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let's first get to priscilla alvarez, who is standing by for biden's remarks. priscilla, what can you tell us a biden is planning to say as he welcomes the nation's governor to the white house. >> sara president biden has been very outspoken about russia and levee consequences against the russian president vladimir putin. so this is an opportunity where he could weigh in after this fresh slate of sanctions that have been announced by his administration. that is the single largest set of sanctions. it a day since putin's invasion of ukraine. now, we are getting more details about what these sanctions include. it's over 500 targets and that includes hundreds of entities involved in russia's military industrial base as well as 26 third country entities facilitating russian sanctions, evasions. that includes firms and china serbia, and the united arab emirates. now we know leading up to today that us officials had been preparing a sanctions package to mark the two-year anniversary of russia's war in ukraine. but then came the death of alexey navalny these sanctions
let's first get to priscilla alvarez, who is standing by for biden's remarks. priscilla, what can you tell us a biden is planning to say as he welcomes the nation's governor to the white house. >> sara president biden has been very outspoken about russia and levee consequences against the russian president vladimir putin. so this is an opportunity where he could weigh in after this fresh slate of sanctions that have been announced by his administration. that is the single largest set of...
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let's get right to priscilla alvarez. what are we expecting? >> reporter: well, sara, border politics is taking center stage for a white house that has grappled with immigration as a political vulnerability going into november of 2024. now, president biden was here in the state of nevada yesterday, where he spoke at length about this border deal, which may give us a preview as to what he's going to tell reporters today. he said that republicans need to help him, that he's called for resources at the u.s./mexico border and additional authorities and republicans have stopped him along the way. he also said house republicans should follow the senate, the senate being the chamber that introduced this package and he noted his disappointment it didn't include legal documentation for children brought to the states. immigration reform packages, so clearly, the president upset that the republicans are pushing back against what is a very tough border deal that his team along with senate negotiators worked to hammer out. and of course, this also comes as
let's get right to priscilla alvarez. what are we expecting? >> reporter: well, sara, border politics is taking center stage for a white house that has grappled with immigration as a political vulnerability going into november of 2024. now, president biden was here in the state of nevada yesterday, where he spoke at length about this border deal, which may give us a preview as to what he's going to tell reporters today. he said that republicans need to help him, that he's called for...
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pretalks it >> let's turn now to cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez for silva, the president, also using this time to demand the $60 billion in foreign aid for ukraine against russia's invasion >> that's all right. briana and using it to underscore the stakes of this moment, this 60 billion, of course, has been stalled since october when the white house made that national security supplemental request and the president saying quite forcefully that congress or the house at least is going on a two-week recess as this remains before them. take a listen. >> but it's about time they step up, don't you think so to go on a two-week vacation two weeks? >> you're walking away. >> two weeks >> what are they thinking >> i got this is bizarre. and it just reinforced it all the concerning. and almost i won't say panic, but real concern but the united states being a reliable ally >> now, there was sounding message for president biden from the outset. is that not providing these funds could seed grounds to russia. and that is what the administratio
pretalks it >> let's turn now to cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez for silva, the president, also using this time to demand the $60 billion in foreign aid for ukraine against russia's invasion >> that's all right. briana and using it to underscore the stakes of this moment, this 60 billion, of course, has been stalled since october when the white house made that national security supplemental request and the president saying...
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alvarez live for us from brownsville, priscilla. thank you so much. let's take you a few hundred miles northwest of the border there in eagle pass where trump is headed cnn's kristen holmes is there for us kristen, what are we expecting to hear from the former president today >> well, boris, there's a reason that trump is in eagle pass. it is not one of the most heavily trafficked areas by migrants, but it is the political epicenter of the standoff between texas governor greg abbott and president joe biden over who enforces border security and as you know, texas governor has endorsed donald trump. he is expected to be with donald trump while he gets a tour of this area, sees how abbott has implemented state resources to put razor wire on buoys in the rio grande river. but razor wire on train cars around here, essentially implement the national guard and that's who's going to be leading donald trump around as he gets lay of the land here in eagle pass. now, we talk about this election in 2020, this general election the issue being im
alvarez live for us from brownsville, priscilla. thank you so much. let's take you a few hundred miles northwest of the border there in eagle pass where trump is headed cnn's kristen holmes is there for us kristen, what are we expecting to hear from the former president today >> well, boris, there's a reason that trump is in eagle pass. it is not one of the most heavily trafficked areas by migrants, but it is the political epicenter of the standoff between texas governor greg abbott and...
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let's get right to cnn, white house reporter priscilla alvarez with some of the details on these new sanctions, priscilla, what are you learning? >> well, the president is clearly forcefully responding here to the death of alexey navalny and also ahead of that two mark for russia's invasion of ukraine. now, this is a fresh slate of sanctions that will target over 500 entities and individuals and just a few details that we're getting here moments ago, that inquiry foods, for example, hundreds of entities involved in russia's military industrial base, 26, third country at tinned facilitating russian sanction invasion. and that includes firms and china's serbia and the united arab emirates. now, president biden in a statement this morning saying that these sanctions will target into visuals connected to navalny's imprisonment, as well as russia's financial sector, defense, industrial base, procurement networks, and sanction evaders across multiple continents. president biden going on to say that they will ensure putin pays an even steeper price for his aggression abroad and repression a
let's get right to cnn, white house reporter priscilla alvarez with some of the details on these new sanctions, priscilla, what are you learning? >> well, the president is clearly forcefully responding here to the death of alexey navalny and also ahead of that two mark for russia's invasion of ukraine. now, this is a fresh slate of sanctions that will target over 500 entities and individuals and just a few details that we're getting here moments ago, that inquiry foods, for example,...
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we will let you continue to report on that, priscilla alvarez. thank you very much. >> and joining us now to talk about this as john sandweg is a former acting director for us immigration and customs enforcement. it's good to see you again, john broadly speaking, blocking asylum claims of migrants on a practical level >> what does that >> do at the border if that kicks in, i mean, what could this look like? >> well, look here. this would be a fundamental shift in how we approach border security and how would the asylum system in the united states candidly, probably if he's successful and if the survives, the inevitable legal challenges, this would permanently reshape how we address border security at immediately at the border and asylum claims but very quickly as you and i have discussed before, the central bottleneck and really the crux of this crisis is our inability to handle all of these claims and give people the hearing that they're entitled to under current law, what the administration is looking at doing is saying, how do we bypass that r
we will let you continue to report on that, priscilla alvarez. thank you very much. >> and joining us now to talk about this as john sandweg is a former acting director for us immigration and customs enforcement. it's good to see you again, john broadly speaking, blocking asylum claims of migrants on a practical level >> what does that >> do at the border if that kicks in, i mean, what could this look like? >> well, look here. this would be a fundamental shift in how we...
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in addition to the sanctions that were announced today, priscilla alvarez at the white house. thank you. and now to cnn, chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, she was in ukraine for us reporting. nic. the question will be, what is the effect on the front lines? because it seems that it will take some time for this will trickle down to the capabilities of the russian military >> yeah, look, we've got to be honest about these sanctions. a huge number, 500 targets, but the russians have become exceptionally adept when certain vehicles they use to get round sanctions to get the chips, to get the certain parts they need for their missiles, for their drones are finding a new means to import them through third parties to these may be well targets that may be thought through, but remember to the biden ministrations has been burrowing deep into his top box of sanctions for two years now, i may slowly be running out of stuff they can do without actually impacting us economic needs. at the same time as well. so really we've not heard much of a reaction here in ukr
in addition to the sanctions that were announced today, priscilla alvarez at the white house. thank you. and now to cnn, chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, she was in ukraine for us reporting. nic. the question will be, what is the effect on the front lines? because it seems that it will take some time for this will trickle down to the capabilities of the russian military >> yeah, look, we've got to be honest about these sanctions. a huge number, 500 targets,...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house with the latest on this priscilla what is going on in michigan? >> well, john michigan is a critical state for president joe biden in 20 only narrowly won in 2020 by three percentage points. and it's going to serve as a key test of his handling of gaza, as you mentioned, there there is a push for voters to vote uncommitted. this is known as the listen to michigan campaign, and we're suited to lead one of the representative this is in support of this campaign. now, our colleagues have spoken to some of those organizers who saying this is not an anti-biden votes so much as a humanitarian vote, but all the same, it will cause the president votes in this primary depending on how many turnout to vote uncommitted. now, the biden reelection campaign has responded to this. and in doing so, they have pointed to his domestic accomplishments like on abortion access and union jobs. they have said that the president is listening to concerns and they're also framing the general election as a binary choice between president biden and former president and donald
cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house with the latest on this priscilla what is going on in michigan? >> well, john michigan is a critical state for president joe biden in 20 only narrowly won in 2020 by three percentage points. and it's going to serve as a key test of his handling of gaza, as you mentioned, there there is a push for voters to vote uncommitted. this is known as the listen to michigan campaign, and we're suited to lead one of the representative this is in support of...
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alvarez has that story also with us, former is acting director john sandweg priscilla, first to you to tell us about these drafted plans for mice. >> well, ultimately what we're seeing here is that now give me the department of homeland security money has consequences. so in this case, immigration and customs enforcement is staring down the $700 million deficit. some of their priciest items are detention facilities and deportation flights the latter, they don't want to cut because that's part of their consequence mechanism. so that migrants don't cross the border, but the former is going to be slashed under these contingency plans, which means that thousands of migrants could be released into the us. now, we should note here that is detains a race range of migrants. some of them have criminal records, some of them don't, some of them are slated for removal from the united states. but all of this speaks to what homeland security officials have been warning about for months. they're overwhelmed by the number of people at the border. they can't they're not prepared for this volume of p
alvarez has that story also with us, former is acting director john sandweg priscilla, first to you to tell us about these drafted plans for mice. >> well, ultimately what we're seeing here is that now give me the department of homeland security money has consequences. so in this case, immigration and customs enforcement is staring down the $700 million deficit. some of their priciest items are detention facilities and deportation flights the latter, they don't want to cut because that's...
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alvarez is at the white house for us on this. priscilla, tell us about this sanctions announcement it has just been made. >> brianna, president biden is forcefully responding to the death of alexey navalny and to that two-year mark of russia's invasion of ukraine through this fresh slate of sanctions. now, we had known going into this two-year anniversary that us officials were preparing a heavy sanctions package and it got supplemented after the death of alexey navalny. and that is what we are seeing reflected today. so to break it down for you, this includes hundreds of entities involved in russia's military industrial base, as well as 26 third country entities facilitating russian sanctions, evasions. that includes firms in china, serbia, and the united i didn't arab emirates, we're also learning that the state department is imposing sanctions as well on three russian prison officials in connection to the death of navalny. now, us officials have described this as a way of choking off russia, an essence slowing down their abili
alvarez is at the white house for us on this. priscilla, tell us about this sanctions announcement it has just been made. >> brianna, president biden is forcefully responding to the death of alexey navalny and to that two-year mark of russia's invasion of ukraine through this fresh slate of sanctions. now, we had known going into this two-year anniversary that us officials were preparing a heavy sanctions package and it got supplemented after the death of alexey navalny. and that is what...
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that is where donald trump visiting priscilla alvarez is in brownsville where president biden is set to arrive for zyla first you what can we expect from the president today >> well john this is an extraordinary move by a white house that is really cat border security at a distance, of course, is it an administration that has dealt with multiple surges at the us-mexico border and sources telling me that over the years discussions within the white house about this issue, we're tense as it increasingly became a political liability. now, border crossing he's have dropped in recent weeks, but the turning point here was that senate border bill that you just talked about that included some of the toughest border security measures in recent memories, but it was tanked by republicans at the encouragement of former president donald trump. and so president biden is expected to hammer republicans while he is talking here at the border patrol facility. behind me is also expected to meet with law enforcement and with border patrol agents and really make the focus about what hasn't been done in co
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priscilla alvarez in brownsville, texas, kristen holmes in eagle pass. priscilla to you first, what are we going to see and hear from biden here in the coming hours? >> well, brianna, we're here in >> the brownsville border patrol station where the president will deliver remarks. the podium behind me later this afternoon, and the white house is billing these remarks as a way to hammer republicans on congressional inaction when it comes to immigration. specifically, that border, that senate border bill that was worked on in said between senate negotiators and white house officials that included some of the toughest border security measures. in recent memories. but the backed away from that deal at the encouragement of former president donald trump. and that is exactly what president biden is going to go after today. hey, take a listen to what white house press secretary karine jean-pierre had to say about it this morning >> folks who are getting in the way here are republicans. they are getting in the way, and they are doing it because of what donald trum
priscilla alvarez in brownsville, texas, kristen holmes in eagle pass. priscilla to you first, what are we going to see and hear from biden here in the coming hours? >> well, brianna, we're here in >> the brownsville border patrol station where the president will deliver remarks. the podium behind me later this afternoon, and the white house is billing these remarks as a way to hammer republicans on congressional inaction when it comes to immigration. specifically, that border, that...
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alvarez is in brownsville ahead of the president of priscilla to you first, this marks a shift in the white house approach. tell us what they're thinking here. >> it is it's an extraordinary move for a white house that is distanced itself from border security. and one that sources tell me when it came up within the walls of the white house would ultimately be some tense conversations about the issues at the us-mexico border. but the white house and campaign officials see this as an opportunity now, especially after the failed senate border bill that was a bill that included some of the toughest border >> security measures in recent memories. and while republicans worked on it, they ended up backing away from it at the encouragement of former president donald trump. so president biden is coming here for today to hammer republicans on that point and make the argument that it is the republicans who carry the responsibility for not securing the border because they walked away from a deal that would have offered solutions. and that is what campaign officials and white house officials are b
alvarez is in brownsville ahead of the president of priscilla to you first, this marks a shift in the white house approach. tell us what they're thinking here. >> it is it's an extraordinary move for a white house that is distanced itself from border security. and one that sources tell me when it came up within the walls of the white house would ultimately be some tense conversations about the issues at the us-mexico border. but the white house and campaign officials see this as an...
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cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us. she's got much more on this, priscilla, what are you hearing? >> kate sources telling me that white house officials are reviewing an authority in immigration law that essentially allows the president to decide who is eligible to enter the united states. in this context, with president could do is limit who was able to claim asylum between the ports of entries and other words, migrants crossing the border illegally could be restricted from claiming asylum. now, as you mentioned there, this is a move that is reminiscent of the trump era in 2018, former president donald trump also used this authority to try to block off asylum entirely on the us, mexico border. that was challenged punched in courts. and eventually a federal appeals court blocked it and now i'm told that lawyers are reviewing this possible executive action to see whether it could stand in the courts if it's different at all. we don't have all the details as to what it will look like, but an administration official tells m
cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us. she's got much more on this, priscilla, what are you hearing? >> kate sources telling me that white house officials are reviewing an authority in immigration law that essentially allows the president to decide who is eligible to enter the united states. in this context, with president could do is limit who was able to claim asylum between the ports of entries and other words, migrants crossing the border illegally could be restricted from claiming...
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alvarez tracking all of this for us. tell us about this contingency plan here. >> well, this is what happens when there aren't funds. this is the consequence that homeland security officials have been warning about. this is a scenario that they're facing a $700,000,000 deficit. to accommodate for that, they're considering slashing detention which in facility which mean that immigrants who are in detention could be released. now, it has found themselves in this type of situation before where they simply do not have enough money and so they'll reprogram funds from other parts of the department, say from coast guard or from tsa or from fema, or they're going to move money within their own agency to try to make up for this deficit. but this is a situation that they haven't found themselves in before because we haven't seen as volume of migrants before. so all of it means that they may have to slash detention facilities. one of the price of your items in their budget, the other is deportation flights, but that's something the
alvarez tracking all of this for us. tell us about this contingency plan here. >> well, this is what happens when there aren't funds. this is the consequence that homeland security officials have been warning about. this is a scenario that they're facing a $700,000,000 deficit. to accommodate for that, they're considering slashing detention which in facility which mean that immigrants who are in detention could be released. now, it has found themselves in this type of situation before...