>> earlier today, human remains were discovered consistent with the description of gabrielle, gabby, petito. jillian: it is monday, september 20th. an unwanted discovery, the disappearance of gabby petito is obviously developing new information in the overnight hours as the heart breaking announcement for gabby's family and supporters across the nation was made yesterday evening. todd: plus, a growing humanitarian crisis at the border topping a long list of pressing issues for the biden administration. for the president it's another day at the beach. we're live with the calls for accountability coming from both sides of the aisle. jillian: hollywood proves that rules don't apply to the 'lead, social media had a swift

reaction to the maskless emmy awards. "fox & friends first" starts right now. todd: you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. gabby petito's father posted an em mention nail tribute after -- emotional tribute after a body is covered in the wyoming national park. todd: carley shimkus has more. >> reporter: todd, jillian, the petito family attorney is asking the media a not to contact gabby's family as they grieve the loss of their daughter but you're right, we are hearing from gabby's father who posted that touching tribute on social media that shows gabby as an angel, he wrote hashtag gabby petito, she touched the world. this is after the denver fbi agent, charles jones, confirmed a body was found in grand teton national park that fits the description of the missing 22-year-old. >> i would like to extend sincere and heart-felt

condolences to gabby's family. we ask that you all respect the privacy as they mourn the loss of their daughter. earlier today, human remains were discovered consistent with the description of gabrielle gabby petito. >> reporter: investigators made the grim discovery while searching the spread creek disburse camping area in the teton national forest. two youtubeers shared footage with the fbi of what is believed to be petito's converted white van in the area on august 27th. the teton county coroner's office will conduct an autopsy tomorrow to determine cause of death and officially identify the body. the petito schmidt family attorney thanking law enforcement including the grand teton search and rescue team, writing your tireless work and determination helped bring gabby home to her parents, the family and i will be forever grateful. we're hearing from the laundrie

family, their attorney releasing a statement saying the news about about gabby petito is heart breaking, the laundrie family prays for gabby and her family. many wonder why they refused to cooperate with authorities during the search. brian laundrie is a person of interest and police are looking for him but search crews appear in north port are up against a number of challenges including the fact that brian was given a three day start. police say it is possible he has hurt himself or even committed suicide but they have no evidence of that right now. people across the country responding to the news of gabby's death by posting tributes on twitter and demanding answers from the laundrie family including one woman who drove two hours to be in north port. >> i wish they would stop protecting their son. i'm a parent. and if it were my child, i couldn't wait three days. as soon as i knew something i would have immediately called.

the other family needs closure. they need to know what happened. >> reporter: and a photo is also going viral that shows a rainbow near the area where gabby's body was found yesterday and, guys, there is no official confirmation that the search will resume for brian laundrie here near the carlton reserve. but we are here to monitor the situation. we're going to bring you the latest as we get it. jillian: the photo with the rainbow is truly chilling. it really is. there's so many questions that remain unanswered. carley, thank you. todd: to another big story we are following for you. the senate parliamentarian blocking the democrats' immigration plan as crises pile up at home and oversees while president biden vacations at his delaware beach house. jillian: lauren blanchard joins us to break it down. >> reporter: first up, a big setback in the democrats' plan to include 8 million green cards in the spending bill working through congress. the senate parliamentarian said it's not within the rules of the budget process that will allow

democrats to pass this without any republicans. quote, the policy changes of this proposal far outweigh the budgetary impacts scored to it and it is not appropriate for inclusion in reconciliation. the president who spent the weekend at his home in delaware called the ruling deeply disappointing. thousands of migrants have continued to camp under a bridge in del-rio, texas. the u.s. is conducting a mass expulsion flying haitians back to the homeland and the border patrol chief said the plan is to have the encampment cleared within a week. >> we're working around the clock to move migrants from out of the heat, elements and underneath the bridge to processing facilities in order to quickly process and remove individuals. >> reporter: as the situation at the border remains chaotic, abroad the administration is facing criticism for an air strike in kabul that killed 10 of civilians including children and no isis-k fighters. some members of the family say

they want a better apology and a flight out. >> i thought what general mckenzie did was right, admit the mistake and apologize and he also spoke later of possible reparations. secretary austin has committed to a review that hopefully will look at accountability for this. >> reporter: and he said he would follow the science but president biden is facing criticism for getting ahead of an fda panel that ultimately recommended vaccine booster shots only be used for those over 65 and with he severe health risks. the administration planned to roll out boosters for all this week. a new fox news poll found 65% of voters believe the vaccine is safe and effective and we'll go back to the first issue i talked about, the massive spending bill, the poll showed the top concern with voters with 82% is inflation and prices. republicans have warned a $3.5 trillion bill could send them even higher. todd, jillian. todd: lauren, thank you very

much. jillian: former secretary of state mike pompeo is taking the white house to task for the drone strike that killed afghan civilians. >> you could see the political pressure and if there was one thing that drove this failed evacuation was the arbitrary political deadline that president biden set that arbitrary cap on the number of troops that could be there so we could secure american departure and the departure for our equipment. these were political decisions driven down to the military and i'm confident the military was under enormous pressure. president biden said we're going to strike back at the folks that killed the 13 americans and we have a strike that clearly failed, failed to deliver to protect america and killed civilians. this is another piece of an evacuation that was driven by politics and not putting america first and america's national security. todd: in response to that crisis, senator ted cruz said the white house is trying to control the narrative, pivoting to the pandemic in an effort to deflect from failures in afghanistan.

>> they want to change the topic from afghanistan. it's why biden issued this completely illegal and unconstitutional vaccine mandate because he wanted to change the topic from the disas tear in afghanistan -- disaster in afghanistan. the vaccine mandate will be struck down in court. the president is defying the laws law because he wanted the press to start defending him and stop talking about the disaster in afghanistan and he's counting on big businesses in particular forcing employees to comply before the matter is adjudicated and the order is struck down. jillian: we spoke with former border patrol chief ron vitiello who says the border crisis is on brink of becoming a major catastrophe. >> the images that we're seeing from del-rio should disturb all of america, whether you're on the right, the middle or the left. we deserve better from our leadership at homeland and certainly in this administration. we're one incident away to

making that camp a disaster for anybody that's involved. they have to put resources at this problem. they needed to do it sooner than later. todd: lawrence jones is on the ground for us in del-rio with a firsthand look at the growing you humanitarian crisis. we'll check in with him later this hour. the emmy awards, seth rogen calling out the shortcomings. >> let me start by saying, there is way too many of us in this little room. what are we doing? they said this was outdoors. it's not. they lied to us. we're in a sealed tent right now. i would not have come to this. jillian: the actor taking the stage to present the first award of the night. the host pushing back, saying all guests were required to be vaccinated but online social media users blasting the lack of masks and social distancing. by the way, that was a look,

that a was a whole look. todd: seth rogan. jillian: yeah, the matching bow tie. todd: he could not have done more of a seth rogan impression if he. jillian: it's like the orange suit from dumb and dumber but updated and really stylish. todd: no ruffles. jillian: a bad weekend getting worse for president biden as some of his most loyal defenders hit the sunday shows to demand accountability. >> i think he's got a pretty big credibility crisis on his hands because all of these problems in some ways showed up after he said something basically the exact opposite. .todd: does joe concha aagree with chuck todd on something. we'll find out, coming up. ♪

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gabby's family thanked law enforcement. jillian: the search for gabby's boyfriend, brian laundrie intensifies. he hasn't been seen since tuesday. the reserve is 25,000 acres. let's bring in former homicide detective and retired connecticut police officer, brian foley. thanks for being here. good to see you. a lot of new information since we spoke to you last week. the fbi making the announcement last evening that they discovered a body that seems to match gabby petito's. what do you make of all this right now. >> there will be an autopsy performed by the medical examiner and a dna test, not to just match the dna to the body to see if there's anyone else's dna present at the scene. this is big for the family and the criminal investigation. it does not bring he closure to anybody but it can help the victim's family start to begin

the healing, the long healing process. jillian: i want to pull up this video on the screen, this is video of the van that belonged to gabby, this is from august 27th. a blogger posted this online from the spread creek disburse camping area in grand where police and fbi officials made the discovery of a body yesterday. in your estimation, how crucial was this, the of most crucial piece of evidence that came forward that led investigators to a specific area at least in this massive grand teton park. >> exactly. so it would not -- they found the body fairly quickly in that huge reserve there. they must have had something to get them that close to be able to find it that quickly t they .they do have technology, they have k-9s that are good at finding those. for them to find it that quickly, they had had technology

to help as well. jillian: we go back to last week and it was tuesday that we learned from brian's parents that brian went missing from their house on tuesday. reported went to go object a hike at the carlton reserve in florida, 25,000-acre reserve. wednesday reportedly the family goes to the reserve and finds the mustang he was driving, just abandoned and brought it home and two days later on friday is when they decided to report him missing to police in the area. what do you think of that timeline which just seems rather peculiar to a lot of people and do you think his family could potentially be in any sort of legal trouble depending on what the next few days brings? >> there are a lot of he potentials. what we're most likely to find out, unfortunately in these types of scenarios, suicide is not -- can not be ruled out at this point where a suspect commits suicide. two, the family could be

harboring him somewhere, not in florida, it could be out of the state, but protecting him. it's difficult to convince a parent not to protect their child. flight is important here. before there was a body, we didn't have a crime. if the autopsy investigation he shows that this is a homicide, and the injuries are consistent with domestic violence, if there's no one else's dna on her, this has a possibility to have a murder charge with it given the proximity of the suspect to the victim, given the lack of cooperation and given the previous he domestic violence issues and the last thing, homicide detectives love flight when the suspect flees the scene. that is a key indication of guilt. i think with all those factors together i think they have enough for an arrest warrant for brian laundrie as we speak right now. jillian: okay. i know the next few days are going to certainly tell us a lot. hopefully they tell us a lot in this case and we'll look forward to see what that autopsy shows

that's for sure many thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> all right, guys. todd: time now, 18 minutes after the hour. 1619 project writer named to time's most influential people list. we're talking to dr. carol swain about this coming up later on this hour. (struggling vehicle sounds) think premium can't be capable? think again.

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staffer in the defense department and so i was allowed to make this phone call. it's outrageous that the mainstream is carrying water for these deflexions when the only thing they should focus on is the failure to do the mission, which is to protect this country. todd: he accused milley of a, quote, pattern of behavior from a chairman who says whatever he needs to say to save his job. jillian: an fda panel backs booster shots for older and high risk americans but the head of national institutes of health believes it will broaden the recommendation soon. >> the place that might still be somewhat questionable would be the very youngest individuals, the benefit, risk is it needed there but i think there will be a decision in the coming weeks to extend boosters beyond the list they approved on friday. jillian: the cdc will convene the advisory committee on immunization practices this week to make their recommendation on booster shots. todd: dr. anthony fauci facing questions over his changing tune

on booster shots. recently he claimed it would be a mistake not to get a booster shot. now fauci said the fda made the right decision to advise against extra jabs for most americans, clarifying his stance on cnn. >> what i would say, my own personal looking at this, again, just because i look at the data and say i would do it this way, that's the reason we have qualified groups of people who together as a committee examine all the data and make a decision. so i have no problem at all with their decision. the thing that i'm saying is that data will continue to come in. todd: and with that, fauci adding it's entirely conceivable that the general public will need a third booster shot. jillian: former texas congressman beto o'rourke is considering a run for the texas governor's mansion, this according to axios. he lost the senate race the to ted cruz in 2018 and launched a bid for the white house in 2020.

a new poll shows him trailing governor abbott by five points but he despite o'rourke's national profile the poll shows other possible candidates including matthew mcconaughey are more popular with texans. todd: imagine what that would do to our world of covering politics. jillian: tom brady threw five touchdown as the bucs won their tenth straight win. the buffalo bills defense dominated the dolphins with the first shutout win in five years with a score of 35-0. todd: must be nice to come to work happy after your football team does something. watch this. cardinals escaping with a 34-33 win over minnesota, the vikings kicker missed a field goal. check this out. >> untouched, into the end zone. todd: baltimore stunning the

kansas city chiefs with lamar jackson flipping his way into the end zone. the ravens getting the 36-35 win on a late fourth quarter drive. jillian: my team lost. we lost one of our best defensive ends. he's out for the season. it's going to be a rough go. todd: my whole team is out for the season, we decided that. we're going to sit this one out, see if anything changes in 2022. time now, 27 minutes after the hour. help is on the way for border agents in texas where thousands of migrants are living in a tent city under a bridge. jillian: lawrence jones is live in del-rio with a firsthand look. lawrence, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is a crisis of the biden administration's own making. but the border secretary, the secretary of homeland security, says that they are telling people not to come. so why are people still coming? we'll talk about that after a quick break.

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it is unconscionable that the president ignores this crisis and the danger that it presents. clearly, the word is out that if -- that there are open borders in the u.s. and this is how you access it. what we read and hear about, there seems to be different path pathways the haitians are taking to get to the border. they're willing to risk it.

these are dangerous journeys, especially for young women and young men and i don't understand how this president can ignore it an hour longer. jillian: members of congress alarmed at the chaos unfolding at the border and today hundreds of agents are set to arrive in del-rio, texas. the reinforcements come as the biden administration ramps up what some are calling the quickest mass expulsion of refugees in decades. todd: lawrence jones has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it is definitely a crisis of the biden administration's own making. what we're seeing is a lot of these folks are coming from south america. they're not coming directly from haiti and because of the economic depression and they weren't able to get citizenship through the legal pathway that a lot of these countries, they decided to make their way to -- through mexico, to texas. now, they were warned, there was

a memo that was sent out by border patrol to the secretary of homeland security back in june. why the administration did not look at that memo and have some type of action, i don't know. but it's a stressful situation. a lot of hotels are closing early because they just don't have the capacity and the people that were cleaning those hotels cannot get across the border. as a result of everything that's happening right now, the legal pathway, the port of entry is closed. you cannot come in or out. todd: lawrence, go back to the shot again where you're live. seems like a lot of activity around you. what are you seeing behind you right now? >> reporter: yes. so right behind me is dps. our troopers in the state of texas. they're the ones that are pretty much locking it down right now. now, there is a legal issue. todd, maybe you can speak to

this, of national immigration. and so when you look at the troopers, they cannot legally secure the border. that is a federal issue. but right now, just from what i'm seeing on the ground, the only thing that's stopping folks from coming across right now is texas state troopers. when you look at the border agents and they're doing the of best they can, they're really handling the processing of the haitian population right now. but the barrier between the border from texas and mexico, those are texas dps troopers. todd: it's that delicate balance that dps faces. their job is to protect the texas citizens but obviously immigration is a federal issue. so it's that delicate balance. they can't step on toes but obviously something needs to be done to protect the fine citizens of texas. that's part of the reason we have this mess. we're going to get into a little of the texas folks taking matters into their own hands in the next segment.

jillian: lawrence, thank you. >> reporter: thanks, guys. todd: more than 100 texas land owners near the border have aagreed to let their state put up temporary fencing on their property as the border crisis opens. a co-owner of a ranch company joins us now. page, we have been covering rangers like you for months now. how much worse has the crisis gotten for you? >> this crisis s has gotten way worse than i've ever seen it. you know, you see the iran. s on the border -- you see the ranches on the border, we come across maybe one, two, maybe three groups a week right now. now you see a surge, we're up to five or six groups a week, maybe seven to eight and groups of 15 to 20 at a time. todd: what stands out to me the most from the situation that these hundred plus ranchers are encountering, texans are so

fiercely protective of their land rights and their land ownership. what message does it send that you texas ranchers were willing to say, look, state, come on my land and do this? >> yes. i mean, i think for the state, you know, they need to send resources to help us. i think what really people don't realize is that the people that are coming through our properties are criminals that are getting around through the ranches and what a lot of people don't realize, the general public, are how many are coming through the ranches that aren't getting caught. todd: this is part of governor greg abbott's $1.8 billion funding bill for border security. have you seen any evidence of the biden administration doing anything to help you guys out? >> no, no, definitely they're not helping out. i mean, we really do need the federal government to step in and handle this horrible situation on the border.

todd: how frustrating is it that eight months into this administration, eight months this week, your livelihood has been so compromised? >> i really don't even know where to explain, basically it's a financial burden on us, having to go around check things every day to make sure live stock is in the right pasture, holes ain't cut. it's overwhelming on us right now. todd: let's listen to your governor talking about the crisis. take a listen. >> texas is stepping up and doing what the federal government is supposed to do. the biden administration's open border policies have opened the floodgates to illegal immigration, to crime, to human trafficking, to drug smuggling. todd: i don't know if you heard lawrence jones right before you came on, page, but he was discussing the balance, the dichotomy between the federal and state governments when it comes to border enforcement.

obviously, immigration is a federal issue but the state of texas has an obligation to protect its own citizens. are you worried that the federal government will stand in the way of you and fellow texans from building this wall, from protect thing your property which is ultimately your property, which is state property. >> correct. yeah, we're hoping that the federal government will allow -- i mean, i say allow, sorry, but let texas -- basically texas ranchers and the governor, we're going to do what we can to get through this and i definitely think we can get is done and hopefully they ain't going to step in. as you know, they've been stepping in on everything governor abbott's trying to do. todd: page, keep us posted. appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you all. jillian: clear skies over downtown san diego this monday morning.

it's still overnight there. i guess it's technically morning. it's 2:30 in the morning in san diego. meteorologist adam klotz here with the forecast. do you call 2:30 in the morning morning. >> it's the morning but i feel it's the night. in your world, it's the morning. usually my morning, that's the night. i'm out moving around. todd: you're cool and you party. jillian: what is that like? >> i don't have time for that. i only have time for this. i need to he focus. what are we talking about? we're talking about heat building up across the middle of the country. the current temperatures, 74 degrees in chicago, 74 degrees in minneapolis, it was close to 90 degrees yesterday, so it's feeling a little bit like summer across the country. one of the big stories is continued rain across the southeast. this has been heavy rain, 4 to 6 inches over the last week or so. but really most of that coming here over the weekend. so when you talk about that much rain, you end up seeing flash flood watches and warnings across this region. we still have them in place as we speak. i do think the rain begins to die down just a little bit and

it does continue to be tropical season. we're still paying attention to what's happening in the tropics. if i can get this to continue, tropical storm peter, one of two storms that's out there. neither one is going to make a threat to landfall but it's still tropical season, something we're still watching. todd: peter is going to peter out. >> it will peter out. well done, todd. jillian: a showdown on capitol hill, democrats blocked from adding immigration to their $3.5 trillion budget proposal. todd: what does that mean for progressives trying to do their spending spree? cheryl casone breaks it down for us, next

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>> we have a great show coming up in 16 minutes after this. let me give you an idea of what's happening over the next three hours. a heart breaking discovery in the search for gabby petito, the 22-year-old body believed to be found in wyoming. we're live in florida with the future of the investigation as the search for her boyfriend ramps up. how did anyone let him go. a stark warning in texas as checkpoints go unmanned due to a surge in our southern border and the county sheriff says he sent a letter to the biden administration asking for help weeks ago, never got a response. we know he likes to spend his

weekends in delaware. he joins us with a message for the president. and ken paxton is going to be here, laura logan on the latest in afghanistan and the killing of 10 of innocents with a drone strike. abby hornicek. don't touch the remote and don't think about looking away from your tv. don't even blink. back to you guys if the studio. todd: a lot of threats. jillian: are we allowed to breathe? >> you guys can continue. jillian: are they allowed to breathe? >> they can inhale and exhale. todd: the lain set medical -- lancet medical journal calling for a transparent debate on the true origins of the virus where it's revealed most scientists disputed the lab leak in the past. james comer slammed the journal. >> this is lancet covering their tracks. i think anyone who put any amount of time into studying

this issue realizes that the probability that it came from the wuhan lab is almost 100%. todd: 26 of the 27 scientists have links to its chinese researchers from the wuhan lab, colleagues or ben factors according to an investigation. jillian: democrats hit a roadblock on immigration plans in their budget bill. todd: cheryl casone with our sister network fox business joins us live as senator joe manchin is reportedly calling for a pause a in negotiation. cheryl, i'm guessing the democrats don't really like joe manchin right now. cheryl: i think they're hoping he'll come over on their side. this is not looking good for them at this point, guys. good morning to both of you. a ruling in the senate will not allow democrats to include a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants living here illegally. it can not be part of the president's massive $3.5 trillion package according to this decision. and it comes from the office of the parliamentarian citing this would be a policy change with

substantial budgetary impact. a white house spokesperson telling fox in a statement the president made it clear that he supports efforts by congress to include a pathway to citizenship in the reconciliation package. we'll see what they say today. senator lindsey graham reacting saying i'm very glad to hear that the par men tearan provided guidance to the senate that granting legal status to illegal immigrants is not a proper use of the reconciliation process. having worked on several comprehensive immigration reform bills, i believe that using the reconciliation process to he provide he legal status would be a disaster. of west virginia senator joe manchin wants voting on the package pushed to 2022, guys. jillian: we will see and continue to follow that meantime, business owners are still struggling, cheryl. cheryl: yeah. called the silent shutdown amid lockdowns, restrictions, other measures, businesses are closing left and right. it's not just the tension of the federal unemployment benefits that's adding to the problems. you had several small business

owners last hour, here's what they said. >> we can't run our restaurants without our people. and it's not our -- in my opinion, not our responsibility to be their health advisor on top of everything else. >> they're forcing us to be the vaccine police and we're being the mask police and the long-term effects of covid are still having an effect on businesses. cheryl: while the extra federal benefits have expired, the president ordered business owners with 100 employees or more mandate they get shots or get tested weekly. even here in new york, we had three tourists from texas beat up a hostess because of the vaccine mandate. not kidding. that happened. todd: a very defensive facebook firing back at the wall street journal. cheryl: in the wake of the journal investigation facebook is fighting back. the social media giant insisting the journal series contains deliberate mischaracterizations, in a statement the vp of global affairs saying at the heart of

the series is an allegation that is false that facebook conducts research and ignores it if the findings are inconvenient for the company. the series alleged facebook knew the negative effect of instagram on teens, allowed misinformation on the platform and left postings from human traffickers for instance exist on the platform without dealing with it. so this is a lot going on with facebook this morning. jillian: cheryl, thank you very much. todd: time now, 49 minutes after the hour, 1619 project creator nicole jones named to time magazine's most influential people. jillian: a new fox news poll bad news for the so called uniter in chief. we discuss these big stories, coming your way next. ♪ make it last all night. ♪ she was an american girl. ♪

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todd: former unc professor nicole hannah-jones named to the list of 100 most up influential people in 2021. jillian: being recognized for her creation of the 1619 project when she says is not to depict accurate rendering of history. dr. karol swain joins you now. spanks for being here. i want to read a portion of what "time" has to say and this reads, quote: this may be some effect of nicole's greatest

work. the 1619 project and the analysis of history of slavery in the u.s. but it's certainly not the sum of in her light the wounds of america's original and subsequent sins are laid bare what's your reaction. >> look at the source. listed along with prince harry britney spears and other people that are progressives. so this award goes to a person who follows the in the tradition of howard zen. she has created a false narrative of america that is impacting the country because her 1619 project was quickly adopted by over 4500 schools. and so, if the award is for advancing marxism and anti-americanism, she deserves it. todd: dr. swain, i think we can all agree she has been influential. >> yes. todd: we have been talking about her for some time now. what does it say about our

mainstream media, not just "time" but our mainstream media in general that they have elevated her and allowed theory become so influential? >> for one thing they have a herd mentality so they follow people. so, yes, she has been awarded the mcarthur prize for being a genius. i don't think it takes a genius to fabricate history but to get away with it you have to be a genius the putter prize and now this they tend to elevate individuals. you may remember in 2009 the nobel prize committee awarded the peace prize to barack obama just a few months after he had been inaugurated. and so you see that with the progressive left. they can elevate people. they are anti-american agenda and i think it's very dangerous. you also see that herd mentality a lot of times in academia. one school will follow the others and they will continually

follow each other until someone breaks the pattern. jillian: let's talk about this here for a second there is a new fox news poll out that shows that more than 50% of americans think the country is less united under president biden. let's go ahead and pull up the numbers as you can see 54% of respondents say that get your opinion on that and what chuck todd had to say about a credibility crisis. >> i think he has a pretty big credibility crisis on his hands. all of these problems in some way showed up after he said something basically the exact opposite. jillian: what do you think about where we are with the state of our country is right now because respondents are saying i don't feel united you have people even on other networks wondering where this is going to go. what do you see? >> dues? >> i say progressive left that

they think nothing of the ends justify the means and so they will say get whatever goal they have in mind and, yes, we are more divided are. blacks against whites. the vaccinated against unvaccinated. as well as rich against poor. i hate to say the democratic party. it's not democrats. but progressives, they use conflict theory and division as a way to advance a political agenda and i think most americans are seeing this. they feel very up comfortable. conditions have worsened under biden. from the very beginning he has done nothing to unite the country. everything to divide it. he has demonized trump supporters. and that does not advance the interest of our nation. and i think that we should all be concerned. we should push back against it. and hopefully, in 2022, we can

make some changes and one of the things that i have watched as someone, you know, who is familiar with history and civil rights, you know, this whole argument that voting rights with being suppressed of black people. nothing could be more false and that's done loss to guide people. to divide people. when it comes to critical race theory, we know how that has been used to divide people. and what nicole hannah-jones has done through her recognition is really to advance critical race theory and to get it mainstreamed into many institutions keep in mind 8 months ago auto this week joe biden stood there

at inauguration and said he was going to be the one to unite the nation. based upon that current fox news polling that's not what he is doing. jillian: dr. carol swain thank you very much. we continue to follow that breaking news overnight that the fbi announced yesterday evening a body matching the description of gabby petino has been found in grand deaton. "fox & friends" has continuing coverage right now. have a good day. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. a tragic discovery during the search for gabby petino. brian: her father posting a tribute after the body of a 22-year-old is found in a wyoming national park. steve: carley shimkus joins us from florida as the search for gabby's boyfriend is now intensifying. carley? carley: that's right, steve, ainsley, brain. it's the news nobody wanted to hear. denver fbi agent charles jones confirmed that the body found in grand teton national park is believed to be that of gabby petino. >>