to be the hard line that we draw. it's also going to be the same whether you look at the southern border or the northern border. because right now. we know you have already had people on the show today crossed the borders. one of the did cross the border at one point. we have to make sure that border is secure. it's really not a radical thing to say to secure the border. and if you are not willing to. you should not be elected. >> i know when something like this happens. all of us are parents. your first thought goes to your children it does beg the question do you find yourself truly safer in america right now. unfortunately i know for me. i think the answer is no and that's sad. tudor dixon thank you for your time. our coverage on "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ a right into a fox news alert. we are covering two major stories this morning.

first entering day two of the manhunt for more suspected connected to the new year's day isis terror attack in new orleans was killed and at least 15 people and hospitalized at least another 30. >> fbi continues to investigate this morning after raiding the suspect's home in houston last night. louisiana senator john kennedy promising to get the american people the truth. i will promise you this. when it is appropriate and this investigation is complete. you will find out what happened and who was responsible. or i will raise fresh hell. napped las vegas. police are narrowing down their search for suspects after this cyber truck explosion that happened right in front of a trump hotel yesterday morning. >> so officials are looking into whether the two incidents are connected. we're learning both trucks involved were rented through the same car rental app. called temperature row. the company is operating and

cooperating with authorities says neither were flagged for having a criminal record. >> lawrence: get to the latest on the new year's day terror attack on bourbon street. >> 42-year-old shamsud-din jabbar plowed a rental truck into crowds of people in the french quarter causing terror. killing at least 15. injuring dozens more. and traumatizing countless people celebrating the new year. aggressively running down every lead. >> trying to figure out how jabar a texas born citizen became radicalized served 13 years in the army reserves. >> isis flag and pipe bomb in the pickup truck he was driving

normal barriers were not working. >> we had wire ware of t bollard situation. this particular terrorist drove around onto the sidewalk and got around the hard targets where he did have a card there. we had paperriers there. we had officers there and they still got around. now, the wedges that you see out there as well. we knew that that had mall malfunction problems. >> the fbi carrying out a search warrant north of houston at a house to be believed jabbar's. we saw one person detained there. the feds say no arrests have been made and sources are telling fox that the fbi joint terrorism task force is expected to clear out of that area soon since we're told there could be

explosives inside the home. >> in new orleans, some of the victims who were killed during identified, including a former princeton football player. a single mother, a father, and an aspiring nurse. >> >> sandra: tiger was one of the folks killed in this. 15 dead and so many more injured in. this as you all know i know that area well. spent a lot of time in that very place. the french quarter and if you have ever been there, you know that this is people are celebrating. they are having fun and letting their guard down. what is being questioned right now why was the guard let down by the city? why were those people and barriers not intact? why were precautions not being made to protect people who were clearly wal partying walling alg the sidewalks.

>> lawrence: typically we would provide space as the investigation continues before we started asking questions about the barriers problem is event for tonight. super bowl come up. any place needs to be totally secure it's new orleans. i watched the press conference and i appreciate all the officials that showed up to try to provide some type of answers. but i didn't leave with a lot of confidence based on the answers we got yesterday. the bollards in that area canal and bourbon street which you know san extra well is one of the busiest on any given weekend there are hundreds if not thousands of partiers out in the streets. the bollards, they were in the permanent deterrent to a possible terror attack were being replaced and so they didn't fully fortify it secure

the area. some say we drifted out of the 9/11 mentality to a 9/10 mentality and the guard was down you wonder at this moment that we need to enter this year now thinking we may be at risk of a terror attack. it was just back earlier in 2024 in april that the director of the fbi chris you wray was warning he had never seen that moment in his life when there were so many red flags, so many warning signs but yet we didn't have a terror attack like this. if this is, indeed. isis inspired and isis flag found in jabbar's truck. going to race questions not only sandra and lawrence in new orleans but everywhere in the country that maybe we need to get back to a 9/11 footing and take seriously the concerns that

there could be more of these attacks. >> there is a lot to be concerned about especially when griff you reported on the numbers that we know of people on the terror watch list that have crossed the border. that doesn't include the ones that are considered got-aways hamas flags. people islam. we saw that once the war broke out between hamas and israel they have allowed these people to protest while chanting radical islamic rhetoric in the middle of street should would he be investigating those people? waiting on more people in this suspect on the new orleans attack. this is still a federal investigation at this moment on the ground. they have not turned this over to local authorities. we hope to get an update from the governor when he joins us

soon. on any more details that we are learning about him. because at this point, we're dependent on any possible connection we may learn of to the explosion with the cyber truck outside of the trump tower in las vegas. we still are waiting more details on that. but this was a lot that happened a short period of time, in a time when so many americans were celebrating all over the country. >> griff: there are thousands of spectators in new orleans right now. looking to go to the sugar bowl tonight, the game between the university of georgia and notre dame. bring in louisiana attorney general liz. will madam attorney general thank you for joining us. what is your latest thinking on the security? i know you have said perhaps another delay is in order. what can you tell us this morning? >> well, obviously our first priority today is the safety of everybody in new orleans while we kind of carry out and go through with this game. i did express some concern about that. i think that, you know, yesterday, there were

discussions about whether to have the game last night. which frankly thought was absurd. still had bodies that had to be removed from the ground and an open investigation to secure the crime scene and so it seemed to me not a hard decision to make even though the logistics were complicated. >> lawrence: madam attorney general the latest we heard more suspects to help carrying out the plot. how do you have a game or any time of mass event when you have people potentially that contributed to this event that are sill stihl within the city or greater louisiana? >> that's a good question when i left new orleans last night all i could see were blue lights all over downtown new orleans and the french quarter. i know police have conducted a grid search of the entire area

in downtown and in the french quarter and around the superdome. so, the governor has added 100 national guard to that area to ensure that it is secure. but, you know, there's a lot going on. it's an active investigation of a crime scene after a terrorist event. and, i don't think we could -- i mean, it's not possible to take this too seriously. >> attorney general. i just wonder, are officials on the same page here? i sense that you're not ready for this game to happen today. >> well, you know, they didn't ask my opinion about whether it should or it shouldn't although i do have one. i think that, you know, we certainly want to reassure people that we feel like they are safe in new orleans. i just -- i think this is a very serious event. i would like to talked to the fbi this morning and to reach out. >> my priority this morning is to reach out to the department of justice and the fbi and make sure that they are given top priority to this investigation.

the special agent in charge in new orleans is out of the country. that is the individual who has the most experience and knowledge about the city and experience with public officials in the city and in the state. so, i want to make sure that they are taking this seriously and that they have put all of their best resources toward this investigation. and that they are tracking these people down. >> griff: madam, attorney general, if it was up to you. if they were asking your opinion and you were making the decision, would you postpone this game today and for how l long? >> i would probably at least have postponed it until friday i think they have

to be clear the fbi is in charge of this investigation.

the information that we have received is coming through the fbi. i have not received a lot of information from them. yesterday, the priority was securing the scene and responding to the immediate -- the immediate area, making sure that it was secure. you know, you guys have recognized already there are thousands of people right now in new orleans, the hotels were full. and, you know, it's a complicated situation to manage so, i think it is -- you know the one upside of going ahead and having the game is that those folks are go to go ahead and leave after the game is over and that's going to make this easier. >> lawrence: madam attorney general sorry to interpret you. i want to get a clear answer. the fbi has not updated you on the people they released from custody that they interviewed yesterday to tell you if this is a credible threat? >> no. >> lawrence: that's unbelievable. you are the attorney general of the state and they haven't given you any information on people that could have been involved

with this? are they tone walling you? what is happenings there. >> again, it was a fluid situation yesterday. a lot of public officials all kind of wrapping their arms around the situation as it happened early in the morning. i'm not ready to say that i'm being stonewalled but my first priority this morning is to reach out to them and make sure that they are communicating with me and that they are updating me on the current status as it is happening i wants reassurance we have the top people on the ground in new orleans. >> sandra: could more have been done in advance of this attack to have prevented it, do you believe? phi first question and i know the governor's first question as we went into new orleans yesterday morning, after waking

up to this was to ask what was placed at the front of bourbon street. everybody is rightfully asking toes questions. but i can also tell you that there are thousands of people in new orleans probably january on. the streets are always full. there are parades almost every single day. so, you know, could they have secured that area better? probably so. were there other soft targets and areas where this individual could have hit multiple people yes, the answer would be yes. >> griff: madam attorney general, if i heard you correctly. i believe i heard you say there were 16 dead. we have been given the official number at 15. do you want to clarify that? >> well, i know that they confirmed yesterday that there were 15. i have heard the number 16 as well. so i mean i will stick with 15 until we hear otherwise.

yesterday the number was a little bit fluid. the corners have not confirmed some of the numbers that i was seeing coming out of the hospitals suggest it might be 16. >> lawrence: madam attorney general, i want to get your comment on the tesla cyber truck that exploded outside of trump international in las vegas. apparently the suspect in that case used the same app. that the suspect used in new orleans. have you had any communication with your counterpart or the fbi on that? is there a link that can you tell us about this morning? >> i don't know whether there is a link to the two. obviously it is very suspicious and that raises even more concerns. at the very least, it raises concerns about the use of this app. and whether it is a means of coordinating or carrying out terrorist kinds of events. so, you know, i think there are a lot of questions that we all

have and we all need answered and we need them answered sooner rather than later. >> sandra: sounds like you are awaiting some of those answers as you await contact with some of those federal authorities in charge and we hope to get answers in the next couple of hours as well. madam attorney general, thank you for joining us. >> lawrence: thank you. >> thank you for having me this morning. >> sandra: hard to believe there are so many details left out so far that she is still waiting on that she hasn't been privy to. coordination is a big deal when it comes to a investigation this large. >> lawrence: i'm left stunned in morning this the attorney general the chief law enforcement officer of the state can't get clear and concise communication about known suspects in an investigation you got bolos put out when people are known to be involved and she didn't have that information because the fbi is in charge of this investigation. and if she doesn't know how can you say that people are safe.

>> griff: my daughter graduated from georgia and she and her boyfriend were going to go to this game. they didn't end up going because they had changed their plans if though didn't gone to this game, i'm not sure i'm comfortable lelgted them go. i may be telling them hey, don't go to that game. you know what? fly home we heard from the attorney general she is not 100 percent confident and now we know she is not getting fully briefed either with potential suspects still at large. >> sandra: some make the case things will be even more safe now because of this. they are deploying so much extra law enforcement and officials on the ground to protect both. perhaps it's safer now than before the attack. we are learning more about the driver of the rented tesla cyber truck who was killed in that blast that is being treated as a possible terror attack. >> lawrence: chanly painter has the details. hey, chanly. >> police say they have identified the person they believe was driving that tesla cyber truck. it is the the driver was a colorado springs native with

military experience. the person was killed in the explosion. seven others were hurt. they found gas filled canisters as well as mortars in that truck. they were able to trace the vehicle back to colorado using video footage captured at tesla charging stations. investigators are trying determine if there is a link to the attack in new orleans, watch. >> do i think it's a coincidence? i don't know. what i can tell you is we are absolutely investigating any connectivity to what happened in new orleans. as well as other attacks that have been occurring around the world. we are not ruling anything out yet. chan chan as we mentioned earlier, the vehicles used in both incidents were rented from the same ride share company temperature row. a spokesperson said we are heart broken by the violence perpetrated in new orleans and las vegas. we are actively partnering with law enforcement authorities as though investigate both incidents. the cyber truck investigation did involve input from elon musk

who he cyber truck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. also noting that even the glass doors of the lobby of that trump international hotel in las vegas weren't even broken, guys. >> griff: all right, chanly painter, thank you very much. there is a lot there and interesting elon musk is weighing in. but when they try and put these things together, and you sort of learn what the counter-terrorism experts categorize these events as like directed, meaning a hand-on sort of thing or enabled, meaning assisted or simply inspired, which is your third category of sort of radicalized is it possible that these two individuals were inspired in some way and carried it out independent of each other? we just don't know. and it's raising a lot of questions. >> lawrence: what concerns me is when i talk to my friends that are within the national security space they say we are not fowcketsing enough time, money,

and energy to look at this type of stuff. that the further away that we as griff noted earlier that we got from 9/11 that, we are focused on other programs. and i think that is a travesty in the making. of course, the fbi director has said about the lights being flashing. the question is with were the resources be given to the that chatter they were seeing online? i reported on some of these events when there was a terror attack. and later we hear from the fbi that they are -- there was some information, but they didn't follow through or if there was a school shooting. there was some information but the dots weren't connected. the question is is the same for this case as well. >> you mentioned the explosion and elon musk weighing in himself on this and see the explosion, he was noting the explosion went up and giving a lot of credit to the way that the cyber truck is built and the heartiness of it i believe bullet proof, bomb proof. he claims it to be and he says that the explosion went more up rather than out and potentially

prevented further disaster from that explosion. >> griff: you know, the obvious thing that people see is this is a tesla that created by elon musk. parked in front of a trump hotel owned by the incoming president and so, you wonder whether or not this was perhaps less of an attack like the one we saw in new orleans and more of a statement of sorts. we'll find out what investigators. >> lawrence: we're following it. >> griff: meanwhile, a fox news alert. our other top story we are learning more about the suspect in the deadly new orleans terror attack. what clues recovered around his truck tell us about his background? that's next. ♪ ♪

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discharged before serving. he allegedly carried out the attack using a rented pickup truck that could be seen with an isis flag attached to the back. the suspect was killed by police on the scene after driving the vehicle down bourbon street around 3:00 a.m. new year's day. killing at least 15. and hospitalizing dozens more. the fbi yesterday raided his home in houston, texas. he was an active voter registration in texas but texas does not have partisan voting regisreligion he previously livn north carolina where he was registered as a democrat. the fbi does not believe he acted alone and actively pursuing a manhunt for more suspect. bring in our own joey jones retireddist marine bomb tech. joey, good morning to you. >> good morning, bro. >> lawrence: let's talk about these ieds on the scene that

the suspected killer used. what does it even take to put those around the city? >> if we are taking at value the face terms used something like a pipe bomb, they also said that they were wired for remote detonation. the thing that people need to understand that pipe bombs are specific but they are very easy. you are take black powder or smokeless powder what people reload bullets used in fireworks. incredibly easy to get ahold of and put it in hardened container. need containment similar to detonation and sometimes detonation. usually using some sort of fuse. think like you light a fire work burns and then blows up. for him to make it remotely detonated that means it has to be detonated electronically. takes a special part of a bomb to do that and not easy to get ahold of. very difficult to make things

like dry air make it difficult to insert in an ied and for the bomb maker to employ it. situation of how likely it is we will have to wait and see. >> i guess, joey, the big question is, does someone need military experience to kind of put this together or go on youtube and find out who do it. >> joey: we don't know who he is if he was h.r. and i.t. in the army he didn't learn anything about making bombs or tactics when it documents what he did. this is why what i said yesterday hosting friends. >> this is a complex ambush. first he created chaos and mass casualty with a vehicle that gets everyone not knowing which way to go. fog of war. then he jumps out and starts shooting. that's immediate action or that's your second action. and then he had a contingency with these bombs if he succumbed to his enemy. that's your third wave. that's a complex ambush. that's tactics. whether he figured it out or was told this is what i want people to understand. when we talk about radical islamic terrorist which is a

term we haven't used much lately all the way back to taliban. these aren't a bunch of goat herders who picked up russians ak and wanted to wage a war. when we were fighting iraq we were fighting jihad its all over the world engineers, tacticians from all over the world wanted to go iraq or connect with those in iraq and create tactics and opportunity for them. that's how they learn to make these ieds. the reason i say that is if this person was connected either a one way or a telephone either he is reading what they're putting out there or they are telling him what to do if he was connected to isis or any of these groups the opportunity for him to learn how it do this from him is pretty high. it's not like bomb-keeping is some well kept secret suspects not a secret at all. >> lawrence: joey, do you worry about more americans or potentially coming into the country being inspired by isis? we talk trump destroying them. >> joey: i never stopped

worrying about it. when you go to eud school. threats at the northern and southern border every year. not always organized but everything from bringing in dirty bomb material like radioactive material. we talked about that a couple weeks ago to bringing in fertilize from her mexico that's harder to trace and can be used as a fuel oxidizer. and so the reason why we worry about this is that you can go walmart with the right knowledge and create something that is a mass casualty tool a bomb: what makes us good in this country we track things. as much as we want to beat up on the federal government and fbi, i'm here to do it. they do a fantastic job of tracking this stuff down and preventing things. we don't hear about the times that it doesn't happen. the reason why lone wolfs are what we hear about most. is they have the best opportunity to be successful. when you start playing the telephone game, somebody can be there to listen. >> lawrence: joey, let's talk about tesla cyber truck that was

rented on the same app., turo. >> joey: yeah. >> lawrence: tell us about that explosion and why the tesla being the tank that elon says that it is was able to hold it in. >> joey: i don't want to rain on elon's parade because i don't have all the information. he will understands it as well as anybody making rockets. basically what happens if you take something like black powder, fuel, gas, or propane, something like that, and you want to create a detonation out of it, you have to keep it closely contained. if you put all those fireworks in that fuel tank in the back f a standard suv, depending on what they use to set it off. if they just lit a fire or if they actually used something like a pipe bomb, if they just lit a fire back there, the fact that that tesla truck is hardened and contained it might have been the only reason it had explosive at all. in the back of an suv it might have just burned. could have been a pipe bomb and that's what he used to set off detonation. if it's what probably happened you set fuel on fire and let it do the rest, in a softer, suv it

might have just burned because there is no containment to complete. >> lawrence: with that detonation, if there is a connection, would there be forensics with that bomb as well ass ied? >> joey: all of this stuff. one thing on the cyber truck real quick so i'm fair and balanced here. i don't know if it created enough containment or how that was set off. all those lithium ion batteries could have created a dirty bomb. from what i understand that stuff was well-protected. those trucks interest car crash without those being dispersed without dirty bomb material. create a signature? 100 percent. can you recover fingerprints from tape from a bomb that's explode. d.n.a. forensic evidence and also serial numbers, if they were created for remote detonation that means there is electronics on there manufactured somewhere. we do a fantastic job of tracing that down. >> lawrence: roger that,

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♪ >> sandra: we are back with this fox news alert. we are learning heart breaking new details about some of the 15 people who were killed in the new year's day terror attack in new orleans. father of two reggie hunter was on bourbon street celebrating the start of 2025 with his cousin when he was killed according to his family. the "new york post" reporting that louisiana native tiger beck in home state 1-year-old. will pursuing a career as a nurse and described as pa ball

of sunshine. nicole was celebrating with friends she leaves behind 4-year-old son. a recent graduate from a baton rouge episcopal school. and herbert guthrow those who family social media remains found at medical center after being reported missing the other victims' identities have not yet been released. and as the fbi and local law enforcement piece together what exactly happened, witnesses are speaking out, including our next guest. captured this video and says is he lucky to be alive. here to share his story is alex mitchell. alex, welcome to you. >> good morning. >> shannon: tell us about that video what was happening in that moment that you were taking it. >> it was honestly kind of suburb real. i took it because i felt like i

didn't know what was going on. i knew that something currently was still going on. i knew that i had to get out and be okay. i also tried to figure out how to get down there and help because i couldn't go anywhere and i couldn't do anything and the police wouldn't let us. looking back on it makes sense, it's a terrorist event. it's ongoing threat. what i'm f. i'm -- i could the threat. i get it. but it was just very stressful, hectic. and i also felt like i'm just -- i recorded that just for the world to know what was going on. this was crazy. i need proof to let my family know i was alive. and i also just wanted to know like this is insane. i didn't know what to do, honestly. >> shannon: incredible. alex, i know that you have said you feel lucky to be alive and i'm sure your family feels the same. and i know you are giving credit to the fact that you were wearing a wristband to one of the clubs. why did that help you?

>> i had been to the some of the clubs earlier throughout the night. we wanted to get out and go walking. but i noticed my watch was telling me have you been walking so long you want to record a workout and i was like man walking doing nothing, and it's fun to be out in there but we had already been some of the clubs. go in and there enjoy it while we are out there there was a line outside. you fine to go in. so, i got in and out of there. and if i would have waited maybe no more than a minute, i could have been out there hurt, injured, dead. i'm lucky to be alive. the wrist band let us get back in quickly and easily. i just wanted to go back in and just didn't feel like being out in the street anymore. maybe that saved me, i also still feel guilty that i couldn't help or that other

people didn't make it out, you know. so on one hand you are happy and on the other hand you feel terrible inside. >> shannon: of course. you saw so much. and 15 lives are now lost. and obvious tragedy for anyone who witnessed it, including yourself. i know this was your first time out for new year's eve, did you say? >> yemen. yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am. always working. i am the ones doing uber lifts, working at the hotel. make sure i could support me and my family. people tell me i don't want to go out enough. i don't have enough fun. and been going through a rough time. i wanted to go out and have some fun. not how i expected new year's to go. i was having a great night. yes, i'm grateful to be alive. i wish i could say the same for others. it's hard to see that. it's really hard to see that and know other people won't see their families again or they won't see their loved ones.

it's just terrible. devastating, honestly. >> shannon: is there anything before we go, alex, that you wanted to add to what we have seen reported so far having been an eyewitness of the scene there, what you want people to know about what you were able to see? >> on the one hand, i don't want anyone to see it as like you can't come here and have fun. i mean, something like this happened in germany just last week for christmas. so it doesn't matter where you can go and where you can have fun. i don't want people to think you can't live your life and have fun. if you live life like that. then we are letting the terrorists win, you know. we are feeding into the terror. like being scared to go out. that's their end game is to create terror and panic and fear. so, i want to live my life and be happy. so i'm not upset that i went out. but i'm upset that this kind of stuff happens.

i just want everyone to know to love your loved ones have a good time. don't be scared to live your life but at the same time, check on your loved ones and just hold them close because you never know when can be your last day you just don't know when today can be your last day. >> sandra: we hear you alex is your friend jimmy okay? we know he is the one that wanted you to go out that night. >> yeah. jimmy and i are good. i'm glad jimmy was there i'm glad he got me out of the house and ended up being like hey, jimmy, let's go outside. i know you want to be out and about and having a good time on the street. having a good time in the clubs go back in. that was a great decision. i took care of me and my friend at that point. i wish that there could be more lives saved. that's all i can tell you. and me and jimmy are good.

>> shannon: alex, thank you very much. thank you for joining us. best to you and your family. you are in our thoughts. >> thank you. >> shannon: still ahead how the isis led terror attack in new orleans underscores the terror threat at our borders. incoming border scrar tom homan is here with his insight, next. ♪ ♪ so, this year, you can say... ♪you did it!♪

>> griff: a fox news alert. the new orleans terrorist suspect a u.s. army vet carrying an isis flag from his truck's trailer hitch is raising new concerns about the terror threat across the country, including at our southern border where just months ago 8 tajikistan nationals with isis ties were arrested in several major u.s. cities after entering illegally. here with how to improve our national security incoming border czar tom homan. good morning, tom. obviously the individual shamsud-din jabbar was a u.s. citizen. there are threats coming across our border. first i want to get your reaction as someone coming into the administration that will protect our nation. your reaction to the new orleans attack? >> well like i said yesterday, what i think we are going to find out after the investigation, i think you got two u.s. citizens, i'm talking

about las vegas and new orleans, i think you have two u.s. citizens with prior military experience. i think you will find they both have recent and foreign travel. they were both inspired by isis and both on a suicide mission. both of these incidents these men knew they weren't going home. this is just another danger this country faces because this country has been lax on national security and groups like this have been emboldened. when you have protesters walking down the streets of new york city carrying terrorist flags, chanting death to israel and death to the united states and nothing is being done about it and when you have a border that was secure under president trump and this administration unsecured it on purpose. it's an open invitation for those around the world hate this country. >> griff: to put in perspective what you are inherenting under the first trump administration, there were 11 individuals that hit the terrorist screening data set harris 388.

35% increase how concerned are you that we have potential terrorists soon have to deal with and how do you plan to protect the country from these attacks? >> we got president trump coming in office in a couple weeks who is going to secure the border. president trump created the most secure border my lifetime. i worked for six different presidents starting with ronald reagan. no one had the success president trump did. illegal immigration at a 45 year low. illegal immigration is down 80 %, 90% depending on what time frame. joe biden is the first president in his industry of this nation came into office and unsecured the border on purpose. they knew exactly what they were doing when they unsecured the border. you are right. we got over 3,000% increase and people arrested on terrorist watch list come across the border. the most scary thing and vital thing, you got over 2 million known got-aways. border patrol has arrested people from 180 day different countries the last four years.

some of these countries are sponsors of terror. we arrested over 300. how many came from state sponsored country of terror? if you think nothing. i think terrorists have crossed this border under biden. i don't know how many. some day we are going to find out and a bad day for america. >> griff: doesn't even include the known got-aways. real quickly. it was just months ago i was in ha couple ba, california out in the san diego sector interviewing people as they crossed illegally and released from syria, libya, afghanistan, you name it. are you being read in or do you have confidence you will be read in to just how significant the potential terror threat is as a result of those that have been let into the country? >> i got no confidence this administration is going to be honest and read us in. they have been lying about this from day one. lying every day from the white house podium about the border being secured. i'm grateful president trump got reelected. president trump is going to come in office and secure that

reasonable doubt about. run deportation operation. concentrate and prioritize public safety threats and national security threats. i think this country is about to get a lot safer under president trump. absolutely. >> griff: the country certainly hopes so. tom homan, thank you for taking time. we got to leave it there. all right. coming up, house speaker mike johnson joins us on the breaking news in his home state of louisiana, just ahead. ♪ mylowe's rewards is here. join for free today to unlock member perks from the palm of your hand. with every purchase, all members earn point toward mylowes's money. get free gifts to bring home, member deals to get more projects done and free standard shipping. start earning for free with mylowe's rewards today. (♪) hey what if we move back... hold on let me think. we need a miracle. miracle starting every thursday starting at 2:45 i love you. i know. find childcare that fits your schedule. learn more at care.com

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