>> todd: house speaker kevin mccarthy going to a hotbed of

human smuggling into the country, one day after lawmakers held first site hearing at the actual border. fox news exclusively capturing this video of the group touring rio grand valley last night. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. hoping to force administration to pay attention to what is upon haing. >> it is important we convene in texas to share light on brutal and unsustainable conditions this president's administration has caused at the border. >> my hope is for an honest conversation in america at the border tonight with each of you. >> the u.s.-mexico border is close to 2000 miles long, how many pounds of fentanyl are coming through the ports of entry? we need to secure the border. >> ashley: todd, who else better

to lead this site tour than brandon judd. you can turn on fox news channel nearly any time of day and see brandon on there. he is fired up because what we're seeing at the border is a complete disaster. it is the biggest or top two crisis in the united states right now and what key with think of in mod upper time. what i find interesting, mccarthy is in the speaker seat and five weeks he's been speaker and they are heading down there. good for him and know ares for doing this. i understand what they are doing, look what happened with abbott and desantis bussing migrants to new york and dc in the fall. no one really paid attention until then. hopefully this does shift the focus to the border, if they start having talks down here and it will force the biden administration to look at this

and go down and see this, i believe they were in the tucson sector. everyday we're hearing more and more about different sectors and how bad it is getting. the last woman we heard from in the montage, before we started speaking, she was talking about fentanyl. you spoke to someone this morning -- >> todd: an hour ago. >> ashley: an hour ago about fentanyl and her son being on the streets. how many people at the border and all over the united states have we talked to saying fentanyl is flooding towns and cities temperature is a problem that has to be addressed. it is not just the border, they think it is open border crisis, it's not, so many things cause problems with the drugs and fentanyl and cartels. >> todd: that is exclusive video to fox news, we're the only one

there, that is concerning in itself, where are other members of the media highlighting what is happening? this is a step, i don't know if this will work, but the members are doing something while the white house continues to remain mia. you mention the interview i did an hour ago with the woman in san francisco, the most far left city san francisco is doing something, taking a step and saying, we are a sanctuary city, we are going to deport illegal immigrants caught selling fentanyl. they are taking a step. what is this white house doing? at some point, have to ask yourself, ash, and this is my big concern. if the administration hasn't acted by now, when will they? you mentioned the state of the union address, his weak language, so little time devoted to the border and fentanyl does

not engender any confidence. i think the white house thinks they are doing a good job. here is what they said about the house site meeting yesterday, the hearing, if you will, since president biden took action last week illegal border crisis are down to lowest levels in years and house republicans should spend less time on partisan publicity stunts and work on solutions. you don't get to start the fire and take credit for putting the fire out and that last line there, they basically attack the people who called 911 on the fire, that is house republicans who had the site hearing at the border yesterday. >> ashley: the only reason they did implement anything was because they knew house republicans were in charge of the house.

>> todd: house judiciary officials subpoenaing microsoft and apcommunication records on alleged -- holding big tech accountable. >> most important right under the first amendment is our right to speak and communicate in polimrit fashion and not be attacked for doing so. you can't petition your government, it is the most fundamental liberty we have and we believe all the big tech companies were working with big government to suppress free speech, suppress american's right to communicate and communicate on platforms which are in essence the public square. >> todd: the problem is getting known, it is out there, the question is like on the border, ash, will something significant be done?

will big tech be held accountable or will the hearings go into the ether and nothing happen? we need answers, actions and has to happen soon. welcome to chicago, homeless camps are taking over o'hare airport. imagine walking through this to get to baggage claim. >> ashley: what voters think about it next. (soft music) (female announcer) release back pain, strengthen your core, and destress with aerotrainer.

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>> janice: good morning, we have strong storms moving across the mississippi river valley today. these are the feels-like temperatures. you see the cold air behind the it, severe weather storms from texas through arkansas up toward ohio river valley, here are severe thunderstorm warnings. we have a tornado watch in effect for arkansas, louisiana, mississippi, up toward tennessee. we could see likelihood of tornados, that is what a watch

mean. warnings mean we spotted a tornado on doppler or by trained weather spotters, here is severe storm threat today east of the mississippi river valley toward ohio river valley and could see ef-2 tornados possible today in this hatched area. that is where i'm concerned into the afternoon and evening hours. strong likelihood of winds in excess of 60 or 70 miles per hour. go to basement on lowest floor, crouch down and cover yourself, if you have shoes and helmet, that is a good idea. other big story is warm temperatures along the east coast, we'll set records today, portland, maine 52. 62 in islip, 81 in vero beach florida, new york 63, will go down to 47 on saturday and above average next week.

>> todd: this is wild. >> janice: long-range forecasts, i don't know if we'll get a winter storm. i don't like to forecast five days in advance. warm temperatures continue. >> todd: i was grilling yesterday, who grills in february. >> janice: winter across the west. >> ashley: thanks, janice. chicago mayor lori lightfoot sinking to third place in a new poll just weeks from election day, candidates zero in on crime as voter's top issue as 44% of chicago residents rank crime and public safety as their top concern. william kelly is a chicago-based reporter whoin jos me now. who better to talk to than somebody who talks to voters in chicago. what are they saying about crime? is what -- that what you hear most as concerns? >> yes, ashley issue absolutely.

chicago has become a -- has a crime epidemic, due entirely to the policies of the mayor. the one-two punch of lockdown and looting have resulted in people feeling unsafe and criminals being embolden, we just had a case of 13 year olds who carjacked a car and then sped into a 70-year-old man killing him and they were released the same day. criminals know that if there are no consequences to their crimes. >> ashley: have you noticed a change in the city, crime or general moral of the city since lightfoot took over, was it this bad under the previous mayor? >> absolutely not. i was born and raised in chicago and it breaks my heart to see chicago essentially turn into the world's largest open-air

mental institution. not only homeless people, but violent repeat offenders back out on the streets and law-abiding citizens are forced to go along with this as if it is normal. if they speak out, they are the ones who are pushed. mayor lightfoot provoked my media credentials because i was asking questions and i filed federal freedom of speech lawsuit against her. you can find out about that. mayor lightfoot goal was to make the cities in chicago equal, right? she seems to have brought productive places down to the level of the violent repeat offenders and criminally insane. that is the real tragedy of chicago right now.

>> ashley: william -- >> to turn this trend around. >> ashley: it will take a full-circle shift of leadership. i have to talk about o'hare, we have never seen and we've been in a lot of airports, never seen a homeless person in an airport. homeless encampments are common in the winter months. is this common at o'hare? >> never this common. for millions upon millions upon millions of dollars spent to try and provide services for homeless people and other people who are suffering or struggling.

>> ashley: william kelly, keep asking questions, that is you're job, keep doing it. thank you so much. if you want to save money, skip breakfast, todd does. it is how bad things have gotten in president biden's america? >> todd: i'm so hungry.

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>> todd: white house aides are weighing whether to have president biden finally address the public about flying objects that the u.s. military shot down over our country. >> ashley: jimmy failla on fox news radio and fox nation joins us now. "washington post" are reporting this could happen as soon as today. what do you think? >> jimmy: my money is on no, they want no part of him speaking about this issue because someone will bring up aliens and biden will tell them

sa sagorni weaver was a great actress and they should have made more of them. norad has never shot down anything in 65 years and now we've shot down four things and the president has not spoken once and has everything to do with the fact we're horrified to let this guy go out and speak on his own. we make fun of it and left-wing media glances over it, the enemies are forming their own conclusion and flying inflatable middle fingers over our most sensitive ballistic missile sites all the time now. my valentine's day balloon got shot down. >> todd: she was not happy very upset, it was a beautiful display and biden came in and -- >> ashley: the fourth time. >> todd: sure, you're in stanch disagreement with one member of the white house in terms of joe biden communication skills. take a listen.

>> is it the view ever the president's communication team he is equally adept all settings or some play greater strength, some he is not as strong? >> the president is the best communicator we have in the white house. >> todd: she's used to lying from the podium, yesterday, well done, kjp, well done. [laughter] >> jimmy: that had to hurt a little bit when she said it, she had to go backstage afterward and throw a cup of water in her face and take three deep breaths. it's going to be okay. if joe biden is the best communicator, hunter is the best designated driver. there is no world where this guy is trusted to communicate. he got interrupted when taking live questions, do you remember that, todd? you want to know the best part of that, when you go back and

watch the video, you go back and watch the video of biden getting interrupted of the easter bunny, it is disturbing because he looks like he believes he met a talking bunny. if you go back and look, wow, the bunny is you can taking. jill, you got to see this, this is scary. >> ashley: jill is like, no, no, come on, joe. that was really good, you brought tears to my eyes, thank you for that on this thursday morning. people are now skipping meals to make ends meet in biden's america. i will say, todd, he skips breakfast. i will not do it to save face for joe biden. >> jimmy: yes. listen, i've been told on more than one occasion by the wardrobe department to start skipping meals. i think there is a difference between fitting knowa

excabdriver and the rest of the country. america is supposed to be shining city on the hill and statue of liberty is holding a sign that says your ad here. how broke are we as nation we are being told to skip meals, this is embarrassing. every standard of living has been lowered, we are living in golden age of people selling pictures because of this picture. it wasn't supposed to be that way. >> todd: golden age of feet picks, jimmy failla. in one sentence, we understand the president is expected to have a physical today, any predictions, in one sentence? >> jimmy: i expect biden to get in there and pass it with flying colors. i mean, you are flying on a substance i can't take if you think this guy is in good shape.

i don't think they will give us a fair and transparent breakdown. i've learned this white house thinks transparent is a man who had a baby. >> ashley: leave it to jimmy. >> todd: you are accurate on that last point. >> ashley: leave it to jimmy to make light of serious conversation. jimmy, thank you so much >> >> todd: i think he looks good in a suit no matter how much breakfast he eats. >> ashley: go have the donut. hundreds of furious east palestine residents are demanding answers about the toxic derailment, pete buttigieg and the company were no-shows at the town hall. >> it is ridiculous they didn't come show support to the community. . governor dewine said he would be drinking bottled water if he was

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>> todd: republicans from alaska up in arms as president biden considering axing the drilling proposal that would create thousands of jobs. >> president biden: this will have a major impact on the environment, what we're doing, moving 500,000 charging stations around the world, i mean, around the country and take billions of barrels of oil off the road. >> ashley: cheryl casone will tell us more, good morning. >> cheryl: we're decades away from taking billions of barrels of oil off the road. he was touting electric vehicles and look, tesla is a beautiful car, we still need oil to operate many things in this country. in alaska, it is a conocco-phillips project, the government wants to cuts from five drilling sites down to

three, 180's,000 barrels per day at the peek is what it would give at current proposal. you spoke with kara moriarty. >> if this project is not approved and not allowed to move forward, it forces our country to depend on foreign oil. this is an american company wanting to create american money, american jobs, american energy on american soil, this is a good project and should be approved. >> cheryl: and murkowski giving a comment and says the biden administration better not kill the project period. there is villagers on the north slope that don't want the

project in their backyard, so we'll see what the bureau l of land management has to say. >> ashley: you would think if they are more cognizant of it there, they would allow this. >> todd: they killed keystone, i'm confident they won't kill this, too. and the biden-china money trail. >> cheryl: how much money are the chinese donating to institutions and particularly president biden's alma mater, this is university of delaware. 3.2 million and 1.8 million, and 942,000 and change in december of '20, anonymous donations

coming from anonymous chinese sources. university of delaware doesn't seem to think this is a big problem. there was also money going to upenn, home to the penn biden center, james comer says we need to investigate this and he says in the 118th congress, they will evaluate joe biden's relationship with foreign business partners and if he was compromised and swayed by foreign dollars and influence. the biden administration says there is no connection. >> todd: who gives millions without demanding something in return. >> cheryl: right. >> ashley: celebrities and members of mainstream media teaming up against the "new york times" because of anti-trans reporting. >> cheryl: i will read this letter and give you list of celebrities.

times has treated gender diversity with familiar mix of pseudoscience and euphemistic charged language while reporting on trans children that omits relevant information about sources. in addition to the contributors who signed that letter, 130 lgbtq activist groups about the trans issues. litta dunman and jed ap atoethey are complaining about a couple articles in the "new york times" and one was about legal challenges schools face in children change gender without their parent's knowledge, i think that is a fair piece of reporting. >> todd: not allowed to report. >> cheryl: these activists say you are reporting both sides of the story, i want my side of the

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>> ashley: san francisco leaders looking to deny sanctuary status to illegal migrants busted for selling fentanyl. the drug seizure hall from street level drug dealers in 2022, representing enough to kill everyone in california. we spoke to a san francisco mother whose son is battling

fentanyl addiction, listen to this. >> it has robbed us of our lifestyle, of our dignity. the goal is to decrease the number of people selling drugs and when you have people coming into our city who are undocumented immigrants, who are able to sell drugs and know they don't have a chance of getting deported, that makes san francisco a very attractive to people to come sell drugs and not worry about being deported. >> ashley: so sad what is happening, according to chief medical examiner office, 421 of the fightal overdoses were caused by fentanyl in 2022. >> todd: fox news cameras capturing house lawmakers on a tour of the border to see the crisis first hand. this was the first site hearing

at the actual border. >> this administration is not prot protecting. >> there are next to mow prosecutions coming out of that. >> we consider flu to be endemic, i would say this would classify as an epidemic. >> todd: that lawmaker is congressman marianette miller-meeks. she attended the tour last night and joins us from texas. the goal of this is to draw the white house attention to the border, basically put hearings in an area where the president can't look away. will it work? >> good morning, todd, we sure hope it worked, all news stations should have been covering this hearing. it was unprecedented and the goal was to get the country's attention to what is happening

at the southern border. the number of drugs coming across, fentanyl has gone up every year since 2020 and this year for fiscal year '23, which begins in october is more than was interdicted in '22. each year since 2020, number of deaths related to fentanyl have gone up. those deaths have gone up, it is a problem and the mother you interviewed has it right. we are not saying everybody coming across is carrying drugs issue the cartel uses those individuals to bring drugs through other parts of the border not being monitored because border agents are processing through the border. it is a huge cries. >> todd: what did you see last night and what did you learn? >> one thing we can do is put

the rest, the myth the left is trying to perpetuate. the amount of illegal immigration issue the fact the border is not closed doesn't have anything to do with the fentanyl crisis. they are related as the mother you interviewed had said, they are related. we have a demand issue, we are trying to get narcan and halt fentanyl act by making repercussions. and i think you heard sheriff martinez last night, who has this area around mc allen testify stronger penalties would absolutely stop some flow of fentanyl. we have a lot of work to do, we want people to know our border is open, we're processing hundreds of thousands of immigrants and the cartels have control of the border and customs needs assistance of us,

deporting for criminal activity and working with the government of mexico to slow the trafficking of fentanyl to our country. >> todd: consequences are key, that is a jumping off point. delegations like this are one thing, well and good. actions are another. are republicans like you going to do something to force president biden's hand? i'm looking at the power of the purse, you have any other tools to force president biden to act on this crisis that he has caused? >> certainly powers of the purse, as you mention, that is important. we have members of the opposition party to the border for the first time, many have not come to the border throughout this cries. they are hearing first hand from people who live here. every state is a border state, we have a fentanyl epidemic, we

have to slow the supply as much as we need to treat those with addictions. >> todd: congresswoman marianette miller-meeks, thank you, we appreciate your time. >> thank you, todd. >> i don't know, your guess is as good as me. yes -- >> todd: hundreds of furious east palestine residentses demand answers and accountability about the toxic train disaster. you heard him asking where is pete buttigieg. >> ashley: he was a no show, we will talk to someone who was there. >> todd: brian kilmeade will look at what is coming up on "fox and friends." people showed up, but the company didn't. our first interview with nikki haley after she declared she isun aring for 2024 presidency, her hat is in the ring, her vision for america and taking on

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>> ashley: hundreds of ohio residents gathering last night to demand answers on their safety following that toxic train crash in east palestine. >> todd: will from the government were noticeably absent from that meeting. we asked residents from the town what they thought of that. >> i think it's ridiculous they didn't come and show support to our community. governor dewine ourself said he would be drinking bottled water if he was here. how can you sit here and tell me

the water is safe for me and my children and pets to consume and nobody has tested our well water. we have asked for them to test it a week ago and still haven't heard anything. >> i want to know what my future holds here. i don't want to be here with my children and my grandchildren. i don't want to wait five, 10, 15 years for us to get sick. i want to our complaint alleges the negligence of the railroad company and we are like everyone else, we are going to try to find some answers for these people. they deserve answers. >> todd: they need answers. brooke singman joins us with the latest. brooke? >> furious ohio residents were hoping to get some answers last night following the toxic chemical spill that has devastated east palestine. the city's mayor also expressing his own frustration with the lack of aid for his town. listen. >> trying to get information out there. everybody is concerned. i'm concerned, but, you know,

it's not norfolk southern here. the e.p.a., the people been working with us trying to get our citizens back into their home safe. >> but what ohioans really wanted to know is why the biden administration and its transportation secretary were nowhere to be found. >> where's he been. >> i don't know. your guest is add goose as me. yesterday was the first time i heard anything from the white house. >> transportation secretary buttigieg was not at the meeting, instead, he took the twitter passing the blame onto the trump administration. he said we're constrained by law on some areas of rail regulation like the braking rule withdrawn by the trump administration in 2018 because of a law passed by congress in 2015. but, we are using the powers we do have to keep people safe. but, safe is the last thing east palestine residents are feeling. >> about 15, 20 minutes my throat felt like there was gravel in it. i had a sore throat since then. >> i vomit within 10 minutes of

being within that home. the air is still terrible. kids' friends said they lost cats. there have been, you know, sick. >> i had a cloud of something down in there that it put me in -- i went to the hospital. >> norfolk southern railway which operated the train which crashed was another group notably missing from the meeting. they refused to send a representative citing safety concerns. sharing this statement that says, quote: unfortunately, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees and members of the community around this event stemming from the increasing likelihood of the participation of outside parties. norfolk southern will not be in attendance. meanwhile the environmental protection agency administrator is expected to visit east palestine today. residents are hoping they will get more answers than they did last night. todd, ashley? >> todd: we will see. brooke, thank you. with that, let us bring in journalist who was at last night's town hall. nick, did you get the sense that

anyone in east palestine was satisfied with anything that they heard last night? >> honestly, i think they left there with more questions than answers. there were a lot of people left early because they were put-off by a lot of the answers they were getting the ohio e.p.a. representative from there told a little boy the reason he should be able to play outside because the smell is just a mixture of dead fish and chemicals. which was -- i can't imagine too much of a worse answer than that to reassure a child they can play outside. you know, they are asking why people outside of a mile radius don't get any support from the government right now. if you are outside of a mile from that crash site, you don't get any support from the government. you can still very clearly smell this outside of a one mile radius. so, that really wasn't an answer. the answer to that question was well, that's what the

transportation departments told us to do. so, nobody learned much. >> ashley: what were people telling you following this meeting about the fact that no one from the train company showed up. mike dewine, the governor, didn't show up. pete buttigieg was nowhere to be found. and no ohio senators, although we did hear j.d. vance was supposed to be visiting either today or the coming days, what were they saying to you about that? were they mad? >> they were -- livid. they felt like they were being cowards, especially -- you know, these people want the ability to simply ask their elected leaders questions. these people are supposed to be representing them, right? norfolk southern, on the other hand, obviously they know that they are really screwing up here. so they didn't want to be put on the spot for that people here are -- they don't trust their government, okay. this was the opportunity for somebody like mike dewine or

their congressional delegation to come in and reassure these people a little bit that help is on the way and that they are not being abandoned. >> todd: this isn't a political thing. this is a human thing. that's born out by. this even ted cruz and ilhan omar agree there needs to be congressional inquiry and direct action from pete buttigieg to address this tragedy. here is what you get from mayor pete. congress needs to take immediate steps rail safety and reduce constraints on the u.s. dot in this area. no, what the people there in east palestine need right now is money and aassurance that the government is going to be there 10 to 15 years down the road when potential health implications of this really kick in. was that a sense that you got from basically ever single person you spoke to there last night that that's what they want? >> absolutely, todd. the issue with it is that you've

got -- they have seen absolutely nothing from these people yet. and they know that once the media fanfare goes away, at this point, they just -- they think that they're going to be totally forgotten about. that their town is going to be wiped off the map and there is going to be no government support at all. there's just a little bit right now that could very easily go away. it doesn't seem like it's going to be expanding. so they are losing hope here. >> ashley: i want to talk about the way people are feeling and what they're telling you, heck, even how you are feeling. yesterday on "fox & friends" said they know someone who was diagnosed with what is called chemg pneumonia you have been hearing how people diagnosed with or how they're feeling? >> i do know the most common thing that people are experiencing here are headaches and my my grain, i have had a constant headache since i have been here three days.

even when you can't smell it anymore, you get used to the smell, right? people come into the town and they are able to smell it. and they all get headaches, too. i would say majority of people that i spoke with were having bouts of headaches. >> todd: we have got to let you go. you stay safe nick to your point. thank you for your important work on this. "fox & friends" begins right now, bye-bye, everybody. >> ashley: have a good day. >> residents in east palestine, ohio are demanding answers. >> after a train that carried toxic chemicals derailed. [shouting] >> i don't know. >> house republicans meeting border agents in arizona today. >> the white house is slamming the move. house republicans should spend less time on partisan publicity stunts. >> welcome to chicago, where homeless camps are taking over o'hare airport. >> everyone in our city deserves to be safe because they are safe. >> do you feel safe in the city of chicago? >> honestly, not always. >> i