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flights are delayed or canceled. new rules could give vouchers for meals, hotels, and new flights if they are slowed down in getting to their destination. >> sandra: after months of issues at airports all over the country, biden administration says it will make airlines think twice before they scrap a flight. but will it do anything to fix the problems the airlines say cause the problems in the first place? >> john: oh, don't you just love to fly. john roberts in washington. strap in, sandra, here we go. >> sandra: i can guarantee everybody listening has their own personal horror stories of travelling recently. welcome, i'm sandra smith in new york. big money show panel is here, jackie deangelis and brian brenberg will react to what we hear from the president a short time from now. >> john: first fox news alert, all hands on deck in the lone star state. 545 texas national guard troops

deployed to hot spots across the southern border. >> sandra: video shows the first group of troops arriving in el paso hours ago as governor abbott's request comes to fruition. tasked with turning back the thousands of migrants waiting to cross the border once title 42 comes to an end. >> john: texas border town struggling as shelters fill to capacity. the governor slamming the administration for ending the pandemic-era policy. >> president biden is laying down a welcome mat to people across the entire world saying that the united states border is wide open. it's going to cause a catastrophic disaster. >> sandra: brand-new analysis from former border patrol chief in just moments, but first fox team coverage, c.b. cotton uncovering the crisis unfolding thousands of miles away from the

southern border. >> john: and bill melugin is live on ground in brownsville, texas. what are you seeing there today? >> john, what we are seeing are the numbers are exploding. border patrol says over the weekend, made more than 26,000 migrant apprehensions, average of almost 9,000 per day. that is highest daily average i have seen during my coverage of the border crisis and it is not slowing down. take a look at the images, one of the biggest single groups we have ever come across here at the southern border, a line almost as far as the eye can see. hundreds upon hundreds of migrants crossing illegally, mostly adult men. almost no children, very few women in the group as the rio grand valley sector is inundated with thousands of illegal crossing every day. also here in brownsville, a

major tragedy yesterday. we want to warn our viewers some is graphic, eight migrants are dead, ten others injury, after a driver plowed his suv into group of them outside of a migrant shelter. graphic scene, bodies flying all over the place, and police have announced the driver has been arrested and charged with eight counts of manslaughter, this mug shot, he is a local brownsville man, george alvarez, extensive rap sheet in texas. eight counts of manslaughter, ten counts of deadly weapon, and $3.6 million bond. trying to determine what the motive was, if there was a sinister motive at all. and then el paso is overwhelmed, take a look at the images, several hundred migrants pushed through a gap in the border wall waiting to be processed by border patrol. i'm going to wrap up here, told

we have breaking news, guys, one final point, more than 18,000 known got-aways at the border last week alone according to border patrol patrol. back to you. >> john: thank you. >> sandra: major new rules announced by the white house, telling us they are going to fix the problem with the airlines and cancellations. here is the president. >> covid vaccine and the supply chain problems i know how many are frustrated from the service from the airlines. especially after you, the american taxpayers stepped up in 2020, the last administration, in the early days of the pandemic to provide nearly $50 billion insistance to keep the airline industry and employees afloat. i get it. our top priority has been to get american air travelers a better deal. we made real progress, some of just heard, historically delays and cancellations are the airlines' fault, the law has

only required to refund customers the price of their flight ticket but not the cost of meals or hotels or transportation when you get left in limbo. in fact, a year ago almost no major airline guaranteed any compensation beyond the price of the ticket if they caused their delay, the delay was their fault. no reimbursement for hotel after canceled flight or meal after a delayed flight. we challenged them to do better, and they did. airlines started to change their policies when they are at fault for cancelling or delaying a flight. now nine major airlines cover hotels, ten cover meals, ten rebook for free, that's a real savings for middle class and working class families. for example, to rebook fees could run as high as $200 per ticket. now you don't have to pay anything to rebook for most airlines. and that $200 is back in your

pocket, even more if you travel with your family. but that's not all. at my state of the union address i pointed out airlines charging up to $50 a ticket just to you can sit next to your child. as i've said, baggage fees are bad enough for that you know on the cost. airlines can't just treat a child like a piece of baggage. guess what happened. major airlines changed their ways. american, alaskan, frontier islands addressed family seating so parents can sit next to their child. and important steps toward guaranteeing freed family seating, no cost beyond the cost of the original cost of the ticket. for families, that's money back in your pocket. and that's good -- that's a piece -- that gives you piece of mind. but there's more. last fall the department of transportation proposed a rule that will be finalized this

year. it would require airlines to show you the full ticket price up front before you purchase it, including fees for baggage, for internet, for changing your seat. you can get a fuller more accurate price before you purchase your ticket and you can compare prices and pick the best deal. we are not stopping there. we know how frustrating delays, cancellations and rebookings are for travelers. last holiday season travelers are stranded for days and had to skranl bell to find other ways for reaching their destinations. many missed family gatherings, spent christmas at an airport, waited countless hours in line or on the phone because there were not enough pilots or personnel. that's unacceptable. and flight delays and cancellations have come down since then, they are still a problem. american air travelers deserve better and that's what we are

doing here today, and proud to announce two critical steps my administration is taking to protect american air passengers. first, we just launched a new website, flightsright.gov. it features a dashboard we created last fall to give travelers more transparency into airlines compensation policies. so, if it's the airlines' fault and your flight was canceled or delayed, you can check the dashboard to see how the airline should be compensating you like rebooking a flight or accommodating your hotel room or, and your meals. and today we have expanded to include airlines guaranteeing additional compensation like cash, miles, or travel vouchers. here is the deal. if you look at the dashboard today you'll find only two airlines guarantee additional compensation beyond the ticket refund. if your flight is very delayed or canceled, and the airline

could have prevented that and you deserved more than just getting the right of your ticket, fully compensated, time matters, impact on your life matters. announcing a second critical step to protect american consumers. my administration will propose a historic new rule to make it mandatory, not voluntarily but mandatory to compensate you with meals, hotels, taxis, ride shares and rebooking fees and cash miles and/or travel vouchers whenever they are the ones to blame for the cancellation or delay. and that's all on top of refunding the cost of your ticket. airline passengers in canada and the european union already get compensations and guess what, it works. one study find the european union required to compensate for

flight delays, number of flight delays went down. i appreciate secretary buttigieg on this issue and hoping for the department of transportation to move as quickly as it can to put this new rule in place, it matters. i know these things may not matter to the very wealthy but they matter most to the middle class families and people struggling to get in the airline, and so look, these actions are in addition to other progress we were making, the lower cost for american families. holding corporations accountable, and grow our economy from the bottom up and the middle out, not just the top down. i signed a ground breaking executive order on competition that is helping us to do everything from lowering the cost of hearing aids to banning noncompete clauses, and my state of the union address you may recall i called for an end to junk fees, that is those hidden surcharges you see at hotels,

concerts and credit card bills you didn't know about before you got the ticket. i continue to call on congress to pass the junk free prevention act, that's what american consumers deserve. i'm going to close with this. we are making problems but we have more to do to reverse decades of concentrated corporate power and the continuing to lower prices and increasing opportunities for families, workers and small business owners and entrepreneurs. so let's finish the job. remember who we are as i've said many times, we are the you state of america, there's nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together. this is just about being fair, it's about being fair. god bless you all, may god protect our troops. thank you. [indiscriminate yelling] >> sandra: i don't even know what that was. i don't know how you -- i don't know how you can restrict business and think that it's going to improve customer

service. that was incredible. i mean, i don't know exactly what they are laying out, i went to the transportation website, by the way, he said it was flightrights.gov, it redirects you to transportation.gov, a checklist what they are urging the airlines to do but i don't see any actionable thing on this website. >> john: i think they are probably still writing it. articulate the policy and then come up with the details and see if you can get whatever authority. but you know what, i actually agree with biden on something here, what he said about this working in other countries, that if you hit the airlines in the pocket book they just might improve their service. i don't know, we'll see. >> sandra: have you seen airline stocks? they were not even profitable in 2022. so going after an injury -- i mean, an industry that's been so stifled, so regulated, right, they are so restricted in so many areas, this is not a

defense of when they do get it wrong but it's not an industry with happy times. they have -- >> john: look at the happy times for the customers, wasn't a lot of that over the christmas holidays. i don't know, the airline -- it's easy to hate the airlines. >> sandra: don't worry, the government is here to help. brian brenberg and jackie deangelis, hope of big money. do we think the federal government is going to improve customer service or should we rely on the capitalism model and competition to improve customer service, dictating to the airlines what they have to do, is that going to help? >> it's ridiculous to see the president of the united states, this president in particular with all the issues he's botched, all the things he should be working on, he's standing up and talking about booking a flight and what happens when it's canceled. that is completely crazy. number two, the only thing that's going to fix anything in the market is more competition.

this will make it harder to have more competition in the airline industry. that's what you need. the only thing this accomplishes is raising your prices. wealthy won't care, they can pay the higher prices but if you are a budget traveller, get ready. your prices will go through the roof. >> sandra: the very person who stepped out there, first pete buttigieg, the transportation second, coming to the aid of the consumer suddenly, they have been in there a couple years now, we had the enormous catastrophe with the airlines, all the near misses, lines like this, people losing their luggage and he steps up to the microphone and promises he has the answers to fix things. he should have done it six months ago, a year ago. >> answer is you can have a free hotel room from your airline if the flight is canceled, it's a band aid, not addressing the root cause. we cannot blame everything on the airline themselves. many problems were during covid as a result of staffing shortages and pilots retiring

and things that happened when we shut our country down. and the faa is partially to blame for some of the cancellations and the scheduling and the crowdedness of everything happening as well, so you have an administration saying more regulation, more rules for the airlines, we are not going to have them fix the problems to make it better at a service. >> sandra: and what's at the root of the problems, staffing shortages. people were not going to work and airlines said we don't have a pilot, we don't have flight attendants, we cannot take this flight off safely so what about was just announced addresses the root of the economic problems that have spurred -- we have to assume that it's in the airlines best interest to serve their customers and to serve them well. >> look, we don't have to love airlines either. yes, you have delayed flights, yes, they disappoint you, but the point is if you want to fix that you need more players in the space to say we'll do it better than the next guy.

if you get the government involved, this government involved, have they ever made something more cheap or better in any kind of sustainable way, barking up the wrong tree. >> they are saying we are going to make the airlines give you free things, vote for us, we'll make sure you get free things even if we have to destroy business to do it. >> sandra: how do the airlines do it? the first stocky bring up, american airlines group, biggest in the country over the past year, the stock is down 12%, bring a chart out five years, the stock is down 66%. i mean, a lot of these airlines are struggling. what i'm saying now, a lot of subjective nature and that can be very, very difficult for corporations to deal with that level of uncertainty when it comes to how they handle their money. the exact definition of a controllable cancellation or delay has not yet been provided

by the department of transportation. so how is a customer expected to set out and hold their airline accountable if they don't even know how to define a controllable cancellation or delay? >> all they are going to do, cut the number of flights, and raise prices. that's how an airline will adapt to this, so much uncertainty, that's the way they can control their exposure to it. if you are a budget traveller, you want low prices forget about it. you are not going to be able to afford it. yes, when you get canceled you may get a free hotel room. >> sandra: he says he's out to help the middle class, out to help -- >> they are not going to fly as much. >> sandra: this will raise prices. >> prices are already high, service is already terrible, the flights are already packed, it's almost unbearable to travel. i can't see how a hotel room if my flight is canceled is going to make me want to pay more for the ticket and deal with the

problems that still exist. >> sandra: and people are frustrated right now and flying is not pleasant, it's extremely uncertain, you don't know what's going to happen, the airlines are jam packed, luggage is lost. any real solution out there? addressing the staffing crisis would be one thing. >> just remember how much covid messed up air travel. it was hard to operate in that. number two, to your point, we have an economy and a labor market where you have too many people on the sidelines. industry after industry can't get workers, that's why the stuff costs and you can't get it when you want. >> sandra: yet demand is up. >> bring pilots and the standards down for them, somebody who can pass a certain level of standard will fly the next plane. >> sandra: we want to see improvement in the industry, but some might question whether or not the government is stepping in to help will do anything. we'll see where that goes. thank you very much. john. >> john: we could talk about this for hours. but, now back to our top story. border agents praising for a

surge with title 42 to end on thursday. ron, former acting ice director, you know a ton about this. so, title 42 comes off officially on thursday. alejandro mayorkas says we have a plan. listen to what he said. >> so we are prepared, number one. number two, we have a migration information center that is specifically set up to communicate with state and local officials and we have been doing so. we are using our fema regional coordinators as our key points of contact. >> john: ron, you are on the front lines. is this a plan he's got? >> doesn't sound like one, right. i was at the border last week and they are already seeing the surge, the sunset of title 42. so, 7,700 people coming to the border every 24 hours. >> john: over 8,000 now. >> yeah, and may 11, the people

who are reluctant to come across because they could get expelled back home or in mexico are waiting for thursday. so bad, really, really bad to worse starting on the 11th. >> john: the biden administration is saying ok, title 42 is coming off, so we are going to go back to title 8 to handle this. people at home go title 42, title 8, what's the difference. >> title 42 is public health law allowed cbp to expell people quickly, in less than an hour, depending on logistics and travel. and title 8 is the tool before the surge started, federal immigration law that covers the administrative procedures for immigration court and criminal law for felonies. >> john: take longer? >> take agents hours to process through title 8 for removal proceedings. >> john: in other words, we are going backwards. >> we are. and it's not which title you are

using, but what happens to people at the border, they face the risks and the arduous journey, and many are going to get away from authorities, not encountered by the border patrol. many people who get encountered by the border patrol, a brief stay, a couple hours or days in custody but then released and what happens when they are released, they encourage other people to come. >> john: call for number 3, full screen the pictures from earlier in the day. this is a pop-up tent on a levee outside of brownsville, texas. this looks like a port of entry with day workers lined up to come in and then back at the end of the day. illegal migrants on a levee trying to get entry into the united states. what's going to happen when title 42 comes off? >> exacerbate this problem. this is very frustrating to see because this is a symptom of the choices they made early on in this administration. they ripped down policies that

allowed people to wait in mexico for due process in immigration court and when he took the program down, this is the result of it. the whole world knows this is the time to come to the you state. and after thursday, one less tool to operate on the border. imagine the workforce, dhs front lines and families have to face the stress of the last couple of years. they knew this was a choice the administration was made but they made it anyway, knew what the results would be, but did it anyway. >> john: raul ortiz is tweeting, thousands of apprehensions, so many got-aways, this many pounds of marijuana and fentanyl seized, praises agents on the front lines but also sending a very loud signal to this

administration. chad was talking about this as well to say i don't care what y'all in washington are saying, this is what's happening on the border and people need to pay attention to it. >> no, i appreciate his leadership in that. he has a workforce that is understanding what has happened, what has occurred, and the choices this administration has made and his voice whether it's in public or to them directly is important. i encourage them to keep doing that. and it is in conflict about what we are hearing from political saying the border is closed, it's not a crisis, it's trump's fault, all that they have said it's an opportunity to set the record straight. >> john: sounds like he's combatting gaslighting by upper levels of the administration. >> it's a counter narrative to this administration and appreciative he's done it. >> john: he's on the front lines, and those are statistics that don't lie. >> there's a workforce there that will do almost anything we

ask them to do, as long as it's legal, ethical and moral. >> john: good to get the truth from someone these days. >> sandra: in the briefing room, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre is short to brief reporters a short time from now. we will listen in for the debt ceiling, including the president's announcements on airlines moments ago. >> john: we could talk about it for hours. and a decision close whether to charge hunter biden. a house committee wants them to hit the brakes, pause. they are set to unveil new evidence on wednesday and jonathan turley says it could be unwelcome news at the doj. >> this is not just about the president son, this is the entire biden family, including the president of the united

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>> sandra: closing arguments in the trial of e. jean carroll accuses former president trump of raping here in 1996. the defense team called no one. his team called her a liar, the former president's attorney now giving the closing argument, making it possible the jury could get the case later today. john. >> john: awaiting a verdict. federal prosecutors are close to deciding, and house republicans

are urging not to indict hunter yet, not until they reveal new evidence about the biden family business dealings. >> do not indict hunter biden before wednesday when you had the opportunity to see the evidence that the house oversight committee will produce. what they are looking at charging hunter biden on is a slap on the wrist. it's a drop in the bucket. so, wednesday will be a very big day. >> john: constitutional law attorney and fox news contributor jonathan turley joins me now. what do you think, jonathan, the chances are merrick garland will hear james comer and say oh, let's wait until after what comer has to say. >> curious thing, the investigation has moved at a glacial pace almost five years and then when the house republicans got the ability to investigate and issued subpoenas there was suddenly accounts of

whistleblowers coming forward of transactions and new information we had not previously heard of. some may be in the possession of the department of justice, but not necessarily these whistleblowers, so they constitute potential new witnesses. so curious after this long delay for the justice department not to wait to hear what the house committee has. but this is all part of a concern in washington that there's an effort to sort of cap off the scandal by getting an indictment to a limited number of charges, maybe even a plea, so not only the bidens but the media can declare this is now over, it's been fully investigated. it's not over. the house still in the field, they just got there, and they are uncovering a great deal. >> john: yeah, i'm just thinking the upper level at the doj, the political appointees at the doj will say to this, and i would

expect they'll probably say thanks very much, we'll run our own investigation. you go ahead and you do yours. because the fate of the president's son is at stake here and they don't want to be the ones to put hunter biden in the hoosgow, i would not think. >> i think that merrick garland will be sensitive to being accused of capping off a scandal, but the department of justice could very well say look, we have a lot of this information but more importantly we ruled out things like unregistered foreign agent or some crimes related to influence peddling. this really presents the department of justice with a tough call here because you know, they don't know what's coming out that gate, and if these are new witnesses, a lot of people will be scratching their heads about why the sudden push towards an indictment rather than hold off for about 48 hours. >> john: i read the article that

you wrote about hunter biden and the foreign agents registration act, you say robert mueller wielded that thing like a stick and beat just about every trump administration official he could with it, including paul manafort, but when it comes to fara, potential violations by hunter biden may make what manafort did pale in comparison. >> yeah, what's curious, the leaks from the department of justice refer to a couple of tax possible counts and gun charge but never included fara in the news accounts and for some of us who covered the paul manafort case and the cases during the trump administration, is just odd because the department of justice was using fara very aggressively not that long ago, but also these emails are filled with contacts and foreign interests, including some

connected to foreign governments and arrangements, including direct contacts between hunter biden and tony blinken and other officials during the obama administration. >> john: and we know blinken contacted mike murrel to blinken, and sent a letter to others in the intelligence community, including our dan hoffman who refused to sign it looking for a "talking point" for biden during the one debate they had in cleveland. so, the circle is not small in this case. >> no, it's not. washington can be a pretty incestuous place and the same figures keep popping up. and blinken has become an amazing figure that is being tied on different levels, tied to the letter, of course, but also tied to hunter biden.

i think that's one of the reasons why even a criminal charge would almost be welcomed if it could be narrow and could end this matter. but the people i think that want this to end quickly the most is the media. because they played a role in really sort of burying the scandal. >> john: exactly as you point out in one of your columns, did everything they could to make a nonstory something that turned out to be a legitimate story. jonathan, always great to get your take on things. thanks, see you soon. >> sandra: senator bernie sanders is not backing down on his push to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 over five years, he is warning there will be political consequences for anyone who does not support his bill. aishah hasnie is live on capitol hill. does this have any chance in the senate? >> sandra, good afternoon to you. a very, very, very small chance

of gaining 60 votes to overcome a gop filibuster, not a very good chance but still bernie sanders is saying he's going to push as hard as he can, even though it might be political maneuvering here. independent is hoping to more than double the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour over a five-year period, that's higher than the $15 wage he was trying to get into the american rescue plan in 2021. back then, eight democrats rejected his request, and including kirsten sinema, thumb's down and could cause some heartburn for some, face

tough re-elections in republican-leaning states. sanders was asked if he would support primary challengers for those who did not support his wage increase, listen to what he says. >> i don't think there's a state in the country where people do not believe we should raise the minimum wage, i would hope every member of congress understandsd political consequences as mary kay said if they don't. >> there will be political consequences, and some say it's bernie being bernie. you decide. >> thank you so much, john. >> john: press secretary karine jean-pierre set to take the podium as president biden's treasury secretary warns of chaos if the u.s. defaults on its debt. we will listen in once questions get underway. >> sandra: plus, activists shutting down a new york city

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>> john: dozens of protestors jumping on to subway tracks in new york city over the weekend as they demand charges be brought against marine veteran daniel penny for the chokehold death of a homeless man, jordan neely. we will hear about the case in moments but first, senior correspondent laura engel, covering this. the family of jordan neely making a public statement, what did they say, laura? >> john, the family of jordan neely has a message for new york city mayor eric adams, please give us a call. that is in a statement they sent out, saying they want him to snow jordan's life matters and that they believe marine vet daniel penny needs to be in prison. this protest you mentioned got out of hand on saturday with people jumping on the tracks and pushing back on police. nypd says a total of 13 people

were taken into custody. protestors were denouncing the death of jordan neely, neely started ranting and threatening passengers on board a subway car. investigators will ask if it was reasonable for him to put his hands on neely to try to subdue him. >> i think this is probably going to come down on the side of it being a crime, i think that there's going to be criminal charges and it's not murder, we know it was not intentional, it seems to be something more akin to an involuntary manslaughter. >> we'll wait on that. the death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner and as we wait to see if any charges will be filed there, is now a war of words between the lawyers and the family of both men. the law firm representing penny expressed condolences to the neely family also stating neely had a do you meaned history of violent and erratic behavior and

penny never intended to harm neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death. neely's family said it's not apology or nor expression of regret, but character assassination and why he believes he was entitled to take jordan's life. we are watching it. >> john: interesting to see how it comes out. laura, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: trial attorney mercedes colwin. great to have you here. daniel's lawyer said neely had a documented history of erratic and violent behavior, ongoing and untreated mental illness. when neely threatened penny and other passengers, daniel and the help of others acted to protect themselves. will they be able to prove it was the case? >> that's the great question.

totality of the circumstances of the chokehold, what was neely doing at the time that david penny and the other passengers were very afraid, we know that there were five calls to 911, the first call was about erratic behavior, threatening behavior of, obviously they don't know who it was at the time but jordan neely was the individual described in the 911 call. so the calls are very critical. you have to look into the minds of not just david penny, but the others and we see that other passengers were actually assisting david penny. so if criminal charges are lodged, we have to stow what happens with the passengers that helped as well. >> sandra: the family has issued a response to daniel penny's legal team calling it a character assassination, says daniel penny's press release is not apology or regret, a character assassination and why he believed he was entitled to take jordan's life.

he never attempted to help him at all. in short, his actions on the train and now his words show why he needs to be in prison. obviously emotions extremely high for both families. >> extremely. and we'll have to see what happens with the grand jury. the grand jury is confidential, don't know what evidence will be brought before them. if they were to guess what will happen, likely criminal charges, not murder, certainly, but involuntary manslaughter, you did not intend to kill, dan nel penny did not intend to kill but should he have known that putting someone in a chokehold and the timing of it, how long was the timing of it, some people say up to seven minutes. a chokehold is dangerous, if you read literature, it can result in death. so, it's going to be what were his mind, what was daniel penny thinking about at the time he put him in the chokehold, why

did he feel threatened. self-defense is difficult to prove, especially in circumstances like this. apparently only one with it has come forward, we'll see if other witnesses actually in that train car at the pivotal moment will come forward and testify. >> sandra: the video on the train there, we have been seeing the protests, i say emotions high for the families and the protests in the new york subway system. i know, mercedes, you live in new york city, there is obviously a lot of emotions out on the street, a lot of protests happening in anticipation where this goes next. >> look at jordan neely's situation, it's tragic. a tragic happening what happened to him, tragic all around, look at his life, his mother was murdered when he was 14, that's what a lot of family members were the start of his mental health issues. >> sandra: we'll be watching all of that. thank you very much. good to see you. >> great to see you. >> john: we continue to watch the white house, press secretary karine jean-pierre set to take questions any minute now.

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