james patterson is here this morning after donating $300,000 to independent bookstore employees.emember, to get dressed, the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. and, remember, mornings are always better with friends. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: all right. we're going to begin hour two of today's "fox & friends" with a flashback yesterday. that was live on our show at the southern border. we're learning that the migrant release rate is apparently higher than the 70% dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas told fox news just days ago. >> brian: yep. fox news bill melugin revealing, quote: mayorkas admitted the current release rate for migrants caught crossing the border illegally is above 85%. lawrence jones getting a firsthand look at the crisis. >> one migrant that is turning around, could get to the country so a lot of times you will see that they will go back and you will see the bag right there with all his belongings there. they will try again. >> ainsley: well, lawrence is down there on the border. it's interesting. lawrence, they are just doing this in plain daylight. yesterday t

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patterson stops by.the next 30 minutes where we have areas well into the 30s right now. we have a lot of sunshine. looks lovely from our santa cruz camera. it's a bright day today. brisk. this afternoon with temperatures in the 50s. rain returns on saturday to level two kumasi. thanks drew. >> we'll have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you can always find the latest on our news app at abc seven news.com. >> come on, get♪ i'm walking on >> announcer: welcome back to n gma live from times square. >> our ray of sunshine celebrating hometown heroes across the country. this morning it's all about ray bethea. he is a custodian in swannanoa, north carolina. he helps students and teachers and to them he is so much more. good morning, ike. >> reporter: good morning. listen, captain ray is just behind this door. he has no idea what's going on. he thinks he's in an important meeting with the vice principal. but we've got some tricks up our sleeve. let's go get him. captain ray, my man. how you do