certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist in our present and be to able to contextualize it and see where we exist in the history and in the moment as relates to the past, but the future. >> gutfeld next. >> todd: a fox news alert, the nation bracing for what is expected to be an explosive hearing on capitol hill this morning. witnesses expected to tell lawmakers the federal government is the middle man in a migrant child trafficking operation. let that sink in for a moment. you're watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the damming testimony from a woman who worked inside an inspector general's office at hhs, who says children work at

slaughter houses and restaurants to pay debtses to smugglers and traffickers. today they will call a hotline to say they are being abused, neglected and trafficked. it is argued the u.s. has become a middle man in a child trafficking operation by bad actors seeking to profit off the lives of children. brooke singman has more on what we will see today. >> brooke: when child migrants are found, they are transported to health and human services. the volume of unaccompanied children at the southern border has surged over the past two years with 70,000 this fiscal year. today's whistleblower testimony is expected to reveal how the surge is leading to explosive growth in child labor and the biden administration is ignoring

the warning signs. one witness, an hhs whistleblower will testify i thought i was placing children in loving homes and instead found children are being trafficked through network that begins with being smuggled to the u.s. border and the child is delivered to a sponsor, some sponsors are criminals and smugglers and some sponsors view children to be used for earning income. we are witnessing explosion of labor trafficking, not to mention the dangerous trek these children take in the first place. they are dropped off by smugglers putting pressure on border agents to care for them.

this will put pressure on the children and the teachers and on the school systems and another thing i want to point out, a lot of kids coming with parents or so-called parents, do not have the same lifestyle our american children have. >> brooke: the city of el paso will declare a state of emergency before the title 42 expiration date next month. no mention of el paso or the southern border in president biden's announcement yesterday. >> todd: horrific. bring in the texas policy foundation. robert, how can any member of the biden administration, responsible for this horrific border policy, who may be a parent, how can that person sleep at night knowing this is being done to children? >> good morning. it is horrifying.

150,000 minor illegal immigrant children disappeared into a modern slavery ring being facilitated by biden administration trafficking of the children across the country to individuals who some are criminals and nobody knows what is happening to the children. it is the biden administration, the co-chair of texas congressman monica escobar may want to call home and tell what is happening with migrant children being literally sold into slavery and human trafficking across the united states. >> ashley: the video we were just watching at the edge of the water, i believe one and a half or two year old that was dropped at the edge of the water circled and border patrol agent, thank god, runs to save that little child. so it is not only dangerous when

they get here, it is dangerous getting here and i think that speaks volumes. you see the cartel member run off. controversy keeping piling up on this administration and regardless of the timing, no timing is good when you see this going on and hear reportses like this from whistleblowers. my question is, will the biden administration start talking about it? americans deserve to hear from the president about controversies and crisis piling up on them. >> they deserve those answers and this is the record joe biden will have to run on as he's just recently reannounced he is running for reelection for president temperature is awful, which is too little of a word to

describe what is takes to get to this country and then they are dropped on the side of the united states and delivered by nonprofit n.g.o.s to individuals who would not pass a normal background check for foster care relationship. i think the states need to step in and take control of children and understand where three quarters of a million children have been deposit into the country, we do our humanitarian duty to make sure they are not abused and exploited. >> todd: biden administration has been unable to make contact with 85,000 of these children. you mentioned the president launched his reelection bid yesterday. here is what we did talk about after that announcement. >> president biden: our economic plan is working. we now have to finish the job

and there's more to do. the threat maga republicans pose as they take us to a place we've never been. they rather see kids and seniors struggle with what they need, people on medicaid lose their healthcare. same trickle-down dressed in maga clothing, only worse. >> todd: he said it is time to finish the job. if he does finish the job, can america recover? >> it is a threat, finish the job of finishing off america. joe biden announced re-election efforts, talk about his record. during his presidency, record-high inflation, high energy prices, we have the border crisis and our international affairs in shambles as the united states relationship with china and russia is all-time low. we've lost two embassies under

the presidency. talk about the fact joe biden's cabinet is a disgrace with department of justice being corrupt and homeland security being inept. this is a lead weight around the neck of every democrat running for re-election in 2024. >> ashley: his speech was devicive, constantly using the term maga, and maga republicans and gaslighting americans who may not like donald trump, but 50% of america essentially voted for donald trump. dr. fauci giving fascinating interview to the "new york times" about the pandemic, saying show me a school or factory i shut down, never. i gave a public health recommendation that echoed the cdc recommendation and people made a decision based on that. he is washing his hands and

stepping away from this. >> it is no surprise that fauci and those responsible for the covid pandemic lockdown want to white wash history that occurred here. the blame falls on so-called health professionals and bureaucrats that close schools and churches, ruin lives, close businesses. we have to remember what was done in the so-called name of science that has been dispelled, we've learned truth about misinformation being given by the government and we have to guarantee abuses lead by dr. fauci happen to americans or to our civil liberties. >> todd: he's never going to apologize. robert, thank you. michael cloud on the subcommittee will talk about coronavirus pandemic and talk

about randi weingarten looked into the forced closure of school and consequences it had on students. >> ashley: the fox news alert, mastermind killed behind kabul airplaneport attack during the afghanistan withdrawal. >> todd: lucas tomlinson has breaking details. >> lucas: u.s. officials say the isis leader was killed by the taliban earlier this month and the u.s. had nothing to do with it. the white house has not provided any evidence or given the name of who orchestrated this in afghanistan. the pentagon saying in a statement, the department of defense can confirm the senior isis-k plotter responsible for planning the august 26 2021 on abby gate was killed in afghanistan by the taliban in

early april. the united states was not involved in this operation. the department, alongside other components of the u.s. government is dedicated. -- frustrated by the lack of information and no name given to the isis leader killed or details. to me, ittel foos like a victory lap for the administration that the afghanistan debacle is over and done with, bull crap, that doesn't sit well with me. want the state department to share what it knows, the action review dated march 2022, is document are redactions despite having been completed for over a year. this document has yet to be shared with the american people. there is a strong effort to the fullest extent possible. michael mccaul wants the state

department to release personnel who warned kabul needed to start sooner and subpoenaed the secretary of state. >> todd: thank you, we'll be talking to the mother of one of the 13 servicemembers killed in the attack and we'll ask her if she thinks the white house should be taking the victory lap they are doing over it. don't miss that. >> ashley: new e-mails reportedly shows hunter biden talking about a meeting with antony blinken back in 2015. in one instance hunter forwarded this e-mail to a colleague serving on the board of ukrainian -- or natural gas company burisma, where he asked blinken, have a few minutes next week to grab a cup of coffee? would like your advice on a couple of things. blinken agreed to the meeting,

blinken currently secretary of state under president biden has been accused of trying to cover up the hunter biden laptop story in the runup to the 2022 election. he testified blinken had a hand in a letter that sought to discredit the "new york post" report. >> todd: hunter legal drama, arkansas judge ordering him to appear in court monday morning. the mother of one of hunter's children says he withheld evident in the dispute. it has been confirmed he is the father of the child, even though he denied having a relation. he agreed to pay monthly child support, but the case is active. the woman is pushing for hunter to be jailed until he complies with the court. legal matters may come together if hunter is forced to disclose financial records in arkansas. listen. >> you would think this arkansas

matter would be a private matter, as joe biden said, it is about his illegitimate daughter he wants to reduce child support payments to. what makes it more than a private matter, is the fact for the first time, we will see hunter biden be forced to disclose his financial records and that will be very interesting. we will want to see about the divestment, as his lawyer told us of 10% stake in bhr. >> todd: another part of joe biden's campaign strategy, blame republicans for his own failures. >> they are fighting to put fentanyl on the street by defunding border patrol, their proposal makes clear only things house republicans are committed to giving toern ms are increased crime. >> todd: can you smell the gas from the gaslighting? wait until you see how the rnc

is responding. >> ashley: speaking of crime, did you hear that? >> makes the prias that essentially has a device on their cars which is super easy to remove instead of them having to manufacture a car that actually is not so easy to be stolen. >> ashley: a los angeles councilwelcomes not blaming criminals, she is blaming toyota for stealing catalytic converters. debunk that claim.

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cross the border and children will continue to be left behind and american families will be worse off. obviously the white house, kjp is doing gaslighting 101, everything she said is what democrats are doing. my fear, ash, and always has b been, if that is only news you are taking in and they are

putting forward press conferences without the other side, some independent voter may think republicans are doing this stuff, which they are not doings. republicans need to be stronger on messaging and calling out this gaslighting. it is a lie. >> the problem, and i couldn't agree more, only a handful of networks will cover this and might just be us. for people who get news from twitter or enstagram, they side headlines and say the biden administration is doing their job and republicans are clamping down on this when maybe independent voters do want the border secure, they do want more control of crime and getting fentanyl off the street. they are just getting away with

flat out lying. where is the proof that republicans are trying to fill the streets with fentanyl? >> todd: there is no proof. >> ashley: biden administration is in charge and have to shut it down, this is on them. >> todd: it is beyond that, there is no proof because it doesn't happen. democrats are responsible for self-stated policy from defund the police and open borders and the crime ills we see in society and they say, we will blame republicans, the fear is that some independent will be like, republicans are at fault here. >> ashley: that ai generated response was frightening. >> todd: it is truer than you want to believe. >> ashley: frightening because it could happen, we are not too far off from that if you look at what is happening in america right now. >> todd: one thing referenced san francisco claiming

prosecutors are dropping the case against the man seen in this video repeatedly bashing the former fire commissioner in the head with a crowbar leading a man needing skill surgery. the wild part, prosecutors argue the homeless assailant was working on self-defense and prosecutors claim he instigated the assault by pepperspraying the man who lived outside his mother's property. i feel like we use the phrase, you can't make that up, he is defending his mom. say yes, he did use pepperspray, unclear whether those are the facts, he was assaulted with a crowbar. pepperspray does not warrant a

crowbar attack and another line i want to reference, he was practicing his swinging but said it was self-defense. a prosecutor says this is uncons unconscionable. >> ashley: what are they thinking? they are not thinking. what was he practicing for? whether or not there was a verbal confrontation to ask someone to leave the area of his elderly mother, it is a verbal confrontation, people don't get beat over the crowbar by strange who shouldn't be there. >> todd: you can't escalate to a crowbar situation. >> ashley: you cannot make sense of this, there is no rationalizing this, it goes to show, san francisco, a lot of

places on the west coast like portland, seattle, san francisco, they are imploding everyday. you hear something and think it can't get worse, but it does >> where is the accountability? the guy who got beat, wooy had his friend on here the day or two after that happened and he was like, it was a bad situation, thank god he was a big guy. not sure he would have survived it. could you imagine being in that situation just defending your mother? >> todd: let's point out, this is the da that is the good one. they got rid of cheese /* chesa

boudin. >> ashley: motion to target krenls for wave of catalytic convert or thefts all over the city, not everyone on board, one councilwoman says blame car companies for the crime. >> we have a company, the prias, toyota makes the prias that essentially has a device on their cars, which is super easy to remove, right, that is put in a place that is incredibly easy to access in your car and then the thefts related to this issue have essentially all of the cost of that are given to us to bear instead of them having to manufacture a car that is not so easy to be stolen. >> ashley: this is not a joke. this was a serious, very serious situation. how did our country get to the

point where you blame the car companies instead of the criminals? this is in los angeles, i'm not too shocked this is coming from a progressive like this in los angeles. but how in the world are you going to blame toyota? and i want to point out, just to get a car like this fixed is like $2 to $3000, so a lot are unreports because people can't afford to get them replaced. there is a paper trail of every one of these, it wouldn't be too hard to trace it back. i don't know why there is no stricter laws on this in california. there are stricter laws in other places in the country, but not california. there was a 728% increase in cata littic converter thefts

just since 2013, huge increase. >> todd: first time in human history we refuse to punish criminals and make the job of being a criminal easier. the fact they are blaming toyota, saying toyota and all carmakers need to redo how they have built cars since henry ford started the model t with regard to a cata littic converter speaks volumes as to how unserious they are and they refuse to blame the criminal for the first time in human history, it just shows how far our country has fallen and we're in big trouble if we don't wake up soon, not just in l.a. criminals are bad guys, treat bad guys like bad guys, lock them up and don't coddel them like liberals and the left want

to do. >> ashley: absolutely. transgender swimmer lia thomas has message for anyone who thinks it is unfair for biological men to compete in women sports. they are using the guys of feminism to push transphobic beliefs and a lot of people carry implicit bias against trans people. >> ashley: more from the whirlwind interview. >> todd: and aaron rodgers heads to play for the jets in the big apple, east rutherford, new jersey. more from his heartfelt thank you to fans right after this. we planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. you think those two have any idea? that they can sell their life insurance policy for cash? so they're

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>> president biden: we are a nation where we give hate no

safe harbor. everyone is equal and should be given a fair shot to succeed in this country. >> todd: riley gaines calling out that message from president biden telling fox thats president biden wants to treat people equally. last week every member of biden's political party voted against protecting women's sports. woman's biological sex. riley gaines has been speaking out since she tied with transgender swimmer lia thomas last year. >> ashley: lia thomas is speaking out against her former teammates, listen. >> we respect your identity, we don't think it is fair, they are using the guise of feminism to

push transphobic beliefs and play it off as half support. >> that is in response to letters written by 16 teammates who told the school that thomas had an unfair advantage since being a biological male. thomas says she is not responsible for the growing debate. president biden proposing to raise the debt ceiling, here is biden taking aim at republicans yesterday. >> president biden: same old trickle-down dressed in maga clothing, only worse because this time they are saying they get their way, if they don't get their way and biden doesn't agree to the cuts, they will let the country default on their debts.

>> todd: rebecca wallser joins us now. apparently spending within our means, what is what kevin mccarthy wants us to do is viewed as bad booze joe biden and the democrats, right? >> yeah, this is sad it is he said, she said, they will, they won't. americans can see through this and know we need to be able to pay our bills and that ability is more jep niezed since the doctor became the world's currency. >> ashley: senator joe manchin was on hannity, listen to this. >> if kevin mccarthy is able to pass his legislation and send to the senate, there is a lot of good things we can work with and a lot i don't agree with.

you have to start negotiation. >> ashley: joe manchin is middle of the road and said he agrees with some, doesn't with others. he is willing to sit down with mccarthy. if mccarthy is so far on one side, what agreement can they come to? >> yeah, that is the question thchl is difficult. you have two sides planting their flag and saying, i can understand speaker mccarthy's reticence, biden is not having a negotiation. it is, disregard the fact the house changed color and i will not deal with republicans and the house changes so that president could be held accountable. get yourself with a compromise for the entire country, not just

one party or the other. looking for true leadership and someone needs to step forward and make it happen. there is a looming deadline date if we're not able to pay our bills and therefore has to get done. >> todd: if we don't solve the debt problem now, stop kicking the can down the road, severe implication from national security to economy to everything, are almost too incomprehensible to imagine. same with the next topic. 20 countries shown interest in joining china and russia anti-dollar alliance hoping to weaken u.s. currency. this is not a theory, it is happening. the train has left the station. what happens to america if the dollar is no longer the world's currency? >> yeah, this is something i've

been talking about and warning about and trying to get to the public knowledge space and it is just gaining temperature is a little too late now. what you are saying is what the average american needs to understand issue the u.s. dollar in 1971, became the world's reserve after world war ii, that ended in 1971 with richard nixon. in 1974, because of not being asset-backed, henry kissinger agreed to create the petro dollar, linking oil sales and crude with opec nation in u.s. dollars only. that forces countries to go buy our dollars to buy their crude. that ended when russia got kicked out of swift last year. russia invaded ukraine, the west replied with sanctions, cutting

russia off the international payment system involving the dollar. that was not smart, they brought forward their plan to have an alternative second reserve with their eastern block of nations forward and they have been actually bypassing us for sometime now. the bricks block you are talking about had a net trade surplus last year 387, whereas the european block had a negative trade surplus of 437. what we're saying is this block could leave us behind and holding the bag because we were arrogant to weaponize the dollar for geopolitical reasons. this is happening very fast. >> ashley: when those sanctions were put on russia, they laughed, that is all, it didn't matter to them. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> todd: today aaron rodgers is

newest member of jets issue jets jets. he became a member of the green bay packers here and bidding heartfelt farewell to them. i have gratitude to the packers, incredible fans, state of wisconsin and the thousands of players and men and women who work for the organization and amazing people i got to meet along the way. my heart is soul is filled with love, joy and peace about my time in green and gold. rodgers spent 18 seasons with the packers since be ing drafte, led them to the super bowl win in 2010. crazy to think of aaron rodgers no longer with the packers, a few in the building, one over there and one in the booth that are happy he will allegedly bring the jets back to the playoffs. >> ashley: he was there 16 or 17

years and not to see him in those colors, in green bay, i was going to say he might get warmer weather, but he will not. if you have a winter like this year, might be different. >> todd: aaron rod gers in 2005 with alex smith and other players went ahead of him and he was looking so sad and had the best career and we'll see if it know its along. >> ashley: it is not that i -- i'm brilliant when it comes to football, it's my thing. can he make that big of a difference with jets? >> todd: yes. their quarterback last year couldn't throw the ball. it will make a difference. first look at urgent vauksz of u.s. citizens in sudan. >> ashley: the clock is ticking for americans to escape the war zone during a brief ceasefire.

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>> ashley: eight bodies found in cancun, one of mexico's most popular tourist dest nagszs. authorities believe they were

dumped a week ago. the disturbing discovery comes as cartel violence rages in mexico. travel guidance was issued last month. 112,000 people are currently reported missing in mexico. i was just talking about this story earlier in the morning. we were talking about going to mexico. am i dumb? why consider that? there is absolutely no chance even if it is some place deemed safe, no chance i'm stepping foot in mexico. this place is dangerous and they are so embolden right now. i feel like more than ever, actually i don't know if it is because there is a spotlight on them and we are seeing and hearing more of them. when you see 112,000 reported

missing in mexico, the number makes you wonder, has this been happening all along or just now because we are highlighting it? a lot of places the state department says do not travel here. we saw the four people who went to mexico a month ago and were kidnapped and two killed. that is frightening thchl is starting to infiltrate the hotel zone, resorts. people go to have a good time and this happens. you're not going to step me stepping foot into mexico. >> todd: mexican government has no control, there is the official mexican government and the cartels, who are a basic nation state at this point in time. i'm not going to mexico, none of my family is going to mexico and that is sad, it is a beautiful place issue great people, culture and food, not worth your life. >> ashley: we were thinking like

cabo, not even there, staying in the united states, where my dollars are going to go. >> todd: daytona beach. >> ashley: plenty places in florida to visit. military officials releasing photos of the evacuation of the u.s. embassy staff from sudan, military undertaking rescue operations amidfierce urban fighting in the city home to the u.s. embassy. 400 have been killd and thousands hurt. u.s. africa command says diplomatic staff has been evacuated from the u.s. embassy and returned. >> todd: taliban killing suspected isis mastermind behind the kabul attack during the withdrawal from afghanistan in august of 2021. the pentagon saying the united states was not involved in this

operation, our thoughts and prayers with the family of the 13 servicemember lost at abby gate who sacrifice for our nation will always be remembered. do you sleep easier at night knowing the biden administration for all intents and purposes is relying on the taliban to fight the war on terror? think about the statement i just said and read, would that statement be conceivable in the days, weeks and months following 9/11? think about that for a moment. how far has our country gone on the international stage that we're taking a victory lap and by we, i mean the biden administration, not the families of servicemember, not the majority of americans, i'm talking about the biden administration taking a victory lap for the taliban killing an isis leader, saying looks like we were right for leaving

afghanistan. you were not right the way you handled it, that led the taliban, our enemy, don't let them fool you, let the taliban take control of this country, you are taking credit for this, this is sickening and should sicken every single american. >> ashley: i hear this, it makes me sick to my stomach, you have to refer back to the 12-page report that gives three fourths of a page to each servicemember killed. they didn't care then and don't care now. >> todd: we have the pictures of the servicemembers in front of us. never forget their sacrifice issue kids went to honor their nation and they were killed because of a horrific policy the biden administration is trying to take credit of. and whistleblower accusing the united states of being a middle man. >> ashley: first look at

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>> todd: a fox news alert, the nation bracing for an explosive hearing on capitol hill this morning. witnesses preparing to tell lawmakers that the federal government is the middleman in massive child trafficking operation. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the damming testimony from a woman who worked inside an inspector general's office at hhs, who says, children will work overnight shifts at slaughter houses, restaurants to pay debts to smugglers and traffickers. children will call a hotline. it can be argued that the u.s. government has become the middle-man in large scale mui