delays, 694 cancellations. i'll talk more on the radio. my first guest mccarthy. >> we covered this all morning law. they'll try to figure out what went wrong with that computer. >> see you tomorrow. >> dana and bill are next. >> bill: thank you, guys, we'll continue the coverage right now. hearing the ground stop is lifting. the faa indicating it solved the computer outage. flights should be resuming as we speak. we're seeing that in parts rift now waiting to see what happens across the country. something that has been interesting already today. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. good morning. >> dana: i'm dana perino and i love first flights out and it almost works. not today. the failure of a key safety

system forced the faa to ground flights. majority are on the east coast. the white house is monitoring the situation. >> bill: let's begin in atlanta, often the most -- the busiest every day. steve harrigan is there live. what's happening? >> a lot of confusion among travelers here at the world's busiest airport. people trying to arrive and figure out what's going on. will their flights take off? updates in the past few minutes from the faa. they say normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the u.s. following an overnight outage to the notam system. the ground stop has been lifted. we can continue to look into the cause of the initial problem. for about an hour and a half there was a full ground stop on flights all across the u.s. even though that's lifted now, flights are beginning to get back to normal.

airport officials around the country say it still could be a very long day for travelers. >> always a ripple effect when something impacts a flight. if they can't get out somewhere on time it can't get here to turn around to be back on track. so there will probably be ripple effects. for how long we don't know. it's why we remind people to stay in touch with the airline to see what the status is. if a flight is canceled, if it's delayed, how long the delays are, and what to do in that situation. >> right now administration officials are saying there is no evidence of any cyberattack. we were just out here two weeks ago for massive christmas delays that stranded tens of thousands at airports. >> bill: might have a ways to go in atlanta, steve. thank you. he leads our coverage there. >> dana: the biden administration is reacting to this latest crisis on its watch.

gillian turner live at the white house. hi. >> all eyes now are on digging out the cause of this outage. the president just spoke to reporters on the south lawn at the white house. he was accompanying the first lady to walter reed hospital. listen to what he had to say. >> president biden: i spoke with pete buttigieg. they don't know what the cause is. i was on the phone for ten minutes and told him report directly to me when they find out. aircraft can still land safely, just not take off right now. they don't know what the cause of it is. they expect in a couple hours they will have a sense of what caused it and we'll respond at that time. >> karine jean-pierre just tweeted this. the president has been briefed on the department of transportation. no evidence of a cyberattack at this point but a full

investigation will be put in. we'll provide regular updates. when president biden was asked again whether a cyberattack was to blame he insisted to reporters the white house doesn't know. listen. >> president biden: we don't know. >> now pete buttigieg for his part tweeted this. he has been in touch with the faa about the outage affecting a key system for providing safety information to pilots hoping to resume normal air traffic control, which they now have done, we know. dana, the president and first lady are at walter reed hospital. she is undergoing a minor outpatient procedure. unlikely we'll hear from the president again in the next couple of hours. we have already sent outlines to the communications team with more questions about what could have caused this outage, dana. >> dana: first grounding since 9/11 of all planes.

>> bill: jon scott is on the line and pilot himself. good morning. i understand you've been in touch with the f.a.a. what did you find out to enlighten us as to how this happened? >> a little bit of an explanation what it is. it is the notam system. notices to airmen. in this politically correct era they call it notices to air mission. any pilot is supposed to check the home airport and the bon they're flying to before they take off to find out what's going on. if they are mowing grass along a runway they maybe will shut down a runway or if the lighting system is on the blink they'll tell you that. that's the system that went out. so it's not -- they call it a safety system, and it is. but it wasn't like american aircraft were in peril. they just weren't able to tell

people okay, there is ice on the runway in anchorage, that kind of thing. the problem is just that their computer systems are old and overtaxed. there is a huge uptick in airplane activity and flight activity across the country and the systems are old and just couldn't keep up. they had a hiccup in the system yesterday but they were able to fix it. and then it went down last night and it cascaded through the night. >> dana: i do think in the scheme of things while this is inconvenient and super concerning especially because at the time nobody knew what was going on and it seems like maybe a cyberattack could be ruled out soon, we don't know that for sure. the one thing that is interesting how quickly they could figure out now planes can -- all systems go and everybody will be able to move on. it seems like a quick

turnaround. >> yeah. it's a communication systems. the faa used to do this by phone ten years ago or something like that. if you were flying from one airport to another you would pick up the phone and find out what the notams were for those two airports. they tried to do that last night but there are so many flights now the phone system got overwhelmed. and i spa spoke to my source about the possibility of a sash attack. he didn't think it was the case. he doubts the faa would admit that even if it was a cyberattack. >> bill: there was some sort of failure. entire system failure will be determined. maybe upgrading the system, was there a glitch doesn't have a clearance at the moment, does it? >> no. it sounds to me like a glitch. again my source is telling me the computers that are running

the system are antiquated and really not cutting edge. >> bill: as a pilot can you fly if this system is not working properly? you described a few things notam does. it does other things, too, like runway closures, low altitude, construction obstacle. anything a pilot would want to know. can the system operate without this? >> it can. it is not ideal. a runway closure, for instance, if you are trying to land on a runway that's closed the tower will tell you, the local tower will say you are lined up for the wrong runway. so in my book this was not a huge safety issue, but it is not one that the faa likes to, you know, go on without.

it is just the system that tells people about conditions at airports. >> bill: okay, jon, thank you. if you get more come back. we'll be here, okay? >> dana: we will. thank you. let's bring in robert mark. a commercial pilot. robert, what have you heard so far this morning? your thoughts. >> well, as jon mentioned the ground stop has been lifted, but there will be a ripple effect for quite some time today because if airplanes can't depart new york or chicago or l.a. headed to some other city, it means the people in the other cities are going to be wondering where their airplane is and it will be late. it takes quite a while for the system to catch up. as jon said, it is not unsafe,

it is just not ideal. notam system is an information-sharing system and that's what's kind of gone down. i don't know that it's come back up. it sounds like it has but again we're still a little in the dark on why it went down. >> bill: we've seen some planes land while we've been sitting here. one at reagan national and washington, d.c. maybe the kinks are starting to get worked out and well oh he see how it moves throughout the morning. come back soon. thank you for your time on the phone. when this broke at 6:00 this morning we're wondering what's going on there? immediately you think about a cyberattack. they've said that is not the case and we'll get some sort of action review throughout the day to try to get some answers. >> dana: all the passengers. the hits keep coming for the airlines and airline customers. looks like we'll get things back

on track today soon. >> bill: stand by. more coming up. first there is this. the house oversight committee launching and investigation into the classified documents that have been discovered at a private office that had been used by president biden for a period of about three years as we learned those documents said to have intelligence on iran, ukraine, and the united kingdom. the president breaking his silence when asked yesterday. >> president biden: people know i take classified documents and information seriously. i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn there were any government records that were taken there to that office. but i don't know what's in the documents. i've turned over the boxes. they've turned over the boxes to the archives and we're cooperating fully. cooperating fully with the review. >> bill: where does this go from here? jonathan turley, we have a lot of questions. law professor george washington

university and fox news contributors. you have written a couple of pieces in the last 24 hours. one of your theories is he was using this as research for his own book. i don't think that's fact. i think it's a theory. explain that. >> right. the only reason i raised it as we look at why the documents were there, one of the most obvious explanations is the president has been working on a book that talked about his work in ukraine and other countries. so it makes sense that there would be documents dealing with his diplomatic efforts. the real question here is why classified documents made it into the box. when vice presidents and presidents leave they can request documents. there is usually an archival record. we don't know any of that information of how these ended up there. why they stayed there for so long. what the president said

yesterday was really rather unintelligible in the sense he said the lawyers told me not to ask what the documents were. well, i can understand lawyer saying don't say anything. there is a potential criminal investigation. but there are two steps to this investigation. one is to secure the documents, which has occurred. the second is to determine if there was any breach of security. for that you need to know who saw the documents. the chief witness is the president. you have to ask him here are the documents in the box, do you remember asking for these, working off these, showing these? the president said i was briefed but told not to ask what the documents are. >> dana: i found that strange, too. also you are the commander-in-chief and the president and tell your lawyers that's fine, but i will look at the documents because i want to know what's in there. it's almost like when he does a press conference and they told

me not to call on anymore reporters or this or that reporter. you are the president so you can do whatever you want. the "new york post" cover. >> dana, his job is to protect national security first, not his legal status. but also it is reminiscent of the hillary clinton documents. remember the whitewater documents suddenly appearing outside her office and everyone saying surprise. and that's where it was left. obviously this is more serious. these are highly classified documents and so we really do need to try to reverse engineer on who brought them in, why and who saw them? >> dana: "new york post" cover. one of the reasons this is getting a lot of attention is because of the way that the archives and the f.b.i. and the president of the united states reacted to president trump's documents that are there at mar-a-lago. look at the media reaction when

this happened at mar-a-lago in august. >> the seriousness of the potential threat to national security information, i just don't know what to say. >> if he was in possession of classified documents, those are by definition potentially harmful to our national security. >> these are really classified and a threat to national security. >> that really jumps out to me as a national security threat. >> this is a national security crisis. >> the extreme risk that trump ras willing to take with our national security. >> dana: all right. so there is a double standard? or the biden people are saying it's not apples to apples but apples to oranges. how do you see it? >> they're apples to apples but the apples are different. you can say that, right? you can say that two people robbed a bank. one also stole a car. there are differences between criminal cases. this doesn't mean the president should be charged. there are differences.

there haven't been allegations of false statements or obstruction. it doesn't mean the underlying issue is any less serious. reporters are not supposed to act like circus seals. you don't bounce at any ball thrown by the president on your nose. here you had a president saying something that was really didn't make much sense. of course he can talk about some of the details here. did he request these documents? why doesn't he ask what the documents are? there are a lot of questions that simply were shrugged off by the media. >> bill: seems like a can of worms underneath this. a lot of people didn't know what the penn biden center was on capitol hill and incorporated his name between 2017 and 2019. he was paid a lot of money, almost a million dollars. $950,000 to use his name and an office. james comer, the oversight chair was on fox earlier today and

talking about the millions of dollars from foreign countries that are going directly to these ivy league schools like harvard, yale, penn was one of them. what was the money about? who helped facilitate this? this is where the story goes next. we can't answer that for today. thank you, sir, for coming on. we'll see what you have to say later. professor, thanks. >> president biden: the answer is you have got both extremes are wrong. it is a basic middle proposition. the first major piece of legislation i introduced was to reform the immigration process, to make it more orderly. my republican friends in congress should join us in the solutions. >> dana: president biden defending his handling on the border wrapping up a summit with mexican and canadian counterparts. they talked up their cooperation to stem record breaking border

crossings but not putting those words into any new action. fox news contributor marc thiessen joins us now. a dud of a summit if this is the case, marc. >> absolutely. to say both extremes are wrong and he is in the center is just a lie. here is what's extreme. to come into office and reverse the sensible immigration policies of both your republican and democratic predecessors. let's not forget it is not just donald trump's immigration policies that biden reversed like the remain in mexico policy or safe third country agreements. he reversed obama's deportation polic policies. obama deported over 3 million illegal migrants. biden ice deportations are the lowest levels ever recorded including people gone through the court process and found to be deported. he is not deporting them.

obama detained immigrants including families. biden has asked congress to reduce the number of detention beds. he is releasing them into the communities. obama doubled the number of prosecutions of people for coming into this country illegally for illegal and reentry into the country. those prosecutions have dropped under biden. if you are not deporting or detaining and not prosecuting, you are letting out a welcome mat. he is not enforcing current law. the job of the president is to enforce the law. he doesn't need any more tools from congress. he needs to enforce the law that trump and obama did. >> bill: i don't know what he got from the trip. what did he get from the mexican leader? they are online and the mexican president is thanking our president for not erecting any more barriers on the border. if that's your neighbor to the south you have a long way to go to enforce anything you want to do. >> that's exactly right.

what did donald trump do? the reason we didn't have the record number of migrants crossing over that we do under biden is because trump threatened to impose tariffs on mexico if they didn't enforce their own -- they have a southern border, too, right? and because of those policies, they actually sent the national guard for the first time to their southern border to stop the central american migrants from coming into their country so they never reached our border. so you have to -- weakness is prove oct -- biden was thanked his weakness on the border. >> dana: you have the sinaloa cartel declaring war on the mexican government. we know that cartel is one they have heavy military equipment, trafficking in humans and drugs and they have the cooperation of china where they get the drugs from and yet -- right across our

border, not even ten miles south of the border, it's happening right there and there wasn't a question or a request by obrador for any support or help. what do you make of that? >> the cartels have killed more americans through the smuggling of deadly fentanyl into the country than any other terrorist organization. congressman mike waltz wants authorization of military force against the cartels. we ought to consider that. enforcing the current law. this is a crisis of choice. biden has the exact same laws on the books that trump and obama had before him. and the difference is he is not enforcing the law. he is saying we need an immigration deal in congress. congress doesn't need to do anything right now. what biden needs to do is enforce the same laws that trump and obama enforced and you don't get to go and create the worst

border crisis in american history and use it as leverage to get left wing immigration policies passed as partisan compromise. the prerequisite is to secure the border. he has all the tools. stop choosing to have an open border. >> bill: marc thiessen in d.c. 22 past the hour. federal officials considering a ban on your gas stove. multiple states also weighing plans to phase out certain gas-powered appliances. how will that work in the kitchen? madison all worth is in new jersey, what is going on there, madison? >> what's going on is i'm cooking breakfast on the gas-powered stove. according to the consumer product safety commission a stove like this one could be banned soon. a big concern. across the u.s. nearly 40% of homes like this use gas for home

cooking. here in new jersey, 69% of those homes use gas for cooking. that is a big concern. we saw the word ban and many people, many folks very alarmed. in particular the association of home appliance manufacturers. they are worried -- they sent out a task force that works with the commission saying whether you are cooking with gas like i am here or electric, they say the concern that the commission is citing childhood allergies and childhood asthma is not because of the heat source. the concern is breathing in the smoke and the air pollutants. they hope the commission will find that ventilation is really what needs to be investigated and they hope that the commission does not jump to any conclusions. >> where does that leave consumers that would need to go out to stores to purchase an entirely new appliance, to convert an electric panel in order to have a product? we need to let the data and

science speak about gas products. >> we also, of course, spoke to the people that this would most impact. everyday americans. here is what they had to say. >> my reference i think would be gas. just because you can cook better on it. go to any nice restaurant and look in the kitchen they have gas appliances. >> i paid extra to switch to gas. >> my whole home is gas. >> gas all the way. >> in the end if i can save money, yes. if there are incentives as there were for tvs in the beginning, sure, absolutely. if not, then i'll stick with whichever option is cheaper. >> some states are already taking this step. new york is banning gas appliances in new buildings. so we're seeing it on a state level. now it could be on a federal level. i live in new york but i travel to my parents' place in new jersey. to make that perfect egg like

you heard from some of those people, gas is where it's at. a lot of people worried about this. arguments. i think you can tell i'm not a chef but we need to work -- okay, thank you, guys. i will eat this off camera. >> bill: scrambled egg and cheese on toasted muffin. great stuff in new jersey there, thanks. >> dana: all that and she cooks an egg, too. a little ventilation was cute. america is not going to stand for this. they are not. the cost/benefit analysis and risk analysis is not there. you saw the people we talked to. i have a feeling this will be one of those things where ron klain the president's chief of staff has to put out a memo that says stop, we're not doing it. >> bill: they write biden is coming for your gas stove. the head of the union wants to use indoor pollution to the goal of forcing all buildings to use electricity for everything.

not enough to force americans to buy electric cars we must all cook on electric stoves, too. "wall street journal." if you touch my propane i will be ticked off. >> dana: we have to fight about it and talk about it all day long. we had a ground stop that has ended. the faa said flights could resume. a nationwide ground stop the first since 9/11 sounds like there was a glitch in the software. we don't know the cause of the glitch but people are going to be inconvenienced today because of the domino effect of those flights that were delayed or canceled this morning. >> bill: 35 minutes ago the faa said on its last tweet normal air traffic operations resuming gradually across the u.s. it concludes we continue to look into the cause of the initial problem. we don't know what happened here. it was a computer but why it was a computer, an upgrade, a glitch, whatever it was it fouled things up for a lot of people this morning. >> dana: the computers are antiquated and need an update

according to jon scott. someone will have to pay for that, that would be the american taxpayer. >> bill: we'll give you updates. the american west, california is really taking it hard. torrential downpours fueling deadly floodwaters in the state and now bracing for another round of dangerous weather. inland you have several feet of snow that are falling all over the american west. when springtime rolls around and that snow melts wait until you see the rivers run then. we'll get you out there shortly. >> dana: in new york authorities sings enough fentanyl to kill the entire population of the state three times over. is there still time to get this under control?

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hillary vaughn from fox business is at the white house. what are they saying? >> this could be the beginning of the end of the covid pandemic in the administration eyes as "politico" is reporting senior officials are looking to end the emergency designation for covid as soon as this spring. something they reportedly thought about last summer and put off. the president, though, did hint last month in remarks that covid is not what it used to be. >> president biden: things are getting better. covid no longer controls our lives. our kids are back in school. people are back to work. in fact, more people are working than ever before. americans are building again, innovating again, dreaming again. >> hhs telling "politico" it hasn't made a decision whether or not to end the public health emergency. it is expected to be extended today. they are saying this, as hhs is committed to earlier we'll provide a 60 day notice to

states before any possible termination or expiration. even if the president is ready to move on republicans on capitol hill are saying not so fast. at the top of their to do list is not only getting to the bottom of where covid came from but also how the trillions in government emergency aid has been spent in the process, bill. >> bill: thank you. hillary vaughn. could be a moment in history. we await that from the north lawn. >> dana: record breaking amounts of fentanyl are pouring into new york. dea seizing 1.9 million fentanyl pills and 2,000 pounds of powder in the last year. enough to kill the state's population three times over and that's what they found. bridget joins us, the special narcotics prosecutor for new york city. i know our law enforcement and investigators are very good. that's what they found. how much else do you think is out there? >> it is impossible to know. a tremendous amount is escaping our dedeck -- detection.

deaths are soaring across the nation. we're an track to hit well over 3,000 deaths in new york city overdose deaths. 80% are due to fentanyl. it is a terrible problem across the country. >> bill: emphasize what you just said. 3,000 fatal overdoses from july to july fiscal year in new york and you have eight in ten overdose deaths due to fentanyl as you rightly point out. >> yes. >> bill: are we getting better at managing the crisis? i was in a conversation with a colleague of mine in her 20s, lives here in new york and we were discussing how young people are adapting. they're adapting with narcan and trying to remove the stigma of having narcan in your handbook, purse or wallet or pocket. are we getting better at facing

this crisis that could get these numbers going in the other direction? >> that's a great question. i think we are getting better at looking at all potential solutions, all potential remedies to this problem. one of them is interdicting the grabs and grabbing the drugs. another is being prepared for an overdose. what we're seeing now is a critical problem. there is a new drug that's being mixed into fentanyl called -- an animal tranquilizer, sedative and not responsive to narcan. so if it's mixed with fentanyl and somebody is overdosing and it is in there, they are not going to respond to the narcan. >> bill: a moving target. >> it is a moving target. we keep seeing the drugs change all the time. this druggist nitty just if fentanyl but also cocaine and other drugs. and that's one of our emerging

trends, a big emerging problem right now. >> dana: "the new york times" had a big story about that drug over the weekend. animal sedative mixed with fentanyl brings new horror. a vet sedative is deepening addiction and causing such severe wounds some result in amputation. one of the side effects are abscesses you can get up and down your limbs. the photographs should be enough to scare people away from doing it. you are an investigator and prosecutor. when you think about a drug dealer, why would they do that? >> the reason for that particular drug tranquilizer is that it is a sedative and fentanyl is a fast-acting opioid. the idea is the tranquilizer will stretch out the impact of fentanyl and make it feel more like the high you get from

heroin at a much lower price to the dealer. that's the concept behind it. is it a good concept? no. are these things workable or just a bunch of people throwing together chemicals in some back room somewhere? yes. that makes a product that is completely unpredictable. people buying drugs on the street have no clue what they are getting. you can't trust your dealer. >> bill: you are an amazing person to talk to. thank you for coming back. >> dana: we hope everyone can stay safe. it is a big problem. >> bill: 22 minutes now before the hour. police investigating the disappearance of that mother in massachusetts. her name is ana walshe reportedly they found blood, hatchet and hacksaw while searching through garbage at a facility an hour from the family's home south of boston. investigators collected several items and haven't confirmed what the items are. the mother of three was last seen new year's day.

her phone is silent and media senility. her husband is accused of misleading investigators. >> dana: new video from the day after the idaho student murder shows a white car driving near the scene. unclear if it's the white elantra that the suspect allegedly drove. meantime students at the university of idaho returned to classes today. many for the first time since those murders. the suspect is due in court again tomorrow. we will have much more on this with nancy grace in the next hour. >> bill: looking forward to hearing from her. >> what's going on today? >> ground stop is lifted. >> bill: that was short and sweet. pete buttigieg the secretary of transportation weighing in on this morning's flight outage, operations resuming. a lot of airlines. no warning you can expect delays. urge you to check their app. some apps are better than

others. pack your patience. >> dana: president biden finally giving lip service to a story we've been covering for years, the crisis at the southern border. bill melugin has reported on it extensively and we'll get his reaction in person. he is here for the president's first-ever visit. >> bill: homeless crisis in california is still out of control. people are getting hurt and police say their hands are tied. leo terrell with some answers and solutions coming up next. t . the rate on credit cards is now over 22%. if you want to save hundreds of dollars every month, pay off the balances on your high-rate cards with a lower rate va home loan from newday usa and get the financial peace of mind every veteran deserves. no one takes care of veterans like newday usa.

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>> dana: a new battle for the senate is brewing. house democrat katie porter launching a 2024 bid for the seat currently held by california senator dianne feinstein who held the office for 30 years. feinstein hasn't yet said if she plans to run for re-election.

meanwhile in michigan another long time senator debbie stabenow is not seeking another term. the state's lieutenant gov flor is considering a run for that seat. democrats have to defend twice as many seats than republicans in 2024. 1-third of the senate up for grabs. i read something this morning that said you could see up to six more democrat retirements in the house because their races will be very tough in 2024. >> bill: did you say 2024 already? >> dana: i'm planning vacations for 2025. >> that's coming up. there is this. >> every time someone is being let out on the street again and again, they are doing a disservice and pretty much saying that these victims, traumas were in vain. we all deserve the opportunities of freedom. but not if you are a terror to

society. and this is -- history repeated itself with this. >> bill: she was on with us over the summer. the olympian brutally attacked last year in downtown l.a. lacks policies putting repeat offenders on the streets. random attacks by the homeless. when it comes to stopping them their hands are tied. want to bring in leo terrell to help understand this. nice to see you today. you told our producers a couple of things. you said we have a crime problem within the homeless community and we have a mental health problem within the homeless community. and your homeless community gets larger by the month, leo. >> bill, thank you for that question and people, the democrats have tried to capsize the homeless problem as just a homeless issue. that's a lie. bill, within every homeless encampment you have people who are committing crimes and in our

city of l.a. the mayor won't use law enforcement to take care of the homeless issue. we have a mental health issue nothing to do with homeless. this one size fits all. we build more housing. resolve the homeless problem. that's not true. there is no criminal enforcement mechanism within the homeless encampment or mental health and that's ignored by the politicians. they use it as a way to campaign on. >> bill: you have a governor talking about freedom throughout the entire golden state. that was his message going into this year. here is gavin newsom. give this a listen. >> freedom is our essence and we've overcome racism and nativism and shown the rest of america it is not only achievable it is undeniable. >> bill: that's in california. something else for you across the country in the state of new

york. our governor was making her state of the state address as well. she is talking about things that may or may not improve the crime situation in this state. governor hochul. >> when we hear so often from new yorkers that their top concern is crime, let's start with this base of shared understanding and have a thoughtful conversation. we will continue making investments in areas where it affects the outcomes, education, housing, mental health, all of these go towards stabilizing communities and addressing historic inequities. >> bill: i ask you based on that comment does it change? does it get better? >> no, bill. did you hear both of them. they played the political race card. inequity, discrimination. bill, they use this card all the time. democrats won't let go of the race card. in two democratic systems there is historic racism.

where is it? i live in the state of california. where is the systemic racism? they use it to divert from the focus of crime and the issue of the mental health issue when it comes to the homeless. it is a continuous democratic political race card. >> bill: in 2023 does bail reform change in the state of new york? does it change in the state of california? >> i want to be clear to the fox viewers. no because it will upset the left wing of the democratic party. they do not want to put career criminals in jail. they are soft on prosecutors. it will never change in california or new york. i want to be as clear as i can. never, not in these two states. >> bill: not the message we want to know but maybe you are wrong. you've been right so far, leo. thanks for getting up. leo terrell in california where the rains are coming down. thanks, leo. >> thank you, bill. >> dana: stunning smash and grab heist in the blink of an eye.

a bunch of thieves made off with $2 million in jewels in brooklyn and it took 38 seconds. they stormed into the store and threatened to shoot a worker before smashing the display cases. that all continues as well. >> bill: is that down the street here? >> dana: brooklyn. sometimes i feel like you have to have a passport to go to brooklyn. it feels far but it is right there. you can see it. >> bill: leo did not bring us good news. he is not bullish. >> dana: he is realistic and correct. the faa giving flights the green light after a system outage grounded all air travel early this morning. the latest on how the issue is affecting travelers at america's airports. tom brady and gisele were among the larger ftx stakeholders before the company's downfall. details on other celebrity supporters whose investments are

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>> dana: embattled new york congressman george santos may be in washington but facing stiff challenges. we're live with the details. what is happening? >> good morning to you. we're still waiting for congressman sunlit -- santos to show up for work. we're trying to get answers from him seeing if he will address the multiple investigations he is facing today. things continue to get worse for him day-by-day it seems. this week two democrats actually filed a complaint against representative santos with the ethics committee over questions about his finances, his heritage, his resume. this is on top of the investigation by the nassau county district attorney and federal prosecutors in new york and complaint filed with the federal election commission for

possible misuse of campaign donations and where he got the $7 hundred thousand he gave to his own campaign. house republicans are divided about what to do with their new colleague. several republicans want to stay away from an expulsion vote but also don't want to put him on any committees, dana. >> i don't have a lot of historical precedents what is supposed to happen. i don't think he should be seated on committees until a full ethics investigation. >> speaker kevin mccarthy has yet to say anything about george santos. he did accepts his vote to get the gavel last week and why the democratic caucus chair is saying mccarthy owns this one. there should be, quote, repercussions, dana. >> dana: we'll see about all of that, aishah, thank you.

>> dana: scenes like this familiar as millions of migrants cross our southern border and the biden administration faces criticism for a clumsy way of handling the christ -- crisis. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. for nearly two years fox news has been on the border covering the humanitarian crisis from every angle from the ground and from the air and the human smuggling and drug smuggling. brazen cartels and convicted felons crossing non-stop. our cameras have been there for all of it. president biden making the first trip to the border this week getting a sanitized view in el paso and his solution from yesterday was this in el paso.

>> dana: fox team coverage. bill melugin is covering the crisis non-stop for near two years and here to tell us what he is seeing. let's go to national correspondent griff jenkins spending a ton of time on the border live in eagle pass, texas with what's happening on the ground there right now. hi, griff. >> hi, dana and bill. good morning. walking up just behind me right now a group, we can see a family looks like about a dozen migrants. we'll find out where they are from. it happens like clockwork all day every day. in the intro you were showing texas dps smuggling videos, another one shot this weekend. take a look north of where we are in eagle pass in kinney county, texas dps stopping a transport van finding in the cargo area six migrants rescued. the driver was from houston and admitted to officers he was paid $2 thousand to smuggle them