so also on slide 4 in the top level, you show that a narcotics unit is activated to verify forfeiture. is this the case for assets seized outside of narcotics related cases? >> so typically if it's a nonnarcotic case, there are penal code sections that apply to criminal profiteering. typically who is investigating it will notify me and say this is what happens and these are the funds we seized. i'll forward the report to the d.a.'s office. as far as i'm concerned personally, i don't have any role in that. it's between the d.a.'s office and that investigative unit. >> president cohen: okay. is anyone else in the department authorized to verify forfeitures? >> at this point, they all go through narcotics. >> president cohen: okay. that's good to know. so that's one point of interest. okay in slide 9, can you explain or what explains the near doubling in the amount of federal forfeiture revenue? 18 and 19 and 19 and 20? is it just more narcotics? >> i think one thing that's not easily explained within any of these slides is that the forfeitures that we receive isn't really based on what'

so also on slide 4 in the top level, you show that a narcotics unit is activated to verify forfeiture. is this the case for assets seized outside of narcotics related cases? >> so typically if it's a nonnarcotic case, there are penal code sections that apply to criminal profiteering. typically who is investigating it will notify me and say this is what happens and these are the funds we seized. i'll forward the report to the d.a.'s office. as far as i'm concerned personally, i don't have any role in that. it's between the d.a.'s office and that investigative unit. >> president cohen: okay. is anyone else in the department authorized to verify forfeitures? >> at this point, they all go through narcotics. >> president cohen: okay. that's good to know. so that's one point of interest. okay in slide 9, can you explain or what explains the near doubling in the amount of federal forfeiture revenue? 18 and 19 and 19 and 20? is it just more narcotics? >> i think one thing that's not easily explained within any of these slides is that the forfeitures that we receive isn't really based on what'

so also on slide 4 in the top level, you show that a narcotics unit is activated to verify forfeiturehis the case for assets seized outside of narcotics related cases? >> so typically if it's a nonnarcotic case, there are penal code sections that apply to criminal profiteering. typically who is investigating it will notify me and say this is what happens and these are the funds we seized. i'll forward the report to the d.a.'s office. as far as i'm concerned personally, i don't have any role in that. it's between the d.a.'s office and that investigative unit. >> president cohen: okay. is anyone else in the department authorized to verify forfeitures? >> at this point, they all go through narcotics. >> president cohen: okay. that's good to know. so that's one point of interest. okay in slide 9, can you explain or what explains the near doubling in the amount of federal forfeiture revenue? 18 and 19 and 19 and 20? is it just more narcotics? >> i think one thing that's not easily explained within any of these slides is that the forfeitures that we receive isn't really based on what's coll

he is known for busting his own police department, he busted his own narcotic unit, gaining the respect of his community, he gets involved in because of that the community supports and respects him. >> we will see if and when he makes an announcement, good stuff, thanks for bringing it to us. we will be right back. >> fox news alert, violence raging in the middle east, the distal rising as israel and hamas trade airstrikes. gaza bracing for more airstrikes from israeli rockets like this one that leveled that entire apartment building. president biden saying israel has a right to defend itself as benjamin netanyahu has rights broken out in the streets. did you hear about this? a 14-year-old accused in the murder of a florida teen. the suspect posting a chilling snapchat photo from the back of the police car when brought in for questioning. it reveals tristan daily was stabbed a horrific amount of times. st. johns county sheriff says cold-blooded murder. we will join "fox and friends" later this morning. minnesota judge ruling there were aggravating factors in the death of george floyd wh

when he saw corruption in his police department and narcotics unit he raided his own narcotics unit but conversation should be going. but he was only able to do that because he had those conversations before tragedy and on the local level. >> dana: on behalf of all of us want to thank you during those days after the murder and then all throughout this year you have really helped us be able to understand and to be able to move forward in hopefully a positive way. thank you for that. in the meantime you are doing other great reporting. you went to austin, texas, to talk about homelessness. here is a clip. >> the city of austin lets them do whatever they want. leave their needles where little kids can find them and it is ridiculous. >> harboring drugs and trafficking. it doesn't make sense. we as a people and as citizens are left to fend for ourselves. >> do you want that to be the image of austin? >> one of the reasons i don't like that image, i don't think it's true. >> a guy is walking around right outside of city hall with a machete. that's illegal and breaking the law. >> and we're de

public, figured out the problems, developed a relationship, when he saw back up he raided his own narcotics unit of the bad apples and supported the good cops. seems like a real easy formula. he won the support of the public and the cops. and when it was time for them to riot, they said no. the people linked up with the activists in the community. now, that doesn't mean they are always going to agree. but he didn't demonize both groups. he brought them together. why can't these leaders all across the country show some backbone and just do that. >> no, i think that's a great point it would have been nice if somebody like maxine waters when she went to minneapolis instead of just going there for a photo op. and taking extra security with her if she had actually encouraged people to sit down with local leadership and hash out a plan where, you know, the citizens can work with police because police are also members of the community. they are citizens, too, that elected to take a job that was determined by all of the residents in that area and keep the community safe. and it would be great if everyon

he supports his police and he rated his own narcotics unit when he saw there is bad actors involved.tire department. >> sandra: people want the police. they lead in some of the highest crime in the nation and people live in the middle of it. there's no support of defunding the police and i will put the toll up on the screen. compared to a year ago, they were asked is there more or less crime in this country? a whopping 73% say that they are seeing and experiencing more crime across the country. in your local area, 54%. not a whole lot said that they are seeing less crime. >> uc and new york city people openly committing crime because they know that there is and can. we just got rid of the anti-crime unit and someone told me that they are debating on a new force. not getting the back on the street to stop violent crimes that are happening and that that tells you all that we need to know. we are working with imagery and all of the life and action not what is it going to take to keep citizens safe? >> sandra: we can see just about everywhere, fox nation included. a host by yours truly,

we are seeing large increases in the hard narcotics which are going to make their way into the interior of the unitedand obviously we know the -- the scary thing about those hard narcotics and what they do to our population here. maria: and then later on while on a black hawk chopper tour of the border with texas governor greg abbott and the head of the department of public safety in texas, steven mcgraw. mcgrew told me they are working with nypd to combat the massive overflow of drugs in the borders. >> just this week alone, 800 pounds of methamphetamine were received along the tex-mex border. 50 grams in the grande valley. it's not remaining in texas. a lot of it is headed to new york and a lot of other cities throughout the nation. we know working with the new york city police department that their major threat organized crime is really no longer the -- clearly the mexican cartels. maria: incredible. the former acting administrator of the drug enforcement administration, timothy shea. thank you very much for joining us. assays the situation as you know it. >> well, maria, what we are seeing now at

we're seeing large increases in hard narcotics which will make their way into the interior of the unitedtes and we know the scary thing about those hard narcotics and what they do to our population here. maria: and then later on, while on a black hawk chopper tour of the border with texas governor greg abbott and the head of the department of public safety in texas, steven mcgraw, mcgraw told me the agents on the ground at the rio grande are working with the nypd to combat this massive flow of drugs over the open borders. >> just this week alone, over 1800 pounds of meth had amphetamines were seized along the texas, mexico border, 1500 pounds in thely owe of grand valley. -- rio grande valley. we talked about tim pacts of elsewhere. -- tim facts of elsewhere -- impacts of else injury. a lot of it is headed to new york and other cities around the nation. we know working with the new york city police department that their major threat of organized crime is no longer the jinovese. it's the mexican cartels. maria: joining me now on this exclusive, the former acting administrator of the drug

and, you know, he really gained the respect of his community when he raided his own narcotics unit becauserun for governor. and when he does announce, i'm going to be back throw interview him. as you can see, the people in the community -- not just the cops, but the activists -- they love him. again, he calls it the way he sees it. and, you know, i don't think there's a more hated figure by the media because they the try to bait him, try to turn him against his community, turn him against the cops x this is a guy that just calls it like he sees it. pete: it's called leadership are, and he's doing it every day. very well done, l.j., thank you so much. >> speaking of leadership, will cain is going to be op on a 7 p.m. show. texas taking over! [laughter] thanks, guys. pete: all right. we move on to a fox news alert. overnight more than 200 rockets launched against israel as a night of terror erupts in those streets. imagine you're living somewhere with rockets being shot at you every single day. we're on the ground with the latest on that deadly conflict when we come back. ♪ you're unbelievab

he said these hard narcotics make their way into the interior of the united states.chopper with the governor of texas and the heads of the department of public if safety and the national guard, chief mccraw confirmed what chief hastings had said. he told me what shows up in texas does not stay in texas and that the mexican cartels are one of the biggest threats right now to new york. >> just this week alone over 1800 pounds of methamphetamine received along the texas/mexico border. 1500 pounds in the rgv, rio grande valley, and we talk about the impacts elsewhere. the governor said they're not keeping it here, a lot of that's headed to new york and other cities throughout the nation. so we know working with the new york city police department that their major, organized crime is really the mexican cartels. maria: the criminal organizations are depending on the u.s.' incompetence at the border. cartels are making $400 million a month for charging between $4,000-50,000 a head to transport people from 51 different countries across the narrow rio grande river. sources to

a mobile unit, set up to disseminate drug information, quickly turned into an emergency treatment center. the attending physician, personally treated over 600 narcoticsdicated the crowd had grown to over 25, 000, early evening photos show 45,000 had spilled over the confines of the park, posing health hazards, and threatening the destruction of public property. these repeated and flagrant violations of the park permit, which was negotiated and accepted by the may day leaders, left no alternative but for the government to close the campsite down. it was up to chief wilson to execute the revocation. a challenging and difficult assignment for the men of the metropolitan police force. at 4 am sunday, all members of the department were mobilized for a top secret, pre-done trip to west potomac park. at 6 am, the announcement was made to the slumbering and surprised crowd, that their permit had been revoked and they must vacate the area or face arrest. >> everyone off the ground quickly. those would not leave the area are in violation of the law will be arrested. all those wishing to leave the area and avoid arrest will be given time to do so. >> the may da

narcotics, cold cash and people. at the same time we envision a robust of lawful trade and travel taking steps to facilitate both such as global entry, to not only individuals visiting the united states each year, entry upon arrival, but to build or similar programs in the region to enable u.s. citizens to more easily enter other countries for business or tourists. or focusing on modern port security and infrastructure. with an emphasis on the security of the panama canal. the facilitate the flow of global commerce. the recent blockage of the suez canal through which about 12% of global trade passes, further highlights the need to partner closely with panama, to secure the canal including against foreign adversaries. we need to work to protect our supply chain from malign foreign influences. we should expand operator programs that link supply chains from the very beginning of our products of commodity production lifecycle although it customer delivery. more seamlessly crossing borders and clearing customs. all of these efforts help to expand legitimate businesses in the region and ensure that supply chains are not threatened by malign foreign influence as well as criminal netw

we're seeing large increases in hard narcotics which are going to make their way into the interior of the unitedg about those hard narcotics and what they do to our population here. maria: joining me right now is georgia congressman, house energy and commerce committee member, earl buddy carter, congressman, great to see you. thank you for joining me. yesterday you wrote a letter to speaker pelosi calling her out on the democrat hypocrisy over the border many tell me where you see things today. >> certainly, remember now, this is the same nancy pelosi who was critical of donald trump's policies at the border and said if you endanger children, i become a lioness. a couple weeks ago i visited the donna facility and what i saw is completely different from the pictures that the administration is showing right now. what i saw was overcrowding. what i saw was thousands of children who during a pandemic were -- very few were getting covid tests and there was certainly no mitigation to try to separate those children. in fact, they were literally on top of each other and for nancy pelosi and for the demo

he said these hard narcotics make their way into the interior of the united states. wk chopper with the governor of texas, and the heads of the department of public safety and the national guard, chief mccraw confirmed what chief hastings said about narcotics. he told me what shows up in texas does not stay in texas and that the mexican cartels are one of the biggest threats right now to new york. >> just this week alone, over 1800 pounds of methamphetamine were seized along the texas, mexico border. we talk about the impacts of elsewhere, the governor said they're not keeping it here. it's not remaining in texas. a lot of that is headed to new york and other cities throughout the nation. so we knee working with the new york city police department that their major threat to organized crime is no longer the monoto family, it's really the mexican cartels. maria: the criminal organizations are benefiting on the u.s.'s incompetence at the border. sources told us cartels are making $400 million a month for charging between 4,000 and $50,000 a head to transport people from

the united states senate can take the lead and permanently classify these dangerous narcotics that are literally killing tens of thousands of our fellow citizens every year. instead of kicking the can down the road again for five months from now, let's make it permanent. lives are at stake. it's important that we continue to focus in this body as we have on the demand side of this equation. prevention, treatment, longer-term recovery for fentanyl and for other substances. but it's also important that we not allow these substances to come on the streets at lower and lower costs and greater and greater volumes. that is what would happen if we do not move as a congress to ensure that these fentanyl copycats and fentanyl itself remains illicit drugs as they are. let's do the right thing for our communities, do the right thing for law enforcement. let's be sure they have the predictability and certainty in law enforcement to know these criminals can be prosecuted, these traffickers. we need to act now to address the threat of these deadly fentanyl drugs coming into our communities. i urge t

united states. a tremendous hub for human trafficking and narcotics here.fter clothing -- tonnage, water, backpacks, just the entire scene is just littered with things. there are meningty of pictures -- plenty of pictures around. the washington examiner has posted several from value verde county, obviously, in mcallen where ten of thousands have come across here since january 20th. but it's, you know, how do you get to this point, and, you know, and it's -- do we talk about the car crashes? do we talk about the level of fear here in texas and across the united states as an open border policy expands here in do we talk about the cartel expansion? the strength and the power that they now exhibit here in the united states? all these things seem to be completely ignored. jedediah: sheriff, unfortunately, i have to cut you off. we're out of time. we're going to have you back to talk more about this issue as it involves. we appreciate your thoughts today. >> thank you very much. jedediah: a chinese dossier says beijing's been preparing for world war iii using bio

united states. often times these migrants are exploited by the cartel for more cash before they are finally released to their families. the second image is striking. it shows smugglers attempting swim bundles of narcotics across the river. when they saw officers on the u.s. side, they got scared, turned around, and swim back to mexico with the drugs in hand. texas has focused mostly on cartel activity here but a source tells us that their job is getting tougher and tougher because the cartels are actually surveilling them. we are told that cartels are sending scouts to hotels across the border here to figure out which agencies are on the ground and how many bodies are here. they're also using a flight tracking app that can track planes that should be undetected to the naked eye. here's track both on sunday morning and what the biden administration should be doing. >> they need to show the migrants in the cartels that it's not okay to smuggle migrants and families across a border. but most importantly, that there is a consequence to that behavior. >> dps tells me that they will exploit any gaps in the rio grande river and really, authorities do not have enough bodies, enough resources to patrol this are

of drugs enters united states and made worst by ongoing crisis at border drugs like methamphetamine and fentanyl flooding using chaos at the border as big money big, 90% of all narcoticsa come through mexico. on sunday morning futures i intoak former acting administrator of the drug enforcement administration timmy shay about how things have changed. watch. >> maria i think what we're seeing now is a tidal wave of drugs coming into the country and it is very concerning. fentanyl and meth are leading the way on those and those are the two most dangerous drugs. fentanyl has seen 90% increase in amount ceased on the border coming into this country. and that's a tremendous amount as you mentioned pills counterfeit pills that are being laced with fentanyl and meth has seen 180% increase. that's 4.3 million pillings ceased at the border i think a lot more is getting into this country. maria: yeah. there's the list of drugs coming to the country this is so disturbing. jackie deangelis your reaction to what we're seeing mexican cartels are also working with chinese criminal cartels because the underlying chemical in fentanyl and methamphetamine is produced in china. >> it is

returning one third units most single dults only that i think so i'veing them 42 a trump policy that is only thing saving them right now. >> there is incredible amount of narcoticsentanyl, fentanyl a gets into this country, into the interior and begins at that border, i am bringing in panel here brian brenberg jump in. >> tom i want you to drill in a little bit more on what you were talking about, a second ago, so often this issue gets concentrating to southern border the stor how illegal border crossings caused migration into country throughout country particularly midwest i worn if you can talk about patterns we are seeing connect to some of the drug movement that maria was just talking about. >> well maria is exactly right, i have said many times, cartels use humanitarian crisis because the cartels in mexico they decide where people cross what came to cross will push 300 group family units in one area, that causes border patrol to send all resources over there to deal with humanitarian creates at the time they do that cartels move drugs gang members people don't want to be caught through unsecured part of the border, border patrol said 40%, 40% of their manpo