griff: wednesday march 3, '01, president biden's border crisis, for the first time cameras were allowed to capture the thousands of children in the facility as other images like this when showing a 6-month back how dire the situation is. carley: we are learning the details of the biden administration's $2 trillion infrastructure plan. and pending tactics to pay for it.

>> major biden in major trouble, the first pet is back in the doghouse. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪♪ another one bites the dust ♪♪ another one bites the dust ♪♪ and another one does ♪♪ and another one does ♪♪ another one bites the dust ♪♪ carley: you are watching "fox and friends first," i am carley shimkus. griff: good morning, we are going to talk about major biden but you got to love that the first dog isn't going to behave, doesn't care who was in the white house, i am going to do my thing. carley: major biden in major trouble. griff: unbelievable. returned to the top story

beginning with that shocking video showing thousands of migrants, unaccompanied children crammed inside a texas facility. griff: marianne rafferty joins us with more including the rescue of a 6-month back child from the rio grande river. >> reporter: shocking images from inside craft border facility, many unaccompanied children waiting to be processed. the facility in donna, texas, is overrun. >> the capacity for this location, 250, previous capacity was 1000 and we are holding 4100 in this location, we are way over capacity, 700% overcapacity. >> reporter: of the 4000 being held in donna, several are unaccompanied minors and 39 held for 15 days. 250 to 300 unaccompanied kids being taken into custody daily and an average of 5 days during

when crossing a mother through her 6-month back from a raft into the rio grande river, the infant was rescued by a texas ranger. the mother telling that her leg was broken by smugglers who attacked her, a scenario that happens all too often according to one senator who visited the border last week. >> when interdicted they will throw a child overboard into the rio grande. they sell children. the biden administration knows these things. they completely dismantled what worked. >> they found temporary shelters tuesday, 500 boys were left to a facility in el paso, texas and 82 teens at makeshift shelter. kamala harris tasked with

dealing with the border chaos reached out to guatemala's president tweeting she would, quote, discuss coordinated action to the us. demanding answers, and urge you to visit the border to see the crisis for yourself. and a smuggler was charged, in imperial county, when there suv and tractor-trailer. >> thanks. >> ted cruz who led a delegation to the border says conditions inside border facilities are different than they were under trump. now they are much worse. >> a gigantic tent city is massive. these are the biden cages, for four years, democrats and the media screaming about kids in

cages under donald trump. what they didn't admit is barack obama built the cages, they are more full. the other facility that takes care of kids. new public health authorities, you might be prosecuted. these cages the kids were in were not 6 feet apart. they weren't 6 inches apart, they were lying on the floor. >> new poll shows most americans aren't happy with president biden's handling of the border is 53% say they disapprove. 50% do indeed approve. and the big breaking news of the morning. unveiling the infrastructure

plan in pittsburgh, $2 trillion and they have a breakdown of what is expected to be inside the plan. $620 billion in transportation, rebuilding roads, highways, $400 billion to home care for elderly and disabled, $580 billion in research and development manufacturing and training including $180 billion for clean energy jobs and another $650 billion on electric grid improvements, broadband internet access, water systems. the biden administration, the goal of the american jobs plan was to create millions of good paying jobs and position the us to outcompete china. to pay for this the biden administration will introduce a made in america tax plan which will raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, something the president talked about on the campaign trail. what happens when you raise the

corporate tax rate? they will not just take it on the chin. >> that is exactly the point. the white house talking point, un-embargoed, that is the whole notion that this is going to make us more competitive. no bones about trying to become the most dominant powerhouse on the planet. 21% to 28% stops that in its tracks. you will hear so many republicans attacking it in the coming days and weeks. an interesting thing is even as we talk about that, a whole group of democrat senators urging president biden to include recurring direct payment. the democrats in a letter wrote this. we urge you to include recurring

direct payments and automatic unemployment insurance to economic conditions and build back better long-term economic plan. we are pleased with the 1-time direct payments, an extension of federal unemployment insurance programs that will not last long for most families. carley: some of this will receive bipartisan support and is needed but larry kudlow was talking yesterday about what might be in this plan that is hidden. he says the infrastructure plan could lead to universal basic income. take a listen. >> something called social infrastructure which will be a massive expansion of the welfare state with no work incentives. way less incentives pushing continued automatic extensions called direct stimulus checks and unemployment insurance.

more unemployment insurance gets you more unemployment. we are looking at a universal basic income plan before all is said and done, 3 or $4 trillion price tag, end to fossil fuels, the biggest tax hike since 1942 along with a gigantic expansion of the welfare state. this is a pivotal transformational bill. griff: this is we are getting as the president travels to pittsburgh, the second part of the plan we will learn about in april. we will have a republican member of congress respond to this a little later this hour. carley: another fox news alert breaking right now police arrest a suspect in the attack of an asian american woman on her way to church in new york city, brandon elliott charged with assault. he faces a crime charges.

elliott is on lifetime parole after he was released from prison in 2019 after being convicted of murdering his mother. in 2002. off-duty minneapolis firefighter will return to the stand in the george floyd murder trial. after a teenager who filled floyd's arrest took the stand with an emotional testimony. >> not doing more, not saving his life. carley: derek chauvin's attorney argues please were distracted by the crowd surrounding them during the encounter with floyd be chauvin faces 40 years in prison if convicted. griff: matt gates under investigation by the department of justice for sexual misconduct. the republican speaking out on tucker carlson tonight.

>> it is a horrible allegation and ally. new york times running a story that i traveled with a 17-year-old woman and that is verifiably false. i've not done anything improper or wrong. >> reporter: gates says he believes this is part of an effort to extort him, no charges have been filed. president biden's dog major is involved in another biting incident at the white house. the press secretary says the person was seen by medical staff before returning to work. the second time in a month. several weeks ago after biting a secret service agent. >> i feel like sometimes so many people come in and out of the white house overwhelming for dogs, trying to protect his family. maybe he is better off.

griff: let's hope major can get it together. carley: 11 minutes after the hour. republican lawmakers get an eye-opening account of the humanitarian crisis at the border. congressman michael burgess was just there and says real solutions are needed right now. he is next. griff: a police officer racist towards danger to save a life. the intense rescue coming up. what you need? i mean it... uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ guy fieri! ya know, if you wanna make that sandwich the real deal, ya gotta focus on the bread layers. king's hawaiian sliced bread makes everything better! ♪ (angelic choir) ♪ and here's mine!

>> and and 150 people, at coronavirus concerns. michael burgess was just at the border and joins us with a firsthand account. thank you for taking time. what did you see?

>> the problem has accelerated so significantly, the rollback from the previous administration. the title 2 provisions, in 1932, no longer predicts coronavirus positive children, open for business sign on the border or wide-open sign on the border. it is entirely predictable, the biden administration, joe biden was vice president in 2014. what happened then is "happening now". there are so many more people, so many more children involved in the surge. griff: your colleague on the other side of the aisle, alexandria ocasio cortez, went

down and was quite emotional last time we had a border crisis that was surging but now she says you can't call it a surge. >> what about the surge? first of all, gut check, stop. anyone using the term surge around you consciously is trying to invoke a militaristic frame. this is not a surge. these are children. griff: your reaction? >> children that are being used with operational control of the border and those cartels on the southern side of the border using children, manipulating the situation so always have compassion for the children but women that i encountered a great deal of compassion for those children. the problem is you have so many at a time you have an infectious

disease, public health official says they have a sense of impending doom about coronavirus in spite of the vaccines, the impact all those children and then disperse them throughout the country. the children themselves may not get sick but could be carriers of the disease. and central american countries, the remain in mexico policy, the title 42 restrictions put in place for the past year did the trick, did solve the problem. until you take care of this, the present problem, you can't fix anything. griff: we have the details of

president biden's infrastructure plan, $2 trillion plus, what is the reactions what you have seen? >> as reports of the news it is a massive plan that includes things that people may very well want but a great many other things that are over-the-top and unnecessary. the economy was doing well year ago until the coronavirus hit. thank goodness we have the vaccines getting the economy back on track. there is a problem in fusing too much cash into a system the right now is absorbing it. griff: let me show you the things that are in it, the

corporate tax rate raises 21% to 28%, a tax on profits, increasing capital gains tax for wealthy folks and 39.6% personal rate for those making 400,$000. will that make it up? >> absolutely not and we have learned that lesson in the past. capital gains taxes. and if you want to do something. and the regular order of the congressional committees, using reconciliation methods they use. most of the money hasn't been spent. griff: we have to leave it there, thank you for taking time. we will be right back.

griff: the white house defending the move to teach migrant children in person while california students learning online. griff: parents call a slap in the face. >> the white house is defending teachers volunteering to teach migrant children in person before returning to the classroom to teach their own students. >> context is important and these kids are going back to school and also on spring break, i am not sure if it is volunteer or paid, you would have to ask the local school district but the concept is crazy.

>> reporter: fox news reporting teachers from san diego unified school district are instructing migrant children where their own students are learning in an online only format. the district is supposed to move to a hybrid model of in person and online learning on april 12th. a spokesman for the district shares volunteer opportunity with the staff saying, quote, all children in california regardless of immigration status have a constitutional right to education. parents are slamming them. >> what does it say to me, not a political thing, not about safety. >> reporter: the program for migrant children, english language development and social emotional learning opportunities. carley: thank you. griff: 25 after the hour, universal basic income but only for women of color, where that is happening.

>> doctor fauci and birx have a hard time quitting donald trump. film occurring on the line where the 40 fifth president always seems to have his name at the ready. ♪♪ ♪♪ runaround and hurt you

>> the decision made on january 10th to go all out and develop a vaccine may have been the best decision i ever made. >> there was a group that believed this wasn't as big a deal as we were making it. >> doctor fauci and birx slamming the trump administration's covid response they played a major role in. our next guest said some of the former president's biggest critics find it hard to quit him including some in the media. bill mcgurn joins me with more.

>> good to see you. carley: in the wall street journal you point out the most vocal critics of donald trump, the people who wanted him out the door now can't stop talking about him. >> that starts with the president. he had a press conference last week and mentioned trump eight times, might have been a ninth or tenth the didn't refer to him by name but talked about his predecessor. this is what we were supposed to get when we elected joe biden, he said i am not donald trump we will move past that but these guys are stuck in the trump days because he was a convenient boogie man. >> janice: isn't blaming the past administration an american tradition? donald trump brought up his

predecessor a lot and blamed him for a lot of things as well. >> that is true. this codependency on donald trump is not just by joe biden and the white house, but very prominent for them but other people, the lincoln project, how do they make money without donald trump? governor cuomo was given an enemy, he is in trouble. it seems like a lot of people can't move beyond donald trump. mrs. pelosi raising a 9/11 style commission to get into the january 6th riots in the capital. this and that the people there, she wants to keep it going

through democrats, it would like and trump supporters to the terrorist to attacked us on 9/11, and paint the opposition and distract from the radical bernie sanders agenda they are pushing through. carley: doctor fauci and birx on cnn attacked their response and if you look at primetime ratings and traffic, they flew 45%, 26% for msnbc. those in the mainstream media are in a strange position they hate the former president's policies but can't stop talking about him, people like to hate watch. >> he was good for business. he said that in 2017.

they would start supporting him 6 months before the election. that didn't happen but this week there was a piece in the washington post, donald trump made a lot of journalists with big fat book contracts and different speaking gigs, they find they miss him. that's not going to go away because he still represents a convenient bully man for a lot of people but last week or the week before, jen psaki made accusations, completely unfounded about his inspiring the killings in atlanta. no evidence for that whatsoever. joe biden made a reference to trump letting people start on the other side of the border, even the washington post fact checker said this was a fact free assertion. he will be the convenient bogeyman. >> an easy out to blame the

other guy during the press conference, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> california county testing a basic income program based on gender and race. recipients must be women of color when a child under 18. the program is being funded by marion county and the american community foundation, the ceo denies the program saying it is laser focused on an area of greatest need. check this hero out, police say the driver from a burning car, the rescue caught on camera in phoenix. >> what you saw, the officer

breaking the window with the fire extinguisher to pull the unconscious driver, they are doing chest compression bringing him back to life. the man is recovering at a hospital. extreme weather, south dakota governor christie known declaring a state of emergency is wildfires burn near mount rushmore, the flames destroying several homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate, the order will run through june 1st due to severe drought and dangerous fire conditions. janice dean joins us live. >> janice: we knew there were warnings in the northern plains through the southern plains courtesy of a cold front moving through and the gusty windss behind it, the same cold front bringing heavy rain to areas that don't need to see any more rain.

you see where the cold front is an warmer temperatures relatively speaking ahead of that are and potential for strong storms including flash flooding for middle tennessee. they got historic rainfall, any rain will cause major problems over the rivers and streams that are already swollen. there is the severe threat through this area tonight for the gulf coast towards the mid-atlantic, large hail, damaging wind, isolated tornadoes and flash flood threat over portions of middle tennessee towards the midsouth to the mid-atlantic and the same front will bring heavy rain and snow to the interior northeast, that is a big story as we get into tomorrow where we have winter storm warnings in effect. not an april fool. sometimes it happens. >> katie pavitt slams vice president harris for laughing

off a serious question. >> more parents are seeing the value of education. we are not paying them nearly enough. >> i don't understand what she thinks is funny. kids are falling behind in the very people democrats claim to be standing up for, minority students getting an education. carley: many schools have been shut down for more than a year. up next some of those students stuck in zoom or hybrid learning are struggling to make the grade. a generation being left behind joins us next. >> download the super 6 apps and play for a chance to win 10,$000 which all you need to do is

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griff: and a report shows new jersey students falling behind at alarming rates, struggling to reach grade level benchmarks, many being kept out of classrooms. a new jersey parent sued his district to do that. thank you for taking time. i want to get to the most stunning number, students failing, math and language arts 2 of every 5, we are told that is 143,000 students.

this is quite a stunning report. >> thanks for having me and you are right, the numbers are staggering and depressing. new jersey students falling behind yesterday as you indicated, falling behind benchmark levels for language arts, masks and as you go across the numbers, black students, 43% in language arts, 50% in math, latino students, 37%. these are tremendous declines largely the results of in person learning, critical resources provided in the classroom.

>> that was based on 15 school districts but if you look at new jersey 2021, 108,000 in classrooms, 900,000, 317,000 still fully remote. as a parent i don't think we have begun to realize the long-term damage to the students who are not allowed to get back into a classroom. >> you were a parent as well going through this, these numbers suggest in new jersey, it was designed as temporary, not an acceptable surrogate for in class learning and we are seeing irreparable harm it is

doing to our students academically, certainly there are other negative consequences young learners are experiencing, social, emotional and physical detriment from looking at a screen. think about it, pretty common sense, individual attention is almost impossible. similarly, special needs student they required in classrooms like in a so it is not surprising to look at these numbers. >> thank you for taking time and hopefully your efforts will help those students. carley: still ahead peter texas having breakfast with friends in the big easy, he is next.

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's carley: 1 million border apprehensions or counters this year, that alarming prediction coming from the cbd chief on the front lines of president biden's crisis. griff: our first official look in the donna facility. "fox and friends" weekend cohost pete hegseth joins us with his reaction. >> we are down here in jefferson, all eyes on the border, you know as well as anybody this situation is out of

control, the biden administration was caught off guard by the depth of the problem, border patrol is completely overwhelmed and these facilities, 4000 unaccompanied minors built for 250, 4000 kids in what previous media outlets would have called cages. whatever you call them in that facility, stacked on top of each other in a facility built for 250. the other part of this, from spending so much time on the border if the border patrol is tasked caring for and overseeing processing of unaccompanied minors, 2 thirds of border patrol agents spend their time on that as opposed to being on the line interdicting the international human and drug trafficking cartel that are still working the gaps that exist because the border is not finished and is not a prior organization on internal or border enforcement so the images

you see that are stunning, tragic, are manifestation of the policy that is the opposite of what did occur, and open signal to northern triangle countries and here we are and the problem is you alluded to is not about to get better anytime soon. >> new poll numbers show 53% of people polled disapproved of president biden's handling of immigration, 36% approval rating on that front. the most frustrating thing is it is an easy fix, remain in mexico, bilbo border wall. >> it is an easy fix but what you can count on, that is the one thing he won't do, change the policy. if donald trump did it it has to be changed. the frustration, the contrast of kids being taught in these facilities versus stuck in the school, those things are

untenable and don't hold. we will see if they make changes but if we see any indication in the way they are facing this. griff: shocking images out of donna, texas. it is shocking to the nation, shocking to politicians, the only people it is not shocking to are the agents who predicted this new this was going to happen and seen it before but not to this level. any agent says three things in any crisis, infrastructure, manpower and technology. the infrastructure is gone, no more wall. manpower is being overwhelmed and evaporated. technology can't do it. carley: you are in jefferson, louisiana. tell us what is coming up. >> reporter: doesn't want to go to new orleans on company time. we are in old jefferson outside

new orleans, there are a couple locations, a fantastic breakfast bowl, we are going to talk to the people about the immigration crisis, they lifted some of the restrictions and we will talk about that. >> if you can stay for lunch i'm looking at the daily specials, that is really really good. i have been to it. don't miss. carley: a big wednesday for pete. see you throughout the morning. we will be right back.

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♪ carley: to a frertd. breaking right now. police arrest a suspect in the attack of an asian-american woman on her way to church in new york city. brandon elliott is charged with assault. he also faces hate crime charges. elliott is on life-time parole after he was released from prison in 2019 after being convicted of murdering his mother in 2002. gruff griff wow. the head of the world health organization says more research is needed to ruleout covid-19 emerged from a lab. he says it was least likely the cause. origins of covid saying the virus most likely came from bats. white house press secretary jen

psaki responded to the report saying the president believes americans deserve, quote, better information. >> the american people, the global community, the medical experts, the doctors, all of the people who have been working to save a list of, the families who have lost loved ones all deserve greater transaction (is i. griff: psaki says the white house is still reviewing the w.h.o. report. republican senator john kennedy said there is a simple solution to getting answers. that's money. >> we are going to have to go cat woman on the world health organization. and by that i mean you have got to take away their money. and what president biden need to do is join with canada and australia and japan and south korea and great britain and every other country that put up money for the w.h.o. and go to dr. tedros and say, look, we are not giving any more money until you demand that china allow in

an independent grouch researchers to have unfettered discretion to find out whether the virus leaked from a lab and to find out its origin. griff: dr. tedros getting the cat woman treatment from the senator. now president biden rejoined the world health organization after president trump pulled the u.s. out. carley: the mastermind behind the water break in has died. lee gordon giddy has place tap inside the democratic national headquarters in 1972. he spent four and a half years in prison for conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping. liddy's son said he died in virginia after suffering from several medical issues. he was 90 years old. pop icons took to the documentary.

39-year-old posted this video of her dancing to aerosmith crazy and wrote, in part, i didn't watch the documentary but from what i did see of it i was embarrassed by the light they put me in. i cried for two weeks and, well, i still cry sometimes. spears also writing how dancing brings her joy. the film that went that her conservativeship sparking a lot of interest in the free britney movement. carley: griff jenkins a member of said free britney movement. griff: guilty. carley: the faa will investigate the crash ever spacex's starship prototype the leif stream froze but unclear what happened. spacex ceo tweeted something significant happened shortly after landing but that is all he said. >> griff: watch this. two troopers helped deliver a baby on the side of the road. the moments caught on dash cam. >> would got to get out and do

this here. >> she is okay. she is okay. she is okay. carley: wow, the troopers pulled the suv over for speeding. that's when they realized the woman in the passenger seat was in labor. they jumped in, helped the mother deliver a healthy baby girl. how about that? "fox & friends" -- ♪ ♪ >> shocking images show thousand of children packed by sardines. >> 100 percent over capacity. >> this is the bind crisis. is he responsible. >> san diego parents outraged their children are forced to learn from home while migrant children get in person classes. >> this is the opposite of america first but that's exactly what the left stand for. >> day two of testimony in the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin it got emotional. >> several by standers testified they watched george floyd die in front of them. >> president biden expected to announce his $3 trillion infrastructure plan. >> this package has vuret actually nothing to