WH cites “high illegal entry” in border barrier decision
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump heading to the scene of those January 6 crimes, the lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.2 | Sources tell CNN that the former president wants to go to Capitol Hill, where he wants |
| 0:13.5 | to add his two cents on the debate over who should be the next speaker of the house. |
| 0:17.9 | Do Republican lawmakers want him there? |
| 0:20.1 | I'll talk to a Republican who's been in touch with him this week. |
| 0:23.3 | Plus, one of the deadliest strikes in Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's invasion |
| 0:28.9 | of horrific scene of Putin's war, more than 50 civilians killed after a missile strike |
| 0:35.9 | hit a grocery store. |
| 0:37.6 | But first, for years, Donald Trump said, build the wall. |
| 0:41.2 | Now it's President Biden picking up on the new construction. |
| 0:49.7 | Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 0:51.1 | We're going to start today with our world lead and a number of major developments happening |
| 0:54.9 | right now involving the immigration crisis and the chaos at the U.S. Southern border. |
| 1:00.0 | In just moments, we're going to hear from top Biden cabinet officials who are down in |
| 1:04.1 | Mexico for meetings about the surge in migrants entering the United States, along with the |
| 1:08.5 | flow of fentanyl and gun trafficking. |
| 1:11.1 | These meetings come just hours after the Biden White House announced it is waving dozens |
| 1:16.1 | of federal laws in order to build more border barriers. |
| 1:19.7 | It's a move the president Biden tried to defend this afternoon after a number of critics |
| 1:24.6 | pointed out that he promised not to build one additional foot of wall while he was running |
| 1:30.6 | for president. |
| 1:31.7 | Also, today, a federal court heard arguments over the state of Texas' decision to install |
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