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we'll talk with two house members from texas, republican tony gonzales and democrat henry cuellar about thenc funding the vernment and finishingphopeak e virginia democratic senator joe manchin. >>> plus, we'll talk to the white house senior adviser for public engagement, keisha lance bottoms. >>> finally, with more than three-quarters of the nation's hospital beds at capacity, we'll check in with former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb about the viral trifecta of rsv, flu and covid crippling the country. >>> it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >>> good morning. and welcome to "face the nation." as the country wraps up year-end business and prepares for the holidays, there is once again a crisis at the u.s./mexico border. typically the influx of migrants seeking a better life in the u.s. comes during a warmer weather, but a pandemic-era rule that allows migrants to be expelled on public health grounds is set to end wednesday. that rule is called title 42. that's putting added pressure on border cities like el paso, texas, and yuma, arizona, where states of emergency have been

let's bring in texas republican congressman tony gonzales.ongressman, thanks for joining us this evening. i want to get your response to what the white house had to say this evening in its statement talking about advancing preparations to manage the border as a result to what the supreme court has decided tonight. the white house is supposed to have this done and baked and ready to go last week. try to manage this? >> i expect more of the same from the white house. unless they change some of their policy decision making, you are going to just see title 42 continue to get punted. i will tell you representing 42% of the southern border the communities along the border we got a win tonight. we are great 68 for it even if it's just a band-aid. we will take a band-aid at this point. house republicans are in the minority. this is what a win in the minority looks like. kevin mccarthy has led house republicans pushing the effort to keep title 42 in place knowing it's not perfect but it is at least a band-aid that needs to go forward. now we look at h

this video is from inside a border processing center, taken by texas congressman, tony gonzales. >> what i saw shocked me and i wanted to share that with the world. we are not at the worst of it yet. >> local officials estimate the number of people arriving at the border daily will double in the city has issued a set of emergency, asking for state and federal aid. >> on wednesday, our numbers will go from 2500 to four, five matt, or maybe even 6000. >> the policy allows for the immediate expulsion of migrants over covid concerns. 19 republican-led states join a lawsuit to keep title 42 in place, but a federal appeals court denied the request on friday. monday, the states fight a emergency appeal with the supreme court. for now, the city of el paso is busting some migrants to other locations, including new york city. >> every service we provide is going to be impacted by the influx of migrants in our city . it's going to impact education. it's going to impact the dollars we use in the cleanout of streets. it's going to impact our public safety. >> mayor eric adams says that new york city

this video provided to abc news by texas congressman tony gonzales, appearing to show overcrowding athe el paso processing center. just this morning, two buses arriving in new york city. mayor eric adams warning the city is expecting more than 1,000 asylum seekers each week. >> we're not waiting for the expiration before we do our planning. >> reporter: david, there are a lot of questions about whether the u.s. supreme court will take up this case and it really is too soon to tell. today's ruling was purely administrative. it puts title 42's expiration date on hold and buys everybody some time, which is a big deal right here on the ground in el paso, with law enforcement, ngos and also just city leaders dealing with all of this right now. david? >> mireya villarreal in texas tonight. thank you. >>> we move on now to that turbulence on two separate flights, one to houston, and the severe turbulence on a flighnjut the hospital with serious injuries. in fact, we have new video from inside the cabin, a flight attendant on the intercom asking for help from anyone with medical training. abc

bill is at the here as we are trying to interview congressman tony gonzales.e had a group of migrants rushed the river while being chased by mexican authority. that honking that you hear are the mexican authorities trying to get these migrants stop to go in the water. about a dozen of them jumped up and some of them with small children and that water is freezing right now. they ended up crossing illegally into eagle pass. they just walked around the barbed wire and on the golf course where people were playing golf course and they ended upturning themselves into border patrol. congressman gonzales represents this el paso area and he says this sort of things happen everyday here. >> it is going to get very cold, we are talking about temperatures we have not seen in a decade and here you have people waiting through the water, it is not good for children or anyone v involved. we need to have a plan. >> take a look at these images out of tucson. agents stopped this vehicle which smuggling five immigrants inside of it. who was driving this vehicle? two u.s. citizen

texas congressman republican tony gonzales providing this video to fox, which he says he shot while insideol processing center on friday. the capacity of the facility is just over 1,000. congressman gonzalez tells fox when he shot this video, there were 4,600 migrants in federal custody. the congressman tells us in part, quote: processing centers are at four times their capacity with women and children packed in closely, shoulder to shoulder. the hundreds that can't fit are released onto the streets every single day. nearly 500 miles away in eagle pass, fox news thermal drone footage shows part of a group of more than 350 migrants who crossed illegally early this morning. the border patrol union says the border is about to break it have an administration knew title 42 on last leg and not do anything about it that is bad governor ge and people should hold this administration accountable. >> bret, there was another series of major fentanyl busts in arizona over the weekend. cpd reporting that their officers nogales six different fentanyl bust. stopping six different smuggler cans and ended u

to show you something that happened right here as we were trying to interview texas congressman tony gonzalesad a group of migrants rush the river behind us. while being chased by mexican authorities. take a look: and that honking and beeping you hear are the mexican authorities trying to get these migrants to stop from going in the water. it didn't stop though. about a dozen of them jumped in some of them and that water gets freezing right now. they ended up crossing illegally into eagle pass. they just walked around barbed wire and shipping containers ton a local golf course where people were playing golf and ended up turning themselves into border patrol and gonzales represents eagle pass. temperatures next few days he says this is going to get more and more dangerous, take a listen temperatures we haven't seen in a decade. here people wading through the water. not good for children or anyone involved. the administration needs to keep title 42 tucson arizona sector, agents stopped this red vehicle which was smuggling five illegal immigrants inside of it. including two hidden in the trunk,

congressman from texas, tony gonzales,side one who shot the video.ay before el paso's mayor and democrat declared a state of emergency in that city. >> it is a dire situation in el paso. as you know, the city declared a state of emergency. this is something you do when there is a hurricane, a fire, an earthquake. what is happening is it's a hurricane of migrants. and everyone is impacted. >> and the situation is about to deepen. on friday a d.c. circuit of appeals ruled not to keep title 42 in place. the trump era policy restricted the number of migrants able to cross the border during the pandemic into the united states and stay here. it's poised to expire on wednesday. democratic senator admitted the influx is coming because the republicans are the one without a plan. >> all the republican rhetoric about chaos at the border. open borders, et cetera. number one, they have yet to come forward with a plan of how to better handle the scenario. number two, they have not been willing to commit the additional resources that our departments and agencies sa

and then let go republican congressman tony gonzales wants el paso to issue a disaster declaration torces to the city. and dhs secretary mayorkas wants to keep his job. he needs to start acting in that job. and with title 42 ending in 8 days, the pandemic era health policy that quickly allowed authorities to expel migrants. >> leaders worry for the border communities. this is the removal of title. 42 looks like. >> pure and utter chaos. >> well, that was ali bradley reporting for us now, while dhs secretary mayorkas itinerary hasn't been released, it is expected that he's going to meet with agents and assess the situation there in el paso later on today. >> time now 6.50, and multiple agencies are responding to a cyber threat against the california department of finance. yeah. and while specifics are a bit murky at this point, the california department of emergency services or cal iea west says the hackers did not steal state in other words, your tax dollars put. they're looking into exactly what happened. the department of finance is in charge of protecting state assets in preparing

host: all right, in mentioning issues at the border, here is republican representative tony gonzalesdistrict comprises 40% of the u.s./ mexican border, i think 40% of his district is the u.s./mexico border. last month with fellow house republicans, they are at the border, let's listen. >> 16 delegations of the border, i posted kevin mccarthy three times and what you see is change is coming and change will be led by the people standing here. it is thanksgiving week. people are doing a lot of things and what are house republicans doing? going to the epicenter of the border crisis and highlighting two things, one, the men and women in green that are rolling up their sleeves and fighting every day for this country to keep it safe. two, we are highlighting the failures of this administration. on thanksgiving week, we have to be thankful for a lot of things. kevin mccarthy mentioned the suicides, 14 suicides. this is no longer migrants dying at the border, it is americans and those americans are wearing green uniforms. here in el paso, a man recently committed suicide. this is a nampa demo

host: all right, in mentioning issues at the border, here is republican representative tony gonzalese district comprises 40% of the u.s./ mexican border, i think 40% of his district is the u.s./mexico border. last month with fellow house republicans, they are at the border, let's listen. >> 16 delegations of the border, i posted kevin mccarthy three times and what you see is change is coming and change will be led by the people standing here. it is thanksgiving week. people are doing a lot of things and what are house republicans doing? going to the epicenter of the border crisis and highlighting two things, one, the men and women in green that are rolling up their sleeves and fighting every day for this country to keep it safe. two, we are highlighting the failures of this administration. on thanksgiving week, we have to be thankful for a lot of things. kevin mccarthy mentioned the suicides, 14 suicides. this is no longer migrants dying at the border, it is americans and those americans are wearing green uniforms. here in el paso, a man recently committed suicide. this is a nampa de

in the meantime, tony gonzalez, the state representative from texas, joinsy gonzal us .reat r and we areep grateful that he h. represented. thank you so much for coming. o so you you went in and shot we the pictures that we're playing right now.st >>icky why i did you do that?idh i did. thank you, tucker, foran having me. i represent texas twenty third district, which is 60%i red of paso county and eight hundred and twenty three miles of the southern border. for tw i have fougho t for two years to secure this border. you the reason why i shot that u footage is because the american people deserve tho know the truth, the untapped truth.,n and once you see those images,e. you can't unsee them. and the other part was to putt pressure on the biden administration to keep title forty two in place, literally the last trump policy that works tonight. we got worworks tonighd the jude going to give a stay, but i'm mixed emotions here. it's almost a stay of execution. and part of it thaext frustratet me is here you have the greatest country on earth that you earth we have to rely a covid error p