♪♪ dagen: $26 million down the drain. a lottery winner in california failing to claim her grand prize after she claimed the lotto ticket was destroyed in the wash doing a load of laundry. that does it for us on fox business tonight. "the evening edit" starts right now. >> tonight, mixed messaging on when to wear a mask after the cdc says if you're fully vaccinated, you can take it off. some blue states and businesses say they're keeping their mask mandates. are we following the sign, or is this just more political theater? lara trump joining us tonight, mitch roschelle, deneen borelli, accuracy in media president and national border council vice president art del cueto.

plus, more on the fallout from the colonial pipeline attack. some drivers paying nearly $7 a gallon for gas. this as biden clears the kremlin of any wrongdoing in the attack. what happened to biden's tough stance on putin? and this, states getting their workers back on the job, rolling back the extended federal jobless benefits. so why the white house claiming they're not a factor in the u.s. labor shortage? plus, more on new york governor andrew cuomo's sexual harassment allegations. his new jaw-dropping commentings. also tonight dhs secretary mayorkas slammed over saying the border is closed. our own fox cameras tell a very different story as border agents are reportedly retiring early in droves because of biden's border policy or lack thereof. i'm brian britain brenberg in for length macdonald d elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right

now. ♪ ♪ brian: well, we bin with the cdc finally are, apparently, listening to the science, telling vaccinated americans they can safely take off their masks inside in most situations. but it leaves us with the obvious question, what took so long? is it politics versus science? here's what the white house said today. >> did somebody at the biden administration or in the biden administration update this guidance for political reasons? >> no. the cdc, not just dr. walensky can, but her entire team of health and medical experts are constantly reviewing the data to insure they can provide accurate and up to date guidance. brian: let's talk about all this with fox news contributor lara trump. lara, it's so good to have you with us on this topic. thanks for being here. i hate to play the sin in,

especially on a -- cynic, especially on a friday night, but i'm listening to what's coming out of the white house, and i'm looking at it in the context of border crisis, gas shortage crisis, the economy not performing the way we want it to, and i say, hmmm, sounds a little too politically convenient for me. your take on the timing of this cdc announcement. >> i think you're exactly right. i think the timing is incredibly convenient. the world is crumbling around joe biden, around the biden administration. we have a crisis on our southern border, we have people fighting to get gas, you know, on the eastern states in america. we have our closest middle eastern ally being hammered by rockets. it is a really convenient time to do a little bit of jazz hands, hey, look over here, not over here, by the biden administration. and to your point, what took so long? the common sense, you know, solution here is get vaccinated,

then you are free of any concern about catching covid, and why would you have to wear a mask? so i think americans have been incredibly confused, by and large, with when they're supposed to wear masks. after all, it was joe biden who after being vaccinated wore a mask to talk to other world leaders on a zoom call. he and jill biden were wearing a mask outside for the cameras, but when they visited the carters, no masks for people in their 90s. so either the vaccine works or it doesn't, and why are you encouraging americans to get it? i think that is the frustration by every single american. brian: you know, when you speak of timing, it took cdc director rochelle walensky less than two months to go from doom and gloom to safe and sound. lara, watch this, and i want to get your reaction. >> i'm going to reflect on the recurring feeling i have of impending doom. over the last several weeks, we have had, seen emerging signs, a

growing body of evidence that if you are vaccinated, you're safe and protected. brian: so i look at these two statements, put 'em side by side, and to me, it looks like a massive flip-flop. you can talk about all the problems with the cdc flip-flopping, but to me, the biggest one is the erosion of confidence for the average person watching this. lara, the cdc losing critical trust because of the way they're messaging this? >> i mean, unfortunately, i think the answer is, yes. it was susan collins the other day who said exactly that, said the cdc was the gold standard, was what we all turned to when we needed guidance on these things, and now because there is so much confusion and it doesn't feel like we are following the science and doing what makes the most sense, again, via the science, why are we to trust the cdc? it's a terrible thing to say. we should always be able to look to these institutions, you know, for the guidance and to tell us

what the right thing is to do. i think, unfortunately, a lot of americans over the past year have become incredibly skeptical and really over the past several months of, you know, via sound bites like you just played there. brian: you know, that skepticism, i think, extends to the teachers unions and schools in our country. you've got randi weingarten, the aft teachers union head, just saying a few days ago with martha maccallum -- take a look at what she said, then what came just a few days later. watch this. ing. >> are you going to have everyone back in september, five days a week? >> i hope so. brian: that was tuesday, lara. now let's go to just yesterday to see how the two have changed. watch. >> we and we must re-- can and we must reopen schools in the fall for in-person teaching, learning and support.

and we must keep them open. fully and safely five days a week. brian: we went from hope so to ask and must in two days. it can't be concern for the kids, what's driving this? >> yeah, well, it's definitely not concern for the kids. if they were concerned for the children of america, they would all be back in school right now. we know, again, aren't we supposed to follow the science? the science has told us that children, if they catch covid, have very mild cases, they are not the super-spreaders that everybody tried to say that they were a year ago. and so the idea that we are keeping kids out of school is not just the education, brian, that they're missing. we know it is teachers who often see abuse in the home and recognize that first. sometimes the only meal a day a child gets, a nutritious meal comes from school, figuring out how to exist in a social setting

now going forward is going to be very confusing for a lot of children. they should have been put back in school a long time ago. isn't it interesting, the timing of things? we know that, you know, the teachers union has not wanted to go back to cool. we know that they are -- to school. we know that they are big democrat donors. isn't it interesting the timing of the cdc recommendations and the teachers union recommendations now to get kids all of a sudden back in school. it's actually a disgrace and a disservice to the future of america that it hasn't happened yet. brian: timing is everything, and it certainly appears to be an interesting issue in this case. lara trump, thank you so much for being here today. we appreciate it. >> thanks a lot. brian: well, regardless of the new cdc relaxed guidelines on mask wearing, it's up to businesses to make their own rules. so how quickly will we see changes? joining me now is macro trends advisers founding partner, rich

rochelle -- mitch rochelle. we've got a thorny issue on our hands. how do businesses handle the new cdc guidance? what do you expect to see in the days and weeks ahead from some of our biggest retailers? >> well, walmart announced just before the show came on the air, or brian, that they're going to say no masks for vaccinated customers and staff members or associates. the pop is policing all of -- problem is policing all of it. i expect a flurry of tiktok and twitter videos of confrontations in aisles of stores. i bet those confrontations are more in blue states than in red states, but i think it's going to be very hard to police it. we don't have vaccine passports9 and the like. i think getting people back to work, this is a huge breakthrough getting people back into cities that have been left abandoned and for dead as office jobs shut down and people

started working from home. brian pine -- brian: mitch, that word that you just raised, policing this issue, makes me incredibly uncomfortable. the idea that you've got people in the store, and we know this has been going on for a while, but that's the kind of behavior that can drive people away from stores. it makes you not want to walk in the door in the first place. i guess my question is how do these retailers make sure that other customers aren't creating some kind of policing environment that actually makes it totally i uncomfortable to go to the store? >> i think, bruin, it's going to be very difficult. i'd hate to be a store manager someplace, a fight in aisle two. but what's interesting is a study came out very recently that came from morning consult, and it was published just a few days ago, and they said that people who were double vaccinated were less likely to, you know, sort of get back to normal in terms of normal consumer activities, movies,

dinner, theater and the like than people who weren't vaccinated. so it'll be very interesting to see what the mix of people are in the stores and who's wearing masks and who isn't wearing masks. but i think when you have walmart, which is a leader in the big box retail space, making a bold move like that, i think the costcos, the kmarts, a lot of those are probably going to follow. brian: yeah, it is a big move. people kind of look for the bellwethers to make a determination about what they should do. in your view, do you think it's going to take a long time for most people to get desensitized to the mask-wearing issue, or do you see this being a prolonged thing? >> i think it's a prolonged thing. i didn't go to many of the virtue-signalers that i know that have their mask on in their twitter profile pic, and they ty were taking them off. then you have states like new york where you and i are and states like michigan, that

governor saying i don't care what the cdc says, we're going the make our own rules. i think it's going the take a while. but, listen, america's fed up. it's been long over a year, and if you're vaccinated and no risk let's get back to normal. brian: i've been in new york most of the year, and very different than the midwest where i am now. i think that mask thing is going to progress at very different speeds in different parts of the country. mitch rochelle, appreciate it, sir. >> see you soon, brian. brian: all right. well, still ahead, more on the fallout from the colonial pipeline attack. some drivers paying nearly $7 a gallon for gas. this as biden clears the kremlin of any wrong doing in the attack. what happened to biden's tough stance on putin? north carolina congressman richard hudson is next. you're watching "the evening edit." >> i want to know what state involvement there was in russia. i mean, maybe we need to make

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♪ brian: welcome back. the biden administration is calling for calm as gas lines get longer and the prices go up at the pump, close to $7 a gallon seen in virginia. the major east coast colonial pipeline is up and running, but the gas moves slowly through the pipeline and has to be trucked to stations. it could take days to get stations back to full service. joining me now is north carolina's richard hudson from the house energy and commerce committee. congressman, thank you for being here with us. i want to start by asking you how things are going in north carolina. what are you hearing from your constituents? >> thank you, brian. you know, people in north carolina are suffering. it's a real struggle just to find gasoline to get to work. i mean, you know, it's like break out your bell bottoms, get your bee gees album, we're back to the 1970s. terrkingackingngngng isr israe a 'ven gn aho p opp

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government doesn't know that this attack is happening? that seems completely farcical to me. >> absolutely farcical. you know, i support the president and the moves he says he's going to make to track down these hackers, but what i'm also concerned about is what this crisis really exposes is the problem with biden's policies. on his first day in the office, he stopped a fuel pipeline, and he's taken many steps to restrict our access to american sources of energy. so his policies are wrong. and they're making it harder. and also when you look at cybersecurity, you've got the $3.2 trillion infrastructure bill, only about 25% of it even deals with infrastructure, but not one penny of it deals with cybersecurity. again, his priorities are in the wrong place. brian: yeah. i wanted to go to this infrastructure issue. we're looking at that bill, we're looking at the spending in that massive bill. i don't recall seeing anything

that gets to this particular issue. it seems to me if we're going to spend money on infrastructure, dollar one should be on security for ransomware attacks on the pipelines that the administration won't allow people to build. is there any way that you in congress can help move in the direction of getting some of this into an actual infrastructure bill? >> well, i think so, brian. look, republicans and democrats both agree on infrastructure when you're talking about the roads and bridges and even broadband. i think we can all agree. and, you know, there's a number of folks working on this in the house, a number of folks in the senate. and the hope is that president biden and the far left will give up on this, you know, massive package that has nothing to do with infrastructure, and let's sit down and have a serious discussion about this. and, again, in his $3.2 trillion package, not one penny of it is dedicated to cybersecurity. so the negotiations are ongoing. there's a lot of common ground to be had here. we'll see if president biden will come to the table.

brian: congressman, really quickly, can you talk about the issue of retaliation or deterrence? it seems like when you get a hack like this, it happens, money gets paid, the bribe gets paid, and nobody sees any consequences for it. are we going to see anything to retaliate or, you know, to punch back a little bit on this kind of behavior which, frankly, can shut down a country at the level that we saw this week? >> well, you're exactly right, brian. and i hope so, you know? you hear the words of the president, he says we're going to track these folks down. i hope he will do that. you know, certainly, it's concerning anytime you see a company paying a ransom like this, it sort of makes you think about negotiating with hostages, with terrorists over hostages. anytime you pay something like this, you're encouraging more. so i support the president if he's going to track these folks down and put them out of business. again, it's hard to believe they're operating in russia without the concept of the

government there -- consent of the government there. brian: yeah, you've got to put them out of business, or they're going to put us out of business. congressman, thank you so much for your time, we appreciate it. >> great to be with you, brian, thanks. brian: well, states are getting their workers back on the job by rolling back the extended federal jobless benefits. so why is the white house claiming they're not a factor in the u.s. labor shortage? up next, we'll talk to alabama congressman mo brooks whose state is fighting back against the federal government. ♪ ♪ >> enhanced unemployment benefits are creating an incentive for people not to return to work until they expire. not because people are lazy. i'm not accusing anybody of being lazy, it's because people are logical. you're going to make close to or as much, in some cases more than you do when you're at work, you'll go back to that when it expires. we have a labor crisis in this country. ♪♪il

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brian: the number of states scaling bak enhanced jobless benefits is growing despite the white house's claims that they're not a factor in the u.s. labor shortage. blake burman has the details from the white house. blake. >> reporter: hi, brian, good evening. it is republican governors in roughly a third of the states all across the country who are saying they will now, at least in the upcoming weeks, in a moment be participating in the federal unemployment plus-up program which adds $300 a week

to state unemployment benefits. alaska and we've added to the list -- west virginia added to the list today. governor jim justice floated the idea of a return to work bonus saying, quote: west virginians will have access to thousands of jobs right now, and we need everybody back to work. our small businesses and economy depends on it so much. over here at the white house, they are pushing back on the notion that the added benefit is keeping employ if bl workers on the sidelines. here was one of the president's top economic advisers in the briefing room earlier today. >> so there are many factors that go into whether a person is taking a job, right? if somebody is not fully vaccinated, if there's still a lot of covid in their area, if they have childcare constraints. there are many factors that this pandemic has caused that are going to play into people's decision, ability to go back to work. >> reporter: that $300 federal weekly plus-up is set to expire on september 6th.

brian? brian: well, joining me -- thank you, blake burman, appreciate it. joining me now to discuss is alabama congressman mo brooks. sir, thank you for being here today. your state is among those opting out of the enhanced benefits. tell me what you're seeing in the alabama when it comes to the worker shortage this. >> well, everywhere i go across the state there are help wanted signs. and until we get in the white house people who are not living in an economic fantasyland are, this problem in the united states of america is going to continue. ultimately, somebody has to work to produce the goods and services that the rest of america wants to consume. and the more the biden administration pays people not to work, well, don't be surprised that a lot of people prefer that. rather than working for a living. and those of us who are working for a living should not be expected to carry the burden not only of ourselves and our families, but also those people who prefer to vote for a living

rather than work for a living. but unfortunately, the biden white house, coupled with their socialist allies, the united states congress, are catering to that block vote of people who don't want to work. that's wrong, and it's going to hurt our country long term. brian: congressman, you just saw the press conference we referenced with cecilia ralphs talking, all the reasons why people wouldn't go back to work, and i just watch her straining not to say the obvious reason which is they're getting paid more money to stay home. is this just a question of the biden administration refusing to acknowledge reality, or do they actually believe that all of these small businesses are not telling the truth when they say the reason they can't hire workers is because they get paid more by the federal government? >> alice had a better understanding of economics in wonderland than the biden administration does of reality today. and the excuses i heard coming from the administration are just

fantasy, they're made up. that's why i emphasized the word fantasyland when i talk about their economic policy. people who get paid money to work would prefer to get that same amount of money not to work if they can. it's a more enjoyable lifestyle. now, it's not good for our country, but that seems to be where the biden administration is focusing their intent, paying people not to work. it's wrong, it's as simple as that. you pay them enough money, they're not going to work. and enough people don't work, you're going to see our gross domestic product fall as in 2020. and that's because the socialist democrats around the country, at the gubernatorial and mayoral levels, shut down so many economies. now in april you see the cost of living go up eight-tenths of a percent. hey, americans, if you didn't get a 2% raise this year from january through april, your pay has been cut by a little over 2%

because that's the adverse effects of inflation during that four month period of time. we've got to wake up. we cannot continue doing what we're doing, and i haven't even touched on the dangers associated with a soon to be $30 trillion debt. what happens when our creditors cut us off? there's going to be a lot of economic chaos and destruction. brian: congressman, i want to get your take on one really interesting trend here, because we saw this earlier in the american recovery act when it came to states not being able to cut their taxes. we're seeing it here again pushing back against the enhanced unemployment benefits. we have states saying we've had it with federal policy, and we're simply not going to do what the federal government is asking us to do here. it looks like a movement to me, congressman. do you expect to see more states banding together to push back on policy that they see as counterproductive? >> i sure hope so and pray sho, and it looks like the states are reacting led to a large degree by my good friend in florida,

governor ron desantis. we've got to have some adults in the room, and it's quite clear that we do not have well-reasoned adults operating in the white house today. and the adverse effects are coming at us like a mack truck, and we better fixing this problem before we get run over. brian: congressman brooks, we have to leave it there. thank you for your time, sir. appreciate it. >> thank you. brian: well, when we return are, deneen borelli is here to weigh in on new york governor andrew cuomo's jaw-drop thing response to his sexual -- dropping response to his sexual harassment allegations. wait til you hear what he said. stay with us. ♪♪ [ crowd cheering ]

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brian: new york governor andrew cuomo facing a new round of criticism over his latest response to his sexual harassment allegations. listen to what the governor said yesterday.

>> harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable. that is not harassment. if i just made you feel uncomfortable, that is not harassment. that's you feeling uncomfortable. brian: fox news contributor deneen borelli joins us now to discuss the remark. i just want to ask you to react to what you heard the governor say yesterday. >> well, first of all, brian, the word "arrogant" certainly comes to mind. cuomo sounds like he has taken a page out of former president bill clinton's playbook trying to redefine what is is. cuomo knows darn well what the word harassment means, but he's trying to redefine it because he is under investigation. there are at least ten women, i believe, that have come forward this far, but with i'm sure cuomo would not think of trying to redefine the word harassment if one of his daughters were

harassed by someone. brian: deneen, you hit the nail right on the head here. to me, this is all about, you know, changing languaging to fit your circumstances. and in this case, i think it's leaving the governor just digging himself an even deeper hole than the one he's already in. is he making his situation irredeemably worse by the way he's responding right now? >> no, he absolutely is. and who knows if he was even prepared for such a question because when it comes to people as arrogant as he is, you're not supposed to question him or, you know, expect him to answer anything that you throw at him. but he is under investigation for these harassment or allegations, but he's also done a horrible job, brian -- and you know this -- by managing the covid-19 virus in the state of new york. especially when it came to elderly infected patients placed in elder care facilities, in nursing homes and resulted in

thousands of deaths that could have been avoided. so he needs to be held accountable in more ways than one. brian: i'm so glad, deneen, you brought that issue up. you have two important issues here, obviously. the harassment issue is important, but what's happening right now is it's completely crowding out the other issue that you just mentioned which is these nursing home deaths. and it looks to me like the media almost uses the sexual harassment issue as a pretext for not talking about the covid issue. is that your read on the situation? >> no, you're absolutely right, or brian. and cuomo's not the only one, the only democrat that made such a bonehead decision, and that is why the liberal media does not want to talk about it. and, look, what were his priorities? he was more concerned about landing a lucrative book deal. there are concerns about staffers helping to write the book or revise the book. and there are also concerns that

family members got special treatment when it came to covid-19 testing and other things. so cuomo needs to answer a lot of questions. the man needs to be held accountable once these investigations shake out. brian: deneen, really quickly, the governor's obviously not going to ten down. to step down. do you see anything coming from these investigations, or does he simply outlast all of it? >> well -- [laughter] we know he's not going to walk out quietly. he is kicking and screaming and holding on to the drapes while we continue to talk about hum. i hope these investigations go forward like they are, brian, and i hope the truth does come out because his constituents deserve better. brian: a lot of people deserve better. deneen borelli, thank you so much for your time tonight. we appreciate it. >> thanks, brian. brian: well, coming up, there are so many crises plaguing the white house right now, but it seems the mainstream media is ignoring most of them.

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brian: a new day, a new crisis. that's how it seems to be going for the current administration. president biden is being tested on all fronts, but it seems the mainstream media is giving him a pass. is this some sort of strategy? take a listen to what "the view" cohost megyn mccain had to say. -- meghan mccain.

>> a strategy is not focusing on anything that the biden administration is doing right now that is leading this country into crisis. the middle east is on fire, unemployment is crazy, and a lot of americans can't figure out how they're going to get gas in their car. it's like the '70s all over again, so i think there's a strategy going on that the media doesn't want to focus on anything bad happening in the biden administration, and imi -- implore everyone in this industry, just because trump was so bad doesn't mean this is good. brian: so is the media ignoring all this chaos? adam gillette joins us now. let me just start with a reaction to meghan mccain's point there. what is the strategy of the media right now in response to the biden administration? >> well, it's abundantly clear that the media realize that biden isn't up to the challenge because normally are with presidents if you have a crisis,

it's really a moment for them to shine. you think about fdr after pearl harbor, reagan after the challenger, obviously, george w. bush after 9/11. a crisis is an opportunity for a president to exercise leadership and rally the american people around the flag. but they -- he's not capable of it. this is a president who can't take questions from his allies in the media, a president who says i don't think i should be talking to you, which is what i would tell strangers when they call our house when i was a child and my parents weren't home. the media is just pretending nothing's happening because they know he can't handle it. brian: adam, you can pick your issue here whether it's russia, whether it's gas, the southern border, pick your issue, do your case study. it feels like the media response is 180 degrees different from what it would have been this time last year. >> and it's not just this time last year. you think about how they handled rising gas prices under george

w. bush versus how they're handling this mess now. think about how they talked about trump and russia versus how they're handling the potentially russian-backed attack now. if something like this had happened under trump, they would have said he's soft on russia. why aren't the media calling out biden now? the perception is that biden is a weak leader. foreign leaders are not afraid of him. they're more than happy to mess with americans as a result. and what we're trying to do is put pressure on the media so that they'll put pressure on biden. the only way to get him to act is if the media holds him accountable. they've got to step up and do their job. brian: you know, adam, how does the media hold the president accountable when the president basically refuses to get in front of them and answer questions? to me, the glaring answer has been and is today the fact that you don't get genuine give and take press conferences. is that going to change, or is this going to be what we're going to see for the next i

don't know how many years? do we get anywhere with this? >> well, to the media's credit, they called him -- they held him accountable and call him out when they weren't allowed to go to the southern border and take photographs and see exactly what was happening down there, and then finally the biden administration acted. his own allies held him accountable when he refused to hold press concernses, and finally he -- conferences, and finally he held one. i don't think they're going to give the media unfettered access. i don't think peter doocy is going to be treated with the respect he deserves to be treated with. but if the media just did the slightest bit of their job, of what we expect from real journalists, the biden administration is going to have to respond to the american people, and the biden administration is going to have to acknowledge when they've got multiple crises occurring right now. brian: you know, i think the sad part about this is that media exists to serve the public. the media's there to give an access to the public that they

wouldn't ordinarily have so they can understand key issues that affect their lives. right now, adam, it just seems to me the media's more interested in serving somebody else -- maybe the administration, something else -- but not serving the public who need the access only the media can give them. >> well, the mainstream media puts out two types of journalism these days. they put out fan fiction stuff, click bait headlines that they know their left-wing audience wants to read. even if they know the stories aren't true, they write half-baked stories that they know can get some clicks. and separately, of course, these activist journalists write stories to help their allies in the white house, their allies in congress. and many times it's hard to tell the difference. we call out now this quite frequently because they're an incredibly influential site for people. where did they get half their people from? the dnc, the hillary clinton campaign, the stacey abrams campaign.

they're allies, and they're in bed together. brian: adam guillette, we've got to leave it there. thank you so much for your thoughts today, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. brian: well, just ahead, dhs secretary mayorkas slammed over staying the border is closed -- saying the border is closed. our own fox cameras tell a very different story as border agents are reportedly retiring early in droves because of biden border policy or lack thereof. national border council vice president art del cueto is here next. >> make no mistake, the drug cartels control the southern side of the border. it is a great big 2,000-mile toll booth for them, and they are making a mint off the biden effect. ♪ muck -x it. - ten-x it? ten-x is the world's largest online commercial real estate exchange. you see it. you want it. you ten-x it. it's that fast. if i could, i'd ten-x everything.

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>> we have the secretary responsible for securing our border immigration system who doesn't recognize these charges being a problem i find it extraordinary and extremely damning and i'm all for legal immigration. but instead we opened the door. >> we speak of lawful pathways in support of them and yet the prior administration tore those down before we discontinue the

blame game how many children were processed over a three-year period we would be pleased to provide the data, i think it's about 5000 children. >> republican senators carrying into dhs secretary mayorkas over the border crisis, mayorkas has insisted the border is closed but all week long are cameras that fox have captured a very different story. with waves of migrants crossing the rio grande river. liberal policies are frustrating border portal agent so much that many are considering early retirement. in march hillary vaughn found overworked border agents asleep in their tracks with migraines who just crossed the border knocking on their window. unless border patrol and border patrol, here is nowhere to be found, is a situation going to continue to get worse, join in a sound national board of virtual

counsel vice president art del cueto, thank you for being here we appreciate it. >> take you for having me. >> we hear the secretary talking about the border being close, obviously it is not, you can put a closed sign on the door but if the door is open people are going to walk in, your response to the secretary's comments. >> it's going to take the media to fact check what they administration is saying, the numbers do not lie were seen more individuals turning themselves in and more individuals entering the country and i focus a lot on the got a ways because that's a big problem would happen in the future and to give you a number during president trump's first year in office, got a ways, illegal entries have always been a problem during his first year they were over 100,000 entries for got a ways that was his entire first year of office, with five months left to go in president biden's first year of

office were well over 200,000 got a ways for the nation. that in a problem i don't know what is. >> you raise those numbers which are shocking numbers and that we think about what were hearing about border patrol agents apparently retiring early in drones presumably because they feel like they can do the job that they were hired to do because they talk about morale at the border and what that means in terms of dealing with the challenges that we have right now. >> just today alone i heard agents say i got this much time left, a year left, two more years left, they say were not seeing any changes or support, it is frustrating and it only looks like it's going to get worse, like i said the numbers are astronomical and this is not something that was inherited. it just blows my mind when i hear people say was inherited, fact check the people, look at

the numbers during president trump's time in office and look at the numbers now, numbers don't lie. >> talk about this, we hear the biden administration say that we need to fix root cause problems in northern triangle countries it's all about root cause but talk about practically things that would actually make a difference at the border right now so the board of virtual agents would stop trying to retire prematurely and put us at risk. >> you got every institute the remaining mexico policy, that was huge and that something that derailed what was happening, i will tell you with the rhetoric and the lack of policy right now what is happening the drug cartels, human smuggling organization are landing in their pockets and at the same time people's lives are being put at risk, individuals are going to the hands of the criminal organizations wanting to come to the states knowing the rhetoric that is coming out of this administration.

>> so much to talk about, we gotta leave it there, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> i am brian benbrook and for elizabeth macdonald, you're watching "the evening edit" for fox business, that doesn't has, thank you for watching, have a good evening. ♪ ♪ ♪. larry: hello everyone welcome back to "kudlow" it's friday it's a very interesting week on the one hand dividing the administration has had nothing but problems this past week, gas lines, higher prices, pretty lousy economic numbers, russia and iran taking them to the cleaners by throwing every conceivable bomb at israel, the southern border