seen a real economic crisis. >> bill: the key question is -- >> it would be crippling economically. >> dana: have a good thanksgiving to you and your family. thank you. fox news alert. top house republicans heading to the border today nor a closer look at the migrant crisis. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is leading today's delegation to el paso. welcome to news narcs i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. how are you doing? getting ready for turkey day? >> dana: a little bit. in training. >> bill: i like the drumstick. >> dana: i don't like it. >> bill: no? >> dana: no. hard pass. >> bill: i think it's good luck. mccarthy says his goal is to make democrats recognize how bad the border situation is.

>> dana: border agents encountered 2.4 million migrants this past fiscal year. >> when i become speaker, i'll move meetings actually at the border so democrats can no longer ignore the problem. the american public can have the information. and we'll move legislation on the floor to secure that border out of the house onto the senate. >> dana: tennessee republican senator is a member of today's delegation. you will force the media to cover this because you'll be on the border. >> that's right. we're here to shine a light on what is a failed policy. thousands of american families that are dealing with fentanyl deaths in their families. communities that are being overwemd from el paso to nashville. 3.5 million if you add in the gotaways. we have 21 states in our nation

with populations less than 3.3 million and we're bringing in 3.5 million every year of this administration. it's unsustainable. >> bill: we mentioned this last hour. senator kelly in arizona did an interview with the "washington post." here is the question. do you think democrats nationally recognize the complexity of the issue. not even close. a lot of democrats don't understand our border and a lot of republicans who just want to talk about but not necessarily do anything about it. just want to use it politically. do you agree with that? >> well, i certainly disagree with the latter part of it. there are democrats who are aware. we talk in the halls of congress to some of my colleagues and they say it is a catastrophe. they recognize it is a problem. the administration is ignoring it. the cartels have operational control of the border. as far as the republicans. we want this fixed.

in my district in tennessee, we were at a gas station and three bus loads of venezuelans drive up and aware maduro is opening his prisons. it is time to end this. we have to close our border. >> dana: do you have anybody going with you in the delegation that has never been before? >> i don't think so. i think all of the folks on this trip have been many times. i myself was just in arizona last month. and just got back from mexico city meeting with mexican leaders to talk about the border issues. most of us have made many trips to the border. >> dana: what do the mexican officials tell you? >> they are very concerned about the crime that happens in their communities as people make the trek. they are aware of young girls being raped, young boys being raped. we went to a house that rescues some of these young girls and

tries to rehabilitate them from the trauma. it is all joe biden's failure at the border. welcoming millions of people in and it just doesn't make any sense. >> bill: we just had an i election and the issue of the border and immigration popped up but it wasn't top of mind for republicans or democrats. much lower for democrats. why do you think that is? >> bill, i think most -- obviously elections, bill clinton said it it's the economy stupid. inflation is hammering people. $7 thousand out of people's pockets every year because of inflation. you are seeing retirement dwindling by that percent. >> bill: to jump in for a moment. what country in the world allows 2 million people to cross their border over a period of 12 months? where else does that happen? >> nobody. nobody.

no one does this. you look at other countries, countries where these people are coming from. when i was on the border in arizona there were folks from russia, folks from the middle east. they are coming from all over the world. none of those countries would ever allow this to happen. yet we allow 2 million plus the gotaways, the known gotaways are over a million. we are looking at 3 1/2 million people in the last calendar year. it is insane. >> dana: congressman mark green we'll pay attention to the hearing today and we understand kevin mccarthy said he might have an announcement about secretary mayorkas this afternoon. we'll pay attention. thank you. >> thank you, sir. house republicans say they will investigate the fentanyl crisis in the new session of congress in january. kentucky republican james comer saying that president biden's policies have fueled the amount of the deadly drug pouring into the country and promises to hold this administration accountable. mark meredith on that live in d.c. with us. good morning. >> good morning to you.

fentanyl poisonings and deaths have been a problem for years. james comer says it is the biden administration's policies since january of last year which he believes have done little to address the crisis. on monday comer sent four letters to the four federal demands. department of homeland security, dea, drug control office and department of health and human services. he is demanding the departments turn over documents and information related to how border policies may have addressed or not addressed the ongoing drug crisis. congressman writes the american people have a right to know that their taxpayer dollars are fighting this opioid crisis caused by the broken border policies. one government agency told me yesterday if they were to respond it would be directly to the congressman. they won't do it through the media. when republicans gain control of the house early next year remember they will have considerable more power to hold the same agencies accountable. comer has made the request for documents before including earlier this year. want to mention the drug enforcement agency having a new

warning out about the sheer amount of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl. dea says six out of ten fake pills contained the fatal dose of fentanyl. it writes the pills are being mass produced by the cartels in mexico. never take a pill that wasn't prescribed directly to you. what is amazing here is the sheer amount of poison shipped around the country. from may to september of this year alone the dea says law enforcement seized more than 10 million fentanyl pills just within four months. >> bill: wow. mark meredith on that in d.c. >> make him stop fieghting. i said kick, kick, kick this guy. it is not natural for people to do that to people, you know? that kid has to live with that for the rest of his life. we had to do it, right? >> dana: army veteran being

hailed as a hero after a stunning display of bravery during the shooting inside a colorado springs gay nightclub over the weekend. he tackled the suspect and potentially savings dozens of lives. we're live in colorado springs. good morning, claudia. >> incredible to think about how this husband and father went from partying on the dance floor into full combat mode to subdue the gunman and save lives. he told reporters that he was act club q sat night to celebrate a birthday and see a drag show and happened to be next to the gunman when he opened fire before midnight. he grabbed him from behind and through him down and started pummeling him. >> i was wailing on this dude. this guy was big. i kept wailing on him and told the kid in front of me kick him in his head. i'm dialing 911. somebody call 911.

>> the wailing continued until police arrived. one of the drag kids used a high heel to stomp on his face. police officers slapped handcuffs on him as he was screaming for his family. officers soon realized he was the hero of the hour but says he doesn't feel that way. >> i feel no joy. i'm not happy, i'm not excited. that guy is still alive and my family is not. i tried to finish him. i don't know. >> tragically his daughter's boyfriend raymond vance, 22 years old was killed along with 40-year-old kelly, a 35-year-old and a 28-year-old. a transgender male and bartender at the club along with a 38-year-old, many say was the one who made club q a safe haven

for gay and transgender people. 19 others were injured. no word on a motive or when the alleged gunman anderson lee aldrich will be arraigned. when that happens he will face multiple counts of murder and hate crime charges. >> bill: more to be told on that story. >> dana: the man did a heroic thing. he doesn't feel like it but a lot of people grateful to him today. >> bill: word from cbs news has verified the authenticity of the biden laptop two years after dismissing it. what does that mean? >> dana: the search continues for whoever killed four university of idaho students. ted williams is live on the scene later this hour. >> what sticks out is the lack of answers that we have right now. we don't have a criminal here. we don't have a suspect. we don't have a murder weapon. all we have is the crime scene and that's what it is going to take.

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>> we're going to continue a very methodical and committed approach to insure that if any other person had any involvement in these murders in any way, that person or persons will be held accountable. >> bill: this is a hearing that wrapped up for the man accusing two teens of indiana back in 2017. a judge set to decide whether or not to unseal evidence filed in the case against richard allen. he was arrested in late october, facing two counts of murder. alexis mcadams picks up the story from here in new york. >> according to the family who i just talked to a few moments ago the hearing has wrapped up. the judge is trying to figure out if she will release the

court documents. they have a lot of specific details in the case. the family tells me the prosecution mentioned that they don't want to release those documents. they believe other people might have been involved in this murder. so for the first time we saw the murder suspect richard allen in person into indiana being brought into the courthouse. a lot of people were waiting to get in. it is a high profile case. more than five years after police say allen killed two teen girls in indiana. he was arrested last month and charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of the two girls. they were killed while walking this wooded trail back in february of 2017. their bodies found the next day out there in the woods. with the arrest of allen and investigation that lasted years finally coming to a close just last month. this week allen submitted a petition to be let out on bail. the suspect claiming that

because neither the proof of guilt is evident more presumption of guilt is strong he would like to have the court lower his bail or let him out on his own recognizance. that didn't happen today. he penned a note you're looking at to the judge asking for mercy claiming his family has been threatened and cannot work or pay their bills. but abby and libby's family have been waiting for this day for years. a bail hearing will be held on february 17th but still so many details coming out in this case trickling out and people are waiting for this for a long time. >> bill: especially that family. thank you here in experience. >> dana: 769 days have passed since the "new york post" broke the story of hunter biden's laptop. cbs news now says it verified the authenticity after two years of refusing to take it seriously. the network joins "the new york times," "washington post." nbc news and "politico" in finally confirming it.

let's bring in outkick founder clay travis. what do you think took them so long? >> i don't know. will they confirm the moon landing? i hope they get around to that sometime soon. look, i think that this was a calculated decision by cbs news not to cover this story for as long as they possibly could. if you remember, dana, the 60 minutes interview that lesley stahl did with donald trump where he points out hey, you've got the laptop, why are you guys not covering that? two years later vindication for president trump. play it. >> dana: other he a great setup. here it is. >> i think it's one of the biggest scandals i've ever seen and you don't cover it. you want to talk about it? >> because it can't be verified. i'm telling you. >> of course it can be verified. excuse me, they found the laptop. leslie. >> we commissioned an

independent forensic review. >> just the sheer volume of what we're dealing with, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to fabricate. >> dana: i just wonder if someone like lesley stahl would contact former president trump and presidential candidate again to apologize. >> she should and i think cbs news should apologize to all of their virus. this matters. this was a poll that came out several months ago showing that a majority of americans still believe that this was a russian disinformation campaign. how about the 51 national security advisors who all signed a letter right before the election saying this had all the hallmarks of russian disinformation? have they apologized for being wrong? look at the 2020 election. if you change 20,000 votes in arizona, wisconsin, and in georgia, donald trump is elected president. given over 150 million people

voted, don't you think if this had been covered rigorously and vigorously like it should have been. if this had been donald trump junior as well as all the evidence of his misbehavior was out there do you think cbs would have said we can't verify it? of course not. it was a calculated attempt to avoid having to cover this story. >> dana: the other story is in the "new york times" big spread on sunday about sports gambling. you commented on it. i don't know a lot about sports but interested in sports betting and how it is turning out. a piece from "the new york times" and i will get you to react. the sports betting industry has been creative did devising ways some run by gambling companies and states. in indiana people who sought the government's help to prevent them from gambling found they

were able to place bets and dozens did so and heavy media bias in the story. >> i worked and did a sports gambling show for four years for fs1 and worked with a lot of different sports gambling companies and i love to gamble on sports. i will be at the michigan/ohio state game. buckeye and wolverine fans ecstatic and you can soon legally camp in ohio. "the new york times" will write 10,000 words or more. front page today and the next day and they didn't disclose hardly at all "the new york times" didn't that they own a company called the athletic which they bought for hundreds of millions of dollars which is taking millions of dollars in sports gambling money and advertisement. "the new york times" is ripping the entire sports gambling

industry while not acknowledging that a substantial portion of their revenue for the athletic is directly tied to sports gambling. look, if "the new york times" decided sports gambling ads are awful. giving people free play money which is what happens a lot of time when you come in. free to gamble with. if that is not permissible why isn't "the new york times" as a corporation taking millions of gambling dollars and taking all these advertisements themselves. at a bare minimum why didn't they cover themselves? if the entire industry is at fault shouldn't "the new york times" examine their own hypocrisy there? it is a glaring red flag in this story in general. >> dana: in mascot theory a wolverine versus a buckeye? >> not a competition. >> dana: that's how i judge.

happy thanksgiving to you, clay travis. >> dana does sports. they have a spot for you on fs1. >> i could get fired and show up there. you never know. >> bill: you are right about the wolverine eats the buckeye. it's big. they call it the game. capital t. >> dana: i'll tune in. >> bill: danger in dallas. you have lacks bail policies putting violent criminals back on the street. local officials are demanding change. house republicans gain another seat, wow. several races still remain undecided two weeks after election day. why is it taking so long? karl rove has some ideas. we'll talk to karl coming up. ♪

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>> dana: a recent study finds more half of the suspects dallas police arrested were released on bail or their on recon any -- and police rearrested them, many of them, within days. >> it's what the police chief was hoping. following the deadly shooting last month inside a hospital maternity ward when a man accused his girlfriend of cheating on him and he pulled out a gun and opened fire inside the hospital killing a nurse and a social worker before a hospital cop shot him in the leg. it turns out mr. hernandez had a long rap sheet and was out on parole for a 2015 aggravated

assault. the dallas police chief thinks he never should have been on the streets in the first place. >> ankle monitors do not work for violent criminals and anyone that says there is some form of accountability by putting an anchor monitor on a violent criminal is being disingenuous. >> the study tracked 464 violent criminals from arrests in 2021 through may of this year. it found that more than half were out on bond. you heard that right, including one in three murder suspects. the chief does not blame the local d.a. here. rather municipal court judges who he says essentially let the offenders walk. experts say that court records are tough to navigate making it difficult to know which judges make what rulings. >> this is not just a dallas problem or a texas problem. it is a national problem.

and it would be great if we could solve that and create better data systems and that would provide for the transparency that chief garcia is calling for. >> the chief also wants state lawmakers to help. governor abbott said it will be a top priority in the upcoming legislative sessions. >> dana: it should be. thank you. >> bill: a significant hold for the republicans in the house. congressman david valadao is projected to win the 22nd district in california. one of the most heated and expensive races in the countries. 1 of 10 house republicans who voted to impeach the former president following january 6th. the win puts republicans at 219. majority is 218. karl rove is here to talk about it. you called it a week ago. you called 222 and it looks like that is where we end up. i say 222. alaska is likely democrat and

then california 3, 13 and colorado three will be republican. you nailed it. >> well, you know, blind acorn or something like that. what is interesting to me about california 22 how exceptional a candidate valadao turned out to be. it is the partisan vote index showing how much a district is more than the national average. so this california district is five points more democrat than the national average. valadao wins by four. he is running nine points ahead of where a republican ought to run. a heavily hispanic rural district with a lot of democrats. he was running against a democratic assemblyman. even though he voted to impeach donald trump republicans stayed with him and he is bringing home the victory. by contrast washington three. butler lost in the primary to

joe kent. she voted for the impeachment of president trump. he backed joe kent. the district has a pbi of five point republican. kent lost by one. he ran six points behind where he should. peter meyer who voted for the impeachment of trump. gibbs beat him and lost by 13 points. he ran 14 points behind what a republican should have run. a sign of how strong valadao was as a candidate. >> dana: we had him on the show over the summer. we asked him the question about voting for the impeachment but every single answer he gave was very specific to his district. he knew every county, every road, every issue. it was unbelievable. >> bill: it is a new district for him. >> dana: is that a model for

somebody redistricted into a place like this if you are a republican and want to try to win? you need to know the district well. >> well, much of the distrinity was his. he had a lot of new territory but the majority was his old district. all things are local in politics and while he has strong views on national issues, he nonetheless pays close attention to the people back home and makes certain they have the constituent service and voice for the local needs they ought to have. >> bill: why are we still waiting on these results? i tell you, dave wasserman said if every state ran their elections like florida and texas we would have the results of the house within 24 hours of voting. >> california mails everybody a ballot and takes their time. ballot can arrive up to a wreak after the election. we're on the 22nd. they are overwhelmed. we have two races out there

where republicans lead. district three along the nevada border. republican territory. the big county, 82,000 ballots are out. now the good news for the republicans is the republican is winning that county 55/45 up by 10,000 votes. no way it will turn around for the democrats. but we're still sitting here on the 22nd, 14 days after the election and still not counted. california 13 has merced county, 1,000 ballots out and they won't call it. our republican is up by 800 or 900 votes so it's close. this is a county where the republican is losing by 52/48 which means there are 1,000 ballots out roughly and probably, if they break like the rest of the county, will close the margin by 40 votes. so again we're likely to have a republican victory there.

but california has got to get its act together or it will undermine people's confidence in the election for us to be two weeks after it's done and not counted. >> dana: it seems bizarre. you have silicon valley that's hi-tech and modern and you have this and it seems like it is done by post. ridiculous. karl rove, thank you and happy thanksgiving. >> same to you two. >> dana: thank you. a bill proposed in virginia would require high school and college athletes to participate in sports based on their biological sex. details on that ahead. a man who helped d.c. pass the criminal code was shot and killed. >> there hasn't been a comprehensive reorganization of our criminals laws since 1901 more than 120 years ago. and then suddenly returns. but inflation never really goes away.

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>> bill: holiday season officially here. the fox news all american christmas tree lit on fox square last evening. >> 3, 2, one. >> bill: what do you think? america? let us know. third annual all american tree lighting took over "the five" yesterday. first responders from the nypd and fdny performed the ceremony of lighting. last year the tree was destroyed by arson and quickly replaced. this tree is flameproof. >> dana: a beautiful way to kick off the season. you have a lot of visitors to new york city who can come by and have a chance to get their picture taken and have family

time. our ceo knows how to pick a moment to celebrate and take a breath before the holiday season. >> bill: tree with your turkey and you will like it and ask for more. >> dana: there is this happening in virginia. a controversies a new bill. it would require athletes to participate in sports based on their biological sex. i assume it is controversial. tell us more. >> good morning. that new proposal in virginia says athletes k-12 and college should compete based on biological sex. teams for male students and female students and co-ed or mixed team that include male and female students. karen green hal, a republican says it would include interscholastic, inextramural or club athletic k-12 and college.

youngkin's administration proposed guidelines in september requiring students to use the school facilities bathrooms and locker rooms and compete on sports teams matching their gender at birth. those guidelines could take effect after the holiday this week. female athletes who competed against biological males warn they're destroying women's sports. >> it's extremely ruining the integrity in women's sports. i competed against a biological man and each time this athlete not only beat me but hundreds of other females. i know firsthand this isn't only unfair but it is deflating. >> female athletes and medical professionals feminist groups and 14 states have filed briefs in the ninth circuit in support of idaho's law protecting women's support. house speaker nancy pelosi said about transgender issues, quote, that fight remains more urgent than ever as right wing

extremists target transgender americans most fundamental rights and freedoms. there are oral arguments today on that idaho law later this afternoon. >> dana: mike emanuel, thank you. >> this code is easier for prosecutors and other actors to use. our current laws are so vague that oftentimes police have a hard time being able to tell whether an offense has been committed. >> bill: an amazing story here. 32-year-old kevin blow advocated for an overhaul and shot and killed hours before the bill was passed. police have not made any arrests in his death a week later. his uncle is with us now. didn't have to go this way. he was a marine and served time in jail and really about making his life right and the lives of

so many others. how do you make words of this, reverend? >> it's hard to really wrap your head around a tragedy like this. my nephew believed injustice for one person was injustice for everyone. with all the things he went through he still wanted to fight to make our city and make the world a better place for other people. >> bill: he had a life of experience. 32 years old, everything that he had been involved in on the unfortunate side and then the fortunate side of finding friends and companionship through the u.s. military. he wanted to help other people like him. give you a moment to turn off your phone. if he were successful it would reduce the penalties for certain crimes like robberies and carjackings.

>> please forgive me. people are just calling and calling. i apologize. >> bill: talk about why -- >> i thought i left it in the office. the thing is, when you come from a background of helping folk, loving on folk and then going through what he went through, he thought it was only right he try to give back to society. the same society that he, because of his issues and with his pstd and what happened to him in the service led him down a path different from what he was raised in. he wanted to show the world that you could turn your life around and be an asset and not a liability because of your past and passionate about helping people. we thank god that this bill was able to pass and now the unjust

way that people are being sentenced and the things that are happening, the playing field can be a little leveler now and people can get their support and help they need instead of automatic incarceration. >> bill: do you think this bill, if he were alive today, would have helped him in his circumstance? >> absolutely. when he fell into his -- fell off the side of the road, this bill would have actually helped him and as a decorated marine who had served his country two tours and had to come home with ptsz and got into things he wouldn't have had to serve 66 months of imprisonment after serving his country if the laws he fought for and the legal actions were in place. it would have changed his whole outcome and maybe we would have had him living on this side with us a little while longer as opposed to his life being cut

short so soon after he got out. >> bill: reverend. thank you for sharing your story. he wanted to be mayor and we'll see whether or not the mayor signs that in washington, d.c. now. sir, thank you. my best to your family especially during the holiday. keith johnson in d.c. thanks. >> thank you. >> dana: imagine your parents letting you do anything you wanted when you wanted when you were a kid no repercussions. the trend known as free range parenting is picking up steam. is this a way to help them figure out things on their own or does it go way too far? we have more next. times. it's your va home loan benefit. veterans can get more cash by borrowing up to 100% of their home's value, not just 80% like some other lenders. with home values near record highs, you can have a lot more cash than you think. with the newday 100 va cash out loan,

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>> dana: the trend known as free range parenting is back in the headlines giving children for independence in their daily lives and some say it goes far beyond letting kids figure thing out on their own and sometimes get parents in trouble. my parents did not subscribe to this theory in any way.

>> understandably, dana. your parents are probably helicopter parents. we know that term but now there is the opposite. it is called free range parenting. the four children range in age from 2 to 9 and they are running down the supermarket aisle barefoot. she follows the free range concept applying looser boundaries and less restrictions but also landed some parents in hot water. heather wallace was arrested. she let her 8-year-old son walk home alone after a karate class in waco, texas last fall. police arrested her and charged with recklessly putting a child younger than 15 in danger. a felony. she took a plea deal to avoid jail time. despite an investigation by child protective services that determined no abuse or negligence had occurred. >> regardless of what it really looked like, at that time i felt

110% confident that he was safe and that he could handle a half mile walk. >> free range parenting is meant to encourage independence critics say it could have dangerous consequences. 350 children a year are abducted by strangers in our country. the founder of the free range movement says children are smarter and safer than we give credit for. >> the whole idea is that as parents, we know our kids best and if we think it's time for our kids to have some independence to walk to school, to play outside, to wait home alone for a little bit, that's up to us and no one else. >> the president of the profit, cards get to kids and says i am not lost, i'm not neglected and the parents can sign and give the phone number. incase your kid is stopped by

the cops. >> dana: my mom did let me walk back and forth to elementary school. thank you so much, eric shawn. >> let's go to idaho. ted williams has been out there for us for several days now. ted, where are we today? what's the best new clue there? >> well, the investigation clearly is continuing, bill. i was on the air with you yesterday afternoon with sandra smith and we talked about the fact that my cameraman, brian, and i had found that some areas of the crime scene were undisturbed and had not been looked into. well, within a 30-minute period of our reporting, they expanded the crime scene. i can tell you they went back, they did take some measurements and they did do more of a search back there.

now as of this morning, the crime scene that had been expanded, they have now taken the crime scene taped down. the investigation actually continues, bill. >> bill: ted, we're looking for answers here and it seems as if the longer we get away from the moment, it is pretty clear this investigation could go on for a while. you did this for a living, right? do you see it that way? >> yes. well, i do. that's unfortunate. i'm hoping that they will catch the perpetrator sooner but it could very well go on for a while. you know, when we looked at the fact that we've talked about this knife, i'm slightly confused about it. everyone is narrowing in on what they believe the knife looked like because of the wounds that were found about the bodies of these various victims. but you can't do it that way.

we don't know what kind of a knife was used. we do know it was a large knife. it could have been a kitchen butcher knife for all we know. >> bill: ted, thank you, moscow idaho doing good work out there. >> dana: good to have him out there. we'll follow the story. sandra smith is in for harris faulkner. "the faulkner focus" is next. >> thank you dana and bill. fox news alert. nearly ten days and still no answers on the stabbing deaths of those four university of idaho students. investigators expanding the search in hopes of finding new information at this hour. some are comparing this case to the gainesville ripper. this is "the faulkner focus" and i'm in for harris. no murder weapon or suspect in the killing in the early morning of november 13th. the small college community deeply shaken ahead of the holiday season. here is what we know so far.