♪ >> well, today is the big day. sort of. later this hour, joe biden will wander his way down to the southern border. his first trip there since being president or when he was vice president. he's only been there -- he he'll only be there today, it's a stopover, a layover, he'll be there for three hours before

hheading to his real december at decemdestination, mexicocity. there's no sign of the illegal camps normally seen there. emily: this comes as sources reveal to fox news the lating shock statistics from the growing crisis at the border. we have griff jenkins on the ground in eagle pass, texas. we begin with wi will cain liven el paso. good morning to you both. >> good morning. ggood morning,pete, good mornin. i'm sitting here with joe sanchez, regional director of the dps. he will be with senators tomorrow morning who are ahead of joe biden's visit as well. i assume you'll be showing them around a little bit here, what's going on.

>> i'll definitely be doing that tomorrow. we're excited about that. because as you all know, i think a lot of americans don't realize what's going on down here at the border and how -- especially how it's impacted local can communities, our tax paying dollars are going to sheltering a lot of migrants coming in. it's tying up a lot of alaw enforcement assets, such as partners in border patrol. they're constantly pulled off the line to help process my migrants which has made the border unsecure. >> reporter: let's give everybody watching at home a little context of the conversation we were having earlier. the camera is focused on joe. pete and emily, i was showing the border wall, the traditional -- which you can see behind me, it ends right here. there's a natural river, just beyond that wall. so the natural river is used as the border. but, joe, you were telling me a few weeks ago is it, right there was a major camp of migrants. >> right. before we put up the wire with

the national guard, that whole area that you're viewing right there was filled with over 2,000 migrants that were camped out for a very long time in that area until the government of mexico decided to go in there and give them a chance to get shelter and if they didn't, then they cleared them out. it basically cleared them out, right before that, though, border patrol had a surge of 300 that tried to rush them across the border. boborder patrol agents did a fie job of holding the line. troopers came to assist along with other law enforcement agencies. if we didn't have the coordination, it probably would have gotten out of hand. >> reporter: they tried to get across the border. >> 300 charged them. >> reporter: you said different places at different times the surge is coming and you just had to manage to push it back and it comes up somewhere else. >> right. so as you can see, when you're looking at the fence, the fence

ends here. there's a huge gap of a mile nature. a lot of migration was coming through here because of the gap. the wall does a great job of deterring migration from coming across. once we secured this, then we started having problems on border highway not far from here where they started cutting holes through the wall and they were coming across and there's a busy highway that goes through there so a lot of citizens in the community were having to avoid hitting migrants. some migrants got hit. some citizens crashed vehicles to avoid hitting migrants. a public safety concern was definitely big at that time. >> reporter: i think pete and emily in new york have questions. pete: we saw a lot of violence in mexico, the arrest of el chapo's son observed warfare against the mexican government. what's the consequence of the cartel violence, talk about that dynamic and how it affects who is crossing, how many are crossing and what policy do we

have on it? >> so, let's go back to the migration issue. the migration issue is bigger than just the migrants. this is run by a trans national criminal organizations which are the cartel the. the cartels are using human smuggling and making a lot of money off of it and flowing drugs across behind it so right now the cartels are probably making more money than they ever made in this century. and it's just getting bad. when we talk about the war that's going on right now, they that affects everything that happens in the united states because there are cartels in every major city in america. emily: director, it's emily compagno. thank you for your service, first of all. if the president met with you today, if you had 30 seconds with president biden, what would you tell him? >> well, i would say, sir, mr. president, we would greatly appreciate if you could take some concerns of what goes on in our border communities because it's migration that has really, really put a lot of devastation

to the communities. we've had to cancel a lot of events because of the migration. so i'd say you need to really focus in on the policy. we need to know who is coming into our country. there needs to be a better process. you can just freely come through, across. it's tying up a lot of border patrol agents from doing the job of protecting the border and thank goodness we have great working rea layings ships with law -- relationships with law enforcement agencies that help us out. we need the policy in place. if you're going to come across, let's come across, let's screen. this is a national security issue that we're having. pete: i know you'll be with a group of senators as they tour the area tomorrow. the president comes in today. ddo you feel confident that he'l be able to arrive in el paso and get a sense of the crisis that has been occurring at the southern border? >> i don't think -- i hope he does. i hope he takes a good look at it, i hope he's open and listening to what's going on

because there's a big issue. if it wasn't for governor abbott, governor abbott for the past two years has done more to secure this border and providing us resources to better combat the cartels, drug smuggling and human smuggling. pete: director joe sanchez we appreciate you coming out here, sitting with us along the border and telling us what's going on, sharing with the american public the truth of what's happening at the southern border emt. emily: thank you so much. we'll look forward to your continued thoughts. >> give him a handshake. emily: griff jenkins is in eagle pass, texas with shocking statistics from the past 100 days at the border. griff, what have you got for us? >> reporter: good morning. that was a great segment will just did along the wall. let me take you -- i'm in eagle pass, several miles east of where he is. let me take you up to the drone and show you where we are.

we're in eagle pass. you can see high above the bridge, that is where back in october we caught exclusive footage of t the administration doing van to van transfers of title 42 migrants. it will apply to nic h hatians d cubans as well. if it happens in the next few hours, we'll bring it the to you. will was showing the wall. here they have no wall. that's why along this river we have all of these shipping containers lined up, at texas dps and governor abbott ordered with razor wire on top too try to stop the flow of migrants. you mentioned numbers, emily. let's drop numbers for the administration as the president heads to el paso. we're 100 days into the fiscal year that began october 1st and cbp sources tell fox news there have been more than

718,000 encounters which is more than 200,000 compared to last year and there's just under 200,000 that have been title 42ed of those which means that more than half a million have been released into the country, that catch and release policy that you had director talking about, wanting to undo. let me give you el paso numbers specifically. if you look just in had this 100 days, there have been more than 168,000 encounters, just in el paso alone. that is up 222% compared to this time last year and there are more than 78,000 known got-aways just in el paso. meanwhile, those got-aways is what the texas dps has been trying to get. take a look at the video shot by texas dps lieutenant chris olivarez, over in the rio grande valley, chasing migrants in the early hours, trying to apprehend them because they don't want to be caught. there have been more than

240,000 known got-aways in these 100 days. we don't know who they are, where they're going, or what their intention is or where they came from. now, we talked yesterday with texas congressman lance gooden about the president's trip. he held out some hope. here's what he had to say. take a listen. >> i'm thrilled that he's coming. it's taken him too long but i'm happy he's coming. if this helps him get toward realiesing and admitting that we have a crisis that needs addressing i'm for it. i believe he's seeing polling that the american people are fed up and they want serious change at the border so they have to do something. >> reporter: and just finally, let me just reiterate, on these numbers because it's early and we're giving people a lot of numbers but i've already seen the background white house talking points. you're going to hear the president say that in el paso migrant uncone uncounters are d% from december. the big number is they're up 222% compared to last year and

you'll remember, emily and pete and will that last year was an unprecedented number. i looked to january 20th, 2021, the day president biden took office because that is how you can categorize the numbers and the internal database, there have been more than 4.3 million encounters. emily, he pete, will. emily: that's right, griff. this administration specializes in either lack of transparency or full-blown hiding of information. and that's exactly what they're doing. they're playing a shell game. it's like you have cancer and say i stopped sneezing. the bottom line is that the numbers continue to surge. every terrible number the surge of illegal immigration, the depletion of our resources, the got-aways, the number of unaccompanied minors that have alleged sexual assault, all of the numbers continue to surge. where will is right now and where the be president is grazing people with his layover presence, the 220% increase just know that that's almost a quarter of the entire town's population. so what that means is, in two

months almost a quarter of the entire city's population has come through and taken up hold there. that city has pled with the state and federal government for more resources. the state doesn't have any more to give. they're dealing with the same problem. the administration it just falls on deaf ears and the clean streets are giving a false narrative that the mainstream media will apologize for and further amplify and the administration is going to scoff at. it's unacceptable. griff. >> reporter: you're right. if you take the 718,000 encounters across the entire southwest border and 100 days, that's more than the populations of buffalo and p pittsburgh combined. listen, the administration says they want to do something. they're obviously blaming republicans but if they want to change the policies, that's a what border patrol officials are saying they hope they will end this catch and release. emily, i've been doing this for more than a decade. i've traveled to the darian gap

in the panama jungle. it used to be there were central americans and mexicans coming primarily for employment opportunities. now you've got the whole world coming and when that director was talking to will about a national security issue, let's not for get in the last fiscal year there were 98 individuals who hit the terrorist screening database. if that isn't enough to alarm you, i don't know what is. these numbers are unprecedented on a crisis trajectory we've never seen of. while they may clean up the streets for the president, i hope behind closed doors the officials will give them the real numbers and the dhs mayorkas will be honest about it when the president takes the first look. emily: i doubt it. >> that's all you can hope for. hope is not a strategy. griff, nobody knows this better than you. you're the reason our viewers are so well informed on this. thank you. great to see you. keep up the great work in eagle

pass, texas. will, you're down at the border. it looks cold there. i can feel for you. in el paso. will: am i shivering? pete: a little bit. emily: your breath, it's palpable. pete: it's a reminder of the conditions. it's hot, it's cold. people are making a risky journey and the residents of el paso, the lives are turned upside down. will, you did a interview with el paso residents. here's a reminder. >> it's an assumption because we came here and i immigrated legay that we're okay with illegal immigration. we are not. we've been neglected. now all eyes are on the border. we've been neglected for decades but now it's like the illegals have more rights than citizens, who is footing the bill and america needs to understand especially in el paso there's no such thing as government funding. as we speak, there's still human

smuggling in my neighborhood. >> this is another thing to be able to add to the stress that border patrol families are experiencing and we can't leave it at work. it comes home with us. and unfortunately our wives and children are paying for that. will: pete and emily, here's a saying often used. there's lies, damn lies and statistics. people can spin statistics any way they want. griff mentioned you'll hear from the president some stats about how it's down through mid-december. over a yearly period of time, you see exactly the truth. here's why i want to bring that up. you heard from the residents. those are people that lived here for decades and that is more powerful than statistics. they know what's happening. and emily mentioned, i'm still sitting here by the way with texas dps director of this region, joe sanchez, and i want to bring back in his perspective if we might because, you know,

the stats tell a story but you're living the story. >> that's exactly right. what we're living through and what we're seeing is totally different. i've never seen anything like this in my 28 years in being in the texas department of public safety. as far back as when i was 14 years old and i moved to el paso, i don't ever remember it being like this. will: if you had a word or way to describe the difference, what is it? from when you were 14 to what it is today or eve through your -- even through your professional career, what it is today. >> complete chaos. very concerning. everything talks about fercht nil. one thing about -- about fentanyl. we cover from here to san sande. we don't have a huge problem with drug abuse like some of the other major cities do. the drugs flow through here and go to new york and chicago and philadelphia. that's the concerning thing is

how it affects the nation. not just our border. we're doing our best, like i said, if it wasn't for governor abbott sticking up and providing the resources and funding and personnel to help had secure the border, just think about how much worse our nation would be right now at this point. i mean, it's already bad with fencedfentanyl but think about . will: we really appreciate you. there's the hand a shake pete told me to give you. i know that's from you guys in new york as well. emily: absolutely. anything being done it at the local and state level, it's not being done by the administration. i feel like when the president is flying over there should be a big sos written there. maybe then he'll get the attention somehow. still ahead the 118th congress is sworn in after the battle over the gavel comes to a close. house majority leader steve scalise layses out republican

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received a majority of the votes cast, is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> as speaker of the the house, my ultimate responsibility is not to my party. my responsibility, our responsibility is to our country. >> battle over the gavel, finally over as kevin mccarthy becomes house speaker and swears in the 118th congress. so what priorities are on the docket now that republicans are in control? let's ask newly minted house majority leader, steve scalise. mr. leader, congratulations, thanks for joining us. great to see you as always. what are the priorities coming up and specifically this vote on the rules package, which has to happen first, sounds like there might already be some contention. could we look at multiple votes there or do you think that will pass quickly? >> well, first, good morning, pete and emily and good to be with you and look, we're going

to take care of our business starting monday, we're going to pass the rules package and then get into policies that are so important to the nem this country and you -- to the people in this country and you talked about one of the most important threats to the country and that's the open border. we're going to be bringing bills in the first week dealing with border security, chip roy's bill is going to be one of those first up. obviously our committees, judiciary committee, jim jordan and his committee are ready to dive into that as well. we'll be working to tack he he'll inflation, lower the cost of things for family. look at energy. we need to become energy independent again. we know how to do it like we know how to secure the border. there are things that biden could do today to secure the border. he just doesn't want to. there are things president biden could do to lower energy costs. he doesn't want to. he made the country depen dependent onforeign countries. we have to help countries that are struggling because of the failed agenda, it's no longer pelosi, it's kevin mccarthy as

our speaker. pete: m mr. majority leader, if you have a family feud it either divides you or brings you together. we watched disputes on public display. are the divides going to linger and make it tough to pass the things we are talking about or do you have the sense that the republican caucus has been through something and now they're ready to deliver. >> this has been come to a head to a long time it's over the way congress has been run for years. what pelosi has done over the last four years has been the worst but at some point in time there is going to have to be a confrontation about changing the way washington works. a lot of us as conservatives have been frustrated with that. the american people by the way are very frustrated with it too. and we are going to make those changes starting in the rules package but then it's carrying it out and just making sure that members, all rank and file members can tackle the same issues that all of us want to deal with, bringing bills to the

floor, bringing amendments to the floor, having debates, stoppstopping omnibus bills. there's a bill that's 4, 5,000 pages long, dropped in the dark of night, voted on the next day, nobody has the chance to read about it. congress has done this for years where they jam everybody, the senate jams the house. the game has got to end. those were the discussions we've had. i think that's healthy, by the way, that we took you few days to make sure that we can set up a congress that can work for the american people. i wish that had happened years ago. emily: we were saying all day yesterday, congressman, that we thought it was healthy as well. so when you talk about execution of this, right now congress is the only gop-led arm of the government. the democrats have the white house and they have the senate what is the first measure of relief that americans are actually going to feel to

actually see after you convene? >> well, number one, people know that the madness is over. these trillion dollar bills from the last two years, we've seen nothing but 1 trillion, $2 trillion bills every couple months and racking up trillions in debt. that's the biggest threat to families right now. that's com what's basically drin inflation that forced people to cut back on the standard of living. we have got to change that. obviously we will. we have to start confronting the problems. you're talking about immigration, last year alone more people came into our country i'll legally than theen -- illegally than the entire state population of new mexico. that's how many came in last year. plus the 100,000 plus fentanyl deaths of our young people. young people are dying and nobody seems to care in washington. that changes. we're going to bring the born yalive act next week, that says if the baby is born alive outside the womb, you can't call

it abortion, it's murder. these are things holding the country back. there's crime in communities that people are asking help with. in many local communities, las and mayors are making it work by quedefunding the police. we'll stop that movement as well. pete: the newly minted house majority of leader, steve scalise, i'm sure that sounds kind of nice. >> it's nice to have that over and get ready to go to work. pete: we'll be watching. join us again. emily: we look forward to it. pete: right now we're told, actually those are live images outside of wilmington, delaware. joe biden beginning his jury any any-journey, beginning his journey to mexico where he will happen to make a stop at the border in el paso, he's moments away from leaving wilmington,

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>> we are back with a fox news alert. joe biden leaving wilmington, delaware ahead of his trip to mexico city later today. he'll stop in el paso, texas for just three hours, that's all the time he could bother for folks at the southern border, marking his first stop to the southern border as president. hes was there driving by in 2008. now he's flying in for three hours. the fox news channel will bring you live coverage of his trip throughout the day in the hope there are encounters with people down there suffering from what's

happening there. we will continue to follow his movement and bring you more on the channel later today. now to this, buffalo bills safety da da ma damar hamlin spt for the first time since his terrifying collapse, saying the love has been overwhelming, i'm thankful for every person they that pr frayed for me and reach out. the bills will rock the number 3 pa3patches on th jersey. here to react a, , charissa thompson. people are heartened to see the comeback. >> it's incredible, to your point of, not just the football world, the collective world stopped for a moment on monday, that terrifying and tragic moment. thank goodness damar hamlin has turned to the corner, to the first responders and the

training staff, to everyone that reacted in the swift manner they did, to ensure this man has a chance to continue not only his nfl career, but his life as well. there was the poignant moment where he spoke to the doctors and he said did we win the game and he said you won the game of life. we recognized that life is special and it is fragile and i'm so glad he's okay. pete: we learned a lot about him, get a sense of what a great young man he is. we saw his teammates for the first time flex for him on the camera, just a neat story all the way around. that's the way i greet will cain every morning. >> as you should. i do it like this, now, in honor of damar. pete: absolutely. that's awesome stuff we're going into the final week. there are some matchups, it's coming down to the line. tell us about it. >> we couldn't get a better week 18 on the slate here. so starting with the tampa bay

buccaneers against the atlanta falcons, the bucs clinched the nfc south last week. i don't know how much we'll see from the starters this week. they'll have the wild card game either against dallas or against philadelphia, depending how that turns out. but tom brady, mike evans coming off a their best game last week, mike evans hundre hadn't scoredh down since week four. i like the bucs by 3. pete: we've got the jets, dolphins. jets are out. dolphins are playing for their life. >> they sure are. skyler thompson will get the start, his second start for the young man there. you mentioned it, pete, the jets are out. so the dolphins, they still got a chance at this thing so i like the -- i was originally going to take the jets by 3 but decided to change my mind. i'm going with the doll dolphiny 3. pete: even with backup.

>> joe flako starting for the jets. pete: they ended where they started. cowboys and washington, who do you like? >> great nfc east matchup here. the cowboys still have that outside chance of getting that number one seed in the nfc. this if the eagles and the niners lose. the commanders reeling again, they'll have sam howe out of north carolina starting for them. they'll miss the play playoffs. i like the cowboys by 7. download the free to play app for your chance to win $100,000 of terry bradshaw's money today. throughout the season, some fun and a lot more money to be had. pete: more money to be had. i dressed for the occasion, minnesota vikings, how do you feel going into the playoffs? >> if you guys win, you won 11 games by one score. i don't know who i'm going to

get between losing last week to the packers, who are you. pete: i don't know. >> i need to know who the vikings are. tell me. they're your team. pete: they are -- i don't know. i don't have an answer for you. >> this is the problem. pete: this is the problem. no team fears us. >> you still have justin -- pete: every giants fan in the studio saying i can't wait to play the vikings. that's not a good sign but i have faith. >> you know what though? because i like you so much, you're going to be all right. pete: thank you. carissa approved. thank you. we'll be watching later today. >> bye, guys. pete: be coming up, joe biden embarking just moments ago on the first leg of his journey to mexico. taking off just moments ago from delaware. he'll make a stop in el paso, texas later today. maria bartiromo shares the reality of the crisis and what biden won't see on his three-hour trip.

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pete: moments ago president biden left delaware for a short trip to the southern border, since first since 2008 when he did a drive-by while campaigning. he will stay a few hours before heading to mexico city. jacqui heinrich is there in mexico city awaiting the president's trip this morning. what can we expect, jacqui. >> reporter: remember, it was over a month ago that president biden declined to visit the border, during a trip to a border state.

he said there were more important things going on. and last year the white house said such a visit would not be constructive. but it appears with the new congress biden has a new attitude and is newly prioritizing immigration. >> i'm going to clarify, why make the st trip now, not six months or a year ago. >> we're clearly heading to mexico city. it made sense to make a stop to see what border enforcement operations were like and meet officials who have been impacted. >> reporter: the press secretary did dodge a question about whether biden would be getting a sanitized view of el paso, major efforts are underway right now to clear out the community that's been overrun with my migrants in recent week. this fiscal year-to-date there have been more than 168,000 crossings in the el paso sector alone and that is more than half a of the crossings in the same

sector from all of last fiscal year but it's going to be harder to disguise the problem when biden crosses into mexico city. he'll have a meeting with mexican and canadian presidents and ahead of the visit el chapo's son was arrested, cartels have declared war on the mexican government, more than 30 people have been killed in shootouts with the military even attempting to shoot down aircraft to prevent the transfer. >> i was filming when the air forces arrived at the airport and they were welcomed with shots. we tried to leave walking toward a friend's house but we couldn't because they were shot and the plane had to take off again. everyone is on the second floor of the airport and we were unable to leave. my mouth is dry, my friends. i'm super nervous. >> reporter: the arrest has been described as both a gift to biden ahead of his visit and also a subtle message that the country is in control of its

security situation and omlo as he is called, the mexican president, his hugs not bullets strategy is working and has a purpose. they're going to be having a robust conversation about fentanyl here, so very interesting that the president is indeed coming to mexico city with all of this going on, will. will: all right, jacqui, thank you for that. pete, emily, back to you in new york. pete: joining us now you on the couch, someone who has been to the border many times, seen the crisis first time, host of sunday morning futures and our friend, maria bartiromo. >> good to see i. thank you so much. pete: what do you make of the forth coming trip. maria: my first thought, this is more misinformation from the administration because they told el paso officials clean up the streets before the president gets there and that's what they did. that's the point. don't clean up the streets just so that he can see clean streets. we want to see the reality of what's taking place. but again, this administration

is expert at misinformation and really misleading the american people so that's my first thought. my second tho thought is, will e president be able to see all the tragedies unfolding at the border. we've been there five times. griff has done an incredible job. bill and you guys have done an incredible job to educate the pub link on what's going on. you've got of course the 30,000 pounds of fentanyl that have been seized on joe biden's watch. you've got 5 million people coming and crossing into the country illegally, 1 million others who have intentionally evaded apprehension, the got-aways, many go to tucson, arizona and then the rest of country. then there's the mexican cartels, the part of the story stthat stuns me, when you consir this great country, america, the borders, getting into the country are being run by dangerous drug cartels who are

making billions and billions of dollars on human smuggling and drug trafficking. look at what happened with the drug cartels shooting up the mexican prison. how many inmates were let go, how many of them are already in tucson right now. emily: that's right. pete: we wouldn't know. emily: right. the mess yours that the americans and attorneys general and governors have undergone were mocked by the administration. remember when the attorney general of arizona as who designated cartel as a terrorist organization to try undertake some measures to stop the deluge, arm himself with resources to handle this, the administration called this racist. this is what local and state elected officials are dealing with, when they try to undertake anything to help their citizens to help protect resources and american citizens not only are they met with lack of acknowledgement by the administration but a down right resistance on their part. what do you expect today from the president's layover, if

anything? maria: look, i think it's really rich that he's now saying republicans were never serious about it. did you see that sound bite that joe biden said republicans have not been serious about the border. it's only been the number one issue and the democrats have failed to put any money toward the border. meanwhile, he's got $80 billion earmarked for 87,000 irs agents. right now you've got 15,000 border agents at the border overall versus what joe biden wants to be 166,000 irs agents. just to understand the priorities. i mean, 166,000 irs agents at 15,000 border agents. there is nobody in the country that has done more to secure the country than greg abbott. that's who we're talking with this morning. a. leland: an interview coming up -- an interview coming up with the governor of texas. did joe biden talk with the governor, did he want to meet with him ahead of the trip? probably not. carrie lake is dealing with ther

of side of the disaster in arizona where you've got the administration forcing arizona to take down the one barrier they had put up there, that is the containers to fill the bluings. we're also talking about the extraordinary speaker of the house race. i've got the rules right here that they've adopted, their rule package. we'll see what happens tomorrow morning when they get to work. byron donnels emerging as an alternative to kevin mccarthy over the last few days. what does that mean for his leadership in the future. he'll join me at the top of the hour. michael waltz, nobody knows china better than him, we'll talk about the adversaries the country faces including china, communist china and the mexican cartels. happy to be back. happy new year, everybody. pete: i have the rules for "fox & friends" in front of me. it says do what we say. maria: i like that. emily: are we voting on that?

pete: we'll see if we have holdouts, might be will cain. coming up, the reality of the border crisis, willing cain -- will cain live from el paso with a local business leader. that's coming up next.

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>> president biden is set to visit the border later today. downtown el paso migrant camps have been cleared. is this a missed attempt to see the real crisis, to show the american public the real crisis. el paso business owner joins me now, he's part of the downtown management district. so joe, we've seen the images on television, everyone has seen much of what the chaos that's been described this morning has centered in d downtown el paso. >> we have a large downtown just like every other city but there's been two main areas within the downtown that have been the focus points of my migt cams, around the greyhound station and the church. will: what's the impact downtown? >> impact is the on-street population has grown dramatically. fortunately, day-to-day, we have

a very small homeless unsheltered population and so this latest surge has been quite a difference from that. will: has that affected business? has that affected quality of life downtown? >> one of the locations is within a neighborhood, within right next to our main shopping district and so it has been disruptive, very different than what people normally expect as well as just the i pact, the conversations, the realities of the new dynamic has had an impact. will: you say a new dynamic. you moved here from nebraska, been here almost nine years. i've heard from residents in el paso this is not something they've experienced, residents that lived here for decades. you said there's not a consistent homeless presence or vagrancy problem in downtown el paso, so this is different from what you've experienced in the past. >> yeah. we've had releases to the streets before. i mean, the issue is not unique but the magnitude of what we've been experiencing, the duration right now has been unique.

will: the president is coming today as we've he shown images on the television throughout the day. there's been some effort to clean up down town, to put on el paso best face, many many are saying not an accurate face of what's going on right now. are you concerned? >> we've been asking people to take action so whether it's in preparation of this or not, we're glad that this issue's being addressed. i mean, the outcome of having people living on the streets is not the desired outcome for anybody. so we hope that it's -- we hope that the president coming actually does shift the dynamic, the ultimate change that's needed to get us where this isn't an issue every so often. will: do you believe that will be the case or once he's gone it will go back to the crisis you've been dealing with. >> we don't know. we've seen politicians coming to the area, walking along the border fence saying change is needed but it hasn't happened. it needs to happen on the federal level. will: we wish you the best of luck in downtown el paso.

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will: keep it locked in to the fox news channel throughout the day and into tomorrow. pete, emily, see you later. pete: will, or great job, get warm. emily, thanks for being here. emily: thanks for having me, so much fun. pete: go to church. emily: absolutely. pete: and go, vikings. ♪ maria: good sunday morning, everyone. thanks so much for joining us, welcome to "sunday morning futures." i'm maria bartiromo. today, history in the making as an extraordinary weekend comes to a close with california congressman kevin mccarthy elected speaker of the house of representatives in the 118th congress. this after an historic 15 rounds of voting. >> i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after thi