department of homeland security. i am immensely proud to work alongside the selfless, dedicated, and talented 250,000 personnel of the department of homeland security. in the service of the american people, to secure our homeland, to secure them, and to secure our values. that is my response. >> what do you say to the mothers of the children who have died from the fentanyl overdoses. what do you say to all the people out there who can't get an education because of what you've done with immigration in this country? you've secured the homeland, it's a farce. it's an absolute farce. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. mr. lieu. >> thank you chairman nadler, thank you secretary mayorkas for your distinguished public service. and american president told the american people that all of their problems where because of the southern border. it's not a just like my colleague, all of his problems were because the southern border. he railroaded the border. he tried to close it. he talked about all the drugs at the border

department of homeland security. before we begin i would like to remind members we have established an email distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibit, motions and other materials members might want teufer as part of the hearing today. exhibits, motion, or other material that members might wa if you'd likent to submit materials submit tht them to the email address sent to your office. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. the department of homeland security was founded after the seventh attacks and as the years passed, the department has taken on new threats and challenges unimagined by congress in 2002. we are pleased to welcome you to the committee today, secretary mayorkas. i will speak plainly. pleased tu to the committee today, secretary mayorkas. i will speak plainly. you inherited a mess when you took over the department, no one can solve overnight the problems left for you by the previous administration. through neglect and often malice, predecessors more or less dismantled our immigration

>> we have a montra in thedy department of homeland security. our agency has express the throughout the country with the brutal attack on the people of ukraine given the need for vig. that's shields up. we must be alert to the threat. we do not take a look at anything as invulnerable to it. in the public discourse the maritime domain, specifically the transportation system is not spocken of on a daily bases. never the less. we are certainly focused on it. we do not view it as invulnerable and it's uppermost of our mind when we speak of the need to be alert and understand the venerabilities and close those vulnerabilities and be prepared, responsive, and resilient. it's uppermost in our minds. >> madam minister. you said it yourself. one of the most digitalized countries in the world. what are your priorities and the landscape look like for you. >> i think secretary put it very well. he said this is our physical worlds and society that it's combined. as much as it continues to grow the risk remains high. not just in our country but all around us.

this is part of the job of the department of homeland security. we've seen how troubling disinformation can be. we saw it a after the 2020 election, we saw it with covid. people actually died because of misinformation. his job so to protect the homeland, and and that's what he's doing, and i think they found a uniquely qualified personned to do it. she's going to handle it. i'm sure there will be people who have problems with it. in politics today there is almost nothing we agree on, but i do think disinformation is a problem whether it's russian disinformation during the campaign or covid disinformation from the president that leads to people not wearing masks and getting vaccinated. this is an important part of his job -- >> she has a pretty strong resumÉ. but she also has bio work that probably belongs on broadway. i want to play one clip of her singing and get your reaction. ♪ ♪ ♪ if -- >> so how can people take her seriously in. >> that's probably not the best video to post on twitter, and having worked for many politicians including a

department of homeland security. secretary mayorkas began his government service in the department of justice, way served as an assistant united states attorney in the central district of california, before becoming the youngest u.s. attorney in the nation. at the dhs, he is head of the department of zika and ebola responses, has brokered cybersecurity and home on security agreements with foreign companies and as of the immigration system o reform among many other initiatives. under his leadership at dhs, and the u. s., united states coast guard within it, they have taken great strides to address maritime cyber security, and we are delighted to partner with him and dhs for the future. we are also joined by minister karen andrews, the australian minister for foreign affairs, who has more than a decades work of experience at the intersection of industry and technology. she was elected to parliament in 2010, and has been the assistant manager for vocational skills, minister for science and ministry for industry and scie

department of homeland security. secretary mayorkas began his government service in the department of justice where he served as assistant us attorney and the central district of california before becoming the youngest us attorney in the nation. at the dhs he has had in the department zika and evil responses,brokered security with foreign governments and led the immigration system reform among many other initiatives . under his leadership dhs sand the united states coast nguard have taken great strides to address maritime cyber security and we are delighted to partner with him and dhs for the future. we are also joined by minister karen andrews, the australian minister for home affairs who has more than a decade's worth of government experience at the intersection of industry and technology. she was elected to parliament in 2010 and has been the assistant minister for vocational education and skills, assistant minister for science and minister for industry science and technology before her current role as the first w

of homeland security. i regret to inform judge jackson is not her role in our system to decide where the immigration policy is good, bad, terrible, or any other adjective she wants to use only whether it is lawful and authorized by law. and of course the d.c. circuit court which is not exactly a hotbed of conservative jurors, agreed and reversed judge jackson's decision noting there are quote could hardly be a more definitive expression of content than the language in that law that she disregard for judge jackson did not care project anti- op ed she wanted to write in the form of a judicial opinion. judge jackson shown interest in helping terrorists it's true you should not judge a lawyer for being willing to take on an unpopular case. you can certainly learn something about a lawyer whose cases they seek out. for judge jackson and her friends in the liberal legal profession these cases were not unpopular at all. judge jackson represented fort terrorists is a public offender one whom she continued in priva

is that the role of the department of homeland security? because that is news to me. >> well, it sure isn't. sean, what we saw during that testimony was a hard-core ideology. what he is doing is deliberate. this is not a normal public surface. he is committing a crime against america. on two fronts, one allowing these illegal migrants to flight in the country. he's flying them all around the place at our expense and posting them into cities like new york but everywhere. there is not one state that is not a border state now. and so, they know the american people don't want it. >> sean: i want to show both of you giving 15 seconds because we are running out of time. this is what mayorkas is calling operational control. watch chip roy. >> how about the lost voices of people dying from fentanyl? hundreds of tens of thousands of other americans dying of fentanyl, faces of americans, faces of americans across the country dying because of fentanyl pouring into the country. >> sean: operational control to you, congressman? no operational control an

imagine the department of homeland security create a board to tackle disinformation and then picking someone accused of spreading disinformation to run that board. well, that's just what the biden administration has done. >> sandra: new york post out with this cover featuring new disinformation chief, once suggested the hunter biden laptop story was planted by russia. arizona republican congressman andy biggs and charlie hurt have some thoughts. >> first on this friday, fox news alert to a political hail mary for democrats. polls showing potential disaster in the november midterms, president biden is looking to deliver the party a win by cancelling millions, if not billions in student loans. all of this as experts warn the move to make the inflation crisis even worse. hello, welcome to friday. >> sandra smith in new york. "america reports" on a friday afternoon in new york. biden saying on thursday he's considering cancelling some student loan debt. just not the $50,000 per borrower thrown around by some in his party. the president says he'll have an answer in a couple weeks. democra

pleasure to welcome today'sto panel, led by the secretary of the department of homeland security, and he began his government service in the department of justice where he served as an assistant united states attorney in central district of california's before coming to give this is turning the nation and he was head of the department's responses and cybersecurity homeland security units for governments and love the immigration system among many other initiatives and at the dhs in the u.s. united states coast guard within it, missing great strides to address this security we are delighted to partner with him for the future and we are also joined by mr. ken andrews, minister for - who has more than a decade's worth of government at the intersection of industry and technology elected to parliament in 2010, is been the assistant vocational educational skills, assistant minister for science and industry science technology before her current roll as the first woman appointed to the position of minister and last, joins us from the netherlands where she serves that the minister of justice pl

the law passed by congress granted the department of homeland security, quote, sole and unreviewable discretion to decide which illegal aliens should be subbed to expedited removal. judge jackson inserted herself to say, quote, a terrible policy by the department of homeland security. well, i regret to inform judge jackson, it is not her role in our system to decide whether immigration policy is good, bad, terrible or any other adjective she wants to use, only whether it is authorize by law. and, of course, the d.c. circuit court, which is not exactly a hotbed of conservative jurists agreed and reversed judge jackson's decision noting that there are, quote, could hardly be a more definitive explanation of content thank the language in that law that she disregarded. she didn't care, she had an anti-opinion op-ed. judge jackson has shown real interest in helping terrorists. now, it's true that you shouldn't judge a lawyer for being willing to take on an unpopular case. but you can certainly learn something about a lawyer from cases they seek out. and for judge jackson and her friends i

the department of homeland security certainly takes that view too. my bill, the school and daycare protection act, recognizes that there are a diverse range of d.h.s. entities with school and campus security responsibilities and seek to ensure that activities are coordinated. h.r. 6387 establishes a standard council within d.h.s. to coordinate school security activities, plans, policies and requires d.h.s. to report to congress about the council's activities. additionally, it authorizes d.h.s. to participate in the government-wide schoolsafety.gov clearing house. within d.h.s. there are some incredibly useful school security strategies, tools and research being produced. k-12 school security guide was published. secret service put out an operational guide for preventing targeted school violence and fema maintains a multihazard tool kit to help school officials manage everything from tornadoes to active shooters. h.r. 6387 would help ensure that such d.h.s. school security efforts are coordinated to get education officials actionable tools and support

she considers threat to national security so they put it in homeland security, department of homeland security. molly: the potential leader for this board nina jankowicz on the hundred biden also, we have a little snippet. >> it's really quite ferocious. i have to make them sound precocious. ♪ slightly less atrocious ♪ ♪. molly: will a spoonful of sugar make the medicine go down? >> she's "pitch perfect" for the biden administration. president biden is arguably the most anti- free speech president since john adams. he has a long record now as president, really assault on free speech calling for censorship and this appointment is sort of the manifestation of his position on free speech. she is a nightmare for free speech, a great advocate for corporate censorship, she's been an advocate for barring conservative media from platforms. she's also been someone who has spread disinformation. i think they have a serious misstep but from within the biden administration, she's very consistent with the position of the president himself, which is appallingly bad on free speech. molly: i wo

of homeland security. i welcome our witness, secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas. and i look for it to engaging with him on the budget request and other matters before the department. just over a year ago, the biden administration inherited a department of homeland security beleaguered by four years under president trump. vacancies in key leadership positions flagging employ morale and gross mismanagement left to left the department in bad shape. and the american people less secure. the biden administration has prioritized rebuilding the h s and supporting it's more than 250,000 brave, hardworking men and women. under secretary mayorkas leadership, dhs has filled critical vacancies, chris management and provided funding rights for frontline workers. meanwhile, dhs as faced unprecedented challenges. from a rise and domestic terrorism to escalated cyber threats from russia to more frequent and severe natural disasters to push factors driving migrants to our southern border. the presidents fisc

threat to our homeland and we have taken a number of steps in the department of homeland security to meet this consequentialou challenge. first, our office of intelligence and analysis created a separate section in its office to focus on this particular threat a stream. a second, we have disseminated an unprecedented number of intelligence and information projects, products to state and local law enforcement so that they are equipped to recognize and address the challenge and the respective jurisdictions. we also created the center for prevention programs and partnership. we call itiz cp three, to equip and resource communities to recognize and address the challenge within their boundaries. we believe an empowerment of the communities and state and local law enforcement is the best vehicle to address this challenge today. >> recently, a number of historically black colleges and universities as well as religious institutions received threats. what is the department doing to address this type of domestic violence extremism in america? >> mr. chair man, a few weeks ago i had a meeting w

jen psaki: the department of homeland security will do everything this afternoon. they will oversee the process. we anticipate lots of interest on both sides. reporter: in the white house when you were working on operation afghan welcome, will there be someone over here? jen psaki: sure. obviously, it is a top priority for the national security team. i will see if one individual is responsible. reporter: on the coronavirus, can you speak about anything president biden has done to determine the source of the coronavirus from china? [no audio] this is at

jen psaki: the department of homeland security will do everything this afternoon. they will oversee the process. we anticipate lots of interest on both sides. reporter: in the white house when you were working on operation afghan welcome, will there be someone over here? jen psaki: sure. obviously, it is a top priority for the national security team. i will see if one individual is responsible. reporter: on the coronavirus, can you speak about anything president biden has done to determine the source of the coronavirus from china? [no audio] >> tonight, watch a debate among democratic candidates running for senate in pennsylvania. live coverage in carlisle, pennsylvania at 7:00 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch on c-span now, our free video app. >> french president emmanuel macron was reelected yesterday, winning 50% of the vote. president macron's victory speech is about 10 minutes. president macron: thank you. [applause] thank you dear friends.

for the department of homeland security, it was an idea whose time has long since expired. should've been broken up many, many years ago, they could've streamlined intelligence without creating a new super state style control of the american people. it's too big, too unwieldy, it wastes too much money, and to ineffective. by the way, it's now actually vindictive, and that's the angle. joining us now, i'm delighted she is with us, colorado congresswoman lauren boebert who sits on the house budget committee. this new misinformation board is prompting action from house republicans -- this happens today and is bubbling all week, what can you tell us? >> first of all, who does alejandro mayorkas think he is? he's lied about the border being closed, he's lied about how many haitians crossing our border, he's lied about our great border patrol agents and now he's the one starting this orwellian industry of truth. i will be introducing the protecting free speech act which will defund this proposed department and prohibit any spin-offs that these scoundrels may try to create. congre

that's why we have the department of homeland security. they're now turning their sights on law abiding americans. they got this creepy new ministry of truth combating what the biden administration is callingin the dangerous thret of disinformation. in other words, opinions that they disagree with . disinformation mean d like the russia collusion hoax and lie that was spread by the new york times washington post by all three majoror networks abc, nbc, cbs twoto cablebc channels, fake news, cnn, msnbc. you mean that one or the same people that wouldn't cover the hunter biden laptop story ? p story he lied and said it was russian disinformation. oh , i'm sure they'll all apologize tomorrow. going tog up, we're bring you the chilling details from biden's disinformation governance board and the faref left lunatic who ,t by the way, has our own problem o with something called the truth that is now tapped tourwn run this war on freedom of speech. freedom that left doesn't likes in this country. i'll explain that first. it's time that we as a cou

the statute in question plainly gave the department of homeland security, quote, sole and unreviewable discretion, end quote, to enforce the policy. but apparently, that didn't lead to the policy outcome judge jackson wanted. so she ignored the statute, sided with the activists, and used a nationwide injunction, a nationwide injunction, to impose her new policy making on the entire country. this was such a blatant act of judicial activism that even the liberal d.c. circuit overturned her ruling. or take another case involving a fentanyl trafficker. if you read the initial trial transcripts, judge jackson editorialized and expressed regret that the law forced her to punish him somewhat harshly. she literally apologized to this self-described kingpin that she wasn't allowed to go softer. but the next time she saw this criminal at a compassionate release hearing, judge jackson was ready to legislate from the bench to give him the sentence she wished she could have given him before. even after the judge ex priss italy -- explicitly acknowledged the first-step act was not retroactive, she t

of homeland security. this is just a wash of law enforcement and medical persona. during rush hour, suddenly, bombs were going on and green smoke started boring an end of the. the route is that way. at that point, there are gunshot, now we understand 13 people have been injured. don't report on a pallet at the moment, but what happened was essentially, essentially an individual that described is wearing a gas mask, roughly 5 feet tall. and he was wearing a gas on jack construction that he said, these smoke bombs and then proceeded to start shooting. now at this point, the stuff back that was being described as an african american male, it's at large ended and the investigators believe he acted along that this was not with involving multiple individual. and now as we're seeing, you can hear police helicopters a bach, 13 people have been arrested on the saying that's local that and it's quite, quite a. 2 disturbing, as you can see just just by me over here is one of the food school that is directly in this s

department of homeland security is allowing ukrainians into the u.s. finding them exempt from trump-era border restrictions on a case-by-case basis. mexican officials expect all migrants to eventually enter the u.s. so far authorities have been slow to process them. speaking of those trump-era border rules, the biden administration is getting rid of that policy that effectively blocked migrants from enters the u.s. during this pandemic. the cdc announced friday the public health authority known at title 42 ends may 23rd. >> now homeland security officials predict as many as 18,000 people should soon try to end are the united states every day. we have more from mccowan, texas. >> reporter: a predicted surge in the number of families seeking asylum in the united states and the department of homeland security says it is currently preparing for a poten see 18,000 feels show up in the nation's doorstep and concern in border communities. friday heard from head of department of homeland security, secretary majorcacurrent seeing 7,000. and 50% sent back to the

now we have the department of homeland security. criminalizing this rebuff people who are coming here for humanitarian need sends the wrong message. no one i know who is coming here -- they basically greet them with the food and the humanity they deserve. the may orca's talk is a political stance -- the mayorkas talk is a political stance. you never hear anyone say " we need to close down atlanta, so many people are arriving at our international port!" we are the united states. if we wanted to address the need, we could. with the appropriate type of personnel, which means caseworkers, asylum officers, whatever the case may be. the biden administration has taken a holistic approach to this. having millions of dollars flow back to address the drug flow, the conditions that are already underlying that, the holistic approach. it has been a democratic and a republican failure to address these issues. host: what does that mean to apply for asylum at a border or u.s. embassy? who is eligible to do that? guest: there is no applying for asyl

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psaki: well, the department of homeland security has projected that there could be an increase in people coming to the border, and that's why they've had a six-part, multipart plan and proposal and policy they've been implementing for months now to prepare for that. reporter: is title 42 the potential end to it the reason that the congressional hispanic caucus is meeting with the president today? ms. psaki: no. actually, if you may remember, the president has been meeting with a number of the caucuses from congress from the congressional black caucus: he met with capac. he's been meeting with all of the caucuses, as he did last year. so, this has been a meeting that's been in the works for some time. immigration, certainly we expect to be a part of it, but we expect it to be an expansive meeting. and i would note the chc has a stated view and policy on title 42. go ahead. reporter: one of the members of the chc is senator catherine cortez masto. and she said of the title 42 decision that this is the wrong way to do this and it will leave the administration unprepared for a surge at the b

speech to on the platform by ministration has decided to expand, the department of homeland security is purview to shut down narratives that the u. s. government opposes, has alleged this information or tease interest of comments. twitter, a cozy umbrella for all shapes and sizes of leftist fringe and an incinerator for conservative voices. what started with unobtrusive hush hush shadow bands climaxed in a resounding crescendo of then president donald trump's eviction from the platform . but now that ellen musk a self proclaimed free speech, absolutist has promised to make a twitter maximum fun. there's panic in the ranks. ellen musk is the fox coming into the hen house, and it is shameful that twitter which has a fiduciary obligation, i would think to protect people who actually use the millions of people who actually use them. do they ask a single woman, a single woman with a single woman consulted? that's an example of a broader question for twitter, which is if you, if you can invite you to something where there are no rules where there is total freedom ever ever, everybody do yo

they win virtually undetected by the fbi and department of homeland security since they were launched within the u.s., which generates a pressing issue as to whether or not the united states cyber security protections will be sufficient against cyber threats and attacks. >> part of the thing here is we are going after them and we have to be aggressive. it's a lot of criminal hacker gangs. but a lot of times they are in places like russia and china and are operating with the knowledge of, with the assent of, or at the request of the government. >> he currently serves as founder of directed of execs dear of the national security and cyber security programs at george mason university. we decided to give them a call. >> one day something will happen that's troubling. in an ideal world we get ahead of the threat, but we spent too much time thinking about how to regulate it. >> currently, the u.s. employs three primary pieces of legislation to regulate cybersecurity. these laws are the 1996 health insurance portability and accountability act, the 1999 act and the 2002 homeland security act

>> there's a process and an investigation that has gone to the department of homeland security. i don't have an update. >> the president said they were whipping people and which is a criminal offense. >> and there was an investigation and i'll let them announce it. >> you accused these officers of brutal measures. now they're not charged, will you apologize? >> there was an investigation into their behavior. that investigation is playing out. when it will be announced, we will announce that and we'll have a comment after that. go ahead. >> as the debate is going on and next -- >> we're going to wrap here the white house briefing. we just heard jen psaki covering a lot of questions about this mask mandate and a lot of confusion about the traveling today and also finishing on what is happening at the border. i want to bring in ron patello. let's start with the last question that was presented on the mounted officers that were accused of whipping the migrants that were attempting to come in to the country. the photographs didn't look great. everybody there said it was a misjudge. t

but, again, our job is different than the department of homeland security. i can't speak to their resources. >> i got you. i'll try to wrap up here. drug interdictions are dramatically less than they were in fy 2021, we had 913,000. that's how much drugs were interdicted, now we're 340,000. it seems to be that interdiction is going down. so, my basic question is, do you consider the border in a state of crisis? >> i think, as you rightly pointed out, there's going to be a lot of intelligence suggest that there will be a lot more people migrating on the border. >> the reason i mentioned that, as i believe it is, i believe the amount of drugs coming across our unprecedented. the amount of people coming across the border illegally is unprecedented. seems to, be every train line is getting wears. to be honest with you, mister attorney general, i think we need to go all in, all hands on deck, of controlling our border. do you believe that what we have in place, to this budget and the system as a whole, that we can expect to turn this around? >> i think that the m

this nation. >> i mentioned the department of homeland security has been fighting disinformation for years, but how is this specific board different? it's a fair question. one we have within asking for two days. we have have not gotten one response despite multiple tries from the department of homeland security. bret? >> bret: and i will ask the secretary about that this weekend. david spunt at the doj. david, thanks. let's bring in fox news contributor tyrus author of "just tyrus" a memoir. first of all, congratulations on the book. i want to talk about in a second. it's awesome i'm about halfway through it i want to talk to you about this story. this disinformation thing. if i didn't see and it say that this is real story, i would think someone was pulling our chain with the mary poppinss song and the whole thing. what's your thought. >> when i first saw it i thought this is a great gutfeld stunt unfortunately not even he could come up with this. i find it hilarious that when you want to do something to stop disinformation, you go out and find a person who likes disinformation so m

we have these two men who basically infiltrated top levels of the department of homeland security, and somehow got to the point where they could become close enough friends with members of the secret service that they were, as you said, lavishing gifts on them. not only, that but they built up an arsenal of weapons in their apartment. they had bulletproof vests, they were able to provide drones, they had masses of firearms in their apartment, and that is even as he was not able to own firearms. he was a felon, because he pleaded guilty to a battery of trying to strangle his wife nearly a decade ago. the story is so crazy, not just because of what these men were able to get away with, but how long they were able to do it undetected. and the fact that they could become so close to the very people who are trained to have a sense about these things, and to be on the lookout for anyone who might try to infiltrate. the biggest thing, what we really heard from prosecutors today, arguing that they are a flight risk, is that there may be a connection here, although the dots aren't completely co

the problem is the department of homeland security itself set up by president bush aftererus 9/11. it's a completeher disaster. i've been saying this for probably 15 years and now it's run by a man i wouldn't hire to work security at a preschool at any of the forty two illegal migrants on the terrorist watch list or no fly list in canada. the southwest border has been released intoo the unitedyo states. >> i do not know the answer to your question. so look qion., if you think thas exists to protect the homeland, you heard him, you're sorely mistaken. its entire mission now this disinformation board is to protect the elites from the homeland. in other words, to subdue and surveil the people who actually pay their salaries . now last time i checked two hundred twenty one thousand illegal immigrants crossed our southern border a. d by our b they were encountered by our border patrol. this was in the month of marchos alone. that's a record i believe. congratulations, mr. secretary.l noieve. threat to the homelandd there. no worries at all. well, this only fuels our drug epidemic and pu

then if you look at some of the documents from the department of homeland security they are very aware ofof that and the disillusion that you see that we need to build up the borders even more. i took all of those investigative findings in these different books and i should mention the book before build bridges not walls, and i did a straightforward journalistic strategy following the money to see how they were assisting other countries and building up their own borders. so i went to the mexico guatemala border and the philippines which is a maritime border. i went to the jordan and syria border and tanzania border to follow this money and watching how the programs are helping other countries build their borders it it's part of a strategy to push out u.s. borders as much as possible to p stop people. all of this went into build bridges not walls and i will tell you a brief howri it start. it is a meditation of all these years of the investigative reporting that a departure. but it t comes from one event ad one happened a couple of years ago i was just to the south where they share a 70

now the department of homeland security says it's bracing for a record number of crossings, as many as 18,000 per day. cnn's polo sandoval is near mexican border in hidalgo, texas. what are officials bracing for? >> reporter: so, there's no question that this predicted increase in asylum-seeking families showing up in the nation's southern border will put a strain on resources in border communities like this one, up and down the border. what we can see, though, are some of those numbers that have recently shared by the biden administration. secretary mayorkas laid out those numbers yesterday saying on average you're seeing about 7,000 of those people, of the families showing up at the nation's doorstep, seeking asylum. however, because of that title 42 public health authority put into play by the trump administration and allowed to continue during the biden administration, about 50% of those according to the secretary are basically expelled back south of the border. and that has created a situation that many of those nonprofits that help these families, a firly fir fairly workable numb

the white house defendant this but said it was up to the department of homeland security, they say the objective really is to stop this disinformation from traveling around the country especially as it pertains to human rights and smuggling. alicia: thank you. eric. eric: remembering a followed hero, texas national guardsmen. a 22-year-old died while trying to save two migrants from drowning. they crossed the rio grande river last week and it turns out migrants officials said they were actually drug smugglers. president biden met with mexico's president yesterday as concerns continue to mount, terminating title 42. the board policy that lists agents sent migrants back to mexico because of the covid protocols, brian pianist is live on the border at eagle pass texas with the latest from the. >> the people in people pass texas are connected economically as well as when it comes their families in both communities right now are suffering because of lack of help they are receiving by the federal government. earlier across the border to get a look for ourselves. we met up with the president o

she suggested that the department of homeland security's position was -- and i'm quoting her -- a terrible proposal that wreaks of bad faith and demonstrates contempt for the authority that the constitution's framers have vested in the judicial branch. now, those are her words. i think that language might give us a hint as to why she ignored the statutory text. now, mr. president, in tennessee, tennesseans look at that and say, well, that is the work of an activist judge. they're trying to legislate from the bench. they didn't like what congress did, so they said, we're going to pick it up, we're going to toss it out, we're going to do what we think that policy ought to be. now, that was the effect of that ruling, because she ignored the statutory text. i have lingering questions about other times judge jackson has used this type of rhetoric to signal her policy disagreements. again, tennesseans say that is judicial being a victim. during the hike -- activism. during the height of the covid-19 pandemic, she used a written judicial opinion to advocate for the mass release of all 1,500 crimi

no agency, the disinformation governance board is part of the department of homeland security. dhs is a law enforcement agencye designed to policenc the united states and that, by the way, has a famously large stockpile of ammunition. o so it's notf a joke at all. >> here's dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. we have just established mis and disinformation governance board in the department of homeland security to more effectively combattse this threat not only to election security but to our homeland security. oh , so one of america's top's law enforcement officers just announces to the congressol that we're going to be policing what you say and everyone in the room kind of nuts. oh , that's totally normal. but here's what he didn't say. so americans told us the disinformation is a threat to homeland security. he's the head ofof the departmet of homeland security. and so presumably he would know since assessing threats to homeland security is s he his jo butme what he didn't tell us is how he's defining disinformation. so you haveel this new how h and terrifyinge's things the bu

disinformation governance in the department of homeland security to more effectively combat this not only to election security but our homeland security. kennedy: that's right, they want to protect you from so-called disinformation and misinformation. so who decides what that is and what constitutes disinformation? who is the arbiter of what is true and what is false? it turns out it's this woman, her name is nina, it's okay if you don't know her, i don't know her and i already don't like her. what are her credentials for such a lofty position? she's written books and columns for the new york times and washington post, a direct flag. she tweeted elon musk is bad for free speech, another red flag. she also once claimed hundred biden laptop story was disinformation. we of course now know that wasn't that true, three red flags. legs. that should probably disqualify her, right? today jackie heinrich asked jen psaki about all of that. >> how can you show concern people looking at this person wondering if she's going to be able to accurately judge misinformation now that a lot of that repo