Border-Ukraine bill; Biden won Democratic S. Carolina primary

What’s being considered a long-shot proposal to get Congress to approve of a border security bill that would clear the way for more aid to Ukraine was revealed on Sunday.

A group of Democratic and Republican Senators have created a compromise bill which would make seeking asylum more difficult, increasing detention capacity and shutting down the border with Mexico completely if more than an average of 5,000 migrants try to cross the border on any given day.

Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said he will put the issue before the Senate for a vote on Wednesday.

However Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House Mike called the bill “dead on arrival” in the House of Representatives, and former president Donald Trump has voiced his opposition to the legislation.

Biden won South Carolina primary

President Joe Biden easily won the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, garnering 96.1 percent of the vote against two minor opponents. All 55 delegates to the Democratic National Convention went to him.

Although South Carolina is a reliably red state, it has a large African American population, and the primary was seen as a test of the Black vote which is a bulwark of the Democratic coalition.

Next on the primary calendar is the South Carolina Republican presidential primary on Feb. 24 and the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in Michigan on Feb. 27.

Sports: Clippers beat the Heat in Miama

With Ivaca Zupac back in the lineup after missing eight games, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Miami Heat 103-95 in Florida on Sunday evening.

Zupac only played 18 minutes but he scored four points and grabbed three rebounds. The top point man for the Clips was Kawhi Leonard with 25 points and 12 rebounds. James Harden added 21 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists.

The victory improves the Clipper record to 33-15. They remain in third place in the NBA Western Conference, having won two straight and eight of 10 games. Miami (eighth in the Eastern Conference with a 26-24 record( has now lost eight of 10 games.

Weather: West County is all wet

The outlook for our West Orange County area is for a lot of rain. The Monday forecast calls for rain with a daytime high of 59 with an overnight low of 51. Tuesday will have rain and thunder with a high of 58 (49). Wednesday may see a bit of a letup to showers and a high of 60 (49). Evening showers are forecast for Thursday with a high of 60 (48).