mommy, because i thought i was supposed to conserve? [laughter] i can't reconcile it, but now iu can. [laughs] >> laura: my god, they have to play that lastey gitmo and w thy will get the rest of the answers out of the terrorist fear that is it for us. it is american now and forever and we will see on instagram, twitter and it is gutfeld next. ♪ ♪ >> todd: a fox news alert surveillance video showing the moment for coamericans in a shoot-out and captured by armed men in mexico. bullet proof vest and dragging one victim after another into the bed of a truck. he's greasing you are watching "fox & friends first" on tuesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. mexico's president said entire gunmen working to bring the american's home safely has the fbi its own investigations.

jackie ibanez has the latest, jackie. good morning, ashley and todd, efforts to bring four americans kidnapped friday offering $50,000 reward for information leading to their safe return. brand-new surveillance video shows the moment the three men were kidnapped heavily armed men trekking one person after another into the back of a pickup truck shortly after entering the city. the footage shows the suspect holding long guns and wearing bulletproof vest. authorities believe it was a case of mistaken identity. the victims were wrongfully targeted peer of the travelers have been identified as latino, zindel brown and a to eric james williams of south carolina. according to a family member, they were heading to mexico for a medical procedure. she said, "this is like a bad dream she could wake up from. to see a family member thrown in

the back of the truck is unbelievable." the president of mexico says the entire mexican government working to bring them home safely. the white house calling the kidnapping unacceptable. >> we are closely following this kidnapping of four u.s. citizens in matamoros, mexico. these sorts of attacks are unacceptable. our thoughts are with the families of the victims and we stand by to provide assistance of u.s. law enforcement in touch with american law enforcement. >> one woman who witnessed the attack sharing this statement anonymously over fear of retaliation, "all of a sudden, the gunmen were in front of us. everyone, we know if they see us they might shoot us." the mexican authorities confirmed the death of one mexican citizen who saw the kidnapping unfold. todd and ashley. >> ashley: scary stuff

jackie ibanez, thank you. the cartels are running mexico. listen. >> there's another hostage for the mexican government. the mexican government is being held hostage by tens of thousands of military members of terrorist organizations effectively control mexico. it is pretty close to this-day-old to eight filled marco state. the government has no will and it doesn't have the ability to deal with the cartels. >> and senator lindsey graham says he's going to take legislative action. >> if you continue to give safe haven to fentanyl drug dealers, then you are an enemy of the united states. 700,000 people have died from fentanyl poisoning coming from mexico and china, and this administration has done nothing about it. i will introduce legislation, jesse, to make sure drug cartels and administration under u.s. law and set the stage to use military force to protect america from the employees and

by things coming out of mexico. i would tell mexican government if you don't clean up your act, we will clean it up for you. >> he has advised americans to not travel to six different states in mexico and travel to seven others. >> todd: let's bring in james comer house oversight committee chairman appeared great to have you on the program here and you heard senator lindsey graham and my question for the leaders, why aren't we doing this already? why aren't we using the military already to go after the cartels? there are so many reasons we should be doing it. we will get internal and human trafficking and on and on and on. what are we waiting for, congressman? >> that is a great question we continue to ask the biden administration but i believe we should have a military presence at the very least on the southern border if not across the border. one of the things we learn post trump presidency, he ordered a

bombing of a couple of fentanyl labs, crystal meth labs in mexico just across the border. and for whatever reason, the military didn't do it. that was a mistake. think about the deaths that occurred not just from crystal meth manufactured on the other side of the border but the fentanyl impact across the border. it was a gathering place for fentanyl and also labs for crystal meth. we've got to take a firm position against mexico. one of the things the oversight committee has learned about the mexican government in our investigation of the lack of the southern border security, the mexican government regularly meets with the drug cartels just like the united states government would meet with the chamber of commerce or the labor unions. this is wrong. the united states needs to completely reverse its policy for mexico and take a firm stance against all of the crimes committed in mexico. >> ashley: congressman that is my next question. what would it look like the

relationship between the u.s. military being perhaps on the mexico side of our border? because you heard bill barr say the mexican government can't do anything about this. help with that relationship look? >> if i were president of the united states, i would be more focused on the mexican border than the ukrainian border. that is a big frustration, not just republicans in congress, but a lot of taxpayers in america. our border crisis in america is the southern border. we lost 100,000 people last year due to fentanyl deaths. the overwhelming majority of fentanyl coming across the border. now we see popular tourist destination where cancun come americans can't feel safe there. i would not encourage anyone to travel to mexico right now. we have to take a firm stance. we have to take an economic stance whether that be sanctions against mexico, but certainly a military presence on the

southern border. we need to send a message to the drug cartel as well as the mexican government. >> todd: the kidnapping that took place three blocks from the united states. that is three blocks, that is real close. to ashley's question my talk to a number of contractors. i think you know what i mean by that, congressman. these are ex-military, ex-marines, they say they would go in and a heartbeat and solve this problem because they have the skill level. they know how to do it and they can get in and get out. quite frankly without the mexican government signing onto it, it is clear, to your point. the mexican government and the cartels are treating each other like two nation-states within one nation. that is the problem, isn't it? >> it is the problem. the mexican government is too cozy with the drug cartel. bill barr was exactly right. we sell that on the border trip with al's committee, we are

standing in arizona, and we can see right across the border a house that our government knew was a lookout sanction. we could see the cartel looking out, watching us, standing there looking at them waiting for us to leave so that they can send fentanyl across the border. so, we know what is going on. we can use drones and a strong military presence on the border, and we can cut down all the illegals crossing the border. we can cut down on the drugs crossing the border. our government could take a more firm stance against the mexican government. we can't continue to turn a blind eye what is going on in mexico. the drug cartel is making a fortune, not just on drugs but transportation business. every single person that crosses the border pays a toll to the mexican drug cartel. so biden administration is making the drug cartel richer and powerful. >> ashley: you would think everybody would be on board with

something like this. they should not be a partisan position. now this committee to hear testimony from the treasury department later this week after it failed to provide bank report rents on the biden's family dealing spirit of what kim expect over this? >> we are just going to get why the treasury department is blocking the house oversight committee from getting the information. the previous administrations in the bush administration, obama administration and trump administration any time the chairman of the house oversight committee with the bank violations from the treasury, they provided access to them. but when joe biden first became president, early on he change the rule and block congress from having access. at the time, very few in congress knew what a space spacious activity report was and no one in congress knew that his family have between 150 and 200 of these, which is by the way a record for a single family with

respect to these type of bank violations. we want answers, and we also will provide them some information our committee has already uncovered with respect to why we think it is imperative that we have access to these bank violations. so, they should be a very informative committee hearing and i hope every american can hear why this administration all of a sudden is blocking oversight of these bank issues. >> todd: grab your popcorn. i'm curious to hear what they say because sitting here right now i cannot think of one reason to protect the entire biden family. james comer, keep us posted. >> ashley: thank you. >> todd: pentagon officials reporting investigation of cardinal crane's in china and used for espionage. the foreign ministry is calling the claim complete paranoia and misleading to the american people. here is the white house's response. speak with a chinese spy

balloons and out chinese spy crs and the wall street comparing to trojan horses that use 80% of the u.s. force? >> let me say with the american people assure us that this president will protect them and making sure that we put our national security first on the cranes. i don't have any comment on that specific reporting. >> todd: no comment. just over a month after the military shut down the chinese surveillance aircraft caught drifting over the u.s. mainland. the republicans say this is another example of china flexing its muscles on the white house. >> just yet another example how joe biden and so many democrats will rally the banners and the man parts to defend chinese communist peer that is what happen on the coronavirus in 20. that is what happened last month on the spy balloon floating across america and joe biden's administration saying, maybe it was the wind that blew it. it must have been one heck of a

win. you see them apologize and excuse chinese wrongdoing that threatens american jobs and prosperity, the national security. it is time for joe biden to take a firm stand against chinese communists rather than acting as their lawyer. >> todd: we will be talking about this in depth with congressman michael waltz when he joins us live later this morning. >> ashley: president biden to announce alaska's willow oil project any day now. >> todd: the largest energy decision since killing the keystone pipeline when he first took office. alexandria hoff joins us live in d.c. with the details, alexandria. speak with a willow project would be the most significant wheel and cast with federal till inventory and history with a significant test of president biden's climate agenda. the thirty-year project with philips inside of the national petroleum reserve in alaska. proponents are calling it a lifeline. environmentalist on the other

hand see it as a carbon death sentence. many working back what the president has said about the willow project, listen. >> this way of a on the environment specifically reducing carbon in the air with 500,000 charging stations around the world, i mean from around the country. it will take millions of barrels of oil off of the road. >> well, this project estimated to yield 1.5% of total u.s. oil production offering increase in energy security at a time when it is needed according to proponents. yesterday white house press secretary karine jean-pierre said the president is capable of improving energy security and reducing fossil fuel simultaneously. speak with the president has been very clear how he is approaching the energy in that . he does it in a way that is responsible. he does it in the way it delivers for the american people. >> that a billion-dollar willow

project estimated 9 million hours of work with 900 drops may generate anywhere from eight to $17 billion for the federal government and alaskan communities. the bipartisan delegation met with congress last week to push support of the spear of the state lawmakers weighed in here appear and speak with the fossil fuels this is not the time to start. too unstable in the world right now and will continue on. >> oil and gas sector presents the backbone of alaska. so the president supporting the backbone of the country, it starts in the states. so, the willow project could represent anywhere near about $10 million to the local communities and state government. so, it is critical. >> so, a lot of legislative support here. social media and tiktok said in a blaze over this for the president not to allow the project to go forward with a

scaled down version, ashley, todd. >> ashley: alexandria, thank you. the controversial crime bill to overhaul the criminal code to go softer on criminals. and president biden is siding with republicans to block it giving him a lot of pushback from progressives. >> the united states united states, therefore the bill is coming to his desk. he has to make a decision. it is as simple as that. >> ashley: the senate vote will set to vote on disapproval or disapprove of the bill tomorrow. a large number of democrats expected to join republicans in blocking the soft-on-crime bill. police pursuits are effectively outlawed in washington state thanks to democratic justice reform. now two young children are dead because officers couldn't chase a driver who blew past them 100 miles an hour. we will tell you hello enforcement is fighting back. >> todd: atlanta, freedom fighters with domestic charges with a training facility, and you won't believe what we are learning about them.

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♪ ♪ >> todd: a prosecutor suing l.a. county d.a. george gas cone

for retaliation and awarded $1.5 billion. the deputy d.a. accused him of transferring and effectively demoting for speaking out against policies. she warned criminal justice reform can be harmful and unethical. she said she was downgraded from supervisor of d.a. juvenile division to parole division. and reacting to the pay day writing to "disappointed by the jury's verdict and standby to reassign and attorneys to new positions within the office, ashley. >> ashley: two young children dead after suspect traveling 11o another car with the kids inside. thanks to a law posed by state democrats, the police were not able to pursue the fleeting suspect. the bill says peace officer may not engage in vehicular pursuit and less probable cause to believe the person in the vehicle has committed or is committing a violent offense,

sex offense, or escape offense. sheriff adam from snohomish county, washington, joins us. sheriff, thank you for being with us but a question before we start this, you heard in the intro saying they could not pursue them unless they committed a violent offense, sex offense, or escape offense. this guy was drunk and charged with dui. is that not good enough? >> dui does follow under it, but the excessive speed 110 miles an hour does not automatically determine dui. later in the investigation post crash when figured out dui. >> ashley: tell us how difficult it is for you to do your job when your hands are so tied by these liberal laws. this was a 2021 bill that was put in place. this has got to be almost impossible for you to do your job. >> i've been doing this going on 27 years, ashley.

i've never seen anything like it in my day and age. washington state, we did a pretty good job prior to the legislation of managing our police pursuits. but when the politicians in olympia got involved and change the way we do business, it is not moving out. you don't have to be a rocket scientist, ashley to figure it out. when you tell a criminal there is a list of crimes we cannot chase you for, the criminal element has been taken advantage of that and that is what we see in washington state. >> ashley: almost 100,000 drivers refused to pull over for washington police compared to over 22020. that is an astronomical change here at the numbers don't lie. you are right it emboldens criminals and they don't have to pull over, they are not going to. 250 mayors, city council and sit saying we need the legislatures support to adopt appropriate policies including revisions to

pursue restrictions and funding to help address the public safety needs for the residents. what are the chances that so anti-police at this point that they don't care who it affects? >> now come i will remain optimistic. i think i have to this point in the session. the good news is they are is bipartisan support to change this legislation. everyone from the chair and the law justice committee who is a democrat to the governor and a democrat as said something has to change. we might not have got this one write a couple of years ago. i'm holding out hope. there are a couple of people standing fast. unfortunately the way the government is made up one or two people can stand in the way of bipartisan legislation. i hope it doesn't come to that. it is well past time to start prioritizing victims of crime in washington state and not criminals. that is exactly what we have been doing. >> ashley: sheriff, what would happen if this trooper pursued this person going 111 miles an

hour? what would be the repercussions for him? >> if he broke the law? >> ashley: if you thought there was criminal activity of some sort. i know two kids would be alive, probably. speak with a liability for the police agency is what it would be. the police can't go it around and the state legislature is clear, it is against the law for the police to pursuit in that exact situation. so we just can't do it. we can't break the law. there would be more chaos than there is right now. >> ashley: what is the reason for putting this bill employs? is it dangerous for the pedestrians? what is the reason behind it? did they have examples? >> that is exactly why. they did have examples because the study that referenced and used to support legislation in the first place was a couple of weeks ago debunked. it disappeared from the website and came back. the numbers have changed. it is not washing right now. what happened in washington with

a crash that you referenced where tragically the two children were killed i'm i think it has come full circle now. there has to be a balance. i think we heard as the police the legislature loud and clear. they don't want to chase for everything and anything and i think that is appropriate for this day and age. we are heavily populated county and that makes sense to me, but you can't take away the discretion of the officer on the street. we have to be able to make those calls real time based on their training experience. >> ashley: you guys are the ones in the situation. you need to be able to have that discretion to make the decisions for yourselves and for the safety not only for the officer but the community as well. sheriff adam fortney, i am glad that you are confident and actually positive about this being rescinded. hopefully, it happens. thank you so much. >> you are welcome. have a great day. >> ashley: the seven paddlers are getting a free ride in new york thanks to the state

bailout laws. we talk sounding alarm on this. >> todd: randi weingarten talking out desantis and totally backfires and her face. you will love this story. i will share it with you next. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> todd: 23 protesters who attempted to burn down a police training facility in atlanta are facing domestic terrorist charges. we are learning most of them are not from georgia. >> ashley: brooke singman is here to tell us more. >> the majority of the 35 people arrested are facing domestic terrorism charges from the georgia bureau of investigation. all of the suspects could soon face federal charges.

most of the suspects age 25 or younger, but four of them over 40. authorities say 21 of 23 domestic terrorist suspects are out-of-state. they came from states including new york, colorado, arizona. two of them are not from america. one is from canada and the other from france. we are learning one of the suspects as a lawyer from a southern poverty law center and nonprofit organization that specializes in civil rights case. the center is defending them for saying the employee is an experienced legal observer and their arrest is not evidence of any crime but heavy-handed law enforcement intervention against protesters. the police say protesters threw rocks, fireworks and molotov cocktails at the construction site of a police training center in atlanta on sunday. the white house apparently had not heard about the protest until yesterday afternoon. watch. >> i have not heard and made discussions about this protest over the weekend.

so i will have to go back to the team and see where we are, where we are standing and our response on that. this is the first time i'm hearing about this protest over the weekend. >> guys, taking donations to support the suspects charged with domestic terrorism in connection with sunday's protest. the atlanta solidarity fund claiming the protesters were just attending a music festival. "police rushing outlet in the body of the music festival. music is not a crime. protest is not a crime. the protest does not go away with a single fire." accused of the festival taking place near the construction site to take part in the violent protest, todd and ashley. >> ashley: our jaws are on the desk, unbelievable. >> todd: i didn't see dave matthews or fish. >> ashley: no kidding, brooke singman thank you. the alex murdaugh trail say this dog kennel for the oath that

placed him at the scene sealing his fate of two consecutive life terms sentences for the murders of maggie and paul. speak with the story line of him being there and doing it, that is the one that was full of doubt, full of holes, full of confusion. we have this huge case paula mackey are not able to be there themselves. but paul is able to be a witness for himself. >> ashley: "fox & friends" with exclusive interview with a juror later on today. murdaugh to face 99 fraud charges, money laundering and expected to prepare for an appeal on his murder conviction claiming the judge allowed too much evidence of his financial wrongdoings to be presented. it comes as only remaining son, buster murdaugh makes a claim to the photographer sitting outside of the condo with his girlfriend and the sheriff's office is planning to patrol patrol cars around his home.

>> todd: nearly 2 billion pills of fentanyl seized. the bill reform laws are not helping as they are being lit back out on the streets after taken into custody. joining me now, ray, great to have you on the program. what does new york state need to do today to keep the fentanyl dealers from not only poisoning new york state but quite frankly, the entire country because new york is an area where goods come in and distributed to the other 49 states. >> the first thing they can do is make the distribution of fentanyl a per se veil eligible offense. >> todd: why haven't they done it yet? we have known about fentanyl for a couple of years now. we know how it is poisoning literally the entire country. why haven't we done this yet? >> you know, they just will not look at reality.

2 milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill someone. and they require up to 8 ounces of fentanyl before we can ask for a bail on fentanyl cases. that is enough, 8 ounces of fentanyl is enough fentanyl to kill a quarter of a million people. so obviously, that is way too high. we need to change that. per se dealing fentanyl, prosecutors can seek they will. >> todd: that is mind numbing with such a tiny amount to kill. i would broaden this out, ray. this is a war on america. so why are not leaders in new york state but nationally coming together regardless of like we did world war ii. you look at the foot of listen to the stories, the entire nation came together to fight back world were too. yet not year. different rules and some people not acknowledging there is a problem. why are we coming together? >> i think it is because we are

not looking at things with common sense. if you look at my county, suffolk county, we had 30 murders last year. 300 death overdose from opioids. so obviously, we need to do something. i called the bail while a frankenstein monster because they keep cutting it up and adding exceptions to the very lax bail laws to begin with. what they need to do is adopt a standard of dangerousness. when an individual engages in behavior that is a danger to the community, we can seek bail on that basis. that is what the federal system has in the past majority of state systems have as well. that is a system that makes sense. >> todd: i am glad you mentioned those facts because the numbers tell the story. new york d.a. seizing 1900 pounds of fentanyl last year. and over 3,000 fetal overdose has occurred in new york city,

80% of them attributed to fentanyl. a look at it this way, if this deal or poison someone with anthrax, the state and the feds, quite frankly, these dealers would be behind bars instantaneously. so why is deadly poisoning by fentanyl treated as it is just an overdose. this is just drugs. they need rehab. it seems we treat this like the poisoning it is. >> you are absolutely right. the anthrax, it is -- the family doesn't care. the victim, they don't care what substance killed them here they have been killed by highly, highly dangerous substance agait 2 milligrams is what a mosquito ways come enough to kill one individual. so, the risk, the danger is self apparent in a few deal fentanyl, you should expect that the prosecutors will seek bail. >> todd: the governor said she's adding fentanyl to the list of drugs.

that is a start but certainly not enough. a lot more needs to be done. ray tierney, thanks, keep up the fight come appreciate it. a snapshot of liberal san francisco where a massive tent city overtaking a farmers' market. drug addicts moving vendors away. the next guest took this photo and says it's not likely a third world country but like living in a fourth world country. she has here to tell us all about it. >> ashley: kamala harris takes us down memory lane. did you see this yet? >> will show you a simple story, i went home one day and said, "why are conservative spada, mommy? because i thought we were supposed to conserve? and i couldn't reconcile it but now i can. [laughter] >> ashley: okay, tomi lahren can't wait to talk about this when she's on deck. >> todd: oh, that cackle. ♪ ♪

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randi weingarten to slam governor ron d santos but it backfires big time. the second largest teachers union writing this grammatically inaccurate disaster of a posed, "desantis should be fixated on the cost of issues in florida. housing is unaffordable, home insurance worse but instead he is expanding gun access, defunding public schools, and banning everything he dislikes. teachers, journalists and the vulnerable." she is in charge of the teachers. that is not good and after responding to the tweet, randi weingarten commenting on everything before comparing her to a mafia boss. the press secretary pointing out, randy should be fixated on why so many parents left new york for florida. maybe because they want to be as far away as possible for schools where randi weingarten has influence. right there, governor ron desantis standing behind his record on education,

listen. >> i can win landslide election 1.5 million votes and the left can still try to impose its agenda through these other avenues to society. we recognize that threat more than what happens in the legislature. obviously you need to win back those fights. for example we ban critical race theory k-12 schools, no gender ideology, of course a tussle with disney but second-grader should not be told they were born in the wrong body. now with the public universities, we are eliminating the ei programs, which are basically ideological indoctrination, racially discriminatory, and it is spread like wildfire through every college in the united states. so we are upholding the concept of individual merit, treating people as individuals and based on the content of character, not trying to divvy up people by some woke sweepstakes. >> ashley: california governor gavin newsom said his

state is done with walgreens over its decision to stop selling abortion pills in 20 states. california won't be doing business with walgreens or any company that cowers to extremist and puts women's lives at risk. we are done. this comes after 23 attorney general threaten legal action against the pharmacy and continue to sell the abortion pill in their states. it violates construct up which bands mailing of materials and walgreens is not a certified distributor of the drug appeared to be clear, walgreens will still sell the pill in california. take a listen, homeless encampments in san francisco but will eat to where the farmer's markets. they are not interested in setting up shop next to drug addicts and dealers. >> todd: jay chandler is a resident who took that photo and joins us. that photo absolutely shocking. describe in your own words what

it is like to live that firsthand. >> it is unbelievable. i think san francisco is on its way to become the next detroit. people are leaving. this is our closing down. it is very unacceptable to this lifestyle. i mean, the farmers' market used to be the heart and soul of the city. now, we can't even have that. >> ashley: you say you can't have that but it's still going, correct? >> it is still going but only five vendors left. we used to have rows and rows of fresh vegetables. now, part of it is taken over by drug dealers on the sidewalk. there are vendors and stolen goods. >> ashley: what about the customers? how many people show up on any given weekend or day? >> it used to be crowded. i think now you can count it on

maybe two hands. would you want to shop like that? would you want to shop for vegetables and a place where addicts are on the floor, suffering? look at the caution tape. it is just unbelievable. >> todd: i feel bad for the customers. i really feel bad for the farmers trying to sell their goods. here is one farmer at the market, homeless camps are pretty bad for business. listen. >> they turned the department of library into a homeless camp and really destroyed the farmers' market. sales have plummeted ever since they put that camp there. >> todd: ginny, what do the farmers tell you? >> it is kind of dangerous. they are scared to sell their goods at the market. and also, he was talking about it because $61,000 per tent for people to live there.

it is not even an apartment. so that will give $5,000 a month to operate those tents. once they were gone, they were offering free snacks if going in there to do drugs. and they put it next to the farmers' market. why did they decide to do that? i remember boating on it, and i have no idea where they put it there. and then drug dealers are coming in and trying to sell their goods. so, yeah. >> ashley: jani, are the homeless people and drug addicts, have you heard of the situation or seen a situation where they were harassing vandals or customers by chance? >> yes, i have and it is just the violence at the farmers' market as well. i think someone was just arrested recently from being violent on the street and the farmers' market.

i mean, the overdose, too here there are so many people who overdose right next to the farmers' market. this has been going on for maybe three years now. i think the pandemic is almost over. it is over. so, i think it is time to just clean up our act and have -- and bring it back, bring back our farmers' market. >> todd: ginny my lived in california and when i was there, san francisco was the hardest not just in california but the country. you couldn't touch it unless you were coming to the table with a lot of money whether trying to run a business or live there. everything was through the roof. the last couple of years, the downhill drop has been so significant, why? >> i mean, it is still expensive to live here. so, i mean the cost is off the roof. the city makes it superhard for

a small business to run their business, and rent is still somewhat high. so, you still can't touch it unless you have a lot of money. now, we just have tents. and drug dealers and drug addicts for our atmosphere. >> todd: but why, why did it go downhill so fast do you think? was it covid, or something else? >> i think it is a combination of a lot of things. now we have 20,000 drug addicts living on the street. the last time that they counted, and it's not that we don't have money to fix it. the cost, i think they were also using -- it cost $800 million out of state budget. so i think someone is emerging themselves in the situation. and it is just -- >> ashley: jani, i have one

more question. speak with a drug dealings incredible. >> ashley: i have a question, you talk about illicit drug use going on, violence and drug use going on about three years now. do the math 2020 is when it started but lately you said it is getting worse. is there a police presence and are you protected by the police? >> so that there is a nonprofit and they are there. today, the farmers' market was not going on but the police were trying to arrest somebody. i don't know what was happening. there was too much commotion. you can see from this video and even if the police are there. >> ashley: they don't care. jenny chan. thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. hopefully we can get that situation under control.

it is horrible. thank you. fox news alert, we have breaking new details about the four americans kidnapped and thrown into the back of a truck by the mexican cartel. the video on your screen right now shows the entire thing. >> todd: wake up and address the threat on the other side of the border because republicans are ready for michael waltz to tell us the plan to bring in the troops. don't go anywhere. ♪ ♪ ... ♪

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>> todd: a fox news alert, suspects in mexico were wearing bullet proof vests while dragging one victim after another into a truck. scary scene. i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. it happened three blocks from the southern u.s. border in a cartel-control area.