>> this whole highway stopped trying to save this dog. everyone keeps stopping trying to get him. they can't get him. >> you got him. yeah. don't let him go. >> bill: henry did not want to be taken in. but safe and sound with his owner and stopped the whole freeway for a time there in san diego. >> dana: he almost got as far as the white bronco. if you know, you know. the other thing is great reception for this new book i have coming out. i wish someone had told me. pre-order it at fox news books.come. a great compilation, one stop shopping for great advice. become friends with the country music singer and i asked him dealing with rejection and people get a lot of it. brian kilmeade writes about that too. there is a way to get over it. "the faulkner focus" is next. here she is. >> harris: and we're live right

now from the beautiful campus of southern university and a & m college. southern has a special place in american history from football in this legendary stadium you see. the drone is up. pilots are out this morning to educating high ranking leaders in our military. a very special campus. more coming up from here. let's begin with a fox news alert. under president trump's orders the crackdown on illegal immigration is intensifying. now the truth is being revealed. we have learned the danger our nation is up against. i'm harris faulkner. the president is highlighting his work on border security and he did so at a speech most recently at the conservative gathering of cpac. watch. >> president trump: we're liberating communities like

aurora, colorado and springfield, ohio that have been occupied for illegal alien criminals. under the trump administration, our country will not be turned into a dumping ground. >> harris: here is more disturbing information. the pure danger we face. drug cartels are infiltrating cities across america now. the centers for disease control and prevention, cdc, estimates there are more than 70,000 deaths each year and they look specifically at 2021, 2022, 2023 under the biden administration. directly related to the fentanyl epidemic that has been driven by the vicious cartel drug rings. if you want to get even a deeper sense of how far and deadly the reach of the cartels is, look at

the community of carrollton in north texas. the dallas division of the drug enforcement administration discovered the sinaloa cartel was responsible for multiple teenage fentanyl deaths. dea seized 1.2 million deadly pills in 2023. brooke taylor interviewed the head of d.e.a. in texas. she is in texas now. >> once the pills get across the border they impact communities like here in dallas. we sat down with the head of the d.e.a. in the dallas division saying that fentanyl continues to poison our communities. special agent in charge chavez says that fentanyl remains the most deadly elicit drug available in the dallas area. in 2024 more than 367 million fentanyl pills seized nationwide. the dallas field division seized

about 40 million deadly doses. >> for parents, those in their 30s and 40s, 50s, raising children this is not the same drugs that we remember growing up when we heard all of the campaigns about it. the game has changed and it has become even more deadly. >> one of his most high profile cases involved a series of deadly fentanyl deaths and overdoses among teenagers in the carallton school district in 2022 and 2023. for nearly two years authorities tracked social media and text messages and eventually able to link the deadly pills to a lab in mexico. >> drug cartels operate like any multi-national business with an

illicit product. they have transport specialists. that's their only job to get from point a to point b. >> in that specific case authorities say they seized 1.2 million fentanyl pills. you hear that number and you just think about how many lives were possibly saved just in this one single investigation, harris. >> harris: brooke, thank you very much for getting us started. in "focus" now gianno caldwell fox news political analyst. the line that sticks out the cartels are operating like any multi-national business. they are in it for the money whatever it takes. >> absolutely. they are making billions of dollars. i have to tell you, since 2006 when the mexican government declared war on the cartels 460,000 homicides in that country despite the fact that our government gives billions of dollars to mexico, giving billions of dollars in upgrade

military, judicial system and help on the border. i think for the fact that president trump is already assigned pete hegseth sending soldiers to the border and get in front of this as they declared the cartels a terrorist organization is the the best case scenario. we have to protect our border and we have an administration that finally wants to do that, harris. >> harris: all right. i want to move to this. democrat leaders in massachusetts are waging a battle over president trump's illegal immigration crackdown. a boston city council member lashed out at border czar tom homan for enforcing the policy. the united states law, that's what they are doing. it is getting heated now because boston's police commissioner has doubled down on the resistance to immigration and customs enforcement saying we don't enforce detainers filed by ice. here is tom homan. >> the police commissioner of

boston, you said you doubled down on not helping law enforcement officers of ice. i'm coming to boston and bringing hell with me. [cheers and applause] i stopped counting at nine. nine child rapists that were in jail in massachusetts but rather than honoring an ice detainer released back into the street. you are not a police commissioner. take that badge off your chest. put it in a desk drawer. >> harris: it is on and the law is on the side of the federal government. even still boston city council member, one of them had sharp words for tom homan. here it is. laughable that someone who spent their career policing a small town thinks they can lecture boston on public safety. we don't scare easy.

a quote. worcester, massachusetts is a trans sanctuary and one official posted to tom homan. we'll meet you with hell, too. all coming out of a state with scores of incidents like the one you are seeing. brazilian gang member here illegally see him flashing a smile after ice agents arrested him for assault and battery of a massachusetts citizen. in that state alone officials have arrested nearly 40 illegal immigrants on charges for raping or sexually assaulting children. we have to scroll. so many of them. new reports have been uncovered showing rampant abuse in the state's migrant shelter system especially of women and children. one illegal in the system repeatedly raped and impregnated his own teenage daughter. >> the outrage rings hollow when you look what is happening under massachusetts state care and lack of out rage of that.

pressure needs to be on the massachusetts state legislator to enact a law that we have to do something. >> harris: your reaction. >> these policies, these left wing liberal progressives policies have cost in blood and treasure unfortunately. to tom's point, he should bring hell with him and arrest many of these local leaders who are refusing to do their jobs. we have federal laws for a reason. again, the numbers in 2023 we saw over 105,000 people who died from an overdose of a drug including fentanyl and many other drugs. unacceptable in every way. these leaders, if you want to call them that, are creating havoc for their citizens. it is disgusting, harris. >> harris: number one job is to protect those citizens. they are working against them. >> right. >> harris: thank you very much for being with me. i'm in the great state of

louisiana right now. home to many of the nation's catholic parishes. in "focus" we're keeping an eye on pope francis, still in the hospital after days. the latest developments on his health coming up. pastor josh johnson based right here in baton rouge with his insights. the battle over boys playing girls sports continues. >> she should want to protect women in women's sports. it is unbelievable that she would choose to not do that. >> harris: president trump threatening legal action as maine refuses to comply with his executive order banning boys and men from competing in girls and women's sports. stay close. "the faulkner focus" live from the campus of southern university in baton rouge, louisiana.

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>> harris: "the faulkner focus" coming to you today live from the campus of southern university in baton rouge, louisiana. we're keeping an eye on the health of pope francis. 88 years old, in critical condition at a hospital in rome. he has been there since valentine's day, february 14th first battling a lung infection that grew into double pneumonia. the latest from the vatican is this quote. the night went well. the pope slept and is resting. pope francis yesterday -- his

account on x said i have recently received many messages of affection and been particularly struck by the letters and drawings from children. thank you for your closeness and for the consoling prayers i have received from all over the world. exclamation point. hundreds of the faithful prayed for the pope in sunday mass at saint patrick's cathedral yesterday. the archbishop of new york with this somber message. >> we have to be realistic. when you get double pneumonia in anybody you are worried. when you have double pneumonia in an 88-year-old man who only has 75% lung capacity and struggling with arthritis and a bunch of stuff. i'm praying with him and for him. i think we have to be realistic as he certainly is. >> harris: "focus" now father josh johnson, pastor of sacred heart of jesus parish in baton

rouge and host of the ask father josh podcast, also you just told me a graduate of southern university. first of all, what are you telling your parishioners about the pope. how are you praying with them and lead them? >> any time somebody suffers in the body of christ we're gather towering and praying. we are oh he praying for his healing. we believe in jesus christ who raised the dead in scriptures and we believe that jesus christ can do that with holy father pope francis. it has been beautiful to see people who may have been struggling with being faithful to prayer praying more now because he is our pastor. >> harris: how important to hear those words. i said his account on x. i doubt he is sitting there typing. i want to know how important those particular words are at this time. >> gives us hope that he is still with us and the holy father and he appreciates the fact that we're united together right now. we live in such a divided community, divided culture. one thing we can come together

and do is pray. >> harris: can i ask quickly? i didn't know -- i know there are a number of parishes in the state. i didn't know the catholic presence on this historically black university and college campus. >> the chaplain at southern university and does a great job cultivating discipleship on this campus where i ca im to school. >> harris: as we go through the process, is there a singular message you are giving your parishioners? >> to pray and believe that nothing is impossible for god. >> harris: i mean. pastor johnson, god bless you. thank you. >> god bless you. >> harris: the governor of maine had a heated exchange with president trump on friday at the white house. he was hosting governors from around the country. this governor from maine told the president she would not comply with his order protecting women's sports. here is the president.

>> president trump: the governor of maine. she is fighting to keep men in women's sports. let them all do that fight. i think that's about a 90/10 issue. i can't figure out who the 10% are. nobody can. >> harris: this comes after a transgender student won the maine state title in girls pole vaulting last week. two girls at a different high school tied for second. the president says he will withhold federal funding until maine's governor cleans that up. cb cotton has more. >> president trump and maine governor mills went head-to-head on this issue when they saw each other at the white house. neither backing down. >> >> president trump: we are the federal law. your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports.

you better comply because otherwise you are not getting any federal funding. >> see you in court. >> president trump: good, i'll see you in court. i look forward to that. enjoy in your life after governor. i don't think you will be in elected politics. >> the state says it is following its own laws allowing transgender students to compete based on their gender identity despite the president's executive order to keep men out of women's sports. track and field coach tells us he refused to be a pole vault judge this year in protest of the trans athlete on the girls team saying the student was an average athlete on the boys team but excelled on the girls team. >> this case one protected class is being selected over another. the trans community is being selected over the women and girls. most people are saying these people, these children can compete they just can't compete

against girls. they can compete in an open class. >> despite the threat of withheld funding and the civil rights investigations by the u.s. department of education into the maine department of education and maine school district. the governor is doubling down saying in a statement that the president is targeting one particular group on one particular issue which she says maine law has addressed. harris. >> harris: cb, thank you very much. we'll stay on that issue as well. democrats are going after elon musk for demanding progress reports from federal workers. that's what people do. they are supposed to have some accountability to what they are doing. republicans say it's about time we learned how they are earning our tax dollars. >> there has to be accountability when it comes to federal workers. it is long past due that this has occurred. the reason why democrats are squealing is because now the target are pet projects and pet agencies. >> harris: the deadline for

those federal workers to exactly list what they got done last week. what did you do? it's midnight tonight. louisiana governor jeff landry is in "focus" next with his thoughts on it. "the faulkner focus" continues live from baton rouge, louisiana on the campus of southern university.

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>> harris: "the faulkner focus" coming to you today live from the campus of southern university in baton rouge, louisiana. a lot of outrage right now taking it to politics and it is coming from democrats after elon musk directed federal employees to answer an email from the office of personal management. the email wants them to list five things they accomplished at work last week and told them by not replying by midnight tonight, they would be taken -- that would be taken as a resignation. queue the democrat meltdown. >> elon musk has been lying through his teeth to the american people.

what he is doing is trying to dismantle very important services that benefit all of the american people to make room for tax cuts for very rich people and billionaires. people like elon musk. >> it is completely inhumane what he is doing and crazy that this is his approach. >> we're seeing real crises that elon musk, a billionaire who never has to think where his next meal is coming from. >> harris: you have to give a report what you are doing at work while our tax dollars pay you. many republican lawmakers saying it is not a big ask. >> roughly 3 million federal workers. the price tag that the taxpayers pay is right at $271 billion a year. is it too much to ask for them to verify why they are making an average salary of $106,000 a year? we're the ones paying the bill. we have a right to know. elon musk, the numbers don't lie

what he is finding out. >> harris: all right. so what do american voters think? a new national poll finds 42% of them support musk cutting waste. party divide is huge. nearly all republicans are on board. hardly any democrats. in "focus" now in a moment louisiana governor jeff landri looking the root out wasteful spending in his own state of louisiana. let's go to jackui heinrich outside the white house. >> nobody within the trump administration is contesting what doge wants to do but consternation about the way it has communicated specifically the email from the office of personnel management and a tweet saying failure to reply would be taken as resignation. that didn't appear in the email. ostensibly a worker wouldn't know it was the consequence. agencies started to use caution. you had the pentagon telling

employees please pause any response to the opm email what did you do last week? kash patel emailed his employees when and if further information is required we'll could order naivety responses. please pause any responses for now. despite the muddled communication the president says musk is doing a great job. like to see him get more aggressive. we have a country to save and make greater than ever before, maga. elon musk justified the doge email saying the reason this matters is that a significant number of people aren't checking their email at all. in some cases we believe non-existent people or identities of dead people are getting checks and there is outright fraud. >> we want people working jobs many of them working remote, not showing up to the office in

years, many of them working only one day a week in the office. tell us what you are doing with your time. >> democrats and unions have tried to stop elon musk and doge from doing what they want to do but they keep running into roadblocks in court. for instance, the judge's ruling usaid can move ahead and place all direct hire personnel around the globe on administrative leave. harris. >> harris: jackui, people not checking their own work emails. there is a chance some people don't know the deadline is the deadline to say what they've been doing. they didn't see the email. >> that's right. >> harris: in "focus" now republican governor landri from the great state of louisiana. >> thank you for being on this campus. >> harris: i want to start with the doge. you saw this coming. you started this early before it was even official from the new

president in your state. why? >> this is something we did as attorney general eight years ago and ran what we called a fiscal responsibility project at the department of justice in louisiana. look, that department only had 550 employees. a lot easier than the hundreds of thousands or millions of employees that the federal government has. but even then we made everybody reapply, everybody tells us what they were doing. brought teams in to talk to folks that said okay, what exactly do you do? you would have been shocked to see some of the things we found. at the end of those eight years i can tell you people at the department of justice enjoyed their work and empowered in being able to do the jobs they were doing. people that go in to work for federal and state government in order to do a service. we want to empower them to do it but not out there just collecting a check and not giving the america people or state of louisiana citizens the service they deserve. >> harris: a quick follow-up on that. was there a divide?

were people supportive of you? this is broken down by political lines so quickly. >> at the time louisiana was in a fiscal crisis and so we were required to be able to live within our means and trying to get our budget under control. of course, we had some pushback and some people that left or quit and didn't want to tell us. they left. so that ended up giving us an opportunity to what i call trim the dead wood out there. what we ended up was a core group of people that really enjoyed the work they were doing and we empowered them and gave them an opportunity to find those efficiencies in government and rewarded them in the same. so again what the president and elon musk are doing is exactly what needs to be done with the federal government is out of control. i spent a term in congress and can tell you the budget is out of control. we don't know where the money is going. we know now. these are things that need to be done. >> harris: all right. just quickly, though, because you have been through this before, people are worried that they are going to lose their jobs. what do you say to them?

>> if you are doing the service you were hired to do you don't have to worry about losing your job. if you are performing those offices and at work no problem. >> harris: musk said if you just reply to the message and tell me what you've been doing you could get a promotion, which is interesting. >> correct. >> harris: let's move to this. last week president trump announced new appointments to the council of governors that includes governor landry and state leaders will be tasked with federal partnersships on disaster response and military coordination issues. congratulations on that and tell me what you will be doing. >> i thank president trump for the appointment. we held our first meeting. we found there are a lot of commoninality in things that we can work both democrat and republican governors can work alongside this president to accomplish. there was absolutely a consensus that fema needed to either be

reorganized or recalibrated. we talk about some of the security issues, talked about the national guard in our particular states and i thought it with as a great meeting. >> harris: you would have such a great perspective on that with what your state has been through in past years with hurricanes and the tragedies there. fema and getting it right is critical. >> that's exactly right. we had a great meeting. >> harris: let's talk if we can a little bit. you dropped news when you sat down. you started law school at southern university? >> i did. i started here on this campus. a great place. thank you. i have an accommodation for you, commending you for all the great things you have accomplished throughout your career and for our appreciation for you coming to southern campus. it is a beautiful campus and we appreciate you doing your show here. >> harris: thank you very much. i see you talking about faith in here and it warms my heart. we are and there are so many

catholic pash i shalls and catholics in your state. now is time to lean in with prayer for the pope and country. >> it is certainly a prayerful time for the church as a whole. you see the thousands that have gathered around to pray for the pope and his health. many catholics will be out there holding their breath and saying prayers hope the pope is able to recover. >> harris: as a whole just for the country people are praying because we are going through a lot right now and getting so much information about what the drug cartels are doing in this country. does louisiana get touched by that? >> absolutely. there has never been a time for prayer throughout the world when you think about the crises and conflicts and the amount of loss of life that's out there globally, the crime epidemic, the drug epidemic, cartels affect louisiana. louisiana is a border state. we have the gulf of america,

we're next door to texas as well and we sent national guard troops to help texas during the biden administration when they were letting people come across the border. so it does affect. we've seen the impact on the loss of life, 100,000 americans lose their lives every year to drug overdoses. think about that. that's a significant amount. that is a tragic amount of people. majority of them are young. >> harris: yes. as the audience knows from reporting today, many of them between -- they're victims of the drug cartels. between the ages of 14 and 17. it is a generation of people being affected. >> you said it. we're losing a generation. it will absolutely affect this country and our society moving forward. that's why we have to put a stop to it. >> harris: thank you for this recognition and accommodation. good to see you. beautiful to be here. let's move to this.

incredibly talented and renowned band of southern university gave me a warm welcome and a wonderful performance. yes, i could not help myself. i had to get in the middle of all that. a very special honor from the university and this, which was pretty surreal. >> be it resolved that today be declared harris faulkner day on behalf of the state senate. the house of representatives join me in declaring today as your day. we thank you and we love you and thank you for joining us here today. >> harris: it still puts me in tears. on my special time here on campus and a special alumnus with me. he credits the historically black university for his time in his lifetime of success in making history and, of course, the governor, thank you so much for being here. we'll be right back.

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>> harris: february is black history month and as you often hear me say, this month recognizes our shared american history. and my team and i are making some history today, too, broadcasting "the faulkner focus" from the beautiful campus

of southern university a & m college. it is one of a black college and university. 8,000 students on this campus have a school mission to become graduates equipped to excel in the 21st century global economy and they are doing it. last night i was humbled and honored to be presented with the chancellor's award for lifetime excellence and achievement in journalism. >> i am just speechless. you see me and where i've been and you know. i'm so grateful for that. today has been so amazing. the faculty here with the leadership and the vision of chancellor and also the chairman and all those who participate in the greatness of the children that you are helping to raise because it takes more than a village.

it takes everybody. i mean, all of that is a reflection on the power and necessity for h b-cu's right now. a great honor today and i share it with all of you. >> harris: the chancellor who presented the award to me also gave me an extensive tour of the campus. >> what we do is take students from a lot of rural areas and from other areas that are underserved and say you can achieve. you may not have had all the resources you needed to be at the top of the chain in terms of college admissions but you can achieve because when you work hard, and we work hard with you, we get you to where you are going to be in the future. we want to be a transformational institution. when you think about these kinds of things, faith is very, very important. our people have to be faithful

to believe that they could achieve higher education status. they didn't have a lot of money or political power but they had faith in god and themselves and the tenacity and resilience to make great things happen. >> harris: one of the many highlights of my day on campus was getting up close with the school's world-renowned band, human juke box. they played for me southern style. the same band that opened this year's super bowl in new orleans and it was amazing. ♪

>> harris: tony clayton, chairman of the southern university's board of supervisors, graduate from southern earning both undergrad and law degrees. the manager partner of his own law firm. served as a district court judge. the first black american elected to serve as district attorney for louisiana's 18th judicial district and he and his wife paula met right here on this campus and you have five children. >> five kids. i tell you something, you should be able to relate to that. your parents met on historical black college. you have done so much for this university. my kids, football players were calling last night saying she is so real. nursing students. thank you for what you've done to this university. >> harris: first of all, the nursing academics that you are doing on this campus are the best in the country. they were just recognized as number one for your nursing program. i love football.

so your football players and i had a lot to talk about. >> that band is number one. we have a lot of firsts here at southern university. >> harris: definitely. i want to talk to you a little bit about some of what you are instilling at this point. i got to see the university has a thriving reserve officers training corp program as many do. i had the opportunity to talk with midshipmen and cadets. near and dear in my heart. my dad served as a lieutenant colonel in the army. why did you choose rotc? >> to better my leadership skills and become a role model to other young people around in today's society. also just be a better person overall. >> with the skills i'm gaining in rotc i want to go fly in the navy but i want to lead people

in the navy and help build our -- build leadership in the military and become a better leader for people around and use the skills just in my everyday life. >> it is an honor to serve for our nation and to also follow in the footsteps of my father, also currently still serving in the army right now. to make people proud around me and to do my part as an american citizen is gratifying. >> it is about how you can develop yourself, what you can do to become a better leader to serve your people and learn better about how you could come back and be a better family member. at the end of the day service is in every area of your life. >> harris: i know a saw of couple of things midshipmen and cadet trance posed there and my team is learning what it is like to have grown up brat and talking with them about that. southern university has a partnership with lsu through its

rotc program and some of those cadets and midshipmen are sharing campuses. >> you see what you saw and depicted for the country? that's what southern university does. we plan on asking secretary hegseth to allow us to have a joint readiness department of defense center on this campus. the reason why is because we will be able to train those young folks so that they will be able to deal with crisis management, able to train and be a hub in case there is a crisis. after katrina we housed a bunch of television stations because new orleans was flood out. this place was the hub for them. just imagine that what you saw with those rotc young folks if we had to build a readiness center. the mississippi river behind you, 40 some chemical plants that line all the way to new orleans. we called it probably one of the

most dangerous places. if someone were to attack us it could wipe out the whole gulf of america. what you depicted i'm glad you did it so we can showcase what these kids are doing. >> harris: you mentioned reaching out to secretary pete hegseth on a joint readiness center on campus. we'll watch for that. i got to see some of the amazing human juke box band performing. the joy of performing and the discipline it takes to be an elite group. the director says it's far more than music. >> we teach them to be on time to be early. if you are on time you're late. to be on time you have to be early. that's what life lesson they learn. you have to be disciplined and trainable and whatever you invest in yours others will see the investment. >> harris: that's a message all over campus. >> you made a piece earlier.

southern took me and polished me into a gem. i scored relatively low on the act test. graduated. i pay a lot of money in taxes. it is what it's about. i was reading about the doge piece where 200 million on transgender surgery for animals and sesame street. that type of money i'm glad musk is doing what he is doing. about time somebody takes the bull by the horns. earlier you mentioned elon writing a letter telling us what you've done in the last five days. if you can't do that you ought not to be working. i like what this administration is doing. this campus is poised to be a partner with them. southern is ready. you met the kids. you did a second line. >> harris: they told me how to second line with a big brass band. so many bands. i love it. last thought.

you could call it a press conference. your journalism students are strong and lined up. i thought i was in the white house press briefing room. it was fantastic. the vision here for that. >> what you did by allowing those kids to get on the national stage to be able to question you is what we're training and who we are putting forth and that's the future and the harris faulkners. i harken back to you and your parents meeting on a campus and look where you are today. those were our kids you saw last night. you saw how they embraced you and how they fell in love with you. so that's what we're about. taking the rock out of the back door cane fields and polishing them into gems. >> harris: thank you for your kindness here. a joy and blessing to meet the students here. i want to thank everybody at university of southern for their most gracious hospitality. i hope to visit again in the future. thank you for watching "the

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