she doesn't need it, at least she's getting a comic book. it's been great working with you. thank you so much for sticking with us, i'm kristin fisher. eric and arthel are up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas making the trip to the southern border as the biden administration continues to take heat over its handling of a migrant surge that seems to persist. mayorkas, along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, getting a firsthand look at the crisis as the dhs secretary says the u.s. is on track to face the biggest surge of migrants at the border in decades. hello, everyone, welcome to "fox news live." i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, eric. i'm eric shawn. we are also following two other big stories at this hour. the centers for disease control giving new guidance on social

distancing for students, a move that could help reopen more schools and send the kids back to the classroom. and there are new breaking developments in two scandals engulfing new york governor andrew cuomo. his alleged nursing home death cover-up and new allegations of inappropriate behavior with women. >> arthel: we begin with david spunt following the biden administration's response to the border situation and griff jenkins is on the ground in el paso, texas, where migrant families are being flown or bussed. griff, what can you tell the us about that facility? >> reporter: good afternoon, arthel. i'm standing in el paso outside the central processing center. we'll give you a look at it. it is where secretary mayorkas visited yesterday. just a quick background, it was built about 18 months ago here built to hold about 1,040 individuals. it hit full capacity just on wednesday of this past week when house minority leader kevin mcthink came down. --

mccarthy came down. about 45 minutes ago we saw about a hundred what appeared to be unaccompanied minors because they were all girls ranging from, say, younger age to the teens, maybe even some older than 18. but, you know, we're not getting media access, quite frankly, arthel. we can't go in with our cameras. we were able to get one photo released to us exclusively by cbp. it shows a mother and her children, a migrant family, that was flown over here to be housed here. but back to that trip that secretary mayorkas took, he came with a bipartisan group of four senators, portman, peters, murphy and capito. and the aftermath appears to be nothing more than partisan bickering because murphy tweets this, that the biden team is doing the best they can, implying that the surge started last fall and blaming the trump administration for it while senator portman tweets that the

biden administration's dismantling of the previous administration's policies with no consideration of the ramifications has incentivized migration. just to give a little context, arthel, this sort of partisan bickering is not what any of the border patrol officials want. they want politicians to rise above the politics and get some solutions for a surge that they think could be unprecedented and has no end in sight. arthel: that makes a lot of sense. i'm glad they're speaking out about that. what about texas governor abbott? he's been voc aral about this. -- vocal about this. of what is he saying? >> reporter: he's been the face of this problem here in texas, and he has been slamming the biden administration's handling of the crisis. and he's making news, arthel, saying yesterday that in two of the facilities housing children, one in ten has tested positive for covid. here's a little bit of what the governor said. take a listen. >> more than 10% of the migrants at the midland location have now

tested positive for covid-19. in addition to that, you mentioned the caruso springs location. we also learned within the past hour that more than 10% of the migrant population at that location has tested positive for covid-19. >> reporter: and just finally, arthel, we got a statement from the border patrol chief here in el paso trying to get a sense for the situation with those unaccompanied children. gloria chavez is her name, she says it's up, come to children, that is, up about 90% from this time last year. arthel: we heard governor abbott, has he offered any solutions? >> reporter: well, he hasn't, and as you know from recent weeks, he's in a bit of a legal battle with the administration with some of the things that the administration has up done from the previous -- undone from the previous administration. he's certainly being out on the border, being vocal about it.

but one thing that he has sought to try and strike a tone on is the fact that the border patrol, cbp do not test migrants when they come into custody. that's left to the local authorities and the ngos like catholic charities and others. so that fight pertaining to covid, certainly, is going to be an unanswered question as it plays out. however, he did in recent days give the border patrol the vaccine, something that the officials appreciate here. a. arthel: very good, griff jenkins, thank you very much. eric? eric: arthel, more on the covid situation at those facilities, we'll be hearing from a texas congressman in a few moments. but, you know, we've heard so much about president biden rolling back president trump's immigration policies and that back and forth over which administration is really responsible for this new floodment but there is at least one exception, the biden administration keeping in place a policy called title 42 to turn away migrants apprehended at the

border under a public health rule that dates back to world war ii. the move aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus from migrants. david spunt live at the white house with more on this and what the administration is trying to do to respond to this. hi, david. >> reporter: eric, title 42 allows the biden administration to unilaterally expel or remove an unmentioned amount of people back into whether it's mexico, guatemala, el salvador, honduras, wherever they come from citing that covid-19 emergency. this was used in 2020 during the beginning of the covid pandemic, for the last year during the trump administration. now we are seeing it taking place still in the biden administration. of course, you see thousands of people that are coming to this country that are seeking asylum, and that's what the biden administration is working with them on. but in rare cases, citing this covid emergency they are able to remove people back to their home countries. now, the goal of the white house is to treat those coming across

the border with dignity using humane conditions, but the overall message is to stay in your home country. listen. >> i tell them do not come. and let me explain why i say do not come. it is borne of a very different approach than the prior administration. it's do not come because it is not safe to take the journey, it is not safe in a time of pandemic to arrive at the border. >> reporter: republicans say what's happening at the border is a correct result of the -- direct result of the president's own executive orders in some cases just hours after taking office. >> he stopped construction of the border wall. that sent a message to the rest of the world that we're not serious about securing our sudden border. he reversed that remain in mexico policy which created incentive now for these illegal immigrants to come to our border and cross.

>> reporter: president biden stopped construction of president trump's border wall just hours after taking the oath of office here, one of the first things that he signed in the oval office. meanwhile, there are calls from both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats, for the president to make a trip in person to the border to see what's going on. as of now, nothing on his public schedule. the white house will not say when he'll do so, but he has a news conference coming up on thursday. you can bet he'll be asked heavily about the border. eric? eric: he certainly will. thank you, david spunt at the white house. we will have a lot more on this crisis at the boarder and what can be done about it. texas congressman michael burgess who happens to be a doctor, migrants are being sent to dallas, he's going to see them the on monday. we'll talk to him about this crisis straight ahead. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. new york governor andrew cuomo facing a new sexual harassment accusation from a current aide,

bringing the total number of accusers to eight. this is happening as the feds are looking or taking a look at how the governor's office handled legal protections for nursing homes during the pandemic. meanwhile, governor cuomo's first accuser, lindsay boylan, speaking moments ago at a really calling to impeach the governor. >> the only way we can hold this governor accountable is to impeach him. [cheers and applause] the assembly must act swiftly. arthel: let's go to alex hogan live in new york city with the latest on all of this. alex. >> reporter: hi, arthel. more criticism from lawmakers today who say there are too many important issues at hand that after this latest new allegation the governor must step down. >> none of his behavior is normal or can be normalized. this is a clear pattern with

eight women coming forward. one was enough, but eight is clearly enough. and at this rate, who knows how many more will come. >> reporter: alyssa mcgrath is the eighth person to come forward, but she is the first to currently work in the administration. a report by "the new york times," in it she details her experience. she accuses the governor of staring, making suggestive remarks and comments on her looks. she also added that she was angry when she first heard the governor say he never did anything inappropriate. cuomo's lawyer responded to the times' report saying that the governor takes photos with the employees, kisses hands and uses terms like cioa bella. just like the governor and his lawyers denied there was any inappropriate touching. the other scandal on the table is that the fbi is investigating into whether his aides altered data on nursing home deaths. more than 15,000 new yorkers died in long-term care.

tomorrow their family members will gather for a vigil in brooklyn. meanwhile today, two groups are rallying in the city one in support of the governor, the other calling for his removal. and as we just heard, one of the speakers there was lindsey boylan, the first accuser that we heard from. the administration says it is not looking at these scandals, instead it will look ahead to important work at hand like the vaccine rollout and as of today more than 5 million new yorkers have at least received their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. arthel? arthel: alex hogan, thanks, alex. eric. eric: the centers for disease control has issued some new guidelines and, you know, parents are, well, man, probably welcoming this. cdc now says students can stay only 3 feet apart when they're in the class and still be safe. that, of course, cuts in half the initial guidance that we've been had of 6 feet apart. this update could, obvious, pave

the way for reopening more schools and getting the kids back in the classroom. lucas tomlinson live in washington with more on this and, lucas, i bet students are breathing a sigh of relief over these new guidelines. what's the response? >> reporter: and their parents as well. the cdc is teaching kids a lesson in subtraction. many parents hope the move will get more of their children back to in-person learning. previously, the cdc said children had to be 6 feet apart, revised guidance now says students can sit 3 feet apart in classrooms if they wear masks. plastic barriers are no longer required, 6 feet should be kept in common areas such as the lunchroom, and teachers should also remain 6 feet apart. a recent study in massachusetts found no significant difference between students sitting 3 feet or 6 feet apart. the cdc director also cited another from florida which found a majority of students who contracted the virus got it outside the school.

>> and the third study looked at covid-19 among students in florida and found that 60% o cases in students were not related to spread in schools. it also found that resuming in the-person activity was -- in-person activity was not responsible for a significant increase in cases. >> reporter: of the children aged 17 and under who tested positive last year, only 2.3% required hospitalization, less than .1% died. but not everyone is happy about the revised guidance. here's the president of the second largest teacher union in the country. >> the issue is that this is being driven by space concerns not by safety concerns. i just hope this is not a rush to put in twice as many desks in a place where we're really starting to get things reopened. >> reporter: according to a study, as many as 3 million children have gone without any education, either in-person or

virtual, since the start of the pandemic over a year ago. 80% of all covid deaths are in the elderly aged 65 and over, eric. eric: lucas, thanks sop. arthel: the new editor-in-chief of "teen vogue" is stepping down before starting the job. the controversy is over betweens she posted when she was a teenager herself. she apologized for the posts years ago when they first came to light, but she resigned after a firestorm from staffers. let's go to christina coleman live in los angeles with details. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, arthel. yeah, that's right, cancel culture has come from alexei mccann non, some of her staff upset about tweets she posted a decade ago when she was 17 years old. two major advertisers suspended their campaigns after she was named editor-in-chief. she has apologized over and over

again, and over the past ten years she's worked for axios and served as a contributor for msnbc and nbc, but she ended up resigning after this fierce backlash. she tweeted, quote: i became a journalist to help lift up the stories and voices of our most vulnerable communities. that's part of the reason i was so excited to lead the team in its next chapter. my past weeks have overshadowed the work i've done to highlight the issues that i care about, issues that "teen vogue" has worked tirelessly to share with the world. here's reaction from her former colleague at axios, jonathan swann. >> i mean, i was just really sad to see this happen. i've worked with her for four years. she doesn't have a racist bone in her body, and, you know, i said this yesterday, i mean, if we can't as an industry accept

somebody's sincere and repeated a apologies for something they tweeted when they were 17 years old, what are we doing? >> reporter: and it's not just people getting canceled. brands like aunt jeff my ma, uncle ben's and goya are also a part of the boycotts. and classic books will not be included as part of the curriculum, and there's growing concern over all of this. a new internet poll showed 64% of americans now view cancel culture as a threat to their freedom while 36% do not. it also shows democrats are split almost even ily on this. meantime, most republicans, 80% of them, view cancel culture as a problem. conservatives have been very vocal about their disdain for these cultural boycotts in silencing people. the theme of this year's cpac was uncancelling america.

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♪♪ >> there were times earlier when individuals were apprehended, and we sought to expel them, and we were unable to expel them, and we were compelled to release them. and we did not have the opportunity to test them. we have addressed that situation. eric: that was homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas admitting that potentially some migrants infected with krone. that virus have possibly -- coronavirus have possibly slipped into the country. the group in el paso getting an up-close view of the situation along the border. they also visited a migrant

processing center in el paso where city officials say the number of migrants who are infected with coronavirus doubled in the last week. one congressman who also visited a center joins us now, he is texas representative michael burgess from the 26th district just north of dallas. congressman, welcome. you're also a doctor you appropriately wrote the book "doctor in the house." above abbott is reporting -- governor abbott is reporting that there has been a covid outbreak in midland and caruso springs in those immigration facilities. what are you concerns about the potential spread of the virus among people who are coming to the country? >> the biggest concern, of course, is if you have kroning ma virus and you are placed with a family in the interior of the united states, you could carry that virus with you, and you won't know if you don't look and test for it. and, in fact, with a big coronavirus risk, a bill is coming through in the budget

committee, i had a motion to add funding for testing. it's a little bit irritating when secretary mayorkas didn't know that was coming. yeah, you did. you've known that all along. it's not been a secret. the coronavirus has been with us for a year. look, this problem problems with their home country, problems at the border with security and because of some laws and some consent decrees, unaccompanied children they're taking into this country, you know, become the responsibility of the department of health and human