our border is disastrous for those of us who live here in south texas. in addition to the recent shift, 19 democrats are set to leave the house of representatives in 2022. that includes 3 committee chair, some are retiring or seeking another office. republicans only need to gain 5 more seeds in the upcoming mid term vote in order to re take control of the house of representatives. and many observers say their chances of doing so are pretty good. some are comparing it to the republican sweep 10 years ago. how's democrats have more retirements than they did in 2010 when they lost 63 seats? it's not only the party that's losing people. kamala harris, the vice president of joe biden, is watching her team implode as well. her spokesperson and her communications director have both decided to quit with reports indicating that there are 2 more aids lab. one foot out the door reports are leaking out about strife between her office and the biden team. and the backdrop to all of this is the jo biden's approval ratings. keep going down. the mid terms are less than a

wonder democrats as far away as texas are switching sides friends, something it's happening in south texas, and many of us are waking up to the fact that the values of those in washington d. c. on not our values, not the values of most texans, the ideology of to funding the police of destroying oil and gas industry, and the chaos our buddha is disastrous for those of us who live here in south texas . in addition to the recent shifts, 19 democrats are set to leave the house of representatives in 2022. that includes 3 committee chair, some are retiring or seeking another office. republicans only need to gain 5 more seeds in the upcoming mid term vote in order to re take control of the house of representatives. and many observers say their chances of doing so are pretty good. some are comparing it to the republican sweep 10 years ago. how's democrats have more retirements than they did in 2010 when the last 63 seats? it's not only the party that's losing people. kamala harris, the vice president of joe biden, is watching her team implode as well. her spokesperson and her communications direct

and the chaos our border is disastrous for those of us who live here in south texas. in addition to the recent shifts, 19 democrats are set to leave the house of representatives in 2022. that includes 3 committee chair. some are retiring or seeking another office. republicans only need to gain 5 more seeds in the upcoming mid term vote in order to re take control of the house of representatives. and many observers say their chances of doing so are pretty good. some are comparing it to the republican sweep 10 years ago. how's democrats have more retirements than they did in 2010 when they lost 63 seats? it's not only the party that's losing people. kamala harris, the vice president of joe biden, is watching her team implode as well. her spokesperson and her communications director have both decided to quit with reports indicating that there are 2 more aids who have one foot out. the door reports are leaking out about strife between her office and the biden team, and the backdrop to all of this is the joe biden's approval ratings. keep going down. the mid terms are less

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south texas is okay. i'd say go to texas. absolutely go to texas.shley: but the border with mexico, absolutely not. >> the beach resorts in mexico, i'm telling people don't go. the president of mexico created a special unit of 1500 national guardsmen to patrol the beach. i say it's too little, too late, basically something done to appease the resort owners and provide a false sense of security to tourists going over there. it's really dangerous. it's not that tourists are going to be targets. the danger is that the tourists may be sitting at a table next to the target. cartels go in there, they spray bullets and don't care and innocent people get killed. the latest example where the cartels went on ski jets and fired a bunch of rounds. that's a show of intimidation and showing the government basically that we're in control and the problem is that mexico cannot get a handle on the situation with the mexican cartel. it's out of control. ashley: it's very dangerous to say the least. robert, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we really pr

i got to tell you in south texas, the communities in south texas, i did roundtables with elected officialsumber of elected democrats are saying if my party is the party of open borders, i can't support this. this is lawless. elizabeth: hispanics are moving to the gop or becoming independents. republicans in the senate will have hearings what is going on with the rising crime wave. we thank you, senator ted cruz. thanks for joining us. come back soon we hope. good to have you on. elizabeth: we're coming out of the bottom of the we're watching the fox business network. up next congresswoman claudia tenney, the white house fighting with the media on biden's botched exit from afghanistan. fears grow for americans behind enemy lines and no punishment for the drone strike that killed 10 children. will the taliban retaliate against those americans? keep it here. you're watching "the evening edit". (vo) singing, or speaking. reason, or fun. daring, or thoughtful. sensitive, or strong. progress isn't either or progress is everything. this is your home. this is your family room slash gym. the guest

for those of us who leave here in south texas, after much consideration and prayer with my family, i feel that my fiscally conservative pro business and pro life values are no longer in step with a democratic party, up to date being hispanic, and also black eyes. i should be democrat, i'm going against their narrative, and i feel like right now, and everything is crumbling for the democrats bite, and he's completely destroying the economy right now. and people can feel it in their pockets. now there's plenty to be upset about across the united states these days, and latinos are certainly among those affected 12 major cities in the united states have record homicide rates this year, and the price of food and gasoline just keeps staying high. apparently the democratic party is now reaching out to latino voters calling them latin x, a gender neutral term. but apparently not all of this particular demographic are impressed with. so that's why i don't, i don't like, i don't, i don't think we could be changing words because like a new generation, whatever, you know, i feel like it's a bunc

visit indeed.com/hire exclusive video of the start of a new state funded border wall in south texas. y in the making. in texas's rio grande valley at the instruction of governor greg abbott the state of texas started construction on its own border wall. the first time a u.s. has everdone this. the first wall panels went up in star county. a 1.7 mile stretch meant to fill in gaps where there is no federal law. it's built on state land with state mondayy. -- money. >> the biden administration abdicated its constitutional obligation to enforce the laws of the united states. texas is going to step up and enforce those laws. >> texas cannot use the steel from the piles that were bought and paid for by the federal government. those materials have been sitting in storage since january. that's when president biden halted all of form's president trump's wall construction. the feds won't sell that metal to texas despite having no intent of using. the contractor was building this ball. as you can see construction never finished. now that contractor is building for texas and governor abbott. >> i

here in south texas along the southern border. exas, we heard the governor talk about the sovereignty of the nation but also he says the consequences of president biden's failure to secure the border has been tremendous on texas. >> no surprise there. governor abbott has been one of biden's fiercest critics especially on this issue. he took the opportunity and double down on. thank texas is on the front line, this is our own backyard, the federal government is not going to step in, we will, we will make up a whole, it's nearly $2 billion, legislation funding he passed about nine months ago but the other side of this is vastly different, we got i think ten civil liberty organizations suing governor greg abbott not just to build the boardwalk but to crack down, they are accusing him of being racist and site policies discriminating against black and brown people so two very different perspectives on the issue you and i are covering today. >> that's right. the government and texas department of public safety officers carrying out opera

investments in the community and that means also combatting disinformation and we continue to see that in south texasfrom red to blue, they need candidates like beto o'rourke that will not only excite the base but actually make and raise the money and make the investments in the state in order to do that. >> all right. thank you both. see you soon. >>> the oxford school shooter and his parents are all being held in the same jail right now. and prosecutors aren't ruling out charging more people. michigan's attorney general weighs in next. with vicks sinex saline. for fast drug free relief vicks sinex. instantly clear everyday congestion. and try vicks sinex children's saline. safe and gentle relief for children's noses. [music: sung by craig robinson] ♪ i'm a ganiac, ganiac, check my drawers ♪ [sfx: sniffs / long exhale] ♪ and my clothes smell so much fresher than before ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ i'm a ganiac, ganiac, check my drawers ♪ ♪ it's a freshness like i've never smelled before ♪ one sniff of gain flings and you'll be a gainiac too! the only detergent with oxiboost and febreze. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪

the area is heavily used by smugglers to bring families and unaccompanied minors into south texas aseals 2200 migrants were detained in the rio grande valley sector in 24 hours. that region has seen 100,000 illegal encounters since october first, 163% increase compared to the same period last year. a new wave of migrants rushing the border at the biden administration relaunches the trump era remain in mexico policy. people planning to come here. carley: a new op-ed argued the court system is the only way to keep the white house in line. national border patrol council president brandon judd rights president biden's border crisis gets worse by the minute. easy-going to be created a disaster of monumental proportions and brandon joins us now. you say when it comes to the border the court system is the solution. elaborate on that. >> the only reason the protocols are going back in place is because a federal judge ruled the biden administration illegally got rid of the program. this is a coequal branch of government equal to the executive branch and they are able to go in and look at and

. >> the latinas in south texas, and i've been in some of those counties the last couple of days, has said, they know what they have heard, they want the border security. >> laura: unless biden orders them to change course at her border and returned to trump policies that worked, the border will not ever be secured, and that is just the way alejandra my orchids, the secretary likes it. but at least we have a borders are. i know that is what you are saying. and thank god for kamala harris being on the case, resting all those people down there and addressing all those root causes. >> vice president harris still in charge of addressing the root causes of migration from el salvador, honduras, and guatemala? >> she just announced a commitment that she is announcing this afternoon. >> why is it that she has not spoken to the prison of guatemala since june? in six months. >> i'd see dominic did see this kind of strange report from the president of guatemala saying that he has had no contact with the white house, which is inaccurate. >> laura: no. no contact with kamala harris, but nice try,

. >> this state-funded border wal section in south texas. eresting look tonight from one way of. >> history in the making and texas rio grande value at the instruction of the governor of the state of texas has officially started construction on its own border wall it's the first time a u.s. state has eve done this. the first wall panels have gone up and start counting the beginning of what will start ou as a one-point 7-mile stretch and two fill in gaps where ther is no federal wall. its being built on state lands, was state money. the governor says texas is stepping up where the federal government is failing. >> they have advocated they're constitutional obligation to enforce the laws of the united states. texas is going to step up and enforce the laws that biden won't. they cannot use the steel from the panels that are been pot paid for by the federal government. those of been sitting in storag since january when president biden halted all of the former president trumps wall construction. they won't sell that metal to texas despite having n

investments in the community and that means also combatting disinformation and we continue to see that in south texas from. if democrats want to actually flip texas from red to blue, they need candidates like beto o'rourke that will not only excite the base but actually make and raise the money and make the investments in the state in order to do that. >> all right. thank you both. see you soon. >>> the oxford school shooter and his parents are all being held in the same jail right now. and prosecutors aren't ruling out charging more people. michigan's attorney general weighs in next. ♪ i'm so defet bongos thumping in my chest ♪ ♪ and something tells me they don't beat for me ♪ ♪ i love romance, but i got eggshells around me ♪ ♪ don't step on 'em, don't step on 'em ♪ ♪ don't step on 'em, don't step on me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ he'd better not take the ring from me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ben isn't worried about retirement his personalized plan is backed by the team at fidelity. his ira is professionally managed, and he gets one-on-one coaching when he needs it. so ben is feeling pretty zen. that's the plann

that is heavily used by human smugglers to bring families and unaccompanied migrant youth into south texas as cpp reveals 2200 migrants were detained a in the rio grande valley sector within 24 hours. the region has seen worth 100,000 illegal encounters since october first, 163% increase from the same time period last year. iowa senator chuck grassley and many republican slamming potential state and local tax repeal a democrat proposed spending bills many gop lawmakers note repealing the south e help the ultra rich. grassley saying democrats always want you to believe they are always worried about the middle class, in this particular time build back better really stands for blue state billionaire bailout. according to the urban institutions tax policy center, repealing the assault plan would give middle-class families an average tax cut of just $20 while almost all tax benefits would go to the top 20% of us earners. interesting. todd: the ceo digital mortgage company better.com make the shocking announcement in a zoom call as we enter the holiday season. >> i do not want to do this. last t

trump gained momentum in south texas, for example..s. senate runoffs in january which had turned out more in line with what you would expect in a midterm. there was also brian kemp, and neither kemp nor texas governor abbott are especially popular, but kemp faces a more vigorous primary challenge, and he might lose to a right wing alternative. in moderate suburbs, it might be enough to swing the race to abrams who lost by only 55,000 votes in 2018. i think it's more likely for abrams than beto in what's likely to be a bad national environment for democrats where texas is probably too far of a stretch, whereas georgia is a bit more plausible. >> and our thanks to nate. >>> that's all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. check out "world news tonight," and have a good day. there are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people--psychopaths and mystery writers. i'm the kind that pays better. who am i? i'm rick castle. castle. castle. i really am ruggedly handsome, aren't i? every writer nee

temperatures as cold as 2 degrees in billings 267892 in seattle and in the 80s in south texas.early start" continues right now. >>> good monday morning, this is ea"early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm paula reid in for christine romans. >> so great to have you. time for our top stories to keep an eye on today. another 700 flights in the u.s. already canceled today driven by staff calling out sick and snow in the pacific northwest. about 3,000 u.s. flights canceled over the holiday weekend. meantime new york city's new workplace vaccine mandate for the private sector goes into effect today. impacting about 184,000 businesses. >> jury watch in manhattan. dlib ber ragtss will continue in the sex trafficking case of ghislaine maxwell. she has pleaded not guilty to all six charges against her. she faces up to 70 years in prison. >>> and the jury in the fraud trial of elizabeth holmes returns today to deliberate her fate. the former ceo of theranos is accused of frauding financial backers, customers and patients in believing her blood testing startup was going to revolutionize med

divided menstruation open border talk to one shift is found over 60 dead bodies in his county in south texashe hundreds who died in making the trek to mexico. the hundreds that died to the gap. when you open the border up and you know you will not be detained, you know you'll be released you know ice has been decapitated for their talking about an amnesty plan. they're talking about free healthcare. when he offered these incentives and shutdown of border enforcement, they are going to come for the most vulnerable people in the world are going to make that trip. and many, many of them won't make it. elizabeth: is an important what you're making. the texas reporting an increase of illegals and human smugglers coming in with guns. armed human smugglers. agents are seizing multiple possible and rifles during traffic stops and more. this seems to be a rise, your word on this? >> that is an extension of what we are just talking about. when the border is open and thousands of people or hiring organizations to get here. these organizations are making billions of dollars smuggling people. the more pe

listen to what susan of south texas property rights association says about the damages they are dealingences, illegals walking through private property, destroying, breaking in and it's getting very expensive and we've heard nothing the federal government on help for private property owners. >> the land owners should be able to enjoy and profit from their lands of guaranteed by the u.s. and texas constitution. >> your reaction to what's happening with the landowners? >> i talked to susan and a lot of landowners down there. she has right. the property is being damaged. they are scared because they don't know who's crossing their property or don't know if it's cartel or drug runners and they are losing both property and damage to their livestock so it makes it hard for them to do business and many of them, i've seen ranchers shut down, it is a cost to the ranchers. >> we hear almost nothing about this, it's a dimension in the story but those almost totally unreported on. it's not just that you have your business disrupted, workers don't want to be in the areas where they feel unsafe but a

the people here in south texas have seen it, and now communities across the nation are as well.eing able to are return people to mexico, in a sense. so for them to stay in mexico, obviously, we can't force the nation to take it back, so we needed to have strong people at the negotiating table and, of course, president trump is pretty strong in negotiating using tariffs as a tool to get mexico to the table and then to be able to enforce the trump policies that made a big difference at the border. and you saw that happen. arthel: okay. >> we're not seeing that same kind of fortitude when it comes to mexico with this administration. arthel: a i was asking what they were providing, but we'll move on. mexico, that is. critics, as you know, say that the remain in mexico policy exposes migrants to horrible abuse, i puts them in danger. 83 catholic organizations sent letters to president biden and obrador urging them to end the policy, saying it's devastating to the rights of asylum seekers. are you concerned about creating a humanitarian crisis, and is this sustainable? >> what's devas