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throughment rich edson is joining us from wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the weekend. >> good afternoon, griff. when president biden returns to washington the white house says he'll be negotiating with republicans and democrats and a compromise on infrastructure. they're discussing a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal however there are stick being points, how to pay for this. democrats want tax increases and republicans want to use unspent covid relief funds. his own proposal, as you know, is a huge package, 2.65 trillion dollars with a $2 trillion of new taxes, particularly taxes on american businesses and american workers which makes no sense coming out of this pandemic. now, griff, as you mentioned, democrats are working on two tracks here, there's that bipartisan trillion dollar track, but also looking for a larger bill, something in the

order of $6 trillion, potentially up to that much. this is something that the democrats would have to pass with all of their 50 members in the u.s. senate and the bulk of their membership in the u.s. house. because they say just that $1 trillion infrastructure bill isn't enough to address all the priorities that they want to. >> you know, what i really have to see is what's going to be in it. i'm somebody that believes if you can work in a bipartisan manner i will be better for it. and we need to be preparing for global economy change. >> yesterday the federal reserve upgraded its inflation forecast, essentially calling for more inflation, there are concerns about this, that's actually happening, also, when you look at some of the polling out there. this, from the monmouth poll, how concerned are you that president biden's spending plans could lead to inflation. 47% said very concerned.

24% somewhat concerned, not concerned 17% and a little more than 10% not at all concerned. the white house maintains that the concerns about inflation, inflation is mostly ticking up now because the economy is restarting and it's not a longer term prospect. back to you. griff: quickly, we're receiving sad news for the first family having to say goodbye to one of their beloved dogs. >> that's right, there's major and champ and now we've learned that champ passed away. the bidens had him for 13 years. the statement that came out said the most joyful moments they had with champ had him catching, playing with their grandchildren and running around the back yard in delaware. unfortunately the white house delivering the news that champ passed away and major is the other door that famously had to go to obedience school.

griff: and a tweet from the president, he was our couldn't stant cherished champion one the last 13 years and was adored by the entire biden family. as you know, i cherish my dog and our thoughts go out to the biden family. >> joining me now is iowa congresswoman and a member of the committee, maryion miller meeks. thank you for being here. i want to go to something that rich edson touched on, there's significant disagreement between the parties how this is going to be paid for. rblgs republicans want to use left over covid money, and-- >> certainly we have senators working on a bipartisan

agreement and right now their solution is a $1 trillion package without the tax increases, but then, also in the background is floating another $6 trillion in spending which would have tax increases with it and reports are the largest tax increase since 1968. so that's extremely troublesome given that we've seen the economy slow down. the economy was trying to take off as people got vaccinated. it was worrisome and i think you indicated the monmouth poll is showing the majority of people are concerned about inflation and feeling it every single day. >> how much do you think that inflation is playing a part in the conversations on capitol hill? >> i think even a few weeks ago, they were not playing as much a roll as they are now with the monmouth poll and the comments by the federal reserve chair and jerome powell and also janet yellin. i think they're looking at inflation and fed signaled

they'll raise rates they say in 2023. there are indications they'd raise rates as soon as 2022 and that's earlier than expected as you know, the jobs reports came out less than what was predicted, both april and may and in this upcoming month we're seeing slowing down. so, very troublesome for small businesses, troublesome for families trying to get by, you know, coming out of the pandemic, so i think that there's a lot of concern. >> in terms of timing, all indicators are that there have been some progress. exactly what that means, we still don't know. but here is senator joe manchin to a reporter's question this week. >> when you release the-- i think by next week you'll have a complete frame work, whatever you've been seeing, i saw some things, that's not accurate. the accurate one next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday the latest. >> if we're looking at a framework, monday, tuesday, wednesday, how big a gap what

the framework is and what a text of the bill would be? >> a framework in the trillion dollar change that's been, you know, compromise between the democrats and republican senators is something that's workable, there's bipartisan support for the infrastructure bill, just not for a democrat wish list, what they're trying to push forward, which would include tax increases. so like the devil is in the details as usual and so if they have a compromise of $1 trillion and they're floating the $6 trillion out there where there would be tax increases, i think they will faulter once again. >> and we're short on details. i want to hit on the $6 trillion package that democrats are floating, they want to go big while they can they can. they'll use reconciliation if

necessary, their one last shot this year. how much will that go toward any goodwill, that's been built by this bipartisan group of senators this week? >> you know, i think that undermines bipartisanship. the country has an appetite for bipartisanship where it's practical, but when you think of the election and the slim majority in the house and a tie in the senate, which is of course, broken by the vice-president. they don't have a huge mandate, but yet, their policies, if they have a huge mandate and then using, you know, both reconciliation and the threat of ending the filibuster in order to get things passed is going to come back to haunt them and work, especially on infrastructure. >> we will await this frame work. congresswoman miller-meeks,

thank you. >> and now turning to jared huffman, on the select committee on the climate crisis, thank you for taking time on this saturday. i want to get to the situation with the climate in your home state. first, if we could just pick up where congresswoman miller-meeks left off talking whether you guys will use budget reconciliation if a bill is not to be reached, where do you think things are? will the democrats deficitly go with budget reconciliation if you can't get the republicans on board? >> thank you for talking about this. i don't know how things are going to go in the senate. there are a lot of moving parts and whether this is through budget reconciliation or regular order, i think all of us would prefer something that's bipartisan. if you look outside of the

congress of the united states, everything we're talking about with its infrastructure package has broad, popular support across party lines. it's only when it gets inside washington it's something that you might call partisan. >> well, let me ask you, it seems if congresswoman miller-meeks said what republicans are really worried about are tax increases, she said that the $6 trillion package floating behind the $1 trillion was what she said was the largest tax increase since 1968. are the democrats looking to ultimately pay taxes to pay for this? >> president biden has been transparent about that. yes, we think we should talk about how we should pay for this as we go forward, that's responsible and a few years after a reckless tax give away to corporations and billionaires, i think it's appropriate to undo some of those tax windfalls in order to make this huge investment in

the american economy and american workers and good paying jobs. that's a good deal in my book. and guess what? it polls really well across party lines with the american people just when you get into the washington that you see all of this posturing about the taxes and partisanship. >> a lot of people are looking at what you guys, republicans and democrats are defining as infrastructure. do you see that as one of the sticking points in these negotiations? >> it's definitely part of the conversation. i know, i have a pretty broad conception of what a 21st century infrastructure should be. not just highways and bridges. it's got to include broadband infrastructure. i think the pandemic would have taught us the importance of bringing broadband to america. we're running out of time to address the climate crisis and we probably won't have a better

opportunity in our generation or ever than this infrastructure package. griff: are there things, congressman, in this package or that you want in there to address the climate situation in california, for example, out west you have record high temperatures right now. >> definitely and thank you for asking about that. we're going through a very serious drought this year and expecting another tough fire season so we're going to have to make major investments in water infrastructure and resiliency in california. we're not alone, the entire western united states are going to be struggling through these conditions, but i'm working hard to shape a really bold 21st century infrastructure package in the house that includes western water infrastructure needs and resiliency in all of these things that we're talking about. griff: quickly, before we run out of time, congressman, can you give us a sense on the timing of this? you have a week before the

fourth of july recess and a few weeks before august when congress is out essentially for the entire month. >> i'm hopeful that the transportation bill that we passed out of committee a couple of weeks ago with a little bipartisan support can be ready to go on the house floor very soon. there are other pieces of the package that need to come together in the house, but i think that everybody expects the final days of june and july is when this has to come together. griff: thank you for taking time and for coming here, we appreciate your perspective. >> thank you very much, griff. griff: all right. there's a lot more on this tomorrow. chris wallace sits down with lindsey graham in an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, check your local listing for time and channel. at howie kurtz, and the 4 p.m. show larry kudlow.

>> and griff, religious voters are fining up for the final night of faith and freedom's road to majority conference. they'll hear from leaders including ron desantis. mark meredith is live from the conference in florida. hi, mark. >> the crowd seems eager to hear from florida governor ran desantis. he has become somewhat of a household name as he went out of the pandemic. he's not saying if he's seeking higher office. the crowd he's speaking to may be critical for a future run. and we'll see if he drops any hints. a political analyst says this speech could be key to win over future voters for any campaign.

>> and it's an interesting track record in florida, as well as covid-19 issues that are next to what these people care about about. on friday the crowd had a chance to hear from former vice-president mike pence. some heckled and booed, but overall a warm reception, especially as he attacked his counterpart, vice-president kamala harris. >> when i was vice-president i visited our southern border. more than once. [cheers and applause] and, yes, it's past time for our current vice-president to go to the border, put our policies back into effect. >> pence did not make any announcement about his own political future, but he'll hold in-person events.

former president biden was invited to speak, but he declined reportedly because of scheduling issues, but we know that trump is about to hold more political rallies again in person in just a few weeks from now, alicia. >> mark meredith in florida. griff. >> tropical storm claudette bringing flooding to the region. rick reichmuth has more on the storm. she made landfall, but she's bringing a lot of water with her. >> a lot of rain and only became a tropical storm right before making landfall early this morning. the center of the storm now to the northeast of new orleans, but you see most of the moisture is off towards the east from the storm. so, i think places like coastal louisiana you're for the most part done and maybe a quick band comes through and most spreading through mississippi, alabama into georgia and eventually into the mid atlantic. i want to show you, we have

tropical storm warnings in effect across the coast, but take a look at this, tropical storm watch is in effect across coastal areas of the carolinas because we expect to see this storm weaken over land in the short-term, but back over water, looks like it will strengthen back into a storm again off the coast of the eastern seaboard and i know for you potentially with surfing going on. the panhandle of florida, georgia, carolinas, maybe two to four inches, rain, isolated spots, a little more than and that's going to cause flooding. another story we're watching, a big story out across the west, you were just talking about that, griff, with the congressman, we have incredible heat building here and excessive heat and the maroon color, the colorado river valley and unfortunately in the thick of this. the colorado river, the river levels are low because of the ongoing drought. take a look at the

temperatures. we have another hot day today and tomorrow and we start to see temps drop a little bit. get relief into monday after this brutal week. we got to 128 in death valley on thursday, all ever this matters because of the drought going on across the west. record drought and across the far northern plains with exceptional drought. that's the highest category. desperately needs some moisture. >> yeah, the congressman talking about the wildfires and droughts mixed together. rick right reichmuth. you bet. >> vice-president harris, calls for her to step down as the czar. we're live at the border next. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! ( sighs wearily ) here, i'll take that! ( excited yell ) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one-gram of sugar,

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stash house after stash house, where more than 100 migrants have been apprehended. we've seen the ms-13 gang members identified in their apprehensions and it is a crisis by every stretch of the means, but yet, the administration still not wanting to call it that and criticism mounting over vice-president harris' reviewing to visit this after 50 house republicans are calling on president biden to remove vice-president harris over the border. and hi, bill. >> griff, afternoon to you. as you know yourself we're sta are the to go get to the time of year where it's increasingly dangerous for them to cross into the united states. brutally hot here and those temperatures are not slowing them down and only worse as we go into summer. take a look at the video an hour ago, as soon as we got on

the scene at la hoya, that's the case. i know we sound like a broken record, but every morning we show up to la hoya, they come across the border and sit down and wait to be apprehended. it happens every single day and border patrol is stretched thin. >> and he wants his local state troopers and others to make their own arrests and he wants them to book them on trespassing charges and anything to send to message. and a professor says that it could work. take a listen. >> if you're able to, let's say arrest them trespassing and able to place them in jail and a court date and only takes 45 days, 60 days, that means you took up those guys, the smugglers off their business for 45 to 60 days. that provides the pretty strong

deterrent effect in what we've seen in the last 30 years at least for the border patrol. >> and texas has some reinforcements coming in in the coming weeks here. florida governor ron desantis saying he's sending his law enforcement to texas to help supplement the state troopers and border patrol. he says security is here not just for the state of texas, but the entire state of texas. and they're grateful to get the help and they send troopers when they have hurricanes and they say they need the extra boots on the ground during this border surge. take a listen. >> we welcome them to help us. this is a lot for the governor of florida to send his law enforcement to the border to combat this certain situation right now. >> and griff, of course, this is all juxtaposed with the ongoing security crisis here. it's not always just the migrants families and family

units, sometimes there are bad guys missed in. reporting they apprehended an active ms-13 gang member and one with a rape conviction out of the state of new york, 30 minutes east of where we're standing right now. back to you. griff: great work, bill. let me ask you, you talked about reinforcements and the lieutenant alvarez being glad to get it. i think that's a part of the story. morale is down whether it's border patrol or dps, and they were overwhelmed. even the chief of that sector was doing transportation. what are you seeing there? how overwhelmed, how is morale down there? >> morale is absolutely at rock bottom and when talk to every border agent out here they'll tell you the exact same thing, they're overrun, overwhelmed,

completely undermanned and they don't know exactly what the administration's goal is here. they're just having to do what they can. they can't be everywhere at once. they're apprehending the families, the smugglers send over the families and border patrol is sucked up processing them and elsewhere the runners come across and they don't have the manpower to catch all of those folks, they're frustrated on the ground and a lot of us want to talk to us, will talk to us off the record, they're not allowed to go on camera and voice frustration because of higher-ups in washington d.c. there's only so much they can do. every agent we've talked to on background, says that morale has never been that bad. griff: that's troubling because they're the front line protecting the border. and quickly before i go, you've done some amazing work and hit some of the stash houses and of course, those are migrants that are not wanting to surrender. >> yeah, we were tipped off to

a pretty wild stash house on tuesday of this week. i don't know if we can play the video, but there were 107 migrants who were being kept in there in the sweltering heat out there. once the smugglers do, once they get them across the border, put them in the stash houses until they move them further in the interior of the united states and spray painted on the wall of this specific stash house, cbg and law enforcement tells us that stands for cartel del golfo. they operate in the cartel, big in human smuglings and law enforcement says they were staking their claim on that house and showing they operate here on the u.s. side. >> great insight into the rio grande valley. thanks for your great work. thanks. alicia: and griff, the battle

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>> am i ready to take the stage again? am i going to take the stage again? will i ever take the stage again? i have no idea. i'm having fun right now. i'm in transition in my life and i'm enjoying myself. so that's it. alicia: pop mega-star britney spears says she doesn't know if she'll ever perform again. days before she's set to testify in her ongoing legal battle with her father, jamie, over her conservatorship. joining us now to tell us what to expect as attorney, northwestern university adjunct law professor andrew staultman, these are emotional hearings let alone adding in the megawattage of a celebrity and

a public fight with her father. what do you expect? >> this is going to be a combustible hearing in los angeles on tuesday. anytime you factor in money, family, fame, fortune, it's going to be combustible. now, the thing is we don't know exactly what's going on because brittany didn't file a formal motion requesting this hearing. maybe she verbally asked the judge for it. there's a cloud of uncertainty what exactly is going on on tuesday, what we do know, brittany is going to testify. alicia: we're waiting to hear what she has to say. can you explain what the significance is, she's asking for her father to be removed, but she's not petitioning for the end of the conservatorship. >> yeah, what's interesting, these are voluntary conservatorships. in most states call them guardianships, for her personal well-being and her finances and

the beef seems to be with brittany for her father. we don't know what he's doing. in a lot of times in the cases we see people not managing money correctly, absconding with it. we have no idea if that's the case here on tuesday we'll find out more. alicia: and her attorney put out a statement here saying that the father would love nothing more than to brittany not even to need a conservatorship. saying, quote, whether or not there's an end to the conservatorship depends on brittany. if she wants to end the conservatorship, she can file it end. jamie is not saying he's a perfect dad or the father of the year award and like any parent not seeing eye to eye, but jamie believes every decision he's made has been in her interest. how up to her do you think this is? >> it really is to a certain extent. she is a voluntary conservatorship and to end it,

you have to get the judge there's been misinformation, and something like framing britney spears in the documentaries, have done so much damage. what's interesting, she's not performing by all accounts she seems to be doing well. remember the meltdown in '07 when they hit the car with her umbrella and shaved her head, we're not seeing stuff like that. she's not performing which has her fans upset, but she seem seems to be doing all right. alicia: you don't think that whole documentary that came out on her and #freebrittany movement and the fans who have become activists, you don't think it's helping her cause? >> no, it's stupid. she went on instagram after the framing britney spears documentary came out and she cried for weeks with the way she's portrayed. i understand her fans love her, a lot of us do, she's 39 years old and hasn't performed in years, back off, she is seems

to be doing well and that's the only thing that the judge cares about. alicia: she has paid $2 million in legal fees for her father to pay his attorneys to fight her and then she pays for her attorneys to fight them and she's peaking for the whole thing and she's not performing. >> exactly. now, look, forbes says she has a net worth of $60 million. if you don't have money coming in for touring, chances are you might have a squeeze on your finances to be paying her lawyer bills, her dad's lawyer bills, plus her day-to-day maintenance, it's got to be a costly proposition for ms. spears. >> could the dad end up paying any of these legal fees on his own if he ends up getting removed. >> not if he ends up getting removed, if the judge rules he breached his duties, then he has a major problem. alicia: how concerned should people be about

conservatorships in general if they're not britney spears or a multi-millionaire star. these can be troublesome? >> they can be troublesome or abuses, but for children, mentally disabled older people they're excellent. unfortunately the high profile abuses get publicity. there are issues, but serve as important roles for some members of society. alicia: andrew, thank you so much. >> thank you. griff. griff: switching gears, juneteenth events are underway. >> hey, griff, we're checking out the harlem block party and checking out the beautiful clothes. i think this is my color, probably. this is pretty, too. but i want to show you the beautiful crafts sold by black business owners here. we've got all sorts of things

and this caught my eye. you see this m-obama essential oil. a nice ode to michelle obama, the first lady of the united states. jewelry, clothing, soaps all things sold by black business owners. live music, food, vendors, games for kids, lots of celebrations and also, griff, taking place across the country and show you dallas, what's happening there. hundreds of people are taking part in a juneteenth walk right now and there will also be a big music festival at atlanta's centennial park today and lots of block parties in los angeles with the pacific park ferris this week president biden officially made juneteenth a federal holiday, the first federal holiday since martin luther king, jr. day four decades ago. it's often known as jubilee day

or emancipation day, marks the day that black folks learned in texas they were finally free two years after emancipation. for many, especially in harlem, recognizing this day at this national level really has been a long time coming. >> we are definitely moving in the right direction and where juneteenth plays a part in that is saying, hey, look, we are acknowledging that african-americans have played a huge role in the development of this country. >> now, coping passed the bill with an overwhelming majority, but 14 republicans did vote against the bill for a wide array of reasons, ranging from there were already enough federal holidays on the calendar, the fear it might divide an already polarized country because the name includes words like independence day. organizers here in harlem tell me that this really, for generations to come, you know, 20 years from now, this is for the children, right, to know

that they're being represented and that they're being valued. this is for the kids. griff. griff: aishah hasnie in harlem for the celebrations for juneteenth. alicia: the race for space as china sends its own manned rocket to its on space station. that's next. liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need.

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>> the space race heating up with china. the country successfully sent its first manned rocket to its own space station as nasa says it needs more funding in order to keep up with quote, a very aggressive competitor. we're now joined by brian wheaton, director of program claiming for secure world foundation. brian, thank you for taking time. let me play for you a sound bite from bill nelson, president biden's nasa administrator, talking about this and then your response. >> they're going to be landing humans on the moon, that should tell us something about our need to get off our duff and get our human landing system program going vigorously. >> what do you think, brian? the former senator is sounding the alarm that it's time to

take the threat of china seriously. >> well, thank you for having me, griff. now, administrator nelson doing what he can to try and encourage congress to fund the programs we have underway. the trump administration announced something called the artemis program which was a return of the u.s. to the moon, an i long with a gateway space station orbit around the world that has a whole bunch of commercial and national partners. and a commissioner nelson pointed out some parts are funded and other parts are not certain. and he's speaking to a congressional audience trying to encourage them to back up support. the u.s. is no longer in a holding pattern for doing what it has been doing for the last two decades. griff: so, brian, this is your wheel house. how serious do you consider china as a competitor in the space race? >> well, i think the word you just used there competitor is

absolutely it. i cannot just talk about the word space race because that implies there's one goal, one objective and whoever gets there first is the winner when really what we're talking about about is a long-term competition across multiple areas. china is absolutely developing a robust space program that includes commercial activities, that includes civil activities like their space station and a wide range of military activities. some of those military activities do indeed pose potential threats to the united states and its allies. so in general china is doing a lot of things in space. griff: brian, you mentioned militarily, obviously, we remember under president trump, the space force was created and now, this administration seems to be embracing it, actually, taking a look at it and saying this is an important thing. does china have anything comparable to our space force? >> china also has military

space activities. they took a little bit different route for how they're organized. back in 2015, they created something called their strategic support force, where they put together their military space activities, their electronic warfare and cyber capabilities in dinner units. the united states separates out space into its own service to develop space capabilities. griff: in the time that we have left. so let me ask you a question that hopefully congress is listening to, if they don't increase funding to our programs and increase cooperation from the private sector, how much of a threat do you think that china is to catching up? >> i think that china's space station does not pose a military threat, it's more of a prestige and a perception issue. china is leveraging their space

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around in ponchos, but at lake ponchartrain and slidell, there is flooding, several vehicles pulled from the flooding and residents rescued, but again, most of the severe weather to the east of here. when it made landfall sustained winds were clocked at 45 miles per hour on the coast. the wind have been kicking up heavy surf. take a look at cell phone video from orange beach, alabama. and has the storm moves in, primary concern is not wind, but water. >> and the expectation what the event will be focused on rain, not so much on wind, although 35, 40 mile per hour wind when you have saturated ground can easily move trees and so forth so that hazard is still there. >> our storm camera that we set up at cafe du monde here in new

orleans shows the heavy rain that came through the french quarter. by nightfall, the rain had pretty much stopped there. the storm extremely lopsided with much of the heavy rains to the east of the center causing issues in mississippi and alabama. heavy rains caused problems during the friday evening rush hour in mobile and throughout the southeast emergency managers are concerned about potential for flash flooding. alicia, tropical storm claudette is expected to weaken as it moves across land, but remnants of the storms could cause problems in the carolinas later this weekend and there's the potential, even of some strengthening when it moves over water once again, moving out over the atlantic. alicia, back to you. alicia: jonathan serrie in new orleans. griff. griff: the hot temperatures are not stopping them from coming to our border. ent, with glucerna.

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griff: over 50 house republicans now calling for president biden to remove vice president kamala harris from her role in the immigration crisis. you're looking live at the drone camera in la joya texas as border patrol agents are overwhelmed trying to keep up with the growing numbers. welcome to fox news live. i'm griff jenkins. alicia: and i'm alicia acuña. lawmakers are pointing to the

fact that harris has yet to visit the border to see challenges for herself. bill with the latest, hi, bill. reporter: good afternoon to you. that's exactly right. almost 90 days, 3 months since vp harris was appointed as the border tsar, if you will and she still has not come here down physically to look at the border to take a look at the ongoing crisis down here. you take a look at the video for what she says she wants to focus on, the root causes of the migration crisis, ongoing economic situations like honduras, el salvador and guatemala. that's what she's trying to focus on but that is not flying with republicans. they say she's got to actually come down here and see the conditions on the ground, talk to the migrants who are arriving here, find out why they are coming and find out what has to be fixed. a group of 56 house republicans have now pinned a letter to president biden himself saying kamala harris is not getting the job done, you need to remove her

from this position immediately. >> for the good of the border patrol, for the good of the families of those whose loved ones have died of drug abuse, for the good of future american that is require a secure border, please, president biden, take kamala harris off the point of the southern border and put somebody else in control. reporter: vp harris ever actually does come down to the border, what you're looking at here one of the things she will see, la joya, they give themselves up to border patrol. a group about 40 or so. we've seen groups about 100. it just happens all along the border sector here in the rio grande valley, busiest along the border. border patrol overwhelmed. texas state troopers overwhelmed as well. they need more manpower.

florida governor sending law enforcement to texas to supplement and they are happy to hear that and they really need the happy. take a listen. >> we welcome them as far as coming to help us. this is a lot especially from the governor of florida to deploy his officers, his law enforcement to the southern border to help us combat the current situation right now. reporter: it remains to be seen if vp harris ever will actually visit the border. democratic congressman henry cuellar sent a letter, you need to come down here as well. somebody who is visiting next week is former president donald trump. he will be here on june 30th with governor abbott. governor abbott himself made his big announcement this past week saying he plans to build a texas border wall since the fed stopped building the border wall under the biden administration. the wall actually stop over right shoulder here. just stops in the middle of nowhere and migrants can walk around it. texas governor says $250 million to be used as a down payment for

the wall. alicia: you spent so much time down there and you have seen signs to have cartel yourself? reporter: yeah, so on tuesday we were tipped off to a pretty wild bust of a human smuggling stash house that is cartel related. you can take a look at the video right now. 107 migrants crammed into this. it looked to be an old abandoned auto garage or something along those lines but what the cartels do, they bring them across and put them in stash houses and hold them there until they are ready to move elsewhere into the united states and what we saw spray painted on the wall there, were letters cdg, that stands for cartel del golfo according to law enforcement sources. that's the gulf cartel, they have very heavily involved in human trafficking and drug trafficking, law enforcement says that's them sticking their claim on the stash house and

that's just one of many stash houses out here in the rio grande valley. border patrol says they have busted more than 200 so far just during the surge since march or so. send it back to you. >> this just seems like never-ending stream and i'm sure for the border agents, you are talking about how they are overwhelmed. we get the official line, but what are you hearing from them when you get to talk to them off camera unofficially? >> that morale has never been worse. they all laugh when they hear the administration that the border is closed. come down here and take a look at this. i hate to see what open is. one thing they are expressing to us they are worried when title 42 expires. that's what they are currently using right now to send people back to mexico. they're using the covid are precautions, they can put them on the bus and send them back. when title 42 ends, they have to go back to old fashion way of having deportation proceedings, court hearings that sort of a thing. what we are being told all the

holding facilities are full. when people come over, once title 42 ends, they will have to give them a notice to appear in court and say, hey, show up for a court date a year in now. whether or not those people will actually do it, remains to be seen but they're worried that there's going to be a huge influx once title 42 drops. alicia: bill, great reporting, great insight, thank you. reporter: thanks. alicia: griff. griff: alicia, joining us now to discuss this more president of the national border patrol council brandon judd. brandon, thank you for taking time on saturday. i want to pick up where bell doing great reporting in rgv talking about title 42 going away. we hear off the record that it can be coming very soon. what are you hearing and give us perspective on really how much that would change things? >> i expect title 42 to go away mid-july to the latter part of

july. that's what we are expecting right now. and when that happens, it's going to be complete chaos, more than what it is right now. when you consider that in the month of may we apprehended 180,000 individuals, 112 of those were expelled back to mexico, but 68,000 were released into the united states. when title 42 goes away, those 112 that we expelled, we can't do that anymore. we have to transfer them over to ice and because ice doesn't have the facilities, we are going to end up releasing those individuals. so we are looking at releasing around 160, 170,000 that will cross the border. that's an astronomical number. between the got aways and those released with nta's, we have already released in the united states nearly 500,000 people. that's 500,000 that we have added to the population. griff: wow, that's a lot to consider around certainly

obviously the other side of this coin is that it would allow cartels to further push migrants to make that journey. >> yeah. our resources right now are at the breaking point and once title 42 goes away, we will break. there will be nothing that we will be able to do. we are already putting 40% of resources at the beginning of a shift, at the beginning of the shift we've already got 40% of resources that are in processing or that are carrying for these individuals that are in our custody. once title 42 goes away and we have to hold the people and process them with nta's, then we will have more of resource and that will create even greater gaps that's going to allow them to exploit our coverage and bring more drugs into the united states and we are already seeing more drugs than we've ever seen before. griff: just to put the numbers in some quick perspective, you saw in bill's report there, the stash house, that's obviously a smuggling operation where the

migrants did not want to surrender. the chief in del rio they tweeted that in the past 30 days, they stopped 330 smuggling operations. that's roughly 11 a day which would come every two hours they are stopping smuggling operations of migrants that don't want to be caught and now you're adding in the got aways. >> yeah, when you consider we stopped 330 smuggling operations and we are only about 50%, 50 to 60% effective, that means there's been 300 that have gotten away and so that, again, when you look at that, it took -- it took 35 years to add 11 million illegal aliens to our population. in 5 short months, 500,000. at the end of president biden's term which we continue on this path we will add 4 million illegal aliens in 4 short years. that's crazy.

and to see that this administration just isn't doing anything about it further, it baffles me and i'm left scratching my head. griff: and to the point of seeing things or not seeing then, we saw obviously this week the letter from the 56 republicans asking president biden to remove vice president harris from being the border tsar overseeing the border problem. what is your reaction? >> well, i'm glad that their doing it. i'm glad that somebody is pushing back. i'm glad that somebody is trying to make the public aware of what is going on. the vast majority of the american public wants a secure border. they do not want to add illegal aliens to our populations. they want to welcome people in legally. we are a compassionate country. we want to take care of those people that deserve and need that -- that care but we don't want it to be done illegally and that's what these republicans are stepping up to the plate and they are trying to get the administration to do the right thing. griff: another part of the

letter, brandon, was their asking that vice president harris at least meet with the border patrol leaders. to your knowledge, has she met with you, with border patrol officials, with cbp? >> no. she's not going to meet with me. when you look -- when you look at all of the people that have been stacked in dhs, i mean, they are coming from places like amnesty international, they are coming from the very, very hard-left places and even though my organization the national border patrol council, even though we have endorsed democrats in the past, we are very much law enforcement minded. we want the border secured and that's just not something that the administration wants. of course, she's not going to meet with me. griff: brandon, in the time i have left i want to get quickly your thoughts on governor abbott down in texas wanting to build texas' own border wall. >> you know, unfortunately for the american public this governor abbott is fighting a battle against president biden and governor abbott is stepping

to the plate and he's doing what needs to be done for the citizens of texas as well as the united states. he is doing more than the president of the united states for all of the citizens of the united states, not just texans. griff: brandon judd, thank you for taking the time saturday, great insight, please come back as this crisis doesn't seem to be getting better. brandon, thank you. >> thanks. alicia: u.s. conference of catholic bishops moving forward with a statement which may deny president biden another catholic politician's communion. lauren blanchard has more on the decision. >> will remind the faithful of the hole communion and bishops overwhelmingly draft and deny those like president biden and speaker pelosi the most sacred of catholic witch wales.

some conservative bishops to hurt democrats in 2022 and 2024. >> there seems to be a rush to this and i don't think the holy spirit traditionally works that quickly. >> it seems to me this is an unprecedented situation in the country. we have never had a situation like this where the executive was a catholic president who is opposed to the teaching of the church. >> democratic representative ted tweet to go catholic bishops, you are being partisan hypocrites listing republican politicians who have bent or broken catholic rules with no consequences. president biden who regularly attends mass so far doesn't seem worried. >> that's a private matter and i don't think that's going to happen. >> pope francis needs to give more clear guidance on the eucharist rather than lever it up to american bishops which they say is creating division in a place where worshipers come

from peace. >> the sacrament which makes us one will be side of division. >> up to local bishops to decide if they'll deny him communion. the bishop in dc has indicated he has no plans to do so. aluckia. alicia: lauren blanchard in dc. thanks. griff: killed 6-year-old aiden laos on may 21st, the california couple charged in connection with the shooting. the couple fired shots at the car driven by aiden's mother fatally striking him. a pretrial hearing for august 27th. alicia: many americans sweltering with triple digit heat, any relief in sight? the latest forecast next

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incredible heat across the west. yesterday's actual temperatures, 119 in palm springs, 117 in phoenix, 113 in vegas. 117 is all-time ever high temperature in vegas. you get the idea. it's really hot there. we've got another couple really hot days to get through here. anywhere you see the red here, we have excessive heat warnings in place and that is especially across parts of the arizona, but now utah and much in nevada and into california. take a look at what happened here. the next 3 days still very hot but by the time say towards monday and later into coming week, temps do calm down just a little bit. maybe ten degrees on average or so but the ten degrees will feel like a big improvement being into maybe the 105, 106 by tuesday, wednesday and across the phoenix area. all of this is big story because of building drought. record drought going on. you see the darker red shade, that's exceptional drought. the drought monitor that's the highest level that we have of drought and you get the idea. there's a lot of the western

part of the country that is seeing that and seeing it really expand right now because of the high temperatures and lack of any kind of moisture. so really tough times there. now, tropical storm, still tropical storm, wind storm right now. most of the energy, most of the moisture with it off to the east of the storm. we have tornado concerns. we will continue to see that throughout the day. we still have tropical storm warnings in effect across the coast because winds are still going to be strong but get ready, we are starting to watch tropical storm watches in effect across the north carolina. by the time this gets off the coast to certain seaboard, expect to regenerate a little bit and get back to tropical storm strength status and impact areas of the mid-atlantic. griff: there could be surfing in my future. thank you very much. alicia. >> reopening continues, shifts in demand can be large and rapid and bottlenecks, hiring difficulties and constraints can continue to limit how quickly

supply can adjust, raising the possibility that inflation could turn out to be higher and more persistent than we expect. alicia: that's federal reserve chairman jarome powell raising expectations for inflation this year, but he says it's just transitory. let's discuss with macro adviser and research fellow at the university san diego school of business, mitch roschelle, the cohost of podcast. mitch, thanks so much for being here. real quick, the fed chair says the fed is okay with the economy running hot right now. can you explain what that means to folks sitting at home who are wondering how this is going to impact them? >> if they aren't at home and they go to super market they know exactly what it is. the case study i like to use is we had family over the house last weekend. we bought corn on the cob and so that's what regular everyday americans are feeling.

the question is, the fed chair powell keeps using the term transitory which is a fancy word for temporary. the question is, is it temporary and my question is no. i think it's here for a while. alicia: folks should know you and i have been talking about this for more than a year. you said this is coming. some people thought you were crazy but you know of what you speak, mitch. let's put up the consumer price index and look at the numbers. all items up 5%, food 2.2% and energy 28.5%. what can the fed do at this point in your estimation? mitch: so let's remind ourselves how we got here, right? we dumped stimulus in terms of putting checks in people's hands and then at the same time the fed kept interest rates low and the other thing they did, they've been buying assets, meaning they've been buying bonds for the balance sheet of

the fed. that's putting money in the financial system. so what can they do? typically when inflation runs hot, they raise interest rates. they are reluctant to do so, so what they could do is start tapering which the word will come up a lot, tapering the asset purchase program to get less money in the financial system and what -- the reason why we have inflation very simply, we have a tremendous amount of demand, there are tremendous supply constraints and the difference between supply and demand drives prices up. so we need to taper the demand a little bit by having less money sloshing around. alicia: all of this week have made the markets nervous. let's take a listen to the treasury secretary on the possible increase on interest rates. >> what i'm supportive of is inflation in line with the fed's targets and the interest rates

at slightly higher levels that would give the fed the ability to use monetary policy to address weakness in the economy. alicia: mitch, we saw the markets react. mitch: yeah, and i think what's interesting is on wednesday, well, first of all, the cpi number which is the measurement of inflation, not actually the one the fed uses but it's the one that most people look to, that came out last week and markets didn't react because they expected the economy to run hot. it's when chairman powell spoke on wednesday and then former fed chair yellen now treasury secretary spoke and start today say, wait a second, we may raise interest rates sooner than expected. the fed was talking about not raising interest rates till 2024. now one of the fed presidents talked about potentially the end of 2022. so the reality of higher interest rates is not something the market likes and that's why the market reacted for the last, you know, wednesday, thursday and friday of this week. alicia: quickly, we have the infrastructure talks going on right now on capitol hill.

democrats really pushing for higher taxes to help pay for this. what do you think about that? mitch: you know, we already have a tax on the middle class in the form of inflation and if you put more tax, that could stall the economy. one could argue that slowing down the economy will stop inflation but i don't think slowing down the economy is going to be good for everyday americans because it means it costs jobs and we are still trying to fill jobs in the country. so i don't think raising taxes in the short run is a good idea. alicia: mitch roschelle, thanks so much. griff. griff: fallout in portland after police unit resigns, that's next.

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alicia: the city of portland's police union is standing behind officers after all 50 members

assigned to antiriot union resigned this week. christina coleman with the latest. hi, christina. christina: the union is defending officers. they say morale is down after antipolice sentiment and criticism and endless riot. in a statement quote, rapid response team did not volunteer to have molotov cocktailing and feces and other dangerous objects thrown at them and threats of rape, murder and assault on them or their families. they did not volunteer to suffer serious injuries to be subject to warrantless criticism and false allegations by elected officials or to suffer through baseless complaints and lengthy investigations. portland pd's entire riot squad, 50 officers quit that detail partly in response to an officer being charged with assault over an incident during one of the city's many violent protests. now this officer was already cleared of wrongdoing by the

department's use of force experts but he is still being charged with fourth degree assault. the police union says this officer has been caught in the cross fire of a agenda-driven city leaders. the portland riot squad quitting after this indictment as part of the trend of officers nationwide responding to what they consider antipolice sentiment. >> we have to call it for what it is. the leftist policies are essentially restricting the law enforcement officer effort which has led to mass exodus of law enforcement from the profession. christina: also portland police, crowd control stepped down as crime surges in the city. homicides are up 533% compared to this time last year and

shootings are up there too. alicia. alicia: christina coleman in los angeles, thanks, christina. griff. griff: joining for us for reaction to this happened other stories let's bring in our panel, talk radio show tony cats and leslie marshall, tony, leslie, thanks for taking the time. let's quickly pick up where christina coleman left off. the situation in portland, the rapid response team resigning in mass and the fact that homicides are up more than 500%, tony, your reaction? >> they're also up in my beloved indianapolis. shootings are up in indianapolis. the crime has become a problem. it's an everyday conversation on my radio shows and across the city but when we go back to what christina was reporting on, that police didn't sign up to have molotov cocktails thrown at them this or the other, when you sign up for the riot police that's what you sign up for but you

didn't sign up for it happening 78 days in a row and city not only being okay treated being okay by this. all cases are different and need to be investigated as such. this is the police saying if you don't have our back, what's the point of us going on. you don't care about the city at all. you certainly don't care about us. griff: leslie to be fair to all voices, let me get your thoughts on the mayor there ted wheeler saying this happens and the city is safe, do you think that some are making more out of this or is this an issue that's going to become bipartisan as we see the destruction of the city of portland? >> well, there are a number of issues here. i mean, first, yes, that's what they signed up for. i would agree with that. but they are not saying we are not going to be police officers anymore.

they're not saying that we don't want to serve and protect anymore. and that is what they signed up for to serve and protect. if you don't like the outcome of a -- a verdict, if you don't like the outcome of district attorney's decision of charges, an indictment, you can't just walk away. now, yes, they don't need to be a part of this division and i know a lot of people say this is what happens when you defund the police. they are basically moving positions from this department to that department because they signed up and volunteered and with all of them stepping down, they currently won't have that department. there's a problem here two ways, griff. certainly they don't feel like they have the political or the community relationship that they had in the past. but what they're doing with this is they're also signaling to those politicians and to the community that they don't like -- if they don't like the outcome they will not have the community's back. it's a bad message both ways.

griff: tony, it's coast to coast. it's not just in portland. a video this week. it was unbelievable to see in new york city, in the bronx, an alleged gang member is shot in broad daylight. you see it here. the guy shoots the other guy, the children caught in the middle of it, fortunately not hurt. police are looking for both of those men, but when you see that and the crime surging as well in new york city, when you have it on both coasts it seems it must be addressed, tony? >> i don't disagree with that and we are seeing people -- you talk about how asian americans are get ago tacked. we saw this in new york and the jews being attacked and one that elected officials locally and nationally are too afraid to have and i'm one of the believers that you should be able to protect and defend yourself at all times and you should be trained and know how to do so. but to go back to leslie's

point, if they were turning their back on the community as you sated they would have turned their back altogether. rather this is a conversation of saying, we have to be in a partnership here and we have to accept the fact that rioters are rioters. i always thought that's what we should be discussing. rioters of all stripes are rioters and they have to be dealt with accordingly and rights as citizens and whether or not you can attack a cop or a cop can make a move that you might not like 100%, doesn't mean they should be charged with any level of crime. griff: 10 seconds and i want to give you the last response. >> the reason that we see crime throughout the nation, criminologists are saying, not just defund the police movement because we see republican-led cities like fort worth, miami, jacksonville that have the same problem. at issue we had a pandemic, we have people that have had had el

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griff: new leadership on the way in iran, hard line candidate

winning the presidential election with more than 60% of the vote. he's expected to be sworn in as president in august. ryan live in london with the latest on the election and the potential impact on u.s.-iranian relations. hi, ryan. ryan: hi, griff. yeah, this was at the same time a landslide victory and you could say a very strong expression of disscent against the winner. iran watchers will tell you that this election was really designed to win and coordination or more of a coordination than a hard-fought contest. after his strongest would be competitors reformist and supporters of outgoing rouhani from running and controlled by the country's supreme leader.

raisiayatollah prodigy. he's the first president of the islamic republic to be sanctioned by the u.s. even before entering office for among other things involvement in series of mass executions back in 1988. now the disqualification before the election led many to call on voters to boycott the vote and appears many of them did just that. just under half of 59 million voters participated. that's a very, in fact, that's a historic low turnout for an iranian presidential election and one out of 7 who did cast ballot either accidentally or perhaps much more likely intentionally voided them to signal they didn't want any of the candidates. keep in mind, not voting could be seen as a real act of defiance in iran, some worry if they don't vote, it can affect their ability to get a job after the fact. you actually get a stamp on your birth certificate once you voted so officials can see whether you voted or not. is there mass unrest, not

necessarily. president rouhani dismissed successor as someone who knows little more of executions and imprisoning people has met the cleric and congratulated him. one thing is clear, griff, it is going to make -- this election will make it very difficult for the biden administration to get tehran back to the table and to rejoin that deal that was struck back in 2015 that effectively had iran abandoning enrichment program. keep in mind they are now enriching it at the highest levels ever though not weapon's grade yet to get them back to the table because the hardliners are back and they may just not be interested. griff: that's a great point. we will be watching it. ryan in london, thank you, ryan. alicia. alicia: thanks, griff, president biden signed the juneteenth bill into law making the day an official federal holiday. the national civil rights museum held a virtual event to explore the history and meaning behind the new holiday commemorating the day the emancipation

proclamation was officially enforced. we are joined by chief marketing affairs officer at the national civil rights museum. faye, thank you very much for being here. on 1863, january 1st, that was the day that the emancipation proclamation became official. word was starting to spread. why do you think it was or why was it that this moment in galveston became something that resonated in history? >> i think for several reasons. one the south was holding out especially texas on when the emancipation proclamation had happened. when general gordon ranger was

at the union came into galveston two and a half years later to let the slaves there know that they were, in fact, free, it became -- it became more of a we can't believe that it took us 2 and a half years. we could have been free two and a half years before. we have been working as slaves since then and that's what resonates with what this holiday is about. what it's been about. this is not a new holiday. it's a-day that has been celebrated primarily in the black community, but also a holiday, it's a time when we understand what our history was then, what the dynamics were and why it took so long that the confederates were obviously not happy about losing the war and if they had won the war those states would not have had embraced ending slavery. so a lot of it, you know, was

involved in control. alicia: now it is a federal holiday and something that so many children -- i can't stop thinking. there are kids now who are going to grow up and always know this as a federal holiday. it's one of the holiday that is we celebrate. what is your hope for future celebrations as this is now commemorated every year. >> it is important that the way it's embraced the way it has. it's so important with the nation with all of the history of what black lives had been in america, that during this time with this president that this has happened. i'm hoping that young people and this is a wave of getting truth in history because, you know, that is being compromised right now, that it's a good way for young people to truly understand what happened in history. and it's not for them to act out, it's not for them to do anything other than what their

heart and their mind feels that they can do that's meaningful to this nation and moving things forward. it's about understanding how things have happened here. it's about understanding how things have impacted blacks in america. it's about understanding the role that they may play in one helping their generation and generations that they will live through and bring forward to know how important this is. and what i also hope is that it's not just the celebration part of what juneteenth was about and yet slaves did celebrate their freedom, of course, they did. why wouldn't they? but it's not lost on them that -- that, you know, what has happened with slavery and so that is a part of -- of the recognition of june 19th. alicia: absolutely. >> it is a part of what generations now and generations coming and those that are of the

senior generations need to stay with it. it's something that the this nation needs to recognize as an important thing to understand why it happened. it is not like the fourth of july. alicia: right. you're exactly right. faith morris, unfortunately i'm out of time but thank you for being here today to discuss this important moment in our country. >> absolutely. alicia: take care, griff. griff: alicia, ahead of father's day, we will bring you a father and son who loved playing online games and used past time to make a difference in children's lives next. ♪ ♪ ♪

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a creative way to raise money for st. jude's hospital with the help of the gaming community. to find out more we are learned by dr. lupo, his real name is ben but i'm calling dr. lupo who is a big deal in the gaming community. this is really a touching and amazingly wonderful story, doctor lupo. what exactly are you doing with your son charlie? >> so my kid and i, i've been playing video games for a super long time and i'm lucky enough that i've been given the opportunity to introduce him to one of my favorite past times just like people, you know,

watching football on tv or playing sports or building card houses or whatever. the thing that's always been in my life as a big piece of it is gaming and so i get the opportunity to teach him, you know, about super mario brothers and all the characters you know from -- from years past, kind of dating myself, i'm 34. yeah, it's been a great opportunity to find something like that that's been such a mainstay in my life for long as it has been to bond with him over that has been incredible. aye enjoyed every second of it. griff: and you're raising incredible amount of money for st. jude. so viewers understand, you're playing on st. jude play live and you're doing it over twitch and you have raised i believe more than $10 million. your son charlie raising his own 171 -- or 71,000, excuse me, incredible effort, why are you doing this?

>> well, st. jude, i was introduced to st. jude, i apologize a handful years ago because one of the things that i wanted to do with the platform that people have given me here on twitch is something good. to give back to the community. in my opinion one of the greatest causes you can give or support the most is literally our children and especially being a father now, it's one of those things your parents say you'll understand when you're a dad and i hate to admit it, your parents were right. having a kid and showing the things and it was an opportunity to show my son that gaming can do good and people who don't realize that game asking a superpowerful force to raise money for good causes like st. jude, might as well set the standard, right? it's an opportunity to present it and i'm trying to do something good for it. give griff my hats off to you and charlie.

everyone knows minecraft but what games are you playing and what do you recommend people play? >> minecraft and minecraft two and he has angry birds and stuff he plays but one of the more recent adventures he has gained interest in rocket league which is basically for those who don't know is car soccer. griff: playlive.st.jude.org and if you want to help, have a happy father's day and thank charlie as well. >> i appreciate it. thanks very much. griff: now we must say good-bye. alicia, it's been great being with you. thank you so much. alicia: you too, griff and happy father's day to you, early one. have a good day, everybody. griff give all right. fox news live continues.

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arthel: how republicans he demanding president biden remove vice president harris from her role in overseeing the southern border as the surge of migrants crossing into the u.s. continues. customs and border patrol saying they encountered just over 180,000 migrants last month alone. hello, everyone. happy juneteenth. welcome to "fox news live." i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel. hello, everyone. thank you and welcome. i'm air sean. the dire situation at the border is one of several big stories we're following today.