jackie: thank you so much for that, phil. that does it for us tonight on "fox business tonight." of course "the evening edit" is up next and it starts right now. ♪. ♪. >> we are just hours away from president biden's first address to congress where he is expected to unveil another multitrillion dollar spending package rounding out his total bill for his first 100 days in office to $6 trillion. paid for by one of the largest proposed tax hikes in history. joining us tonight, senator roger marshall, rising star on the republican party, kim classic, congressman brian babin, fox news contributor joe concha, congressman andy barr, dr. marc siegel and congresswoman maria salazar. more on president biden's address what he will talk about, what he will avoid.

the crisis on our southern border. the rise of crime and violence throughout many democrat led cities throughout the country and how will the republican party respond to the president. gop's rising star, tim scott will offer the party rebuttal. new calls for john kerry to testify under oath about what republicans are calling dangerous hypocrisy on iran. plus confidence in the cdc or not? we'll dig deeper into why some are saying its rules were based on flimsy science and sheer guesswork. hunter biden landing a speaking greg to talk about media pole polarization and fact news. critics say he should be the subject not the teacher. i'm edward lawrence in for elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now.

edward: president biden enveils his american families plan, $2 trillion for covid relief. that massive spending is more than $6 trillion. biden has not hit 100 days in office yet. let's dig into what the spending plan is, how it will be paid for. blake burman at the white house with his calculator. blake, break it down for us. reporter: there will be two major economic pitches for president biden two hours from now as he gives his first joint address before congress. the president in the lead in to this, white house in the lead in into this unveiled the $1.8 trillion american families plans. $800 billion in tax cuts for workers and families. here are some of the top lines you could see next to them. how much the white house says it will cost over a decade. president proposing extra four years of free education, free preschool for 3 and 4-year-olds, two years free community college later in life. a national paid leave program

and child care putting a cap on out-of-pocket costs for low and middle income families. to pay for this the president is proposing sizable tax changes for the wealthy. he wants to raise the top end tax rate once again to 39.6% and raise the capital gains rate to that number as well for million dollar earners. notably missing the proposal does not include repeal of 10,000-dollar cap to write off state and local taxes, something democrats in high-taxed blue states have been pushing for. that is one part of the sales pitch, the other? the 2 trillion-dollar american jobs plan. the white house just released a few excerpts of the president's speech tonight. he will say the following at one point later this evening, get quote, independent experts say the american job plan will add millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in economic growth for years to come. these are good paying jobs that can't be outsourced. 90% h% of the infrastructure jobs in the american jobs plan don't require college agree. 75% don't require a associates

degree. the american jobs plan is a blue-collar blueprint to build america. he will say it recognizes something i've always said, wall street didn't build this country, the middle class built this country and unions built the middle class. that is part of what the president will say tonight. republican senator tim scott will give the rebuttal for the republican party. after the address tonight, edward the president will hit the road. he will travel to georgia tomorrow, pennsylvania on friday, to continue to outline his economic vision going forward. also this evening we are learning that two weeks from today, march, may 12th, rather, the president will host a meeting over here at the white house with congressional leadership. that includes the leaders of both the democratic and republican parties. edward. edward: a lot going on all at once, thanks, blake burman live at the white house. appreciate it. so let's bring in republican senator roger marshall who will be on the floor in the room for the speech tonight. the president will say as you heard blake say, the american

jobs plan is a blue-collar blueprint to build america. do you believe that, senator? >> no and listen, when the president yells take cover tonight you better grab your wallet. you guys did a great job of outlining this. the president wants to borrow $6 trillion from our grandchildren, $6 trillion and raise your taxes. he already borrowed and spent two trillion dollars on his first covid relief bill. he wants to borrow $2 trillion for his green new deal implementation and two trillion dollars for free people. school and free college. as you know nothing is free out there he will raise your capital gains, dividend taxes and stepped up basis which will kill jobs and kill middle america. edward: senator, he is expected to say if, to people listening if you have other ideas how to pay for this he is listening is what he will say. what will the cost mean for our

economy and our future? >> right. i think your listeners have to make the choice. do you think the government does a better job redistributing income or do you think the private sector has? precovid, lower taxes lower regulations the greatest economy in my professional lifetime. show me wherever in the world socialism works out when we end up with a tax rate higher than sweden, higher than china? sew dollars and jobs will be leaving the united states and we'll be getting the short end of the stick here. edward: money is mobile. so what if there is no republican support forethis liberal wish-list, listen to what senator chuck schumer says about this. listen to this. >> we have no choice but to move forward. we much prefer to do it with them. let's hope they do it with us, big bold action is our goal, number one. edward: big bold action, a threat there maybe doing it without republican senator. reaction to that? >> this is part of the power

grab, right? president biden in his inauguration speech he spoke nine times about unity. he has yet to reach across the aisle for any type of bipartisan input, right? this is one more step. they're ignoring us totally on this. we offered an alternative plan, $600 billion for traditional roads, bridges, waterways, high-speed internet, things most of us think about being classical infrastructure right? so i think that this is, this will be jammed down our throats, we're hoping joe manchin and krysten sinema can stand tall, show us profiles in courage. edward: is there a danger of democrats breaking out that smaller package that republicans are pushing just for infrastructure, getting bipartisan support, just going with reconciliation process on getting the rest of this stuff passed? >> absolutely. that is the bait and switch here, right? we'll well aware of that. we're stuck between a rock and a hard place. i do think the infrastructure needs across the nation. if we're going to have to go

borrow money from our children i want to spend on things they will enjoy and benefit from. you're right at the end of the day, the president, speaker pelosi, schumer, they want to jam this radical agenda down our throats, borrowing six trillion, that is what, 12 zeros. it is an incredible amount of money, right? edward: exactly. so with that reconciliation possibly one more, is there one more reconciliation they can use? it is per fiscal year. there is some legal grayness, right? might be two they could use this year? >> there is at least one left that will require them to pass another budget but i know they have been talking to the parliamentarian, trying to go to a place that the senate has never gone before. the democrats are amazing at dreaming up directions that none of us ever thought of. edward: you're on the small business community. i want to ask you about something. we're hearing anecdotal stories from business owners they can't

get workers to come back because they're paid more to stay at home. how do you fix that situation? where is the help, the long-term help for small businesses? >> right. we've done 19 or 20 town halls back home, the number one concern of small business today is lack of people for the jobs that we have. frankly we're paying people over $50,000 a year to stay at home. we can't reward people to stay at home than come back to work so we need this federal unemployment program to end sooner than later. there are certainly people out there that need the help. but meanwhile, we've got lots of jobs in kansas that are open right now. this started all the way back in august when people in the construction industry started saying hey, we can't get people to come back to work. certainly we're in a tough situation right now. unemployment in my state around 3%. part of it is getting rid of extra federal unemployment insurance. edward: in the last 30 seconds here or so, has senator schumer called you, can we work this out, come up with a deal? >> no, sir, he has not yet.

our door is open. i do think there is an opportunity. we passed a bipartisan bill recently that would lower drug costs, i was very proud of that the ag committee passed bipartisan legislation out of committee. it can be done. we need leadership to reach out across the aisle as well. edward: thank you very much. senator roger marshall from the great state of kansas. appreciate your time. >> you bet. edward: a lot more ahead. representative brian babin, rising star in the republican party kim klacik on tim scott offering the rebuttal for the gop tonight. >> look, tim scott is a wonderful person, a dear friend and but he also a rising star. there is nothing that scares the left more than a conservative african-american leader who is gaining respect nationally on his own, not pushing the false narrative of the left but talking about individual opportunity. ♪. and a whole lot more? so what are you waiting for? world's strongest man martins licis

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senator tim scott on twitter thanking americans for their support as he prepares to give the republican response to president biden's address in congress in a little over two hours. the scott is the only black republican in the senate. only one of 11 in american history. let's talk about what we can expect to hear from him tonight with former maryland congressional candidate, kim klacik. kim what do you think about the choice first of all? >> no, i love it. thank you so much for having me, edward. this is a great choice. i can't think of anyone else to give this message. i had the honor of working with senator tim scott in january with the senate runoff race in georgia. we were on the save america bus tour with the club for growth. he came from humble beginnings. he made it. he is the american dream, epitome of it. he will deliver a great message. he was on the front lines with president trump's administration, working on criminal justice reform. that is what a lot of people

talk about right now. any american, we have to focus on issues. this has nothing to do with someone's race. we want more justice in this country. it starts in the courtroom with police reform that is meaningful. senator tim scott can focus on those issues. edward: he will talk about school choice. we have some excerpts what he will say, school choice as well as the response from the administration in terms of beating covid, saying this new administration sort of inherited that push from "operation warp speed." so what do you think about some of these topics and what do you need to hear from him tonight? >> yeah. well, those are very important. i ran in baltimore city. we have a situation where our education system is not up to par. a huge proponent of school choice as am i. that is something that needs to be discussed. we see across this country many schools have yet to reopen. that is because in my opinion the teachers unions are holding everybody hostage. we've seen a lot of parents talk

about the fact they want their kid back in school for in-person learning. it is very important. i'm a mother myself. it is important and so senator tim scott, again here's a guy that has done nothing but push for every race, every american, to go further in life. you know he has been making a positive impact. the fact he is the only african-american senator right now, to me this is the perfect choice. edward: scott has openly talked about racial disparity, criticized some of president trump's remarks even after the events of charlottesville, virginia, in 2017. the senator has been criticized not doing enough on issue of race. what do you think about that or is this coming from the left? >> that is something from the left we hear all the time. like a red herring. nothing really in this country is about race when it comes to being successful. life is about choices. if you have a good education, a good upbringing, family structure these things will make you successful in life. we have data to prove that.

the fact we continue to talk about race in this country deviates from what the issues actually are. i'm so happy that senator tim scott will be giving this message tonight. i can't wait to hear him. edward: kim, thank you for your time. appreciate it. i'm sure we see you in the future. bring in texas congressman brian babin on the front lines of some of these issues senator scott will address. first for you, was the senator a good choice? what are you hoping to hear from him, maybe specifically about the border? >> absolutely. thank you, good to be with you tonight, edward. i think that tim scott was an excellent choice here. as everyone has already said on the show. he is the only republican black senator we've got. humble beginnings. a guy that realized you know, what our founders envisioned originally, seized the american dream with both hands. his hard work, perseverance paid off. i think it ought to be an inspiration to everybody, no

matter what your race is. he is, the first black senator to serve from a southern state. this is a guy that knows there is unity in the nation's diversity instead of division we've seen coming from the democrats. race baiting, the terrible race baiting that we've seen out of the democrats this is a guy that actually brings us together. i believe he will deliver a optimistic message a conservative message that detail exactly what the republican party is striving for and that is a stronger, freer and more prosperous america. looking forward to his speech. edward: you're the co-chair of the house border security caucus. you know what things we don't expect to hear a lot about the current crisis at the border from president biden but do you think it needs to be in the rebuttal because it is sort of the elephant in the room? >> there is no question about

it, because you know, we've been told there is no crisis down there we've been told that the border is secure, people are being turned back, et cetera, et cetera. believe you me, i've been down there. i've led trips down to the southern border in texas at the rio grande sector, and also i'm going in a couple more weeks out to el paso, i can tell you anything but secure. 19,000 unaccompanied children came across in march. we're on line to have 26, 27, 28,000 unaccompanied minors come across this border by the end of the fiscal year. we're on track to have a million plus people come across this border and quite frankly when, we've heard the biden administration made these promises, you know i hope folks remember during his speech tonight that he promised a unity and transparency and he promised to defeat covid.

they said he wasn't going to raise taxes on working class americans. he would not ban fracking. all of these have not been lived up to. he talks unity. but had nothing but partisanship. every major bill that has come through the house has had zero input by the gop. they're spending trillions of dollars. give you a good example. on the infrastructure package, 2.7 trillion in about 15% of it is on infrastructure. i serve on infrastructure, on that committee. we passed a great infrastructure bill which was bipartisan back in 2015. and it was a 300 billion-dollar bill, just a fraction of what this thing is going to be. this president, i'll tell you, he has got nothing to tout on that border because he has done nothing but fail the american people. we've got criminals. he empowered coming across the border. he empowered the cartels. they are the defacto, in control of our southern border.

so i, i wish that he would reimplement these great trump policies that had secured this border. he should listen anyway, and he hasn't. he needs to realize that and i hope america can hear that loud and clear tonight. edward: congressman, you're likely not going to hear a lot about that tonight. i really appreciate your time. congressman brian babin, thank you very much. >> thank you. edward: up next hunter biden landing a speaking gig to talk about media polarization and fake news but critics say it is one of the last things he should be discussing. we want to hear what joe concha says about this. >> the experience apparently isn't a thing with hunter biden. you get all these jobs, for instance in ukraine he got a job with an energy company despite never working in energy, his main qualification was he rode amtrak a lot, perfect for the 80,000-dollar a month job.

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shocking photos report he hadly from his laptop from his surface, excessive illegal drug use and prostitution but that hasn't stopped the president's son from landing a gig at tulane university. he is talking about, wait for it, fake news. watch biden talk about that infamous laptop. listen. >> was that your laptop? >> for real i don't know. >> you know that -- >> i really don't know what the answer is. >> you don't know, yes or no if the laptop was yours? >> i have no idea. i have no idea. >> could have been yours? >> certainly. it could be a laptop out there stolen from me. could be i was hacked. it was russian intelligence. it could be that it was stolen from me. edward: you know, i might have learned mandarin. bring in joe concha here. joe, how did he get this gig? >> amazing, right? that he is teaching now, a

professor biden, tulane university a good university is now talking about fake news. here is the guy who blamed russian disinformation as far as his laptop actually, with his emails on it because you know it is his the biden campaign never denied that they were his. the people that were cc'd on the emails, never said wait a minute that is not me. that is russian disinformation. also lied by the way on a gun application about his past drug use, which at last check is a federal crime. so the guy who is talking about not lying, presenting the truth, now has a job at tulane university. it is like jeffrey dahmer doing a ted talk on keto diet. i don't know, jack kevorkian talking about the heim like manuever or the new york jets teaching the super bowl shuffle. anyway there is a lot of irony. edward: we need a ethics professor to fact check what he is teaching?

>> that's the thing here. hunter biden being considered, let's play a game. all right. close your eyes, go to parallel universe. we're all there? good. donald trump, jr., let's say he was under federal investigation as hunter biden is. let's say donald trump, jr. god a job for $80,000 a month at a ukrainian energy company despite the fact he never worked for an energy company but maybe took amtrak here and there. do you think that the media would be giving him this sort of, let's put it this way, been very hospitable for the media tour. pressed on the laptop a little bit. edward: would you call it he is getting a pass from the mainstream media? >> he is getting a pass, act deem maui produced all these people in the mainstream media hiring him to do lectures. this is crazy, tulane has been scratched off the list concha kids are going to. say hello, to rutgers and

university, cameron, liam that is state school. will save me infinite amount of money going out of touch f i go to cal, obviously that is liberal. more institutions, tulane as well. never saw that coming. >> plug the university of maryland. that is where i went. >> that is where i went. you're a terp? edward: yes, exactly. >> wow, go blue, go bentley. we're going off script. edward: exactly. crushed there out of the acc do you think he will see any consequences with this federal investigation now that his father is president? >> oh, boy is a rhetorical question? not really sure. i would think merrick garland is up standing guy. we've certain the joe biden administration is supposed to be moderate about transparency and it has been anything but. i would imagine the president, anybody else around him will make sure that the attorney general makes this go away, let's put it that way. obviously the media will not

press anybody on this in any way, shape or form. it will be something that, it was a thing back during the campaign but we'll not hear much about anymore if the president that we've seen over the first 100 days of the biden administration is any indication. edward: thank you, joe concha. the you're the turtle. always a pleasure. >> fear the turtle. don't like the big 10. like the acc. edward: still coming to put terms. coming up tonight, we have to move on, coming up tonight new calls for john kerry to testify under oath for what republicans call dangerous hypocrisy on iran. >> john kerry is out gala haven'ting around the country now, gal gala haven'ting around the world. you think the least he can do is come down the street speaking to our congress potentially divulging highly sensitive details of israeli operations to keep its country safe.

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♪. >> while i was briefing president trump, kerry was briefing zarif on intelligence related to israeli operations. >> that was former secretary of state mike pompeo slamming john kerry as new calls from republicans for kerry to testify under oath. kerry said accusations that he fed information to iranian foreign minister mohammed zarif are false. the current secretary of state antony blinken called accusations utter nonsense. i want to bring in representative andy barr on this nonsense. he is on the foreign affairs committee. you also led a letter to kerry, pushing back on the administration plans to force banks to meet climate goals. first of all i want to get your reaction on this accusation. now we heard from kerry, secretary of state and others, what is your reaction to this? >> we've known for some time that john kerry is more

interested in appeasing iran, world's leader in sponsor of state terrorism, more interested in appeasing iran than standing up for our most strategic ally in the area, israel. we know that because he was the architect of the flawed iranian nuclear deal. if these accusations are true, that john kerry disclosed sensitive information about attacks on iranian assets in syria, that is an outright betrayal of our ally israel. israel which is a force of good, an island staff stability and moderation and democracy and freedom in the middle east. edward: so if you have the administration circling the wagons so to speak, how do we figure out if this is actually true? >> well that is what this letter is about, edward. we're calling for an impartial investigation. we want an investigation. the american people deserve an investigation. we want to also know that what the state department knew about john kerry's relationship with

mr. zarif, the foreign minister of iran. we want to know when the state department new it. and this is not a simple matter of shadow diplomacy. again, this is a betrayal of not only u.s. national security interests but also the interests of our key allies and you know, john kerry is currently a member of the national security council. he is not just the special envoy on climate. he is a member of the national security council. he has a special responsibility to advocate for the security interests of the united states and our most important allies in the region and if this investigation reveals that in fact he was working against the interests of the united states undermining, actively undermining the previous administration in our efforts to restore and reinitiate level of deterrents against the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, he should have his security clearance revoked.

>> are you among the voices calling for that he should testify under oath about this? >> absolutely. i can't think of anything more important. and remember, it would only be consistent with what democrats were calling for in the previous administration. they accused michael flynn of a shadow diplomacy that undermined u.s. interests. this is, this should be no different. there should be no double standard. here we know that john kerry is admitting he at least twice met with mr. zarif at the same time that the trump administration was attempting to re-establish some level of deterrents by withdrawing from this flawed joint comprehensive plan ever action, the so-called iran nuclear deal, and i think here, what you see here john kerry putting his personal ego, the defense of the flawed agreement he put together ahead of u.s. national security and certainly ahead of the interests and security of our ally israel.

edward: that leads me to my next question in the last minute or so, clearly former president trump's actions against iran had an impact on iran itself. it was hitting iranian military hard. where do we go from here given all of this new information out? >> i cosponsored the maximum pressure act. we need to keep with the policies that were working. the policies of the previous administration, reimposing sanctions, putting maximum pressure. how do we know it was working? because unlike during the obama administration, and under iran nuclear deal there was acceleration of ballistic missile testing, there was acceleration of funding and cash going to terrorist proxies, hezbollah, assad, houthis in yemen, destablizing sanctions relief, avalanche of cash flowing to tehran, president trump reversed course, placed maximum pressure, iran's foreign

currency reserves decline id about 25%. foreign terrorists supported by iran, their salaries were cut in half. so the maximum pressure campaign was working. we need to go back to that. we certainly should not reenter the flawed iran nuclear deal that emboldened this state sponsor of terrorism and further destablized the region. edward: this is an issue we're following congressman andy barr. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. edward: still ahead, dr. marc siegel is here whether the cdc lost confidence of the american people. critics say the new guidelines were placed on flimsy science or sheer guesswork. his take is coming up. >> cdc continued to do a disservice to us all where they are delayed. when they look at the data, they are delayed putting forth updated recommendations keep you tuned in all day long. so when something happens that could affect your portfolio,

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♪. edward: welcome back. fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel is joining us now. he is also a professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. so yesterday the cdc loosened its mask guidelines saying those fully vaccinated do not have to wear their mask outside, duh. something other doctors on this program have said. the cdc knew about a year ago, just last week researchers at mit showed if you're indoors, whether six feet, 60 feet apart the risk is the same. doctor, do you see these recommendations, are they based on science? are they guesswork? are we not there yet? >> well, first of all i interviewed dr. wollensky, head of cdc yesterday on the radio, i was impressed how ernest she is and how smart she is as a virologist. she talked about removing masks as a for of liberation, everyone watching the show is going to agree with that. the pro they have been too slow

to make the guidelines fit the science that you just talked about. keep in mind, edward, at the very beginning of the pandemic, we knew that this virus was more contagious than the flu. then we learn it hung in the air. we knew that before the mit study but the models that we used were flu models. we studied masking and we found out masking works in close quarters indoors but to your point, when you're vaccinated we're finding out you're not shedding the virus. you're not transmissible. what happened the cdc has been too slow to catch up to that. i think they're following the science, that is key word, they're following behind the science. they're leaders. they are supposed to lead us through the pandemic. they should be in front of the science. i don't think the things are arbitrary. they're too slow to adapt. think of the health issue, tremendous psychological harm to us to be cooped up with masks.

doctors wear them all of the time but the rest of the public is not used to this. edward: doctor, where would you like to see the rimdations? how -- recommendations. how far you had should they go. >> masks outdoors don't make a lot of sense. a study back in november shows very little spread outdoors. i don't see the idea of people walking down the street wearing a mask. by the way, people riding a bicycle, wearing a mask, i wrote a semihumerus article in "usa today." , they forgot to wear their helmets. i'm worried about people not getting enough oxygen. that never made any sense. now we're vaccinated you can't spread the thing and we say still wear a mask? makes no sense to wear a mask outdoors. people go indoors and sit at tables take off masks for hours. as soon as you stand you, get your mask off. all of that does not follow science.

edward: begs whether covid has an elevation level to it. in the last, 30 seconds or so, what do you think about the timing of this announcement coming one day before the big address of the joint session of congress? has politics been infused into the cdc? >> i don't think, again i don't have the feeling about dr. wollensky. yes, i think the biden administration is trying to manage this from a political point of view. we pointed out the president himself walking down the street with a mask after he is vaccinated doesn't make any sense. on a zoom call wearing a mask. imagine what vladmir putin thought about that? makes no sense whatsoever. so i think the messaging isn't always consistent with the science and they have to do a better job at that because it is clear to us that it is political when those things happen. edward: dr. marc siegel. i appreciate it. thank you for your time. always a pleasure. bill my insurance now. >> you got it. house call. edward: congresswoman maria salazar what president biden will and won't say tonight about the crisis at our border.

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>> in the address to congress president biden is expect to praise his vice president kamala harris for her work on the border despite the fact that harris has not seen the situation there firsthand, the white house maintain she's in charge of addressing the causes of the migration in other countries, not the current surge at our border but the numbers are staggering. custom and border protection data shows the number of migrants apprehended along the southern border jumped from 97000 in february to nearly 169,000 in march. let's talk about it with lord of republican congresswoman maria salazar. thank you for joining us what do these numbers say to those

people who waited decades and years to become an american citizen legally. >> thinking for the opportunity, that's a fantastic question to start off with. what's happening at the border is urgent and overshadowing what is important which were talking about 11 million people who are here already who have been your for more than five years and do not have criminal records and have american children contributed to the economy and paying taxes and those people are in the shadows. that's what i we say the hispanic american community, the largest minority in the country, were talking about 60 million people, those people are in the middle. we are hostage, hostage from the washington politicians that have been promising for years that the path to citizenship is going to come in more hostage to the child sex traffickers that are

bringing the kids. that we don't really know who those people are. i want you to understand that right now, the united states government has become the number one enabler, this is very tough but it is true. the number one enabler of the child trafficker. when those people come to the border, those families with a child or a minor, you do not know, if that is the trafficker or if he is the parent. what are we going to do about it. >> those of the kids that are the most vulnerable stuck in the middle of this. if the vice president is not in charge of solving the immediate crisis, are you looking at this insane who really is? >> no one is, no one is really thinking about it. unfortunately the biden administration does not want to come to the realization that we have a major crisis. that has nothing to do with political parties, has to do with the system that is broken

and people don't want to come in because this is the best country in the world. fixing immigration in my eyes is pretty easy, it's just that i haven't seen the political willingness to do it and specifically the democrats for 35 years have been playing political football with my party and my people because they have been promising false illusions daca, then tps, whatever you want to call it, we are not pawns, we are people and that's why i presented a dignity plan which is a comprehensive immigration reform law that starts with giving dignity to those who are in the united states working in our economy. >> this morning maria bartiromo was on the border and here's a little of what she saw, i want you to listen to this. >> we just encountered a group, they have been walking for more than an hour, they are from guatemala, they have plans,

they're going to new jersey, they're going to north carolina, here they are. >> your heart goes out for those people that are coming from countries in situations that are horrible but there is a right way and a long way to do this. >> absolutely, those people may be needed in our economy, that's why we have to fix the system and we should go into a merit-based because those that don't agree with what i'm saying, not everybody is needed in the marketplace is a scientist or doctor or an engineer. you need thousands of people that need to do jobs, picking the jalapeno peppers in southern california or picking up tomatoes in southern florida, were talking about having them come in and welcoming them with dignity and with order. that's why we have to put order at the border, once again no one really wants to touch the immigration system because the people are apparently scared.

at some point both parties specifically democratic parties would need to find a solution to what's happening. otherwise we may have a catastrophe. in the meantime i go back to what i said about the beginning what happens with daca, the dreamers, those that are here already waiting for a solution. >> in the last 30 seconds, yet the plan that counters the democrats, can you sum that up in 30 seconds. >> it's called the dignity plan, it gives dignity to those people who have been here for more than five years, working, paying taxes and have american children and do not have a middle record. we give them dignity for a while and first of all we have to put order at the border. that is the first thing, second dignity and then resumption, they want to become american citizen, with dignity they can wait for their turn. the thing, most people don't talk to hispanics.

and those people really suffering it, went to talk to them in spanish you will see is exactly what they want. >> thank you for your time, great insight and we will be following this. i am edward lawrence and for elizabeth macdonald, you're watching "the evening edit" on fox business. thank you for spending our ♪ ♪. larry: hello everyone welcome back to "kudlow" i'm larry kudlow. get ready edge of your seat, president joe biden is finally going to bite the bullet with a major address to congress and the rest of the country tonight, this would represent his 98th day in office. we will round up and call it the 100 day speech. this is serious business mr. biden is attempting to transform america's economy, its culture, its race relations, it's immigration and of course it's taxing, spending and