes, it was. and the branch davidians did consider themselves a religious group. and this was this was also an issue brought up mostly by republicans who felt like maybe certain outlier religions or unusual religions were being discriminated against. but there was no evidence to suggest that they were targeted because of their religious belief

to helicopter crews supplied by the texas national guard warmed up at the command center. well, this was quite an operation. and i'm just disappointed that your people didn't let, you know, even though you were at london, they're pretty good telephone and radio connections, as i recall. and that seemed to me a shame. well, thank you. my time is up and this is congress investigates a special american history tv series where we look at hearings that have been held in the house and senate throughout our history and their impact. this week we're looking at the waco hearings of 1993, 1995. our guest is david jackson of usa today who at the time was with the dallas morning news was religious freedom brought up as an issue as well in these. yes, it was. and the branch davidians did consider themselves a religious group. and this was this was also an issue brought up mostly by republicans who felt like maybe certain outlier religions or unusual religions were being discriminated against. but there was no evidence to suggest that they were targeted because of their religious belief

down and had these videos that propagated on these platforms looking at the overrunning of the texas national. that was something where i watched that video on x, now part of our alternative platform because of elon musk, with a big user base at this point, a free-speech platform, one of the only ones. being able to see that, it sort of signals what americans are experiencing innal note, my grandmother is from mexico, my grandfather from latin america -- latin american extraction in el salvador. there used to be the whole adoption of legitimate american values. at this point, and it goes with the terrorism and counterterrorism apparatus that should be working against us at this point, where you have people coming in saying -- no, i'm going to retain everything about the country i voluntarily left and bring it over here instead of embedding within the social fabric of america. i think it we saw that in europe. i remember listening to those sob stories from the bbc, the migrant votes -- boats in the mediterranea ackground i was lip those people out. we have reporting out of west palm beach sayi

valid axes the 1 states and dark purple on this map and among them are california come up in texas, the nation'se rally that the other texas, to celebrate the lone startate ballot petitioning threshold and deadline. >> the h day in texas, we have a most just under 250,000 signatures. [a [applause] >> and as for any presidential candidate in the history of texas, the candidacy, and history our country. the texas legislature said, change the roles, to the last seehe number of signatures needed to be collected because i thought nobody would ever to do it. and tt you for them inou the beginning of this campaign, that they were saying that it would be impose us to get on the ballot and we go to the ballot texas and if you can get on in texas, you can get on every where. [applause] [applause] >> texas only gave us 45 days to collect 113,000 signatures we got more than double that. and i was just upstairs talking to the dean and it was just completing the signatures and they said we are on new york because new york is next one for we have ten days now to complete we 4 days in the two hardest days are n

in west texas, the national weather service confirm add tornado in midland. and the threat continues today. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking what's next. hi, michelle. >> hi, frances. great to see you. we're looking at the chance for more storms this morning. we have lots of lightning, hearing the thunder as well. you can see on radar storms stretching from midwest to the central plains and southern plains. that will be the theme throughout this tfriday. it's all due to a cold front moving slowly into the mississippi valley. best chance for severe storms into texas, louisiana. that includes the threat for damaging hail, winds, heavy rainfall that could lead to nash flooding. then we'll see showers and storms stretching from the braix to great lakes to the gulf coast. 17 million people at risk once again for severe weather through tonight, especially where you see the yellow shading. so san angelo, houston, alexandria, shreveport could see the chance for severe storms. and with that, we could see heavy, heavy rainfall, and that will lead to more fla

. >> so, this is called an -- >> reporter: texas department of public safety, lieutenant christopher olivarez, showed us with state national guardsmen were installing fresh razor wire barriers along the river. >> help me understand why texas has a problem with the border patrol coming in to process migrants in this park. >> the issue is trying to prevent another influx. because when border patrol is here setting up a processing center, it's going to encourage more migrants to cross the river because they know where to go. >> reporter: it's one of many spots along the texas border where coils of sharp wire have been going up ever since governor abbott launched operation lone star in 2021.

award, the texas association of chicanos in higher education or and the 2020 for texas foco nonfiction book award by the nationalssociation, chicana and chicano studies or knox. texas and civilhes rights history. he received his b.a. an's degret texas state university and a .d from university of houston. so if y'all wi and welcoming the good thank you. thank you. i appreciate the invitation. and i appreciate the space to talk about suchn work and such an important community. so thank you. so i know this is i mtioned my personal experience, right and connected in my my dad's mentioned the book. i want to do one thing and i just want to ask folkst om del f from there so we can recognize them. so you know, we can know the audience. yeah, r sure. at that's what i wanted to actually with if you can if you can tell us folks who have may have read your book or who have experience in san felipe and del rio, can you can you us about russell schools. yes. so russell schools is essentially theryone of a kind school district that existed in a borderland town in the city of del rio. in this mexican-american counity, the city

texas. i'm also proud of the reforms aimed at better integrating commercial space activities into the national aerospace system. assisting launch providers and navigating complicated air space will be a boost for texas's thriving commercial space industry. to carry out all of those ambitious goals, the f.a.a. needs a work force that has the technical expertise to conduct executive oversight of manufacturers and airlines, as well as technical experts who can help in the certification of these new and novel technologies. this was a major focus of our efforts. for example, in an effort to boost the aviation work force and provide more opportunities for america's veterans, this legislation makes it easier for military service members to transition to civil aviation careers. this comprehensive and bipartisan bill bolsters the f.a.a. at a time when the agency needs support. the aviation system is more strained than ever. >> millions of americans travel every single day. millions of americans depend on this sector to earn their livelihood. the u.s. aviation sector is the gold standard of safety and i

look at the mental health issues that we're having in the state of texas and across the nation. ambio le parece irresponsable dada la crisis de salud mental que según dice estamos experimentando los defensores de la marihuana esperan que la nueva clasificación provoque que la droga sea más accesible en la comunidad, pero no todo el mundo está de acuerdo con esto. en marihuana as doubled and concentration since the thousand eight advierte que la marihuana que se consume actualmente en el país tiene el doble de concentración que tenía hace más de una década, por lo que considera que el impacto y la implicación en toda la nación podría ser bastante perjudicial. por su parte, los centros para el control y prevención de enfermedades informan que la tasa de usuarios de marihuana que son adictos a la droga es de 10 a 30, lo que lleva a legisladores como matt a pensar que aquí en texas la lucha será muy dura contra cualquier propagación de la marihuana en el estado. por su parte, la congresista barbara lee se pronunció al respecto al anuncio de la administración biden, afirmando que en p

emancipation proclamation, freedom for enslaved americans was finally enforced in galveston, texas marking the nation's first juneteenth. in the same town, opal lee was born six decades later. growing up in a home that was burned down by a racist mob, she understood history must never be erased. a teacher and advocate, she helped lead a movement with the national juneteenth observance foundation. more than 150 years after that day, she stood next to another american president that followed her lead and made a juneteenth a federal holiday. the nation thanks opal lee, the grandmother of juneteenth. [applause] kathleen genevieve ledecky. a humble leader, olympian, and a champion of unparalleled dedication that she is the most decorated female swimmer in history. [applause] with 10 olympic medals and counting. an athletic prodigy from a swimming family she captured the world's admiration with her punishing strokes and unmatched stamina, pushing through and is setting the highest standards for some of the toughest races ever known. powered by faith, family, and teamwork katie ledecky is a symbol of persever

national drug policy andtongatchwork of laws across each d for police officers to understand what we expect, we the community, expect them to do. >> host: will johnson, former police chief of arlington, texasomef 2 and fourth vice president the national assothk you so much for joining us. >> guest: iq for having me. >> house speaker mike johnson delivered a tribute to fallen police officers during a prayer vigil on capitol hill. joining the speaker at the podium was the widow of atlantic city police officer thomas mcmeekin and retired nypd detective thomas donahue, widower of lieutenant maure donahoe. [inaudible conversations] [inaud conversations] >> well, we want to thank you all for being here ons a somber evening. there's a biblical admonition that we are to give honor where honor is and we take that very seriously. and during national police w and head of peace officers memorial day, we give much lawrved recognition to our enforcement officers and in particular of courseallen in th. the men and women all of o enforcement are l the minimum ad to who pursue justice, maintain nd guard the safety of our communities from crime and chaos. and tho gen their lives for this noble and necessary

texas. the national weather service says wins downtown likely hit 100 miles an hour.n this video, look across the room, you can see debris swirling around in the wind outside. the broken window hundreds of thousands of residents are without electricity. it might be weeks before all our is restored and our pop culturally today onetime beatles, sir paul mccartney is now the united kingdom's first billionaire musician. a new list in the sunday times says the at year-old mccarthy is worth 1 billion pounds or $1.3 billion due to his long career and continuing appeal, including musicians like beyond say, who did a version of book parties blackbird on her latest album. just remember, of course, money can't buy you love coming up sunday on state of the union, democratic senator john fetterman of the great commonwealth of pennsylvania. donald i'm trump's former hud secretary, dr. ben carson, who is being considered as a possible gop vice presidential pick and democratic congresswoman at jasmine crockett of texas star of the house, oversight committee may lay last night that su

new mexico, arizona that arizona is in the worst water crisis in history, that here in texas is phenomenal nationally. we lost 30,000 more farmworker crews dying in the heat last year than any more any year in history. how are we going to have an agriculture where those who bring us our daily bread are dying the fields trying to bring crops in to us and that when we we eat it, drink it, we understood and where it comes from and are selecting things that are the most frugal and friendly foods and drinks can do. so i don't think we're going to see a tequila. monica culture what we what david and call a blue desert where you have one genetic individual of one variety of one species of agave. i would on hundreds of thousands of we're going to see agro forestry where agave is prickly mesquite trees, pecans or whatever are integrated with annual crops like like chilies and, and dry beans, millet and things like that where the plants are complementing each other in, their water use, shading plants underneath them and using far less for the amount food produced per hectare than anything we see in the now. i'

talk with you will bet about the broken and disconnected texas grid turcotte not just in texas but the nationaltions of not fixing the texas grid. i want to start off by thinking in the department of energy for putting a million dollars towards electric reliability in texas including the recent 30 million-dollar investment to help people like san antonio texas. we still have a long way to go. we have had so many mass power outages and hundreds of mass power outages over the last few years in texas making us one of the most electric grids in the country. most people remember and think about this it was it relates to 10 million texans that lost power. hundreds of people died in the wake of that storm you madam secretary said many things i agree with. you said interconnecting the texas grid would be great for texas and great for texas to consider connecting to its neighbors but he said interconnecting texans could benefit the rest of the country because in good times texas is generating all sorts of clean energy which we could send those clean ions out to take advantage of the market is eager to u

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remember the migrant riots in the texas border in march, hundreds charged the border tearing down fencing, trampling some nationale just dismiss the charges brought against 211 of them. why did the judge dismiss the charges? >> the judge claims the paperwork was not properly filed. the da disagrees, but 211 migrants got off scott free after illegally forcing their way into the us, ripping down razor wire. the national guard, was a negligence, politics or a mistake? those migrants could have gotten 180 days in jail. instead, the judge dismissed the charges blaming the da, the public defender accuses the state of overcharging. >> inviting misdemeanors is detrimental to the justice system. it is detrimental to our resources, taxpayer dollars and the backlog of cases. >> we argued that it is appropriate and improper and we feel that very strongly, his order is an improper order. >> the county judge dismissed the charges transferred to him and he did previously dismiss 140 similar cases. to some extent, 211 migrants, fewer than 40 are in custody. 's were reported. the biden administration paroled most of them in the u

and children being raped by illegal alien monsters, and our own border patrol in texas -- and texas national guard being run over by hoards of military-aged illegals. whereas great legislation like h.r. 2 and the laken riley act are only messaging bills unless we fight to enforce them in our government funding bills. whereas while serving on the house judiciary committee, mike johnson was a strong defender of individual liberties and was the chair of the subcommittee on the constitution and limited government. despite his history as a defender of civil liberties, on april 12, 2024, mike johnson cast the deciding vote against requiring a warrant for u.s. person queries of foreign intelligence surveillance act, fisa, section 702 data. where's our conference -- whereas our conference could have taken out funding for abortion and the trans agenda on kids if our own speaker would have allowed us to offer amendments. instead mike johnson worked with the chuck schumer rather than with the conference and gave joe biden and the democrats everything they wanted. no different from how speaker hakeem je

. >> shannon: heavy showers and thunderstorms pour rain on east texas today. the nationalts more than nine inches of rain during the past 24 hours and that is adding more water to swollen rivers prompting mandatory evacuations. forecasters say the worst may be yet to come in some locations. democrats remain divided and perhaps vulnerable over the anti-israel protests happening on college campuses across the country. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has more. >> anti-semitic mobs are taken over our universities. >> the republican campaign arm is tying vulnerable democrats to the anti-israel protesters. >> joe biden and sharrod brown want you to pay off their student loans. >> republicans are looking to make anti-semitism and pro gaza protests an election issue. some gop frontrunners are taking the issue to tent cities. >> the nrcc, the group hoping to re-elect house republicans is now selling f-hamas t-shirts, even hand delivering them to progressives like aoc. jamal bowman, ilhan omar and rasheeda talib. the protests and the war in gaza are deeply divisive issues

texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the national weather service issuing their highest warning. a particularly dangerous situation for large, long-track tornadoes, for parts of texas, kansas, and most of oklahoma. our oklahoma city affiliate koco tracking supercells. >> pay close attention to this storm. listen to our language very closely. listen to our tone. and be ready to seek shelter if a tornado warning does come out on this. >> reporter: it's the fourth tornado outbreak in four weeks, with many of the same areas under threat. while millions in the heartland brace for tornadoes, neighborhoods north of houston still flooded after days of rain. this neighborhood is almost completely underwater. best case scenario, you've got a house on stilts that's undamaged. but even then, the ground floor property, cars are flooded out. but worst-case scenario, you've got homes not on stilts totally flooded out. timothy boudreaux and his wife using a jet ski and a tin boat to deliver essentials to stranded families in riverside, texas. >> well, i was actually the ups guy here for 15 years.

. ♪ ♪ >> carley: we showed you exclusive video of hundreds of migrant storming the texas border and rushing the nationalrd and this morning, we are learning all the charges against them have been dropped! wait until you hear why. >> todd: plus growing national trend that might impact your kid is the number of u.s. school districts switching to four day weeks despite due to teacher shortages. but a lot of parents giving a failing grade. we will show you the numbers. speed two big numbers for president biden and president trump to square off on the debate stage. [applause] >> let's set it up right now, i'm ready to go anywhere you are coming a anytime, anywhere, anyplace, let's go, joe, list debate. speed to win can we see them go head-to-head? joe concha will join us with his book thoughts. you are watching "fox & friends first" i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro elicited up on a friday but first benjamin netanyahu failing to defeat hamas with or without help from the united states after president biden's arms ultimatum. >> carley: doing this as a win for the anti-israel campus protesters as hund

national holiday. juneteenth commemorates the days slaves in texas were told that they were free, two years after the emancipationerase it. we're a better nation because of you. >> david: it was old, opal pledging to walk from texas to washington, 1,400 miles, to deliver a petition to congress for that holiday. in 2020, at 93, in the middle of the pandemic, still delivering a petition. >> i thought if i did, people would take notice that juneteenth was special, that it meant freedom for everybody. >> david: opal by the president's side as he signed the juneteenth national independence day into law. tonight, opal telling us, "although i've received many honors and awards in my 97 years, none can compare to getting the nation's highest honor." >> under our skin, we're all the same. so we need to be about the business of helping each other. >> david: so well deserved. good night. end off with the driver they have chased all the way from rohnert park. the chp tells us this driver is armed and is wanted for shooting at someone this morning along 101 in windsor. now, in the last 15 minutes, we've seen officers deploy a

national holiday. juneteenth commemorates the days slaves in texas were told that they were free, two years after the emancipation're a better nation because of you. >> david: it was 2016, 18 years old, opal pledging to walk from texas to washington, 1,400 miles, to deliver a petition to congress for that holiday. in 2020, at 93, in the middle of the pandemic, still delivering a petition. >> i thought if i did, people would take notice that juneteenth was special. that it meant freedom for everybody. >> david: opal by the president's side as he signed the juneteenth national independence day into law. tonight, opal telling us, "although i've received many honors and awards in my 97 years, none can compare to getting the nation's highest honor." >> under our skin, we're all the same. so we need to be and that breaking news is in solano county, where interstate 80 is shut down in the eastbound and westbound directions. because the chp has stopped a driver in that car on eastbound 80 at green valley road. this is really close to the cordelia junction, and this after chase that we've been watching, right. >> the chp

more than 400,000 people in texas with without power. the nationaleather service reporting what they call a derecho packing powerful straight-line winds gusting up to hurricane strength ripped through houston this week. the death toll rising to seven people. large trees coming down, homes and buildings destroyed. one city official saying some of the power outages could last weeks. a tornado touching down in pittsburgh on friday, winds gusting more than 100 miles per hour. tonight, growing concern as a heat wave expands across the region. temperatures feeling like the triple digits as many are left with no power or air-conditioning. somara theodore with the forecast in just a moment. first jacqueline lee leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the death toll rising in the houston area, where the national weather service now says a derecho struck late thursday. straight line winds gusting as high as 90 to 100 miles per hour. this building under construction, collapsing during the storm. at least seven people losing their lives across the area, including

amna: a congressional primary election in texas is getting national attention for what it could mean the future of the republican party and for other incumbents facing far right challengers. nor brown lopez has more. laura: more extreme far right candidates are running up and down the ballot this year. in texas, congressman tony gonzales, who has worked across the aisle on a number of issues, faced such a challenge. last night, gonzales narrowly staved off the far-right youtube personality, brandon herrera, receiving 50.7% of the vote to herrera's 49.3%. to discuss what these growing divides mean for the future of the republican party, i'm joined former republican congressman, joe walsh. congressman, thanks so much for being here. he forced congressman gonzales into this runoff and was attacking gonzales specifically for voting for bipartisan bills on gun safety, and gonzales barely won by 407 votes. what is your big take away from this? joe: it was a unique race because without the issue of immigration which is the biggest issue down there, gonzales would have lost. i mean, he barel

police, national guard, texas task force, the resources were plentiful.>> that joint effort may be thewe have not seen any fatalities or major injuries as a result of this severe weather. there would be hundreds of evacuations and not seeing those deaths, not seeing those injuries, because this rain has been going on, a lot of those people have been able to get out on friday, the one thing at that officials are saying is just because it is cleared up, those flood affects are still in effect for 10 million people until 8:00 p.m. tonight. do not try to go back to your home, you may be encountering roads like this. you may end up having to call 911 and first responders to help get you out, they do not want to see that happen. they are urging people to wait, get through this, people are eager to get back to their homes and see what they are dealing with. alex?>> do not enter the water in your car if you cannot see the depth of it. priscilla, thank you so much. >>> the widespread ripple effect of a new banner, we discussed that in just a few moments. moments. we replaced his windshield.. .

national drug policy andtongatchwork of laws across each d for police officers to understand what we expect, we the community, expect them to do. >> host: will johnson, former police chief of arlington, texas fourth vice president the national assothk you so much for joining us. >> guest: iq for having me. >> house speaker mike johnson delivered a tribute to fallen police officers during a prayer vigil on capitol hill. joining the speaker at the podium was the widow of atlantic city police officer thomas mcmeekin and retired nypd detective thomas donahue, widower of lieutenant maure donahoe. [inaudible conversations]

robert kennedy, john kennedy, when you about that level of national political leaderslyndon this personally from his own experiences in texashe knew that the was being driven apart multiple ways related to racial segregation and to the incredible disparities but also economically. it was a real risk that someeconomic progress that had been made since the end of world war sustained at least not equally sustained. oment is so important because here youproposes something bold with the wherewithal and willpower and passion, the belief that this is something, even if we didn't have all the answers could take on as a country and that it would be good for all of us. host: what do you make of this moment in time and what is happening in america at this time? in 1964, it was the middle of boom, the likes of which we haven't seen since. it would wind down within a few years partly because of the attempts to poverty at the same time president johnson the conflict in vietnam. by the end960's, this dream of growth will lift to new heights that we've not seen before, few years but in 1964, it was the apogee of optimism about what the cou

donald trump is set to take the stage at the nra national convention in texas. we will take you there live when it gets underway. he had a busy friday campaigning in minnesota and attending his son's graduation in florida. welcome back to fox news live. greg:president biden is expected to speak at a campaign event in atlanta at his convention speech in morehouse college tomorrow. let's check in with garrett tenney in dallas with the latest. >> reporter: the trump campaign is seeing signs of weakness in deep blue minnesota. in 2016, trump narrowly lost the state by a point and a half by losing it by 7 and 2,020. in minnesota's democratic primary, 19% of voters selected uncommitted, many to protest biden's support of israel. last night he spent a lot of time hitting biden on the economy but also talking about his ongoing legal troubles. >> every time the radical left them across, marxist, communists, fascists indict me i considered a badge of honor. i really do. you are lucky to have me instead of some stiff would that would crawl into a corner. crawl into a corne

texas. the number one team in the nation.he national player of the year, kennedy and the circle, bottom of the sixth, longhorns up 2-0. with the bases loaded, kate and henry singled off kennedy to bring home two runs, doubling texas's lead. cardinals bats had no answers for horns freshman, teagan struck out eight, allowed just one hit, pitching a complete game shutout. number one, texas win 4-0 . stanford will now play at oklahoma state in an elimination game on friday. >>> not on the beautiful beaches there, on the tropicana, taking on the raise. star closer, mason miller on the mound. jose siri takes in deep for a game-tying homer. siri really celebrated, miller's first blow save of the year. game went to the 12, tied at five, richie palacios to the warning track in right to end the game. raise walk off the a's for a second day. they win 6-5 to take the series. >> sad news to report from the basketball world. san jose native , drew gordon died in a car accident on thursday. gordon was just 33 years old his younger brother,

nation's highest honor. eight years ago when she was 89, opal lee pledged to walk 1,400 miles from texas to washington to deliveronal holiday. >> i thought if i did, people would take notice that juneteenth was special, that it meant freedom for everybody. >> byron: she finally made it during the pandemic in 2020 and was there when president biden signed it into law. and that's "nightline" for this evening. catch full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here same time monday. thanks for the company, america. have a good and safe weekend.

. >>> meanwhile, on saturday, former president trump was in texas speaking at the national rifle association convention and picking up that group's endorsement. we'll have the latest in a pair of live reports and talk to kristen welker just ahead. >>> plus, our "sunday focus" on the presidential debate this week after back and forth public challenges between president biden and former president trump. how will these ones be different? will they really matter in the end? >>> then, our "sunday spotlight" on 50 years of "people" magazine at the center of american popular culture with famous covers, behind-the-scenes stories and, of course, a roundup of the sexiest men alive. >>> and later, a new "sunday sitdown" with one of the most in-demand actors in hollywood these days, glen powell, the long career that got a rocket boost from "top gun: maverick" and the box office smash "anyone but you" where he stars with sydney sweeney. >> you know, sydney and i want to get back in the trenches on the julia and george, these people that work together over and over again. >> a "sunday sitdown" with glen p

yesterday in the minnesota gop dinner last night, today he will be right here in dallas, texas, speaking at the national rifle association's annual conference. this is nothing new for the former president. we have seen him on an nra stage a couple of times in the past but ptc might be getting the nra's endorsement which would not necessarily come as a major surprise given that the organization endorsed him back in 2020. what you to hear from a few voters attending today's events. take a listen. >> it is all political. i think joe biden -- the democratic party's doing their best to bring him down however they can. >> oh but just about every politician and person of his importance pays someone to kill fake stories, because there lots of fake stories out there and people make money giving them. >> reporter: one thing we are certainly going to be listening for today are any comments trump makes about his new york criminal hush money trial. notably, did not same thing about it last night at the minnesota gop dinner and if you to the former president you know it is a bit odd. the trial is winding down, closin

went 6 weeks, more than a million mexican nationals in california and texas had been rounded up and forcibly deported. two years later. ike was reelected in a landslide. president trump running for reelection. is looking to i'm plate what earl warren and eisenhower did with respect to deporting illegals and criminals. today, budget chairman jodey arrington estimated cost of biden illegal invasion to be 150 for things like healthcare, education and criminal justice, i am sure that a low ball. mounting this biden's illegals have been taking jobs away from native born americans, and the surge of illegals has reduced wages now at campus riots, spotlight has moved away from the open border crisis. but as polls show, americans have neither fore get ern, or forgiven joe biden's failure to act. and that is the riff. now. let's turn to kelly o'grady for latest, for trumping well legal attacks blowing up. >> georgia appeal court agreed to hear former president trump appeal that district attorney fani willis should be disqualified. legal expert say this is a win for defense, even if they lose appeal, s