little bit, it's a beautiful spring weekend planned in much of the country. "the evening edit" starts next, stay tuned. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: we've got breaking news. democrat senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand of new york now say new york governor cuomo has to resign. a wave of congressmen now saying he should resign, but governor cuomo is defiant. he's trying to blame, quote, cancel culture. now he's got 16 congressmen and senators. democrat jerry nadler, 139 state lawmakers out of new york saying he should step down, but he's blaming cancel culture over his own sexual assault and harassment allegation controversies and the covid cover-up of nursing home deaths tied to his executive orders.

this is a shocking new level of political depravity. a seventh woman now steps forward with sexual harassment accusations against women. thirty women reportedly say he and his team bullied and harassed him. joining us tonight, jim trusty, kt mcfarland, joe concha and congressman tom mcclintock. we're staying on this breaking news. again, senators schumer and gillibrand call on cuomo to resign. this is a distracting, escalating scandal in the state that has been hit the hardest by covid-19 and chaotic lockdowns, a state struggling to survive. also tonight a story we have been covering for more than a week and evidence is now mounting that cuomo and his team actively obstructed justice by trying to pressure state workers to dig up dirt to silence cuomo's accusers. and getting state lawmakers to stop demanding that he resign.

also tonight another top democrat governor who aspired to be on the national stage now accused of covering up nursing home covid-19 deaths tied to executive orders that have since been tossed out by a court as unconstitutional. we're going to tell you who that is. and we're going to to take you behind president biden's rhetoric in his address to the nation last night. critics are saying there were empty promises and empty threats. states are already vaccinating and roping. create -- and reopening. biden threatens to shut down the economy once again if americans don't follow the rules. president biden also slammed for taking credit for president trump's covid-19 vaccine and now nbc, abc and the washington post calling them out for it. plus, america, listen up, pay attention. nancy pelosi wants you to stop talking about the border crisis that the democrats created even though she once said that the

u.s., quote: needs to address undocumented people and certainly does not want any more coming in, doesn't want them coming in. this as washington, d.c. democrats seesaw back and forth first saying no border crisis, now senator schumer claiming it is trump's fault. which is it? all this as i.c.e. asks for volunteers at the border and border state democrats now saying, president biden, you broke it, you own it. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: okay. jim trusty, federal prosecutor, joins us now. we begin, jim, with this: 30 women telling new york magazine cuomo and his team harassed and bullied them. a seventh woman stepping forward saying cuomo sexually harassed her, jessica bateman. we've got 16 congressmen and senators, chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand saying he's

got to resign. how does he a stay on the job? >> yes. go. [laughter] i mean -- ego. he's obviously digging in and determined to talk his way out of this. that's the hubris you get from some lifetime politicians. they ignore their lawyers' advice and say i can talk my way out of this, and so far cuomo seems to be in that mold where he thinks he can basically talk his way past it. elizabeth: "the new york times" is reporting that female cuomo staffers were pressured to wear with, quos, makeup, dresses and heels to get ahead professionally. how is anybody politically survivable with those a accusations? >> well, i mean, i guess it's always a question of proof. but i think what you're starting to see with cuomo that's a real parallel -- not quite as dramatically or obviously criminal -- but a real parallel to the bill cosby prosecution if i can just talk about that for a second.

the first trial was a single victim, delayed-reported sex offense. very difficult for prosecutors, and the jury hung. the judge says, wait a minute, i'll revisit my earlier ruling, pick your other five best witnesses and that did the trick. in the court of public opinion, we're going through the same process with cuomo. if you had a single late-reported incident of harassment or physical touching or just bad manners, that's one thing. but now it's starting to build credibility because of the accumulation of similar complaints. and that's a real difficult box that he's in. maybe it's completely of his own doing, but a very difficult one to defend as this momentum seems to be going the completely in the wrong direction for him. elizabeth: let's break this down. former hud inspector general susan gaffney, this dates back to 1998 and through the year 2000 when cuomo was hud secretary under clinton.

we're talking about a fact a pattern here. she said that he discriminated against her, harassed her and smeared her. now we've got lindsey boylan reportedly being, attempted smears against his accuser, lindsay boylan, her personnel records released into the media. "the wall street journal" was reporting melissa derosa who led staffers who basically harassed half a dozen former and current staffers to basically discredit lindsay boylan and the accusers. so is this obstruction the of justice? >> well, possibly. you know, here's the line, right? i mean, it's easy, it's permissible, if ugly, for politicians to reach out to other politicians and say stop trying to get me impeached or stop trying to get me to resign. but when you start dealing with the actual victims of these incidents, then you're playing with fire because you might be in a position where you are orchestrating an obstruction of justice. if you've got people that are being told things like, hey,

this is going to get really rough for you, are you sure you want to go down this road, it's going to be really embarrassing, there's a flavor of obstruction that a criminal prosecutor would want to listen to and figure out if they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt pretty quickly when it comes to that type of, you know, interference with the normal ability of a plaintiff or a complainant to come forward. elizabeth: so he faces an impeachment trial in the state of new york. that obstruction charge could conceivably be brought into that impeachment trial. state lawmakers in new york are saying, yes, they could likely bring that up. again, we understand impeachment is a political endeavor, but this could rightly come up there, right, jim? the what do you say? >> yeah, i mean, what we've learned on the federal level is impeachment is a product of the limits of the imagination of the impeacher. so they could certainly come up with theories as to how this is a violation of his oath or how it's a violation of new york human rights laws. i think it's absolutely fair

game to talk about obstruction or something close to obstruction as part of that impeachment process. so, you know, the record is is being built as we speak in terms of a potential impeachment proceeding. elizabeth: jim trusty, you're terrific. thanks for your insights. come back soon. again, breaking news, senator chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand saying, joining 14 other u.s. lawmakers down there in washington, cuomo, you've got to resign, you've got to step down. you've lost the political confidence of your state and the country. joining me now is new york state assemblyman ken byrne. your reaction to the news that senators schumer and gillibrand now are saying, cuomo, you've got to step down. >> well, it is extremely significant. the list of members in the legislature, the u.s. congress and senate calling for his resignation has been growing consistently, but this is the senior, top elected officials that represent the democratic party in new york state, so it really cannot be overstated here. it's the extremely significant,

and i'm sure the governor is extremely uncomfortable at the moment. length elizabeth yeah. are you hearing from him at all? >> from the governor directly? no. i mean, we have weekly calls with the governor's office more about covid-related things with our delegation from the area, but not specifically to this. he hasn't reached out to me. i know it's been reported he's reached out to other colleagues. it's been news since last night that the majority's moving forward with the impeachment investigation, something my colleagues in the republican conference have been calling for for weeks now, so the it's a positive step. but with we've got to move fast, we've got to be the doing this expeditiously because we of do have a budget, and we don't want the governor using his powers as above to undermine this -- the governor to undermine this either. elizabeth: democrats jerry nadler, carol a maloney, alexandria ocasio-cortez, new york democrats also say cuomo

should resign. assemblyman angelo santabarbara says cuomo does use the budget to bully. in fact, governor watchdogs say cuomo got millions of dollars from vendors who got paid about $7 billion to do work for new york under cuomo. so you're saying that -- it seems like 360-degree can bullying on part of cuomo. is there anything else we're missing? >> it's no secret he's an extremely aggressive with how he deals with the legislature, and, you know, the previous guest on your show mentioned the comments and potential obstruction of justice. you could say the same thing about his call to assemblyman ron kim. if he's threatened retaliation, i think that's an impeachable offense as well. he's going to use what he can to leverage, and i don't want him

using the budge. we have close to a $190 billion budget in the state of new york, and we can't allow the governor to use his executive powers through this budget process which is due april 1st to impede or interfere with any investigation. elizabeth: okay. you know, we've got an impeachment trial coming up in the state of new york. it's been green lighted. it's going to get nastier and uglier. when you see democrats stepping forward today, friday after jerry nadler broke the silence in washington, the silence of the democrats in washington though had been deafening. they pounded the table for brett kavanaugh to step aside, we're talking vice president harris and kirsten gillibrand, also nancy pelosi. as we just reported minutes ago, gillibrand finally called for cuomo to resign. they were vehement that brett kavanaugh not sit on the supreme court. watch this rundown, listen to this. >> i believe you. and i believe many americans across this country believe you.

let's seek the truth that it was a denial of justice for the women of this country and sexual assault survivors, men and women in this country. [applause] let's speak that truth. >> it's really kind of sad because there are two equities that need to be weighed here. one is the integrity of the supreme court, the other is the respect that we owe women when they come forward. >> i believe her, and i think the women of america should be paying attention right now. >> he could deny it and then go on a political attack and be done. deny dr. ford, deny the two other women who have brought accusations against him and roll straight on forward to a lifetime appointment on the united states supreme court. elizabeth: your reaction? >> you know, i think there's obviously a double standard here for a lot of politicians. i believe in due process, but there is a tremendous amount of

information that's public now that i believe is enough evidence to impeach this governor. i do find it troublesome that some politicians didn't call for the governor to resign after the first allegation. the second allegation and the third allegation, i mean, we're up to number seven now, and it's apparently for some takes seven allegations for them to actually respond and speak out against this governor. i find that extremely troublesome. so i hope we get to a place where people can actually treat everyone equally and serve justice. i think we need to -- elizabeth: got it. >> -- remove him as governor. elizabeth: new york state assemblyman kevin byrne, thanks for joining us. up next, former trump deputy national security adviser kt mcfarland going to take us behind president biden's rhetoric in his speech last night. president biden trying to claim statements' constitutional powers for his own as he threatened to shut down the economy once again if americans

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♪ elizabeth: let's welcome to former trump deputy national security adviser and author of the book "revolution: trump, and we, the people." look who's here, kt mcfarland. what was your reaction to president biden's address to the nation last night? >> i guess i was stunned. he claimed complete credit for the entire vaccine being developed and rolling out, and he basically blamed the entire pandemic on donald trump, not the chinese, but on donald trump. and and here's what bothered me is i've known joe biden for a long time. i've never agreed with him on a lot, and i always thought he was a weak leader, but i never thought he was dishonest. and what he said last night

where he was taking complete credit for all the things that that trump did, and, you know, what did trump do? when he went to the big pharma and said, you guys, you know, work on this vaccine. and it turns out that the vaccine that you're working on isn't any good, don't worry, you won't have to eat your costs. i'll fast track the approval process, and he also said if you come up with a vaccine, i want you to start developing it and making -- and start producing it right now even before you've been, it's had all of its approvals. and if it turns out it doesn't, fine, i'll protect you against loss. that's why we had a vaccine in record time that nobody thought of. what has joe biden done? he's claimed credit for something somebody else did. the military has an expression for this, it's called stolen power when you claim credit for the achievement of other people and you lie about your own record. his son, his late son was a military hero, and yet here's joe biden, you know, stolen

valor, claiming credit for something donald trump did? i think it's really shameful. elizabeth: he also told a cnn town hall there were novack seens, no vaccinations when he already got vaccinated, president biden did, in december, and so did his vice president. there's also the question of claiming states' constitutional powers for his own. he's saying we could fully reopen by july 4th if people, you know, follow the rules, but then he threatened to shut down the economy once again. your reaction to that. >> look, liz, i've been in the wonderful state of florida for most of the last year with our family in sarasota, and florida shut down for about two weeks and then it opened very quickly, and it opened safely. the schools stayeded open, businesses stayed open, people went about their lives, and as a result florida has a booming economy. you know, governor desantis, he understood that the real problem was not just the pandemic and the illnesses and the deaths, but it was also going to be about the economy.

our economies were crushed it would take years, if not decades to recover. so he did what no other above or very few governors in the country add had the nerve to do, develop my resources to the places that count which is to the nursing homes and seniors, and i'm going to let other people start living their lives and, oh, by the way, i'm going to let county by county by county decide how to deal with it. whereas governor cuomo, who was hailed by the press, even hailed by dr. fauci as this great hero, look at the mess he's had. not just his current crisis, but the mess he's made of the whole vaccine and the pandemic. new york is no longer a livable place. elizabeth: he also said last night that, you know, he vowed to make all adults eligible for vaccines by may 1st, but is that really an aspiration since governors are already doing that? it takes a above to say anyone who want -- a governor to say anyone who wants a vaccine may

get one like states already have. so it seems like that's what's going on. he always said republican governors who are lifting mask mandates, that's a controversy, we get that, they're saying wear the masks, with we just don't want to cement it in law. pride. en says they are dividing us. that's a direct quote. what do you say to that? >> when donald trump delegated a lot of responsibility for dealing with this whether it was the mask mandate, when he sent it out to the governors, that was the right thing to do. and joe biden is sort of having it both ways where he's taking full credit, but then he's not going to take any of the blame. okay, let's take a step back. what's really happening here. and if you look at the reform bill that he's just passed how he's going to save the nation, it's the biggest spending, it's the biggest deficit creator, and it'll end up being the biggest tax increase in american history. and, you know, what has he done really for the country?

it's been a big, huge power grab by the federal government to spend money we don't have for things we don't need and, by the way, borrowing it from countries which don't like us. china is the largest foreign holder of american debt, and i don't want to have the mortgage on my house held by my most mortal enemy. i don't think that's a very good strategy in the long run for the united states. elizabeth: kt, we love having you on. thank you so much for joining us. it's good to see you. come back soon. >> thanks, liz. elizabeth: sure. up next, fox news contributor deneen borelli. yet another top democrat governor who aspires to be on the national stage now accused of covering up nursing home covid-19 deaths tied to executive orders that have since been tossed out by a court as unconstitutional. we're going to tell you what's going on there, that story next. >> the biggest problem that i see is not only did, you know, did they put people back into

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gretchen whitmer accused of stonewalling, not releasing the number of nursing home deaths tied to her order putting patients back in. she basically said be reasonable and separate them, but, you know, people are saying we need to show the data. she's not showing it. what do you say? >> you're absolutely right, liz. even last year former president trump said that the elderly needed to be protected from the covid-19 virus. they were the most vulnerable when it came to the virus. regarding governor whitmer, she did the opposite, the complete opposite. and so there are possibilities of criminal charges that will be lodged against her. there is an investigation that's going on. under her watch the data has not been released in terms of how many and where these individuals passed a away, the elderly, and there are also allegations of hush money. so there is a lot going on, a lot to unpack when it comes to governor whitmer and her

irresponsible, reckless behavior regarding the virus and the elderly in michigan. elizabeth: deneen, we hear what you're saying. the hush money relates to a nondisclosure agreement between the governor's office and her former state health director which said you're not allowed to discuss what happened, and then that person got a big reported cash payout. let's listen to a local prosecutor in michigan on this issue. he's saying the governor possibly could face criminal charges. let's watch this. >> the prosecutor's role is to see that justice is done and justice is served. if nip thinks they're -- anyone thinks they're above the law with this administration, think again. elizabeth: you know, the issue too is the administration has a to be sued, the governor's office has to be sued in order to get the data? you mentioned also the state a.g. is being asked to look into this. why did it get to the level of a

lawsuit to release the data? >> well, it's horrible. and it just shows you how terrible of a so-called leader governor whitmer is. she's supposedly looking out for her constituents when, clearly, that wasn't the case when it came to the elderly. and these families need answers, liz. this information is not being forthwith to be made public under whitmer's watch, and so families want answers. they deserve answers, and there should be transparency and also accountability on governor whitmer's part. elizabeth: yeah. you know, already 170 of her executive orders have been toss thed out. the courts ruled many of those orders unconstitutional. let's return back to what's going on with new york state governor andrew cuomo. now senators schumer and kirsten gillibrand say he should resign, so does jerry nadler, so does carolyn maloney, democrats down there in washington d.c. what is your reaction to this

story? >> well, it's breathtaking that it took, what, seven women to come forward with these allegations, liz. and i would say that schumer and gillibrand just came forward today because they were being called out for not making comments about what's going on with andrew cuomo. it's also interesting to me, liz, that they keep talking about these allegations which i'm not downplaying at all, they should be investigated, there is due process. but what about the nursing home deaths? in the regards to governor cuomo. the way that he handled it and the outcome of it all is just absolutely deplorable. they're not talking about it because he's not the only one who had elderly covid-positive patients put into nursing homes in these environments because they don't want to shine a spotlight on the other democrat governors who did the same thing. elizabeth: interesting. deneen, thanks for joining us.

it's good to see you. come back soon. >> thanks, liz.elizabeth just ahead, former acting director of national intelligence ric grenell on how nancy pelosi wants you to stop talking about the border crisis that the democrats are accused of creating even though pelosi once said that the u.s., quote: needs to address undocumented people and certainly does not want any more coming in. this as d.c. democrats seesaw, they're seesawing back and forth from saying no border crisis to senator schumer claiming it's trump's a fault. so which is it? >> it's absolutely a crisis, and i think most average americans, the majority of americans can certainly see that now. mexico's calling it a crisis, even "the washington post" is calling it a crisis. the folks that are not continue to be the department of homeland security and, of course, the white house. so they need to be straight up with the american people, honest with the american people on what's going on down there.

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grenell. always great to have you on. first, your take on the breaking news that senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand, new york democrats, joining jerry nadler and carolyn maloney saying andrew cuomo has to resign? what do you say? >> i think the rest of us outside of washington always look at politicians, and we want them to be consistent. we want them to not play politics. and so whether someone is a republican or democrat when they're accused in the situation should be irrelevant. we should have people who, when talking about, you know, listening to every accusation or believing every accuser, i think what we want to see from politicians is somebody who applies that rule whether or not someone gets due process or someone should -- is called to resign immediately, or we want those people to not look at whether or not they're a republican or democrat before they decide what the process is.

and i think that what we've seen with the two senators from new york is an inconsistency on how they apply whether or not someone should resign or whether or not somebody should get due process. it seems like this was a very slow decision. they're the last ones to come around to this in terms of the new york delegation. and so i just, you know, think most people outside of washington look at this, and they shrug their shoulders and say these same political games, it seems really late, and it's clear because it's a democrat. elizabeth: yeah. okay. let's turn to the border. your take on democrat nancy pelosi now wants everyone to stop talking about the border crisis for which democrats and president biden have been said to be exclusively responsible for. president biden even denies a crisis exists like other democrats. what do you say to that? >> i think, you know, it's the same old politics, like what we

were just discussing. we have politicians who look at the border and they look at the border issue and immigration issue, and all they they can ses how do i get more votes, how do i manipulate this process for my political party or for myself. it's an incredibly selfish move politicians do this. i look at border issues and think of them as national security issues. these are very serious times. and let's always remember, i think this is really important, liz, 1 million people become citizens every year. we are the most general rouse cup on the planet -- generous country on the planet when it comes to citizenship. but we cannot keep up with the demand. we still have ten times that number, even more that want to become citizens, that want visa applications processed fast. we cannot keep up with the

demand. i can tell you i spent 11 years at the state department, and this is a problem just simply because of the demand for people around the world that want to come to the united states or be u.s. citizens. and so it's not too much to demand that we have a line. wait in line, have your process, you know, noted and see what the decision is about your petition to become a citizen or to get a visa. but to jump the line and to come through and then to have democrat politicians clapping and encouraging the jumping of the line, i think, is just irresponsible. elizabeth: yeah, we've got border democrats saying, wait a minute, this is a crisis. ric, the numbers are staggering, potentially a million trying to cross illegally. you're talking about 39,000 potentially crossed without getting caught.

we're seeing a double-digit increase in drug seize yours. we're seeing house to of children unaccompanied crossing the border then put into overcrowded facilities. there's fears of covid-19. the numbers are truly staggering, ric. >> it's a national security crisis, liz. this is not just a border issue, it's not a political issue like some politicians like to make it out, it's a national security crisis. it's covid-related, it's money-related, it is safety-driven. this is a serious problem, and let's be very clear about what democrats tried to do. they believe that by somehow opening up the border or being soft on the border that they're going to appeal to immigrants in america to get votes and to get money and to get more power for themselves. but i actually have news for them. first and second generation americans voted for the republicans like never before. individuals who wait in line don't want people cutting the

line. and that's what we're talking about. elizabeth: that's an important point. ric grenell, it's great to see you. come back soon. love having you on. >> thanks. elizabeth: sure. up next, fox news contributor joe concha on this debate: did the media enable andrew cuomo in are they now finally growing a backbone in his coverage after going easy on him for so long, this after women are stepping forward saying they, he either sexually assaulted him or harassed them and molested them. the story next. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ comfort in the extreme. the lincoln family of luxury suvs. [announcer] durán catches leonard with a big left. ♪♪ you can spend your life in boxing or any other business,

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>> that's the thing, it was a backbone because we've known about the nursing home scandal in terms of the reporting, elizabeth, you could go all the way back to may of 2020 as far as people saying, wait, something's afoot here as far as the numbers are concerned in new york nursing homes and, obviously, we know what happened. uss comfort in new york or harbor, javits center turned into a field hospital, thousands of beds available but governor cuomo says, yeah, don't need 'em, i think i'll send covid-positive patients back into nursing homes, and now you have 15,000 dead in the nursing homes. so that was the big story that was ignored. the sexual harassment part, elizabeth, obviously is a big story as well now that we have seven women coming forward, we have police reports that are being filed and so on. but that seemed to be what got the media's attention when, obviously, when we're talking thousands of lives, that should have been the priority in the first place. that was reported on last year, discussed last year, but instead

the governor got an emmy, and everybody thought that he was well on his way to a bigger political career, possibly on a national stage. elizabeth. elizabeth: yeah, we had you on last year talking about these pressers where we were watching it saying there's something weird in what he was saying and how he was top spinning the story on nursing home deaths when behind the scenes his team was altering state reports to cover up, you know, the number of nursing home deaths try tied to his executive orders. washington post, cmn, we know -- cnn, we know anchor chris cuomo had cuomo on ten times. glowing media pressers. your reaction. >> obviously, they were rooting for andrew cuomo because he was the anti-trump. he was the fatherly figure who could do an excellent powerpoint presentation that was really comforting the nation when president trump wasn't when, again, president trump was the one that gave him all the

resources that he'd need while cuomo was engaged in a cover-up because he had a big book advance coming. and if it was reported that, boy, he really screwed up the nursing home situation and 15,000 people died, suddenly that goes away. we have a money trail here as well. either way, i don't think he survives the month at this point because the media and democrats have turned the against him, and he probably will now be impeached because the numbers are there. elizabeth: okay. joe concha, come back soon. love having you on. >> have a great weekend, bye. elizabeth: sure. coming up, california congressman tom mcclintock with more reaction on cuomo. also the democrats' flip-flop about the border. the story next. ♪ ♪ excuse me ma'am, did you know that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? thank you!

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♪ elizabeth: joining us back knew is house immigration subcommittee ranking republican tom mcclintock. congressman, it's great to see you. first, your to new york democrat senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand calling for governor andrew cuomo of new york to resign. your reaction to the news? >> well, i think it comes down to this, the left applauded his actions when he was packing nursing homes with covid-infected nations and imposing one of the most brutal

lockdowns in the country while the truth's finally merging that it's cost thousands of lyes and did nothing -- lives and did nothing to slow the infection. they can't acknowledge that truth without admitting they were complicit. but sexual harassment -- elizabeth: and now -- >> while they can reconcile us of their cuomo embarrassment without admitting their own duplicity and stupidity by endorsing his policies for years. so i think it's just the natural reaction of politicians. elizabeth: i hear what you're saying. now we've got house oversight republicans saying cuomo should come in and testify. do you want to get a crack at cuomo in. >> well, i'd certainly like to hear his justification for policies that destroyed not only lives of thousands of people in nursing homes, but the lockdown policies. nationally, you know, we're seeing 192,000 excess deaths last year that cannot be explained by covid or natural

mortality. i'm afraid that's butcher's bills for these lockdowns. the suicides, domestic homicides, drug and alcohol-related deaths, delayed health screenings, delayed health treatments, poverty-related deaths. there's a lot the left has to answer for, so it doesn't surprise me they're trying to sweep all that turned the rugby looking over here at -- rug by looking over here at the sexual harassment charges against cuomo involving several women. elizabeth: yeah, this is a historic time we're living through and, certainly, the decision making certainly should be looked at many have told us by congress, hearings on the decisions that were made that really hurt people and put, you know, millions of people out of work. let's turn back to the border: congressman, i'd like to have you listen to democrats flip-flopping. they used to be tough on the border, tough on illegal immigration. now they're saying there is no border crisis when even border state democrats say, yes, there is a crisis. let's watch this.

>> while we need to address the issue of immigration and the challenge we have of undocumented people in our country, we certainly don't want any more coming in. >> we simply cannot allow people to pour into the united states undocumented, unchecked and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently and lawfully. >> people who enter the united states without our permission are illegal aliens, and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who enter the u.s. legally. illegal immigration is wrong. elizabeth: now you have senators chuck schumer saying that trump created the crisis when these democrats were talking about it almost two decades ago. what to you say? what do you say? >> well, first of all, trump actually got control of the border and by doing that, by stopping the flow of low-wage, illegal labor into the country,

we were seeing a blue collar boom for american workers. we saw wages rising faster than any time in 40 years, poverty rate lowest in 50 years, unemployment rate lowest in 50 years for african-americans, hispanic-americans and women, lowest unemployment rates in history. that's what happened when we were able to get control of the border. biden has totally reversed all of that. in one respect they may be right, i'm not sure it's a border crisis if we no longer have a border, and that's the reality of what biden's policies have created. 100,000 foreign nationals illegally crossed our border just in the month of february, 100,000. think about this liz, that's the entire population of green bay, wisconsin. that's the entire population of erie, pennsylvania. that population in one month illegally crossed our border, and it's americans who will bear the cost for that packing their

schools are with non-english-speaking students, packing emergency rooms with illegal aliens demanding care, the enormous impact on crime across the country. i mean, you go down a long laundry list of what this means, but worst of all it means another decade of stagnated wages for working class americans. elizabeth: what are you going to do about it? >> so much of this and for some it. the first is awaken the american people to what's happening. president trump enforce our immigration laws. joe biden is only refusing to enforce them, instructing law enforcement agencies to enforce, he's actively encouraging. his officials gave in spanish and announcement the border is

not closed. that's going to be replayed over and over again by the cartels to bring more people in. announce that later. elizabeth: congressman, it's good to have you on. thank you for joining us. you been watching the evening at it. have a good weekend. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> hello, everyone. i am larry kudlow. the day after president biden's first national address on covid, markets were mixed today, the dow up big, more than 200 points. third straight record close. the s&p rose slightly but the text laden nasdaq fell. we'll talk about that later in the program. i got a bunch to say about president biden's covid speech last evening but first, this into what he said this afternoon in the rose garden.