arthel: the crisis on our southern border deepens as fox news is examining if border officials are considering letting some asylum seekers leave u.s. custody without a court date. more on that. plus, new york governor andrew cuomo's heavily criticized coronavirus guidance for nursing homes is getting thrown back into the spotlight and a state of emergency in miami as wild crowds show up for spring break. hello, everyone. welcome to fox news live. i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel. thank you for joining us on this sunday. i'm eric shawn.

president biden is facing a staggering number of migrants crossing into the country and they say it could reach a two decades high. there are new concerns about whether the influx could spread coronavirus. two samplings in texas showed the rate of infection among migrants was over 10%. there are new concerns about migrant children. there are over 600 unaccompanied minors coming here a day in recent weeks. this morning secretary alejandro mayorkas said the administration does have this under control. >> the minors who are arriving and who are placed in the department of health and human services facilities are tested. they are all tested, isolated, and quarantined. our covid-19 protocols that are administered by the department of health and human services are operated very efficiently. eric: we'll hear more when

president biden speaks to the media later in the week. for now, david spunt is live at the white house with more on that. let's begin with steve harrigan, live at the border, he's in mission, texas. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, hello. along this section of the border there has been consideration about a change in plans, a change in strategy, perhaps releasing migrants who have come here, crossed illegally into the u.s. and seeking asylum without notice to appear in court. such a move would be unprecedented, driven by the fact that many of the processing centers are overwhelmed by increased numbers of migrants. we've seen a lot of people arriving here in mission, texas, some from as far as way as honduras. this family has been walking for seven months. the husband, 25, carries his son, age 4, on his shoulders. the wife, 21, carries their one

bag. the walk began 1500 miles ago in honduras. the motivation was life or death. a gang killed her brother, he said. it got very dangerous. they said they're going to kill us all, she says. family is just one of many migrant families streaming north in small groups. once across the eye owe grand onto -- rio grande onto u.s. territory, signs direct them to a processing center, it offers some protection against the me, rain and covid. the family says they're going to houston, confident they won't be separated or deported. the family says they don't know if it will be easier. they're going to try to find out. and all morning long here we've seen a regular stream of minivans and busses filled with newly arrived migrants. they're taken through a partial gate behind me, off to a

processing center. back to you. eric: you just showed us the faces of the people behind the influx. some are saying why can't authorities give them a piece of paper, documents to give them notice to appear in court. >> reporter: it takes a few hours to process each family and when we have the stream that we're seeing increase dramatically by hundreds of percent each month, there's simply -- when you talk to border patrol agents off the record they are swamped, eric. eric: we're looking at part of the wall that was built. you can see where you can walk around it if you want, a mile or so from the rio grande. steve harrigan, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: president biden is expected to face tough questions on the overwhelming influx of migrants at the southern border when he holds his first official press briefing later this week. right now the administration is

scrambling to find shelter for all of the new arrivals. let's go to the white house where david spunt is standing by with more. >> reporter: the official news conference takes place thursday afternoon. the long anticipated news conference. meanwhile, the president himself is in camp david right now, he'll be back at the white house later this afternoon. arthel, there are growing calls for the president to visit the border personally to see what's going on down there but so far it's homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas who is taking the lead from the administration. in december, border officials encountered just under 5,000 unaccompanied minors, two months later in february that number almost doubled to nearly 9500. the white house and the administration refuses to use the word crisis when talking about the surge. hours after taking the oath of office, president biden signed an executive order that stopped construction on the trump border wall. the white house state it's not

needed. critics say that taking down or stopping -- not taking down the wall but stopping construction of the wall sens a message that the united states is open. here is secretary mayorkas with chris wallace this morning. >> mr. secretary, do you not see a connection between the surge at the border and the policy changes that joe biden has made in his first two months? >> chris, i do not. what i am seeing is the result and what we are seeing is the result of president trump's dismantlement of the safe and orderly immigration processes that were built over many, many years by presidents of both parties. >> reporter: republicans point to those increased numbers of border encounters that i just had up a few seconds ago and they say how is there not a connection between the biden border policies and more people coming into this country? >> the border right now is wide open because the biden

administration dismantled very effective policies that the trump administration and the agreements we had with mexico and other latin american countries. >> reporter: as of right now, there are 15,000 unaccompanied minors in custody in the united states, expect the number to grow in the short-term. the president will hold the first formal news conference on thursday at the white house. you can expect the border will come up multiple times. arthel: indeed. david, you are well aware of what's happening there. you'll probably be there following this and lobbing questions as well and we want to remind our viewers to stick around. a little later, we're going to have an interview with southern border congressman, jody errington, he will join us straight ahead. eric. eric: arthel, let's take a look at family members, people who died from covid-19 in new york nursing homes, they're holding a quiet but somber and angry

protest. you see the flowers and the photos of the loved ones who have died in nursing homes in new york. they were accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of covering up those deaths in nursing homes to protect his side and to protect his political reputation as he was touting the so-called supposed success in dealing with coronavirus here in new york state as well as after he signed a lucrative book deal about his leadership. this group is called we care memorial wall where they're having a wall of their loved ones who died in the nursing home facilities. we will be streaming their protest and the news conference they are about to have any moment now on foxnews.com. meanwhile, as they are gathered in brooklyn on this sunday, lawmakers are joining a growing call to oust the new york governor. we're near the one year mark since that first nursing home advisory that the cuomo administration issued that these

activists say led to their loved one's deaths. >> i continue to maintain that the governor should be resigning based on the nursing home scandal, whether it's resignation or criminal prosecution or we defeat him at the ballot box, i believe the governor's days are limited. eric: the governor refuses to step down. alex hogan is live at the site in brooklyn with the latest. alex. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, the governor faces two claims now or two accusations, the two scandals, one of course of sexual harassment claims and the other as you can see behind me here today, many people are gathered because of the nursing home deaths. members are gathered here outside to remember the 15,000 people who died. it's been nearly one year since the march 25th order of last year, sending recovering covid-19 patients from hospitals back to facilities. the fbi is investigating if the

governor's aides altered data on nursing home deaths. this event is called we care, it's in response to the governor's comment in january, referencing nursing home numbers compared to the national numbers. now, one of the men you can see on the board here, his name is nicholas fiero and we're joined by his daughter. tell us about what the final days were for you. you're one of the family members here now. what did you experience in the last days? >> well, it was very tough. we weren't able to see my dad in the nursing home for a couple of months prior to him passing and there was -- he didn't understand because he had a little bit of dementia, so he didn't understand about a virus or why visitors weren't allowed but yet he had enough of his mind that he knew we had family and he didn't understand where they were. we weren't able to go in there. i wasn't able to go in there until a few hours before he passed. and by the time i got there, he

really wasn't very aware and it was just hard that he was dying alone for weeks and we weren't able to see him and just wanted to be leer today to honor him >> reporter: .im. >> reporter: that's what a lot of people are doing today. is there comfort you think you'll find today or is there still residual anger? >> i think it is residual sadness many it will always be that he died alone and wasn't around his family and didn't understand why his family wasn't there for weeks prior to him passing and we would be on the phone with the staff and i just wish we would have been allowed to come in there. i think maybe he wouldn't have passed if he had seen us and we could have explained things but he just got weaker and weaker and wasn't eating and just declined. >> reporter: being here today, you're with so many people who shared the same sadnesses and

heart tack. ache. anything you want to say to the administration? >> i just wish that it hadn't been handled that way and that i just wish we would have found a way to be able to speak to him when we knew for weeks that he was going in a direction of his death and to not have family there is just the hardest thing in the world. >> reporter: that event will continue yet to begin right here. we'll share more of those stories. thank you so much for sharing yours. eric, back to you. eric: it is heart a breaking. alex, thank you. arthel. arthel: oh, boy. police breaking up a party that got way out of control in miami beach yesterday. and now they're putting a stop to all this with an 8:00 p.m. curfew. officials say the crush of spring breakers has put the

popular south florida destination at capacity. bill keating is live in miami beach with more details on this. >> reporter: yes, last night, another night of chaos, disorder, police shooting pepper balls into the crowd to get people to disburse and making aa lot of arrests. take a look at the scene on ocean drive right now, one of the most famous streets with restaurants and bars and where people gather. it looks peaceful and call right now, very tranquil. that's what city leaders want. what they don't want is this, a packed street in denial as the curfew alarm went off as the did police alarms, bull horns, to get the people off the streets, back to their hotels or back to the mainland. it took an hour for police to clear the crowd of people which came down here to party and let loose. this is the second weekend of

the spring break season it's been a chaotic couple of weeks. there's been fights on multiple occasions, sometimes nightly, and groups of people, men and women, all throw punches, always after dark, of course. more than 1,000 people have been arrested. dozens of weapons have been cob confiscated. the beaches have seen larger crowds than expected. in a news conference yesterday, to announce the emergency measures, including closing the inbound traffic on the causeways, unless you could prove you were a resident, city leaders say this just cannot go on. >> our city right now in this area has become a tinder and we cannot have a policy of simply hoping that it's not lit. we have to act before one of those incidents happen. we cannot act in the wake of

something. >> reporter: spring break last year closed abruptly in mid-march when the clarity of the coronavirus pandemic became sharp. all the beaches closed. all the tourists went away. this year, totally different story. everything is open, you can access the beach. you can go into restaurants and bars and that's been a big critical issue you for the restaurants and bars who now that they have the 8:00 cur few and -- curfew, and they have to close at 7:00 p.m., they're losing 30, 40, 50, $70,000 a day in revenue. that's what the city imposed, this state of emergency. the city council as well as the mayor are meeting today at 3:00, just about two hours, to discuss how long this state of emergency needs be extended. arthel: i'm wondering if florida governor de santis is going to meet with those local mayors because the governor, he lifted the mask requirement

mandate. so that's another reason why people are going to miami beach. hey, i don't have to wear a mask, great, let's party. >> reporter: well, there is a mask ordinance in effect on the beach but obviously it cannot be enforced with fines. however, it's strongly encouraged. most of the restaurants and bars require you to be wearing a mask when you get in there, requiring you to access the beach that you have a mask on. when you're on the beach, you can take it off. they're passing out masks to everybody is not wearing one and looking around, most people are not wearing a mask right now. arthel: because it's not required. that's the point. phil keating, thank you very much. people don't follow the rules if they're given too many freedoms. phil, thank you. eric. eric: president biden he's four days away from his first solo news conference and no doubt he's going to be asked about the situation on the southern border, what he will say, how he will respond, as the white house

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fox news learning that border patrol agents near thely of owe grand valley considered releasing migrants from u.s. custody without a court date because they say simply there's no place left to hold the asylum seekers while cases are being processed. we are waiting for a response to this. we may hear more about it as the president prepares to meet the media at his news conference on thursday. tom, it's going to be a major topic for the president. what do you expect him to sunny. >> i expect him to say exactly what his department of homeland security secretary said this morning and what jen psaki has been saying for the past week, which is blaming trump, that this is a problem that the trump administration created, saying it's not a crisis, saying they've got it under control. the problem with all three of those things is they're not true and people within the administration will even

recognize that. you're hearing that from border patrol agents, members of congress, even democratic members of congress in the texas area saying this is a real crisis and the biden administration has no answer to it right now. i think biden is going to say what his administration has been saying thus far. the question is how the media responds to it and how the democrats respond to it. eric: it seems that the word has gone out that the borders are open, you can come in, there's a change in the administration. here is what the homeland security secretary mayorkas said this morning, you just referenced. >> we are rebuilding orderly ways in which the children can make their claims without having to take the perilous journey to the border and we are elevating our messaging so that the individuals do know that they cannot come to the border, the border is closed. eric: you just heard it, the

border is closed. but they are expelling adults but of course accepting the children because that is the law. how does this politically affect the president? >> well, it is a political problem for the president. there's no question. and i don't think it's going to go away, so long as the administration is saying one thing, and the facts on the ground are saying something else. just because the administration says the border's closed and we've got it under control, doesn't mean that that's true. and to the extent it remains untrue it will be a problem for the biden administration. it's getting coverage from the media, not the same as it got during the trump administration but it is getting covered so it is on the minds of americans, certainly on the minds of republican voters and on the minds of independent as well. it's not going to go away so long as it remains unresolved.

eric: why do you think it hasn't gotten through the migrants, they hear there's a change in administration and they're coming. >> because they know that the policy is what it is. they are reacting to the reality on the ground. even as the administration -- secretary mayorkas just said, the administration's policy is to let children across the border. they will not turn them away. and folks on the other side of the bore of deer understand that and that's why the flow is continuing and will continue so long as that remains the policy of this administration. eric: they say it's a record 20 year high and they expect even more. in brooklyn, family members of people who died in nursing homes from covid-19 and they blame andrew cuomo, the governor of new york. he came under fire for the allegations of sexual harassment. politically, does it seem that people are beginning to hold our politicians responsible?

you didn't hear an outcry in the democratic circles and others about cuomo until the c wall harassment allegation -- sexual harassment allegations surfaced. now it seems the investigations of the deaths and the blame for the deaths are becoming much more widespread. >> there were a couple things that happened. there was reporting on this, that whistleblowers saying that the administration manipulated numbers of nursing home deaths and that came out around the same time that more and more accusations of sexual harassment were coming out. those two pricey scandals have conjoined to put extreme pressure on andrew cuomo. the type he's never seen before as a politician. he says he's not going to resign. nobody can force him to resign. as a political matter, he's a dead man walking. his political career is over. he's not going to stand for re-election. he won't win. and so the question is, democrats are going to strip powers from him but will that be

enough for him to resign. we don't know. we'll have of to wait and see. eric: he's up for election in 2022 for a fourth term. he was hoping to run again, to basically serve more time than his father, mario but that seems highly unlikely. tom bevin, good to see you. thank you. >> thanks, irk. arthel: the crisis at the southern border deepens. this week more lawmakers plan to visit the border for a firsthand look at the challenges draining u.s. resources there. we'll speak to the congress boon will lead a delegation of 15 house members to the border, that's coming up next. this is wealth. ♪ ♪ this is worth. that takes wealth. but this is worth. and that - that's actually worth more than you think.

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music, another who would help feed and clothe the homeless, a small business owner who would have turned 50 this week, another who recently started a new job, a beloved mother of two sons, an army veteran with eight siblings, a grandmother with a passion for line dancing and the oldest victim at 74 who worked alongside kim and grant, demonstrators out today demanding justice for the victims of last week's shootings. at three atlanta area massage parlors. eight people killed in those shootings, six were women of asian descent. calls are growing to end racial hate crimes. police arrested and charged a 21-year-old white man in the killings. eric: he was just days away from being sworn in as a member

of congress, congressman-elect luke letlow. last night, a win for his widow, she is now the congresswoman elect, her husband died from covid-19. she will be the first congresswoman to represent the bayou state in the special election. mark meredith has more on this. >> reporter: good afternoon, she will be louisiana's first republican congresswoman. she will serve in the house seat that her late husband won just last year. letlow won a special election on sat daughter your -- saturday. her husband won the seat but died weeks later from covid complications. letlow campaigned on her late

husband's platform. she raised a lot of money for her campaign. she put out a statement saying what was born out of the terrible tragedy of losing my husband, luke, has become my mission in his honor to carry the torch and serve the good people of louisiana's fifth district. john bel edwards releasing a statement, following the election, he said letlow's victory created a bitter sweet day. he said i know these same characteristics that got her through the last few months make her an excellent advocate for louisiana in washington, d.c. kevin mccarthy sending congratulations. with her election, house republicans will have 31 women serving in the ranks, a number that jumped significantly in the last few years. one house seat in louisiana up for grabs, voters in the second congressional district have a choice to make. there's going to be a runoff election between two democrats in april, that seat opened up with representative sedric

griffin left to join the biden administration. eric: mark, thank you. arthel: the biden administration continues to struggle with messages to those looking to illegally cross the southern border. alejandro mayorkas says the goal it not to attract more crossings at the border. >> we are encouraging families not to send their children along the dangerous jury us in because so many do not -- journey because so many do not make it safely. we are encouraging them not to do so. if they arrive at the border, very a responsibility to allow them to make their claims. arthel: let's bring in texas republican congressman, jody errington. he will visit the southern border this week, taking a

delegation of 14 house members with him. congressman, really important to have you on this very crucial topic today. when was the last time you were at the border and what will you be examining when you arrive this time? >> well, just several months ago i p went to the southern border in arizona, been to the border here in texas but i don't think that folks in the federal government, whether it's mayorkas or it's members of congress, are prepared to witness what's going on at the border as a result of president biden's policies that have encouraged -- i heard a clip about mayorkas saying we're encouraging people to not cross the border. the fact is, actions speak louder than words and the policies taken together are saying come one, come all, violate our laws and we won't detain and deport you. we will release and reward you. and that message is creating

unmitigated chaos at the border. and that's what we're going to see. arthel: i've got a lot to get to. to your point, i want to ask you, you're talking about there's a mess down there. when you get down there, what local authorities, mayors, will you meet with and what questions will you have for them? >> well, we're going to meet with local land owners whose property has been ransacked. we'll meet with local law enforcement officers who have been pulled off of protecting their community to be adjunct border patrol agents. school administrators are overwhelmed because of reopening schools safely in the covid context. we're going to meet with hospitals who are overwhelmed and just now getting to a place where they can manage capacity. texans are coming back. we're well on our way to pre-covid but we can see a major spike because folks are not just

being caught and released, they're not being screened, they're not being tested. mayorkas can't give an account for that. he didn't last week at his hearing. we will meet with local stake holder groups. we want to expose the hypocrisy. pelosi says walls are immoral. there are a lot of things that we've got to expose this administration and put pressure on them to prioritize the american people. arthel: a lot of like you said the texans are dealing with this firsthand. i want to ask you, will you request a meeting with president biden once you return to washington to present your assessment of the problem and suggestions on an immediate fix and perhaps a road to a long-term solution. >> absolutely. and in fact, the solution's pretty straightforward. enforce the laws and secure the border. the president prior to him did those things and we saw the 75% drop in illegal border

crossings. arthel: let me ask you, sir -- you're right. former president trump made it very clear, with some -- some criticized with crucial, inhumane ways to show detense for those trying to cross illegally. what is the happy medium, maybe not so extreme but not too loose either. >> arthel, any signal that says you can come over and that you won't be held accountable, that you'll be released to the city or community of your choice and that democrats have bills that say you will have amnesty, a pathway to citizenship, that is inhumane. it's encouraging folks to take the dangerous trip here and obviously they can't come without the people who are truly in control of the border, those are the cartels, so these folks are being exploited and they're being extorted and they're being assaulted and so the humanitarian crisis exists when we say you can come here outside

of the proper channels. certainly there are ways to fix the legal system but people have to go through those channels or we have this chaos and not just a security crisis but the humanitarian crisis. arthel: indeed. good point you make there, congressman. finally, if i could, do you think, congressman, -- do you think congress as a whole, do you think you have a real will to fix this together in a bipartisan way? >> we, when we were in control of congress, the republicans offered income pro miced -- i think compromised solution to deal with daca and secure the border and put american's peoples security first. i haven't seen anything in any legislation from democrats that have enforcement of the laws, turk off the magnets and securing the border. if they would do that instead of cutting out the american

people's interest, we would be happy to sit down with them but that isn't the case. by the way, you asked about talking to the president. he has been in office 60 days, has passed more unilateral executive orders than any president in history, he hasn't talked to the press. he hasn't talked to the people. he hasn't given account for this. i doubt he takes my invitation for a meeting because he won't even speak to the american people but we'll certainly try. arthel: i have to go. please do try and let us know if you succeed. you'll come back and tell us, okay. >> thanks for having me. arthel: thank a you for joining us, congressman jody errington. take care. eric: top u.s. officials met with their chinese counterparts last week in a alaska, the first meeting between the two trading partners and man did it take a combative tone. how will the guy on the left deal with the guy on the right? tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn is here on what the u.s. should do to confront china.

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arthel: reuters is reporting that rebel forces in northwestern syria spotted a russian war plane striking ago target near a turkish border crossing, the strike near heavily populated towns and camps in opposition held care tri, would be the first of -- territory would be the first of its kind this year. there were no reports of casualties. >> we certainly know and knew going in that there are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds. it's no surprise that when we raised those issues, clearly and directly, we got a defensive response. we had the town lay out our -- opportunity to lay out our intentions tuned hear from the chinese side their priorities and intentions. we were clear eyed coming in.

we're clear eyed coming out. eric: that's secretary of state anthony linken and jake sullivan talking about their sit-down which turned into a standoff with china when they met their counterparts in alaska. it appears the biden administration is taking a page from president trump, confronting the chinese on their military aggression, violations of human rights, economic cheating and what the secretary of state calls the genocide against the uyghurs. so what should america and her allies do about the growing china threat? joining us now is tennessee senator marsha blackburn, she's been talking tough about beijing. she is driving, on her way to the southern border. senator, welcome from the car. first, it seems that china is echoing the cold war with the soviet union. how do we confront china?

>> what we have to do is confront china in a way that they understand that we are not going to let them off the hook on this. they have a goal of global domination. so what do we have to do with them? continue the sanctions that we are doing, send a clear message that we are bringing some of our critical supply chain and that manufacturing back to the u.s. we also need to stand with our allies in the region. and be sure that china understands when it comes to their aggression, in the south china sea, we're not going to put up with that. we know what we're trying -- what they're trying to do through belt and road initiatives, building technology networks for some of the countries, and eric, they have to know that we're going to stand with these countries to push them back and not let them

continue this acceleration on the belton road initiatives. when it comes to human rights violations and genocide against the uyghurs, we have to have our allies stand with us. this is wrong. they need to be punished for it. their participation in global organizations like the w.h.o. and the un, they need to stand up against china and say we will not aid and abet you in your goal to be globally dominant by the time we get to 2050. eric: you know, you just hit it on the head. the administration's keeping the trump tariffs in place, added more sanctions against 24 top officials. you talked about the supply chain. look at the drugs. when covid hit, 3h, our minnesota company, manufacturing the masks in china, they cut them off. are you afraid that china could

retaliate and cut off our drugs, our medicine and other things? the administration is seeking a review of that supply chain and make sure they don't grab us by the neck. >> well, that is right. and president trump was tough on china. we need this administration to continue those policies and make certain that china understands. we can return a lot of that manufacturing, whether it is semiconductor chips, micro pros microprocessors, whether it's rare earth mineral utilizations, batteries, active pharmaceutical ingredients, these are areas where we are working to bring that stateside and there legislation that i'm working on that is in a bipartisan manner. there is bipartisan support for doing this, eric, and it's something we should move forward on quickly. eric: you know, senator, my hat's off to you, this is the first mobile interview we've

done with a u.s. senator sitting in a passenger seat of a car. you're on the way to the southern border to look at what the situation is, what the crisis is like. what have you seen? we have photos of you meeting with border agents. what do you see and what do you hope to look at? >> yes, i am out with sheriff mark lamb from pinell county and his team. we are going into the sierra vista to the border, we're going to meet with sheriff donald there and look forward to meeting with some ranchers but we'll be working on the border all day long today. look, when you have an open border, the biden immigration policy has been open borders, putting out the sign, saying y'all come. when you have this open border,

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>> from senator blackburn in the car to the atlanta motor space by in the nascar cup series happening today. >> nascar is expecting thousands of fans into the speedway for the nascar cup series in the age of covid it's rare to have these people at one place at one time but nascar seems to be figuring it out in attendance at atlanta motor speedway is capped at 20%

to 20000 fans expected in attendance today and there are covid-19 safety precautions in place to keep the staff and drivers and fans safe and their requiring fans to wear a mask throughout the entirety of the race and fans will also be socially distanced so they can watch the action on the track today. this will go down as one of the largest sporting events since beginning of the pandemic. arthel: let's have some fun, charles watson, thank you very much. that will do it for now, eric and i will be back at 4:00 p.m. eastern. right now more news from washington coming right up. thank you for joining us. ♪

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