afghanistan. but weather it's our interpreters that stood and fought with us. that's what needs to be taught in our schools. but, do you know the thing. todd: we're up against a hard break. >> we have so many proudly waiving that american flag and inspiring. carley: absolutely right. thank you, congressman. thank you so much. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ can't we be friends? brian: all right. turn on the lights, everybody. we are ready to work full time for the next three hours and then get some rest. we don't want you to rest through the show. just gradually get dressed. every hour put on something else. the opposite of strip poker. right? rachel: you are so fun. brian: i thought we were going to ghump a shot of las vegas at

the last minute rejected that i pulled the plug on that. if we did see las vegas. i would have pointed out john tapper's season on bar rescue has been fantastic there and they're masking up again that city. steve: they're, indeed. when you think of las vegas first thing you think of is bar rescue. rachel: i thought it was strip poker. brian: i don't think you have to make a choice. i think you can do both. steve: in the center square we have rachel campos-duffy. rachel: happy to fill in for ainsley. put you on the radio show. brian: it's not over. do you want to be on the radio show? we usually have to beg people. steve: that's how we beg people. brian: ainsley said i'm sorry i can't hear you i'm in a issue are. then we have no signal. steve: thank you for joining us, it's a very busy thursday. and we start with breaking news at the border. texas governor greg abbott has now banned certain

transportation of migrants who could be infected with covid. rachel: he said it's to protect americans after covid-positive illegal immigrant were actually released into border communities. brian: we are dancing on the edges when we need to attack this thing head on. griff jenkins joins us from washington with more. whistleblowers claim president's officials ordering them to down play a covid outbreak on military businesses. griff? about. griff: brian, rachel, good morning. a lot of works asacol tier details it where hhs houses migrant children. they are alleging that hhs officials instructed them to minimize a covid outbreak at the facility earlier this year in a complaint and sent to four congressional committees they say, quote: every effort was made to down play the degree of covid infection at the site and the size of the outbreak was

deliberately kept under wraps. fox news has reached out to hhs for comment. they have not sent back comments. meanwhile, a terrifying covid alert in la joya, texas part of the rgv where they're seeing a spike among migrants i don't. outrage abbott bands anyone other than state and law enforcement official from transporting migrants to try and stop the spread of covid into texas. >> the biden administration cares more about people who are not residents of america. he has one standard trying to mask up and vaccinated our fellow americans by allowing free pass into the united states of people with a high probability of covid and then spreading that covid up in our communities. griff: this comes after news broke on a catholic charity on la joya placing covid-positive migrants into a local hotel discovered by police only after a what a burger customer notified them of a family coughing and sneezing unmasked

inside a restaurant. are family said processed a few days earlier and they had tested positive for covid. finally guys, "the washington post" reporting this morning that the administration is halting plans to end title 42, which we have talked a lot about on this program. they are going to halt it due to the covid spike and summering numbers at the border. but, fox news has yet to confirm that if indeed it's true, it will be welcome news to border officials absolutely slammed down there month after month. brian, rachel, steve? it. rachel: thank you, griff. steve: griff, so much to unpack. you have been to the border. brian: all the time. steve: we all remember in realtime they were putting children in those facilities we were going that's a super spreader event. they have thousands of people in a place designed to hold a couple of hundred. that's bad. as it turns out there is the government cover-up i didn't have griff we will see where this fbi case goes. but we do know congressman henry

cuellar a democrat by the way a border congressman says in the rgv 20% of migrant children are positive right now. that's more than quarter of the kids being held in that area. and, really, it is the sort of discombobulated system they have between the apprehensions of these massive number of folks turned over to ngos like the catholic charity in this case in la joya and the inability to test them right at the point of contact is now what is this covid problem that they are dealing with. and it's interesting, too. the reason why i ended with that "the washington post" article because maybe the administration is finally realizing they have a problem on their hands that if left alone is going to be catastrophic going forward. steve: discombobulated is the perfect word. brian: rare when a word like discombobulated is a perfect word for anything. thank you, griff. prevent it it's amazing, two major stories, two major stories

and they intersect because with the stoffer the mask mandate and controlling the virus and variant, the story at the border where people coming across many of which are covid-positive. a weird thing is guy who has been in politics 48 years, the president of the united states 48 years. he could sit there and appease his left i would love to be lease looser on the border i'm in the middle of a pandemic i have to crack down. i have got to leave some of that stuff in place until we can get on the other side of this. instead lets everybody. in yelling at people get vaccinated. telling the vaccinated to mask up. at the same time refuses to use all the instruments possible to control the border. he stopped the british from coming here. he stops the canadians from flying here. he stops mexico from coming here legally but letting the border on to over 100 different nations. it is nuts. rachel: yeah. in fact, chip roy, is he a congressman from texas really sounded off on house floor yesterday on this topic, brian.

take a look. >> we have a crisis at our border and we're playing footsy with mask mandates in the people's house. i mean, it's absolutely absurd what this body is doing in the people's house. it's an embarrassment. it's a mockery. the american people are fed up. they want to go back to life. they want to go back to business. they want to go back to school children being forced to wear masks. speaker comes down here at 10:00 in the morning we have to wear masks in the people's house while we have thousands of people pouring across our border and democrats don't do anything about it heavily infected with cody. we are absolutely sick and tired of it so is the american people. this institution is a sham we should adjourn and shut this place down. steve: the way the congress works, building the u.s. congress is right in the middle of the rotunda. on the, let's see, on the west side it is the house of representatives. and you have got to wear a mask there. on the east side, it's the

senate. ible. steve: it's so crazy. nancy pelosi said yesterday well because the cdc, everybody in here in the house has got to wear a mask. if you have been and you rock and missed it the cdc a couple of days ago said people must wear masks indoors even if they are vaccinated. there are a lot of people who are frustrated because the president said go out and it get the shot, if you do you don't have to wear the maverick. his government has changed that dick dom. a lot of vaccinated americans are frustrated and it having emotional whiplash. brian: absolutely. steve: they were told to get vaccinated and did but now many believe because of what the idea is saying. we don't believe vaccines work as well as they supposedly we were told. they worked as well as we were told. now the administration has decided. do you know what? let's have everybody mask up

because there we net middle of this pandemic, closing our schools and churches all last year. took our kids out of school. closed businesses. might do this again. we don't know what's going to happen. mandates happening this entire time since joe biden has been in office. the border has been wide open. we had in the beginning it was the variant that was dangerous that was coming up from brazil. now we have this delta variant. now we have that 900 percent increase in covid infections in rio grande valley towns. this doesn't make any sense to people. people are angry. i just want to say one thing. we impeached a president twice over a phone call. one of them was over a phone call in ukraine. this is far more consequential and dangerous to the american people it will affect their livelihoods. it will affect their children's education if covid reinfects and does. brian: comes back. rachel: like what it did last year. we can't afford it. this is dangerous.

what's an impeachable offense? bringing people across the border who are infected allowing it to happen? brian: "the washington post" headline says americans want to know where the data is for this new for vaccinated people to mask up again. dr. scott gottlieb he will tell you he works on the border of pfizer. also worked for the obama administration great respect in the trump administration. said this about this new road we are going down with masks. >> i don't think that we're going to get enough bang for our buck by telling vaccinated people they have to wear masks at all times to make it worthwhile. we are further into this delta variant than picking up. i have been saying this for weeks. another two or three weeks we will be true this. this new divide dance will have negligible impact on it i think much more prudence guidance to people if you are vaccinated and high prevalence area and in contact with the virus. you have think you might have the virus because you have mild symptoms of it be prudent, get tested maybe wear a mask especially if you are around a vulnerable person. that should be the bottom line

guidance we give. cdc i think has a challenge measuring this right now. brian: let the vulnerable person wear activistma. marc thiessen is come up later in his column in the "the washington post" there is a better chance for a vaccinated person to be hospitalized with this virus and the variant. better chance of getting hit by lightning, 007% being hit by lightning. take your chances. any time today it might rain. you might have a chance of getting hit by lightning. rachel: for children by the way we dick columbus. brian: they all have to mask up now. steve: there is a troubling headline i saw this morning. 25% of the new cases of code in l.a. county, 25%, are from people who are fully vaccinated. so there are apparently a number of those break through things. brian: their symptoms are so mild they get right through it and move on. steve: my point is it's possible to get it even though you have

been vaccinated. and the other thing is the woman who runs the teacher's union, randy weingarten, yesterday she would not commit to reopening the schools and do you know what she said? rachel: of course not. steve: she said we're going to try. we're going to try. brian: she is the worst. steve: i have a feeling a lot of schools are not going to open in the fall,. brian: thanks, president biden, you started it. steve: we're going to be talking about the migrant situation with chad wolf. is he going to be joining us here on "fox & friends" just about 18 minutes from right now. all right. rachel, what's coming up? rachel: there is a wave of violence in our nation's capital leading for the mayor to call for more cops on the beat. will recruits line up given the anti-police climate? brian: american swimmer brought to tears during the national anthem after winning the gold ♪ ♪

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carley: good morning, back with your headlines, $10,000 reward offered for information on a brutal ghilg atlanta. police are searching for the woman who stabbed this woman and her dog to death in a popular park. investigators hope this security camera image will help them track down catherine janice's killer. police say it's unclear if the stabbing was random or targeted. turning to a fox news alert. a tsunami advisory just ended in alaska following 8.2 earthquake off the coast of the peninsula. the quake was 29 miles deep. there are no initial reports of

injuries or damage. it did property evacuations in several communities. the region is suffering numerous aftershocks. this is alaska's largest earthquake since 1965 and for the first time ever federal chairman jerome powell acknowledges federal unemployment benefits have played a role in people staying home and not taking a job. >> there has also been very generous unemployment benefits which are now rolling off we should see, because of that, we should see strong job creation moving forward. carley: the ceo of mcdonald's echoing those remarks saying the chain is filling jobs faster in states that have ended the extra benefits. >> caleb dressell winning the first gold medal of his career in freestyle. he set new olympic record while claiming second gold in the

tokyo games and surprise victory to from underdog bobby in the men's 800-meter freestyle. he charged to victory on the final lap. relevancy money biles addressed the fans over taking a break. i appreciate the outpouring of love and support makes me realize i'm more than my accomplishment unless gymnastics which i never truly believed before. those are your headlines. she is experiencing some personal growth. brian: there is still a chance if she chooses to compete next week. carley: she could in the individual events. steve: you will keep us posted. rachel: i thought she was done. brian: it's confusing. there is one more chance next week. steve: all right. carley, thank you very much. rachel: thank you, carley. steve: it was one week ago today we were telling you about how a guy pulls up in a honda in northwest washington, d.c. and starts shooting in a very nice neighborhood and they had diners

run for their lives. a couple of days before that people were running for their lives, leaving the nationals game in washington, d.c. there has been a crime wave. it's been well-documented and yesterday the city realized, wait, this is not good. we depend on tourism for in washington, d.c. and this is some of the stuff from nationals park and some of the other stuff that happened just a week or two ago. rachel: 6-year-old girl died. it's really sad. steve: we have got news about that. they figured out who exactly did the shooting. here's the thing, the city said we are going to have do something. the mayor who is a big supporter of black lives matter now has decided to request 170 more cops and 11 million more dollars to recruit and train during this crime wave. rachel: it's weird it's after she slashed the budget by 15 million last year. so, yeah, they said in addition, they didn't have enough cops. they have to have the cops that

they have work overtime. and they are going to try, i guess, recruit more cops because they know they can't tire out the cops. they need to be rested and get back on the beat. i think this is a big about face. you know, she must be getting a lot of pressure or else she would not have been doing that here's her talking about how her cops now she really cares about them and's them to get rested and replaced with some other cops. '. >> we have sent a notice to the council about our overtime needs and that they may see those overtime expenses increase over the summer months. have to make decisions about how to keep the force fresh, rested, and in the best position to make good decisions. many. i will be sending an additional $11 million supplemental budget request to the council this week to allow for the hiring of 20 new officers in fy 21.

and 150 new officers in fy 22. brian: i mean, other cities desperate to get more cops in there now. new york is looking to hire more. austin, texas looking to hire a lot more. the problem is one minute you spent a year diminishing them and defaming them and telling them they are the problem. telling them to be reimagined and reorganized where they don't want to do their jobs and handing in their badges. now you need them more because the facts are crime are running rampant city to city. bowser was against cutting back the budget but it was the city council that voted to defund the police department. she is a vocal supporter of black lives matter who we all know wants to defund police all across the country. greg personnerton chair of the d.c. police union and says this is the issue. it's more than just hiring cops. >> this is a systemic problem in the criminal justice system. you don't have enough police officers. the police officers are having the tools away to do the jobs.

becoming apprehensive based on the liabilities created by the city councils the prosecutors in these jurisdictions aren't bringing the charges properly. they are not seeing the cases through. the court systems are failing. our court system in d.c. is backed up 10,000 cases right now that haven't been heard. and our supervision agency has reported that they're running out of ankle bracelets and they don't have any funding for more ache kel bracelets and being released on it personal recognizance. hands in the air staring at each other trying to figure out what's going on. the answer is we need to get it fixed and fixed quickly. rachel: they want to recruit cops. if you are a police officer can you go to d.c. where they don't respect you or go to florida or south dakota or some of these states that love their cops welcoming them with open arms. in florida they're giving them $1,000 bonus. i would rather go to the sun and a place where people like me. brian: tough pick the right city too. think texas that's good. look at austin. they are losing 15 a month. and they need another 150. 170 short. you have to pick the right city

within the right state. rachel: right. steve: and in washington, normally, they have -- they bring about on about 250 new officers a year. so far this year they have only prout on 42. rawch rach lots of people retiring. steve: absolutely. and getting the heck out of dodge. they are going to go some place else. rachel mentioned a moment ago that 6-year-old child who was shot about 10 days ago. her name nyiah courtney. now there is news that apparently a suspect has been charged in the murder, march taiwan hard graves 22-year-old old from maryland washington, d.c. apparently the family was targeted because of a drug connection. and here's what happened. two days before the little girl was shot, her father niko griffin was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking. and griffin was walking with her and several others when this car drove up and started shooting with presumably the suspect in

the car. so, griffin, according to the judge, the girl's father, griffin, and 12 other people indicted for drugs, the chief says those 13 people are partially liable for the death of that little girl right there. rachel: have you ever seen a more precious face. that is just so sad. her grandmother was speaking out about this earlier. steve: on this show. >> i don't feel safe for me or my family. she didn't deserve this. she did nothing to anyone. i feel like they didn't have any reregard or they didn't care that the police was present. they were that bold to do that. why not get out of the vehicle and walk up on your person that you are trying to hit instead of

shooting into a crowd with children in it. i pray that when they close their eyes at night they see her face. when they wake up, they see her face. and find it in their heart to turn themselves in. i'm fray praying for that i'm praying for justice for my granddaughter. interest. rachel: that is heart-breaking. steve: they too have a suspect who has been charged in the murder and justin for that family, finally. brian: number of kids in the line of fire is stunning and possibly the most -- the most egregious thing to happen over this lawless period we have been experiencing over the last year. the washington, d.c. area they hit an all-time high in last year in homicides. they are supposed to beat that this year. a mark they don't want to do but they are on track. meanwhile, 26 minutes after the hour, a migrant crack down in texas to prevent the spread of covid-19 in the lone star state.

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♪ carley: good morning, back with headlines, starting with fox weather. strong storms overnight across wisconsin bring heavy rain and wind. tornado yarntion issued for several counties, local media reporting a possible tornado touching down in marathon county, west of green bay. officials are asking people to stay indoors as emergency crews work to clean up damage from overnight. there are reports of several downed trees and power lines. so be careful there. all those smiles you see at disney world will be covered up indoors starting tomorrow. the park reinstating a mask mandate for everyone regardless of vaccination status. over the age of 2 years old. now, it applies for guestst

while they are indoors on disney buses, monorail skyliner and while entering and exiting attractions. they still will be optional in outdoor common areas. president biden claims he ran for president for three reasons but stopped short after only listing two. take a listen. >> when i announced my campaign, i said i was running for three reasons. one, to restore the soul of this country, secondly, to rebuild the backbone of the country. carley: biden never went on to say the third reason. one life's great mysteries. steve: kind of a rick perry moment right there. he also said yesterday he used to drive an 18-wheeler when did he do that? carley: rode in the 18-wheeler never behind the wheel. steve: carley, thank you very much. meanwhile turn to the border crisis. and it is a crisis. texas governor greg abbott issued order to restrict the

transportation of migrants who pose a risk of carrying the virus. >> what the biden administration is doing is deadly, is dangerous, and it must be stopped. texas will step up and take the lead. we're going to address this covid-19 disaster that the biden administration is bringing in to the united states of america. steve: this comes as a judge in hidalgo county calls on federal officials to stop releasing covid-19 positive patients from custody after sick migrants were sent to hotels without notifying officials. local people. former acting dhs secretary and heritage foundation visiting fellow chad wolf joins us now to discuss. chad, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: it is troubling. joe biden told everybody we got to mask up here in the united states indoors. even if you have gotten the vaccine but, you know, it seems to be a real problem with the migrants coming into the country. they are bringing not only their families but they are bringing

covid. he. >> absolutely, what we have seen over the last six months is two different standards, one for the american people and another for illegal immigrants who are come across that border. and we see this not only in the state of texas, but we see it all along the border, which is they are coming across and we reinstated catch and release. they are catching them and then they are moving them to bus stations, to airport, and then they are releasing them into american communities, into border communities. some are testing positive. some are not tested. some are choosing the vaccine. some are not choosing the vaccine. it's a very dangerous situation. governors like governor abbott in texas are having to take matters into their own hand because the federal government is not doing its job protecting american citizens. steve: indeed. when you look at the number of cases reported among detainees there has been 900 percent spike detainees within covid reported within the rio grande valley sector. chad, i wanted to ask you about a story we were talking about yesterday. axios got their hands on some

numbers that apparently 50,000 migrants have just been released into the interior of the united states with no notice to appear. usually they are given a notice hey, here's a paper. you got go talk to your local ice office. they have looked at it only 13% of the people who are now in the country actually went to the ice office. but then again, if you break into a country, illegally, why would people think that suddenly they are going to start obeying the law? >> well, you are absolutely right. this is just another example in the absurdity of the crisis that's going on. they are so overwhelmed by the number of illegal migrants that coming across every sing dwell month that they can no longer even process them. instead of processing them and giving them a notice to appear nta, they are simply in the front door and out the back door. and if you recall, several months ago, secretaries of dhs got asked about this in congressional testimony. he indicated that he was unaware

that this was going on. if it was going on. it was happening in such small numbers that it was more or less negligible and, of course, what we hear now, 50,000, and the show-up rate is such a small number. that's almost the exact same percentage of those showing up for court dates when they come into the u.s. for their asylum claims because we know if you had a valid claim you are going to want to show up for court. want to show up at dhs or ice facility because you get legal status in the u.s. what we do know is the vast majority never qualify. that's why you see these dismal show up rates. steve: one other story i want you to respond. to say there is a story now that apparently a couple of government whistleblowers who were volunteers at the child migrant facility at fort bliss, they have come forward and they said that the government, the administration had this massive cover-up. we saw those thousands of kids in that facility and we said at the time it's got to be a super

spreader event. now it's coming forward that apparently the biden administration did everything in their power to keep the number of sick kids out of the news and these people have come forward and are spilling the beans. nonetheless, turns out hundreds, covid was widespread among the kids and it spread to many of the employees. the biden administration didn't want that number out. didn't want those numbers out because then it would become political. >> well, absolutely. what we have seen again last several months with this migrant housing crisis is a number of missteps by the administration. they have had to open up facilities and close facilities in the state of texas. of course, the fort bliss facility that you are talking about press has never been allowed in there you have never been able to see exactly what's going on. the fact that they are trying to hide numbers or down play numbers is not surprising to me. i think what is surprising is that other media outlets and other journalists are not covering this issue. it is a huge issue. if you go back to 2018 and '19

when we had a crisis along that border and we called it a crisis. we wanted to be up front with the american people. we let them. in we let them in to facilities so they could understand what was going on. steve: well, it's a government cover-up adding by these whistleblowers. everybody should be covering that news. chad wolf, thank you for joining us on this thursday. >> all right. thanks. steve: meanwhile, out west, l.a. trying to restore the beauty of venice beach by trying to clean out homeless camps. lawrence jones went to see et reality. we will tell you what he saw and what locals are saying after the break. >> it's just -- it's just circling the drain. guess what, when the government takes care of you, this is what your life becomes. we need real permanent solutions. ♪ ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill

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steve: some venice beach residents fed up as the homeless crisis takes over their

community again. look at that. rachel: despite recent clean up attempts by l.a. leaders to clean up the iconic boardwalk is once again filling up with encampments. brian: what's it going to take to clean it up? lawrence jones saw the conditions of the clean up back in may and returned yesterday with the sheriff to see the latest firsthand. hey, lawrence. lawrence: good morning, family. we damaged this issue two month ago. went and talked with the residents, the people on the ground. we reached out to all of the council members as well as the mayor to figure out what the problem was. we didn't hear back from them. the one person decided to step up was the sheriff. we had the opportunity to talk with him and the residents impacted by this crisis. let's take a look. just about two months ago, this very place was littered with trash and tents everywhere. people living in those tents. that provoked l.a. county sheriffs to clean up the problem. well, those very tents and the people that lived in them are

back. >> what you are seeing right now is the best the beach has ever looked in about a year. what's really sad is it's temporary. >> how has this impacted your business and the surrounding businesses? >> our business has been virtually destroyed. >> this used to be such a happening place and it's just circling the drain. guess what? when the government takes care of you, this is what your life becomes. we need real permanent solutions and we need to focus on that instead of all of this law enforcement all of this money cleaning up. running around. lawrence: what do you mean by all the law enforcement? if they are breaking laws. >> whether a laws do you think people are breaking? >> i want the good people to find a place to live the bad people have got to go. prostitution and drugs, all this crap. that's got to goes. >> people commit assaults. >> that guy is in jail. punched and the guy walked away. it's crazy out here, guys. >> this is where kids go to

play. it's been taken away from them. >> is it safe for them to play right now? >> would you let your kids play here if there is needles in the sand. there is weapons found in the sand. >> we are cleaning up pipes, needles, you see people shooting up every single day. i'm teacher, can i no longer bring my kids out until it's safe. >> the sheriff has attempted to clean up. it looks better. but there is still a problem here. >> yes. >> i know that [inaudible] did what is he calling encampment to homes program where a lot of people got hotel rooms. >> the sheriff was actually going to clear the beach by jul. it looked like he was going to do it, too. >> after the sheriff came, we had our city councilman come in and he wasn't happy about us having a sheriff here. when he came, in he got a $5 million basically he got $5 million to do a few things that $5 million has not translated over to businesses coming back, and it's not translated to people being able to feel safe walking our

boardwalk. >> we need law and order. the one howard k. stern who has stepped in when all other elected officials have failed us is sheriff villanueva. >> we want to see the shops full and that is preventing it right there. >> this right here, you say these are new people right here? >> some of them are new. >> special unit identified these folks right here. >> what is the first step to go and talk with them first and assess the situation? >> they assess the situation. where did you come from? why are you here? what are you expecting? what does it take for you to get into shelter, to take supportive services. >> we have been going through here. people are saying thank you for cleaning this up. the businesses that have been impacted by this. how does that make you feel? >> well, it makes me feel grateful that people are getting the help that they need. but we just don't have enough. i need the resources. if i had the resources of the city of l.a., we would have this entire thing cleaned up in 90 days. >> what is preventing law enforcement from come out here

there and enforcing the current laws that are on the books? >> for this chunk of city right here, it's two things, it's called a mayor, eric garcetti and congressman mike and district attorney that is not going to support anything no matter what. that really does not help in terms of promote the lawlessness environment. however, i told my deputies do not fail to do your job because someone else is not doing their job. we're going to uphold our end of the bargain. we are going to arrest the people that need to be arrested. >> you are a democrat. this has nothing to do with political party. it has to do with the rule of law and public safety. >> thank you. that's exactly. this transcends politics. this is about public safety. this is about people feeling secure. they can come here to the boardwalk and [inaudible] lawrence: it guys show him continue sheriff against all the other elected officials. we reached out to them.

governor newsom, eric garcetti and george gascon for comment. only one we heard from mike bottom in a statement. this is what he provided for "fox & friends." sheriff deputies show up on the west side of los angeles whenever alex villanueva feels threatened either by scrutiny of scandal plague department or at real solutions to homelessness is housing not threats or arrest. the st. joseph's center has gotten 183 people and counting off venice beach in the recent weeks into housing. that's what we found, guys, on the ground and it's going to continue. brian: yeah, the governor came out and said we want homeless to come to california and realized the homeless dream. lawrence: we saw that people all over the country they were coming there because they felt welcomed there on the beach. rachel: hard to believe you just sent up a tent. brian: used to be muscle beach. they have been muscled out.

steve: lawrence, thanks for going out there. >> thanks, family. rachel: let's check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for the forecast. janice: getting thunderstorms in the northeast later on today. take a look at the maps because we have thunderstorms happening across the midwest and great lakes right now where we had a tornado watches earlier on and we have a severe thunderstorm watch south of chicago with a couple of barn as well large him a isolated winds interest i-9595 corridor will continue to keep you up to date. brian, rachel and steve, back to you. steve: all right, janice dean, thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> school district pushing critical race theory and spending millions and millions of dollars on diversity consultants. what's that all about? they are spending the money while some students even failing to make the grade. that story is coming up next on "fox & friends."

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carley: good morning, back with quick headlines, patrick mahomes finally tom brady. sold for $4.3 million. brady's rookie trading card set

the previous record of 3.1 million buyer is choosing to remain private. mahomes tweeted to the sale my goodness. are check out these cleats jones honored nickname waffle house by sporting the chain's logo. the wide receiver got the name because is he always open like the restaurant. i love that brian? brian: that's fantastic. also, i heard 7-eleven, too. thanks, carley, you can go now. parent concerned over critical race theory in one texas school district aren't going to like this. a recent report revealing the fort worth independent school district is spending more than $2 million on diversity consultants with one chief equity officer earning more than $200,000. but, while they spend big bucks on race based curriculum. many schools in the district are falling behind when it comes to reading and comprehension? how about way behind. erika from the group parents

defending education joins us now to discuss. i'm sure you know this already, erika, but only 26% of the fort worth independent school third graders read on reading level, grade level. but, yet, we are spending all this money on diversity training. >> yeah. so fort worth was struggling with literacy and math scores before the pandemic. the fact that they have escalated their spending on what they call equity in excellence over $2 million is a huge concern. we have seen a major plunge in their academic achievement since the beginning of covid. yet, we see, again, over $2 million being spent. and what i find sort of fascinating but also very sad is that they talk a lot about equity and excellence and the need for children to feel like they belong. and i can't imagine in a more basic way and fundamental way to

help children feel that way and to ensure that they can read on grade level and that they are strong readers for the rest of their lives. brian: so you formed this grassroots organization. what prompted it? >> well, what prompted it was our president and founder who had been following free speech concerns on college campuses began to realize that we were seeing in k-12 a huge sort of move away from diversity of viewpoint towards activism in the classroom and almost bringing an orthodoxy into the school where disagreement was not only not allowed but also sometimes considered to be hateful. so what we are working against is activism in the classroom, the compelled speech, forcing students and staff to say that they believe things that they don't. and also, you know, bringing political ideologies into the classroom and, again, squashing any free debate or diversity of viewpoint by students and staff. brian: yeah. you want to raise well educated

kid you are not doing it that wait a minute you also point out that a lot of this leaves kids depressed. they hear about all this horror in society and things like that. they are not learning some of the basics. this kind of weighs on kids. >> yeah. certainly, there are very robust conversations to be had about complex issues facing our society that include racial justice and other topics, so no one is saying that there is no place for them in school. i do think that with what we have seen is a lot of developmentally inappropriate material being brought to children who are way too young to understand them. so, they feel like they are being shamed for their skin color. shamed because they were born male. shamed of because, you know, they don't know what it means to be asked about their pronouns in the fourth and fifth grade. so, again, the focus has really shifted unfortunately in schools towards an ideology and, again,

we are seeing schools where the vast majority of students don't even read on grade level and so, to me, if there were ever more of an issue that defined equity it, would be ensuring that children know how to read. instead what we hear is schools talking about racial literacy. but we hear way too little from these activists about actual literacy. brian: 30 seconds. now you have identified the problem. you have brought it forward. you are talking about it what's your plan of action to change it? >> one of the things we are doing helping parents to understand when they feel in their gut that something is wrong, they need to know that they are not crazy. they also need to know people are going to call them names when they push back. that's what they do. there is no substantive argument to be made against the concerns that people are raising. instead they call them names. and then we give them the stools whether it's just to gain the confidence to have a meeting with a principal to go speak at a school board meeting to learn how to file a public records

request if they are not getting answers. and that's how we learned that they were spending over $2 million in this district is because a local media outlet went digging for information and they found it and they could be, again, they are spend $2 million over 800,000 just on staffing up this program. that would bring reading interventionists and reading specialists into the district in huge numbers. brian: yeah, put these collision up when you go to the board meetings. hear the responses and then you will actually change some things. erika san zi, the director director of outreach. thank you for joining us today. >> thanks, brian. brian: we reached out to the fort worth independent school district for a statement have not heard back but we just got good news september 25th. asbury park, knowledge i will be with dana perino who i method in person seems really nice for an hour and a half she talks about her life in politics. i'm able to go through my history books.

it worked out well in jacksonville. hopefully it goes well in new jersey. just go to ticketmaster brian kilmeade.com. i will see you at the paramount theater. meanwhile, according to reports. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> texas governor greg abbott has now banned certain transportation of migrants. >> i have a job to prevent president biden from importing covid-19 into texas. >> governors like governor abbott are having to take matters into their own hand because the federal government is not doing its job. >> members of congress are rebelling against cdc's new mask recommendations. >> it's an embarrassment. it's a mockery. and the american people are fed up. >> this new guidance will have negligible impact. >> do you have an answer as to why the administration has not sanctioned china for repeated cyberattacks over and over and over again against the united states? .>> crime does pay right now across this country because

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so unfair. rachel: that's where i want to live. steve: it's a great area. we set sail when the kids were little on the big red boat. the big red boat used to sail out of there. then i think it became the disney crews line. rachel: that sounds fun, too. not a cruise during a pandemic. brian: we are ready to cruise. rachel: we are ready to do that again. we are going to start this hour with the border crisis. the biden administration released migration strategy. brian: all relates to covid-19. comes as whistleblowers claim the president's officials ordered them to down play a migrant covid outbreak at fort bliss. steve: griff jenkins joins us live from outside the white house to talk about what the administration has to say and, griff, they preface it with we inherited a broken system from donald trump. griff: that is indeed what they say steve, rachel and brian. since i have come to the white house i have received this

collaborative migration strategy to address the root causes of why more than 100 million migrants have crossed our border. they say it's the first of its kind. quick read of it you see the following lines of effort they say will be to stabilize populations with acute needs. they will also assist and reintegrate return to persons and foster, secure humane management of borders and it lawful pathways for protection and opportunities to the united states. if you do a quick search of the word wall you won't find it in this document. meanwhile, the two federal whistleblowers works as volunteer details at the fort bliss emergency intake site where hhs houses migrant children are alleging that hhs officials instructed them to minimize a covid outbreak at the facility earlier this year and the complaint filed and sent to four congressional committees yesterday they say this. quote. every effort was made to down play the degree of covid infection at the site and the size of the outbreak was

deliberately kept under wraps. fox news reached out to hhs for comment it had not heard back meanwhile after a terrifying covid alert in la joya, texas, part of the rgg sector seeing 900 percent in. spark governor abbott to issue executive order beganning anyone other than federal state and local law enforcement official from transporting migrants to try to stop the spread of covid into texas. >> the biden administration cares more about people who are not residents of america. he has one standard trying to mask up and vaccinate our fellow americans. but by allowing free pass into the united states of people with a high probability of covid and then spreading that covid up in our communities. griff: this came after news broke of a catholic charity in la joya placing code positive residents into a hotel discovered by police only after a what a burger customer notified them of a family coughing and sneezing unmasked

inside a restaurant. the family said they were processed earlier and tested positive for covid. we shall see if the administration has more to say about this collaborative strategy. but it is a bit light on a first read in terms of the border security. one note this morning "the washington post" is reporting that the administration is halting its flan to end title 42 that we have talked so much about. >> that would be welcomed news to border officials who are getting overwhelmed. brian: griff, as you know, still means that families and unaccompanied minors get to stay, right? that's the amendment they put into title 42 when they took over from the trump administration, correct? >> that's correct. that is the case. that continues to be the situation at the border now. there was some discussion and just sources telling us about these talks about how they might end it to phase it, to alter that. brian: not yet. griff: no decisions on that. it remains as you say. rachel: continuing to incentivize children to come across this border in a very

dangerous journey. by the way, started off this whole thing with a lie. we have so many reporters on the border going down there. that you ask anybody who lives down there and they will tell you it was better under trump's policies. this idea that we inherited a mess is not true. a lot -- the sheriffs, the people who live there all say everything was fine until they removed the remain in mexico policy and then everything fell apart. brian: just a second, thanks, griff. keep forgetting to thank him. rachel: i thought he was still with him. brian: he is gone. steve: he will be back in an hour. the migrant numbers were really low last year. there was a pandemic and trump administration really cracked down on it now, it's -- you know, for the most part, it's just a wide open door. so many migrants are coming in, so many of them have covid, unfortunately, which is terrible because we heard from the administration a couple of days ago through the cdc, everybody has got to mask up indoors even if you have gotten the vaccine,

which angers a lot of people because we were told get the vaccine you don't have to mask up. well, you got the double standard of everybody has got to mask up, including griff jenkins. rachel: and kids. steve: he has to wear the mask when he goes. in. brian: unbelievable. steve: also have to wear the mask not in the u.s. senate but in the house of representatives. and representative chip roy of texas did not like when nancy pelosi said hey, everybody, get out your masks because you have got to put them back on. here he is. >> we have a crisis at our border. and we're playing footsy with mask mandates in the people's house. i mean, it's absolutely absurd what this body is doing in the people's house. it's an embarrassment. it's a mockery. and the american people are fed up. they want to go back to life. they want to go back to business. they want to go back to school without their children being forced to wear masks. speaker comes down here at 10:00 in the morning saying we have got to wear masks in the people's house while we have

thousands of people pouring across our border and democrats don't do a darn thing about it heavily infected with code. we are absolutely sick and tired of it and so are the american people this institution is a sham. and we should adjourn and shut this place down. brian: i don't think there is any doubt about it. it's maddening. and all relates to the border crisis. rarely do we have two leading talking points that overlap each other. really the same story. you are trying to tell us that even fully vaccinated people that you told us three weeks ago do not have to wear a mask. now we have got to wear a mask and get berated if you have any questions about the vaccine. how far can you be so selfish like drunk driving not to be vaccinated. on the southern border all hell has broken loose. what problem? i not sending the vice president down there even though she is in charge. 100 countries streaming through. we have 50,000, at least when i talked to congressman cuellar yesterday he says up to 55,000 who come to our border illegally, and get a card with different addresses of ice facilities when they decide

where they are going to stay. they can go find the ice facility and check in. guess how many illegals are doing that? 13%. this is outrageous. here's the line that is so maddening, the cdc recommends fully vaccinated wear a of course that in certain indoors situations. the problem with all these mandates and, believe it or not, there is no data to back it up. are you using israel's stats? are you using united kingdom stats? european union stats? the ones that china makes up? what are you using? i thought when the cdc talked they would have a problem with layman language i thought to myself how do you unwind these scientists and ivy league grads and how they come up with these mandates. they are winging it have you ever seen anthony fauci interviewed? he is just winging it it's an oral report he didn't study for. chad wolf knows the reality on the ground. he also know the danger of the pandemic. he weighed in with steve earlier. >> what we have seen over the last six months is really two different standards. one for the american family and

another for illegal immigrants coming across that border. we see this not only in the state of texas. we see it all along the border. they are catching them and then they are moving them to bus stations, to airports, and then they are releasing them into american communities, into border communities. some are testing positive. some are not testing. some are choosing the vaccine. some are not choosing the vaccine. it's a very dangerous situation. governors like governor abbott in texas are having to take matters into their own hand because the federal government is not too long its job protecting american citizens. brian: marc thiessen figured out when he did the math and he is going to be on with us in an hour. if you are vaccinated greater chance of dying from a bee sting, sunstroke, choking on food than dying of covid-19. so you told 300 million americans to wear a mask and told kids k through 12 you better. how dare you do that when there is not a number that reflects you should. rachel: but, meanwhile, you have to remember that at the border

you are seeing this cover-up. i mean, these whistleblowers that came out, they gave their names. this isn't some anonymous thing. the biden administration absolutely 100 percent knows that people are coming in with covid, that they are, you know, increasing the -- there is a surge of like 900 percent in the rio grande valley area they know it, they are covering up. telling details don't talk about it don't say anything negative about it. using data to mask the rest of us up 600,000 americans have died from this. 335 kids. every kid that they looked at had pre-existing conditions. that's why you are psychologically torturing 2, 3, 4, 5, and even 11th graders and

12th graders taking their childhood away because of a study you are too lazy to do? steve: well, the reason the administration did it, it's not science, it's politics. there are a number of republican governors and members of congress who say the recommendations. brian: that's true. steve: based on a move by the biden administration. it was not based in science. meanwhile, more on that later. yesterday, ted cruz asked a real stumper, apparently. because he had in front of him at a congressional committee hearing. he had members of the department of justice, the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, and the fbi. and he wanted to know, hey, what exactly did the federal government do sanctionwise when china was involved in cyberattacks against microsoft and other big american internet companies? and the answer, well, here's the senator.

watch this. >> let me ask you anyone on the panel, do you have an answer as to why the administration has not sanctioned china for repeated cyberattacks over and over and over again against the united states? well, i think that's a question that administration should answer and showing weakness to china and weakness to russia only invites more aggression and more cyberattacks attacking our nation. steve: nobody. rachel: embarrassing. steve: silence. rachel: can i just say this is why the hunter biden atlanta story mattered then and still matters. we still need to get to the bottom of it it's not about the porn and the hookers and the crack. it's not about that. it's not even about the money. it's about the big guy who took 10% from the dirty deals and may be compromised by china. what is the explanation for why the biden administration has had zero punishment, zero repercussions for china? is the u.s. president an asset

of china? why hasn't he done anything on this? brian: those are valid arguments because actions tell the story. he has condemned them but hasn't taken action against them. got nato and european union to cob item their actions but no hell to pay. remember a month ago when we had our diplomats meet in alaska without tell the alaskan governor by the way and we spent the whole time being berated because we don't treat minorities well? do you believe this? the people that set up the concentration camps and have a million muslims tortured on a daily basis and organs donated against their will against things that happened in 1850 or 161? that's what was happening. and then wendy sureman was in china and got berated for two days the number two diplomat. we do nothing. we don't answer back. we look weak. steve: ted cruz had those people from the government agencies in front of him said what did the united states do, you know,

sanction wise, and nobody said anything. which is jaw dropping because it's like well, they know what the government did. can't they tell us something? they must have some little bit. rachel: probably told to stand down. steve: i think they were told it's a national security issue. you can't say anything. and they didn't. but, here's the thing. the president himself warned that some -- you know, cyberattack just like this, could lead to a real shooting war. here's the president two days ago. listen. he is serious. >> we have seen how cyber threats, including ransomware attacks, increasingly are able to cause damage and disruption to the real world. i can't guarantee this. informed as i am. i think it's more likely we are going to end up -- well, end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power going to be a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence.

brian: will someone wake him up in the middle of the night and give that speech. rachel: when biden won, china won. because nothing ever happens to. they again, the hunter biden atlanta story needs to be investigated. the media, the government, the fbi, they need to get to the bottom of this. because this is not about hunter. this is not about money. this is about the big guy. brian: going to vietnam, going to india. they are going to japan, they are reaffirming they're barking up taiwan. they are doing things quietly to try to marshall some of the nations in the neighborhood to the danger of china who realized it already. but they have got to be -- there has got to be a policy of hell to pay because china is reining hell around the world. steve: that perfectly set up the next segment. no consequences apparently there. no consequences it seems when you break the law these days. out in california. let's take you there prop 47 passed. what that did is

catastrophically lowered the criminal penalties for things like theft and drug use. brian: finally. steve: then, when you look at what happened a couple of days ago at an ulta -- okay, that's t.j. maxx. we have another video that shows ulta that's in calabasas, california, and apparently a brazen attack according to the store employees. one of the people said when we see people stealing, we are told to go up and basically customer service them which means group and say can i help you with anything, explained sherri, an employee, kind of get in a way to get them to stop or run away. but they didn't. they just loaded up and they walked out. by the way calabasas. is not. this is an upscale area, this is where the kardashians live. but you see the other day we did a story about somebody who came into a gas station and stole beer and got shot and killed. so i get that the owners or the owners of the franchise are saying don't do anything but why are there not police officers

there? what's going on? brian: who is going to tell the kardashians there is no makeup left that store? here is the ulta worker talking about what's happening. crime does pay these days. watch. we see people stealing, we are told to go up and basically customer service them, which means go up and say hey, like can i help you with anything? kind of like in a way to try to get them to stop or to run away. i was just holding one of the fragrances in my hand and i remember the girl literally turning to me and snatching it out of my hand i remember feeling her nail on my hand like scratched my hand. that even shocked me because we have never had anybody touch us before. brian: why do you live there? steve: they did not stop. and she, that woman we just heard from has since quit her job. brian: no kidding. rachel: of course. officer key on joseph says that crime pays. he says this is the kind of culture that we have now that enables people like this to just

feel free to walk into an ulta and just swipe off the shelves. >> crime does pay right now across this country. criminals know they have a green light to pretty much do what they want to do. in an era to coddle criminals instead of holding accountable. my concern mostly is the human toll. seeing human beings being assaulted higher rate. where i working a vacated assaults robberies and things occur all the time and now the criminals have no fear of consequences because they know they will get slapped on the wrist. revolving door. the case is going to get rejected and as a result they will continue to victimize people and make it really really hard for service providers and real heros in my community trying to make a difference. brian: if you get a call about a crime. just call me when it gets over $1,000 and i will come. steve: if you are in business out in california or any of these other states where they, you know, there are no consequences, you are going to get robbed every day. it's like why not?

if you are somebody and you need something in that store and you don't have the money just go get it because nobody is going to stop you. because nobody can stop you. because there are no consequences for doing what those guys did at the t.j. maxx out in california. brian: they got to mask up. don't call me without a mask. rachel: or barbara boxer. this is not happening. not about the policy i don't know why it happened. lots of apologists for the crime wave we are seeing. steve: it's scaring people. that's why joe biden's numbers on police are in the wrong direction. brian: by the way going in the wrong direction with the pandemic. experiencing 60% approval. can't wait for the next poll to come out. >> that has been his number one best thing america said but now people are frustrated because we have got to put masks back on. meanwhile, mayors of big cities scrambling to hire more cops in response to violent crime but with all the anti-cop climate, will recruits even line up to get a job?

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>> as a city, we cannot continue on this current trajectory of losing police officers, when city leaders talk about cutting a department by 50%, you will lose employees. families need security. workers, even police officers need working conditions that support them.

steve: there you have got seattle's mayor calling to rebuild the city's depleted police force after six separate shootings over the weekend. and in our nation's capital the mayor of d.c. announcing plans to hire 170 additional officers arguing now they need, quote, a full force to meet their community needs. but after a year of anti-police rhetoric and defunding calls, will these big cities be able to recruit enough cops? let's discuss with former dallas police chief renee hall. chief, good morning to you. >> good morning, thank you for having me artery path this conversation. steve: it's great to have you. you know, after a year of hearing people say we have got to defund the police, things are catching up with us, aren't they? >> well, you know, i would say that the conversation around policing over the last year was both necessary and valid as it relates to changes. but defunding is not the answer. people in our communities, in our country, deserve, need, and

so much want to be safe, and they rely upon law enforcement to do that for them. steve: they absolutely do. chief, you know there is for the most part a crime wave all across the country in the big cities. >> yes. i would agree. we are seeing violent crime numbers increase to the tune of 20, 30 years ago where we saw these large increases. and i want to say that there is a larger conversation about that. that, you know, it's not just that we don't have enough police officers. there is osome other things we need to address in this country, property, socioeconomics and the balance of all of that but when we start to take away resources from our police agencies, who we rely on to keep us safe, that creates additional challenges. what i will say is that where this is a national conversation,

it is incumbent upon local leaders to make -- to ultimately make those decisions. they are the ones who are deciding whether or not they are going to defund their local police agencies. and that is where the problem lies. steve: sure. chief, i don't know if you were watching in the last segment. we showed some video of brazen thieves walking through an ulta store out in calabasas, california. we have seen the video of people walking out with great big arms full of stuff from t.j. maxx and walgreen's and things like that. they know there are very few consequences these days in a lot of the localities which have, you know, they have relaxed the penalties for things like, you know, and stuff. >> i spent two decades in law enforcement and this is definitely different. i think we have to address -- if we're going to keep law

enforcement as an attractive, very holistic, very integrity driven catastrophe we have to look at it holistically. it is that we are allowing individuals to get away with crime. but we are also looking at our country where our law enforcement officers testified on tuesday but how they were assaulted and the consequences are very minimal. so, we have to take responsibility wholly for what we are seeing in this country as it relates to not supporting our police officers. steve: chief, before you go. so, some localities as we detailed in the beginning are now going to rehire police. but, given what's happened, if you are a young person and thinking about a career, why would you choose law enforcement? >> well, i would pray that individuals would join. we definitely need them in law enforcement understanding that

they can be the change that they want to see in their communities and in this country. steve: we certainly need them. renee hall, former chief of police in dallas, texas, thank you very much for your service and joining us today. >> thank you so much. have a great day. steve: thank you. the cdc wants everybody in schools to mask up including young students. some districts are leaving that personal decision up to parents. we are going to speak with a parent and a school board member coming up next on "fox & friends." ♪ ♪

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from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. now as you're thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. rachel: welcome back to "fox & friends." the idea is updating mask guidance for schools now advising, quote: universal indoor masking for all teachers,

staff and students regardless of vaccination status, end quote. but some school districts are opting to leave the masking decision up to parents. joining us now is justin davis a member of the gaston county school board in north carolina and brian whose two kids are enrolled in kidnapping george county schools in virginia. so i'm going to start with you, justin. your board voted unanimously to let parents have that option. of course, this was prior to the cdc's new recommendations on masking in schools. could you expect that decision to stand or do you think that things will be revised given the cdc's latest announcement? >> well, i appreciate you having me on this morning. and thank you. rachel: of course. i think parents are best suited to make decisions for what's right for their child. and the cdc, of course, is a national organization. and has given that guidance but you know, i don't necessarily believe we need a one size fits all policy for everyone in this

country. what's right for the citizens of gaston county and the student of our county is not necessarily the same as in san francisco, california or new york, new york. and it's we do things differently in gaston county than they do elsewhere. right now we have the ability to have that local control these are the type of decisions that should remain with local control and i hope that will continue. rachel: that makes sense. some counties down by the border seeing 900 percent surge in covid cases so, yeah. obviously, you know, one size doesn't fit all. let's talk with you now, brian, you have how many children? >> i have two children. rachel: two children? do you like this decision of leaving it up to the parents to decide, making mask-wearing optional in schools? >> yes. i think it's the best thing to do for all parents because as a parent i would rather be in charge of making the decision the health decisions for my

children. i don't think the government has a place in that. it doesn't have a roll in that as far as i'm concerned. and there is a lot of, you know, there is a lot of questions surrounding the efficacy of masks in general. and but i don't think that -- i don't think -- i think parents should have the options if a parent wants their child to wear a mask, that's okay. but if they don't want them to wear a mask, that should be okay. too. and i should have that ability to, you know, if i think that my children are still safe going to school without a of course that, that should be a right. rachel: brian, i'm going to stay with you for a second because of your two children. i get letters all the time. i'm a mother of nine. i have seen the impact of mask-wearing for my own kids. i see increases in acne, germs. i got a letter yesterday from a mom, a grandmother actually saying her grand kids have dental problems because wearing the mask that long there is some sort of issues that dentists are now seeing uptick in issues with that so there are -- and then not to mention anxiety and other things. what kind of impact is wearing a

mask, you know, last year, for example, have with your children and what would concern you if that were to change and it was not optional for your children moving forward? >> well, because of the mask mandate of last school year, we did not send our kids back when we had the option to. and other reasons for that my wife stays at home for other reasons we did it that way. but, yeah, i think that if they do require masks, you know, i think it's best for our children, especially my oldest, to be in school and, you know, we would have to just try to work around it. maybe if the school board would allow for an exemption for parents who think that it's unsafe for their children to wear activist that. that would be appropriate, too. i don't think as mr. davis says, it's not a one size fits all. rachel: yeah. justin, brien, thank you for joining us this morning and giving your thoughts on that. i'm certainly looking forward to

more smiles and less masks moving into the school year in the fall. thank you, both. >> thank you, rachel. rachel: all right. as the border crisis deepens, texas is taking action to stop the spread of covid from migrants. lara trump reacts to governor abbott wants latest executive order next. ♪ ♪ i feel it coming ♪ i feel it coming ♪

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[siren] >> tucker: the suspects fled on foot when they saw the police. steve: well, tucker carlson getting a first-hand look at the epicenter of the border crisis in texas. rachel: all part of the latest episode of tucker carlson originals the illegal invasion available now on fox nation. brian: let's bring in lara trump on this she knew one of the themes administration father-in-law was art pa of and she was definitely part of his re-election efforts was about the border. it doesn't take every single time you bring up a problem with the border for mayorkas to the president of the united states they say this is a problem they inherited. do you think that's true? >> oh, it's patently false. it's ridiculous to ever suggest that. in fact i say it time and time again. they were actually given a gift with the southern border. donald trump had set it up so

well for them that all they had to do was sit back and do nothing. not touch a thing, keep the policies in place that the trump administration had put there, continue and finish building the wall. and we would not see that we have over a million migrants that we know of, guys that have come over our border illegally month after month we see that rise and there is one reason for it, it is because joe biden, kamala harris, campaigned on the idea that we were going to have an open border if they were elected. all of these people heard that and they continue to come over our southern border. what a ridiculous copout by the biden administration to ever suggest such a thing. rachel: why do you think they want an open border? >> well, i think you have a lot of different scenarios there. maybe the reason is that they know that they are failing the american people in many ways. they know they are going to have a really hard time in 22 in the midterm election the. they know they are going to have a really tough 24 possible

re-election if they both decide to go for it. maybe they think that they bring migrants over the southern border and, i don't know, we don't have any voter i.d. like they want. they want to federalize the elections with hr-1. fortunately that didn't go through. you know, there are a lot of questions as to why they would want to do this. but, to a lot of people. it's very suspicious that this is their way to win elections in the future because, if we had a free and fair election. and every legal citizen got to vote. i think a lot of people are very disappointed with the policies of the democrat party joe biden and kamala harris and it will be very hard for them to win elections. steve: lara, i don't know if you were watching earlier in the program we told a couple whistleblowers come forward, they had been volunteering at the child migrant facility in fort bliss down in texas. as it turns out, the biden administration was telling everybody that was working there, hey, we got to down play this situation. turned out it was a super spreader event. but they felt like well, if that gets out. that's going to be bad for all

of us because they were going to have bad publicity, and so now, you know, it's laid bear. they were trying to keep what was going on with the children at that facility a secret. and they did. until the whistleblowers came forward, lara. >> yeah. well, and this is par for the course. you know, for this administration. remember, in the very beginning, when we saw, we got those pictures and videos, finally, of the overcrowded facilities, they didn't want the press there. they didn't want the media there. they tried to keep everybody out. they have tried to down play this every step of the way. but i want to say kudos to governor abbott for finally taking control of this situation. if we cannot rely on the federal government to protect our national security to secure our southern border. it will come down to the states having to do it. and this is exactly what have you seen happen with governor greg abbott. i mean, it's a preposterous that we found ourselves in this

place. but it is this administration. the biden administration that continues to care more about people who don't even live in america than they do about american citizens. rachel: all right. thank you, lara. there is a lot of throiments what abbott can do, you are right. he is trying. well, we got to check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox janice: showers andt. thunderstorms could turn severe which is exactly what's happening midwest. we are going to get a cold front moving through today and that's going to bring more refreshing temperatures and take out some of the humidity. with that the potential for showers and thunderstorms, some of which could turn severe which happened last night across the great lakes. a lot of report of wind and hail. and that's going to be the situation as we get through today across the ohio valley in towards the northeast. i-95 corridor d.c. up to new york. you have to be prepared especially this afternoon when we could see those thunderstorms fire and the heat, of course,

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♪♪ brian: team usa leading the medal count in tokyo. there's got to be a lot of pride here in america, right? not on college campuses. some college students aren't feeling too proud of the red, white and blue. >> i think it's embarrassing that, you know, our own athletes on team usa aren't even proud to be an american, it seems like. >> i don't think so because i don't like being an american either. like, why is there no free health care in why are so many people suffering because of housing in and that is such a great example of how [bleep] it is here. brian: wow. how grateful, right? campus reform correspondent ophelia jacobson joins us now. where did you go, what did you find? >> i interviewed students at the university of south florida, and what i found was that these students aren't enthusiastic about rooting for team usa, they're not even excited to be

watching the olympics this year. so if you're looking for team usa's next biggest fans, i can assure you, you're not going to find them on college campuses. it's saturday to see my -- sad to see my generation lose all hope on global stage. brian: it's unbelievable that they have no idea how great they have it, even with everything that they may perceive to be wrong. they don't know what the rest of the world is dealing with. here's a look at what you found. >> are you going to be rooting for team usa? >> i don't root for countries, i root for athletes. >> i'm going to be rooting for athletes individually. i'm not going to to be rooting for any teams because of some country that i leave in. >> i root for particular athletes. >> so would you be willing to give me a go team usa chant? >> no, i'm sorry. [laughter]

>> no. [laughter] brian: unbelievable. and that's not even known as a liberal campus, the university of southern florida, right? >> that's exactly right. and, you know, you have to ask yourself this question, why isn't this happening anywhere else in the world? nowhere else do citizens hate their country like in the united states of america. we've been covering how this anti-american sentiment is coming straight if our college campuses. there used to be a time when the olympics would unite all of us. so everything that's happened in the past year and a half with a global pandemic and so much political division, you would think that the olympics would be that thing that unites all americans but, unfortunately, according to these college students, the olympics are dividing us even more. and it's sad because my generation will grow up never really knowing what it's like to rally behind a common goal which is to represent american excellence on the global stage

in sports. brian: they don't have a common enemy, so we're turning our attacks on each other. you also saw a gallup poll that shows patriotism on the decline in the united states really since the early 2000s. unbelievable lack of respect and so glad you brought it to us. ophelia jacobson, thank you so much. >> thank you so much. brian: all right. campuses, not a good place if you're patriotic. meanwhile, straight ahead, los angeles trying to restore law and order at venice beach by clearing out homeless champs. lawrence jones went to the boardwalk to see if the dire situation has improved since his last visit. he'll be joining us live. oh! are you using liberty mutual's coverage customizer tool? sorry? well, since you asked. it finds discounts and policy recommendations, so you only pay for what you need. limu, you're an animal! who's got the bird legs now?

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♪♪ >> we've got thousands of people pouring across our border, and democrats don't do a darn thing about this. this institution is a shame, and is we should adjourn and shut this place down. >> the federal government's not doing its job. >> washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser announcing she will be refunding the police department. >> we see i it leading to decreases in crime. >> people deserve, need and so much want to be safe. >> randi weingarten is already tipping her hand. >> we're going to try to open up schools. i think you're going to have hell to pay if the schools do not open again. steve: the homeless crisisover overwhelms the boardwalk again.

>> you see people shooting up every day. >> this is what your life becomes. >> a rare autographed rookie training card, patrick that moments' sold for $4.3 million, tweeting, my goodness. ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: good morning, america. 8:01 here in the east as you look at milwaukee. laverne and shirley, this is your wake-up call on the 29th day of july, 2021. rachel: that was beautiful, wasn't it? steve: very pretty. your home state. rachel: it is. brian: think about everything that spun off of happy days. mork and mindy, joanie loves

chachi -- rachel: nobody under than us -- [laughter] brian: spin-off series. yeah. look at all the family. we got maude, we got the jeffersons. right, and what happened? and we got good times. steve you're right. brian: how did we get good times out mullets spun off, so technically the grandchild of all in the family. steve: which just goes to show there are, like, three good ideas in hollywood. you find one and then to you just keep pumping it out, printing more money like they did. brian: maybe they'll do a spin-off of us. steve: they're going to have a show right after us. rachel: we do it on the weekends. that laugh. brian: we begin with the crisis of the border. the biden administration releasing its migration strategy. steve: but it comes as a couple of whistleblowers claim biden officials ordered them to downplay a superspreader event at a texas facility.

rachel: that's right. griff jenkins joins us live from outside the white house with more. griff, what have you got? >> reporter: good morning, it's going to be a busy day at the white house. they released their collaborative migration management strategy. it is the product of vice president harris' down to the northern triangle and their solution to the root causes of migration and the crisis at the border. now, prefacing the release of this, a senior administration official on a background call said this, quote, you know, when joe biden and kamala harris came into office on january 20th, they really inherited a broken and dysfunctional system, and you all know the history there. but there were a number of problems that pre-existed the trump administration. but the trump administration made them so much worse. the strategy includes stabilizing populations, fostering secure and humane management of borders and expanding access to lawful pathways for protection and opportunities to the united states. meanwhile, as you mentioned, two

federal whistleblowers now at fort bliss where hhs houses migrant children are alleging that officials instructed them to downplay a covid outbreak at the facility earlier this year. we've reached out to hhs for comment, they have not gotten back to us. meanwhile, a terrifying turn in la joya, texas, where they are seeing a 900% spike in covid cases among detained migrants prompting an outraged governor abbott to issue an executive order banning anyone from transporting i migrants to try and stop the spread of covid into texas. >> the biden administration cares more about people who are not residents of america. he has one standard trying to mask up and vaccinate our fellow americans, but by allowing free pass into the united states of people with a high probability of covid and then spreading that covid is up in our communities. >> reporter: guys, we've just learned that 31 democratic -- 11

democratic lawmakers including senators durbin, menendez are coming to meet with the president later today to discuss a pathway to citizenship for daca recipients. steve, brian, rachel? rachel: griff, can you hold up that, what is it called, the migration strategy book? how thick is that? >> reporter: well, let's see, rachel. this collaborative migration manual strategy occurs to be 13 pages. rachel: i could have made it one just to say open border. [laughter] it's so crazy that they actually had the nerve to pass that out. we all know what their migration strategy is. thank you, griff. >> reporter: thank you. steve: all right. to get that i migration strategy, he had to go in the white house. he had to put on a mask because the government said a couple of days ago even vaccinated people need to wear masks because so many people are unvaccinated. chad wolf looks at the collision

of covid with what is going on on our southern border where the administration, to your point, is wide open. but not wide open inside the country unless you're wearing a mask. here's chad. if. >> what we've seen over the last six months is really two different standards, one for the american people and another for illegal immigrants who are coming across that border. and we see this not only in the state of texas, but we see it all along the border. they're catching them, and then they are moving them to bus stations, airports and releasing them into american communities, into border communities. some are testing positive, some are not testing, some are choosing the having seen, some are not choosing the vaccine. it's a very dangerous situation, and governors like governor abbott in texas are having to take matters into their own hands because the federal government's not doing its job. brian: right. and the administration is focused on daca because they lost that court case because as barack obama said in 2008 when he legalized, by the power vested in him through an

executive order, the people, the kids that are now older that were brought here as, without their free will and want to stay. so he wants to meet about that. out of everything that's going wrong at the border, everybody that's testing positive, the overrun of the military bases, the overrun of the ngos and the facilities, the lack of borderer patrol, the lack of fencing, billions not to build the fence we already paid f he's worried about daca kids who are now young adults who want to stay. that's the emergency meeting. he is, he is deliberately clueless on the border. he hopes if no one brings it up, he will never bring it up, it will go away, but it is not. rachel: i don't know if it's so clueless. and, by the way, great point that he wants to talk about daca. daca was always prefaced on the idea that we would secure the border and then deal with daca, but that's not happening and, as you can see, we have a disaster. it's not even, you know, a i crisis at this point, it truly

is chaos. brian: but the kids are told they've got to mask up now because the cdc says that's the important thing to do. stats don't back with it up. first story in "the washington post"ed today, where's the data? if the washington post is questioning the cdc because of the lack of masks involved with the mandate, you know you've got a problem. and, of course, the teachers union who's been the real albatross, handled this terribly, is weighing in again. rachel: the rate for the delta variant which is driving this new mask mandate is 0.08. our own dan bongino posted that on facebook yesterday, and the fact checkers went after him and he said, come after me. this is not .8, it's .08. randi weingarten, you talked about her, she's the president of the teachers union on the aft, she, by the way, the ones that were advising our cdc and

our government on what to do about the mask mandates in schools. here's what she said. she says they're just not sure if they're going to open. they're going to try. >> we want schools to be open and have a safe and welcoming climate in the fall. delta threw us a real curveball and, you know, the lack of the herd immunity and enough people being vaccinated and, you know, kids not being able to get vaccines 12 and under, while vaccination is the number one gold standard that we need to, you know, bring back our masks for schools. we're going to keep kids safe is, we're going to keep our members safe, and is we're going to try to open up schools, and we're going to try to move through this horrible battlefield. steve: okay. so you saw this coming. you know -- brian: i actually didn't, but --

steve: last year teachers said we're not going to go back until everybody gets a shot, and at that point shots weren't even available. then they were saying we're going to have to reto air-conditioning and -- redo the air-conditioning and heating systems, we're going to have to fix everything. now the shots are available, but to her point, kids cannot, under the age of 12, be vaccinated at this point. now she's got a good way to say, look, we're to not comfortable, and so we're not going to do that. she goes on and tweets and says if a safe in-person school year means requiring everyone in school buildings to wear masks, that's what we'll work with our school communities too old. keep in mind this whole cdc thing came when the c dr. and the white house -- cdc and the white house talked about what they were going to do. jen psaki said they were working together, but we also know through a freedom of information act that the teachers unions were speaking directly to the cdc, and it was a cut and paste

job verbatim what the teachers union wanted was exactly what showed up in what the cdc issued. so they were all together on this. maybe the teachers don't have to go back to school. rachel: and there's more documents there, more communication. senator ron johnson has been trying to get them to turn over everything, all the communications, all the e-mails between the teachers unions and the cdc. they haven't done that yet. what are they hiding. but bottom line is parents are ticked off. this makes no sense. we're tired of our children being tortured, tired of you making our children submit to something they don't need to do. and this idea that we're not going to open or we're not going to, you know, you're going to force them to wear masks unless they get vaccines, that's not been approved for children. brian: right. rachel: it makes no sense. and, again, .08 fatality rate, probably lower for kids. brian: it is. 40,000 kids under 18 diagnosed

with covid-19 found a mortality rate of 0. why is the cdc not doing any of these studies? why do you think you're just going to make a mandate and we're just going to go with it when you don't even prove that the math is behind it or the stats confirm it? we're losing faith in another american institution. here are some kids and board members debating on what we're going to be like in september even though florida goes to school in august and some other states when they go back to school. >> i think parents are best suited to make decisions for what's right for their child, and the cdc, of course, is a national organization and has given that guidance. but, you know, i don't necessarily believe that we need a one-size-fits-all policy for everyone in this country. these are the type of decisions that i think should remain with local control. >> as a parent, i would rather

be in charge of making the decision, the health decisions for my children. i don't think the government has a place in that, it doesn't have a role many that as far as i'm concerned. rachel: go ahead. steve: i was just going to say, ultimately, the cdc made the recommendation with the white house that you wear the max, you know, in the schools and everything else, but it will be up to your governor and your mayors and your school boards with, essentially, whether or not you've got to wear them. here's the thing, let's say the school board says, you know what? if -- nobody's going to have to wear the mask, but the teachers union says we're not going to come to work. brian: you have a little bit of time to see the private schools in your area, if you can afford it, now you have enough time to maybe make the move. rachel: this is why people need school choice. remember, randi weingarten said it's our job to keep your kids safe. no, it's your job to teach our children. by the way, look at test scores.

the unions should be embarrassed how we rate next to so many other countries. i think parents want the option to have their own health liberty for their own families, and they want the teachers to teach, to not go on vacation as we cover canned so many stories here on "fox & friends" while our school was shut down and teachers were saying let's keep it shut down and let's go on strike, many of them were off on vacation. there were many good ones who wanted to go back to work, but others loved this shutdown and loved the power that it's giving the unions. steve: you know what? it could be another year where the kids are in the classroom and then the teacher is on the laptop. it's zoom in a room. brian: or, and they don't have gym, they don't go to their lockers, the after-school activities will all be affected -- rachel: or play basketball with masksen on. brian: what does it take for the cdc to do a study and come up with your own facts? we're studying israel and see

what's happening. they seem to do studies and execute. steve: sometimes they don't do studies on things they don't want to know. rachel: right. steve: just saying. we want the news, and for that, here we go. >> reporter: listen to this, two texas teens steal jewelry from a dead man after finding his body in a brainage ditch. deputies say anonymous person sent them a snapchat video of britney martin seen here and a 16-year-old friend removing a chain and medallion from the man's stiff neck. the girls are charged with theft of a human corpse, investigators believe the 25-year-old man died by suicide. as violation begins to skyrocket in new york city, mayor bill de blasio vowed to do a better job, he made the promise that -- [inaudible] he then -- [inaudible] as you can see, the 6-5 mayor didn't sink much on the court, he only made 5 out of 15 shots.

get 'em next time. while visiting a mack truck facility in pennsylvania, audio captured president biden saying this to workers. >> -- drive an 18-wheeler, man. >> oh,? >> i'd like to. >> reporter: the president claiming he used to drive that 18-wheeler, but the white house is struggling to back up the claim only pointing to one instance where biden rode inside an 18-wheeler back in 1973. and when he drove a school bus at a past summer job. on to the olympics now, dressing winning the first individual gold medal of his career in the 100-meter freestyle. he set a new to olympic record while claiming his second gold at the tokyo games. and a surprising victory from underdog bobly fink in the men's 800-meter freestyle. he charged to victory on the final lap. and gymnastics superstar simone

biles addresses her fans, she tweeted, quote: the outpours of love and support i've received has made me realize i'm more than my accomplishments and gymnastics which i never believed before, guys. and she was saying that she lost spatial awareness. so that may be what she's talking about with mental health concerns. while she was flipping in the air, she kind of lost track of where she is. pretty dangerous. steve: you know, that's the only part of the olympics that anybody's been talking about because nobody's really watching. rachel: i never liked the olympics before. >> reporter: i love the olympics. steve: back in the old days when there were three channels. brian: i just is know the athletes, a lot of them train in anonymity. s this is their one moment. so the water polo, the team handball, the table tennis, track and field, finally this is their time in the spotlight. steve: and skateboarding this

year. a 13-year-old? rachel: really? brian: they always seem to be good at it. steve: all right, thank you. brian: all right. see you later. keep this touch. here's an interesting stat, if you're vaccinated, you're more likely to die from a lightning strike than covid-19, so why the push to reinstate restrictions? steve: plus, a group of five retired navy seals now fighting for our country by running for congress. we're going to speak to all five battle-tested candidates coming up on "fox & friends." ♪♪ think about the way a good man works until daylight's gone ♪♪ mmm, licorice records. wonka, digital workflows for it tell us this machine needs updating... kids don't really have records anymore... but it tastes better on vinyl... servicenow.

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♪♪ >> i don't think that we're going to get enough bang for our buck by telling vaccinated people they have to wear masks at all times to make it worth our while. i think we're further into this delta wave than we've been picking up, i think in another two or three weeks we'll be through this. this new guidance will have a negligible impact on that. brian: that's the former fda commissioner now claiming the cdc's new guidance for vaccinated americans will barely curb the delta variant which is not dangerous for those vaccinated. our next guest says vaccinated americans are more likely to be killed by a lightning strike than by covid-19. do not bring back the restrictions, he claims, and he did the math. fox news contributor marc thiessen joins us now. marc, are you astounded no one seems to do the hard work of doing a study, they just put out the mandates again?

>> it's insane. look, if you're vaccinated, the pandemic is over, okay? cdc numbers, i looked at the numbers as of july 19th, 2021, a grand total of 4,072 people have been hospitalized with symptomatic breakthrough infections, and 849 have died of covid from breakthrough infection out of 161 million americans who have been fully vaccinated. so dan bongino, my good friend, is overstating the risk. [laughter] the hospitalization rate, the hospitalization rate for covid if you've had the vaccine is 0.003%, and the death rate from those breakthrough infections is 0.0005%. put that in perspective, your chance of getting can killed by a lightning streak is 0.0007%. you are more likely to die from a bee sting, a dog attack, a car crash, drowning, sunstroke or choking on food than you are of dying of covid-199 if you have

been fully -- covid-19 if you have been fully vaccinated. brian: and when they came out with these mandates, they didn't cite any study, she just said that's what we're recommending you do, and now we're at the behest of these incompetent mayors and governors around the country. i see more and more counties decide to do this. now waiting for new jersey to start cracking down. you also mentioned too that if you look at israel, they're a little bit ahead of us, the median age of those hospitalized is 74 years old. the israeli study of patients hospitalized with breakthrough infections found only 4% had no co-morbidities. so everybody had something else going on. you know your own health. >> yeah. , no i'm actually channeling my inner dan bongino because that 0.005% is mostly people who are elderly or had co-morbidities. the israeli study, only 4% of

the people who were hospitalized with covid infections have a co-morbidity. so what this means is -- and this is the problem. the biden administration says they want to encourage people to get vaccinated. why don't you tell them these numbers? the vaccines are so miraculous that they have taken covid-19 which was a mortal threat just a few months ago and turned it into something that is no more dangerous than the common cold. literally, if you have the vaccine, there is a virus, seasonal virus out there called covid-19 which may give you mild symptoms if you catch it. there are, in fact, four coronaviruses going on right now, marty makary told me this, that account for 25% of common colds. covid-19's going to be the fifth. brian: right. and the flu has killed more kids than covid-19. totally, if you look at everything. and marty makary -- >> we don't know a single kid. brian: yeah.

found a mortality rate of 0 among 40,000 kids without pre-existing conditions. they haven't even studied the 165 kids and found out what was going on on to. it is lazy, and earn's paying the price for -- everyone's paying the price for their laziness and incompetence. final thought? >> yes. yeah. according to cdc data, 335 kids have died with a covid diagnosis code. it doesn't mean they died of covid, and the cdc has bothered to call those doctors and find out whether it was the cause or incidental. so we don't have data showing that a single healthy child has died of covid-19 in this country, but they're going to close the schools. brian: get those stats for yourself. marc, thanks for doing the hard work. straight ahead, los angeles is trying to clean up a homeless camp, but as lawrence jones shows us next, residents are still on edge. >> we're cleaning up pipes, needles, you see people shooting

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residents are expressing frustration as the homelessness crisis takes over their community again despite recent attempts to clean up the area by l.a. leaders. the iconic boardwalk is once again with filling up with encampments. "fox & friends" enterprise reporter lawrence jones saw the condition back in may, and he returned yesterday to see the latest firsthand. lawrence? >> reporter: hey, rachel. a different look than last time, but the crisis is still hat hand. one business owner says she's paying $100 to each person that's in a tent in front of her business to clear them out. i had the opportunity to speak with some folks. the one man that is fighting for the community, they say, is l.a.'s sheriff. let's take a look. months ago this very place was littered with trash everywhere, people living in tents that provoked l.a. county sheriffs to clean up the problem. well, those very tents and the people that live in them are

back. >> what you're seeing right now is the beach has looked -- the best the beach has looked in about a year, and what's really sad sad is it's temporary. >> reporter: how has this impacted your business and the surrounding businesses? >> our business has been virtually destroyed. >> this used to be such a happening place, and it's just circling the drain. guess what? when the government takes care of you, this is what your life becomes. we need realing permanent -- real, permanent solutions and focus on that instead of all of this law enforcement, all of this money cleaning up, running around -- >> reporter: what do you mean by all the law enforcement? if they're breaking laws -- >> what laws people are breaking? >> i want the good people to find a place to live, but the bad people gotta go. the drugs, the prostitution, all this crap. that guy's in jail. i was punched and the guy walked away. it's crazy out here, guys. >> this is where kids go to

play, and it's been taken away from them. >> reporter: is it safe for them to play right now? >> would you let your kids play here? there's needles in the sand is, there's been weapons found in the sand. >> we're cleaning up pipes, needles, you see people shooting up every single day. i'm a teacher, i can no longer bring my kids out and feel safe. >> reporter: the sheriff attempted to clean up. it looks better, but there's still a problem here. >> yes. >> i know that council person bonnen did what he's calling an encampment program where a lot of people got hotel rooms. >> the sheriff actually was going to clean the beaches by july 4th, and it looked like he was going to do it. >> the city councilman wasn't happy about the sheriff here, so he got a $5 million -- basically, he got $5 million to do what you've seen. that has not translated over to businesses coming back, it's not translated to people being able to feel safe walking our

boardwalk. >> we need law and order. the one person has stepped in is sheriff villanueva. >> away want to see all these -- we want to see all these shops full, and that is preventing it right there. >> reporter: so this right here. now, you say these are new people? >> some of them are new. >> reporter: a special unit identifies these folks. what is the first step? to go and talk with them and assess the situation? >> they assess the situation. where have you come from, why are you here, what are you expecting, what does it take for you to get into shelter, to safe supportive services. >> reporter: we've been going through here. people are saying thank you for cleaning this up, the businesses that have been impacted by this. how does that make you feel in. >> well, it makes me feel grateful that people are getting the help that they need, but we just don't have enough. i need the resources. if i had the resources of the city of l.a., we'd have this entire thing cleaned up in about 90 days. >> reporter: what is preventing law enforcement from coming out there and enforcing

the current laws that are on the books? >> for this chunk ofty right here -- city right here, two things. it's called the mayor, eric garcetti, and councilman mike bonnen, and a district attorney that's not going to enforce anything no matter what. that really does not help in terms of it promotes a lawlessness environment. however, i told my deputies do not fail to do your job because someone else is not doing their job is. we're going to uphold our end of the bargain. we're going to arrest the people who need to be arrested. >> reporter: you're a democrat. this has nothing to do with political parties. >> no, thank you. that's exactly what -- this transcends politics. this is about public safety. this is about people feeling secure. they can come here to the boardwalk and enjoy a day with their family. >> reporter: and, rachel, the political showdown continues. it is the sheriff against all the other democrat elected officials, and he's a democrat. we reached out to governor gavin

newsom, mayor eric garcetti and councilman mike bonn and district attorney george gascon, bonnen released a statement: sheriff's deputies showed -- show up whenever alex villanueva feels threatened. programs that show the real solutions is housing, not threats of arrest. the words of st. joseph that gotten 183 people off of venice beach in recent weeks into housing. that was a statement from councilman bonn, and although you saw the one lady who was supporting the councilman, the majority of folks that were there were crediting the sheriff for going out there, making relationships with those folks and getting them off the beach. rachel: lawrence, i used the hang out this in my 20s. we'd go roller blading, me and my girlfriends. it's such a beautiful, fun place to be, and it's so sad to see how dirty and gross it is. thanks for covering this story, lawrence. >> reporter: thanks my friend.

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♪♪ steve: this morning we're joined by retired members of the u.s. military's most elite fighting force, the navy seals. operating as a sniper, brady duke deployed to afghanistan in support of the war on terror. derek von or then served five

combat deployments during his 26-year career. ely crane joined the navy just days after the september 11th attacks 20 years ago and served five wartime deployments. morgan luttrell deployed multiple times to iraq and afghanistan during his 14-year military career. and ryan zinke led a force of over 3500 special operations personnel in iraq. they have all now taken on the same mission the take on capitol hill. brady is running for florida's 7th congressional district, derek is running for wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, ely is running for arizona's 1st congressional district, morgan is running for texas' 8th and former interior secretary ryan zinke is running for montana's 2nd congressional district. good morning to all you guys. thanks for joining us today. >> good morning.

>> great to be here. steve: indeed. all right. ryan, let's start with you. you were secretary of the interior, you've already been in congress. i why on earth would you want to go back to washington, d.c.? >> well, the seal motto is never quit. so i think we face, you know, some crisis. a lot of my friends say, look, the u.s. is falling apart, it can't be fixed. it certainly can be fixed. look, america's a great country. i think we need red, white and blue, this is what the seals do, the special forces do, and we've also given the blood of the constitution of the united states. and that means a lot. to fight for freedom -- the fight for freedom never ends, and liberty always wins. i'm excited to be, you know, with the special operations groups and, look, there's no one better in crisis than seals, special forces, and we're going to win, ask we're going to save america. steve: brady, what did you learn as a navy seal that would

prepare you for congress? >> you know what i learned as a navy seal, we go through high intensity training, we adapt to stress really well x i think we perform our best under stress, you know? we learn to prioritize and execute and take decisive action when there's dire on intentions -- consequences. and i think that's absolutely what needs to happen at this point in our country. that's where we are, we need to take action, and that's why these men are on the screen with me. we see the same things happening in our country, and it makes us nervous for our families. i'm the father of five. i cannot imagine where we are going to be in 20 years, and so i am a taking this opportunity to throw my hat in the ring and serve my country. i'm called to service. steve: right. derek, what about you? you know, as a navy seal you're trained to go out and get something accomplished. it seems like in washington nothing ever seems to get done. everybody's just yelling at each other. >> that's right. hey, listen, we call it the seal

teams for a reason. there are no individual navy seals. the guys here on screen with me, what we do as navy seals, we prioritize things. in this case the mission is america, so we are capable of putting the mission before ourselves. we've all proven that multiple times up to the point of risking our lives for our commission. so these folks are going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that america's a better place for our children and grandchildren. i have four kids and six grandkids, and i want this nation to be a place worth living in, and right now is the time in history where we need to step up, not sit on the sidelines, get in the game for our country and for our families. and that's exactly what we will do as navy seals in congress. steve: ely, you served proudly as a navy seal, you've got a good life in arizona. why would you -- what would your mission be if you got to congress? >> well, thank you.

it's great to be with you. just like the rest of these guys have said, my mission will be to serve this country and try and turn this country around. unfortunately, it seems to a lot of americans as if this country is going off a cliff with our foot on the gas, and that's why i'm encouraged to be here with these guys today. we didn't plan this, this is just another example of men that bleed red, white and blue who have seen what's going on, who are willing to answer the call one more time. and for all of you out there listening and watching, this is a good start, but it's just a start. we're going to need your support, and we're going to need the people of this country to get off their couches, get into their local governments, get into their school boards, take back congress and take back the white house if we want to turn this country back around. steve all right. and finally, morgan luttrell, i know you come from a family that's dedicated to service in the navy. why do you want to go to

congress? >> i don't. [laughter] i don't think any of my teammates on the screen with me today want to either. it's most certainly out of necessity. we fought so diligently to defend our country and everything that we believe in, and we've seen things that other folks haven't seen. and unfortunately, the rail that our country's on right now, we have to bring our country back to center. and most certainly, that's why we're all running, because we believe so much in the red, white and blue. steve: right. all right. guys, stick around, because we've got more questions for each of you and thank you very much for joining us from all around the country. more with the five navy seals in a minute, but first, let's check in with bill hemmer for a preview of what happens in 11 and a half minutes. bill: great group of guys there. two major american cities reversing course on police. we'll tell you why. what will your local leaders

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♪ ♪ steve: we are back with our panel of heroic retired navy seals looking to serve their nation in a new capacity. they are all currently running for congress. joining us again, brady duke, you know what? when i say your name, everybody wave. brady duke, where are you? [laughter] there you go. all right, derrick van orden. there you go. ely crane? morgan luttrell, yes, sir. and former interior secretary ryan zinke. we know him. thumbs up. [laughter] all right. >> you don't know me? steve: we know all of you know. mr. zinke, i'll call on you first. what is the number one issue that you would want to tackle as a member of congress, again in your case? >> you know, i don't think it's

russia, china or even iran is the biggest threat, it's the divisions in this country. we have to rise and learn to work together to form a more perfect union. you know, but also it takes resources. i can tell you, you know, go to seal pac.org, ryan zinke.com. all the seals up here, we spent a life fighting for this country, but we're going the need some ammunition if support to do it. expenses aren't, you know, campaigns aren't cheap. so seal pac.org and ryan zinke.com, and on the seal pac, seal pac supports candidates just like this. we'll put the bios up, and you can follow 'em and go right to their campaign site. but we're -- in order to fix this country, we're going to have to learn to work together within the framework of the constitution. and you see these guys, we're not going to let them have it. our constitution, our country's worth fighting for. but i want to reiterate that

liberty always wins. we're going to win, we're going to save this country. it's the majority in the u.s. house of representatives, it's taking back the white house, saving america. steve: all right. brady, you are in florida. what's the number one issue that you would like to address if you wind up going to washington, d.c. and serving in congress? >> yeah. i think one of the biggest issues that we're seeing today that's taken a huge effect on our country is career politicians. term limits is something that i want to see passed. i'm not a politician, and i know a lot of americans are tired of seeing politicians get in, serve themselves and make it their number one priority to get reelected. and i think we need to take action on that. and the only way to do that is to help me get into congress, go to bradyduke.com and show your support for my campaign and the campaigns of these men here beside me on the screen. steve: all right. derrick, you're in wisconsin. what would your number one issue

be? >> i think right now what we're having a real problem with is that the american population has seen this incredible squeeze of inflation, and i am old enough to remember when you could go to the gas station and say fill her up and not have to worry giving over your -- about giving over your first born. this irresponsible, out of control spending by congress, as the other gentlemen have said, we're going to need your help to get into congress. this is a team effort so please go to van orden for congress.com, support me and my fellow navy seals here. help us get into congress. and i want to put it in this perspective, you elect all five of us to congress, that's the majority in the house of representatives. think of it in those therms. it starts -- in those terms. it starts with these five guys on the screen. steve: i'm the only one on the screen that doesn't have a stevedoocy.com. i've got to work on that. [laughter] ely, you are in arizona.

i'm just guessing, but i would imagine the number one issue for you has got to be border and immigration. >> yeah, border's a big deal out here. it's not a laughing matter. we take it really seriously. there's some real issues that come in from sex trafficking, drug trafficking, supporting the cartels. i'll tell you something else, steve, arizonans are also concerned about election integrity, and that's something i'm going to make a top priority. if you want to help myself, go to ely for arizona.com, and please, like derrick was saying, please support these guys. this is just a start. we're willing to serve. like morgan said, most of us don't want to go to washington. we have no desire to do that, but we're concerned about this country and want to do something about it. steve right. morgan, i've got a connection, actually, to your mother. she shared her prime rib recipe with my wife and i in our

cookbook, so i know that you grew up eating some good food. what's the number one issue for you? >> border security, most certainly. that's no secret is. it's mainstream. especially on fox. everyone else seems to turn a behind eye to it, but we have to shut those borders down. it's just, it's turning toxic and cancerous, and if we don't do something to quell that, the sheer numbers on covid, the sex trafficking, human trafficking, it's completely out of control. and we've also, you know, cybersecurity. we took the hit down here, and nobody seems to, nobody seems to want to talk about that up north, and that's a big issue for us down here. steve: sure. ryan, you know, so many people are frustrated because the administration came out, cdc had made the recommendation. we know you're all vaccinated, most of you are vaccinated, but you're going to have to wear a mask again. and now as we are so close to the fall, the news is that the kids are going to have to mask up too. there's a lot of frustration

regarding masking and covid. >> you know, and this is why people don't trust the government, because at this point in time the government is not worthy of our trust. you know, but we, the people -- and i'll go back to ronald reagan, it's the states that give the federal government the authority and the power, and we need to reel that back because our government is not serving the people. and remember that, you know, we, the people, we've got to do what works for us and not the other way around. you've heard these guys talk about the borders, the cdc, the fbi, the doj, the list is long, but how you attack it is one issue at a time. you send the right people to washington. steve: all right. well, it's great to meet all five of you. thanks to brady, derrick, eli, morgan and ryan. >> thank you, and god bless. steve: god bless you. and thanks for your service.

rachel: great panel. two segments. steve: and the way they explained it, you know, if the five of them were elected to congress, that's the majority. brian: right. steve: republicans would have the majority. brian: values and integrity, that's the foundation. rachel: yep. and they're a team. we're not individuals, we're a seal team. brian: and this team will be back tomorrow. steve: see you friday.