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are ya? i've got to tell you on the front end, we have a little weather blowing in, so we had to down the fox drone team. if you come over here, i want to give you a little lay of the land. it's been a very active day, about 50 minutes ago we were with the border patrol, they were tracking and apprehended three individuals. it's nonstop here, mike. the border patrol's chief tweeting that in the last two weeks nearly 24,000 migrants have illegally crossed just beyond that levee and been taken into custody, apprehended. mostly family units, some unaccompanied children and some individual adults. but it's really the impact that it's havingen on these residents here because of this hole here in the wall because the wall wasn't completed in this section. many of them that don't want to be apprehended come right across here in the dead of night, and they go down this path you see here and into this bar where patrons are starting to show up.

but the owner, lupe cabrera, comes in many mornings finding people sleeping on the patio, even had a woman give birth in the parking lot. here's some of what he had to say, mike. take a listen. >> now that they've changed the policy, they've started coming down here in droves. now i it doesn't matter, you know, catch 'em, it doesn't matter. they're released and given a court date, they never come back. >> reporter: and, mike, lupe also told me he knows a family, he spoke with a family that paid some $1200 to come across the border, and then once they were across the border, the same smugglers called and extorted more money out of them once they got on this side and said we're going to call the border patrol on you if you don't pay us again. mike: that's brutal. griff, what about the cartel impact on the border problem and the latest drug busts? >> reporter: that's the other

part of the equation. you have the people and the you have the drugs. and when there's a mass number of people crossing, it gives an opportunity for the cartels to move those drugs. the dea here in mcallen making a massive drug bust here this past thursday, seizing 18 pounds of methamphetamine and 38 pounds of co--88 pounds of cocaine. the agent in charge gave us a little bit of the lay of the land and had this to say. listen are. >> this is an extreme anomaly. what we've seen in the past and because of covid there were stockpiles on the mexican side, and now that our restrictions are becoming a little bit more fluid, we're starting to see the influx of narcotics increase. >> reporter: sanchez also says that he knows the cartels will never stop coming and dumping right here. the dea is waiting for them. mike: griff, you've reported on

both sides of the border numerous times in the past, in fact, i think the bosses may have you open a bureau there. [laughter] your thoughts in terms of what you're seeing this time as compared to previous tours of duty at the southern border. >> reporter: well, you know, i'll turn you back this way, mike. you see this wall front the border patrol guy sitting in his truck, i've had a lot of time to talk to these guys. many of them i've known for years having covered the caravans of 2018 and 2019 and even before that. they all tell me they've never seen anything like this. and the biggest thing to remember -- because the coverage isn't stopping anytime soon, particularly with the administration that refuses to show transparency by letting the media into these centers, into these child facilities. but the thing to keep in mind that officials stress is that it was in may of 2019 when it really hit 100,000 a month. they're very worried whatever's

coming between now and may unless we change our policies, we are really getting started early and headed into uncharted territories for possibly unprecedented numbers of both children and migrants coming. mike? mike: griff griff jenkins, many thanks. president bidens has appointed fema to assist with the humanitarian problem at the southern border, though he is still refusing to call it a crisis. david spunts has more from delaware where the president's spending the weekend. good afternoon a, david. of. >> reporter: hi, mike. putting fema in charge of this mission shows the administration, specifically the president and the white house, are keenly aware of the challenges at the southern border, particularly the influx of unaccompanied children. that is a big story and continues to be a big story. republicans are calling this a crisis. the biden white house is not calling it a crisis, they are calling it a challenge. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas yesterday announced that fema will be sheltering and taking care of these unaccompanied children for

at least the next 90 days. the news announced last night. housing facilities for children are totally overwhelmed in many cases. fema's primary responsibility, mike, though is responding to natural disasters, so this will test the agency to be the able to do both. when president biden took office back in january, gone was the policy of turning away unaccompanied children put in place by the trump administration. in many places, mike, these children have nothing, not relatives in the united states, no possessions. but in many cases, they are not being turned away. >> this idea that it's joe biden's election that has prompted more people to show up is belied by the actual facts. >> reporter: well, here are some facts from the cpb, customs and border protection encounters from february. we saw about 9500 unaccompanied minors. >> they're sending fema as reinforcementments not for

today, not for tomorrow, but for three weeks from now. and what is clear, there can be know give case when sending a message to people who are thinking of joining a caravan. it has to be our border is closed. >> reporter: vice president biden is here in wilmington, delaware. he'll head back to the white house this week. his major focus right now is getting on the road to sell that $1.9 trillion covid relief package. he'll head to georgia and pennsylvania this week to make that sale to the american people, but no question the border clearly a problem for this administration. it's something the biden administration focus on in the coming weeks, if not days. mike? mike: david spunt live in wilmington the, delaware. david, thanks a lot. joining us now is pennsylvania democrat senator and member of the senate finance committee, senator bob casey. welcome. >> good to be with you. thank you. mike: are you okay with fema being used to address the border crisis, and does that mean by

definition it is now a disaster? >> look, there's no question that we have to put more resources at the border, and part of that is fema's ability to bring some resolution to this issue. it's going to be difficult, it's going to require more time and investment, i believe. but the key here is to get, to help these children who, by the way, i think we should start saying this in both parties, these are god's children. they're not throwaways, they're god's children. we've got to deal with this problem like responsible adults instead of just pointing fingers. you've got to move these children from custom and border patrol to health and human services. that takes a while. but i think the administration is working very hard. there's no question that these children coming across the border are fleeing not only violence, but also natural disasters, food insecurity. they don't have enough to eat, and then on top of all this, child or adult, you have the covid-19 crisis. so we've got to make sure that we're protecting the health of

these children and public health generally. mike: do you worry about fema now that they're being added to the mix possibly being stretched too thin with what could be a very powerful hurricane season on the horizonnen, sir? concern horizon, sir? >> if that becomes a problem, then it's the job of congress to appropriate more money. i hope the administration would come to republicans and democrats in congress and say we might need more resources not only for what's happening at the border, but maybe for natural a disasters as well. our job is to get them the money, and our job is also to help them solve this problem. mike: should president biden go to the border soon, and do you have any plans yourself to go to the border? >> i don't currently. i was there, gosh, 2019 was the last time i was there. but i think it's helpful to have members of congress do that. the president has to make his own determination about what's best for his agenda and what he's got -- getting there.

look, i think secretary mayorkas and the administration have brought a whole of government approach to this. they're working night and day to solve this problem. the best thing we can do is to provide help and resources so that they can help these children to process them through the system. mike: speaking of resources, you just provided $1.9 trillion to a whole lot of causes throughout this country. here's your colleague, senator bill cassidy, and i'll ask you to respond. >> it is estimated by cpo that our -- cbo that our economy will grow at 4.2% this year without this latest package. and that the stimulus, additional stimulus to this package is estimated by some liberal economists, it may ignite inflation. there's a danger here. mike: what about those inflation concerns? >> well, bill's a good member of the senate, and he and i are friends, and he works in a bipartisan way, i just disagree with him on this. i'll go with janet yellen who

was chairman of the fed before becoming treasury secretary. she says -- i'm not quoting her exactly, but she said the risk of inflation is pretty low. look, the good news here is this bill may cause even more growth in the economy so that we're not at 4, we might be higher than that. the good news here as well is we can reduce child poverty by half, we can get food assistance to millions of americans. the estimate is 50 million americans don't have enough to eat, and local governments are getting help. i was just on the phone on friday with a republican county commissioner and one of them were saying send the money back. they need help to balance their budget to avoid layoffs of firefighters, police officers and teachers. mike: senator bob casey of the great state of pennsylvania, thank you for your time. >> good to be with you. mike: now a member of the house judiciary and foreign affairs committee, congressman darrell issa.

welcome. >> thanks for having me on. the leadup to this interview is amazing that an agency that's called the federal emergency management somehow doesn't have the word emergency when it's used for a crisis. by definition if you call in fema, you have an emergency which is another name for crisis. mike: to trouble in your home state and the recall effort, here's governor gavin my gnusome's taken on it. quote, this thing got started before the pandemic. it's about immigration, it's about our health care policies, it's about our criminal justice reform, it's about the diversity of the state, clean air, clean water programs, meeting our environmental strategies. so they were crystal clear what this is about. how do you respond, congressman? >> you know, when -- there's nothing more delusional than a governor who's being recalled for his bad policies and h failure to act in a state where jobs are leaving, where people are refusing to obey his endless are mandates, there's nothing

worse than repeating the exact same statements as though they're the right idea. the governor is being recalled because he has failed to act or he's acted exactly the opposite way and because, quite frankly, he's been a hypocrite telling us we must wear masks and then, in fact, not wearing it himself. mike: a lot of folks look at california at the ultimate blue state these days. does this recall effort have a shot? >> it absolutely does. it's going to qualify, and he's going to face a recall. whether he gets 49% or 55%, somewhere in between, that remains to be seen. but right now when a deep blue state is willing to consider a recall as we did 17 years ago, they don't do it because they become republicans, they do it because they've had enough of bad policies and wrong mindedness by the governor. mike: to javier becerra, someone you know well, the california attorney general, he is up to be

the secretary of health and human services, likely to come up for a confirmation vote this week. what are your concerns about becerra for leading hhs during a pandemic? >> you know, my concerns go even beyond the pandemic. he's not qualified other than what he's learned in congress. and as somebody who, you know, has served on judiciary for 18 years, that doesn't make me a lawyer. his credentials are weak for the job, and i think he really was a bad choice. notwithstanding that, the president has a right to offer somebody, and i suspect that the senate on a mostly partisan basis will confirm him. mike: congressman, i want to squeeze in one last one. there's talk that the biden administration will place temporary workplace restrictions to stop covid spread this week. at a time when a lot of states are reopening, what are your concerns? is this overreach potentially from washington? >> well, the power grab after 17 states with declining infection rates have lifted the, some of

the mandates is exactly that, it's an attempt to keep a crisis going by the president. it's a power grab and a usurping of states' rights. now, i'm in a state that is to the left of the president, but in those freer states like florida and others that are doing better and reopening, it will crush them if they obey it. and my suspicion is it will be a useless mandate because i don't believe that people will listen to the president in those states in which their governors have led them in a better way. mike: congressman darrell issa of the great state of california, thanks for your time, sir. >> thank you. mike: stick around after our show, chris wallace will drill down on the crisis at the southern border, he's got exclusive interviews with senator bill cassidy and democratic senator chris murphy top of the hour, 2 p.m. eastern. this is a fox news alert. two people are dead and more than a dozen more are injured

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♪ mike: winter storm warning is in effect in northeastern colorado canceling more than 2,000 flight as residents hunker down for what could be one of the biggest snowstorms the region has seen in years. alicia acuna is on the ground in denver with more. oh, dear. hello, alicia. [laughter] >> reporter: hi, mike. yeah, it's quite something here. as i mentioned in the tease the, it is kind of sitting here dumping the snow. that's when we get all of that accumulation, and we knew it was coming. forecasters have been talking about this all week. so the colorado department of

transportation along with state and local officials have really been pleading with folks not to try to travel by air, obviously, or by road until this system passes. let's get another live look inside the city of denver here. colorado's governor, jared polis are, this week also warned coloradans that forecasters were expecting a record-breaking snowfall, and with that stores, i can tell you, saw pandemic-like preparations for people not wanting to get stuck at home without food and other items. so far it's not producing the striking amounts forecasted, but it's still a monster snow producer, enough so that denver international airport says it did cancel those 2,000 flights in and out of town, stranding some folks. >> our flight was canceled, her flight from california was canceled, and it took forever. >> reporter: in utah the treacherous road conditions caused a crash near salt lake

city. now, in texas tornadoes are the problem. a number of them touched down near happy, texas. there was a fair amount of damage that folks reported but fortunately, no one was hurt. alabama right now preparing for it to arrive this week and, you know, mike, there's travel restrictions on the roads because the conditions, obviously, are so bad. thisthis has impacted the vaccination effort here. kaiser alone had to cancel 10,000 -- rather, reschedule 10,000 vaccinations that were supposed to happen this weekend. mike? mike: looks beautiful from here in the warm, cozy studio -- [laughter] alicia, i feel like i need to send you some hot chocolate. be safe, my friend. great to see you. >> reporter: thank you. see you, mike. ♪ ♪ mike: president biden's $1.9 trillion covid leaf bill finally signed into law, congressional democrats now turning their focus to infrastructure spending. mark meredith has more on

whether there's any bipartisan support on this issue. good afternoon, mark. >> reporter: congress can't agree on much these days, but the white house thinks improving infrastructure may be one issue that both parties could embrace. in the days ahead, the white house expected to urge congress to spend billions, if not more, on a variety of infrastructure needs. this is something that the trump administration, we all remember, also tried to pursue, but they came up short. house speaker nancy pelosi says she sees a path forward for a bill that both sides could potentially agree upon. >> building roads and bridges and water supply systems has always been bipartisan, always been bipartisan. so i put out a, i called upon my chairs of the committees of jurisdiction to reach out to the republicans to see what we can do. >> reporter: but remember, republicans stood firm against the latest $1.9 trillion stimulus largely because of the cost and concerns the bill spent too little on the pan dem ing. -- pandemic. it's possible gop members will

stand against any bill that raises taxes or imposes climate rules. yet key republican lawmakers say they are ready to talk to democrats about what's possible. >> we're hoping we get more than ten republicans. the president wants to work with us, we want to work with them. i don't know what the top line number's going to be, but we've got a robust plan, that's for sure, but we've got to pay for it. >> reporter: it's unclear how fast the administration may move and if there's any other priorities that may drive republican away from the bargaining table, but we're going to hear more about this in the days and weeks ahead. mike, looks like a busy few days and weeks ahead in washington. mike: mark, thanks a lot. i spoke with florida senator and chairman of the national republican senatorial committee rick scott this weekend about how the gop can regain the senate majority in 2022. here's system of that conversation. 2022, sir, 50-50 senate, a lot of republicans want to know how you take back the majority,

what's your vision. >> we're going to talk about the issues. if you look at the american public, they're not into what the biden administration's pushing. they didn't talk about opening the borders when they ranch they didn't talk about closing the schools, they didn't talk about letting men participate in women's sports. they didn't talk about these things. they didn't talk about spending money without even talking to republicans. looked at this bill they just passed. i mean, they wouldn't even negotiate anything with us. it was one way, their way or the highway. so they said we're not even going to listen to you, and we're going to spend money like crazy. that's what they did. if we focus on the issues, focus on the economy, on education and law enforcement -- and, understand, we're going to, i am all in for capitalism, and the democrats are in for socialism. we're going to have big wins. mike: do you see opportunities in certain states to play on offense? >> oh, absolutely. and, by the way, if you look at what these democrats did, their foolish votes that is not what the american public wants when we did the vote-a-rama on this

so-called stimulus bill, i mean, mark kelly voted against border security in arizona. doesn't make any sense. we're not voting against militaries. ing does that make any sense? voting to allow stimulus checks to go to people in prison and illegal immigrants? that's not where the american public is. they've taken a lot of bad votes. here if you just look at the numbers, we should be able to pick up georgia, we should be able to pick up arizona, i think we have a good chance of picking up in new hampshire and nevada. but i think we'll have, i think you're going to be surprised. people are fed up with democrat control in some of these states because they can see like what's happening in new york where so many people from new york are moving to my home state of florida because democrats control their states. i think we're going to have a heck of a '22. mike: fox senate gop a big part of senator scott's job is recruiting new candidates. my thanks to senator scott. calls for governor cuomo to

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investigation. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo has apologized for making women uncomfortable. half a dozen accusers say he harassed, made inappropriate advances or created a fox thetic work environment, something -- toxic work environment, something the governor has responded to several times including in a call this week. >> i never harassed anyone, i never abused anyone, i never assaulted anyone. now -- and i never would. >> reporter: the administration also faces criticism of its handling of nursing homes during the pandemic. according to leticia james, the state a.g., cuomo's office underreported long-term care deaths by as much as 50%. their family members continuing to speak out asking for more clarity and demanding an apologize. >> there's just a lot of unanswered questions and things that don't seem to make sense to any of us. >> reporter: there are two separate investigations into both of these scandals, of course. meanwhile, governor andrew cuomo

says he remains firm that he will not step down, and his administration says they are continuing to move on full speed ahead focusing on the budget and the vaccine rollout. mike? mike: alex hogan live in new york city, thanks a lot. joining us now for reaction is former white house press secretary and fox news contributor kayleigh mcenany. welcome. >> good to join you, mike. mike: governor cuomo's being pushed to resign, are his days left in office numbered? >> they could be. it's an uphill ballot on the impeachment vote. he has to go to the assembly and then to the senate where it would be two-thirds to be removed from office. you have 50 democrats that have said they are for him resigning, we'll see if that transpires into impeachment. look, let me say this, i believe in due process. i've been consistenting in saying that. whether you're on the right or left, you deserve an investigation. but what is interesting to watch

is the hypocrisy for some of these democrats who had zero tolerance including governor cuomo himself. so that standard apparently doesn't apply to him. mike: what is more damaging politically in your view, the sexual harassment allegations or the nursing home crisis? >> it's an interesting question. they're both very damaging. but as "the new york post," several writers pointed out there, where were the folks like aoc and schumer and others, kirsten gillibrand, amid the nursing home scandal which broke long before the sexual assault scandal? we know that 13,000 seniors died in new york. the fact that you have his own aide coming out saying we froze which is why we didn't turn over the true numbers, this is very damaging. you know, janice dean, of course, losing her in-laws, a

very personal loss for people in new york. of and that should, there should have been calls for resignation long before just now. mike: to the crisis at the southern border, immigration, of course, a big issue with the trump administration. here is democratic senator chris murphy. >> the 11-year high for crossings without documentation at the border was in the middle of trump's presidency in 2019 when we had the most inhumane policies possible, when we were building a wall at the border. so this idea that it's joe biden's election that has promptedded more people to show up is belied by the actual facts. mike: how to you respond, kayleigh? >> yeah. what this president did, has done is incentivize illegal immigration, and it is the opposite of humane. we know that these children especially are trafficked, victims of sexual assault and abuse often times on this very perilous journey. and to incentivize the kind of numbers we've seen by literally

saying, come, we will process children and up accompanied miners and get them into the interior of the country, it's deeply irresponsible. by contrast, president trump had that 8-day standoff with mexico where he said i'm going to implement tariffs, very onerous ones, ones that would damage both u.s. business and business in mexico, if you don't step up and help here and process immigrants in your country and secure the southern border with guatemala. he ended up not doing the tariffs, but getting a big win in partnering with mexico to stymy the flow of ill ill eel immigration. -- illegal immigration. mike: here's the woman currently at the white house podium. let's take a listen. >> the oval office remains open to republicans, and we think there are a number of initiatives he looks forward to working on whether it's infrastructure, modernizing our immigration system, continuing to do more work to put people back to work, he's hopeful republicans will join us. mike: do you see any sign of the biden administration working with republicans? >> not so far, not if the covid

relief bill is the strategy and the mold going forward. look, everyone wants to see bipartisanship on something like infrastructure where we should be able to partner across the aisle. mike: right. >> but as senator barrasso said this morning, if you're going to shove the green new deal into this and take a bipartisan policy and make it something entirely different, then there is no hope. we all hope to see it although i'm not hopeful given covid-19 relief bill strategy that they set forward. mike: kayleigh, great to see you. thanks so much for your time. >> good to see you, mike. mike: several small business owners aren't happy with where the bulk of the money is going. we'll talk to two of them next. ♪ ♪ not everybody wants the same thing. that's why i go with liberty mutual — they customize my car insurance so i only pay for what i need. 'cause i do things a bit differently. wet teddy bears! wet teddy bears here! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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will make it more difficult to hire employees. joining us now i is david fema, the executive chef and owner of fema's in downtown minneapolis and joe from michigan. welcome. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. mike: david, your restaurant faced a devastating one-two punch between the covid lockdown and the george floyd protests, what has it been like trying to stay in business in minneapolis? >> it's been an incredible struggle. just like pretty much all small business, we don't have the capital to sustain month to month being in business, much less a one-year shutdown. and the pandemic and the unrest we've had in our beautiful city. mike: joe, you just closed your dear born, michigan, location. how painful was that for you?

>> well, we were there for 17 years. we had over 70 employees. it was quite difficult, one of the hardest things i had to do, but we were -- without sales, about $3 million less in 2020 that we did in '19. so just couldn't keep it going anymore. but we had a beautiful restaurant, outside seating, inside seating, and it's all, all gone away. mike: david, this covid relief package, $1.9 trillion, had $350 billion for state and local governments. should it have had more for restaurants and other small businesses? >> well, it has, i think, around $25 billion for restaurants, but when you talk about $25 billion out of $1.9 trillion, it is so small. i mean, i hear joe's story, and i hear those stories on a daily

basis. it's very shortsighted. without small business, all that we are doing is postponing the inevitable. unemployment checks are wonderful, stimulus is wonderful, but that is a band-aid. who can live on $300 a week? mike: right. >> my heart goes out to all the employees who are not working. but now let's really help small business who are employing all these wonderful employees. it doesn't work. it is a very narrow view. it boggles my mind. me as a small business owner, i get it, and these people don't. mike: joe, what about the makeup of this package, $1.9 trillion. again, $350 billion for state and local governments, the restaurant industry's awfully tough and employs a whole lot of people. should it have gotten more cash? >> i would say, yes, a thousand percent. you know, we, because we're a

larger restaurant group, we have over 1,000 employees, you know? during this whole thing in michigan, we were shut down 163 days, and then we, the rest of the year we were with curfews of 25% capacity, opening at -- being curfews at 10:00 at night. now at 50% but only limited to 100 people. it's been devastating to our industry. i feel so sorry for our employees and ourselves, but, you know, we were shut down during the whole month of december, the busiest time of the year in the restaurant industry. so, you know, we have, you know, we have a governor that is trying to open up, you know, the state and let people do what they know they need to do. and if you walk into a place and you don't feel comfortable, then you can walk away. but we all know what we need to do with social distancing. but all of this didn't have to

happen. we wouldn't have needed the stimulus if they would have let us stay open, you know? we just want to stay -- we want to get back to normal business, and i think that'll take care of a lot of it. but not the damage that's happened over this past year. mike mike david, any concerns about these enhanced benefits preventing people from wanting to go back to work? >> well, you touched on a very sensitive subject. absolutely. we have many employees who are eager to come back, but in all honesty some rather get unemployment and not be back. and that's the truth. where is the incentive to an employee to come back? where is it? if -- absolutely, we have to be safe. absolutely, covid is devastating. absolutely, it's a disease we don't know a lot about and, absolutely, we need to take precautions. but i submit to you if you were helping small business --

mike: okay. >> -- you were being able to get more employees back than the other way around. mike: gentlemen, we have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time. our best to you and your employees. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. mike: violence erupting in several west coast cities with demonstrators marking one year since the breonna taylor death. more on the unrest next. ♪ ♪ i had saved up some money and then found the home of my dreams. but my home of my dreams needed some work sofi was the first lender that even offered a personal loan. i didn't even know that was an option. the personal loan let us renovate our single family house into a multi-unit home. and i get to live in this beautiful house with this beautiful kitchen and it's all thanks to sofi.

♪♪ mike: protests taking a violent turn saturday night as demonstrators marked one year since breonna taylor's death. charles watson is live with some the most gripping pictures. hello, charles. >> reporter: hi, mike. what started out as peaceful protests in memory of breonna ba taylor turned chaotic and violence overnight in major cities up and down the west coast. in l.a. some demonstrators were seen smashing store windows, others throwing rocks at police officers in riot gear. you even see protesters in a video jumping on top of a police cruiser as it sped away near the hollywood walk of fame. the lapd tweeting that, quote, the lapd wants to remind the public we are committed to insuring everyone's first amendment right to freedom of speech is protected during peaceful demonstrations while also acting swiftly on any acts of violation.

further north -- violence. further north, the seattle police department made more than a dozen arrests as protesters confronted officers, some allegedly smashing windows and graffitiing property. at one point officers are seen spraying protesters with an eye irritant as the two sides get into a physical confrontation. a similar situation in portland last night where breonna taylor protests started off largely peaceful but descended into chaos. police seen physically pushing protesters there of after officers repeatedly tried to disburse the crowd, protests one night early saw police make 13 arrests including a man who was reportedly arrested twice mt. same day. now, again, for the most part demonstrations started off peaceful with people calling for justice after taylor was killed by louisville police officers serving a no-knock warrant.

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afghanistan is quickly approaching, reports indicate afghan officials fear this is putting too much pressure own the negotiations. the country's interior minister said saturday that security forces could still hold their ground if american troops left. that was expressed in a letter sent by secretary of state antony blinken written to the afghan president about the taliban making territorial gains. >> i think as long as we vin international engagement with the u.s. as long as we have the bsc active, that we have military engagement with our partners and allies, certainly we will be able to defend the taliban and they will not be able to make significant progress. >> reporter: the talks about peace and u.s. troops withdrawal become at particularly violent time for afghanistan. on friday seven people were killed and 50 injured after a

car bomb target ad police station in the northwestern part of the country. mike? mike: trey yanks from the middle east. fall son nine rocket taking off at kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida. the company is planning to have a network of more than 1400 satellites orbiting the earth to provide global internet coverage. that is all for this hour of fox news live. "fox news sunday" with chris wallace is next. i'm mike emanuel. we leave you with the chicago river turning green. st. patrick's day is wednesday. they are getting ready in the windy city. look at that. turning green. thank you so much for watching. have an awesome sunday. ♪.

chris: i'm chris wallace. it is one of the largest stimulus packages in u.s. history, signed, sealed and soon to be delivered as the nation marks one year of covid. ♪. >> this bill puts working people in this nation first. it is not hyperbole, it's a fact. chris: big promises from president biden as the rollout of his american rescue plan gets underway while republicans who all voted against the package push back. >> it was a multitrillion dollar trojan horse full of bad old liberal ideas. chris: is the massive plan coindividual relief or a liberal wish-list? we'll ask