it was specialots . cial twenty eight . so these fifteen years have flown by . a w she's become a wonderful youngoe lady, a blessing to our family. her many friends. it's wild. fifteen years, happy birthday, chooka. that's her nickname. all right. that's it for us tonight. don't forget, set your dvr so you never miss a minute of us. thanks for watching. >> todd: a fox news alert, flood gates are about to open, the message from border patrol officials as title 42 expires today. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. this is what failure looks like with record 10,000 illegal migrant apprehensions on tuesday. a crowd of people waiting to walk or swim into the u.s. >> todd: doug luzader live from

washington. doug. >> doug: warning about a tidal wave and chaos at the border and numbers keep climbing. we are in excess of 10,000 immigrants per day crossing the border illegally. the surge is already underway and fox learned the administration has organized mass release of immigrants into communitieses once shelters are overcapacity. president biden is bracing for what we are likely to see ahead. >> president biden: we've had chaos at the border for years. we are making real immigration more streamlined and the direction people know there is a legal way to get here and not a legal way. >> doug: the secretary of homeland security continues to claim the border is closed and

secure. >> we are taking this approach within the constraints of a broken immigration system that congress has not fixed for more than two decades. when we release individuals, we release them on conditions. the vast majority will be addressed in our border patrol facilities and our ice detention facilities. >> is that not a message the border is open then? >> absolutely not. >> is it challenge or crisis? >> is it a crisis now? >> a question he would not answer. administration blames congress, republicans blame the white house. they are pushing a pressure to enhance security at the border and tighten requirements for asylum seekers. >> go ahead, vote no. if you won't lead, we will. if you want toic tathe same approach as the president and ignore a problem and say it is not happening, we won't sit back.

>> doug: that measure may pass the house, democrats and senate is expected to block it and the president has promised a veto if it reaches his desk. >> todd: doug luzader kicks us off, thank you. chad wolf says the u.s. would not be in this situation if we had a better leader in the white house. >> chad: biden administration is not interested in solving this crisis and bring it to a close. instead they are simply trying to manage this and process more and more of these individuals into the country every single day and week. on the eve of title 42, there is cries in el paso and other places along the border. thursday at midnight, you will see more individuals coming, mainly single adults and mainly males, the population the biden administration have been able to push back into mexico. you will not be able to do that anymore, they will be released

into american communities across this country. >> doug: live from the southern border in el paso, texas and mexico, thanks to both of you for being here. todd, what are you seeing on the other side of the border in mexico less than 24 hours before title 42 is set to expire? >> right. well, right now as we're speaking, there is a brand-new unit of the texas department of public safety just deployed to the other side. right now they are yelling and shouting alto to a large group of immigrants down here trying to cross. the department of public safety is defending a long row of razor wire and the question is what would happen if the immigrants climbed up and got into contact

with them. i'm told they will be armed with pepper balls to fire or potentially fire and they are under orders to not let any immigrantses up this riverbank. this is after just days and weeks of just thousands of immigrants from this camp, vast camp here pouring over the board, pouring over the border in coordinationen 22 the united states border patrol and the mexican immigration service. the u.s. tells mexico when to let them in and they'll cross in and when to stop them and they'll stop them for a while and in the meantime, texas dps is like, we're not having that, we'll get in your way. interesting to see how that, wos out. >> ashley: todd, you were talking about the group of people trying to get across.

you can hear them yelling right now. it is 3:00 in the morning, it is always this active just 24/7? >> yes, it has been 24/7. you have immigrants showing up at the bus station here. bus after bus all day and night from other parts of mexico. they are coming to matamoris, because the biden administration is letting them in. this is the spot if they get across the biden administration will not 42 them, they will parole the majority of them into new york, denver, chicago. they are moving in all over the country. our country, it is enticement and incentivization. they are explaining this to me when i ask why are you coming here. that is what is going on here.

there are other ones in the camp who do not plan to go until they find out after title 42, midnight tonight, whether that will continue. if it does continue, you will see a whole lot more, they are telling me that if the americans are letting them in, they are going. a big group, a big mass group, yeah. >> todd: before we bring in anna, what you just answered, you are reporting biden officials are coordinating with mexican officials to let migrants come over to brownsville, texas, a coordinated effort. it seems to me it is about optics, so people will not look crowded at the border. walk us through in detail exactly what you have seen, exactly what you have heard. >> todd: yes, i just broke the story yesterday at cis.org,

center for immigration and studies that the mexican immigration officials here are using a what'sapp channel with the americans and coordinating groups on this side to swim over to that side and when enough have gone over, usually 150, 200, then immigration authorities stop everybody is make them wait until they get a call from the americans to say, okay, bring the next group. i watch this happen all day and all night long until i thought this is strange and started asking why are you letting them in this way. five different mexican immigration officers explained this is all part of a coordinated effort with the americans, that is happening and it is troubling because that

shows an acquiescence by the biden administration to illegal immigration not to block or stop it, but to facilitate and accommodate and that is the least visible and has least problematic political optics. >> ashley: concerning to say the least. anna, to you now. no secret el paso is a disaster now. we've seen video and pictures and spoken to people who live there. you were with ice and cbp patrol agents on tuesday as they were clearing people out downtown. we know that was an effort they did, but what is border patrol saying their fears are come midnight tonight when title 42 does scombrooen what you are seeing at the same time? >> yeah, i spoke with the head of border patrol, raul ortiz

yesterday and they believe at border patrol, the worst is over, they believe this is the surge for title 42, coming before it actually ends. he was saying he doesn't expect to hit the 18,000 apprehensions per day. we saw 11,000 yesterday. they think we will be in the clear, we are climaxing now and will be better than the last few days. >> ashley: just for el paso? >> we're talking nationwide. >> todd: okay. do you agree with that, based upon what you are seeing on the ground and the feel one can get when reporting from a communities, do you agree with that statement? >> you know, i think in el paso, we've seen new spots where people are crossing, groups of

several hundred or 2010 miles outside of town the other day and probably where they will keep crossing. i think there is a rush to get in, speaking with venezuelan immigrants at the church yesterday, they said they want in before title 42 ends, after title 42 you get arrested at the borders, you are banned for five years from seeking to get in. >> todd: to follow-up quickly, we've been basically assuming that the migrants themselves did not know about the change in law that would occur at end of title 42. you are basically saying the migrants know darn well the law and how to manipulate it and maybe came in advance of title 42 expiring, correct? >> i think it is a mix. i don't think the americans

understand title 42. they heard in venezuela, come now, wee did a story on it, they heard we will take care of you, there is food, shelter, benefits to be had. they came to el paso and living on the street, 2500 people we saw this past week, it was different reality they experienced and surprised them. >> ashley: i'm sure it did and surprised people of el paso and business owners dealing with what they did. 2500 migrants being housed in a church, i can only imagine the strain that puts on border patrol and the city and people who live there who are not used to this type of situation. todd and anna, thank you for this insight and todd, stay safe over there. >> todd: thank you. >> ashley: you're welcome, major

sanctuary cities in the north are bracing for massive migrant surge. new york city and chicago declaring state of emergency as mayor eric adams signs executive order to loosen shelter requirements. >> todd: and the nation's capitol struggling, washington, d.c. has no more room for migrant families with hotels acting as shelters reaching capacity and phillies they were sent a bus full of migrants yesterday and expecting to see more as border encounters are set to reach record highs. >> ashley: and florida governor ron desantis signs new bill, criticizing president biden's handling of the crisis. watch this. >> we are bracing for turbulent times ahead, when you have a president who turns a blind eye to the border. i don't think he's visited the border whole time he's been in office, it will get a lot worse.

>> ashley: the white house says the president has no plans to visit the border. and it is a felony to smuggle migrants into florida, relocating to sanctuary cities and enforcing an e-verify program to check employment eligibility. >> todd: bad going after parents at school board meetings, listen to this. biden's dhs considered using training videos to target so-called radicalization suspects, which included suburban pro-life moms. the document released by america first foundation included a memo eight days after president biden took office, workers can make real-life decision based on fictional profiles. here is a profile of one suspect, ann, who is concerned about the welfare of children, including the unborn. to review, this was an individual that target of the

dhs. freedom foundation online responding to the rev lagsz writing this adds to evidence dhs shifted from threats of foreign terrorism to monitoring and meddling in u.s. citizen political beliefs. that is shocking. after 18 years, key suspect of natalie hollowway is facing extradition to the u.s. she was last seen leaving the bar with this suspect. he was indicted for charges of wire fraud and extortion after promising holloway's family he knew where the body was. he pleaded guilty to the murder of another girl from peru and he is serving a 28-year prison sentence. in 2014, a judge legally declared natalie holloway dead,

after her body was never found. he will be answering for extortion and wire fraud accusations. holloway's family beth releasing a statement, it has been a long and painful journey, persistence will pay off, together we are finally getting justice for natalie. can you imagine? to another major breaking news story this morning, fbi refusing to turn over the document that know ares are calling proof of president biden's overseas pay for play scheme. >> james: i don't have trust of the fbi and the fact the fbi refuses to work with us when we're leading a very credible investigation of public corruption of the president of the united states is very disturbing. >> todd: we'll bring the latest on that and new plan of action for comer and his committee to hold the biden family accountable. >> ashley: did you see this? >> drill, baby, drill. [cheering] >> you will have millions of

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>> todd: house oversight committee says the biden family received millions from overseas business dealings and lawmakers say the fbi is covering up the scene. >> ashley: brooke singman will tell us more. >> brooke: the fbi did not comply with the house oversight committee subpoena to hand over a document that shows joe biden was involved in a foreign scheme. listen. >> james: they could have said the document doesn't exist or it does exist and there is nothing there. they sent a patronizing letter that said to trust the fbi, if there was anything there, they take care of it. like most conservatives, i do not have trust of the fbi and

the fbi refuses to work with us, we are leading a credible investigation of public corruption of the united states is disturbing. >> brooke: the fbi writing, it is critical to the integrity of the entire criminal justice process that the fbi avoid revealing information, including unverified or incomplete investigation that could harm investigation, prejudice proceedings, violate reputational interests or create misimpressions in the public. yesterday comer and other republicans on the house oversight committee revealed some findings and say the bidens received millions from chinese business partners despite president biden saying this isn't true. >> james: the bidens have received millions of dollars from china temperature is inconceivable that the president did not know it.

the white house refuses to correct the president's statement showing the president is using the federal governance to run interference for his family. >> brooke: hunter biden, president biden's brother james and his wife, biden's current wife and ex-wife. the bidens received one million from a romania national convicted of corruption. jim jordan wants to get to the bottom of this deal and the rest of the family's overseas business dealings. >> joe biden said his family took no money, that is not accurate and looks like his family was receiving money from a corrupt romanian. they set up 20 llcs from foreign

entity and that money is paid to members of the biden family, multiple members, and you get to the fundamental question, for what? what did they do? what was the legitimate business? >> brooke: the white house denied comer's claim. >> todd: thank you, so much to break down. bring in brandy cruz, host of the undivided podcast. the phrase we are hearing is influence pedalling, that sounds benign, does this look like bribery to you? well, i mean, jim jordan said it very well, which is for what, right? representative james comer had a line that tells the whole story, something to the effect of, i find it hard to believe hunter biden was charace mattic enough he could convince foreign officials to wire money,

there had to be return on investment. it should be looked at, should be bipartisan, shouldn't be led by only republicans. i look forward to the day we do not have to worry about the criminal wrongdoing of the person in the white house and his family members. this speaks to american politics, something like this that could have direct threat to national security is being treated in such a partisan manner. >> ashley: i think people are missing the big picture with national security to our country. the white house called the committee investigation evidence free, but i need your thoughts on the fbi showing zero transparency with the american peep welthis committee, if there is nothing to hide, why not turn it all over? >> if you are giving the fbi benefit of a doubt, if they are investigating behind the scenes maybe it is appropriate to keep

some things close to the vest. the fbi has to realize that there is, as jim jordan pointed out, caution from americans and disbelief if the fbi is conducting duties free of political influence. given the climate we're in, the more transparent the fbi can be, the better, accusations are being levied and the fbi has document that could prove or disprove the allegations, it would be best to bring it forward. >> todd: and there is a way to do it without revealing confidential sources, the fbi just doesn't want to. donald trump covering ground at cnn town hall last night. take a look. >> if elected president again, what would you do to bring down the cost to make things more

affordable? >> drill, baby, drill. >> you think the u.s. should default if the white house does not agree to the spending cuts? >> you might as well do it now, you will do it later. >> the border. >> you will have millions pouring in to the kunltry at a level you have never seen before. they are living in city parks and iowa is being swamped. >> how do you deal with the increasing threat imposed by vladamir putin? >> if i'm president, iville that war settled in 24 hours. >> todd: he went on cnn to win over democrats and independents. did he succeed? >> as an independent, i've never been a fan of donald trump, a cnn town hall will not change that. i reject the notion that cnn shouldn't have platformed donald trump. he is the former president and

leading contender to the president again, it is just silly. i don't know if -- i think people are firmly engrained on donald trump, you like him or you don't and i don't see that changing much. i had to you have la, i don't know if you saw the trending hash tags on twitter. boycott cnn, where have you been? the rest of us have been boycotting cnn for a long time. >> ashley: aoc lost her mind on twitter about it last night. it makes you wonder if the state of the country is in such disarray, if some independents and even democrats are tired of what they are seeing, maybe it wasn't that bad under donald trump. we'll see. we have time left, brandi, thank you, we appreciate it. >> my issue mr. >> todd: just a little time, november 2024. >> ashley: title 42 expires just

about 20 hours from now and this is going to impact every state in the country. let that sink in. we're talking with lawmakers from new hampshire, arizona to see how their states are bracing for the surge. >> todd: hollywood a-lister charlize theron hurling insults at concerned parents in defense of draggen 82s. listen to this. >> no more room for hate, only love and love equals drag queens. >> todd: love equals draggen 82s, we'll show you the rest of that tape when "fox and friends first" rolls along. >> ashley: u

covered last week, reporting duke, unc and ec are gender transitioning toddlers. ecu health says it does not offer gender affirming transition surgery to -- primary care which includes access to both physicians and marriage and family therapist for lgbtq+ patients. >> todd: president biden kicking off reelection bid last month. voters in deep blue states are considering ditching biden for robert f kennedy jr. here are thoughts on r.f.k. and biden. >> some things he says are kind of out there, but anyone other than joe biden. >> todd: the potential shift comes as vice president kamala harris sees her approval rating

on the downslide. fox news poll shows her losing support from her own party, hitting new low among registered voters. >> this is the spot, if they can get across, the biden administration will not 42 them, parole majority of them to new york, denver, chicago, they are moving in all over the country. >> now spots where people are crossing, groups outside of town the other day and probably where they will keep crossing. i think there is a rush to get in. >> todd: every state is a border state and it is about to get worse when title 42 ends today. jeb bradley, tim dunn and john snyder join me now. tim, you are in an actual border state. what will happen when title 42

is gone? >> john: we've been inundated and are at our wits end. we are at capacity on our ngo's and trying to mitigate the situation as best key can and keep processing and moving them out of our state. we cannot handle them and we'll send them with our own buses if the cbp can't control it to a town near you. >> todd: jeb, this impacts the northern border, too, you share a border with canada, what are you bracing for? >> thank you for having me on, we've had a huge influx percentage wise, increase of people crossing illegally and expect that to continue. the biggest problem that i think

every state has experienced on top of the illegal immigrants is the fentanyl and human crisis. fentanyl is leading to mental health problems and homelessness and untold number of deaths that shouldn't happen. it is inkocompetence that they e willfully allowing this to happen. >> todd: john, hear from the two people leading down this path, watch. >> what you meant when you said chaos at the border. for how long? >> we've had chaos at the border for a number of years, we have to fully fund the border and secure the effort. >> be clear issue the lifting of title 42 public health order does not mean our border is open. >> john, does the border look open to you and if so, what is your state doing to close it? >> yeah, unfortunately, the

american people have seen on full display failure of the biden border policy. they appointed kamala harris to be the border czar and she could not make the trip here. as state legislature we are maximizing every tool and governor desantis called on us to pass the toughest immigration package in the nation. the largest state to have e-verify. we will make sure if migrants come to our state, we will sunday them to sanctuary cities. >> todd: irony of that, sanctuary cities put themselves out there and said we're compassionate, we'll take you. when they are taken up on that offer, people like mayor adams and former mayor lori lightfoot said we cannot handle this, send them some place else. every state in our union is

about to become a border state and that is not what our founders intended. best of luck dealing with this in your communities. everybody needs to ban together on this. best of look. >> ashley: randi weingarten encouraging people to erase or edit their posts by using ai scrubbing pull that identifies harmful posts. tweeting our union is here to help you future-proof social media. american federation of teachers union partnered with life brand for a 25% discount off the cost of the powerful tool that scans social media to catch forgotten posts that may not reflect who you are today. if they thought about that for everybody. critics mocking the union boss. one person saying, make sure you delete the forgotten posts when

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>> todd: 33-year-old amber booker was set free by police afterbeing arrested in a shooting that left two hurt. investigators were looking to charge booker with two degrees of first degree assault and armed criminal action. decision to release the suspect comes after kim gardner resigned over the missouri attorney general's efforts to fire her. listen to this. dad in l.a. fighting back against a burglar for stealing work equipment from his home, whole thing caught on home surveillance video. >> my backdoor is open and my little girls are in there. if one of us is going back in, it is not going to be him. i told him, i'm going to kill you. i am a peaceful guy, something took me over, my family was threatened. >> todd: you do not mess with a dad's little girls. the thief had stolen from a bus

that acts as a studio outside his house. he returned to wipe his fingerprints from the crime scene. ashley. >> ashley: to this, liberal lawmaker in san francisco pushing to prohibit security guards from drawing guns in crime-ridden san francisco. >> that is why today @ board of supervisors, calling for legislation to prohibit security guards from drawing weapons to protect property. human life is more important than property, change local law so security guards cannot unholer weapons just to protect property. >> ashley: a former police officer joins me now. joel, good morning to you. make one thing clear, i don't think anyone can disagree that human life is more valued than

property, but same time, it doesn't seem like criminals are valuing their own lives when it comes to these situations. issic maing security guards unarmed the right move? >> it is the most ridiculous thing you can imagine. most security guards aren't armed and we know here is bottom line. dean preston has probably never been in a fight in his life, never told someone to put your hands behind your back and them not listen and try to fight you. what the law already says is that forced parallel danger, which means if someone is fighting me, i can only use certain amount of force that will parallel whatever they are doing. i need to use reasonable amount of force to prevent escape and overcome resistance. citizens, police and security guards are held to the same standards.

>> ashley: why would a security guard be carrying a gun? are they off-duty police officers? is that the situation? >> no, a lot of places hire sfpd to work overtime. most security guards do not carry firearms, they do not want the liability in case something happens. it is not that they can't do it, it adds liability to security companies. they would rather have a guard that observes and reports and they do not want repercussion of this showing up in the news. >> ashley: it is saying something if this company does hire a security guard that carried a gun. no surprise the crime is out of control there. you know, i want your personal experience. you have worked as an off-duty officer at places like target. tell us what happens when you tell these people with petty theft and stuff like that, go return it.

things can escalate quickly, can they not? >> that is the problem. they don't respect security guards at all. many instances where sfpd gets hired to work overtime shifts over the years and they will not listen to me, they will fight me. what do you think they will do to a security guard? if you tell security guards, in only this situation, if he grabs you, you can only use a headlock or use this move. it is the most ridiculous thing and you have to remember, in this case specifically, this started as petty theft and escalated what appears to be a robbery, meaning force or fear was used. the security guard just didn't point his weapon, but sfpd and police nationwide point our --

if potential for danger that we know these types of criminals carry weapons on themselves. the law gives the right to use force even though they haven't assaulted us yet. so again, to create a blanket policy saying all property crime, you can't point a weapon is ridiculous. this property crime started as proper crime and escalated to robbery and we have a different crime. people need to make that distinction. >> ashley: it always shocks me when people in the legislature and lawmakers try to make rules and they have never experienced this, have no idea what it is like to think that quickly on your feet thchl is typical knee-jerk reaction by politician and way to move toward restrictive policies. calling for legislation, hasn't happen yet, san francisco, we know how they lean and it is not in favor of the american

taxpayer or police or security guards, you have seen that before. thank you for your time. >> you got it, have a great morning. >> ashley: migrants arrivin on the border as title 42 ends today. >> todd: live on the ground in yuma, arizona, with a first-hand look.

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the flood gates are about to open, the message from border patrol officers as title 42 expires today. you're watching "fox and friends first" on busy thursday, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the "wall street journal" editorial board says this is what failure looks like, record 10,000 illegal migrant apprehensions on thursday in the heartland and crowd of people waiting to walk or swim into