>> president biden is reigniting the debate over court packing, and setting up a commission to examine and produce a report on the supreme court bench. that's our top story this hour. welcome to fox news live. i'm gillian turner, great to be with you everyone at home, kristin. >> great to be with you. the white house says they're fulfilling a campaign promise and the republicans are slamming this order and accusing them on the highest court. >> hey, kristin and gillian.

in 2019 then justice ruth bider ginsburg said that nine seems to be a good number and wondering what the fuss is about, why would they consider changing the number on the u.s. supreme court. the president during the campaign promised that 180-day commission to look at multiple issues on the court including potentially expanding it. the white house this week announced it's kicking that off through an executive order and six month before the president receives that report. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell blasted that calling an on the judiciary. and he said that president biden campaigned on lowering the temperature and the divided nation, if he meant it looking at the antiquated idea and hawking it. it was president franklin

roosevelt who wanted more on the high court and his plan failed, what we call court packing. >> he violated no law and he was absolutely correct, but it was a bonehead idea, it was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. >> the commission itself. 36 members, republicans and democrats, bipartisan, they'll look at other aspects as well as the court. >> they will also be looking at the court's role in the constitutional system, the length of service and turnover of justices on the court, the membership and size of the court, and the court's case selection rules and practices. >> since the founding of this country, the supreme court has changed and fluctuated as far as justices are concerned. it's been nine for many, many decades and as of now, no retirements yet as you both

know, president trump had the chance to put three justices on the bench, but those retirements typically come in the summer when they do. of course, this report, this commission report will come out sometime this fall. gillian, kristin. >> david spunt live on the north lawn. thank you, gillian. gillian: well, president biden's now asking for another $1 1/2 trillion for his budget on top of the trillions he's already proposed in the spending bill. lucas tomlinson has the breakdown there. >> hey, gillian. president biden says expanding not shrinking the federal government is the answer to the problems. jen psaki says the priorities have changed in this administration. >> our country is facing crises, down turn, economic and racial injustice. inheriting a legacy of underinvestment in our view and priorities vital to long-term

success so the president is focused on reversing this trend. >> $1.5 trillion budget represents a 16% increase in domestic spending that includes $14 billion to fight climate change, but the defense budget is staying flat and decrease when accounts for inflation. senator joni ernst took issue with that and the perceived snubs. >> and america's adversaries through forced business transfers, traditional stealing, development of new abilities, now is not the time to slow investments in our national defense. congressman says our war fighters for success and funding for the pentagon. president biden's budget doesn't achieve that. 2.3 trillion plan to fix infrastructure and a more formal budget is due this spring, including social security, 23% of the federal

budget. lucas tomlinson in washington, thank you so much. >> you're looking live at the view high above the texas border from our drone cam where apprehensions are reaching record levels. congressmen are taking trips, and we've seen the view from the air. what's it like on the ground? >> what we have on the ground is a daily occurrence. what you see here behind me you see every day. there are about 100 behind me and moving on to different facilities. there's a major, major influx here, they've got families, young children, migrants largely from the northern triangle, el salvador and

guatemala and ecuador. but some from romania who are making their way through mexico and border patrol is processing them. it will be about 90 today. it was about 100 degrees yesterday, to give you the sense of journey these folks are taking to get fot to the united states. the u.s. southern border off 170,000 apprehensions, busiest month of march this year. the u.s. border crossing have doubled in every sector compared to the same time frame in the 2020 fiscal year, about a 187% increase across the southwest border and here at the rio grande valley, this sector, you're talking about a 243% increase, unaccompanied children are at an all-time high. nearly 19,000 in the month of

march. well above the previous high of more than 11,000 back in may of 2019. texas officials say they've had complaints of abuse of minors in particular facilities and they say that that investigation continues. health and human services, the federal department says they're investigating any complaints they get of any type of abuse of minors. the white house says the answer or part of their answer is to focus on the drivers of migration from those northern triangle countries. they're promising to try to get $4 billion of additional funding through congress to address some of the problems in the northern triangle and also appointed a border coordinator. this is ambassador roberta jacobson, though the white house just announced she's stepping down at the end of the month. part of what they say was the first 100 day process of her to come on through. this is now an issue for the vice-president to deal with, according to the white house leading up efforts there to deal with the northern triangle and the border issues.

back to you. >> yeah, an issue for her to deal with and no word when she's actually going to be taking a trip down to one of the northern triangle countries. rich edson, thank you so much. >> for more let's bring in the top kentucky congressman, james comer, he's headed to the southern border tomorrow and leading a congressional delegation made up of his colleagues. thank you for joining us today. i want to pull up numbers on screen just to set us up here. this is the latest monthly numbers from cbp. we're learning border agents have taken 172,000 migrants into custody in march. 19,000 of those people are children. it's a 71% month on month increase since february. sir, as you now know we're learning from governor abbott of texas that children are being sexually assaulted at border facilities, it looks like by every metric, the u.s. government rit large is failing to protect foreign children it takes into its custody. you're exactly right.

this is one of the biggest failures i've seen in my four and a half years in congress by a presidential administration. still no word from president biden or vice-president harris on what their plan is. still no visit from the president or vice-president to the border. no change in rhetoric to the other countries that crossing the border illegally will not be tolerated by the united states. this problem is only going to get worse that's why my colleagues on the house oversight committee are going to el paso tomorrow and spend a 15-hour day on monday in new mexico, meeting with border patrol agents, going to the johnson ranch in new mexico where the biden administration halted construction of the border wall and just listen to people to see what we can do and bring that back to washington next week. >> we hope, sir, we can touch base with you and get your thoughts and takeaways after the trip to find out what you learned. it turns out the arizona attorney general issued a direct official request to the

vice-president for her to visit the southern border in his state. take a listen to what he has to say about the response he got. >> no response is a very loud response because we've not received any response. when i invited the vice-president down, she's a former california ag. we were colleagues at one point, california ag. i was arizona ag. we're both children of immigrants. you know, we both believe very strongly in the rule of law so it's disappointing. >> what do you say to that, sir, are you surprised? >> i'm not surprised. and it is disappointing, and this is a humanitarian crisis, and we have children coming across the border at record levels and that's not going to stop until biden and harris demonstrate an ability to secure the border and right now for all we know, adversaries across the world are telling people in these central american countries, go across the border, you can have a better life and the united states is not going to do

anything about it. until this changes, the children are coming across the border and exploited. not only sexually exploited, but being used by drug cartels in mexico to carry drugs across the border and this is something, it's heartbreaking to see the biden administration needs to secure the border and then they need to work with fema and the red cross and set up shop on the mexican side of the border just like what president trump did to try to get this under control. we are humanitarians in the united states and take care of these children on the mexican side. as long as they can get across the border, the problem is going to surge. >> this is now as some colleagues pointed out it's humanitarian crisis now for children. sir, i want your take on a couple of other top stories this weekend. president biden ruling out this new sort of supreme court executive order, he's going to

look at possibly packing the bench. what do you think about that? >> this is another power grab by joe biden and the democrats in washington. you mentioned on your show earlier, biden as a senator was very pessimistic about stacking the court and he clearly was against it. steny hoyer was against making washington d.c. a 51st state, but now that they're in control and they've got the power and need a few more votes and a little bit of help from the supreme court, they've changed their attitude. they've become part of the swamp and you know, to stack the supreme court at this time and in american history is just a terrible demonstration of leadership, a terrible demonstration of hypocrisy and i'm going to do everything in my ability to block it, i think everyone republican in congress will, but we all know that elections have consequences and democrats currently have a majority in congress. i just hope that there are enough senators on the democrat side in the u.s. senate that have a moral compass because

the democrats in the house have not had a moral compass, they've been voting with pelosi and joe biden on everything. >> and looking at spending real quick, president biden has given us sort of a clue as to his larger budget priorities for the coming year. he rolled out the discretionary portion of the budget, about a third of the overall spending. he's proposing 1.5 trillion dollars. having had a chance to look at that, can you read the tea leaves and tell us what direction the biden administration is with the budget? >> they want to spend more money and want government to get big, they want to hamstring the private sector. the typical democrat platform and you know, joe biden campaigned as a moderate and his career in the senate demonstrated he was more moderate and liberal. now that the liberals are in control of the democratic party, they're going to spend us into oblivion. we've already printed $6

trillion during this covid pandemic and the biden administration want to continue deficit spending and roll out an infrastructure bill that has little to do with infrastructure and they want to spend more money and i hope that the american taxpayers see through this and demand that congress try to get some fiscal constraint back in order. alicia: congressman jim comer, thanks for taking time on this saturday. best of luck going into the congressional delegation. we'll check with you once you're back home. >> thanks for having me. >> let's turn to democratic california congressman john garamendi. thank you for coming on. i'd like to start where gillian left off. especially you were one of the members of congress who worked with the white house to put together this new spending bill, the infrastructure bill as some folks are calling it and now to get it passed and to get it through congress on capitol hill. >> sure. >> let's start with one of the biggest criticisms coming from republicans. they say when you really dig

into the details of this bill, that a lot of the stuff in it has nothing to do with infrastructure. and let me just pop up some bullet points to show you what i'm talking about. we've got about $213 billion directed at home sustainability and public housing, 174 in electric vehicles, 400 billion on home-based care for the elderly and disabled. 50 billion for research infrastructure. so what is your explanation? how do these things qualify as infrastructure? >> well, if you define infrastructure as concrete pavement for highways, obviously, that is not what those expenditures are. but you need to also understand that infrastructure is much, much more than that. if we're going to build a modern, competitive america, we need to do at least four things. first of all, we have to have the best education system in the world and that is part of this infrastructure program, rebuilding our schools, updating them in many different ways, including able to take care of distanced learning.

secondly, we need to have the best research in the world. that research money that perhaps others define as not infrastructure, that's fundamental. if we're not in the lead on research, we're simply not going to be in the lead. it's both the facilities as well as the researchers and the various programs. thirdly, we need a modern physical infrastructure, roads, streets, transit and broadband communication, which is a very serious problem for many, many senators in the midwest and serious problem in my district in california and also, a lot of discussion just a moment ago from my colleague talking about empathy, talking about america being morally on track. >> so-- >> part of that, excuse me, certainly deals with the border, but it deals with our elderly and we know from the covid that there's a serious problem and finally, housing. we have to house our citizens.

so, those are all critical infrastructure issues. >> but congressman, i mean, clearly you say this is all infrastructure. republicans say it simply does not qualify as infrastructure in the traditional sense of roads, bridges, highways, things of that nature. here comes president biden coming in and saying he's going to be the president for unity and bipartisanship. the first bill had no republican support at least on capitol hill and by having the second spending package have a definition of infrastructure that is not traditional, not something that a lot of republicans can get on board with, are you worried that this second spending bill is not going to have any republican support either? >> well, perhaps you didn't hear what i said a moment ago. i have a definition of infrastructure that really positions america to be competitive in the world. we could build all the streets and all the roads in the world and if we don't recognize that it is far, far more than that, that this nation needs to invest in, we will simply lose

the competitive game. we have to do research, have the research facilities, have the communications infrastructure, all of those things are critically important and we need to house our people. we know that we have a housing crisis across america. we have a long tradition in america of using the federal government, everything from fannie and freddiey mae for housing for americans and these are fundamental infrastructures and roads and traffic that's a big piece of it and so is storage and water. these are all parts of america's necessity to build a modern infrastructure program for our nation, the foundation. >> the very, very congressman, i've got to leave it there. it's clear the very definition of the word infrastructure truly consuming washington right now. certainly in the weeks to come. congressman, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> you bet. gillian: people in parts of the

south are on high alert and bracing for storms over the weekend. meteorologist rick reichmuth is tracking the storm's path, hi, rick. >> yeah, gillian, a rough day yesterday and overnight and things are bettering i think less of a threat than yesterday. over 350 reports of either really large hail or some really strong winds yesterday. some of that across parts of the mid atlantic and the majority across parts of the southern plains and in towards the lower mississippi valley. now that storm continues to pull off toward the east. as it does we're watching the worst around the florida panhandle and we have a tornado watch in effect as the line of storms goes on. you can see from the radar picture kind of the strength of the storm diminishing and i think that will be the trend throughout the day today. be ready, there's another round of storms that comes in tomorrow, not necessarily severe, but today where you see the yellow that's where the severe threat is, again, tornados, maybe some strong

wind, but probably a little bit more strong wind than i think the tornado threat. a couple of things we're watching, one is the temperatures across parts of the west, really cool again. last week we had temperatures breaking records, highs in the 80's, minnesota and south dakota. look what's happening. winter or late winter returns the next few days, temperatures below average again and only the 30's and 40's and 50's in the denver area. cooler than where you have been. one last thing to tell you yesterday or this week, colorado state put out the first hurricane forecast. be watching this and expecting above average season again two years in a row here, a little bit of time to go. that starts june 1st, but get ready, plenty of time to prepare. gillian. gillian: thanks for the good news, rick. we appreciate it. [laughter] >> that's what i do. r. >> have a good one. >> you, too. >> britain is mourning the loss of prince philip as we are learning more about the plans for his funeral.

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>> we're getting new information this afternoon

about the funeral plans for prince philip. prince harry will be making the trip back to the u.k. to attend. our benjamin hall is in london where he's been covering the story since the sad news broke. benjamin. >> hi, kristin, we have more details on how it's going to play out. the family is looking at prince philip's life and we saw gun salutes around the world and stream of people arriving at windsor and buckingham palace and the royal family, a speech the queen gave about philip, he's been my strength and stay all these years and i and his whole family and this and many other countries owe him a debt he would ever claim or we shall ever know.

and the buckingham palace releasing the details of the funeral, 30 families members will be allowed to attend and televised and arrangements will celebrate and reflect the life of service and adapted in light of the coronavirus pandemic. members of the royal family will walk behind the royal coffin and he will not lie in state as many expected he may where members of public would have been able to view the coffin. he was known for his straight talking and politically incorrect sense of humor. he was a military man, one of the last world war ii veterans in the u.k. and the news that many had been waiting for hear, would prince harry be coming? he will be coming, but meghan markle will be staying in america because she's due with their baby in the summer. >> benjamin hall, thanks. >> let's bring the director of the margaret thatcher director

for freedom, one of our favorite guests, nigel garner, sorry it's under sad news circumstances. talk to us a little about, well, first of all, the fact that it looks like the prince's funeral is going to be private and why that's a big deal, disappointing to a lot of britains, but a little about his role in the monarchy. >> thank you very much for having me on the show, and immensely sad news with the passing of prince philip yesterday. he was really, i think, at the very heart of the royal family, he was the rock of the royal family in many respects, a great man. he was at the queen's side for 73 years. and also, the side of the queen for no less than 14 british premierships back to winston churchill. he was a tremendous war hero. he joined world war ii in

dispatches and fought in the royal navy in several major campaigns. a part of that tremendous world war ii generation that gave so much for the future of the free world and we owe him an immense debt of gratitude. as you mentioned, the funeral next week on saturday, which will be at 10 a.m. u.s. time, 3 p.m. u.k. time, will be a ceremonial funeral, it will not be a state funeral. and that of course is in the-- in line with the wishes of the prince in many respects, a very low key, a humble man. he did not wish to be honored with a state funeral and so they honored that wish. gillian: it's great to see the old footage of him as a young man during his military service and at his wedding. i like this from otto english in politico, he writes yesterday morning or excuse me this morning, as the news of philip's death many britains

may be surprised about their sense of loss. he's been there like the bbc and gray skies, one of life's constants. tell us more about this sense that he's really been this ubiquitous presence throughout most of the-- if not all of the important milestones in british history over the last century. >> yes, he has been and prince philip of course was the father figure of the royal family and someone who always, i think, brought the royal family together through some very difficult times. and he was someone who had the full confidence of every member of the royal family, and also, of course, he was deeply loved and cherished by his british people one of the most popular figures in the royal family. and i think that prince philip played a major role in terms of further strengthening the monarchy and let's not forget

that the monarchy plays a hugely important role for the united kingdom. gillian: nigel, i don't want to cut you off, but i want to talk about the queen. she's the queen, but she's an elderly woman who has to live out the rest of her days without her beloved husband by her side. it's very sad. >> tremendously sad and they shared a tremendously close partnership. i think at the same time, the queen has lived her entire life for the sake of the british people. she's an immensely strong person of great character and she's going to continue to lead the british people with great strength and resolve in the years to come, but without a doubt, the loss of prince philip is a huge tragedy, as an

immense loss for the royal family, the queen, and the british people and greatly missed. he represented a generation of selflessness, a generation of great heroes and patriots who lived their lives, who gave their lives for the british people and the free world and to them we owe an immense debt. gillian: thank you for joining us, our hearts are with you and the british people. we'll check back with you for the funeral. >> thank you very much. kristin: nasa is getting ready to make history with the first test of a helicopter on mars. we'll preview it with the head of the nasa science division after this break.

>> booster ignition. >> engines at maximum thrust. >> and lift-off. kristin: that was a successful launch on friday taking one astronaut and two russian

cosmonauts up to the international space station and now nasa is getting ready to take another big step as they prepare for a historic test of the first ever helicopter on mars. that's right, you can see the craft, which is named ingenuity on your screen here waiting on the red planet with blades wide open. joining me now from the nasa's director, dr. z as most people know him. doctor, thank you for the chance to talk to you about the historic flight. you have been comparing this helicopter on mars, comparing it to the wright brothers first flight in 1903. help us understand that comparison. >> i'm glad to be here, it's an amazing step forward. the wright brothers, you know, were innovaors that developed a new technology affecting my life today.

i was that i go about-- i was thinking about that as i flew from d.c. to l.a. it was the first controlled flight on earth away from the ground 12 seconds of history. kristin: right. >> we're trying to do the same away from earth, an extraterrestrial wright brothers moment, controlled flight away from earth in a hard environment. kristin: let's talk about the environment. in some ways, it could theoretically be easier to fly a helicopter or some other device on mars because there's less gravity than here on earth, but they have less of an atmosphere which makes it hard arefore those blades to really create any lift. what are you going to be watching for during that very first test flight? >> you're exactly right. the gravity is a little weaker there, but think of the atmosphere. it's going to be compared at the earth, and the density of the atmosphere at mars is about

three times the height of where airplanes fly on earth so it's very, very, very high up so it takes a lot more speed of that blade of that helicopter and the bigger blade, so the control system, they've got to keep it controlled and actually using that, with very low amateurs, it's really, really hard to do and that's what the team has been working on. kristin: so what happens if it crashes? i mean, that it? game over? what do you do? >> yeah, that's the difference between the earth and mars. we cannot go put it back up and that's what we're going to you, we're doing test after test and going forward so by the time we're taking off we have basically tested everything we can test. there are a few things we cannot test, for example, the air flows, right there, the winds there and if we get on a day if we don't get good luck there, we have a gust or something, you know, the

helicopter will need to fight it and you know, it's more risky than on earth. kristin: dr. z we had you on today because it was supposed to fly for the first time tomorrow and you had to push it back a bit because of the tests as you were talking about. if we zoom out, big picture here, why is this kind of test flight proving to the world that we have this kind of capability, why is it so important? >> well, i think it's a truly american story just like the wright brothers, we keep doing really hard things that have never been done and for us, the ingenuity flight is just the demonstration of that. it creates an entirely new capability without doubt after successful test this will happen back on earth, but surely it will keep us ahead in a leadership role for the entire program, allow us to put a new tool into the toolbox of exploation on mars and other worlds.

i can't wait to watch this test flight. one more thing, president biden put forward his proposed budget just this week and there was a pretty good increase for nasa and earth sciences division. what did you make of the budget? is it enough? >> i believe that the budget demonstrates that bipartisan support that we have. if you look at it, there's actually many of the elements that the budget supports can open in this proposal by president biden, it's really a continuation and off the work that was started in the previous administration and of course, we look forward to the discussions with the various stakeholders on the hill and i believe the budget is really strong and look forward to working with them. kristin: dr. z, thank you for your time and good luck and godspeed. i can't wait to watch. >> me, too, thank you so much. kristin: gillian. gillian: back here on planet earth, archaeologists discovered the remains of a lost city in the egyptian desert. we are going to take you there next.

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>> this is pretty cool. a 3,000 year old city has been uncovered near luxor, making it the oldest ancient city found in egypt. nearly intact walls and pottery with original coloring and tools used during egypt's golden era. they found it looking for the

mortuary temple of king tut. gillian: breaking news out of iran this morning. the regime has developed advanced nuclear centrifuges, a boon to their program. and the biden administration is working to restore the nuclear deal. let's bring in former obama campaign foreign policy advisor. dave, essentially, where we are right now, tell me if i'm wrong, is iran's foreign minister tweeted about it this morning and said here is what the u.s. had a to do if they want us back in the deal. they've got to lift all sanctions currently on the iranian regime and iran citizens and rejoin the deal first, and then maybe we'll consider getting back in. right? >> that's the line that iran is taking right now. and in particular, they want all sanctions that were put in place by the trump administration, so all sanctions on iran by the u.s.

since 2017 removed. notably, the biden administration has responded they are not ready to remove all of those sanctions. i think what the biden administration is trying to do now is review all the sanctions that are in place and consider removing just the sanctions that were put in place to punish iran for its nuclear ambitions. there are of course other sanctions put in place by the u.s. for other reasons such as iran's human rights record and iran's support for terrorism and shia militias that destabilize neighbors in the middle east. i think that's the proper approach for the biden administration, but as you said, iran may not be willing to accept that. gillian: so you also say that just big picture here, you don't think it's a good thing for the united states to be constantly zig-zagging back and forth with these international agreements, we're in, we're out, we're not sure. do you think that getting back in now period is the right move

for the biden administration? or do you think damage has been done, stay away? >> well, that's right. my view is that we have to be careful not to have a foreign policy that, as you said, zig-zags with each presidentment we have a democratic president, enter a nuclear deal, have a republican president, rips it up. that's confusing for our allies and confusing for iran and it's not going to benefit america or americans security. i think we should consider entering into a new deal, but the biden administration has to sell not just iran on that deal, but the american public. if the american public supports the deal then it's going to be much harder for the next president, if it's a republican to rip it up as trump did in 2018. gillian: good point there. to what you just said about america's allies. take a look what israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu say, let there be no mistake, an agreement with iran to pave the way to a nuclear weapon, a

weapon threatening our destruction, an agreement like that will not bind us in any way. there's only one thing that binds us, prevent those who strive to destroy us to carry out this plot. so, those who seek to destroy the israelis is the iranian regime, right? >> right. and netanyahu is right to be concerned about the details of any agreement that the u.s. enters into, but i don't agree with him that there's no agreement possible that could actually provide security for israel. and we can have an agreement where iran agrees to go back to some of the terms of the jcpoa, but degrees in a way even more significant than the jcpoa deal to not have nuclear weapons in the future ever. we could set horizons out longer, 10 years, 15 years. and even under jcpoa, the obama administration never agreed after 10 or 15 years that iran

could have nuclear weapons. they're still a signatory to to that and israel is right to force iran to abide by that. gillian: here is to hoping you're right and getting it on paper to make everybody happy. because it certainly looks like the biden administration is moving full steam ahead, especially this coming week. thank you, we appreciate it. >> thanks, gillian. gillian: you bet. kristin: a confrontation on tape, and officer harassed while on the job. are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7.

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>> shocking new video out of new york city showing police officers being harassed on the job. senior correspondent laura engle is live from mt. vernon, new york with more. hi, laura. >> hello, and this alarming incident happened earlier this week, but now is being widely circulated on social media and much of the video is hard to share because of the graphic language involved here, but you can see by watching part of this incident why it's raising such concerns. >> get the (bleep) out the (bleep). the people want to see you here, get the (bleep) out. move! >> well this confrontation

showed several people surrounding the officer's s.u.v. and insulting them before they drove away with the windows up. this is the latest in a string of incidents with police as protesters and defund police groups continue to rally after the death of george floyd last year. in new york city crime has gone up several major categories. murders raised nearly 20% and number of shootings 56%. so far in 2021 compared to this date in 2020. the city's largest police union which posted that video on twitter came out yesterday and said, we know these haters don't speak for the community, but the politicians think they do. and that's the problem. you might remember that the new york city council voted to move one billion dollars away from the n.y.p.d.'s budget to education and social services. we've reached out to the mayor's office and n.y.p.d. for comment and waiting to hear

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administration's border czar is still moving forward with plans to leave her post in the coming weeks. welcome to "fox news live." i'm kristin fisher and, gillian, these numbers keep going up and up, the number of apprehensions, the number of children in u.s. custody. it's, you know, tough to see when this story comes close to ending. gillian: something around 20,000 now -- kristin: yeah. gillian: it's a nightmare. this is also happening, by the way, as calls are now growing for president biden and the vice president to head to the border and take a look at this crisis for themselves. rich edson joins us. he's live today in la jolla, texas the, along the border with all the breaking developments. hey, rich. >> reporter: hey, good afternoon, gillian. we've got about 100 migrants behind us taken into custody this morning, several hours ago. they've been sitting in the heat, just moved beneath that tree right there. you've now got a bus from homeland security that's going to take these folks on to

different migrant processing facilities and then on from there. you've got folks mostly from the northern triangle here but also all the way from south america, coming up through central america if, even a couple from romania that came over from europe to come here, taking this dangerous journey across the rio grande river which is about a mile from where we are now and getting here. so this, according to officials that we've spoken with here, this is a daily occurrence. they're dealing with this every day, hundreds of migrants crossing the border here at the rio grande valley and having to take these folks on to different processing facilities which is what they're doing right now. the rio grande valley is certainly the busiest on the southwest border which, compared to the same time last fiscal year, 187% increase. rio grande valley sector, 242% increase in the number of apprehensions, that's according to customs and border protection. this is texas. you go a few states over to arizona, according to an

exclusive letter from the attorney general of the state, has invited the hhs secretary, health and human services secretary, javier becerra, to take a tour. letter says, quote: i write with a crucial invitation for you to join me for a tour of the southwest border in arizona at your earlier availability. there could be no doubt that the conditions here now constitute a clear threat to the health of arizonans and the thousands of undocumented immigrants that are entering our country with even passing day. each passing day. you have now also negotiation as you guys mentioned, roberta jacobson, she was appointed to be sort of the czar dealing with south border issues, she's leaving at the end of the month. the white house is framing it as it's time for her to move on. that paves the way now for the administration plan to turn this over to the vice president, kamala harris, who is leading the engagement for the administration with the northern

triangle countries and mexico to try to find ways to stem the flow of immigration to the united states here at the southwest border. back to you. gillian: thanks for taking us on the ground right in the middle of things, rick. we'll check back -- [audio difficulty] chris: -- a $1.5 trillion budget proposal bringing his total proposed spending to at least $6 trillion in his first 81 days in office. lucas tomlinson is live in d.c. with more. lucas, that is a lot of money. >> reporter: it is. president biden wants to expand the size of the federal government, hopes to get the support of the legislative branch to make it happen. >> i look forward to working with congress to advance these and other priorities. i think we're going to be able to get, i'm hoping, perhaps, bipartisan support. i've already spoken to some of my republican colleagues about

dealing with the legislation we have up there as well as other budget items. >> reporter: the $1.5 trillion budgets represents a 16% increase in domestic spending including $14 billion to fight climate change. but the defense budget is staying flat and will actually decrease when counting for inflation. republican senators on the armed services committee are outraged. quote: cutting america's defense budget completely undermines washington democrats' tough talk on china and calls into question the administration's willingness to confront the chinese communist party. the white house defended its defense spending in the new first budget. >> we believe it provides a robust funding level for the military forces needed to deter war and insure our nation's security. it's grounded in the administration's national security guidance. >> reporter: the new budget calls for an increased $100 billion in spending including social security, almost a quarter of the entire federal budget last year.

kristin: lucas tomlinson live in d.c. for us, thanks. gillian? gillian: republican lawmakers are slamming president biden's decision to take a look at overhauling the supreme court. they say this is really just the first step towards his ultimate goal which is packing the bench. david spunt is tracking the fallout from 1600 pennsylvania avenue today. hey, david. >> reporter: hey, gillian. this is something candidate biden promised on the campaign trail for months. he said he was going to look at this issue 180 days, a bipartisan commission to look at possibly adding or subtrack -- subtracting, even potentially offering term limits to some of those justices on the bench. but it was in 2019 that liberal icon justice ruth bader ginsburg said, quote, nine seems to be a good number, so why all the fuss, why all the talk to make the change? well, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell blasted the commission, calling it a direct assault on our nation's

independent judiciary. saying president biden campaigned on a promise of lowering the temperature and uniting a divided nation. if he really meant it, he would stop giving oxygen to a dangerous, antiquaintedded idea and stand up to the partisan talkingment it was president franklin roosevelt who decided he wanted to administer justices -- add more justices to the court. it's still criticized in legal circles today. in 1983 then-delaware senator joe biden called it a bonehead idea. listen. >> he violated no law, he was legalistically absolutely correct, but it was a bonehead idea. it was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. >> reporter: president biden did this through an executive order that he announced just yesterday leaving congress out of the equation. let's compare president biden to the last four presidents. he's signed 39 executive orders

at this point, 19 with obama, 11, president bush, and 9 for president clinton. gillian, i just looked online, looking at some of those numbers for the supreme court, how many justices have been on the bench. it's fluctuated. at first there was six when the supreme court was set up at the end of is the 1700s, then it went down further, then back up, and it has been nine justices since 1869. if this does go through -- and, again, it's a bipartisan commission -- but if it does go through, it will have implications for decades to come. gillian: so 160 some years it's been nine justices, that's a print good run are. david spunt, thank you so much. kristin: fox news contributor sean duffy and former aide to senator chuck schumer and host of the a aggressive progress podcast, chris hahn. guys, let's start off with president biden signing this executive order to create this

commission to look into real structural changes on the supreme court. and, sean, i'll start with you. what do you think is the likelihood that when this commission comes out and releases its report, that it actually does result in some kind of structural change to the supreme court, be it in terms of the number of justices or perhaps term limits? >> yes. so, first off, it is a bipartisan commission, however, it's stacked with liberals. you're going to see a recommendation that's consistent9 with the left wing of the democrat party which is to have reforms to the court. so i think what's challenging though in the senate if there's a 50-50 split, democrats have only a handful majority in the house, very tightly, very tight majorities, so i think it's going to be hard. but, listen, kristin, this is what left-wingers does, this is what the left does, they try to consolidate power. they're trying to change the makeup of the supreme court, it's consistent with trying to reform the way secure elections work and make sure you have rules that help liberals,

leftists win more elections. they want to control everything, and the way they control the court is to start with a commission and then actually change it so they can put liberals on the court. kristin: lengths take a look at what then-candidate biden said back on the campaign trail about court packing. listen here, and, chris, i'll get your take on the other side. >> i've already spoken on -- i'm not a fan of court packing, but i don't want to get off on that whole issue. i want to keep focused. the president would love nothing better than to fight about whether or not i would, in fact, pack the court or not pack the court, etc. the focus is why is he doing what he's doing now. kristin: so, chris, he's already said that he's not a fan of court packing. so in a way, does this just give him cover to progressives allowing him to say, hey, i at least did something about it? >> well, he did say on the campaign trail that he would study the issue, and that's exactly what he's doing. on the 150 years since we've settled in on nine justices,

we've added a dozen states to the union, multiple senators, we've expanded the size of the house of representatives. so i think it only makes sense to look at changes to the court. elections have consequences. i think each president should be able to make their mark on the court whether that's through expanding the court or more likely term limits for these judges. i think having judges who were appointed in the 1980s who really have lost touch with reality still staying on the bench, i think it's disappointing to most americans. i think we need to have a refreshing of the people on that bench. maybe a 20 or 24-year term limit, one term, i think, would make sense to a lot of americans. i agree with the former congressman that it's very unlikely that the senate as it's made up today would expand the size of the supreme court. i find that hard to believe. but i think the congressman, who we both practice law, we both understand that the federal courts are crowded below the supreme court and perhaps we do need more district court judges and circuit court judges to

process the expanding case load that the federal judiciary is seeing every day. kristin: all right. about 180 days before this commission has to get back to us. really quick, one more topic before we run out of time, and that is the fallout from the mlb moving the all-star game from georgia to colorado. look at what former secretary of state mike pompeo said about this just last week. he said we figured out how to move an all-star game pretty quickly, maybe we can figure out how to move an olympics. no american athlete should participate in the genocide olympics. essentially, what he's saying is president biden was willing to speak out about the mlb game in georgia, should he peek out about the olympics in beijing? sean? >> he absolutely should. the bottom line is you don't have elections in china. you have no human rights in china. and they're attacking georgia which, by the way, they had a pretty center of the road election reform bill that liberals have lost their mind over. this isn't the ability for the

left to actually find outrage where none should exist. and by the way, they're claiming this is jim crow. they didn't live through jim crow, and if you read about it, this is nothing like it. right now, kristin, you have real slavery on the southern border, little kids being sold into sex slavery, indentured servitude on the southern border. maybe we should look at real slavery as opposed to a farce of a law that was passed in georgia. actually, though, human rights -- kristin: chris, respond real quick here, and then i gotta run. >> yeah, look, the georgia law was based on the former guy's big lie. that's the problem. because people like this congressman here and other people will not accept the results of the election that the american people were done with the former guy and his lies. mike pompeo's statement proves just about anybody to get into harvard. it doesn't really necessarily make you smart. that is a ridiculous statement. he's comparing apples to oranges. the georgia law -- [inaudible] because they didn't like the results of the election.

it allows partisans to choose who gets to vote or how their votes are counted. major league baseball did a great thing by moving the all-star game, drawing attention to this, and more corporations should draw attention to it as well. and georgia should repeal that law today. it would take 30 minutes or less to vote anywhere in this country, and that should be the law they're passing. we shouldn't be worried about 2-hour lines or whether or not you can get food -- 12-hour. >> you get on airplanes, you show an id. kristin: i've got to run. you guys could go all week, but i've gotta go. thank you so much. bye. >> thanks. >> thank you. kristin: all right. we're going to have much more on the crisis with chris wallace. he's going to be talking to texas governor greg abbott tomorrow on "fox news sunday." check your local listings, and then howie kurtz talking to greg gutfeld about his new show, tune in at 11 a.m. eastern tomorrow for that and much more. gillian: joining us now to take

a look at the economic fallout and the impact of the mlb moving its all-star game is georgia business leader alfredo ortiz. alfredo, thanks for joining us. i want to ask you to do something tricky which is just put the politics aside for a second. we'll get there in a minute. talk to me about what this is costing, this decision, what it's costing the state of georgia. we're hearing hundreds of millions of dollars. what about jobs? break it down for us. >> yeah, absolutely. so the estimates that we're hearing is about $100 million in lost revenue to small business owners primarily, which in the state of georgia a lot of these folks were minority small business owners. i just came from a meeting earlier this morning in cobb county where you have business leaders and small business owners, and the outrage, the disbelief and the heart ache is all real. $100 million, gillian, is real money. it may not be a lot of money for a lot of these corporations, the deltas and coca-colas of the

world, but for these small business owners who were really counting on this to happen because of this post-covid environment, they were extremely, extremely, you know, thin in terms of their revenues, not much was there. a lot of these small business owners put everything on the line to survive up until now, and they were counting on this. and now it's gone. 8,000 hotel beds that are no longer going to be used. another small business owner, his estimate was about $50,000 of damagings. gillian: wow. >> so, again, $100 million may not be a lot for coca-cola or delta, but for these small business owners it's probably the dangerous between keeping their doors open or closing them forever. gillian: interestingly and surprisingly, one of president biden's staunchest allies who's a georgia politician herself actually agrees with you. let's pull up what stacey abrams had to say about the rule. she says the impassioned and understandable response to the racist, classist bill is to poi cot. i have no doubt that -- boycott. i have no doubt that voters

willing to endure them, but it's unlikely to reflect the stubborn voters who see -- [inaudible] alfredo, the point being here even stacey abrams who doesn't like the law agrees with you about the devastating fallout for the state. >> yeah. and, gillian, look, the dissemination of misinformation is just unbelievable from the president down to stacey abrams and other political operatives just like her. and those lies have real consequences. remember, we all remember famously how president obama said that elections have consequences? well, lies and mistruths also have it. and, again, $100 million of lost revenue to our small business owners. and these are real. i talked to another small business other than who owns a limousine -- owner who owns a limousine company, he contracts about 200 different drivers and said this is going to be hugely detrimental to his business. and his biggest concern now is actually the ripple effect that it's going to have, gillian, on

all these other potential events and conventions that might be rethinking -- gillian: well, and it's going to play out not just across your state, but across the united states. take a listen to president biden who actually contradicted himself on the issue about what role these major sports organizations should play here, you know, he said yes to mlb moving out of the state but then asked about the masters, he said this. take a listen. >> it is reassuring to see that for-profit operations and businesses are speaking up about how these new jim crow laws are just antithetical to who we are. the other side to it is when they, in fact, move out of georgia, the people who need the help the most, people who are making hourly wages sometimes get hurt the most. gillian: what do you make of

that? >> yeah, gillian, first of all, the georgia law -- i have reviewed that very, very carefully. i've gotten into a lot of detail the on that. it is easy to vote, hard to cheat. that is literally what that georgia law, the new voting law does. remember in 2018 stacey abrams complained there were issues with voting irregularities. president trump just recently said there were voting irregularities, so both sides have said there are issues. so this bill goes a long way to fix all of that. and, again, you know, but the problem is it just doesn't fit the narrative, so they just make things up. and that's the thing that hurts the most. and, again, the outrage, the disbelief and the heart ache, gillian, these are real stories of real people that are going to lose their businesses possibly because of this. gillian: we wish you the best. thanks for taking time to talk to us about the problem today. alfredo ortiz, we appreciate it. >> thank you. kristin: the supreme court once again ruling against california's covid-19 restrictions, this time for

limiting religious worship at home. jeff paul is live in l.a. to help explain this ruling. hey, jeff. >> reporter: yeah. the ruling specifically impacts religious gatherings inside private homes like bible study classes or prayer meetings. in a 5-4 vote, the supreme court's unsigned order lifts california's restrictions onion-secular get-togethers in private residences. the majority opinion said, quote: california treats some comparable secular activities more favorably than at-home religious exercise, permitting hair salons, retail stores, personal care services, movie theaters, private suites at sporting events and concerts and indoor dining at restaurants to bring together more than three households at a time. they also added that california can't, quote: assume the worst when people go to worship but assume the best when people go to work. but in dissent, justice elena kagan said, quote: california

limits religious gatherings in homes to three households. if the state also limits all secular gatherings in homes to three households, it has complied with the first amendment, and the state does exactly that. it has adopted a blank restriction on all at-home gatherings. kagan also said the law does not require that the state callly treat apples and watermelons. lawyers for the state reportedly have said if policy is neutral and that it applies limits on gatherings for any purpose, secular or religious, they also say that the restrictions will change a lot next week on the 15th of april that will allow as many as 25 people at invests. kristin? kristin: jeff paul live in los angeles, thanks. gillian: prince charles is now speaking out about his late father for the first time since

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♪ kristin: this is a fox news alert. live pictures from outside windsor castle where people are flocking to rep prince philip. meanwhile, prince charles speaking just a short time ago about the death of his father.

>> my father spent the last 70 years giving the most remarkable, devoted service to the queen, to my family and to the country and also to the head of the commonwealth. as you can imagine, my family and i miss my father enormously. he was a much-loved and appreciated figure. and we're so deeply touched by the number of other people here and elsewhere around the world and in the commonwealth who also, i think, share our loss and our sorrow. kristin: prince charles also adding that he thinks his father would be amazed by the kind words and reaction to his death. prince philip's funeral is now going to be one week from today.

and, you know, gillian, we were talking about this during the commercial break, but i am just, i'm so grateful for shows like "the crown" right about now, because i really didn't know a lot about his life, and now i feel i have a much better understanding of who he is, what he did and also what he meant to the queen. gillian: and to the whole country. this was a man who was not as famous as the monarch, obviously, but was there every step of the way, helped guide the country through the last 70 years. it's interesting to see here in these pictures we're getting around prince charles as he was speaking are thousands of britons, so we can already anticipate that though the royal family is closing the funeral and keeping it private, they're not going to be deterred from celebrating the life of prince philip. they are going to hope show up t windsors castle, at buckingham palace whether or not they're invited in, they're going to pay their respects. it's nice to see. kristin: and, of course, one person we know or at least we believe is not going to show up,

meghan markle. we know that her husband, prince harry, is now going to be making the trip across the pond to be there for prince philip's funeral. you hate to have a side story like that kind of overshadow -- gillian: yeah. kristin: but, of course, given that interview -- jillian: -- care about the american princess and what she's going to do, you know? kristin: well said. ♪ gillian: well, three california women are behind bars today for allegedly defrauding the government. each woman swindled over $3,000 from americans who took major financial hits during the pandemic, their scheme involved the identification of prison inmates to file unemployment claims and collect government funds on their behalf. these two women face up to 20-30 years each now behind bars. ♪♪ kristin: covid cases are spiking

in some states as the vaccine rollout presses on. now the u.k. variant has emerged as the dominant strain, raising concerns about perhaps another surge. so joining us now is infectious disease doctor and senior collar at the johns hopkins center for security. doctor, thank you so much for coming on and providing some clarity about the current state of the pandemic. you know, we've seen the number of cases plateau a bit and then rise and kind of plateau again, and that has led to some concern about a fourth wave. but earlier this week dr. fauci said that he believes that the number of vaccines, the number of americans getting vaccinated right now is going to keep the u.s. from experiencing a fourth wave. do you agree with that assessment? >> i do agree. i think we're doing a much better job at getting vaccines into people's arms than we were early on in the vaccine rollout. and it's really a race between vaccine rollout and the virus. and i think we're doing a good

job. and especially when you look at hospital capacity. it's much different in a hospital now, in april, than it was in december or january because we've vaccinated so many of our high risk individuals, our nursing home residents, that we've sort of tamed the virus meaning we've removed the ability for it to cause serious illness, hospitalization and death for the most part. it's going to be decoupled from hospitalizations, and that's a good thing. kristin: yeah, that's great news. what do you make about what's happening in michigan right now? this state is being absolutely slammed. why are they being hit so hard? >> it's likely multiple different factors. one is that the more contagious variant is more prevalent there, so that's going to create more infections. they don't have the best vaccine rollout. they're not at the bottom of all 50 state, but they're not at the top, and we know the vaccine is really important. and i think some people may be getting back to their activities forgetting that we live in a pandemic and they have this more

contagious variant that's getting them infected. and i think the solution is to get more vaccine to individuals who need it. there are higher risk individuals and some of the lower priority groups that need to be vaccinated quickly. we should prioritize vaccines to places like michigan so they can get this under control. kris so let's talk a lot more about -- kristin: let's talk about the questions that folks are having now that more and more people are, indeed, getting vaccinated. i think one of the questions people have is how critical is it that you get that second shot. the cdc says it's very important. what's your opinion? >> ideally, we want everybody -- [audio difficulty] to get more durable and full immunity, and that's the dose that was studied in the clinical trials, that's what the fda emergency use, so that's where the best data is. however, we do know you get some protection after the first dose, and i think we should prioritize getting first doses into people and then get that second dose whenever we can. you don't have to start over if you're late, it just takes a little longer to get that full

immunity. but that first dose will be beneficial. i think we should try to get as many first doses into people and then just mop up with the second dose. i think that's the best strategy -- kristin: so how long would it take to implement a change in strategy the like that? >> i think it could be done immediately. we know that states sometimes hold back 20% of their doses for the second dose. we could just start expanding eligibility, having more people get vaccinated. so i think it could be done pretty quickly. it's something we need to think about, and other countries have been successful doing it, and more and more data is showing it is supported by day that and could be done safely. kristin: fascinating. doctor, thank you so much. really appreciate it. gillian: well, amazon warehouse employees in alabama have decided not to unionize. it's a landmark decision that'll impact corporations across the u.s. we're going to get into it, next. ♪ ♪ aliens are real, alright.

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♪ kristin: texas governor -- excuse me, texas congressman dan

crenshaw announcing on twitter he is recovering from a major eye surgery saying, quote: a few days ago i noticed some dark, blurry spots in my vision. i went to get this checked out on thursday, and they discovered that my retina was detaching. crenshaw adding that he has undergone emergency surgery but that his recovery will leave hum, quote, effectively blind for about a month. scary stuff. we certainly wish him well as he recovers. ♪ ♪ gillian: amazon warehouse workers in alabama voted against forming a union, a decision that's lighting up corporate america. charles watt watson has the inside story on the landmark decision. hey, charles. >> reporter: hi, gillian. as you can imagine, amazon is pleased with how the election turned out. folks like senator bernie sanders, who supported unionization efforts at amazon's bessamer, alabama, warehouse,

not so much. senator sanders said he is disappointed by the election results but not surprised and is now calling for stronger labor laws. listen. >> whether it's amazon, whether it is walmart, whether it is any one of these large corporations, companies have so much power to threaten and intimidate, to put people boo closed rooms -- into closed rooms and tell them over and over again how terrible unions are. we've got to change that. >> reporter: now, the retail workers and department store union says it will ask the national labor relations board to set aside the results of the election, this after the union says amazon illegally interfered with employees' rights to vote, causing what the union describes as confusion and fear of retaliation. >> what i think they saw for themselves despite the number of people who signed cards was a real fear that they were going to lose their jobs if they voted

for the union. they told people they had to get their ballots in by march 1st even though the deadline was march 29th. >> reporter: now, amazon released a statement pushing back on those claims saying, quote: it's easy to predict the union will say that amazon won this election because we intimidated employees, but that's not true. our employees heard for more -- heard far more anti-amazon messages from the union policymakers and media outlets than they heard from us. more than 3,000 employees at amazon's bessamer, alabama, warehouse mailed in ballots. employees voted overwhelmingly against forming a union with 1,793 no votes and 738 yes votes. there were 500 votes challenged, however, the nlrb says it's not enough to change the election, and both parties will have five days from when those election

results were certified to make any challenges to the nlrb. as i mentioned, the union says they will do that, so it looks like this fight is far from over. gillian: charles watson from mississippi, thanks so much. kristin: local leaders are still struggling with the economic impact of federal covid-19 lockdown measures n. alaska and it'll, governors are urging the white house to lift the cdc's no-sail order and allow cruise ships to resume operations in u.s. waters. and with us now is alaska governor mike dunleavy. governor, thank you so much for coming on the show, and i'd love to get your take on this. you recently wrote the white house asking them to encourage the cdc to lift this no-sail order because you say it has absolutely devastated the alaskan economy. how so? >> well, between last year and this year, we're going to have the about a $3.3 billion economic loss in alaska.

that's been a state with about a $56 billion gdp, so it's going to be significant. we're going to lose millions of dollars in local revenues for our communities especially along the coast. unemployment rates will remain stubbornly high when we could actually lower them through this process. so, gillian, the eshoo for us is -- issue for us is we're managing this virus probably better than any other state. our vaccination rollout is the envy of many. 16 and older, we have about a third of our population fully vaccinated. 65 and older that's two-thirds. and so our death numbers have not increased, and when you look at the fact that other countries are are having a cruise are season -- italy, germany, greece -- kristin: so the governor of florida says he's going to sue the cdc. are you? >> if we don't get, i think, a positive dialogue here this week, that's a real possibility.

again, the decision will be crushing to us. kristin: so the flip side of this argument is you have some folks, cdc saying we're in the middle of a pandemic and cruise hips, perhaps, aren't the best place to be, so how do you counter that argument? >> let us work with the cruise ships, let the states work with the cruise ships. last summer in the midst of the pandemic we were still able to have a large commercial fishing season in which workers from coming outside of the state, and we worked to make sure there were protocols and mitigation procedures. so if you look at our numbers and data, we're doing this better than anybody. all we want is the opportunity to work with the industry. and, quite frankly, i think what you'll see is if there is a cruise season and you can get folks on the boat, most of those folks are going to be vaccinated. and i think the cruise industry itself is going to want to have a positive outcome as we do. so let us work with the industry. we can put together the protocols that will keep people

safe and, again, just look at the numbers here in alaska. we're performing really well. kristin: governor, one more issue you have been very outspoken on is the buildup of the russian and chinese militaries in the arctic. you say that, you know, we saw what happened in the suez canal with that tanker getting stuck there, the impact that it had on global shipping. now you think about what would happen if something similar happened with what you describe as the american suez, the northern sea route. what are you seeing, what are you watching in your state that perhaps the rest of us in mainland america aren't watching as closely as we should? >> yeah. i think most people don't realize that alaska is two and a half miles from russian for story, 55 miles from mainland to mainland. and through the bering strait, you have a lot of traffic. the russians have over 40 icebreakers, the chinese have an icebreaker. the u.s. has two, and we're an arctic nation. one deployed in antarctica, the

icebreaker that was deployed to alaska is down -- kristin: we have no icebreakers. the u.s. has no icebreakers. >> no icebreakers. kristin: that seems crazy. >> well, it is, because we are america. we are the 49th state, and we are an arctic nation because of our state. so, absolutely. and we are so far behind the russians and now the chinese are so far ahead that we're going to have to move fast to catch up and have some parity. but, again, this is going to to be a crucial, in our opinion, this is going to be a crucial transit zone. kristin: all right. governor, thank you so much. i definitely learned something new in this interview. appreciate it. gillian? >> thank you. gillian: over 130,000 homes and businesses were without power as storms tore across southern states causing damage particularly in louisiana where fallen trees destroyed dozens of homes. we're going the take you there coming up next. ve♪

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♪ gillian: severe weather across the south bringing tennis ball-sized hail and possible tornadoes, so far damaging or impacting 140,000 homes and businesses. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is tracking the storm's path right now for us. hey, rick. rick: hey, gillian. yeah. this is the season when we get a lot of severe weather especially across parts of the south. maybe one bit of a bright side, no reports of tornadoes, but take a look at this incredible reports of very large hail and strong, damaging winds. in fact, about 350 reports of that just yesterday and into the overnight hours and into this morning. we do have a tornado watch in effect across parts of florida and across parts of south-central georgia. that said, these storms appear to be weakening a little bit certainly compared to yesterday, so that is good news. this batch of storms is going to go through florida, another bout of rain tomorrow, so we are going to see some rain in

florida, but i think the worst of the severe weather is going to be diminishing throughout the next number of hours. where we do see that yellow, that is the area where we could see strong winds over the next maybe say up until about 3:00 this afternoon or so. things improving, which is good news. i will tell you this is the season we get this. for the most part, we're going to watch improving conditions here, colder air across parts of the west. last are weekend we had temperatures into the upper 80s in places like minnesota, south dakota and north dakota that shouldn't see those temperatures for this time of year, now take a look at what's happening. temperatures well below average, feeling a bit more like late winter. all right, back to you. gillian: rick, thanks so much. we appreciate it. have a great one. rick: you too the. kristin: we have a lot to thank our national guard troops for this past year from securing our cities, to helping us fight the pandemic. what one organization is doing and how you can help, next. ♪

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♪ gillian: national guard troops have been working for months now to protect u.s. cities across the nation and also help millions of americans, hundreds of millions of americans get vaccinated. now one group is delivering care packages to thank the troops and

bringing america together in the process. joining us is operation gratitude coo. paul, i understand you recently retired from the marine corps yourself, so thank you for your service. tell us about the care packages, what's in them, where are they going, how many have you guys sent so far? >> great. thank you. yes, operation gratitude has been around for more than 18 years mart nehring with more than -- partnering with more than a million volunteers who donate their time, their talents and treasure to say thank you to american men and women serving overseas and serving here at home in uniform. we've given more than 3.2 million care packages to these brave men and women all across the globe and the country. most recently, the national guard, as you said, mobilized to support covid-19 last year, and last year operation gratitude delivered more than 53,000 care packages to national guard men

and women all across this country. gillian: so, just so our viewers are aware, we're looking at photos and video of one of your operation centers. it looks like a tremendous management effort that's going on at that facility. tell us about some of the reaction you've been getting from the troops themselves. they must love it. >> absolutely. they're incredible care packages with items from home, high green items, snack items, hand-made bracelets that you'll see, handwritten letters from grateful americans all across this country. and you'll see there a young soldier reading a letter. it's those personal touches that connect with these men and women that share stories of service and sacrifice back and forth. not only do we thank those who serve our country in uniform, but we bring americans together to better understand what it means to serve. gillian: awesome. tell our viewers, we're pulling

up the web site on the lower third of our screen now. who are you looking for, what kind of volunteers, how can people get involved? real quick. >> yes, ma'am. so we're going to support, just beginning next week with a great sponsor of veterans united home loan, we're going to support 7500, 7500 mobilized national guard men and women, and later for military appreciation month in may, we're going to volunteer in the d.c. national guard armory to make 5,000 care packages. gillian: awesome. paul, thanks so much for all you do. we wish you the best. that does it for us here in washington on this saturday afternoon. "fox news live" continues up next with eric and arthel. thanks, kristin. kristin: it's been great working with you. and if she counts on the advanced hydration of pedialyte when it matters most... so do we. hydrate like our heroes. ♪♪

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