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president biden over his decision to freeze funding along the southern border as the administration struggles to stop migrants from crossing into the u.s. officials say there could be thousands who enter the country through gaps in the walls. hello, welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live. i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hello. thank you for joining us on this sunday. i'm eric shawn. the department of defense says it no longer is paying for the wall with military funds that were deverted by former president trump so building the wall has stopped. but migrants, well, they continue to flood into the southern border and republicans like texas governor greg abbott claim that the president's policies are making it easier for cartels and criminal organizations to take advantage of this influx. >> the first 100 days of the biden administration, they've been great for the cartels, for the gangs, for the you human

traffickers who have been exploiting the border because what happens is you have all these young migrants surge the border and the border patrol officers are occupied dealing with those who are surged in and that's when the cartels and gang members are able to use the open spaces to sneak across the more high value people, such as terrorists, such as people with criminal records and as well as fentanyl, the drugs and things like that. eric: the administration says it is trying to do the best it can to deal with this issue. william longiness standing by a checkpoint in texas. hey, william. >> reporter: eric, we are in the rio grande valley. they apprehend about 2300 migrants per day down by the river, i'm 60 miles north. a lot of people don't get caught and they come through here. this is a popular smuggling route and the drone is going to show you why, it's the proximity to the highway, 281 right over

there. so the migrants will come through here. they'll cut the fence. there's property damage. they'll go under the fence. it was electrified, then they shorted it out. many holes along the fence. there's a group called the texas border volunteers. and they patrol this land and they run a network of basically trail cameras here that are also monitored by dps as the border patrol and they'll show large groups. -- [audio difficulties] they get picked up on a ride north of the checkpoint, on the way to houston, on 281. at this point this group, the

volunteers, they assist law enforcement. they'll often shadow these illegal trespassers on this property with surveillance of their own because the brush is so thick and the area is so big. >> we fill a void. we report that traffic and when the border patrol he show up, we try to help them point them in the right direction and get that traffic apprehended. drug or human traffickers. >> reporter: so there's two things i want to tell you about. so you don't see them, but these openings, this is real thick canopy and when migrant groups underneath there, it's very difficult for any helicopter or drone to see them and you can't get the border vehicles back that deep and many get away through this area. also, i wanted to mention, it's dangerous. it's really hot. you can only carry so much water and people die out here. 25 this year so far in this area alone. eric, i wanted to mention about

the ponga both off san diego, this is the second one discovered by cbp in san diego in the past two weeks. about 28 aboard, i'm told, five seriously injured, two dead. so a ponga is like a big boston whaler, a little longer than an suv. it's open bow. if you put 28 people in it, it's meant for eight, you'll get capsized and that's when this kind of tragedy occurs and it's not unusual because like the number of migrants coming over land, in the desert which is dangerous as well, they're going off of point loma, they launch basically south of the border in encinada. they come into san diego, pont loma and get picked up in that area. very dangerous. eric: william, from your reporting, are those boats that would cap size, are those cartels? are those smugglers? those are organized criminal

elements trying to smuggle migrants in? >> reporter: yeah, just like we always talk about areas of the border, all these routes are controlled by different criminal organizations. it's the same thing in the marine environment. right. so it's basically the cartel out there, there's the new tijuana cartel in the area, fighting for control in baja. but it's a popular route. a lot of people go to tijuana. you can't get over the fence so they take boats and go around and you'll have a guide motoring it and so forth. 99% of the people on board are basically migrants trying to get into the united states. dangerous. eric: thanks for showing us how thick the brush is. amazing we're relying on texas volunteers for some of the spotting. arthel: the hundred day honeymoon is over for president biden. he still faces big hurdles with getting his next big spending plan over the finish line. the president will hit the road

again this week to sell his proposal but it's unclear whether he has the votes on capitol hill. mark meredith is traveling with the president. he is live in wilmington, delaware with the latest on president biden. mark. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon. president biden is calling out congress to spend trillions of dollars, raise taxes and do both fairly fast. this week the president will start making his case to fub puc about why so much spending is needed right now. one proposal will focus on education, child care, boosting social spending programs. then there's the other $2.3 trillion effort to repair infrastructure, something that both parties say they are interested in working on. white house officials insist there is room here for a bipartisan deal. >> i think the american people are long overdue. they've been promised that their infrastructure will be fixed for 50 years. where is the delivery on that? i think that's what this is all about. >> reporter: but some

conservatives argue the proposed new programs could make too many americans dependent on the government and then think about the price tag. even with corporate taxes going up for some american corporations, republicans are outraged here. >> the amount of spending like someone with a new credit card and these are for things that we don't necessarily need many we certainly can't afford. but they're going to delight the liberal left of the party. >> reporter: now, there are some indications that some republican lawmakers will be heading over to the white house in the next few days to see what kind of deal can be reached. the president himself, he's going to be hitting the road, he's going to a community college in southern virginia tomorrow and making two stops in louisiana on thursday. before that happens, the president's going to give an update about what's going on with the state of vaccines and the pandemic and this will also happen on the same day that the u.s. is set to roll out new travel restrictions between our country and india where covid cases are surging. arthel. arthel: mark meredith live in

wilmington, delaware. thank you. eric. eric: and the nation's capital, senator tim scott is firing back at critics of his republican response to president biden's address to congress. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle defended the senator. he's been the target of a series of racially charged attacks. one of the latest ones come from a texas democratic county official who now faces charges to resign. alex hogan live now with more on what the senator has been facing. hi, alex. >> reporter: hi, eric. senator tim scott reaffirmed his statement from last week, one that drew a lot of criticism at the time and continued to face more backlash. >> america's not a racist country. the question is, is there a lingering effect after a couple of centuries of racism and discrimination in this nation? the answer is absolutely. >> reporter: those comments initially sparking fallout during scott's gop rebuttal to

president biden first address to congress, critics blasting the senator, calling him delusional, a liar or a clown. >> you're not only on the wrong side of the aisle, senator scott, but you're embarrassingly on the wrong side of history as well. >> reporter: tweets one after another to the end that uncle tim started trending online. republicans calling that a double standard. meanwhile, lamar county democratic party chair gary o'connor faces calls to resign after tweeting a racial slur. well, today scott also addressed his policies on police reform, saying that he is seeing more support from his democratic counterparts. the senator says he's been pulled over unfairly by police 18 times. but that he's also seen support from police to provide for minority communities. today he advocated for putting legal liability of officers on the department in order to incentivize a change in policing behavior. the police was -- the president

was asked about his view on racism within the country. his answer to that, he says he does not think that the american people are racist but that there are institutional differences that have led to the disparities that we see specifically in minority groups that continues today. eric. eric: senator scott speaking from his own personal experience of course. alex hogan. thank you. arthel: the state department is denying reports it has reached a prisoner swap deal with iran. the initial reports coming from iranian state media and claim the u.s. would also release $7 billion in frozen iranian assets. trey yingst following this from our mideast bureau with the details. trey. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon. this all comes as nuclear negotiations with iran are ongoing and the u.s. state department is urging patience and also clarity when it comes to some of these recent statements. we know iran's chief nuclear

negotiator said this weekend his country actually expects sanctions to be lifted on most banks, oil companies and individuals. this is based on progress that ongoing talks where physical agreements are reportedly being drafted to return to some the framework we saw in the confines of the 2015 agreement. >> now we have some text available to us based on the negotiations we have already made and now we are working on the words and phrases and sentences and paragraphs. >> reporter: u.s. national security advisor jake sullivan described the meetings last week as, quote, in an unclear place. this all since iran is still unwilling to meet with the american delegation. the biden administration continues to downplay claims of talks progressing rapidly as onlookers are looking at a may 21 deadline at which time a monitoring agreement between iran and the international

atomic energy agency expires, this comes as president biden met with israel's intelligence agency. israel is concerned that other threats will not be addressed in a larger deal. today there were reports swelling around about a possible prisoner swap, reported first by lebanese media. the state department coming out and saying the reports were not true but they remain committed to try to free american hostages abroad. arthel. arthel: trey yingst in jerusalem. thank you. eric. eric: well, arthel, new reports show that the mexican cartels are using social media to target american teenagers, trying to get them to help smuggle people across the border. how can the u.s. fight the messaging battle onlined also keep the border safe? we'll take a look at the surprising development straight ahead on fox news live.

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mexican cartels are using apps like tiktok and instagram to recruit american teenagers to try to engage in human smuggling and help the cartels. >> we're trying to reach out to the communities and inform parents and grandparents about the dangers of smuggling and the fact that the criminal organizations are targeting young high school and college age children. eric: so how do you stop the cartels from targeting your teen? dan hoff is with us, former station chief and fox news contributor. what does it mean from an intelligence reports, that the cartels are using social media to attract supporters and potentially help. >> they see an opportunity in our wide open cyberspace to contact followers and to try to recruit individuals who could help them in their despicable

mission. but make no mistake, this is a symptom, as a result of our failed immigration policies. we can whack this mole. others are going to spring up until we have a comprehensive immigration plan which we are lacking at the moment and we're also not taking it in my opinion with the seriousness with which we should. eric: we're seeing some videos there in the right of what they say are some of the examples of houthis groups target american teenagers. what's -- what should parents look out for, let's start with that. if a teen says he's got new friends or he's doing something or making money, how does it work? how do they get in touch with an american on this side of the border? a 17-year-old goes down there wittingly or unwittingly is helping the cartel bring people in. >> i think this falls into the category of nefarious actions taking place in cyberspace at large. there are a lot of bad things that can happen to teenagers in cyberspace, this being one of many. what's really important is what

we're seeing from border patrol, they're providing good indications and warning to parents and i would say educator as well. this is for our school systems to educate our children about the threats that are out there in cyberspace, from individuals where these are non-attributable malicious actors and it's very hard to determine who they are in cyberspace. i warn my kids about being very careful about the people with whom they're engaging in cyberspace. it's important for parents to do that and then collect the information and give it back to the border patrol so they can share it hopefully with our partners overseas, particularly in mexico, honduras, guatemala and el salvador where the migrants are coming from because we do have good partnerships with the intelligence and the military and the police in these nations. eric: as far as we know, have any american teenagers been charged in terms of these type of operations or do they say to mom and dad, hey, i'm going to go down and help this and do that and i'm going to do charity work or something like that and can they be held responsible

potentially in a court of law of abetting and helping a foreign terrorist organization? >> yeah, apparently if someone is caught being involved in this sort of a scheme, it is a felony, 10 years in jail potentially. i think it's up to the teenagers and parents and educators to make sure they take these indications and warnings seriously as they should with other nefarious, malicious folks out in the internet and then share it with local police department and with your border patrol, especially -- if you're in texas, governor abbott has been ringing the alarm bell, talking about 170,000 have been apprehended as of march and they expect another 35,000 minors in custody by june. this is a crisis at the southern border and it's something that we all need to pay attention to. the congress needs to act with a little more alacrity, so does the biden administration. eric: you served overseas.

what is your sense of what we need to do. immigration reform in order to try to stop this flow to the extent that it is going now and deal with the root causes that the biden administration is trying to do that right now down in central america. will that work or will they have to do much more? >> the biden administration at least has been talking about providing over $300 million in aid to those three nations i mentioned, honduras, el salvador, guatemala. i think that maybe that's part of the solution. but really it's about two things, about hardening our defenses and that means more border patrol, resources for border patrol, it means building fencing which believe it or not senators obama and schumer and clinton supported in 2007 and it also means working with our partners overseas, particularly in mexico. but also in those other three nations where we can stem the flow of migrants and i think it's up to the president to get up on the bully pulpit and making a speech about

immigration, make a speech so the would-be migrants understand what the policy is. the biden administration's, the first action was to end the mexico, hold in mexico protocol which the trump administration had imposed in 2019. and that really delivered a message to the would-be migrants that it's kind of open season on coming to the united states. so the biden administration needs to get their messaging right on this. eric: guatemala for example has been cracking down on some of the migrants that arrive on their border, trying to prevent them. a simple question that americans have, why can't the countries stop the migrants and caravans before they get to our border? >> right, that's part of i think what we need to be working on with these nations and make no mistake, i don't think we want to engage in -- to try to nation build our way out of this with those three countries. they are-many are fleeing violence, but many are also looking for better economic

opportunities, particularly now during a pandemic. it's extraordinarily dangerous for this crisis to be occurring on the southern border. so we do need to take hard and fast measures with the security forces in those countries and work in partnership with them. eric: station chief dan hoffman with a warning to parents and grandparents, be careful what's on social media with your teens and dealing with this. dan, always good to see you. thank you for your insight today. >> thanks. you too. arthel: a public viewing held for andrew brown junior today, a week and-a-half after deputies in elizabeth city, north carolina shot and killed him while serving search and arrest warrants. protesters have been demanding the sheriff release the body cam video publicly. charles watson is in raleigh, north carolina with the latest. >> reporter: the family of andrew brown junior is holding

the last of two public viewings today ahead of the funeral on monday. protesters say they'll march as well today for criminal justice reform and support of the brown family and victims of police brutality. >> my nail tech has to be a licensed professional to do my nails. i have to have a license to practice law. physicians have to have license to actually do their jobs. police, we need a federal mandate on policing in america, okay. >> reporter: last night, protests in the city were peaceful as calls continued for the public release of body camera footage following the north carolina judge's ruling against publicly releasing the videos that captured the fatal encounter between brown and deputies serving the drug warrant. however, brown's immediate family will get the opportunity to view those videos in the coming days. in the meantime, elizabeth city officials fay crits civil after implementing a new requirement that says a permit needs to be filed to hold protests.

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eric: the high powered union, the american federation of teachers, lobbied the centers for disease control on school reopening guidelines, according to a report in the new york post. the newspaper said it obtained e-mails that says it shows a flurry of activity between union officials, the cdc and the white house before the cdc released guidelines in february with the union it says influencing when

schools reopened. david spunt explains. >> reporter: it turned ' turns out the largest teachers union in the country, the american federation of teachers was in close contact with the cdc according to the internal e-mails, an article published in the new york post over the weekend suggests that the american federation of teachers, made up of 1.7 million teachers, influenced the cdc on opening guidelines. according to the story in the post, the aft suggested slowing down the opening of in-person learning and the cdc reportedly obliged. the post cites internal e-mails from a public records request by americans for public trust. we looked at the e-mails. in an e-mail from the american federation of teachers to the cdc, one says, quote, we really want to lend our effort to helping restore faith in the cdc and we believe you are off to a great start. we must however urge the inclusion of clear closure triggers in the imminent guidance. another says finally we were able to review a copy of the

draft guidance document over the weekend and were able to provide some initial feedback to several staff this morning about possible ways to strengthsen the document. in a statement from the aft to fox news about this story, president randy weingarden admitted the two agencies continue to be in close contact. quote, naturally we've been in regular touch with the agencies, setting policy that affect their work and lives including the cdc. in fact, we contacted the agency more in 2020 during the trump administration than we have during the biden administration in 2021, requesting additional guidance, questioning policy, providing testimony and offering an educator and healthcare worker perspective. i reached out to the cdc and white house, as of this moment i've not yet heard back. in washington, david spunt, fox news. arthel: some business owners in massachusetts say the state is moving too slowly on easing

covid restrictions, which won't be fully lifted until august 1st and in boston not until august 22nd. that has restaurant owners concerned that they'll miss out on summer dining season and lose business to neighboring states. >> they live on closing dinners with 30 people sometimes. that's their lifeblood. let people choose. it's america. let us choose. if you don't feel comfort going out, don't go out. arthel: let's bring in the chef and the ceo of the steak house, a member of the massachusetts reopening advisory board. steve, do business owners and restaurant owners like marty bloom we just heard have a point? >> marty's a good friend of mine. i love him. yes, he does have a point. i have to say, you know, we have been open since last june. restaurants, we've been eating inside this whole time. and we've done a great job. i think restaurants are the

safest places to be. i mean, we were set up for a pandemic. we have health departments. we have the rules. we know how to keep places clean. restaurants, you know, unfortunately i think we've been thrown under the bus in the media. it's been frustrating for all of us here. arthel: what do you mean, steve? how so? >> i think that people think that it's not safe to go to a restaurant and i just disagree. i think it's very safe. we've been doing this for a long time. daviso, we have eight restaurants, we've probably done a million guests since last june. we haven't had one case. i think we're doing pretty well. i love our governor, i live charlie baker and our lieutenant governor, she's done a great job. but i look to them like my brother and sister. i don't always agree with my brother and sister. i love them to death. arthel: to that point, steve, to that point, like you said, you're a restaurant owner. you're on the massachusetts reopening advisory board. say us inside some of the debating surrounding the final

decision. >> we met last summer and we haven't really net a long time. so we were part of the decision making back when it all happened last summer. the last six months, we've been helping. we've been talking to them. but we really haven't been part of the decision making and we feel that the numbers are unbelievable. i mean, almost 40% of boston or massachusetts has been vaccinated. we have -- we're down to like -- it's one and-a-half percent a seven day positive rate so we're doing great so we think it's time to get going here. it's a little frustrating. arthel: how can you convince them? you're on that board. that's what we want to know, what are you saying to them? >> well, we've been trying. we've been working with them. we've been doing the best we can. i think the public health people here feel differently. they feel it's still not ready and by the end of may we're going to reopen more. again, we are open. boston's ready to go. i hope people from all of america come to boston. we just need more occupancy.

we want to have tables of 10 instead of tables of 6. right now we're six feet apart. we think we can go back to three feet. that's what's frustrating. arthel: as we said, in boston in particular you have to wait until august 22nd to fully reopen. can these restaurants survive until then? >> well, we're surviving. what happened, a lot of restaurants hibernated over the winter. they're reopening. we have great patios. the weather in boston is fantastic right now. so restaurants are doing really well. i think there's doom and gloom out there. it's kind of frustrating. we want to do more. we want to have more occupancy. for example, mother's day next week, a lot of families come in with seven, eight, nine, 10 people. we can only put six per table. so we split up the families. mother sits at one table and the grandmother at the other one. god help us. it's going to be crazy. maria: they're in the same bubble, seems like you should be

able to put them at the same table. i'm not an expert. i don't want to get in trouble here. they're in the same bubble. seems they could sit together. our fox affiliate in boston, they're outlining the restrictions, the details on the website, you can mass.gov reopening. if charlie baker is concerned about a setback, resurgence of caseses, i mean, do you support his caution on any level? >> i actually supported him and i still support him. i just think we just need open a little souper -- sooner.i thinkt august. and then our mayor, she kicked can it three more weeks. so it's just frustrating because i think we've done everything right. it's -- you know, the hospitality community, not just restaurants, hotels, the duck tours. i could go on. everybody is limited right now and we're frustrated because we

have the demand. we know we can do it. and we've been doing it this whole time. and we're doing a great job and so that's why we're a little frustrated but you know what, it's okay. we're going to make it. and we're not going anywar. the restaurant community is tough. and we're going to be fine. arthel: steve, i feel your pain. glfer. pain. [laughter] >> i'm very optimistic. arthel: new york city is opening july 1st. i don't know. i wish you well. really, really i do. >> can i say one thing. if everyone goes gets vaccinated they'll open up a lot sooner. get the shots, let's get going. let's get vaccinated. arthel: say it again. >> let's get vaccinated. let's go. arthel: get people like you back in business. okay. steve, chef and ceo of davios thank you very much and good luck. >> thank you. thanks for having me on. arthel: absolutely. eric. eric: we want boston open, we

want to see the sox playing in fenway, absolutely. on the other side of the country, california gubernatorial candidate katlyn jenner is taking some heat after saying that transgender girls who were born male should not be allowed to compete against girls who were born female in school sports. christina coleman live with the latest on the controversy for the new candidate. hey, christina. >> reporter: hi, eric. a number of conservatives are calling katlyn jenner courageous and correct for her remarks. critics are slamming her, calling her a traitor and saying the gop contender is just trying to appeal to republicans. now, it's too early to tell how or if this will impact her run for governor in the deep blue state and the likely recall election, after all, jenner is a former olympian and an activist for trans rights and her bid for governor marks the highest profile campaign by a transgender person in u.s.

history. sheer's what she said to tmz yesterday about transgender athletes and sports. >> this is a question of fairness. that's why i oppose biological boys who are trans competing in girls sports in school. it just isn't fair. >> reporter: many conservatives have spoken out on this heated issue in response to president joe biden's executive order that bans discrimination on gender identity in school sports and other places. two dozen states are considering banning transgender girls from playing on girl sports teams and just last week florida passed a similar bill. during a fox news town hall with other gop governors last week, florida governor ron de santis said he will sign that bill into law. >> we want to have opportunities for our girls. they deserve an even playing field and that's what we're doing, what mississippi and florida and other states are going to do so i look forward to

be able to sign that into law. >> reporter: in march the american academy of pediatrics came out against this type of legislation, saying in a statement, quote, forcing transgender children to play on teams according to sex assigned at birth rather than the sex they live in puts them at risk. a recent survey found 32% of adults support transgender students participating on sports teams of the gender they identify with while 54% do not. eric. eric: christina, thanks very much. in a moment, we go back to the east coast to tell you about the latest bombshell dealing with new york governor andrew cuomo. how great is it that we get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for 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. ♪

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governor claims? >> it's a disgrace. it's a deception. it's amazing that he is still in office. i think if there is a real value in this new york times report, if accurate, it puts him not just leading the administration that pursued a disastrous policy and then covered it up, but personally leading the coverup. the times reports an october phone call in which he he's the one, not a medical expert, not the department of health, not someone with actual knowledge saying we can't release the data. they also -- it's striking in that report, assuming accurate, the number of people in the state government who had to participate in this coverup over the last year. it's damning. eric: this is all apparently happening after he negotiated that multimillion dollar book deal, claiming that he was being so successful. here's what the new york times

said. it's pretty stunning especially from the energy times. it says quote, mr. cuomo's senior aids engaged in a sustained effort to prevent health officials from releasing the true death toll to the public or sharing it with the lawmakers. the scientific paper which incorporated the data was never published. an audit of the numbers by a top cuomo aide was finished months before it became publicly known of. two letters drafted by the health department and meant for state legislators were never sent. that souths more than lawyers being lawyers. sounds like they're trying to stop the flow of information. >> it's not a scenario where the coverup is awful but the underlying activity was not. it's horrendous on both counts and this really is about more than an official trying to maintain their political standing, get reelected, sell a book. because the policy killed

hundreds, perhaps more than 1,000 people by forcing covid positive people into nursing homes. by the way, the he cuomo administration did the same thing to homes for the developmentally disabled that they were doing to nursing homes. but beyond that, this is at a moment when the whole world is trying to understand this pandemic. new york was an early test case. so the cuomo-led corruption of the data was not just a disservice to the people of new york. it was misleading everybody as he went around the media circuit presenting falsely new york as a model of how to maintain health and safety in nursing homes. eric: he has denied wrong-doing as we know. he refuses to resign or step down he is up for re-election next year for what would did or could be a fourth term. fox news contributor james freeman. james, thank you. if you want to hear more about this, the collapse of cuomo is

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cold front like that, you typically do see a storm system. both of these are going to be on the move as we get going into early monday into tuesday, and then before you know it, it is a real rainmaker across the country. this is your future forecast, pay attention to the time stamp up in the corner. by the time we get into monday night into tuesday, that is a large rainmaker that's sitting across the country. soggy, just soggy, soggy here in the eastern half of the country in the week ahead. arthel: that does it for us. erin, good to see you -- eric, good to see you, enswroi the rest of your sunday, everybody. thanks very much for joining us here on "fox news live." ♪ ♪ everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health.

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