skyrocketed throughout the state. leading the charge, gavin newsome. mandating clean energy by 2025. >> to pay for the new plants, batteries and transmission lines, the state plans to bill customers not just for the power they use but based on their income. >> this doesn't make sense. >> this makes it cheaper to consume more electricity. >> households earning more than $70,000 could pay an extra $73 a month on top of their electric bill. >> so sandra, democrats feel that those that make more should pay more. >> sandra: that's it for us. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. we'll see you tomorrow. what we like to call friday eve. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks very much, john and sandra.

i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story." the battle over tik tok has now kicked in to high gear. so where do you stand on this? every one tries to figure this out. senator marsha blackburn on what the senate will do now that this passed in the house. the breakdown and the chaos gripping haiti as the united states sends in the marines. we have just heard from antony blinken, the secretary of state. we'll get you caught up on that as general jack keane joins us. as of today, six counts now struck by the judge in the georgia case against former president donald trump. still faces ten more charges there. the judge said there was a lack of detail that was provided by the prosecution around the dismissed charges. some calling this embarrassing for full full d.a.fani willis as we await a ruling on her future and whether or not she can stay on this case. this is totally separate from that part of the story.

we expect we may hear something shortly from the judge on that. that came because of allegations of an improper relationship that may have been funded by taxpayers with special prosecutor nathan wait. let's bring in alina habba, the attorney for former president trump on the team on several of these cases. alina, welcome. good to have you here. good afternoon to you. what is your reaction to what happened today in georgia? >> i wish that all of the counts had been dropped because that's probably what should have been. at least it was a step in the right direction. it goes to the sloppiness of frankly the prosecutorses down there. we know that is the case. more importantly, this should not have been brought in general. the attorney handling this case put out a statement that says it all. at the end of the day, remember, we have a prosecutor here who is currently being questioned about her own ethical obligations, her ability to stay on this case. i'm going to defer to this judge to make the right decision.

today was a step in the right direction. >> martha: what goes your get tell you on this, alina, to reher from the case? >> i don't think it's indicative of her actions of fani. she's got her own issues that are outside of this case that clearly have permeated her decision making ability. as i have always said, as my clients have said, we know these are motivated by one thing and one thing only. that's election interference, trying to bring trump don. on the heels of last night, it's very clear that the american people are seeing it for what it is and will stand up and not take it very much. >> martha: i want your thoughts even though you're not directly involved in this. you're part of the larger legal team representing the former president. the first case that is set to go to trial is in new york city here on march 25. it deals with the hush money that was paid to stormy daniels. that's what the charge is in

this case and that it was diverted in the way that it was paid through legal fees. do you think that case is doing to get underway march 25 and how does the former president feel about this one that is likely to happen before -- right in the middle of the election season? >> that's a couple of good questions there. number 1, do i think it's going to go ahead? really it shouldn't. we have an immunity defense that is up on the supreme court. it will be made a decision. should be stayed until all of those decisions are made, number 1. we'll see what happens there. number 2, let's remember what this is, martha. stormy daniels is probably one of the oldest legendary let's get trump cases that we saw come out. her attorney, i believe, is in prison or was. probably disbarred. michael coen yet again reared his ugly head in that. here we go years and year later, they decide guess what, he's the gop nominee. let's bring up this case again.

we have mark pomeranz, who was in this case. wrote a book about how they didn't bring the case against president trump and it infuriated him and drove him to the point of quitting. this is all about politics. how does the president feel? exactly that way, this is political. there's no place for this in america. das and ags should not be visiting the white house and the administration before bringing complaints about the front-running candidate for the republican party because job can't walk and can't spell bob backwards. that's not our problem. that's their problem. the president is frustrated for the nation and ready to get back to work in november. >> martha: everybody watched the real estate evaluation case and the enormous settlement that they are asking for in that case. any update on when that money is supposed to be paid, what is the la latest? >> the latest is the same. it wasn't a settlement. it was a judgment. president trump has no business

or wouldn't settle for something he department do. so this was a judgment by a judge that was clearly -- miss james had in her pocket. the judgment was absurd. the number is ridiculous. never been seen before. we stand on the same decision that the appellate division has to step in and parse this all out. we're waiting on the appellate division. we'll see what happens. >> martha: i know they a bounced a bond in the carroll rise around $90 million. any closer to getting a bond in the real estate case? you're right, it's a judgment, not a settlement. no agreement made in that case. >> yeah, no, unfortunately i can't speak to that. that is privileged. i'm one of the attorneys on that case. like i said, the judgment is absurd. the fact that we're talking about this, martha, is absurd. i hope that the appellate division will to the right thing here action we have seen them do

a few times before. >> martha: we'll see. good to speak with you. thanks for joining us and get caught up on the latest on that. thank you. so coming up we're going to dig into this tik tok issue, which is really an extraordinary story with very far-reaching tentacles in to american society these days. they're fighting for their survival. they have been lobbying up a storm on capitol hill to stay available to americans, but now the house has voted and they want to see this either banned or disbanded from its chinese ownership. republican senator marsha blackburn, who has long been working to defend children online and their social media interactions, she's here next. >> these users were then compelled to call their members of congress and we had millions of kids calling congress, in some cases threatening suicide

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>> martha: just now, the white house saying that it is glad that a bill banning tik tok in the united states is moving forward after house lawmakers overwhelmedly passed this legislation earlier today. the app is used by 170 million americans and it is owned by chinese company byte dance. raising red flags about our national security and data. tik tok encouraging users to fight back. gop congressman mike gallagher says that the effort by tik tok

and byte dance to push back on members of congress on the hill on all of this had some shocking results. watch this. >> without some more transparency around that, you can never mitigate against the threat of propaganda on the platform. for those that don't think that threat doesn't exist, i point to last week. tik tok asked users for zip code information. we had people threatening suicide. >> unbelievable. if this is passes the senate, president biden says he will sign the ban despite the fact that the white house has also been under pressure to keep tik tok going and boy, the tik tok folks must have been happy when they saw this on super bowl sunday from the president. >> chiefs or niners? >> two great becomes. if i said i was for the eagles,

i'd be sitting alone. >> game or halftime show? >> game. >> which kelce brother? >> momma kelce. >> martha: we didn't get an interview but we got a tik tok. let's bring in marsha blackburn. she's worked on this for years in the senate. what is your reaction today and what do you think will happen in the senate and when? >> yes, martha. i am so pleased that the house moved their legislation forward 352 aye votes. that's a very good sign. it shows that tik tok has overstepped people realize with all of these people calling offices last week saying don't do this, i'll do something to myself, people saw first hand how the chinese communist party can use tik tok and weaponize it. so it helped prove the point.

it has pushed it across the finish line. now it will come to the senate and whether it's the house bill or a companion senate bill, the good thing is this: people realize this is spyware. it is soft propaganda. it is coming from tik tok and byte dance, which is owned in part by the chinese communist party. china has a national security law. we saw this with hong kong. we know it with tik tok. they have the access to every bit of dat generates. so the chinese communist party wants to own the virtual you of 170 million american users. people are waking up to that threat. >> martha: senator, here's the political problem. 170 million americans use this and here's the former president,

donald trump, talking about this. he said he would sign a ban on tik tok back in 2020. but here's what he says now. >> there's a lot of people on tik tok that love it. there's a lot of young kids on tik tok that will go crazy without it. you know a lot of good and there's a lot of bad with tik tok. but the thing i don't like is that without tik tok, you can make facebook bigger days? >> and of course, we need to deal with facebook, instagram, youtube and the all of the others. but right now, this is our opening to stand up to the chinese communist party and say you are not going to be able to control what our young people see and say and think. we're not going to give you the ability to build a virtue you of them and to track everywhere they go. once they are in your phones. >> martha: i'm sorry to interrupt.

let me ask you about the free speech argument. there's an iron any here, it would appear. you don't have a lot of freedom of speech when your data is getting downloaded by the chinese government. what do you make of that argument? can this be spun off and be an american company that people can feel confident in and then they can keep it? >> and that is right. because if tik tok -- see, the ball is in tik tok's court. if they want to be a part of the american marketplace, separate themselves from byte dance. go through the divestiture. and algorithmically reform themselves so that they are not collecting that data and sending it to beijing, china, to the chinese communist party. >> martha: well, i think everybody would have to get new phones and get a new app in order to make that kind of

transition. it is stunning. also just i'd like to point this out that in china, children are not allowed to be on tik tok. then the very limited version that they have, which mostly pumps out chinese history and educational content, they can't use it, children, from 10:00 p.m. at night to 6:00 a.m. that tells you a lot. senator blackburn, thanks very much. good to see you. >> thank you. >> martha: so that is a huge story. we'll see where that goes in the senate. this. the u.s. deploying a marine anti-terrorism unit to haiti as chaos and violence risks mass maritime migration. more of it in to the united states from haiti this time. jack keane joins me next. i own a lemonade and ice cream shop in florida, so i can feel and see that my lines have gotten deeper just from a year out in the sun.

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>> martha: chaos and violence sweeping haiti. an estimated 3,500 prisoners were released in to the streets. now today an elite u.s. marine unit is on the ground there to protect the united states embassy in port-au-prince. officials prepare for the possibility of a flood of haitian migrants now who would likely look to america. >> we're doing a number of things to ensure that we're keeping track of the situation and we're prepared. at the moment, we have not seen

large numbers. what we could characterize as a american mass time migration. we're alert to the possibility. i think you're right. the driving conditions in haiti could very well press more people. >> so in moments, four star general jack keane joins us. first to steve harrigan. steve? welcome. >> martha, we're getting different responses from both sides of the aisle today when it comes to the growing chaos and violence in haiti. a short time ago, florida governor ron desantis said he was deploying the national guard in preparation for potential mass influx of haitians towards florida. secretary of state blinken said the u.s. goal for haiti is free and fair democratic elections. here's secretary blinken. >> we need to see a transition to elections a clear return to a democratic path.

we need assistance, humanitarian assistance, development assistance so the economy can get built up. >> on the streets of port-au-prince in haiti, they're a long way from elections. 80% of the city is now controlled by violent criminal gangs. the acting prime minister couldn't even get back inside the country because those gangs attacked the airport. they also attacked prisons releasing several thousand prisoners. corey mills a congressman from florida, led his own mission to haiti a helicopter mission to rescue ten missionaries that were stranded there. he says the biden administration has not been hellful. >> the federal government doesn't care about the american people. i don't subscribe to that. >> the u.s. plans to spend $300 million on a kenyan peace keeping force to try to bring

order in to haiti. the kenyans won't go until they know there's a government in place. for now, the u.s. embassy remains opened on a limited basis and just reinforced with more u.s. marines. back to you. >> martha: a million children are on the streets. likely to be snapped up by gangs and enlisted in to their violent actions. thanks, steve. steve harrigan. with that we bring in general jack keane, a fox news contributor. thanks. i want your thoughts on what's happening and unfolding in haiti. the united states marines will be on the ground protecting our embassy at lease to that extent. i also want to ask you before you dig into that, sir, if you could respond to this editorial board piece from the "wall street journal." biden shrinks the u.s. military. mr. biden thinks this is an acceptable moment to put american defenses on a diet and the administration says it's

merely complying with budget caps negotiated last year with congress. few priorities escaped the acts. your thoughts as we face another protection effort in haiti at this hour. >> yeah, i mean the intel community just a couple days ago all who work for president biden's administration, actually said that the challenges we're facing in terms of global security challenges worldwide dealing with russian, china, iran and north korea. the return of trans national extremism again and the rise of a threat in afghanistan, this is the most significant challenge that we have faced in decades to include the fact that we have people crossing our border unimpeeded. yet no mention of this at the state of the union. here we have for the fourth time in the biden administration a reduction in the defense budget because there's a 1% increase,

but obviously inflation is greater than that. this is reckless in my judgment and also irresponsible. we have major threats that we're facing on a scale we haven't seen since world war ii. the willingness of our adversaries to work together is obvious to anybody that looks at this. and it means the possibility that we could have conflict not just in one region, but in two regions because they're working together. our adversaries see this when they look at us, martha. they believe the united states is weak in its leadership. they think there's political dysfunctionality here. you can make a case for it. lack of social cohesion and a military that is not as good as it used to be and has never truly recovered from a 9-11 war, which we need resources to get our way out of it. it's a serious situation and the administration is not talking

about it. >> martha: one quick point on haiti, this is representative corey mills who han his own rescue mission. he got a lot of people out of haiti. here's what he said about it. watch. >> this is a pattern of abandonment by the biden administration that has existed since 2021 when he left americans behind in afghanistan. if the government is not willing to do its job, america has to step up and do certain things that are required. if americans are abroad and they're in trouble, i'm going to come to their aid. if biden is not willing to do his job, i'll do it for him. >> martha: your reaction to that, sir. >> first of all, we should be getting our people out there that want to get out of there. and have made that kind of contact with the embassy. you look at haiti, this is a failed state. there's no government. there's no police enforcement. gangs and anarchy are ruling the day. we have learned a lesson here. we learned it in iraq and

afghanistan. security becomes the necessary condition if you want to break progress with governance, the political system and economically. security has to return. i'm not suggesting that this is something the united states should do. quite the contrary. i believe this is a problem for the caribbeans, the latin american countries and we should contribute our thought leadership on doing this. make certain our embassies are protected and we're doing that. >> martha: and missionaries there in the midst of this chaos, they require our support as well. general, thanks very much. general jack keane joining us this afternoon. >> martha: great talking to you. russian's vladimir putin dangles the threat of nuclear war once again. state department correspondent benjamin hall joins us live in new york next. i suffer with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

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>> martha: russia's vladimir putin ramping nuclear threats against the united states. he says his country is ready to launch a strike if his country is threatened. biden says he understands. >> are we really ready for a nuclear war? we are prepared, of course. i said that biden is a representative of the traditional political school. this is proved. besides biden, there's other specialists in the field of russian and american relations and deterrence. therefore, i don't think that everything is rushing so head on here. but we are ready for this. >> martha: benjamin hall reported on putin's war from ukraine from the front lines. while he was reporting there, he was gravely wounded by a russian

attack two years ago tomorrow. that attack took the lives of a fox camera man and a ukrainian producer. we remember them two years later. ben bravely tells husband story in his book, "saved, a war re reporter's mission." it's streaming now on fox nation, which takes you back to what this battle is about and what your bad lg -- battle was about. when you learn to this personally and for the world. what are your thoughts today? >> first of all, we heard vladimir putin flex his muscles before. he talked about the threat of using nuclear weapons. i don't think that should be dis discarded. right now putin is pushing the ukrainians back. it's not a threat right now. on the ground, people i speak to are really concerned. they don't have the weapons and

the shells to fight back. russia firing up to 20,000 shell as day. ukrainians cannot keep up with this. putin talking very strongly today because he feels very strong. he feels it's going in his favor. >> martha: he said also the other day, why should we negotiate because they're low on ammunition? if anything, this is a moment to strengthen and move in. we heard from president biden the other night in the state of the union. he says i will not bow down. has he put action behind those words? >> president biden has been trying to get more weapons and more money to ukraine. it's held up in congress. yesterday, $300 million of weapons were being sent over. it's not enough. one of the problems is not explaining what is happening in ukraine and why russia is innovating but way that impacts the u.s. and the west and the longer term implications of not

responding. there's a reason to stop russia. there's a message that has to be sent to other dictators, a clear message that if you carry out something like this, we will respond. peer happens china looking at taiwan thinking, i'm not seeing a huge respoons from america. maybe this is my chance to do it. >> martha: with regard to the progress, there's been talk of a spring offensive. there's been some battleground gains for russia in the past few weeks. here's a map of ukrainian control in the gold color here. the red is russia control and, you know, areas that are being fought over right now. russia maintains that they have 18 to 20% of ukraine in territory. that's slightly more than they've had over the course of this. what is your assessment of how they're doing? >> you look at that map. one thing expert as agree on, russia is not losing that territory. the danger is that they take

more territory. 18 months ago, vladimir putin was willing to have peace talks because they were on the defensive. that has turned and i think russia at the moment thinks it won't get any peace talks in they are in a better position. we'll continue to see the offensive from vladimir putin and vladimir putin and the russias have adapted their own electronic war far. the drones are not so effective. half are being shot out of the sky. they have adapted and placing wings on the bombs. a lot of military techniques that are coming good again. russia is in a powerful position? >> martha: and they are in an endless position to get people? >> there's a limit to that yoon will run out of soldier before russia there. the size of population. that's not a concern for russia. >> martha: a big battle on capitol hill. $300 million has been converted from unused army funds now going

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>> martha: we are watching all the movements of the candidates now that we have two candidates, the democrat, joe biden, the

current president of the united states is on the road. he is hitting as many of these swing states as he can. we're told over the course of the month of march today brings him to wisconsin, obviously a very volatile, close battleground state and he's there today as he tries to move his campaign forward. as of last night, joe biden is the democrat nominee and the former president, donald trump, is the republican nominee as expected. we'll keep on top of that story for you. meantime, former u.k. prime minister liz truss today praising england's national health service for declaring a ban on puberty blockers for children under the age of 18. urging her government to go a step further. >> i'm delighted the health services that say no under 18s can be prescribes these drugs.

what i want to see is it stopped all together. we know people are getting them on mail order, we know that they can get them privately. >> take a look at this. nearly 8% of american adults now say they identify as lgbtq +. more than double the number who said the same thing in 2012 or nearly double. let's bring in ollie london who detransitioned in 2022 after undergoing more than 30 surgeries over the course of ten years while identifying as a trans woman. he's the author of the book "gender madness." welcome. thanks very much for being here today. >> pleasure to be here. thank you, martha. >> martha: give us a little bit of your perspective on this as someone who has been through this for such a large part of your life. it has been difficult, as you

jut line in your book. what do you think as you look at what the united kingdom has now decided? >> well, look, i know from experience that there is a real struggle if you question your gender identity. we've seen a staggering number of people identifying answer transgender. adults can make decisions but children cannot. what is happening in the u.k., liz truss, has welcomed this new ban on puberty blockers but also introducing a bill to parliament to try to also define sex as biological, which would mean that any child under 18 if they're a boy they should not be called and girl and men shouldn't have access to women spaces. it's hard for lgbtq people, but we have to have some common sense here and realize that pushing hormones and puberty

blockers and encouraging children to change who they are is not right. children have to grow up and learn to see who they are themselves without having this gender ideology being pushed on them. >> this is a quick sound bite from joe rogan who talked about this with riley gains, the swimmer who has been an activist answer trans women competing against biological women in sports. here's joe rogan. >> they use these very sneaky terms like life-saving gender a firming care in regards to cast traiting children and putting them on hormone blockers and removing their breasts. they use this crazy term that seems like wow, it's got to be good. it's life-saving. gender affirm. >> martha: how did this get so out of control? you look at the numbers of people that are seeking this surgery, especially young women. we see this a lot in the united

states by people who are influenced on social media and by their friends. >> yeah, this really is a phenomenon that has occurred in the last few years. we've seen the number of people identifying as trans in the u.s. go up to almost double. 1 in 8 lgbt people identify as transgender. this isn't just a naturally-occurring phenomenon, this is being pushed on society. across the u.s., you have various school districts pushing transgender ideology in the classroom. you have of course apps like tik tok pushing transgenderism to a young audience. kids just want to fit in. they want to get that validation. so if they see someone like dylan mulvaney getting love for being transgender, kids want to do that, too. they all want to be loved, this is a harmful trend especially with states like california can cause a parent a child abuser if

they don't affirm their child's gender identity. so at the end of the day, we should be coming together to speak up for kids. >> martha: absolutely. children need to be surrounded with support and love and understanding. there's a reason why we don't let them drive cars and drunk and smoke and do things until they're a little older and they have a little more judgment and life-changing surgery is -- can be a very difficult thing to deal with as people get older. ollie, thanks for speaking out and for being with us today. all the best to you. >> thank you. god bless you. >> martha: thank you. god bless you as well. coming up, president biden readies $300 million in weapons to ukraine while backing off his executive action on the border. that debate next. god. we take this moment just to give you thanks. we thank you for this time to come together as a family,

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fight that involved border security, president biden has found a way to send $300 million in military aid to ukraine without the help of congress. finding money from cost savings on previously approved pentagon contracts. tomi lahren and richard fowler are here. first to jacqui heinrich. >> hi, martha. the president said he's done all that he can on the border with a stroke of a pen. in the lead up to the state of the union, he was considering taking action under 212 f to consider to restrict entries at the boarder. he even talked to lawyers. earlier this week, biden indicated he was no longer purchase seeing executive action only for the white house to say it's still on the table. >> you're asking me if there's any executive actions that we can take. what we're seeing there's no executive actions that would have done the work or would have

been able to deal with the issue happening at the border and starting to really fix the immigration system -- >> executive actions are always off the table? >> i understand what you're saying. i do. yes or no is not -- >> what i'm saying to u.s. that we always look at all of our options. that's what i'm saying to you. we're saying also is that the only way to move forward, to deal with this issue. >> they prefer congress legislating a solution to this issue. the bill the president is passing didn't clear the senate and no path in the house. there's one bill in the house in the works that has a border provision but the president has not taken a position on that, martha. >> with that, we bring in tomi lahren, host of fearless on outkick and richard fowler. thanks for being here. good to see you.

let's play this sound bite from vladimir clitchko talking about aid. >> we're struggling with lack of ammunition. we're struggling with lack of support even though we're getting some, but how much is enough. we just got yesterday a bill of 300 million support. but it's a band aid on this deeper wound. we need to fix this wound. >> martha: i think everyone is aware of the situation in ukraine and what they want in order to aid their fight against vladimir putin. but there's also a lot of concern about the threat that is pouring across the southern border that we heard so much about from our intel chiefs yesterday and the day before. your thought is. >> right. now, the discussion over how long and how much we should support ukraine, whether it's in perpetuity or if there's a cut off to that is a separate discussion. to me this is a giant slap in the face to the american people. the entire crux of president joe

biden's argument about his failure to secure the boreder is that congress must act. he's waiting for congress to do something for a lasting solution. just yesterday he's gloating about circumventing congress and getting ukraine some of the money that he needs. he wants more. see if the entire basis of your argument for not securing our own country is that you don't have the authority or congress needs to act but you can fund the protection of another nation's border, that goes beyond hypocritical. that again is a slap in the face to the american people. when you can't secure and you can't defend your own country, it's really unrealistic to ask the american taxpayers to fund another country in perpetuity. to me this is disgrateful and goes to show he's lying about what he can do to fix problems. >> martha: richard, let's go to the simple question. we doesn't president biden, when he sees his pull numbers on this issue, why doesn't he do what he can to stop the flow at the

border of people? >> thanks for having me. tomi is right. it's a separate issue. it's about foreign policy dealing with ukraine and curtailing russia and congress should act on immediately to make sure that we curtail the russians and curtail their horrible actions in ukraine. number 2, let's sort of put the border in focus. yes, the president can sign an executive order today to tell those crossing the border to remain in mexico. let's rerun the clock and what happened in 2020 when donald trump signed the same executive action. a day later, somebody sued the president. when they sued former president trump a federal judge in california stopped that executive action from happening. so whether the white house chooses to pass an executive action or not, what will happen is somebody is going to sue the president -- >> why not just -- i go back to my original question. why doesn't he do what he can do? we spokes to border --

>> why -- >> martha: hold on. you're doing what if. he's the president of -- the most powerful individual in the world. the leader of the free world. he has a massive security problem that is coming across the southern border and he does have things he can do. so what if they sue him the next day? at least he can say i'm the president. i'm not going to allow this anymore and i'm going to do what i can do? why doesn't he, richard? that's my question? why doesn't he? >> i don't deny the fact that something has to be done. >> martha: why doesn't he? tell mow your opinion? >> we're a democracy. we're three branches -- >> martha: you're not going to answer my question, are you? >> i am answering -- >> martha: what is your opinion on why he won't do? >> i believe the president should act. the one thing the president should do is send a bill to the united states congress and the united states congress should update -- >> martha: you're not going to answer. i don't know why. i'm so curious. i'd love to know what you

actually think. i guess you won't tell me. >> that's what i do think. >> martha: you're not answering my question. why won't he? tomi, you take 30 seconds and answer the question from your opinion. >> well, i think our president quite frankly doesn't care about our national security or the democrats see more of a long-term plan to give illegal aliens the right to vote, mass amnesty or whatever you want to call it. i also think -- >> martha: hold on. go ahead, tomi. >> this president could reinstate remain in mexico, he could finish the border wall, end catch and release and he won't do it. >> martha: it's bizarre. hard to wrap your head around. richard and tomi, thanks very much. that's "the story" for today. we'll see you back tomorrow at 3:00. stay with us. "your world" starts right now. >> on this vote, the yays are 352 and the nays are