nonsense and it is time for those, especially who are criminals, and here illegally, you have got to go back home. you are making a mess of our country. you said that you came here for the opportunities as my father did but you didn't you calm here illegal limit wyoming donald trump 100 percent. finally we are not going to have sanctuary cities in virginia. the people do not want them. poll after poll shows they are not safe and folks don't feel safe in their communities and that's why we are elected to do the common sense thing and the first thing it s. to keep everyone safe. >> todd: lt. governor winsome sears always a pleasure to have you on the program. thank you. speaking of programming, i will be on the big weekend show this weekend i will see you 6 to 8 tomorrow and sunday. and with that, "fox & friends" begins right now, have a great weekend, everybody

>> brian: it is 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, friday, january 31st, "fox & friends." we begin with an alert. investigators are returning back to the potomac river this morning looking for more clues into the cause of the deadly airplane crash that caused 67 people. we are live on the ground. >> ainsley: plus, president trump holding a round table on education today after students received a failing grade on the nation's report card. >> lawrence: and it's the first test for the democratic party and a struggle to find a clear message after the election. >> fatigue, trust me, i get it. it was pure hell and the disappointment and the frustration. >> frankly my party has been too passive and quiet. >> lawrence: they don't have a message. "fox & friends" starts right n now. >> ainsley: start with a fox news alert. search crews are returning to the potomac river this morning to look for more aircraft

components after the deadly mid-air collision near reagan national airport. >> lawrence: ntsb looking to extract date it that from the black boxes recovered from the passenger jet. >> brian: mark meredith is live on the potomac river with details. >> investigators say there are a lot of possible causes to the mid-air collision at this point it's simply too early to know for sure what would have led to this crash. likely going to be at least a month before we get a preliminary report. as you mentioned today we expect divers to return out to the crash site. patrol boats out there all night long keeping an eye on this wreckage even going to try to start remove some of this debris. while we are going to have to wait for that report to know where the investigation is heading, one possible factor they are looking at is whether or not there was adequate staffing at the control tower at reagan national at the time of the crash. the associated press getting ahold of an internal report from the faa that night which seemed to suggest there may have been staffing issues.

the report saying the position configuration i can't say not normal for this time of day and volume of traffic indicating they were looking at whether or not there were enough people there at the time the crash occurred. but we have not, again, heard a definitive answer from the ntsb about that. flight tracking app. showed the american airlines regional jet was between 200 and 400 feet. only seconds away from landing and coming in from wichita, kansas. oncology firmed reports that the helicopter involved may have been flying off its approved flight plan, but that's still part of this investigation and nothing confirmed at this point. overnight we learned investigators have recovered the black box as well as the cockpit data recorder, voice recorder on board the regional jet american flight 5342 now in a government lab for evaluation. we are already seeing cancellations at reagan national for today. something like 500 flights canceled yesterday. as of this morning, guys, about 60 flights canceled. some aircraft are come in. things are still getting back to normal, if you will. new normal here as we learn more about the investigation.

no news yet of any news conferences as of this morning. but that can certainly change and we'll let you know as it does. ainsley, lawrence, and brian? >> lawrence: mark can you confirm some of the reporting put out there? apparently the organization as a whole as a third of the positions filled and then you have the person who was responsible for getting them in they were doing two jobs. is the fact is that normally there is an air traffic controller that handles the helicopters and one that handles the 5eur7? >> two different people depending on time of the evening could go down one position. as the evening goes on arab traffic dwindles, air traffic from military, we have the security helicopters going through all hours of the day and night you are also asking about staffing. shortage of air traffic controllers for years.

that's not necessarily a new problem to have. whether or not there was still the appropriate staffing inside the tower at the time is what they're looking at. ntsb was asked point blank about this yesterday. they simply said they have to review the logs. there is still stuff they would have to go back. they didn't want to say definitively that would be the problem. likely i have heard this from multiple accident investigators that there is not going to be just one cause. it was not that there was just one issue and led. there was hault tuesday of issues that came up and developed into this situation as tragic as it is. >> brian: one thing i have not heard and i could have missed it. i know it's constantly changing all the scenarios i have heard it not even speculation on that. i if he would lying like they were helps i feel as though they were just victims here. >> well, brian, we also know that that runway that they were

directed to, a shorter runway was a little bit different than the other traffic that had been using. >> these runways here, intersect at reagan national. so there was a last-minute change to a different runway. now, so they are going to have to wait definitively to say whether or not that also could have contributed to. this you are right. we are not necessarily hearing a bunch of people point fingers at the american airlines regional jet here. we have some people speculating that it is the military aircraft. it's still speculation, brian, and as officials said, repeatedly, they have got take time here. they don't want to say this one way or the other. of course, if you say they think this now, then that becomes the working theory. >> brian: the ntsb says within 30 days. it will be quick. >> ainsley: thank you so much, mark. they recovered the cockpit recording and flight data recorder. there was a lawsuit filed last year that alleged that the faa turned away nearly 1,000 air traffic control applicants solely based on race. was this a dei thing? i was watching sean's show last night.

and he was talking about under obama the faa launched a national outreach program for dei that included a push to hire workers with severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems. did that come into play here? >> lawrence: i just don't understand how could they be so stupid? >> ainsley: especially one of the busiest airports. >> lawrence: biggest indicator for me, typically when there is a tragedy we lose american lives. you know, the tone is more somber. when sean duffy went into that press briefing room, he was furious. i go sean knows something we don't know. as the reporting has started come out, how could have you two people doing that job when you have a helicopter. >> ainsley: one person doing the job of two people. >> lawrence: absolutely. maybe can you get away with that in the country area where there is not that many planes and air traffic going on there, it's already a complicated airspace and you are trying -- you are more focused on diversity than getting the positions filled? that makes no sense.

>> brian: cnn spent all night focusing on what donald trump said dei is probably at the root of this just to paraphrase. why are you wringing it up now. fundamentally it might be at the root of this and moving at break neck pace? when are they going to get president says what he is thinking. is he a leader. he also knows a lot about travel. buys planes, right? he has been flying a plane since 1980s. he actually knows pilots. they become his friends. also choppers, constantly because of the previous focus on atlantic city coming from new york. i'm going to add something else. air traffic control has been a problem since before the pandemic. then it got worse. how could you be transportation secretary pete buttigieg and not make that your focus and now is he upset that donald trump called him out in the previous administration out he? was a disaster. as a transportation secretary. and this has to be the number one -- if there is something good to many do out of this, you have to get more air traffic controllers. they burn out so quick. it is so stressful. >> ainsley: when you are on plane, you don't know what is happening behind the scenes.

you buy your ticket. you strap in. you just hope that whoever is running the air traffic control tower is not preoccupied. you hope that. >> brian: burned out or tired? >> ainsley: exactly. you put your life literally in their hand. we don't know if this was a problem just a report. >> lawrence: fund mental problem. >> ainsley: control traffic staffing was not normal for the time and day. >> brian: "the washington post" says they had a near miss couple weeks ago. >> ainsley: 19 misss across our country in 2023. >> brian: this morning we are learning more about the victims of this crash. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera live at reagan national airport with the details. madeleine? >> madeleine: hi, guys, good morning. there has been outpour of support of and condolences across the country and around the world. this is what we know about some of the victims. we know many of them were members of the figure skating community. members of the skating club of boston. coaches of and teenage skater

spencer lane and gina hawaiian howard university here in we also learning about some of the four crew members on american airlines flight 5342, 28-year-old sam lily was the first officer and ian epstein was a flight attendant. we know the identity of one of the u.s. army pilots on the black hawk andrew east. another one of the soldiers killed on the black hawk has been identified as crew chief ryan o'hara. here is defense secretary pete hegseth talking about the late service members we want to pass our condolences to the 64 souls and families effected by.

this never should have happened and certainly the three service members, the three soldiers, young captain, staff sergeant, and the cw 2 chief warrant officer on a routine annual retraining of night flights on a standard corridor for continuity of government mission. >> madeleine: president trump mourned the losses, too. listen here. >> on behalf of the first lady, myself and 340 million americans our hearts are shattered alongside yours and our prayers are with you now and in the days to come. we'll be working very, very diligently in the days to come. we are here for you to wipe away the tears and to offer you our devotion, our love and our support. there is great support. >> madeleine: yesterday the city of wichita held a vigil to honor the victims. many of the victims' families arriving to d.c. to get briefings from the national transportation safety board. the ntsb will likely have another news conference here at

some point today. lawrence, ainsley and brian? >> lawrence: thanks so much. >> brian: my opinion of this, such a tragedy and you see about the skaters and how tight the community they were and people think about why wasn't i -- i could have been on that flight. why did i take that flight? but i just enjoy the communication. the pentagon, pete hegseth he might be a little biased the fact that he is talking three times in one day. sean duffy within hours is there with a wind breaker on trying to get ahold and goes and sees the families and talks about it. the president of the united states comes out and then takes questions from everybody. that is a government that understands doesn't matter what your opinion of the media is, you need a way to communicate to the people. and the other administration had no interest in doing it. >> lawrence: just silence and statements written just words on paper. >> ainsley: so the ice skating community, there were 14 skaters on board from just that one skating club in boston. did you all see nancy kerrigan was crying.

that's where she got her training, and there were flowers put out at that skating club. there there's going to be the city of wichita will have a vigil at noon for the victims. >> brian: yeah. i just think you brought this up while in the break. the skating community is like the gymnastics community. they are really tight. even though it's a big country. when these guys and these competitors get together, they got to travel, pockets, they pool money together and know it's a huge investment with the one goal to get to the olympics. big country but not when it documents gam miss sticks and figure skating. >> lawrence: small community. >> ainsley: here hockey is a big deal in new york. the skaters if they share the rink with the hockey players. you have to get there early think they start opening it up for the hockey teams later in the morning. i knew someone as a skater had to wake up 45:00 go, skate for an hour or two and then go to school. they are very committed.

obviously committed 12 years old and going to kansas for this development camp with their parents. exactly so the parents are involved heavily involved. >> brian: condoleezza rice, dad was a football coach but she wanted to skate. when they weren't watching film together she would get her dad to drive her 4:30 to get to the rink in colorado. she would be skating every day. you have to be very dedicated. >> lawrence: so young, many of those victims. we will be covering their stories this morning. >> ainsley: absolutely. god bless them all. fox news headlines, how the fbi is collaborating with dhs to crack down on illegal immigration. brian driscoll tells fox news digital he has talked to every special agent in charge of the bureau's 55 division. they have all reached out to dhs to offer assistance. just this week the fbi helped dhs agents capture dozens of violent suspects in new york city. including a suspected tren de aragua member. "the chicago tribune" calling on

voters in dolton, illinois to put an end to mayor tiffany henyard's political career. saying voters have the chance to end this madness in next month's democratic primary and, quote: pick someone who prioritizes showing up to meetings something henyard doesn't always do. that op-ed comes after henyard and her boyfriend ended up in the middle of that brawl right there at a township meeting. her last hope to remain in power rests upon the mayoral race. and the mayor is facing multiple investigations over claims of corruption, sexual harassment, and retaliation against political opponents. happening today, president trump is set to appear at education round table to discuss school choice it. comes after signing an executive order directing several government agencies to develop plans for redirecting federal funds. trump saying too many children are not thriving in their assigned k through 12 schools. it comes just days after the nation's report card revealed the bleak state of education in the u.s. showing declining

reading skills and very little improvement in math. and those are your headlines. >> brian: it's going to be easy to see improvement. we actually have grades in this. so this is going to be focus. and it's so perfect and comprehensive and a plan of action. it's not why are we teaching critical race theory. why is 1619 project the problem? why are we keeping kids in failing schools? yeah, that's the problem. here wants the answer. we are going to end indoctrination in k through 12. if you are doing that and find out about it taking away money. combating anti-semitism on campuses my goodness do you need to see more video? you used to do this. you know exactly where to go. you are going to lose federal funds and get a huge it spotlight. today sunni college in new york voted to divest from israel. right away, forget the federal money. you are going to go with i forgot the abbreviation for that 74-70 vote. i'm not just going to do it i'm going to pressure the states to

do it and provide the money to pressure them to do what arizona did and florida did and that's separate the $12,000, $17,000 per kid and get them to travel with the money. >> they cannot. it's common sense they should be able to do math and they cannot. there is something wrongs with the system. >> brian: it's not money. >> lawrence: it's not money or teacher's fault. focus on other things that the kids should not even be learning to begin with. there is not a focus on the basics. let's just get back to the basics donald trump has asked delaina mcmahon and pete hegseth who wrote a book on indoctrination. we remember. >> lawrence: that's right. >> ainsley: he ordered them to provide a strategy to end the indoctrination in our elementary and in our high schools yes they are talking about school choice. you are the perfect example of

school choice if you haven't heard it yet? >> lawrence: garland we had a choice of schools. my parents didn't have enough money in dallas so if you stay in a poor neighborhood, you have to go to the poor school and garland, texas, no matter where you live where you are a poor neighborhood you can pick any school in the district it. breeds competition with the schools. of course, all the kids and parents are going to choose the schools that are more successful. they have to keep all of the schools up. and when one school goes down, they put more programs to drive traffic to that school. that's the same thing that's going to be when it comes to school choice. i feel sorry for some of the neighborhoods that are going to lose. so schools. but if a school is failing, either fix the school, put more resources there, or you got to shut it down. and people keep saying you are going to be busing kids out of their neighborhood, well, if the school is failing, and they cannot read and write, and then they are going to turn to crime as a result of it, why would you care if they're being bused out? >> brian: other thing is, lawrence, when you go to a private school, it's usually not

in your neighborhood. >> lawrence: no. that's right. >> brian: my son went to private and my daughters public. 25 minutes without traffic. but almost everyone does it. best school in new york is regis school. people come from the east end of long and hop on a tropical cyclone a subway and you are in ninth grade. >> ainsley: sean duffy's son did that commute each way. got in the car and train and made it to regis. it was worth it. i mean very successful. >> lawrence: successful now. >> brian: you are going to any ivy league school, most likely. i'm talking about the plan that trump has. is he not just saying do it. tells the department of education to get moving on it. told the secretary of defense help the military connected families do your school choice. he told the brand new doug burgum congratulations secretary of the interior work on the tribes. indian education federal funds so they can start choosing a school. this is a man in motion. got a plan.

>> ainsley: all right, happening today, the dems as you were saying at the top of the hour, they don't have a message. and so they are meeting the dnc winter meeting is this weekend. and they are going to vote on the next leader of the democratic party. i think four people running for that position. but, they are -- they are nervous because they don't have a message now and they are scared because the country obviously overwhelmingly voted for donald trump. >> brian: dei. you have. >> ainsley: focused on the wrong thing. >> brian: feel fighting for illegal immigrants. >> ainsley: transgender surgeries in prisons. that was their focus. we were talking to bill maher if you watch his show. he is not a republican. >> lawrence: no. >> ainsley: is he common sense. this is about common sense. y'all he focused so much on these things most americans doesn't affect most americans. but donald trump came out and talked about the economy. talked about securing the border. that was a winning message. >> brian: democrats the impossible they made donald trump at 78 years old cool. >> lawrence: they really did. i have been listening to some of

their -- you know they scream when they're having debates for vice chair and the chair. nothing has really changed. nothing has really changed. they are doubling down on the same same strategy. they have zero message for the american people. they are not relatable at all. i grew up as a democrat. my first political campaign was barack obama campaign back when i was 14 years old. they inspired people. they didn't demonize everyone in america. they lost their way and exhausted by the president of the united states because he is doing too much and they can't focus on it. watch. >> everybody is fatigued. trust me, i get it. it was pure hell and the disappointment and the frustration. and i'm, you know, soul searching, and then throwing so much at us that we are fatigued. >> the days of grieving the democratic party are over. frankly my party has been just a little bit too passive and quiet in this regard. i'm sensing we have woken up in the last 24 hours. >> we missed some things about what the american people really

cared about. >> we can no longer as democrats assume that there's a body of voters that are naturally democratic. we still have some soul searching to do as democrats. >> they have the absolute ability to run the table, at least for the next two years. and that's what i think we should all be concerned on, not small tweets or, you know, random kinds of appointments. >> brian: pick your spots. that's the message that senator fetterman makes sense. i would make him the leader. every time aoc talks shi communicate effectively and always going online. she is so left wing. she is a gift to donald trump. and the maga movement. which by the way they tried to make a negative word, maga is something people emblazing everywhere. the other thing is i have joe manchin this weekend. talked to him offline, is he coming on saturday. is he saying to me that until they understand that trump has good ideas and to get on board on some of them, not necessarily all of them but then you realize by getting on board with trump

it doesn't mean you are giving up your chance at the midterms it. shows you want to move the country in the right direction. pro-american not pro-republican. >> lawrence: i just don't understand why they are treating this like rocket science. you don't need a commission on this. you don't need to go into some basement. you don't need to have a debate about this. look what the voters are telling you. it's just like when the voters were telling that you inflation is a problem for us. and they kept say nothing, it's not a problem. transitory. the white house says the border. just get the criminals out of this country. you still have mayors that are resisting, handing over the criminals. part of the reason why ice is having a tough job and all this task force because when they capture the people, dem cities won't leave them in the jail and turn them over. this is crazy. and you won't cave on this issue? basic americans, 7 owe 0 percent of the country for mass deportation. okay. take it. you don't have to like it but that's what the voters have said.

>> brian: see what they will do with the dnc chair fighting it out right now. >> ainsley: americans get up early in the morning and go to work. and you are trying to just feed your kids. you want to prioritize your children's education. you want to make sure they are safe. you have illegal immigrants here that are criminals. our communities are not safe. we see crime go up everywhere. so americans just want to work hard, have their children safe. and enjoy their weekends. maybe take a vacation if they can afford it once a year. >> brian: hating donald trump is not a strategy. >> ainsley: exactly. donald trump sees those priorities in the working class families. >> lawrence: so true. speaking of that, the trump administration nominee on the hill fighting for confirmation. >> brian: yep, those three big time. trump senior adviser jason miller on the process, how they all did and their chance for confirmation. don't move. ♪on h you're a big deal. so join for free today and save now before rewards week ends.

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>> brian: some of president trump's top cabinet nominees standing their ground while facing pushback from democrats at their confirmation hearings. chanley painter has the details. chanley? >> good morning, brian. fireworks on capitol hill as some of president trump's most controversial nominees take the hot seat including tulsi gabbard as she fielded a bevy of questions related to her qualifications and previous statements related to national security.

>> those who oppose my nomination imply that i am loyal to something or someone other than god. my own conscience, and the constitution of the united states. the fact is what truly unsettles my political opponents is i refuse to be their puppet. >> chanley: and president trump's pick for fbi director kash patel sparring for hours with democrats on the senate judiciary committee on topics of trump's are pardoning of jan 6 rioters. turning on a citizen in this viral response, watch. >> this is why snippets of information are often misleading and detrimental to this committee's advice and consent. >> if you consent, i would love to have five hours of questions and then i could read the whole transcript. >> you've got two minutes. >> for a second day robert f. kennedy jr. trump's nominee for health and human services battled with senators on the vaccines, abortion, medicaid and, this watch. >> almost all the members of

this panel are accepting, including yourself are accepting millions of dollars in the pharmaceutical industry. >> oh, no, no, no. >> chanley: so far 8 members of trump's cabinet have been confirmed including doug burgum the department of interior yesterday. brian? >> brian: he's going to be great. goofed to see him in line. thank you very much, chanley. they are going to take this weekend off. love to work through it but put pam bondi on hold. first off from what you saw yesterday, jason, tulsi, kash and r.f.k., who are you most worried about for numbers? >> well, brian, i'm not worried about any of the fantastic nominees that president trump has put forward because these are the ultimate disrupters, these are the folks that are going to depoliticize government. i think this is a big part of the reason quite frankly why president trump received 77 million votes this past fall. 312 electric torls, of course, winning the popular vote because americans are sick and tired of the politicization, whether it be law enforcement, community,

or the intel community or even within healthcare. that was the great thing that we saw with all three of these nominees yesterday. kash patel stood and delivered. i loved the exchange over pardons because by the way on that panel of democrats, you had shifty schiff who imself has received a pardon along with the biden family and thousands of others from joe biden. i thought bobby kennedy did a fantastic job pushing back on bernie sanders on all of the money that bernie raised from pharmaceutical company employees. and tulsi gabbard. i think someone who is a transformational pick for this because she is bringing a certain truth to power. i think she is someone who reflects where america really is. we have to be tough with our national security but the politicization of the last four years, the attacks and the leaks against president trump and anyone who didn't agree with biden, that has to go. but gabbard is the perfect person for that. >> brian: right. i'm biased. i'm friendly with her. i like her. i'm going to say that ahead of time. the thing that bothered

republicans yesterday she didn't say edward snowden was a traitor, which he is. and didn't necessarily make people feel better about some of the things she said about russia and some of the things she said about syria. do you agree? >> well, brian, actually i would push back on that pretty strongly, tulsi gabbard yesterday said she would never advocate for any sort of pardon edward snowden. said he was someone who committed very serious crimes. she also said that russia was an adversary. i think some folks glossed over that in some of the back and forth with the exchange. what tulsi gabbard said is that we have to make sure there is never going to be another snowden incident again. that has to be these legal channels for people to go and be a whistleblower, including a hotline to tulsi. she laid out a four-step plan. here's the message though, brian, that tulsi sent. if you go outside of those lines, if you decide to take it into your own hands and leak confidential information, they're going to come after you with the full pressure of the law. so tulsi is very tough. hold on brian, i got tell you,

you saw the comments from senator susan collins afterwards. you said that tulsi gave a good answer when it came to snowden. i think a lot of people are reassured that tulsi gabbard is the right pick and president trump has the right people. >> brian: i hope you are right i think she would do a great job. the headline in the "wall street journal" today. trump aides hunt for 11th hour deal to dial back canada, mexico tariffs. it looks like they are coming down as soon as this weekend on 25%. i know one of the things can canada is the border and tom homan's meeting with kennedy officials today. do you believe that there is something -- there is some maybe a delay, maybe when he gets his cabinet fully in place like commerce secretary? what do you think? >> since i'm not inside the white house and with the transition team. i want to be careful i'm not speaking for the administration. here's what we seen from sprowmp far. he has gotten the immediate results. think about the failures over the past years of joe biden doing absolutely nothing and president trump has already gotten other countries to take

action when it comes to the border. when it comes to stopping fentanyl. he sent a very clear signal to canada and to mexico and to others you better go and get that border sealed. you better stop the flow of drugs, or else. the president said that there's a february 1st deadline and so i would say take president trump at his word. he is getting it done. we're not waiting for two, four years down the road. he's going to stop the flow of drugs, immediately, we should all be happy about that. >> brian: i also love what he said about those brics countries many of which are allies. you are going to find 100 percent with tariffs if you go off the dollar. so i think that is a huge thing that he's tackling again within 100 days, how about within 14. thanks, jason. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: meanwhile straight ahead, we are learning air traffic control could have been understaffed during the d.c. plane crash. the troubling details we knowha nextve. ♪ this isn't a spa.

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everyone. we are watching the west. we have got this pineapple express that is setting up. means we have this area of low pressure and hire and in between those winds push up all of this moisture, like an atmospheric hose. and we could see this is a strong event to an extreme event, especially for parts of northern and central california. over a foot of rain easily in the next couple of days, and then feet of snow. you can see the future radar as we go into the weekend into monday some of the same areas getting pummeled by heavy rain and mountain snow. there is the forecast. anywhere from 8 to 12, 12 to 18 inches. wouldn't be surprised especially in the mountainous area to see two feet of rain. going to cause flash flooding risk especially over the burn areas something we will watch over the weekend and into next week. across the east an area of low pressure bringing nasty weather to the southeast, parts of the mid-atlantic and the northeast. could see some icy conditions for parts of pennsylvania, new jersey, in towards new york. that's going to make travel difficult. so just call ahead if you are traveling and, again, we could

see some ice on the roadway. so something to keep in mind. fox weather.com for all of your latest details. ains little send it back to you. >> ainsley: good deal. thank you so much, janice. >> ainsley: fox news alert. two black boxes have been recovered from the american airlines flight crashed in d.c. new imaging shows their close altitudes right before their collision near the reagan international airport. as new reports say one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash. congressman troy nehls just talked with the national transportation safety board about their investigation and joins us now good morning to you congressman. >> good morning, ainsley. >> ainsley: what is the ntsb say? why was there one person handling two jobs and risking all of these lives? >> well, that's a very good question. reports are out there that the dca the reagan airport where this took place their air traffic control staffing shows that they need 30 personnel to

operate that air traffic control tower. it's a very busy airport. they say they are about 19 currently on staff. we have a staffing issue at the reagan airport. dca. and it must be addressed. and i don't like the reports that are saying that this air traffic controller was not only monitoring the helicopters, they were also monitoring the aircraft come in. those duties should have been shared. it should have been a shared responsibility. but maybe because of the staffing issue they weren't able to do so. >> ainsley: you know, we get on a plane and we just trust that whoever is in that tower knows how to do their job and that they are arrested. the "new york times" says it's employee turnover. it's tight budgets. some of them are working up to six days per week. 10 hour days. this is unacceptable. we don't know -- we don't see inside the towers. we just trust the ntsb what can we do to change this. >> i think there needs to be

some oversight from congress. we need make sure that if these airports are struggling with air traffic controllers they bring it to our attention and we can try to encourage more younger people to get into that field. as you stated, it is a very stressful job. but i have to say when you look at our aviation record, our safety record over the past 15 years, i mean, in 2009, obviously, we had the air crash and killed 47 people. we haven't had a major incident in the united states in the past 15 years. your viewers have to understand 45,000 flights each and every day out of the united states and we haven't had a major incident in 15 years. dca very busy airport. we have 800 flights inbound and outbound each and every day at reagan airport and overall i believe our record, our safety record is the gold standard. but, when we have an issue like this, it needs to be addressed. and i believe the ntsb will conduct a very thorough investigation and they will come

up with some recommendations to make sure that we can mitigate risk and something like this never takes place again. >> ainsley: maybe donald trump getting rid of dei and these agencies will also help because there is a lawsuit from last year where 1,000 people were turned away because of race who were applying for those positions as control tower agents. and they were turned away because of race. so hopefully we will clean up the system and the government. thank you so much, congressman. thanks for working hard and hopefully we can fix this asap. >> thank you, ainsley, god bless. >> ainsley: you are welcome. god bless you. a shelter for single men is set to open in new york next month. people aren't happy about this. we are asking the city's ice director how this effects his job to get criminal migrants out of our communities. with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪

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♪ >> lawrence: new york city ice raids have taken dozens of illegal migrants into custody including suspected gang members and accused killers. a massive migrant shelter that would house 2,000 men is still slated to open in nyc next month. angry residents, they are speaking out. >> i have never been afraid in the south bronx. i am now terrified. i'm terrified for me, for my students. i will have to move.

>> as literally someone that has lived this experience personally, you should be ashamed. it's not okay for you to take our trust money. >> lawrence: the ice acting deputy director joins us now. ken, thank you so much for joining the program. i know you don't know much about the shelter. but i do know that there's a lot of criminal aliens in new york city. how is this going to make it difficult with new york being a sanctuary city for your job. >> well, obviously, i have been speaking with sanctuary city policies for a long time now. and you see all the great work that the men and women of ice have been doing in this administration. the problem is, the sanctuary policies basically there is no cooperation with local law enforcement. so nypd, unfortunately, can't cooperate with us on our administrative immigration cases. so, when we had a unit that was based out of refresh my recollection island during the

former mayor de blasio time, when they strengthened the sanctuary policies, they kicked the unit out of refresh my recollection island, which basically meant that those people that we would vet that were foreign born, aliens at the time, that we determined to be amenable to removal proceedings, we would take into custody. you know, on an average at that time over 10 years ago we would take in about 100 a month. if do you the math, that's 100 a month. you are talking 1,000 to 1200 individuals that are now being released right back into the community. >> lawrence: so the audience understands, when there is a detainer put on the person, typically, if it's not a sanctuary city, you got a criminal alien that's in the jail. you just want to come and pick them up. as a result of the sanctuary city, you can't do that so these people are back out in the public and now you got to send a task force to go after these people. >> 100 percent. so, basically someone gets arrested, charged with a crime

remanded to the the custody of refresh my recollection and then we lodge immigration detainer also accompanied by immigration warrant. and due to the sanctuary policies, they will not accept the immigration detainer, nor the administrative warrant, so they just release the criminals right back into the community to reoffend and there's a lot of recidivism with these individuals. >> lawrence: let's talk about new york city so the audience can see a picture. the last i heard around 60,000 criminal migrants in the city that does not include the got-aways and we are not just talking about 60,000 people that are illegally in the country but they have committed a crime. right? >> that's correct. i remember quoting some numbers a couple of months ago that it was around that, unfortunately, it does not include the got-aways. >> lawrence: that's right. >> so, like you said, when they release these individuals back into the community, as you have seen over the past week, the amount of force that's needed to go out and arrest them, because

obviously, a lot. >> lawrence: it's dangerous. >> a lot of these people are bad actors, they are violent felons, and they have the upper hands in their apartments or residences, so, when you are going, in you need to ensure you have safety and a show of force. and sanctuary policies also drain taxpayers' money because now we have to send all these resources out to try and arrest these individuals that we could have just taken in the confines and the security of a facility or a jail. i mean, it doesn't make any sense. >> lawrence: real quickly i only got about 15 seconds. there is rumors going out there that ice is arresting american citizens. right? can you just dispel that? there is a difference between an american citizen detained when they are around another criminal migrant, but they are not deporting or arresting american citizens right? >> that's correct. obviously, there some misinformation and false narratives that are getting played in the media, which, unfortunately, always seems to

accompany our agency. but, ice does not arrest u.s. citizens unless they have a specific criminal warrant for u.s. citizen. but, on an immigration enforcement, for the civil immigration cases, we do not arrest u.s. citizens. we focus on criminal aliens and those that present a danger to national security. >> lawrence: thank you for all that you do. your men and women are doing a great job out there. i want them toe say safe. >> appreciate it. >> brian: incredible job. thanks so much, lawrence. now to headlines in sports. >> live look in new orleans where a congressional delegation reportedly reviewing security measures ahead of the super bowl next sunday. following that deadly new year's day terrorist attack. lawmakers visit the french quarter with officials and police. they will tour the superdome where the big game is going to be played. to the pebble beach pro-am where store golfer rory mcroy second

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