>> you are looking live at the rio grande river in the texas border city of del rio, different images today from a week ago. and del rio, people have been crossing at the height of migrants arriving last week and cramming into the makeshift camp. so could we see scenes like this again in the near future is this what is the biden administration doing to prevent more chaos at our border. welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich.

we're starting with jeff in del rio. what are you seeing? >> a few seconds e saw a family cross the rio grande here and basically intercepted by texas dps out here who will and them off to border patrol to be processed, but it's a stark contrast to what we saw just a week ago. nothing compared to that, that's when we saw thousands upon thousands of mostly haitian nationals crossing the bridge and camped out for several days, building makeshift tents, as they figured out what the next step was, that camp has now been cleared out, but as far as for the estimated 30,000 who crossed the border near del rio in the past two weeks, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says so far 2000 have been flown back to haiti and 5,000 could be held and

released and another 8,000 they say went back to mexico, but he says, assuming they will all show up, 12,400 will have their cases heard by an immigration judge. >> some have been returned to haiti, indeed. others have been moved to different processing facilities along the border in light of operational capacity. and then many of them will be returned to haiti from there. >> now, those viral images of the horse patrols across the world. the biden administration deemed them to be suspended and there's an ongoing investigation if there's wrongdoing and mayorkas called them horrifying and not who we are. originally some claimed that

whips were used and agents don't have whips and the leather straps were long reins and the head of the border patrol union says that these images are being politicized and do not reflect the hard work being done along the border. jacqui: jeff paul in del rio, thank you so much. pressure is building for the biden administration to address the border as the president slammed them. >> and president biden says he took responsibility for the chaos, but he appeared to direct most of the ire at the border patrol. >> to see people treated way they were and people almost run over and strapped, i promise those people will pay and there will be consequences. >> the secretary to says that

their alleged conduct amounted to systemic racism. and president biden and chief mayorkas are not giving them a fair shake in public and perceived bias could taint the investigation saying this amounts to a stampede by the commander-in-chief. a reminder encountiers at the are at a 21-year how and how fair a probe this can be into his own mounted officers. >> is it helpful to your investigation for the president of the united states to use inflammatory language like people being strapped? >> let me just be very clear and repeat what i've said. i'm not concern with the respect or integrity of the investigation. we know how to conduct an investigation with integrity. >> the vice-president compared the incident with the horses and the migrants and their officers to slavery. witnesses say they didn't see any of the mounted officers strike any of the migrants.

jacqui: lucas tomlinson. neil: for. griff: for more on the border crisis, a prosecutors unit investigator, chief, thank you for taking time. we certainly want to hear what you have to say. i have to begin though with the tragic and difficult images we saw all week long playing out right before us across the country. your reaction, sir? >> good afternoon, griff and thanks for having me on. you know, i've watched these videos and i've looked the images over and over, and i can't see any violation of law or policy. i see no one being whipped or strapped, as the president and secretary mayorkas have stated. in fact, the man who captured the images has already come forward and he says that he saw nothing of the sort when he captured those images. what i did see was a united

states border patrol agent exercising his sworn duty to stop an illegal entry from occurring. now, what i also saw was a suspected illegal alien, a haitian national, grabbing the bit and head stall of a horse that that agent was riding and potentially creating a very dangerous situation for that agent. so the agent did his job. he did everything that he was trained to do. and he did everything that horse patrol agents have been doing since 97 years ago when we started to using horses in this organization. i understand that every allegation of misconduct in our organization has to be looked at. that's the way we conduct our business, but these agents depend on a fair and impartial investigation that is focused on facts and not political agendas and that's exactly has happened here. this has been focused on the politics of the day, and the

left saw an opportunity to come out and vilify the border patrol and draw attention away from the administration's absolute failure to secure the border so they rolled out a whole of government approach as we like to say in government, to condemn these agents before an investigation was even conducted. so think about it before an investigation is even underway, democratic lawmakers come on television and crucify the agents without knowing the fact and white house press secretary comes out and has a press conference admitting that she doesn't have the fact, she condemns these agents and states that the horse patrol operations have been discontinued in del rio via a policy decision by the secretary. al sharpton rolls out del rio to start any tensions he can. and the secretary and president of the united states going on television and saying whipping, strapping, running people over and things that aren't in the

images, that's absurdity. they're trying to stir up racial tensions and yesterday, in a press conference, the president of the united states says these people will pay and i promise you there will be consequences all again before the investigation has even begun. certainly before it's been finished. and after the man who took the pictures has come forward and denied that any of this has occurred. how can you remotely hope to get fair treatment. neil: do you believe that the president owes those agents an apology? >> absolutely, he owes those agents an apology. neil: . griff: let me ask you how it played out 15,000 at the peak of it. was what happened last week a failure of leadership? >> so i want to put it into context for you and your viewers, and i apologize if i go long on this, but the president-- or the secretary came on television and took credit for

moving these 15,000 migrants out of the area and it was basically i think he claimed it was a large number of people travelling to a single point within a matter of a few days, that's simply not true. we knew these people were coming, we've been dealing with this for months, i and other border patrol chiefs begged the administration and dhs to give us the resources we need today deal with this. the vast majority of those requests were denied. they hit us hard. they with up to 1300 apprehensions a day in the del rio sector and double that rvg for moments. we asked for people, repatriation flights and the vast majority denied. the few flights that we had when they were canceled by dhs leadership, that's when the big surge actually hit because we had 10, 20,000 people standing by waiting for their

opportunity to move and when those flights started getting canceled, and we started mass releases of people, they came. why would they not? >> we're just about out of time, but i wanted to ask you, the time i was able to sit with you in june when we were down there, we saw some 70 countries migrants coming from. ultimately do you believe now that our border is unsecure and that it may possibly point towards a national security risk? >> look, thank god for the u.s. border patrol. thank god for the good people of del rio, and all of our state and local law enforcement for doing anything to control at that border and thank god for the highway border patrol. they're done a fantastic job there. make no mistake, there are very dangerous people that made it across the border and all of that is a result of the failure of this administration.

griff: former border patrol chief, thank you for speaking out and we appreciate it, and we wish you well, please come on again. thank you, sir. >> thank you. griff: jacqui. jacqui: a major test ahead for congress as the october 1st deadline for funding the government approaches. this is could be the biggest hurdle they face this year. chad has what you need to know from the capital. >> the week could define the biden presidency, four big things swirl on capitol hill, the only thing that must get done, funding the government. and republicans oppose the democrat funding suspension. the g.o.p. threatens a filibuster, if they want to tax, borrow and spend historic sums of money without our input they will he have to raise the debt limit without our help. >> and chuck schumer tees up a

test vote. >> everything is going on record as to whether they support keeping the government open and averting a default, or support shutting us down and careening our country toward default. >> a debt selling collision could spoil the economy. >> the economy is big time consumer oriented. if the consumer heads south, just about everything else headsout. >> also on monday, a likely vote on bipartisan 1.2 trillion infrastructure plan in the house. >> the bill will come up on monday. >> what about the reconciliation? that's going to come next week, too? >> have a little patience, follow it, see it unfold. it's very interesting, we're very encouraged. >> how pelosi gets democrats to vote yes is far from clear. >> this is one of the most difficult situation she's probably been in. she's got the design play and read option and she has the second read option and she knows how to use those. >> democrats are fighting each other what should be in the

2400 page reconciliation bill and there's only one person who can bridge the divide. >> i believe that the president needs to come up and talk to our caucus, she's talked to the senate a number of times. there are a small number of people that is being told what's going on. they need to know that he knows that each of them matters. >> and none of it matters if the government shuts down or a debt ceiling crisis during a pandemic. on capitol hill, fox news. jacqui: all right, now for a more detailed look how the democrats are handling the situation. we're joined by the democrat from new jersey, problem solvers conference and a guess at the white house as the president tried to store up within the democratic party and keep his agenda on track. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me here. >> you were one of the nine who got the speaker to agree on a bill on monday.

progressives are vowing to block it and we're a ways off from that and it could blow up. i know you have confidence that pelosi is going to get the vote, but i have not heard progressives backing off the threats. so is this going to happen? >> it will, you know, this is going to come to the floor, and the bipartisan plan in earlier august. and they had those including mitch mcconnell and bernie sanders. it's a historic, once in an infrastructure page, roads, bridges, rails and helped to fight the climate change and resiliency it's got to move forward and we'll got the votes and we'll be there. spoker pelosi is working hard to get the votes and when she does, it's key for the country. so i'm optimistic when we get to the vote. every democrat will be there and needs to be there. but also, we'll have republicans because this is a bipartisan accomplishment. >> what happens to the level of trust among democrats if this

bipartisan bill fails? and the progressives block it? >> i mean, i believe in the end, you know, i don't think that anyone is going to vote against two million jobs a year on structure and vote against the president's frankly key, key part of his agenda. i don't see that ultimately. you know, and i would hope they wouldn't block such a huge accomplishment in jobs a year and doesn't make sense to meme. i'm in jersey, third worst roads in the country and a third of our bridges are literally falling apart and a tunnel, 113 years old, a train goes under the gateway tunnel. so much on the line that i don't buy that we'll be facing that and talking a small fraction right now of people saying they'd be against it and we will have republicans there, too, so we'll get this done and cross the finish line and every democrat and republican will celebrate together. >> it comes down to the math and whether the republicans can make up for defections on the democratic side.

another sort of revealing snapshot within the democratic party happened with the funding for israel's iron dome and you spoke on the floor to fund the system for america's ally, as we saw a few months ago with that bill funding, including funding for capitol police, the squad tried to block it. aoc was on the floor crying about the pressure to pass it, citing human rights abuses against palestinians, you've tangled with the squad on israel before and tangling with progressives over infrastructure. to put it bluntly, do you worry there's too wide a gulf between the sides of the democratic party to be effective? >> no you're talking the small fraction of people and the iron dome and we walked with the key israel relationship and key to the united states and there were nine people who ultimately didn't vote for it of all 135 in the party and entire congress so this is one of the things where you're always

going to have a few people and see the same thing on the republican side always a few people who vote against the party. in fact, republican voted against iron dome as well. at the end of the day it's very clear when it comes to major things, when it comes to the priorities, like u.s.-israel and infrastructure, everyone will be there and i'm not worried about it. a reason why back in august we all came together and voted. every single democrat who bring this bipartisan infrastructure bill to the floor and the who us this coming week and that's what we'll be doing on monday. and we'll all get together and win, and for the country and that's what we need right now and frankly, i just don't see anything getting in the way of such important accomplishments for the country and frankly, for the president and this is one of the issues that as democrats and republicans worked on this and the problem solvers caucus and our senate party back in april and we've got to get this across the

finish line. >> you sound very optimistic, of course, it always comes down to the math. good luck, and a big week coming up, and a lot to keep an eye on. >> big week. thanks. alicia: take care. jacqui: thank you for joining us. griff: the view from the other side of the aisle from tony gonzalez coming up and plus his take on the crisis playing out in his back yard. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! [sighs wearily] here, i'll take that! woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and now with two new flavors!

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en la ciudad mas verde de america... sigamos haciendo la diferencia juntos. >> democrats are working out the details of the 3.5 trillion spending bill as the deadline looms. a senate for monday and we're joined by a member of texas and congressman thank you for taking time. i want to get to del rio, your back yard. first of all, let's talk about the infrastructure vote on monday and then the larger spending bill. where are the republicans on monday? >> the spending is out of control. $1 trillion for an infrastructure package and another 3.5 for reconciliation.

moderates would love to pass the infrastructure package, that would make them happy. progressives would love to pass the reconciliation and everyone would be happy if they passed other than the american people. the price of goes is going up, price of eggs, basic necessities through the roof. at the end of the day the spending is completely out of control and we have to stop somewhere because eventually, the bill that comes due and it's going to come due in the form of higher taxes for everyone. >> and your colleague was pretty optimistic talking to jackie that ultimately it was going to work out in the end. how do you see it? are you as optimistic? >> i think it's a long way to go. look, josh does a lot of good work in congress and i appreciate your bipartisan approach to thing, but the end of the day, the fact that the infrastructure bill is attached to the reconciliation bill,

it's just too much money for many of us to go alongside with. i wish the infrastructure package would have went a different way because republicans are absolutely for infrastructure. we do need roads, we need bridges, we need land ports and sea ports. griff: congressman, one thing we're watching in this, a lot of moving parts, the need to raise the debt ceiling. where are you? would you support doing that? >> look, the democrats own the house, they own the senate, they own the white house. it's their job to keep the government open if they don't keep the government open, if they don't successfully keep the government open, then that's on them. they want to take the credit for spending all of this money, well they need to learn how to govern as well. when it's our turn to need and republicans lead the house after next cycle we'll make sure we put the american public first unlike what the democrats have done. griff: congressman, let's turn now to del rio and the border

crisis that played out, your district, a part of what we were watching, you went down, this of course all started last saturday and we on this show were covering it with bill there and then you went down there and were an are the pa of it and then of course, the week ends with the president of the united states saying about some of those border patrol agents he promises quote, those people will pay. those agents may be your constituents. what do you say? >> i'm ready to go to war with joe biden over how he's vilified the border patrol. look, they've done an amazing job in a very difficult environment. you know, over the past two weeks, over 30,000 illegal aliens have attempted to cross in del rio. over of the course of the year over 250,000. these numbers are astronomical and the way that the border patrol has come and the fact that they were able to clear

out this bridge in a week with over 15,000 people is unbelievable. they're absolutely saving lives every day and they need to be rewarded and encouraged and pay needs to be increased and they need the accolades that they deserve not be villainized by the same administration that's holding them down essentially. griff: congressman, is this administration being honest about whether or not they're releasing these migrants or removing them? >> that's a good point out of 15,000 migrants out of there, about 2,000 got sent back to haiti. that means 13,000 were processed and released into the united states to get a court date later on. that's a problem. as long as that continues, as long as this administration fails to uphold the law, there is going to be other issues and border patrol, right now they're getting attacked over racial issues, you've got al

greene and al sharpton and black lives matter coming down to del rio and over 50% of border patrol agents are hispanic and it's clear that joe biden has abandoned hispanics, especially on the border, and they're seeing that now as he attacks border patrol. griff: tell me congressman, for the residents that live and reside in del rio, they were there for years before this happened. what has been the impact on a community like yours? >> it's absolutely a horrible event. i mean, it's as if a hurricane has hit. immigration is not a new topic for any of us that live or work along the border, but we've never seen it like it is now. it's literally as bad as people have ever seen it, regardless of party, the police, it's just create chaos. you've got high speed chases and a sheer number of folks coming through the small towns. another aspect of it is resources, a lot of the ngo's

that would otherwise help the local government or cities are now focused solely on the migrants situation. our hospitals are filled to capacity. often times local residents can't even be seen at the hospital because they're at capacity. it has caused pure chaos and solely due to joe biden's failed policy decisions. griff: we have a few seconds, as we're looking at live drone footage of the rio grande, the president continues to refuse to visit the border, a missed opportunity? >> absolutely, the president needs to visit along with the vice-president and while you're at it, nancy pelosi as well. all three should come down and see it firsthand before they start passing judgment on some of these issues. griff: congressman tony gonzalez, thank you for taking time, sir. have a great saturday. >> thank you. griff: be sure to watch fox news sunday tomorrow, chris

wallace has an exclusive interview with texas' governor greg abbott and he'll speak with homeland security alejandro mayorkas. check for time and channel and howie kurtz how some in the media are turning on the biden administration at 11 a.m. eastern. jacqui: the search to are brian laundrie enters the second week as the family prepares to remember the 22-year-old tomorrow.

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>> a federal arrest issue for brian laundrie. the search is underway with no confirmed sightings. >> pressure is mounting to find brian laundrie, a the fbi issues a warrant for his arrest.

authorities allege that he made $1,000 worth of fraudulent charges using someone else's debit card august 30th and september 1st. and they say that's when he arrived at his parents' home without gabby. and they spent nearly a week searching for brian through the alligator infested swampy reserve. and some question whether brian is there. what police have to say about that. >> we're not wasting our time. we're doing our due diligence and find brian in an area that intelligence led that he could possibly be in. >> now, brian's parents claimed the last time they saw brian was september 14th, saying he went to the carlton reserve for a hike and they reported him missing several days later on the 17th. while authorities are determined to find him people from florida to wyoming and utah have honored gabby with

makeshift memorials and visuals all week long and in long island hundreds gathered for a vigil and tomorrow, her family will hold a private funeral before the public can pay reflects in the afternoon. >> i feel terrible for the family and everything they've had to go through, i can't even imagine. >> and griff, gabby's father on social media friday night that the family plans on starting the gabby petito memorial, back to you. griff: so sad. charles watson live for us, thank you. jacqui. jacqui: the head of the c.d.c. is warning that the u.s. will not boost its way out of the coronavirus pandemic. this after active booster shots were expanded to those over 65 and medical conditions over age 18. with us to talk about it, the

doctor on the latest efforts to combat this pandemic. >> hi, jacqui, a pleasure. jacqui: the c.d.c.'s comments about not being able to boost our way out of the pandemic, i think they're really underscoring it's more important that people get vaccinated than to give booster shots to already vaccinated people, but then she also did override her own agency's recommendations about boosters making them available to more people than the panel said was probably necessary at this point in time. can you explain why she would have done something like that? why that decision happened? >> sure, jacqui. what the c.d.c. said is, those who are most vulnerable and that has those who are 65 and older. right now 70% of host who have breakthrough infections who are hospitalized are over the age of 65. so it makes sense to protect them. they're more vulnerable, in addition to those who are immune compromised or who have underlying medical conditions

and people like myself and my colleagues, nurses, doctors, respiratory techs who have high risk exposure to covid on a daily basis. so based on the data, based on the interpretation of data that we have it's most effective and beneficial to protect those who are at higher risk or who are in harm's way or most vulnerable. but it's very important, jackie to point out that boosters of one part of the equation, we really need to remain focused on vaccinated 70 million eligible to vaccinations and that's who have the path, and the programment less than 3% of the population in africa and india have been vaccinated and could affect the united states. delta was in india and made its way to the united kingdom and then to the united states. we have to have vaccination for

all of us. jacqui: and i want to play this about dr. walensky and how she made the decision and get your reaction. >> i want to be clear i did not overrule an advisory committee. i listened to the votes and comments on the votes and this was a scientific close call and you could tell by the duration of the meeting and the discussions, that this is with an a scientific close call. in that situation, it was my call to make. jacqui: so what she's talking about there for our audience who may not know the context, there was agreement that people over 65 and with underlying health conditions should be getting the booster. there was some disagreement if you'd need a booster in a high risk environment, you mentioned doctors, teachers, people who come in contact with this virus a lot. explain for us, you know, is this something that we're going to see become available to the general population soon if she's making calls like that,

look, it's safer to be safe than sorry? >> yeah, i think that eventually everyone is going to be eligible to receive a vaccine, one way or another. and what she did was the right call. i agree with dr. walensky. if you have a doctor or a nurse or respiratory technicians or ccu nurse and they become ill and out for two weeks, who is going to take care of the patient? it's going to create a strain on the health care system and less care that the patient could otherwise receive. for example, teachers, if they become ill, you may have a teacher teaching in a class of ineligible students and why not give it to her. and long-term health care, increased risk of sped with delta it spreads easily and prisons, essential workers as well. we want to protect those at high risk of transmission and those who are, again, more

vulnerable and that could spread from one person to another. i think it's important to look at the big picture. and it's a matter of interpretation of the data and looking ahead. we are, now, seeing a decline in the number of cases overall, we want to keep it that way and we can do that with vaccinations and not just boosters, but getting your first and second shot, also. jacqui: great information. doctor, thank you for joining us, appreciate your time. >> thank you, jacqui. jacqui: griff. griff: jacqui, one virginia school district the critical race theory and choosing proteins and another on reparations.

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>> the board does not support of teaching of 1619 project and crt and the latest county schools, this is nothing more than following state law and nothing more than protecting our children. griff: that is with an a stafford county school district board member before the group voted to denounce critical race theory and the teaching of 1619 project in their district this week. joining us is the vice-president of strategy for parents fitting education. what is happening there in stafford county? >> stafford county in virginia are ground zero for the battle for the mind of america's children. on one hand we have ideologues

with the 1619 project pushed by the new york times magazine that is trying to indoctrinate our children with their ideological values and their biases and then we have folks like education in stafford county that's actually standing up and saying, we don't want this kind of indoctrination and that's what it takes right now, courage. griff: interestingly, we've heard so much about crt. now this surprised me in another county loudon county, they were debating whether or not reparations might be something they should look at. i want to play for you sound from the algonquin district council woman or board member, her name is julie briskman. >> we illegally operated segregated school for a full 14 years after brown versus board of education. it's time to acknowledge this, examine what happened, atone and perhaps provide recompense.

griff: this a year after the county voted to issue an apology because of the past and having segregated schools. your reaction to what is happening there? >> well, it's more of divisive politics. of course, we need to deal with history and we need to talk about the good, the bad, the ugly, everything, but what we have to do is educate our kids. as you know, children today are in a pandemic crisis, parents are in a crisis, and instead of focusing on returning our kids to school and educating them, they're going back and trying to do all of this wound collecting over the centuries of america, and trying to then bring it into the current crisis that we have today and hijack education. and that's not acceptable. >> and we've learned here just recently, yet, another controversy about access to textbooks and some things in the library in fairfax county.

explain. >> you can't believe it. i was at the school board meeting thursday night and a brave mom stacy lang came forward and said these books promoting porn and pedophilia were available in the school library. the school board shut her down and literally took a recess and refused to air the comments on the youtube channel, censored her. because she stood up. they decided to pull the two books pulled from the library and again, it's an example how parents can make had a difference. one mom stood up and made a difference and that's what we're encouraging parents to do everywhere, stand up, speak up and you know, really protect our children. >> yes, and from critical race theory to the debate on

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>> welcome back. the fbi is investigating allegations that a female soldier was assaulted by afghan refugees in fort bliss, texas. alex has more on this. >> now, the service member reported the assault took place last sunday and that it involved a small group of male evacuees. at the time she was on the ground at fort bliss' complex, a pop-up army camp on the new mexico side of the base, it was expanded an accommodate thousands of afghan refugees. fort bliss officials immediately took it seriously and to the fbi. adding in a statement task fort bliss have increased health and safety patrols, lighting, enforcement of the buddy system at the complex. this comes on the heels out of a situation in wisconsin's fort

mccoy, there's sexual assault on a minor and domestic assault. republican lawmakers continue to press for details on the biden administration's vetting process, while volunteers say they used more personal methods to vouch for allies. >> using those code words, pineapple and special ops with the family through, i vet for this person and vouch for this person. i'm confident in the hundreds that we helped get through these are some of the finest citizens and leaders the country will see. we don't know the details of the incident reported to fort bliss, but officials there say the service member was immediately provided with appropriate care and counseling. jacqui. jacqui: all right, thank you so much. griff: jacqui, the migrant surge at the border, from del

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jacqui heinrich. griff: and i'm griff jenkins. as we look live at the drone, you see that river there, that is, of course, going into del rio. when i was there in june, there were thousands of venezuelans crossing at this very exact location right there and then, of course, what we saw this week. the chief also saying that this is far from over and that migrants see an opportunity in the way this administration is handling this crisis. i am going to leave this show and head straight to the southern border of mexico. it was ground zero for the caravans of 2018 and '19, and we are told by our sources in mexico that there are tens of thousands more migrants on their way, it appears -- you cover the white house -- this is a problem notten soon to go away. jacqui: i'll point out this was probably the one week covering this white house where there were more questions on the border than at any time before. and i think a lot of what

animatedded that was the images that came out of del rio that infuriated the left, you know, getting -- grabbing their attention, the images of the border patrol agents on horseback, what they saw and what others are saying was not actually what was depicted with images of the agents who were using the horse reins and then those images were compared to evoking slavery, feeling of slavery comparisons, some of the worst points in our history. so left and the right, the right has been consistently pressuring this administration to be tougher on the border, and now they're getting questions with on it finally at the white house. griff: they are, indeed. we have fox team coverage at the white house, jeff paul near the rio grande in del rio. jeff, let's start with you on the ground. how you doing? >> reporter: yeah, griff, it's been a fairly busy day so far here along the border in del rio, texas. we personally witnessed as many

as three family units crossing. so far they've all told us they are, indeed, from venezuela, texas state troopers here who sort of intercept them, make contact with them, then hand them off to border patrol for processing. and this is something that will just continue to go on and continues to go on. and so really it's nowhere near compared to the traffic we saw one week ago. that's when we saw around 15,000 migrants almost at once, mostly haitian nationals, crossing the international bridge. they set up camp there for a few days, but now that has been cleared out while federal and state law enforcement have handled that latest surge in that one specific spot. they say it's only just one example of the ongoing issues at the border that really show no signs of stopping. >> the numbers have not decreased. last month, in august, there were over 200,000 apprehensions reported. keep in mind, too, the 15,000 that showed up here in del rio, we're still having to deal with

the thousands and thousands that are crossing daily along the southern border. and as it is, border patrol is already stretched thin dealing with those migrants coming across. >> reporter: now, sources on the ground here in texas tell us that there could be another surge of migrants just around the corner. authorities are right now tracking maybe a group of 20,000 people who have crossed into the southern border of mexico. they're heading north and could possibly be here along the u.s./mexico border, anywhere along it, in the next month. griff? if. griff: a quick follow-up. of the migrants that you've seen today, are are they haitian mostly, or are they from other countries? >> reporter: no. i mean, every single family that we have sort of talked to very briefly, mind you, they've all said they're from venezuela, and that was sort of the same thing yesterday when we were out there covering the bridge cleanup over there near the international brim. most of the people that were trickling in then also were from

venezuela. griff: jeff paul in del rio, great coverage. jacqui: the biden administration's response to the crisis at the southern border, lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the latest developments from this past week. >> reporter: the president, the vice president and the dhs secretary all appeared to blame their own border patrol. they did not defend them. >> to see people treated like they did, horses nearly running them over and people being strapped, it's outrageous. i promise you, those people will pay. >> it vocked images of -- evoked images of some of the worst moments of our history where that kind of behavior has been used against the indigenous people of our country, has been used against african-americans during times of slavery. >> we know that those images painfully conjured up the worst elements of our nation's ongoing battle against systemic racism. >> reporter: just five days ago mayorkas appeared certain

whips were not used saying the border patrol agents were using long reins to control their horses. now the head of dhs says he spoke too soon since he made the statements without ever having seen the images. the man who took those photos says he never saw any member of the border patrol actually hit a migrant. former acting dhs chief chad wolf said earlier on fox he stands with the border patrol and leadership should too. >> the secretary should have the back of the men and women of the border patrol, of his law enforcement officers. instead you have not only the president if, but you have the vice president as well as the secretary commenting on actions that never occurred. >> reporter: the president's never been to the southern border including his eight years as vice president and when he was in the senate where he spent more than 30 years. this weekend he'll be at camp david. jacqui: lucas tomlinson at the white house, thank you. griff? griff: with the del rio crossing about to reopen and more for the conditions on the ground, we're

now joined by texas department of public safety for the south texas region lieutenant chris oliver rahs. lieutenant, thank you for taking time. i want to ask you really quickly, what is your sense of where things stand? you and your officers did such an amazing job of helping shut things down this past week, but what are we looking at now and going forward? >> well, griff, thanks for having me. so this crisis is not going to end. we saw the surge of 15,000 plus haitian migrants cross the border in del rio. and remember, keep in mind, we still have the thousands that are crossing daily along the southern border. that has not decreased, and it's not going to until the federal government steps in. griff: lieutenant, i want to play for you a little bit of an interview i did with the former border patrol chief in del rio. here's some of what he said. listen. >> we knew these people were coming. we've been dealing with this for months, i and other border

patrol chiefs begged the administration and dhs to give us the resources that we needed to deal with this. the vast majority of those requests were denied. griff: can you share any insight into what the chief was talking about, denied resources needed? >> the chief is right on point. they had a proactive plan in place to deal with the surge, but it fell on deaf ears by the federal government, and that's why we saw this surge of 15,000 plus this past week. it was complete chaos. if it wasn't for our men and women from texas dps to contain that area, is the situation would have been catastrophic. border control needs support from the federal government, and they're not getting it. the crisis with the agents on horseback, it's just pure deflection from the federal government not addressing this crisis, not giving the support needed to our border patrol agents. griff: so we know, chris, that they denied resources, and we've

documented -- i have -- we mails i have have seen from the border patrol council in del rio to leadership warning that this was coming. was this intentional? >> griff, that's what we don't know. we don't know the whole concept behind why they don't want to step in and take action. and that's why the state of texas is stepping in. governor greg abbott, he's been trying to find solutions to this current crisis because we're not getting backing or any resources or funding from the federal government. that's a good question for the administration to answer, why aren't they addressing this issue? griff: lieutenant, i know you probably can't see this on your screen, but i just want the put up for our viewers that iron wall of tps vehicles at the height of 15,000 migrants crossing. you lined up all of your vehicles and literally had a physical barrier that stopped them. how significant was that call to action? >> that was very significant,

griff. we were able to mobilize hundreds and hundreds of troop therers that psalm day -- troopers that same day and were able to contain that surge. it was a very effective strategy, and that just goes to show you that barriers, walls, fencing, it works. it's an effective tool for law enforcement. it diverts trafficking, illegal migration to other areas along the border. but that's the perfect example how effective it is to have some type of barrier many in place to prevent any further surges or drug smugglers that cross the border. griff: and let's talk about the impact, lieutenant, that having to respond in such a way about the resources that may have been impacted and pulled from other areas. what effect does that have? >> it has an effect on all of us. not just state, local, county, also our federal. we've been working this operation, operation lone star, since march. we deployed over 1,000 resources

to the southern border as well as the texas military d.. those are state resources that we are providing to an issue that should be handled by the federal government, but we're stepping in. we've got to protect our citizens and our border communities because the federal government as of right now has not taken any action. so we are going to continue to lead the charge and help our federal partners as much as possible to try to control this crisis and prevent the surge of migrants and drug smuggling as well. we've got to keep that in mind, we have individuals that are entering our border, the gotaways, we don't know who they are. we don't know their backgrounds, their history. that's very key to the situation right now. griff: lieutenant, a lot of anger from border patrol agents, and i know you're a dps officer, but your reaction to the president saying that those horse patrol agents will have to pay, that there will be consequences. >> it's just a complete lack of leadership.

we work -- my entire life in law enforcement we've worked closely with them. they're our partners. we have state troopers on the ground with those agents at that particular moment, and at no time did any agent whip any migrants. those are reins. it's used to direct the horse. and i can tell you the narrative would have been different if the agent did not act and the migrant would have gotten close to the horse and the horse would have kicked the high grant, they would are have said why didn't that agent prevent the horse from kicking the migrant. it's very upsetting coming there a law enforcement perspective. griff: lieutenant chris oliveras, thank you for your service and keeping us abreast of what's happening on the ground. thank you, chris. >> thanks, griff. ♪ ♪ jacqui: lawmakers are now unveiling the full text of the $3.5 trillion bipartisan spending bill -- excuse me, $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, that should say, as congress

races to finish negotiations and secure a vote before the end of the month. joining us now to discuss is robbie suave and democratic strategist leslie marshall. thank you so much, both of you, for joining us. really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. jacqui: so, leslie, i want to go to you first. it's difficult at this point to drill down what's going to be included in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill because although we have the text as of yesterday, it is really far from its final form. but one thing that's standing out to me here is democrats are so dug in, apparently unwilling to work with each other, that the president had to get involved this week and have meetings with the moderate and progressive wing of the party. is that a sign that nobody's in charge here? [inaudible conversations] jacqui: leslie -- >> she said leslie, sorry. jacqui: go ahead, leslie. >> okay.

absolutely not. this is the exact same thing that happens on infrastructure and, actually, this is a time when joe biden shines because he can work very well bringing the left faction, centrist and majority, moderate portion of my party together. this is what happened on infrastructure, and we're talking including people like joe manchin on one side and bernie sanders or aoc on the other, and this is an opportunity for the president to do that. remember, whenever you have whether it's a democrat or republican, whenever you have a very large package and a piece of legislation that has a large dollar, price tag, dollar amount attached, it's not going to end up where it started off. and i think we all know that if we ever have done a home budget for renovation or something like that. but in this case, it usually starts higher and goes down lower, they make compromises, and they're going to do that with the democrats and, hopefully, bring some republicans into the mix since the majority of americans actually favor this, the majority of voters. jacqui: robbie, republicans are pretty uniformly against this bill, the social spending.

aside from the high levels that they oppose on that high package, the president really campaigned on this image of bipartisanship, bringing republicans and democrats together. and yet there has been a lot of evidence he's struggling to keep together his own party. what does that say to you? >> i mean, it shows how disfunctional, i mean, bipartisanship is a joke at this point. it's never going to happen. but, yeah, the democratic party has a lot of dysfunction. the republican party has some dysfunction, but it's more united when it has a common enemy in the form of both joe biden and the radical left. the american people support the idea of government doing something to help them, i don't know that they support what's in this spending bill. i don't know that they know what's in the spending bill other than it's trillions of dollars for a long wish of progressive fantasy policies. it's -- you know, we're so far in debt, our government has no compunction about trying to spend its way out of all its

problems even though it never works. jacqui: one thing i want to get to is just what we saw on the house floor earlier this week. there was this bill that included funding for the iron dome. it was a continuing resolution to fund the government, and you saw alexandria ocasio-cortez crying on the floor amid pressure that he felt she was being push -- she felt she was being pushed to support this defensive system for israel when she views it as, you know, caught up in a broader discussion about human rights violations against palestinians. this is an issue that we've seen play out. the squad tangling with the moderates in the democratic party over issues like israel, over issues like police funding. and that was another thing that, you know, this week hit a road block. discussions fizzled out. that was a bipartisan deal between the republicans and democrats. but this is very politically charged and polarized time.

leslie, are you hopeful that this is going to actually be productive and get done? >> oh, definitely i'm hopeful. but i have to say, robbie, i'm not going to attack you, but rhetoric calling people enemies, we're not enemies if we have differences of opinion politically. and when you talk about, oh, we can't raise the debt ceiling, we did it 3 times under the trump administration, 49 times under a republican president, 29 times under a democrat and 3 times that it was done in 2017, '18 and '19, democrats it was a bipartisan increase because they realized what was best for the nation and didn't want to lose 66,000 jobs. regarding aoc, i think it's very unprofessional when men or women cry on the job whether it's our jobs or whether it's on the floor of the house or senate because, look, i'm going to say something kind of crazy, right?

if i had a really rough week. i could cry right now. i'm not going to do that, because that's not the role i'm in right now, and i'm a professional in my job. i understand she gets emotional, but as a woman and maybe you'll relate with me on this, we are called motional, for decades there was a fight about having women in places. we haven't had a woman as a president. we finally have a woman in the white house, but she's number two, not number one. and a lot of times people say women are not strong enough because we're so emotional. sorry we have to put our big boy pants on as women sometimes and suppress that emotion, one. two, she is obviously speaking from her heart. they're also speaking to their constituency, especially two members of the squad who have people who are extremely pro-palestinian and are concerned even though they know that israel is an ally and we need to keep the people safe and the iron dome does that, they want safety for the palestinian people who are not attacking israelis. >> i mean, i think those were

crocodile tears. if she wants to vote against the thing, that's perfectly fine. i support the kind of america first foreign policy. i think israel's certainly an ally of ours, but other countries need to pay for their own defense, and we should have nothing to do with it. i agree with that philosophy. i would have supported aoc voting against it, but she did this kind of wishy washy thing, trying to keep alive, i suspect, further political aspirations, perhaps new york senate. so i didn't -- i agree with leslie that, you know, we should be sympathetic to people having emotional moments if it's a sincere emotional display, i don't begrudge her that. i think everything politicians do is more calculated than even the most sip call of us expect. -- cynical of us expect. jacqui: to both of your points, leslie, you call out the pressure on american to not be hysterical. it is real. people wonder if you're strong

enough to do it, and this is a really unfair element of being a woman in a man's, male-dominated world. that being said, it doesn't make it harder when everything is so emotionally heightened to relate to other people because you throwing bombs at each other. even of you, quick -- each of you, quickly, an answer. >> i would agree with you there. and, again, that comes to the division that we see in our nation. just look at the division over covid. not everything is politics. not everything's political. and not left or right, not everything should be put out there for political gain. sometimes we just have to say, hey, we are all in this together, and we're all americans and even before that we're all human beings. and that is something that we have in common. >> i agree with that and, of course, agree with leslie that republicans going back to the earlier point, republicans showed no interest in controlling spending whatsoever is. they are no different from the

democratic party on spending issues when they are in charge. so it is absolutely -- if we had a republican administration and they were doing this, i would be criticizing them just the same. jacqui: great conversations, both of you. we're out of time. very much appreciate it, hope to talk to you again soon. >> thank you. >> thanks. griff: should an electric company face charges in the case of equipment sparking deadly wildfires? that's next. ♪ ♪ lowering your a1c with once-weekly ozempic® can help you get back in it. oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! my zone... lowering my a1c, cv risk, and losing some weight... now, back to the game! ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds.

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♪ griff: former president trump set to hold a rally tonight in georgia, his first in the state since his january appearance campaigning for senate candidates leffler and perdue. mark meredith join us live with a preview. hey, mark. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: i apologize, we lost the feed for a minute. good afternoon from what appears to be trump country out here. a lot of people have been out waving the trump 2024 flag, very eager to hear from the former president later on tonight. waiting to see if he's going to be running again in 2024.

sources telling us trump is going to speak at length about what he feels is abusive power coming out of d.c. he's going to offer his formal enforcement of herschel walker. walker spoke with fox earlier week about why he's seeking the state's gop nomination. >> i decided i was going to run because i got sick of it. i got sick of hearing things that i knew were not the truth, i got sick of seeing people that are losing faith in this country. and that's the reason i said let's go back to the basics. >> reporter: it's certainly possible that trump could speak at length about his displeasure with the 2020 results here in georgia. he lost the tate by a little less than 12,000 votes, has repeatedly attacked the governor and secretary of state in this state. he's now back another person for the secretary of state job, jody hice, but the current republican secretary of state fired back saying what bothers me and

should bother everyone, we're still dealing with misinformation and disinformation surrounding the election. we'll see how much trump has to say about what happened in 2020 or will the focus be on what's coming up in the midterms and 2024. similar to what we saw in alabama a month ago, better weather, and we'll see what he has to say later on tonight. back to you guys. griff: mark meredith live in perry, georgia, thank you. jacqui: california firefighters are hoping that cooler temperatures will help them battle the flames of the fire that's burning 200 miles north of san francisco, displacing nearly 2,000 residents. authorities charge -- excuse me, palo alto resident alexandra with felony arson for sparking the blaze, and it is suspected that she may be if a serial arsonist. california authorities are charging the latest -- the large

utility company in the nation with manslaughter and other crimes after officials say pg&e equipment sparked a wildfire last year which was responsible for killing 4 people and destroying hundreds of homes. christina coleman has the details for us live from los angeles. >> reporter: yeah, prosecutors filed 11 felony and 20 misdemeanor counts including 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter against pg&e related to the fire that raged through rugged terrain in northern california last year killing 4 people and destroyed 204 structures including some homes. prosecutors say pg&e contractors should have remove the tree that ended up hitting a power line and starting this deadly fire. >> pg&e had a duty to remove this tree. the tree was marked as hazardous for removal in 2018, but it was never removed. it was left in place leaving

significant defects that ultimately fell -- [inaudible] >> reporter: prosecutors say the charges could result in pg&e facing fines and fees through a court order for remedial corrective measures. however, pg&e is disputing the charges. the company's ceo says the tree that started the fire is one of over 8 million trees within striking distance of their line. the ceo says between october of 2018 and last year's fire, two trained arborists independent of one another determined the tree in question could stay. >> we're putting everything we've got into preventing wildfires and reducing the risk. so it may feel satisfying for the company of pg&e to be charged with a crime. what i know the company of pg&e is people.

40,000 people who get up every day to make it safe and to end catastrophic wildfire tragedies like this. >> reporter: pg&e's ceo also says they've been working to prevent fires by investing $1.4 billion on vegetation management this year and removing 300,000 trees. now, this is the second time this company has faced homicide-related charges in the past two years. last year pg&e pleaded guilty to multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter for its role in the deadly campfire which killed 84 people. jacqui: christina coleman, thank you so much. griff? ♪♪ griff: turning now to the violence being displayed by the taliban which appears to be growing by the day, our trey yingst who has been doing some amazing reporting is live in kabul with the latest and, trey,

you've seen some disturbing images. >> reporter: yeah, griff, good afternoon. the taliban appears to be bringing back medieval punishment. we have questioned the group about this and reports that american allies are being targeted. on the weekend afghans will come outside of the capital of kabul, ride horses and even rest by the lake. there are taliban fighters throughout this area. we even talked to a few of them who were interacting with civilians here, but it's not this pleasant across the rest of afghanistan. there are credible reports of the taliban executing their enemies. the taliban keeps telling us no one will be harmed or killed, but we have seen evidence of the contrary, of people who have fought against the taliban or who worked with the americans in the past being executed in other parts of the country. how can you square this with what you've said? [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: our leaders now must forgive everyone, especially those who worked with

foreigners, we forgive everyone. if there is a personal reason that someone kills or harms someone, we will catch them and punish them. >> reporter: today the taliban hangs the dead body of a man killed in a shootout. local reports indicate he was accused of kidnapping and got into a gun battle with the taliban as they rescued a father and son. a sign was attached to the body that read everybody who kidnaps someone, this is their punishment. observers worry what happened is a sign of what is to come here in afghanistan. the taliban is reportedly considering bringing back public executions and amputations. it comes as the group is under pressure from isis-k. there have been a number of attacks over the past several days targeting taliban fighters conducted by isis-k. griff? griff: very troubling announcement about that. trey yingst live in kabul with. trey, stay safe. thank you. jacqui: incredible reporting there. remembering gabby petito as the search for brian laundrie

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♪ jacqui: a federal arrest warrant has been issued for brian laundrie on bank fraud charges as the funeral for gabby petito is set for tomorrow on long island. charles watson is in florida with the latest for us. hey, charles. >> reporter: well, pressure is certainly mounting on law enforcement to find brian laundrie as the fbi issues a warrant for his arrest. authorities allege brian made more than $1,000 worth of fraudulent charges using someone else's debit card between august 30th and september 1st, that is the day police say brian arrived at his parents' home without gabby. several law enforcement agencies have spent merely a week -- nearly a week using drones and

k-9s throughout the carlton preserve, but some question whether he is there. >> we're not wasting our time out here. we are doing our due diligence to find brian in an area that intelligence has led us that he could possibly be in. >> reporter: now, brian's parents claim the last time they saw brian was september 14th saying he went to the carlton reserve for a hike. they reported him missing several days later, on the 17th. authorities are determined to find him. people from florida to wyoming and utah have is honored gabby with makeshift memorials and visuals all week long. in gabby's hometown of long island, new york, hundreds joined a candlelight vigil, and and tomorrow her family will hold a private funeral before the public will be allowed to pay respects in the afternoon. >> what you see is what you get. she radiated life and love. >> reporter: and gabby's

father revealed on social media friday night that the family plans on starting the gabby petito foundation. jacqui: charles watson, thank you so much. griff? griff: a difficult case. for more into how local police and the fbi are conducting the search for brian laundrie, let's bring in former d.c. police detective, defense attorney and fox news contributor ted williams. ted, met me start with brian laundrie's parents. now, with the fbi issuing a warrant, are they compelled -- do they have to help, and are you aware of any help they may have given the authorities? >> well, there's been some information out there, griff, that the parents have not cooperated in this investigation. but when brian was a missing person and not a fugitive or -- the parents did not have to cooperate.

now that brian is considered a fugitive from justice, if i as a lawyer was representing the parents, i would tell them not to say anything because they are clothed with constitutional protects. and anything that they say now could very well be used against any family member. but on the other hand, if family members know of information that they can provide the authorities, i believe that they should. but if they give false information, they certainly could be charged with the crime of accessory after the fact or contributing to his delinquency or his being gone. griff: ted, i've covered many murder mysteries and manhunts with you over the years. what is your sense where the authorities are focusing their attention, what's going to help them find brian? >> griff, i was thinking about the fact that you and i over the years have covered many of these

scenes where they were looking for fugitives, one when we were up in new york in the woods out there. this is a swampland where brian may very well be. it is alleged that he left without a cell phone and without his backpack. well, the fact about it is i'm deeply concerned about the millions of dollars that they're putting into this swampland. either they're going to find a body with or they're going to find brian there, or brian could be anywhere in the world right now. this is a very difficult search, but our viewers must wonder why are they searching so hard for a man who is charged with a felony of using a credit card. and i think the answer to that is that they have more -- the authorities, i mean -- than they're letting out to the

public. and and i believe at some stage here clearly with the facts that we know that there is and will be probable cause to possibly arrest brian for the perhaps murder of gabby petito. griff i didn't have and, ted, it does seem -- i read something about the trail cameras in that swamp area. maybe they know more than they're telling us about that. but as you point out, brian laundrie could literally be anywhere. ted williams, thank you for your insights and taking time on a saturday. have a great rest of your saturday, sir. >> my pleasure. jacqui: griff, $3.5 trillion is a lot of money, and after the break we're going to talk to a michigan congressman about how to spend that kind of dough. coming up. ♪ ♪ knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical horn blows ]

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$3.5 trillion spending bill. this, of course, might lead to job cuts for oil and coal workers, and democratic congressman andy levin is urging leaders to add investments in the build back better act to assist those workers who might be impacted by this shift to clean energy. the congressman joins me now live. appreciate your time, congressman, thank you so much. >> it's great to be with you. jacqui: so explain to me what you're trying to do here. the impact on blue collar workers and what you're trying to ask leadership to do to adjust that. >> you know, we've got to make this transition to renewable energy as fast as possible, but the first thing we have to do to get there is to help the workers who are impacted by it. so we've got to go to the people most impacted, coal workers, my, you know, people who work on fossil fuels in other ways like on pipelines and in refineries and say this isn't your fault,

you didn't do anything wrong, and if you are impacted, you should be held harmless in terms of wages, benefits, a bridge to your pension when you retire and kind of a g.i. plan for job training. because if you're younger and you can still work, we need ya for the american economy to be firing on all cylinders. we need everybody working. so let's make sure we take care of those, of those coal and oil and other workers right out of the gate. and then i think we'll have a lot better ability to move towards renewables as quickly as possible. jacqui: you're touching on something that i think is really interesting because it sounds like the proposals that you're making might increase the cost of this bill. the price tag in the senate is something that is, you know, offputting to people like joe manchin who also, you know, from

west virginia, very involved in making sure that coal mining doesn't get, doesn't affect his state -- >> these are his constituents -- jacqui: exactly. but is that increasing the price tag going to push someone like joe manchin who might want that away from supporting you? >> i don't think so because, look, this is part of the senate's work-up of this. the senate is including this in their, on their side. so then you have to figure out what is the senate doing, what is the house doing and put them together. but here's the bottom line, you know, people talk about $3.5 trillion. it's not this one year, it's in ten years. we can have plans to pay for the whole thing with increasing taxes on the wealthiest individuals and having corporations pay taxes. you saw how many corporations don't pay any effective taxes at all. and and then we can empower the

irs to actually have, you know, collect the taxes that wealthy people and corporations already owe. so there's a lot we can do to pay for this. and there's no reason to see this as, you know, a $3.5 trillion increase in the debt or deficit. it's the net cost of it, and that can be zero if we pay for the darn thing. and that's what i think we should do. jacqui: well, and as we're talking about this $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, the irony is that we're trying to raise the debt ceiling, a separate, unrelated battle going on on the hill right now. >> right. jacqui: i also just wanted to quickly ask you, you made a few points about how this can get paid for and raising taxes on corporations. do you think that that's something you can actually get democrats to agree on? because that can be a politically toxic thing to, you know, raise the cost of doing business. >> you know what in there's nothing more popular with the

american people than letting the top 1%, the top few percent finally pay their fair share. let's go back to the way it was in the golden era of capitalism in the 20th century, the '60s, the '50s, the '40s when rich people paid much more in taxes and corporations, and they didn't whine about it. i mean, look, if you're going to get rich off this amazing society, god bless you, but pay your darn share of taxes. i don't -- that's not politically toxic at all. that that's called the american way, and it's super popular with working class people here in michigan in the 9th district, i'll tell you that much. jacqui: all right. big week ahead. a lot to watch on the hill. congressman, really appreciate your time. hope to have you back again soon. >> thanks, it's great to see you. take care of yourself. jacqui: thanks. griff: vaccine mandates for new york city teachers in a federal judge is changing the requirements. more next. ♪ ♪

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temporarily blocked a vaccination mandate for teachers. alex hogan has more on the impact of this policy. hi, alex. >> reporter: hi, griff. new today, a federal judge blocking the city from enforcing that rule at least for schoolteachers. the goal is to mandate that all teachers and school workers get the vaccine. the city tells fox that 82% of department of education employees have received their shot. 95% of the united federation of teachers union have have received theirs. mayor bill de blasio this week argued that teachersed had ample warning. -- teachers had ample warning. >> the fact is we've been with planning all along, we have a lot of substitutes ready, but i think the big story here is going to be that the vast majority, overwhelming majority of teachers and staff are going to come in vaccinated to serve

our kids next week. >> reporter: meanwhile, the rule still applies for doctors, nurses and any staff working in a hospital or long-term care facility. they'll have until september 27th to get at least one dose of the vaccine. governor kathy hochul says 84% of workers in the medical field have been advantage city anticipated but noted -- vaccinated but notes that's just not enough. >> i'm not going to do anything that'll compromise the health of the people in this state that i'm charged to protect. and i believe it's critically important for our health care workers to be as healthy as they can before they attend to the health of others. that's what this is all about. >> reporter: the rule means that there could be mass layoffs and canceled procedures starting next week. as a result, there are volunteers on standby to fill many of those potential gaps. griff? griff: alex hogan live in new york. alex, thank you very much is. you know, jack key, just to turn back to the border, our

foxnews.com partners are going to be delivering a scoop here in the next hour. today tuned, involve -- stay tuned, involving some of the leadership at cbp or surrounding how they are handling this disturbing images. we heard the former border patrol chief in del rio saying he thinks the president should apologize for undermining the investigation. it will be interesting to see where it goes. jacqui: it sure will. and we've had a lot of discussion about those images on the show today and question, you know, when you have the president, the vice president coming out and making statements about what they purport to be seeing when the investigation hasn't concluded yet on what it is that's actually visible in those images. a lot unfolding. we'll be watching it all. griff: that's all for us this hour. "fox news live" continues with eric and arthel. jacqui: thanks, guys.

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