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there are reports now that customs and border patrol may be directed to simply start processing people in the country without even giving them a notice to appear in court. and, of course, all of these bogus asylum claims are taking up so much manpower and resources at the border, we also have increases in fentanyl and other kinds of drug trafficking or persons on the terrorist watch list crossing our border. arthel: david spent -- spunt has the latest from the white house, but steve harrigan is live from mission, texas. steve. >> reporter: new developments, this from the acting director of i.c.e. about giving temporary housing to migrants who cross illegally into the u.s. and are asking for asylum. they're not being expelled. the acting director issued the following statement: the 86.9 million dollar contract provides 1,239 beds and other necessary services. the families will receive a

comprehensive health assessment that includes covid are 19 testing -- covid-19 testing. that statement careful not to use the word, it seems, hotel. fox news has also learned that customs and border protection is considering releasing migrants from processing centers without giving them a notice to appear at courts. the motivation is behind this is that some processing centers simply overwhelmed by the new numbers. and some towns too, especially along the border between and mexico, officials complaining that their towns are being overrun by numbers as well. here's the mayor of del rio, texas. >> we do not have time to wait while the federal government continues to delay their response. this is a crisis. this is a border crisis, period. >> reporter: just one example, that mayor of del rio said the federal government gave his city covid testing kits, but he

simply doesn't have the personnel and staff to administer those tests. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan live in mission, texas. thank you very much. eric? eric: the biden administration is now blaming former president trump and his policies for dismantling the immigration system, they say. some senators and others questioning why. david spunt has more on the reaction from the administration. he's at the white house. hi, david. >> reporter: good afternoon. what is getting a lot of talk, these unaccompanied children in custody right now of the united states. we checked the most recent numbers, approximately 15,000, of course, the numbers do fluctuate. now, president biden is receiving calls from both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats, to personally visit the border to see what's going on with his own two eyes. there are no plans for him to do so right now according to the white house. of course, that could the always change. the point person for the president is his homeland security secretary, alejandro

mayorkas, making a lot of news saying the border is closed despite what we are seeing coming in. right now there are more facilities to house families, specifically unaccompanied children, making space available. secretary mayorkas and a bipartisan delegation checked out some of those facilities in texas just two days ago. but despite repeated requests from multiple news outlets, the administration said no to a request to show the american people what these facilities look like. >> we're working on providing access so that individuals will be able to see what the conditions. in a border patrol station are like. but first thing's first, we are in the midst of a pandemic, and we're focused on operations and executing on our plans. that's our highest priority. >> reporter: for viewers that don't know, there's something called a pool that networks send one camera, usually one reporter, one photographer that represents all different media

outlets. still mayorkas' team said no to that request. in december border officials encountered jumped u.s. 5,000 -- just under 5,000 up accompanied miners. two months later that number almost doubled to 9500. the white house, and more broadly the administration, continues to refuse to use the word with crisis when talking about this surge at the border. listen here. >> the border right now is wide open because the biden administration dismantled the very effective policies of the trump administration and the agreements we had with mexico and other latin american countries. >> reporter: pruden spent the weekend at -- pipedden spent the weekend at the retreat in camp david. he has a busy week ahead including thursday, his first press conference as president of the united states, more than 60 days and waiting, and you can bet the border will be an important topic at that news conference. eric? eric: all right, david, thanks so much. and, you know, we're going to have a lot more on the border crisis in just a few minutes.

a. carrie: -- arthel: lots of arrests in miami beach last night as police took on autoof control partiers there. officials declared a state of emergency and an 8 p.m. curfew saying huge crowds cramming restaurants, bars and streets are now a safety hazard. phil keating live in miami beach with more. phil. >> reporter: it's a tale of two words comparing haas night at 8:30 p.m. to right now. this is ocean drive, ooh iconic, and this is exactly what people wanted. crowds of people growing over the afternoon here. everybody's peaceful. this is exactly much more like a local sunday here for local residents that they love. and most importantly, there's no problems, everything's peaceful, this is exactly what police and city the leaders want to see

during this spring break season. however, what has been happening for the past two weeks happened again last night. another night of chaos. police shooting pepper balls into the crowd and arrests being made as police enforced the fight night of miami beach's new state of emergency 8 p.m. curfew. instead of everyone voluntarily disbursing at 8:00, a packed street refused until 9 p.m. police brought in the s.w.a.t. armored vehicle and cleared the crowd. it's been a chaotic season in south beach, fights sometimes nightly and oftentimeses involving multiple people, men and women throwing punches. more than 1,000 people have been arrested, and dozens of weapons have been confiscated. the beach has seen larger crowds than expected mostly due to super cheap airfares, hotel rooms and people just wanting to get away after a full year of

pandemic. in the hastily scheduled state of emergency sunday local government meeting, which is just now wrapping up, the council members and the mayor seem to be agreeing that things have simply become too crazy, too wild and too violent. >> when something like the crowd, whether it's gunshots two nights ago or something else like that, hundreds of people are running through the streets panicked, we realize that that's not a situation that any police force can control. >> reporter: and it appears what they are going to decide by the end of this special sunday emergency session meeting is that they're going to keep the 8 p.m. curfew -- which was supposed to expire on tuesday -- keep that every thursday, friday, saturday and sunday all the way to april 11th and likely give the city manager the powers to keep closing incoming traffic from the mainland on the

causeways if he deems that the needed. and also closing additional streets as well. as for the businesses of bars and restaurants who are making up for a long year of slower tourism because of the pandemic, they were really banking on making a lot of revenue this year. they're losing now because they have to close at 7 p.m. 30, 50, $70,000 a night. back to you. arthel: phil keating live there in miami beach. thanks, phil. eric? ♪ ♪ eric: well, arthel, there was a sober gathering in brooklyn today of memory and sorrow. family members of nursing home residents who died from covid-19 in new york remembered their loved ones. it was called a we care memorial wall ceremony. this came after nearly one year when new york governor andrew cuomo issued that controversial

advisory for nursing home facilities to accept patients with the virus. you know, many families blame him for their loved ones' deaths. cuomo accused of a cover-up for allegedly hiding the number of coronavirus deaths in the nursing home facilities. people die, they say, because of his orders. alex hogan live in new york city with the latest developments on that and the investigation. hi, alex. >> reporter: hi, eric. that memorial wrapped up, but it brought together families, strangers who shared the same loss, the inability to see some of their loved ones at that time and hold funerals during the early months of the pandemic. but today many of them gathered to mourn and say some of those final good-byes. >> my father was a very giving man. he would have helped -- he always helped anybody. and he didn't dee serve this. -- deserve this. we love him, and we will always feel hurt that we weren't by his

side during those last days, you know? that we couldn't be there. because he didn't understand, and that's the hardest part. >> i'm sorry that i couldn't save you and i love you so much. >> reporter: some tearful moments there. it's been nearly one year since the order on march 25th which centre covering covid-19 patients back to nursing homes. more than 15,000 nice new yorkers die -- new yorkers died in long-term care, and the event was named we care. cuomo did say who cares, although it was about new york having a lower death count than other states. now, the fbi is also investigating if the governor's aides altered data. family members and lawmakers say they want greater accountability. >> i know that his reign of abusive power will end soon. there are way too many decent

people in the city of new york to let this guy go unchecked. >> reporter: the families brought flowers and photos and notes about the loved ones that they lost to, again, commemorate together for some of those lives. meanwhile, erin, another investigation -- eric, another investigation is underway into the nursing home scandal. eric? eric: just heartbreaking. alex, thank you. arthel? arthel: a former lobbyist is accusing new york republican congressman tom reid of sexual misconduct. nick let's davis told "the washington post" that the congressman rubbed her back and unhooked her bra at a 2017 networking event in minneapolis. she says congressman reid appearedded to be drunk, and she texted friends for help. in a statement to the associated press, congressman reid said, quote: this account of my actions is not accurate. the congressman has been among the dozens of lawmakers calling on governor cuomo to resign.

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nearly are doubled during the first full month of the biden administration. here to talk about it is republican congresswoman from new mexico, yvette harrell. congressman, you are going back to the border tomorrow, i understand, to meet with a rancher -- sometime this week -- to meet with a rancher whose property sits on the border. can you tell us more about what he's dealing with? >> right. thank you for having me. i'm going down tomorrow to meet with the johnson family, and their ranch does border the international border there. and they are part of the problem in terms of seeing the border fence stopped. there's a quarter of a mile gap on their property. so what the has done is create a funnel situation, so now the uptick in foot traffic coming across their property and the damage to the property, to livestock, it is a very frightening thing to live in america but have to be worried about your security at your own home, as your own residence and the safety of your children because of the border crisis and because of the uptick in foot traffic. arthel: yeah. and you were at the border last

week as well. tell us what you saw then, who did you meet with, and what do you plan to do with the information you collected, congresswoman? >> right. i went down with leader mccarthy and 11 other congress people. we went to the processing plant which was the brand new plant -- or facility. 98,000 square feet. that was built with the idea that it would not reach capacity in terms of fulfillment of people, of immigrant, and the day we were there, there was an overage. it's built for 1,040 people, they met that limit and now we're beyond that. we met with the border patrol, many of the agents. what we learned was now because of the uptick in the unaccompanied minors, there's over 120 border patrol agents that have been pulled from their duties on the ground, from actually patrolling the border to helping with the processing procedures in this new facility in el paso. it's overwhelming how many children are coming across. the facility brand new. it's been open only a year, but

again, the fact that they already reached their maximum capacity speaks volumes to the uptick in cha we're seeing in terms of traffic. arthel: and you, of course, took office in jan january. you campaigned on a stronger southern border. are you planning to request a meeting with president biden to discuss your ideas for a stronger border? >> we actually must keep in place the policies that the trump managers had that were working -- administration had, the remain in mexico. i've dropped a piece of of legislation with over 30 cosponsors asking that title 42 stay in place. that's the health policy that allows border patrol agents to quit processing on the border and expel those coming into the nation either through mexico or qanta very quickly. and that's -- canada very quickly. so we're hopeful that this president will remain with the title 42245 trump initiated. -- 42 that trump initiated. the oversight committee, myself and congressman comber and other members of the oversight

committee have one to the administration asking questions about stopping the border wall, what that looks like in terms of expenses and just the vulnerability if it leaves all of the american people on the southern border. arthel: yeah. and correct me if i'm wrong here, but it's my understanding the biden administration, they're planning to send more personnel, boots on the ground, if you will, down to the border to help with the very issues you're talking about. meanwhile, you've got people like mr. johnson who you're going to be meeting with who is, you know, he's got to be quite frightened at what's happening. and do you think, quickly -- sorry, congresswoman, i want to give you the floor, but do you think you talked about the gap in that wall specifically right in the area where mr. johnson's ranch sits, do you think that's a possibility, perhaps, that, you know, this administration will at least look at perhaps completing that section of the wall? >> they absolutely need to. and it's not just the foot traffic. i've also reached out to a number of our county sheriff ares around the district --

sheriffs, and the uptuck in fentanyl and other ig licit drugs, we're seeing so many new people in terms of illegals coming into the smaller rural communities all over the district and all over the country, quite frankly, because the border patrol are not able to capture everybody that's trying to come into our nation illegally. when you have those gaps in the fence, naturally they're going to funnel to those areas, and we need to see if this administration will complete the wall. thal allocation in terms of funding was made for it. it is something that was working. we saw the policies working greatly under the trump administration, and we need to insure that we keep these policies, keep the production of the wall going, get the wall finished. it's just not fair to the american people not only as it relates to national security issues because as you said earlier on this show, you know, now we're seeing people coming in that are on the most wanted list for terrorists. we were told monday when we were down there people from china, syria and other nations that are sending terrorists over here, there are just so many problems

with this entire issue. and i heard a lot of folks say this is not a biden administration issue. it kind of do is, because i don't remember ever seeing immigrants wearing t-shirts that said, trump, let me in. but we do see them -- arthel: well -- [inaudible conversations] i do understand the politics of this, congresswoman. and and i'm just wondering quickly, i have a very short time left with you, do you think there's any way for the sake of america and keeping our borders safe and, of course, our fellow residents there closer to the border, do you think there's some immediate fix? i know you mentioned about having the biden administration pay for completion of at least a portion of the wall. what's an immediate if fix, in your opinionsome. >> we need to stop incentivizing people to come over here. what's happening with zero we're seeing a lot, inviting more people to come, offer work and jobs and a really quick way to receive citizenship there which is unfair to those that have

been waiting in line. we need more judges on the bench to process people that want to come to our country legally. but we've got to do something to stop this onslaught of folks coming across the border in an illegal manner. arthel: i want to wish you good luck, congresswoman yvette harrell, thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you so much. thank you. arthel: eric? eric: secretary of defense lloyd austin, he is making a surprise visit to afghanistan. that's becoming the first biden cabinet official to travel there. the trip comes as washington is now considering pushing the troop withdrawal date past the a may 1st deadline. you know, that day was first set in place between the trump administration and the taliban during negotiations last year, but will it stay? trey yingst following all of this and what it means for our troops in afghanistan in our middest bureau. hi, trey. >> reporter: good afternoon. defense secretary lloyd austin made a surprise visited today

the, his first since joining the biden administration. the traveling press pool reported that austin arrived in kabul this morning and met in length with the afghan president amid ongoing peace efforts between the taliban and the afghan government as well as a planned may 1st u.s. troop withdrawal. u.s. commanders warned last week of chaos in afghanistan if the withdrawal moves forward. the plans are being used by president biden to get both parties to the negotiating table. on thursday russia hosted taliban officials and government leadership for a peace summit. at the event both the united states and russia called for a ceasefire. the goal is to get both sides to reach a deal that will give representative power in a new government. next month the same parties will meet in istanbul for further talks. defense secretary austin made clear he's optimistic about the u.s. and other countries involved facilitating some sort of agreement. >> there's a lot of energy focus ifed on, you know, doing what's necessary to bring about a

responsible and negotiated settlement to the war. >> reporter: the peace process does come amid an extremely delicate time in afghanistan during increased violence, and that may 1st deadline is not being taken lightly by the taliban who said if it is not respected by the united states, there will be a response from the group. eric? eric: trey, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: meanwhile in syria, russian jets conducting raids after -- hours after turkey said syria's government forces bombed a hospital in a rebel-controlled town in the northwestern part of syria happening today near the turkish border. officials say at least five people were killed including a woman and a child. several other civilians and medical staff were injured when multiple rounds of shells hit the building forcing everyone inside to evacuate. eric: well, you know, the parents want this, some kids i

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apart in classrooms where everyone is wearing a mask and the community level of risk is low, moderate or substantial. because covid-19 is spread more likely among older students -- eric: that's the cdc director with revised guidelines to get younger students back to school and keep their teachers safe at the same time. the new recommendation saying that some younger students can be 3 feet, not just 6 feet apart, as long as they're wearing mask. found that in-person learning has not been driving community spread of the virus. studies, say they, show the transmission rates in classrooms are typically low, particularly when children stick to protocols like mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing. our next guest is the mother of a first grader, dr. amy falk

joins us now. you are a mom and a pediatrician, and certainly you put children's health first. so what did you find in your study that helped, potentially, to lead to the relaxation of these rules? >> yeah, thank you for having me. we found among 5,000 plus people here in the school district, 17 different schools, we found that there were only 391 cases of covid -- 191 cases of covid-19 in the first three months of school and only 7 thought to be linked through children. so this rate was significantly lower than what we were seeing in our community at which time our positivity was 30-40% on a given day. so we really found that school seemed to be a much safer place to be than out in the community. eric: this is in wisconsin. you study thed the schools there. can you tell us what the age groups are? parents watching right now, you

know, wondering is it safe to send my child back, you know, depending upon what the school system says. what are the ages, and what did you find specifically in terms of when it's safe to have children back especially with the new 3-foot distance as long as they wear masks? >> so we found that this was in schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. there were nine different elementary schools and eight secondary schools involved in this study, and we found that masking was universal, nearly univers, 92% on average. and our students have done a fabulous job with that as have our teachers. and we found that of those seven cases that were thought to be contracted in school, five were, was in elementary age groups, three were a cluster of children who may have played together outside as well, outside the school. is so unclear where that part came from, and only two in the middle school age group, none at the high school level. so it really seems in our area at that particular time with

other mitigation measures, it really seemed that school was not a huge factor and that the elementary schools e, we found that distancing of 6 feet really was not done, average distancing in the elementary schools currently as we're following it now is approximately 2-3 feet on average, minimum of, like, 0-3 feet. so quite close especially in that younger age group. eric: and what about the schools that are denser, let's say some urban schools that, you know, some high schools have thousands of students, for example. is that more dangerous? would that be more hazardous? >> anytime you get more people together, you're going to end up with the chance for a virus to spread though it really seems especially with mitigation measures, mask, covering the mouth and noses, that part is crucial for proper masking, and obviously we don't want to pack them in, there's really been no solid data as far as how many kids or how close they can be. but if everyone, as you said,

washes hands and masks, the distancing piece in the classroom may not be as big of an issue. though i will say more data is needed on that. and our population, you know, we're a rural community and our schools are fairly large for the buildings that support the students. but with some of those inner city or more urban areas, that'll need to be a district-to-district decision. eric: and how about protecting the teachers? you've got the custodial staffs that are often older, and teachers unions, as you know, have opposed some of these relaxed rules saying saying thay should be delayed in all the teachers and the staff in the school are vaccinated. did your study consider any of that? >> we worked really closely with the schools from the beginning of the pandemic, myself and another physician, dr. lisa olson, really kind of dug in at the beginning of the summer and worked with the teachers and the

administration. and i think that's a big part of our success is that we have very close communication with not only the public health leaders in our country, but also with school administration which we're very open and letting us reach out to the teachers, reach out to the student leader groups, and i think that's been a huge part of our success. keeping the teachers' safety at the forefront always, but knowing that especially at the secondary level many times teachers can remain 6 feet away are from other students even if the students themselves are not 6 feet apart, and that's currently what we're looking at right now in our secondary schools. we recently took the kids out of hybrid, perhaps 3 feet is possible in some of the classes. but the teachers are still instruct thed to maintain that 6 feet and wear masks. and the teachers as of last week were able to get vaccinated in our area if they chose to do so.

eric: quickly, your advice to parents. you must feel relief. >> i am. my son is a first grader, part of our public school system. he's ridden the bus every day, he's happy happy learning. i see pictures of him is and his friends, and they're cohorted. they get quite close. i mean, he's having amazing learning experiences, social experiences, and we've really had a great year and really feel really glad about that. eric: that's terrific. dr. amy falk in wisconsin who studied coronavirus in the classroom, thank you for joining us and good luck, especially with second grade. take. thank you. >> thank you so much. eric: arthel? arthel: i have some sad news to report. the ceo and cocofounder of texas roadhouse restaurants has died by suicide after battling severe symptoms relating to covid-19. according to his family, kent taylor took his own life last week after suffering, quote,

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to see president trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months here with his own platform. and this is something that i think will be the hottest ticket in social media. it's going to completely redefine the game. eric: miller said he thinks that the platform will attract tens of millions of new users. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. well, politico is reporting that many republican attorneys general are trying to use legal channels to stop several of president biden's 100-day agenda items right in their tracks. these range from climate change policies to immigration initiatives. politico white house correspondent anita kumar is here. we're talking about 26 republican attorneys general looking to dismantle biden white house policies, so is this a case of turn about is fair play or does the analysis require looking at which policies are being blocked? >> well, this is definitely

something that's been done before. it was done with republicans attorneys general when president obama was president, it was done with democrats when president trump was president. so this is something very similar. i think what you're seeing though is that in this case there's a lot of different things they're looking at, and they're looking at these because they have seen pride. en have a flurry -- president biden have a flurry of executive actions in his first couple months in office. these are are primarily things that are coming from executive actions, things they can take to court and challenge in court. as congress has become a bit more dysfunctional recently and it's hard to get laws through, we're seeing the presidents, all these recent presidents, really have more executive orders and actions, so that's what they're focused on. arthel: that political article that i referenced, i want to share an excerpt. quote: state attorneys general have traditionally assumed a more prominent position when a president of the other party is in power. texas governor greg abbott when

he was state attorney general sued the obama administration so frequently that he said in 2013, quote, i go into the office in the morning, i sue barack obama, and then i go home. end quote. years later democrats return the favor. former california attorney general and newly-confirmed health and human services secretary javier becerra alone filed no fewer than 100 lawsuits against the trump administration on issues ranging from health care, immigration to climate change and gun control. anita, are the majority of american voters looking for leaders who promote and pass legislation or merely block the opposing party? when does this cycle end? >> yeah, i mean, it's a great question, but that's sort of what politics in washington has become lately, right? as you just mentioned, when the democrats are in power, the republicans are looking to be the opposition party. it's particularly hard for them. they don't have either chamber in congress this time around,

they obviously don't have the white house. so they're looking for any mechanism to oppose president biden on some of these policies they disagree with. i would also add it's particularly important for republicans right now because a what they're seeing is president biden and the democrats on capitol hill willing to go without them, meaning they, you know, went and passed this covid relief bill with no republican support at all. they used a budget maneuver so they wouldn't have to engage with republicans in the senate, and they're talking about changing the filibuster. so what that means is they may not need republicans on capitol hill to pass things. so they have to find a way to oppose the policies they don't agree with. arkansas well, what's the potential foul autothat -- fallout to that? what we've seen is times these cases can take years to resolve. you know, this has happened witt couple presidents, and it's sure to happen happen this time

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ankle. lebron clearly in pain. >> not often any of us have heard lebron scream. he's a tough guy. you've never seen him go down like that. >> reporter: tough to watch. lebron was still able to stand on his own and limp back to the bench and each stayed in the game a little longer, even hitting a three from the corner. take a look at that. but soon after he went to the locker room, his x-ray came back negative but the mri showed he has a high ankle sprain, so the lakers announced he is out indefinitely. but he still has two months to recover before the nba playoffs begin. lebron is confident he'll bounce right back. he tweeted, quote: nothing angers and saddens me more than not being available to and for my teammates. i'm hurt inside and out right now. the road back from recovery

begin withs now. back soon like i never left. several of lebron's teammates threw some shade on solomon hill, taking exception with his involvement, but hi fired back tweeting, quote: would never disrespect the game and take a player out purposefully. he knows that, that's all that matters to me. praying for a speedy recovery. so now the lakers are down their two best players due to injuries, lebron and anthony davis. the two stars that led them to the championship last season, the lakers take on the phoenix suns tonight. eric? eric: well, we wish both well. lebron, come back. christina, thank you. arthel: and anthony davis, a complete and speedy recovery to both of them. thanks for joining us, everybody. enjoy the rest of your day. . so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it

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