matt finn is live with brand-new details on this.d evening. >> there was yet another major reveal and is very controversial incident. they confirmed that secretary austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent a minimally invasive procedure. he started to experience severe pain on january 1st and was admitted to the icu where he was treated for a urinary tract infection and a backup of his small intestines. this announcement seems to differ from the initial explanation that secretary austin was off the job for an elective procedure. the white house says president biden was not even in the loop that secretary austin was battling cancer. >> he was not informed until this morning that the root cause of that hospitalization was prostate cancer. nobody at the white house knew secretary austin had prostate cancer until this morning. >> austin did not notify the chairman of the joint chiefs until one day after his procedures on generate first, and the white house was not aware of his absence until january 4th. a memo obtained by f

your reaction to matt finn's report. is that what you're seeing, sir?the border crossings now shifting to california? what does that mean for democrat-run california? >> yeah, they are, liz. tip of the cowboy hat to matt finn and bill melugin on the boarder and we didn't know what the biden administration may or may not do and we wanted to stand with them. if they cut the wire, we'd replace it immediately. we have more wire than they have wire cutters and we'll put wire up across the entire border. it's working in that area, liz. before we put up our wires on those containers, 2-3,000 people a day crossing. yesterday i think there were six. when i was there friday, no one crossed on friday. to be honest with you, we already were getting numbers end of last week that tucson, arizona, california getting biggest hits they've had. shifting to new mexico and california and not that we wish that on those states but our job is to protect texas and that's probably going to be the result of it. it's all because joe biden and this administration is not protecting

matt finn, thank you. reporter was asking the president moments ago about biden's border crisis. >> have you done everything you can do with executive authority or is there more you can do? >> president biden: i've done all i can do. i've asked them the day i got in office. give mmef the border patrol, give me the people, the judges, give me the people who can stop this. >> harris: he says he has done all he can do. brandon judd, national border patrol council president. thank you for being in "focus." has the president, in fact, in your estimation done all he can do? >> absolutely not. i'm very sick of hearing all of his rhetoric. he doesn't give any evidence. the evidence is incontrovertible was going on now. secretary mayorkas is complicit in allowing the individuals to violate our laws. congress would be derelict if they didn't hold him accountable. the total number of people released into the united states illegally. the store eave that doesn't get told enough is what happens to those people who get r

texas republican senator john cornyn is standing by, but first to matt finn who is live at the borderss, texas. hi, matt. >> hi, martha. the federal government issued a deadline yesterday for texas to reopen this park to border patrol agents. texas defied that deadline. right now they're installing more razor wire and fencing along the u.s. border. we have fresh video to show you. the texas national guard fortifying the u.s. border with additional fencing and barbed wire, which we have seen is deterring migrants. this razor wire is at the center of the lawsuit between texas and the federal government. texas says barbed wire prevents illegal migrants from crossing. they don't want border patrol removing it. texas dps says the razor wire demonstrates that this state is more capable of deterring migrants in this park arguing the biden administration has shown it doesn't care about an open border. >> instead of using their efforts and challenging texas, they should try to prevent illegal border crossings so we don't continue to see these tragic events taking place along the border. >> as

matt finn with more on how this story keeps changing. good evening. >> good evening trace republican congressman matt rosendale of montana tells fox news digital he plans to interdues articles of impeachment against defense secretary lloyd austin arguing austin has violated his oath of office on multiple occasions writing in part secretary austin knowingly put the american people in danger and compromised our national security when he allowed a spy balloon from a foreign adversary to my over mall strom air force base home of icbms and allow the chinese communist party to gather intel on american citizens. this seems to be a repeated pattern for the secretary as he once again lied to our military and the american people about his health last week. but today the white house says despite the growing controversy, secretary austin's job is safe. >> no plans for anything other than for secretary austin to stay in the job and continue in the leadership that he's been demonstrating. >> reporter: the white house is reviewing the rules and procedur

let's start in the heart of the matter that's eagle pass, texas and matt finn back on duty there. good morning, matt. >> good morning, bill. as it stands right now you might be able to make out behind me texas razor wire is still here inside shell be park and remains untouched. the biden administration has warned texas it has until tomorrow to allow biden's border agents back into shelby park and the ability to remove texas's razor wire as it sees fit. a federal attorney writes to texas attorney general ken paxton the supreme court ruled in favor of the biden administration ending a temporary restraining order that prohibited biden's border agents from touching texas razor wire around shelby park. the biden administration in the letter to texas reads the supreme court restored the department's right to cut and move the wire placed by texas in order to perform their statutory duties. in sum we require full access to the shelby park area currently obstructed by texas by january 26, 2024. please confirm the state will provide u.s. border patrol with the access described. the biden adm

matt finn has more from the mayor in eagle pass. hi, matt. >> hi, dana.e state of texas is banning biden's border agents from shelby park where i'm standing. the showdown is happening in the city of eagle pass. i caught up with the democratic mayor and councilwoman who say their own town has been overrun by illegal immigration for years and both have joined a chorus of leaders in this region say they feel abandoned and are urging both sides to work together to find a solution. >> we need to stop it from happening the way it is happening. it is not humanly right. but at the same time they are under right to defend and stop it somehow because come on, six, 8 million people crossing in the last three years is just getting out of hand. we are having our checkpoints closed. i don't know, for god sake i don't know how many people are already past. >> i don't want people coming illegally. i'm all for legal migration. i don't support people crossing the river and staying in the united states. i think those people should be sent back immediately because it is not

first, to correspondent matt finn in london. sed new year's day address, the chinese president claims he is aware of the "preciousness of peace" and he's ready to work with the rest the world to promote a shared future for mankind. however, despite xi jinping's claims of that shared future, the taiwanese people continue to support their own government, and not chinese control. taiwan is holding its presidential election on januar. china considers the presidential front runner a separatist and accuses him of trying to provoke a chinese attack. china has never renounced using the military to bring taiwan under chinese control. in recent years, since russia has invaded ukraine, there's been even more concerned that, one day soon, china might try its own invasion. in his new year's address, xi jinping also address the chinese economy, which he acknowledged it suffering post-pandemic era. >> interpreter: on the road ahead, wind and rain are normal. some enterprises are facing operational pressure. some people are encountering difficul

correspondent matt finn is live again along the border in eagle pass, texas, as we wait to see who blinksed the biden administration's deadline to reopen this park and today texas took few more stepso fencing and razor wire inside shelby park. defying the biden administration deadline to reopen the property to the feds. fox cameras captured this moment when the texas national guard told migrants approaching the razor wire barricade to turn around to mexico. the united states government is suing texas, arguing its agents need access to this 2.5-mile stretch of land around shelby park, especially during emergencies. texas dps tells fox news that texas kicked the feds out from this park because it thinks it can do a better job deterring migrants. claiming the biden administration removes the state's razor wire and doesn't care about securing the border. >> it's not normal. it's not humane for anyone to cross a river, including children. it really shows how the federal government is attacking texas for trying to prevent that because what they want to do, they want to keep the border open. >>

matt finn live from eagle pass, texas. bring us up to date where we are now?ll, bill, viewers know for years now we've been reporting from inside this park and migrants have been able to freely cross into this park and united states. now over the past week or so we have not seen any large groups being able to get inside of this park. there is row afro of razor wire and fortification and it seems like it is working. texas is also now arresting migrants who illegally cross into texas. under governor abbott's new emergency declaration. last night it arrested three men for criminal trespass after they crossed through the razor wire. one man was from ecuador. also today the texas national guard is scheduled to install hundreds of yards of additional fencing and razor wire to bolster this park's border. this is pretty much in defiance of the lawsuit between the biden administration and texas. federal government wants full access and ability to remove razor wire as it sees fit. all this is happening in maverick county. we talked to a democratic candidate for county c

matt finn is live in eagle pass, texas with the video with us today. od morning there. >> good morning, bill. here in texas the showdown between president biden and governor abbott has not let up. meanwhile, over in southern california, the border there we have some fresh video to shoe. a fox camera capturing illegal crossings in california in the eastern san diego county. two human smuggling s.u.v.s pull up to the mexican side of the wall and drop off dozens of people who illegally breeze right through our southern border wall. this group included illegal migrants from china, turkey, brazil and india. a u.s. customs and border protection source tells fox news tlrn more than 1100 border pat rail apprehensions in that sector yesterday alone. 97 chinese nationals and 91 turkish nationals. 850 of the illegal crossings were single adults. back here in texas a fox camera captured truck loads of fencing arriving to shelby park. every day for the past few weeks texas is building and for the filing its razor wire wall. this morning the state is not complying wi

>> bret: matt finn along the border. matt, thank you.den's lead attorney has told the house oversight and house judiciary committees that his client will comply with any new subpoena issued under what he calls the duly authorized impeachment inquiry. house republicans are moving forward to hold the younger biden in contempt of congress for refusing to testify in front of lawmakers about his business dealings. attorney abbe lowell wrote to the committees today saying the initial subpoenas were legally invalid because they were issued before the full house voted to foraminallize the impeachment inquiry against president biden house speaker mike johnson standing by a $1.6 trillion spending deal with democratic senate majority leader chuck schumer. some house republicans are pressuring him to abandon it in favor of lower spending and new border restrictions. speaker johnson says lawmakers will move forward to implement the deal with what he calls a robust appropriations process. correct me if i am wrong is seeking to avert a partial governme

let's go to matt finn in eagle pass with the latest. hi, matt. >> good morning, dana. yesterday was the deadline the federal government gave to texas to reopen this park back to border patrol agents. as it stands this morning, we have not seen texas allow the federal government back into this park. texas dps tells me that's because texas feels it is just better at deterring migrants from crossing the river into this park because texas feels the biden administration wants an open border. >> we're trying to prevent illegal border crossings so we don't see this loss of life. it is not normal. it is not humane for anyone to cross a river including children. but it contradicts what we're trying to do and really shows how the federal government is attacking texas for trying to prevent that. what they want to do is keep the border open. >> governor abbott's emergency declaration and they're arresting migrants who illegally cross into this park and this state. we just want to tell you from our observation on the ground, that's a massive change in procedure in this park because

matt finn live in eagle pass.ope you are watching. i have news for you, the new england patriots have found a replacement for bill belichick. multiple reports say jared mayo will be named head coach working under belichick since 2019 and played for new england. tom brady is honoring belichick. he said i'm incredibly grateful to have played for the best coach in the nfl. do you agree that he is the best coach in the nfl? >> bill: based on the championship run, one of the best coaches. >> dana: good luck, mr. mayo. we'll be watching. >> bill: president biden heads for pennsylvania. going to talk about bidenomics today. we're monitoring to see what we get dpr the white house and what's happening in yemen after the strikes from last night. the trial is now underway, get this. in the murder of a connecticut mother, screen right that woman is dead. that's the mother. in the middle that's her former husband. he committed suicide in jail. the woman on his left is his ex-girlfriend. she is on trial accused of covering up t

matt finn is live on the ground with more. our panel is standing by. matt whitaker, tom homan and tomi lahren. first to peter doocy that was directly out of the white house briefing. peter, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, trace. we know half of this country's governors, 25 of them, all republicans, sent a letter to this president saying that they stand with governor abbott in this effort to secure the border on his own. it doesn't sound like this white house is putting any stock at all in that letter. instead, they keep directing people's attentions to the senate negotiations on the border that based on everything that we're hearing are dead. >> if they truly want to help with the issue at the border with the immigration system, they need to talk to their -- talk to their senators in their state. that's what they need to do. they need to ask them to make sure that they have the resources that they need within their respective states to take action. right? to actually deal with a broken system. the way that we deal with this is legislatively. >> part

correspondent matt finn is live along the border in eagle pass, texas tonight. good evening, matt. >> good evening, bret. at the center of this federal dispute is actually this razor wire behind me. texas says it is deterring migrants and it is fighting to prevent the federal government from removing it. >> biden administration warning texas today is the deadline to allow federal border patrol back into this 2.5-mile stretch of city owned border property. texas put up razor wire around shelby park last week and kicked out biden's border agents. the texas attorney general tells fox news the state won't back down. >> the federal government doesn't have any right to come on to public lands and take them over. this is not a dictatorship. >> there was also controversy about the drowning deaths of migrant mother and two children near shelby park last friday. democratic congressman henry cuellar alleges texas so blame for the drownings claiming texas blocked u.s. border patrol from assisting in the river rescue. the texas military department calls cuellar's allegation,

remember what matt finn said. ever since this effort began, the number of illegals crossing at that location as dropped dramatically. >> dana: we have jonathan turley joining us, i want you to listen to greg abbott explaining how president -- how president biden as commander-in-chief has a responsibility to protect the states. if they can't do it the states will protect themselves. >> included in that agreement was the compact that the federal government would take care of the states. and article four section four of the constitution speaks to that and says that if the federal government does not take care of the states and they are in danger we can ask the federal government give us its obligation. >> dana: your take this morning as this constitutional crisis ramps up. >> i agree with the governor that this is a violation of the understanding between the federal government and the states. the language in article one, section ten, really deals with that agreement that we gave -- made with the states and federal go

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jon: matt finn in eagle pass, texas map thank you.important meeting in thailand designed to cool tensions between washington and beijing. all the while china is moving more military hardware toward taiwan. details on that, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ jon: u.s. national security advisadvisor jake silva met with chinese foreign minister this weekend. china sent several warplanes and navynavy ships into the taiwan strait. beijing claims the move is a response to u.s. provocation in the region. stephanie bennett has more from london. >> to john, china is increasing their military pressure on taiwan after setting six warships and more than 30 jets towards the island. tensions between and beijing and taipei remained high ever since taiwan presidential election earlier this month after claim the victory at the political thl campaign focused on pushing back against threats against the island. china's ruling communist party views taiwan is part of this territory despite having never controlled it has not ruled out the use of military force to try to reunify w

matt finn is live in eagle pass, texas. this is a brewing battle. >> john, not only has texas not complied with the federal deadline, right now it seems like texas is doubling down by assembling even more fencing and barbed wire. we have some fresh video to show you right now the texas national guard is not far from where i'm standing and it is putting together new fencing and razor wire which we have seen is deterring migrants. the razor wire is at the center of the lawsuit between texas and the federal government. texas says barbed wire prevents illegal migrants from crossing and does not want border patrol removing it or touching it. texas dps tells me this wire demonstrates that texas is more capable of deterring migrants, arguing the biden administration does not care about an open border. >> we are trying to prevent illegal border crossings so we don't see this loss of life. it's not normal, it's not humane to cross a river, including children, but contradicts what they are trying to do, the government want to keep the

the first to matt finn live at the border in eagle pass, texas with more on the texas sized fight betweenernor greg abbott and joe biden. >> right now we are standing inside the city-owned park, it shall be park this has basically become a battleground between the biden administration texas governor greg abbott. earlier this week texas national guard kicked out federal agents from this property and they aren'tthey arenow demanding it s exact location has been a major hotspot for illegal immigration for the past couple of years you may remember the massive crush of migrants a few weeks ago in december and this exact location governor greg abbott argues president biden has allowed cartels unfettered access to smuggle immigrants into this park in the state texas is going to control the property from here on out to read this week's texas national guard installed razor wire work fencing and band of federal border patrol agents. that resulted the department of justice filing an emergency court document this week arguing in part the federal government needs to regain access to this park. earlier

matt finn in eagle pass. thank you so much. when matt was talking to the mayor, she gave the president a minus 30 rating, and thinking out of what? >> sandra: john, incredibly compelling moment yesterday in the hearing where mayorkas was a no-show, a mother slammed him for her daughter's fentanyl poisoning. >> in my humble opinion, mr. mayorkas' border policy is partially responsible for my daughter's death. arizona is the fentanyl superhighway into the united states. my family is broken. my heart is broken. >> sandra: pretty hard to listen to but he was not there to hear that. >> john: that was just gut wrenching and we talked to jared moskowitz, who used to be ron desantis emergency management director, not too long ago, and he said he thought that mayorkas should have shown up at that hearing, so here you have a democrat who is often at odds with republicans, but also knows how to work with them, saying mayorkas should have been there to listen to that testimony. >> sandra: if you can defend your policies, why wouldn't you. n

year to you, rich, i am in los angeles and we began the special edition of "fox news live" with matt finnapan quade spirit of matt, what more can you tell us? >> right now most of the western coast of the country of japan is under a tsunami advisory right now. that is what they are warning. there could be a number of after shakes or quakes in the coming hours or days. so people have been urged to seek higher ground and be of high alert. we've had some horrifying video come in the past couple of hours in the first video appears to show the inside of a home. there is a tv on the wall and a baby swinging on the ground. they are dramatically tossed around and shaken. the tv with the power out and the weather camera was shaking in the area which is a town along the sea of japan. the weather camera shaking so violently, it reveals to us how powerful this earthquake was. a plume of dust is kicked up in the distance. in a video of an entire neighborhood shaking on the far left of the screen. you might be able to see a house or structure that sends a plume of dust imploding into the air appear the

matt finn following it all in seeing l pass, texas, matt? reporter: neil, the newest number is released by the biden administration in a friday night news dump show that there were 302000 migrant encounters here at the southern border last month, alone. that's the highest monthly number ever recorded. there were also 19 people arrested on the fbi terror watch list last month, and this morning, we have new details about the proposed bipartisan senate border deal which president biden says he's willing to sign. the bill does not close the border to illegal immigration. rather it would close the border only after a substantial number of migrants crossed in a single day. here is the details obtained by fox news. there be a mandatory detention of all single adults. a mandatory shut down of the border only once. the average daily migrant encounters hit 5,000, that shut down would not be lifted until the daily encounters went back to 3,750 per day and also this morning in shelby park there is the ongoing show down between texas and the biden admini

matt finn has more from eagle pass. hey, matt. >> reporter: hi, neil. in eagle pass, texas, and this exact piece of property has become a battle ground between governor abbott if and the biden administration. basically, texas national guard has seized this property, kicked out federal border patrol agents and is now manning this property, basically saying we can handle it from here. typically, this exact park has a served as the hot spot for illegal immigration all along the southern border. our cameras have been in this spot for well over two years now, and you may recall that huge crush of migrants right here just a few weeks ago, in december. for years now we have been showing you the countless number of migrants who illegally cross the rio grande river into the u.s., in this park. texas national forward this week seized this property from the city, kicked out the federal border patrol agents. governor greg abbott argues that president biden has allowed cartels unfettered access to smell -- smuggle migrants into the park and this state, so texas is g

we'll keep you updated. >> sandra: matt finn, thank you. >> john: immigration is a big issue for people long way from the border but take a look at some of the top issues for voters in the iowa caucuses yesterday, according to the fox news voter analysis, we find something very curious here. asked what the top issue was, 7% said foreign policy, 33% said the economy, which we think is top issue for a lot of people. look at this. in iowa, that far from the border, 41% of people said immigration was their top issue. as to who people voted for based on this being their top issue, 59% said that they voted for donald trump because of their concerns about immigration. there's a split here as well, quite a big one, do immigrants in the u.s. today do more to help the country, 22%, do they do more to hurt the country, 74% overwhelmingly, which probably is one of the big reasons why donald trump did so well in the caucuses last night. and for people who think this immigrants in the u.s. do more to help the country, they voted for the plurality, nikki haley. see how it translates into new hampshire

scott who is opposed of what he knows of the deal so far first return to fox news correspondent matt finnive from the southern border the standoff between texas officials and the federal government eats up. hello matt. >> hi sha shana, shelby park whi am standing has been where the hottest spots for illegal immigrants anywhere on the southern border it was just last month up to 4000 migrants a day were illegally crossing right here. texas got so fed up it kicked out the bite administration and took the border battle into its own hands. next texas is not giving into the biden administration's demands that it allows u.s. border patrol back into shelby park after governor abbott kicked out biden's border agents three weeks ago. texas attorney general ken paxton fired back with demands of his own asking the bite administration to prove it has any ownership over the park which texas insists it has the constitutional right to seize it. >> we are saying hey show up and give us the information that demonstrates that you are correct and i doubt they will be able to do that for. >> at the heart of

matt finn is there speaking to the leaders. matt, what are they telling you?eporter: well, stu, they're asking for the biden administration, in particular president biden to come visit this showdown that we've been reporting on now for weeks. i caught up with the democratic mayor of eagle pass and also democratic council woman. they say their town has been overrun by illegal immigration for years. they both have joined a course of leaders all around this country who say they feel abandoned by the biden administration and are urging both sides to come together to find a solution. >> we need to stop it from happening the way it's happening and it's not right and they're in their right to defend and stop it and 6, 8 million people crossing in the last three years is just getting out of hand. we're having our check points close. i don't know. >> those people should be sent back immediately and it's not fair for those people thomas mancino do it the right way. >> now, you're looking live at texas' razor wire barrier along the rio grand river and it appears to be wo

matt finn is in eagle pass, texas.nor abbott now saying about migrants that he has been busting out of state. >> reporter: governor abbott has transported 102,000 migrants to sanctuary cities and he says that will continue until, quote, biden secures the border. in shelby park, the showdown continues between governor abbott and the biden administration. in california, the southern border, we have fresh data, fox cameras catching an illegal crossing in eastern san diego and two human smuggling suvs pulled to the mexican side of the wall and drop off dozens of people who illegally breezed through the southern border wall. this group included illegal migrants from china, turkey, brazil, and india. u.s. customs and border protection source tells fox news there were 1100 border patrol apprehensions in the san diego sector yesterday including 97 chinese nationals and 90 one turkish nationals, 850 illegal crossings were single adults. back in texas, a fox camera captured truckloads of fencing arriving here into shelby park. n

matt finn following it all in eagle pass, texas again tonight. od evening, matt. >> texas officials don't have plans to comply with president biden's deadline tomorrow to remove the barbed wire here. in fact, right now, the texas national guard is installing additional razor wire here in shelby park. >> the texas attorney general tells fox that his state does not plan to comply with the biden administration's deadline for texas to reopen shall be park to the biden border agents. two give the biden administration doesn't even pretend to care. we're talking about to in a hal miles of a 1260-mile border along texas and suddenly they have to have access right here? he gave the federal government calls the seizure of shelby par and its new razor wire problem profoundly problematic saying that texas is impeding border patrol agents from accessing th land on the other side of the wire for patrolling, and responding to emergencies. >> it is such a mockery of what has actually happened for the last three and half years. they have been cooperated with us on

fox news matt finn obtaining exclusive video today showing a huge change in procedure at eagle pass.years, migrants could walk right in, process quickly by border patrol and then released. well, with that, more disturbing proof that unfettered migration creates more crime. check this story out. a four-time deported colorado man charged in a crash that killed two. and he was sentenced for a dui just two days before. and a wild melee in new york city's randall's island migrant shelter left a man stabbed in the neck and 18 people in custody. haitian illegal immigrant released streets in boston despite ice appeals? why in boston is a sanctuary city. of course, the crime surge in general has more americans worried. they are worried about their personal safety and some are deciding to fight back. now, weeks ago, a customer in houston shot and killed an armed robber. then there was the case of off duty federal officer in d.c. back in october shot someone attempting to car jack him tragically the suspects were a 12 and a 13-year-old. and then in north carolina, police arrested these home inv

matt finn is live. good morning, matt. >> good morning, bill.as state attorney general ken paxton fired back a letter to a federal attorney on friday with deadlines and demands of his own. paxton is asking the biden administration to provide proof by february 15th to support its claim that the federal government has ownership over shelby park through a previous easement. paxton tells me if the biden administration can prove it has ownership of this land texas would allow the feds back in. for now texas will continue to stand its ground. >> for the time being there is no injunction. they can come in and cut wire down. we have no obligation to let them on our property. as i said they are claiming now it's their property. i think they made that up. >> also fox capturing some shocking video. a man in the center of the screen on land takes off his valuables, gets into the river. presumed coyote who guides a family across the river. the coyote dumps the family on the united states side. swims back to mexico and takes off running. he used a life jacket

we turn to matt finn as the stand off with text and the government heats up. hello, matt. >> hello, shannon, this is the hottest spot on the southern border. last month up to 4000 migrants per day were crossing here. text got so fed up it kicked out the biden administration and took the border battle into its own hands. text is not giving into the biden administration demand it allow u.s. border patrol back into she, lby park. ken paxton is asking the biden administration to prove it has ownership over the park, text insists it has constitutional right seize. >> show us information that you are correct and i doubt they will be able to do that. >> text does not want the federal government removing the razor wire barrier that is serving as a border wall. u.s. custom and border protection says border patrol does not want to rip down the wire, cut it only in emergency. border has no plans to remove the wire, if we need to access an area for emergency response, we will do so. paxton tells fox he would be open to cutting wire if someone's life is in danger. text does

. >> harris: matt finn is in eagle pass, texas for us. matt. >> harris, federal attorney has warned the state of texas that today is the deadline for texas to reopen this park to federal border patrol agents. the federal government is warning if texas doesn't comply today, all options are on the table. i spoke exclusively with the texas attorney general ken paxton and he says texas is not backing down today. texas has the right to protect its sovereign land and defending its borders. >> we have the obligation to control public lands in texas and we have the right to do that. the federal government doesn't have any right to come onto public lands and take them over. this is not a dictatorship. >> we want to give you a live look inside shelby park right now. last week texas installed razor wire and fencing along the 2.5 mile stretch of land here and banned federal border patrol agents arguing that texas can do a better job of deterring migrants. also this morning there is the growing controversy about the drowning deaths of a migrant mother

texas refusing federal agents inside and matt finn is at the park and the fed said there would be consequences. anything so far? reporter: so far no physical consequences on the ground, stu and not only did texas defie the federal deadline and i noticed a short while ago, texas is putting up even more razor wire and fencing inside this park and texas dps tells me that texas is more capable of deterring migrants it feels because the pieden administration wants an open worder. >> we're trying to pre-september illegal border crossings to not see the loss of life. it's not normal and it's not humane for cross a river including children and contradicts what we're trying to do and shows how the federal government is attacking texas for trying to prevent that and what they want to do, they want to keep the border open. >> as part of governor abbott's emergency declaration, the state of texas is now arresting migrants that illegally cross into the park and the state and from our observation, that is a massive change in procedure. for nearly thee years leading up into past december, sometimes they were

correspondent matt finn is reporting live from london. hi, matt. >> hi, rich.warnings have been downgraded to advisories, and the warning is that there could be more aftershocks into cliques in the coming days. there's been horrifying video coming in. the first one was inside someone's home, the baby swing being tossed around, and the power goes out on that tv. and a weather camera shaking in the area of a coastal town along the sea of japan. the shaking reveals to us just how powerful this earthquake was. a plume of dust is kicked up in the distance. there is video of an entire neighborhood shaking. on the far left of the screen there is what appears to be a house or a structure that collapses sending a plume of dust, utility poles violently wobbling and shaking around, and as of the last update there's been at least six reported cases of people trapped under collapsed buildings. shelves, merchandise, and debris crashed onto the ground and you could see a man directing people out of this danger. they were asked to go to higher ground for most of the day to tod

jon: matt finn and the border eagle pass, texas, matt thanks.eanwhile president biden is refusing to use his executive authority to close the border. instead he says it is up to congress to pass a bipartisan border bill that he will sign if he gets to his desk. lucas tomlinson has more from the white house. >> john, politics will factor into the senate border the house speaker mike johnson has already called it dead on arrival. donald trump says he does not support a tennessee senator marsha blackburn. >> the president could close up border if he wanted to close the border. he will not close the border. we can pass all of the laws there are. and if they are not going to follow the law then why are we passing something? what sears was in the proposed senate border plan. mandatory contention of all single adults come up mandatory shutdown of the border once the average daily migrant encounters it's a 5000 the shutdown would not lift until daily encounters reduce to less than 3007 or 50 and count in short here's a plan and how many migrants to be a

matt finn joins us live with the latest. r: the most powerful earthquake was about a 7.6 and it happened in the central coastal area on the western side of japan. right now, the country's meteorology agency is warning about the possibility of tsunamis and more earthquakes on the way. more horrifying video coming and of the first video appearing to show the inside of a home. the tv on the wall and the baby swing on the ground are dramatically being shaken and tossed around in the power goes out on that tv. and a weather camera was violently shaking in the area of sioux city which is a coastal town along the sea of japan. the weather camera's shaking reveals how powerful this earthquake was. and a video of an entire neighborhood shaking on the far left of the screen, there is what appears to be a house or a structure that collapses, sending a plume of dust and debris exploding into the air. the video also shows utility polls violently wobbling and shaking. as of the last update, there have been at least six reported cases of pe

matt finn live in eagle pass. tt. >> texas did not fully comply with the biden administration's deadline friday and instead the texas state attorney general fired back a letter to the biden administration with demands and a deadline of his own. texas state attorney general ken paxton is asking the biden administration to provide proof by february 15th supporting the federal government's claim it has ownership over shelby park through a previous easement. if they can confirm it has the rights to this land texas would allow the feds back in. for now texas will continue to stand its ground. >> it seems unlikely what they are saying is true. since we can't verify it. we haven't seen any records that indicate they are correct. we're saying hey, show up and give us the information that demonstrates that you are correct. i doubt they will be able to do that. >> also this new video presumed coyote takes off his valuables on land in mexico, gets into the river and guides a family with a young girl illegally across the fast

let's get to matt finn in eagle pass with the very latest on this building soap opera. matt? >> hi, neil. as you can see behind me, texas' razor wire remains untouched. not far in the distance, texas national guard is installing more razor wire. right now the state attorney general ken paxon does not have a plan to go with the federal government. the supreme court went with the biden administration that prohibited biden's border agents from touching razor wire in shelby park. the administration's letter reads in parts, the supreme court restored the department's right to cut and remove the wire placed by texas in order to perform their statutory duties. in some, we require full access to the shelby park area currently obstructed by texas by january 26, 2024. please confirm that the state will provide u.s. border patrol with the access describe. the biden administration goes in to detail about the access that they want, not just shelby park but the boat launch and the international bridge. texas governor abbott has seized this hotspot for illegal immigration and kicked out the

. >> julie: matt finn has more. >> behind me is shelby park.siest hot spots in the country for illegal immigrants. behind me over my shoulder is some of the fencing that represents a lot right now. the state of texas put up that fence in an unprecedented move and kicked out federal border patrol agents. a rather stunning move here in texas. texas basically saying the biden administration is perpetuating illegal immigration so texas is going to handle this property from here on out. video appears to show federal border patrol processing migrants outside of the park which is not how this normally has been happening. typically border patrol is inside the park and processes migrants in there. texas is blocking those agents and senior bp sources confirm to fox news border patrol has pulled out of the park to avoid a confrontation. it is not quite clear if this move by texas will help or harm illegal migration. it appears that ultimately when migrants arrive to the park as they are now texas national guard will have to turn them over for processing t

fox news matt finn is on the ground in eagle pass, texas where that state's crackdown continues. att? >> hi, sandra. this afternoon here in texas, the showdown between president biden and governor abbott is not letting up. in california at the southern border there, illegal migrants crossing in eastern san diego county. two human smuggling s.u.v.s pull up to the mexican side of the wall and drop off dozens of people. you can see them on the screen. they breeze around our southern border wall. this group included illegals from china, turkey and brazil. fox news discovered there's more than 1,300 border patrol apprehensions in the san diego sector alone. more than 850 crossings were single adults. a fox drone capturing fencing here in shelby park. we've seen texas building and fortifying their fencing and banning federal agents from coming in the park. we've seen texas pulling back some of their cargo containers along the river more inland because the rio grande water is so high right now. >> sandra: thanks, matt. and the boarder brawl continues on capitol hill as impeachment hearin

matt finn is standing by and texas is not backing down in the fight over border fight with the biden white house and abortedder control officials standing with texas and it's good to have you on, matt. this fight is intensifying, matt. reporter: yeah, liz, right now texas is not complying with the federal government's request to reopen the park to border patrol agents but texas national guard is fiercely defending his part with the street and rio grand river behind me and a short while ago i spoke with the acting governor of texas and he told me that basically he's asking president bide ton stay away from his property. he feels like the state of texas has this property handled both in deterrents and in fortification of this park. today was the deadline and biden administration gave to texas asking the state to indicate how much of the park, if any, it'll reopen to border patrol and so far has not reopened any of the park but the ramp to get to the river. dan patrick told me. >> supreme court's ruling didn't say we had to take this down. it just said they had to cut it. they could cut

in moments, we'll speak with the texas lieutenant governor, dan patrick, but first let's go to matt finnernoon, matt. >> hi, martha. this afternoon texas is not complying with the biden administration's demands to allow border patrol agents back into this park. in fact, state attorney general ken paxton has now fired back at the biden administration with demands and a deadline of his own. paxton is asking the biden administration by february 15 to support its claim that the there's an easement. if the biden administration can confirm they have rights to the land, texas will let them back in. for now, they're standing their ground. >> for the time being, there's no injunction. they can come in. that doesn't mean we have to let them on our property. we have no obligation to do that. they're claiming that it's their property. i think they made that up. >> fox camera is capturing this new video of a presumed coyote takes off of his values, gets into the river and guides a family with a very young girl illegally across the fast-moving water. he dumps that family here in the united states, swi

matt finn joins us from if eagle pass, texas. what's the latest, matt?r: the latest right now is that texas' razor wire remains untouched behind me. however, the biden administrations if has warned that texas has until tomorrow to allow biden's board or agents back into shelby park and the ability to remove texas' razor wire as it sees fit. a federal attorney where writes to texas attorney general ken paxton that the supreme court ruled in favor of the biden administrations ending the temporary restrain thing order that prohibited biden's border agents from touching texas' razor wire in and around shelby park. the biden administrations' letter to texas reads in part, quote: the supreme court restored the department's right to cut and move the concertina wire placed by texas in order to perform their statutory duties. in sum, we require full access to the shelby park area currently obstructed by texas by january 26th, tomorrow. please confirm if that the state will provide u.s. border patrol with the access described. now, the biden administrations goes i

>> bret: matt finn along the border, thanks. grouch migrants pummeled new york police officers attempting to make an arrest outside a shelter in times square. the officers is had been trying to break up disorderly crowd outside the canned ler building. the city announced the opening of a mega shelter in march. the suspects were released without bail. meantime chicago mayor brandon johnson says he is, again, delaying enforcement of the city's 60-day limit on shelter stays. the move comes as tens of thousands of illegal immigrants flood the city of chicago and the surrounding communities despite backlash from angry south side residents. and a new migrant center is scheduled to open in boston. the state owned recreation facility is in the city's predominantly black rocks berry neighborhood, massive surge of migrants in that area has left some unable to find housing and, instead, camping out at boston's logan airport. iran is virtually daring president biden to keep his promise of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three a

eric: matt finn is live right along the rio grande in eagle pass. matt, you say there are no emigimmigrants or migrants crosg exactly where you are so it seems to be working for now. what's the latest on the ground? >> we have no see state of texas has heavily fortified this area around me this exact spot where i'm standing typically had a lot of brush around it so there was not a lot of high visibility for the state have texas has removed all about brush it up two or three layers of the razor wire behind the national guard is all around me right now can clearly see into the river and into mexico on the opposite side the past couple of days we have not seen a large number of migrants cross into this park. however our crews have seen groups crossing upriver and down river. i spoke a short while ago to the texas military department. the texas national guard they say all of the port fortification does help to corral the migrants it may not stop them entirely but this does allow the texas national guard to keep their eye on the river and prevent migrants

matt finn has the latest from eagle pass. elby park here in eagle pass, and this piece of property has become a battleground between governor greg abbott and the biden administration. the texas national guard seized this property and basically kicked out federal border patrol agents. this exact park has been a very busy hot spot for illegal immigration over the past three years. you may even recall that huge surge of tens of thousands of migrants crossing the rio grande river into this area a few weeks ago. governor greg abbott argues that president biden has allowed cartels unfete ored access -- unfetedderred access to smuggle migrants into the park and into the state, so this past week texas put up more razor wire and fencing and has forced out federal agents. that results in the department of justice filing an emergency court document this week arguing in part that the federal government needs to regain access to this park. the white house is responding to seizure of the property writing in part: governor abbott continues h

matt finn has more from eagle pass. matt?> over the weekend, henry cuellar said that texas is to blame for the downing death of a migrant and her two children in the river not far from where i'm standing. the texas military department strongly refutes that claim saying it's wholly inaccurate. despite the unconfirmed accusation floating around, the white house released a controversial statement insinuating texas is to blame writing in the very first line on friday night, the woman and two children drowned near eagle pass and texas officials blocked u.s. border patrol from attempting to provide emergency assistance. a short while ago, jacqui heinrich asked the white house if it wanted to clarify that statement. the white house pointed to a department of justice filing which actually seems to confirm that texas did not need to respond to the drowning because mexican authorities were. >> the white house statement says that texas officials blocked u.s. border patrol from attempting to provide emergency assistance. there were other