and now it isn't just abbott.asked your children for forgiveness. >> reporter: she feels guilty for taking her three children on the dangerous trek from venezuela to the u.s. southern border. she says one of her sons almost drowned along the way. [ speaking non-english ] at that point, she says she had no other option but to keep going. migrants like her are caught in the middle of the latest immigration debate. some are public and elected officials like texas governor greg abbott. >> this is an american problem caused by the president of the united states. >> reporter: bussing migrants from the u.s. southern border to the northeast. but now, el paso, a democratic-led city is doing it too. the city is in a border patrol sector that has encountered more than 228,000 migrants since october, a 47% increase compared to last year. we met jiminez at a homeless shelter there, where a growing number of migrants are being processed there. >> where are you going? >> reporter: the mayor of el paso, oscar leaser, is a democra

on a busy washington street, right in front of the vice president's house, as texas governor greg abbott did this week, is a stunt pure and simple. so is chartering planes to transport migrants to martha's vineyard as florida governor ron desantis did, but beyond the political gamesmanship and the cynical use of human beings as pawns is something all too real, america is the in midst of an immigration crisis. the number of undocumented migrants crossing the southern border, most of them fleeing violence and economic devastation and trying to find a better life for their families is on track to hit 2 million this year, an all-time record. the influx is overwhelming the already-strained resources of the communities on the border and the biden administration seems to have no real plan to address the crisis, dropping buses of people in front of the vice president's home won't solve the problem. neither will chartering a plane to an island off the coast of massachusetts. but those republican governors are promising more of that to come. >> i got $12 million for us to use so we're going to use

is governor abbott onto something?, there is criticism, but they look, you said you want to welcome, here is an opportunity, you would not have responded to my calls. >> absolutely. the state of texas has already spent $4 billion in the last several years, to work and secure the border and bring these people in and provide the necessary housing and needs that they have. if there are any phone calls that need to be made, it is with these cities, new york, washington, d.c., chicago, outrage at having to do what they have promised to do. they need to be calling the president of the united states and asking him to secure the border and make sure that we do what we can to prevent these people coming into this country. that is a phone call that needs to be made. >> excuse me, on that point, what do you say to the fact that, you cannot deny that the idea of how governor abbott has gone about it is intended to be a bit of a calling of a political bluff, right? there is that notion, the coordination aside, there is something po

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mayor lori lightfoot lashes out at greg abbott after two buses sent to d.c.ak with the governor actions are not just inhumane but a mant any morals, humanity. >> ashley: chicago alderman raymond lopez on tech to respond. >> todd: close as you mentioned ken paxton texas attorney general about the student loan situation. fascinating potential lawsuit as well as former acting attorney general matt whitaker, two of the amazing cats coming up on a very busy friday morning. you are watching "fox & friends first." ♪ alexa ask smartfeed to feed the dog. does it get better than feeding your dog from 50 miles away? yes... it does. at buick we see a future that's even better. because the life enhancing innovations you've never even dreamed of? buick is dreaming of them every day. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart. efficient. agile. and that's never been more important than it is right now. so for a limited time, comcast business is introducing small business savings. call now to get powerful internet for just 39 dollars a month. with no cont

i will read the statement, unfortunately texas governor greg abbott greg abbott is without shame or humanity, that is but ever since he put the racist practice of expulsion in place, we have been working with community parties to ready the city to receive these individuals. isn't it dangerous rhetoric to refer back to if you don't agree with something, that it is racist instead of looking at the big picture and saying you know what, it is a big problem. is it hard for democrats and republicans to see something as big of an issue as the border crisis? as partisan? >> yeah, i'm so sick and tired of these liberals when they get their back against the wall. they always play the race card. i think the american people are seen through this. what's going on at the southern border is unconstitutional and it gets worse every day. and coming across the border, although human trafficking and all the crime across the border is a direct result of the biden administration having an open border policy, welcoming these people across the border. and i am glad that these big city mayors thanks to governor abb

greg abbott has no interest in solving this. look, let's be real. interest in solving this, he would call his friends in the republican congress and in the senate to say, hey, you all need to get with democrats who have a solution in hand for comprehensive immigration reform that would continue to secure the border and find a pathway to citizenship and a way for these migrants to come in. we're at full employment, laura. corporations and companies all across the country are begging for workers. let's find a way to put these immigrants to work. that's why they came here. but these governors, these republican governors, have no interest in solving this. they only want to use this as political stunts, and i think it's going to be hurtful for them in their party, hurtful for them politically because it's really betraying what they really think about immigrants. they think that they're trash. >> we'll see how this all unfolds. if there is antic factor, the word burden in the same paragraph, we're talking about human beings. i recognize the politics. i ge

just this morning texas governor greg abbott send migrants to washington, d.c. again. >> my next guest says she was nine months old when her family escaped a country on the brink of civil war and built a life in maryland. she is the president and cree o ceo of lutheran immigration service. thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. i want to go to this tweet you put out, saying nobody wins in cruelty contest between desantis, ducey and abbott. asylum seekers had to flee the only home they've ever known. shame on all those who would exploit vulnerable migrants for naked political theater. strong words. >> it's sad when you see what's happening. we're talking about children and families fleeing communist dictators, the kinds of leaders governor desantis and governor abbott have railed against. they flee because they have no other choice. they come to the u.s. they go to the process to seek out legal authorities. they get documented. they get legal paperwork to file their asylum claims. the idea of shipping them with duplicitous lies claiming they're going to

so abbott decided to add another democrat city to his bus list. chicago.and you are not going to believe this but lori lightfoot is upset. light foot held a press conference to welcome the new arrivals. >> let me say loud and clear to greg abbott and his enablers in texas. with these continued political stunts, governor abbott has confirmed what unfortunately many of us had already known, that he is a man without any morals. humanity, or shame. governor abbott's racist and xenophobic practices of expulsion have only amplified the challenges many of these migrants have experienced on their journey to find a safe place. the governor's action did not just inhumane they are unpatriotic. >> judge jeanine: so, let me get this straight, light foot says it's inhumane to send immigrants to chicago. and do you know what? we agree. lori fight foot's chicago is a terrible city. and the stats prove it. crime is way up. theft up 65%. vehicle theft up 62%. burglaries up # 9%. robberies up 19%. i hope these people weren't planning on working because businesses left and ri

i don't care if it's governor abbott or anybody else.s play to the lowest common denominator in his party to burnish his credentials as a candidate for president in 2024. but i think americans see him for what exactly he is and frankly i hope texans see him when it comes to the polls in november. but meanwhile, we will do our part to step up and welcome these migrants into our city as we have immigrants and refugees from all across the world for centuries in my sister of chicago. we are a city of immigrants and refugees whether it's the irish, whether it's ukrainians, whether it's germans, more recently afghani, ukrainians, we are going to make sure we step up and do the right thing because that's who we are as chicagoans. >> governor abbott we should note for his part you should put the blame on president biden and not on him. this is what he had to say. >> they are seeing the chaos that has been caused by the biden administration. well, i have news for new york, i have news for washington, d.c. as well as the rest of the country, we ar

what does abbott do?pointed out, of taxpayer money, instead of fixing the power grid, he ships these poor families to other cities. as a texan, i am disgusted by it. i hope if as for both desantis and abbott. >> cristobal, while abbott and desantis perhaps do this, president biden had this to say on friday, as the u.s. gained 315,000 jobs in august. what -- let's take a listen. >> the bottom line is, jobs are up, wages are up, people are back to work, and we are seeing signs that inflation may be beginning to ease. couple that with the fact that gas prices have now fallen 80 straight days. the fastest decline in over a decade. the price at the pump is now $1.20 a gallon less than it was beginning in the summer. america has some good news going into labor day weekend. >> cristobal, what economic messaging do you think democrats need to be telling voters this fall, on top of touting all their legislative achievements which they will no doubt tried to do? what about the economic messaging here? >> i think yo

on one of those buses for abbott or planes for desantis. that would be political curtains for them. my gut tells me whomever is advancing that visitation, that transport, it's like take care of these people at all costs. give them whatever they need. make sure you're going to my website at smerconish.com and answering this week's poll question. is governor desantis sending m migrants to martha's vineyard a public stunt or public service? >>> democrats have been happy with polls lately, but the same problems with polls haven't been fixed. i'll talk to one of the pollsters with a track record of getting it right. >>> and democrats pump $53 million to promote candidates of maga republicans for governor, senate and the house. guess what, a bunch of them won. well, what if they win in november? >>> and you're looking at a live shot of people paying their respects at the queen's coffin in westminster hall where it will remain until monday when it's brought to westminster abbey for her state funeral service which will be live on cnn. i want to giv

asking about abbott's buses. a few weeks ago, i interviewed the dhis secretary. i said, what i'm hearing from people, from a sheriff, is that the cartels are using this information to encourage mi xw migrants to cross the border. is that the intelligence you're hearing? and what he said, that is not the intelligence he has, to be clear. but he said, it wouldn't surprise him, ana, if that were the case, because that's what human smuggling organizations do. that's what criminal organizations do. they lie and they take advantage of migrants. and in this case, migrants were wanting to come to the border for a better life. >> right. now, they're the victims on both sides of the border it sounds like. and it sounds like the actions being taken by the texas governor are backfiring, that that is potentially surging more immigrants to come or migrants to cross the border there. thank you for covering these different pieces of a much larger, complicated story. >>> here in new york, the mayor says, the system is nearing its breaking point. since may, city officials estimate

it's moms like me and cailee that are putting the pressure on abbott.fda has not stepped in i don't know who what to make of that timeline we hope it's true. >> ainsley: make our own formula company. make it clean. have the regulators come in a make sure it's up to par. amazing it's all up to one company. we appreciate you all being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you're welcome. la tirve shah james sues president trump and his family on fraud allegations after years of vowing to tame him to court. lara trump is here to racket. she is here live coming up. hiv pills aren't on my mind. a quick change in my plans is no big deal. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its ingredients or taking certain medicines, which may interact with cabenuva. serious side effects include allergic reactions, post-injection reactions, liver problems, and depression. if you have a rash and other allergic reaction symptoms, stop cabenuva and get medical help right away. tell your doctor if you have liver problems or mental health concerns, and if you are

. >> ashley: mayor lightfoot on a verbal tirade lashing out as texas gone abbott calling him immoral and racist. >> todd: that is not stopping abbott, marianne has the latest. >> marianne: mayor lightfoot lashing out as greg abbott after he sent two more bus loads north to the windy sanctuary city as battle over biden administration border policy rages on. >> governor abbott racist and xenophobia has amplified challenge migrants experience on their journey to find a safe place. the governor's actions are inhumane, he has no morals, humanity or shame. >> marianne: lightfoot offering to take on texas residents. >> i'm happy to drain texas of all residents. >> this would work well to say, people you want to get rid of do it in a better way. >> i suppose that would work in theory, that is not the point, right? >> marianne: in reality, data shows people living in blue states are fleeing for red states, with texas number one destination for people rel relocated. calling out federal government for failure when addressing the border. >> all of these cities dealing with bus loads from texas i

the bottom line is that you can say that abbott is being kind. federal government money by spending $30 million in the transportation of these illegals. the christian thing really bothered me with lori lightfoot. you know the humor is great but don't say that he's unchristian because he's doing that, and the unchristian thing is the trafficking commits the human trafficking, it's the rape trees and i've seen them many times when i've gone down there. it's also the replacement of the cartels on the nation is planning on killing us with fentanyl, that's unchristian. >> harold: should we do a show down there? >> jeanine: that's a great idea. >> greg: and luna say yes now but then privately now. [laughter] that's what i do. mayor lightfoot is so stupid. everybody knows there are no buses in the bible. where did she get this stupid analogy? you know you've lost when you come out swinging with an anti-christian and salt when you never really mention christianity as a benefit ever before. it's like you know it's not a christian is putting a sign outside

shout out to governor abbott.ernor abbott has done more to secure our border then anyways in this -- there's one less counterweight. every ounce they seized are less overdose deaths. doing a great job and by sending up sanctuary cities, creating a national emergency. now people in new york and washington and chicago are wondering what's going on. he brought it to a national conversation. also calling out the so-called sanctuary cities which are open welcoming communities which protects criminals, they don't want noncriminals in these border cities and news to them, they are coming to your city anyway. you are a sanctuary city. they want to be there so they can be protected. >> gillian: illinois governor today said she welcomes these migrants coming to chicago. but lori lightfoot, the mayor, since you mentioned greg abbott commission because his policies racist today. take a listen. >> governor abbott is racist and xenophobic practices of expulsion have only amplify the challenges many of these migrants have experi

abbott doesn't coordinate with destination cities. el paso does. upon arrival. department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says abbott doesn't coordinate with the federal government either. >> we have sought to communicate with the governor, but a partnership takes two. >> reporter: so the governor has not been responsive? >> the governor has not been responsive. >> reporter: abbott's press secretary responded in part that the administration has not worked to address the almost two year long border crisis. only now feigning attempts to reach out. new york is the last leg of a grueling journey. would you do it again? >> no. no. >> reporter: she says she wouldn't. because she has learned that having a humble life anywhere surrounded by family is more than enough. rosa flores, cnn, el paso, texas. >>> still ahead, the welcome surprise almost no one saw coming at the apple iphone event. >>> and how can teachers and students overcome pandemic learning loss? the right relationship with a bank who understands your inindustry, asas well as

karen jean-pierre accuses governor desantis and governor abbott of being disrespectful of humanity.hat is your response to that? >> i took the deposition of the border patrol chief, that is a leader in the biden administration. he said it is 30 one years he has never seen anything like this at the border. it is a crisis, he says the border and lack of leadership, following federal law is putting american lives at risk, putting migrant lives at risk so you tell me do you believe the border chief that is under oath, that there are things going on and laws being broken that are inhumane by the biden administration or do you believe the press secretary that lied and said people aren't walking over here or do you believe kamala harris who just this week said there is no crisis. stuart: we've got one last one. i know you are leaving about person coalition of attorney general to make fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. suppose it is made of mass destruction, what does that mean to america, what happens? >> just in july we saw enough fentanyl seized at the open border to kill our entire

shame on you, governor abbott.ve domingo garcia with the league of united latin american citizens calls heartless. >> that's an christian on on american and something that should not be allowed. but texas senator john cornyn says the busing is getting the attention of the biden administration, the federal government whose responsibility it is they're not paying attention and doing anything about this crisis. this biden border crisis that we've seen that the border and florida governor ron desantis is following abbott's example sending 2 private planes full of migrants to martha's vineyard and all those people in dc and new york were beating their chests when trump was president. the minute. >> even a small fraction of what those border towns deal with every day is brought to their front door. they all of a sudden go deserve. and republican governor say they're doing this to get the attention of the biden administration. >> reporting in washington reshad hudson, back to you. governor gavin newsom is responding to go

shame on you, governor abbott. it's a move domingo garcia with the league of united latin american citizens calls heartless. >> that's an christian on on american and something that should not be allowed. the texas senator john cornyn says the busing is getting the attention of the biden administration, the federal government whose responsibility it is they're not paying attention and doing anything about this crisis. this biden border crisis that we've seen that the border and florida governor ron desantis is following abbott's example sending 2 private planes full of migrants to martha's vineyard and all those people in dc and new york were beating their chests when trump was president. the minute. >> even a small fraction of what those border towns deal with every day is brought to their front door. they all the side and go deserve. >> and these republican governors say they're doing this to get the attention of the biden administration to get them to change course when it comes to their immigration policy. gran

governor abbott is busting migrants who illegally bust into the state.up with the governor's lack of collaboration and with a style that treats the migrants as less than human. >> i would love to have a conversation with governor abbott. let's treat the people who are traveling across our country with respect. this is not a governor who wants to collaborate and cooperate with us. there's a way to do it. it's real simple. pick up the phone, send me an email, work through third parties, i would love to see that because that to me would show that he's regarding these folks as human beings who are deserving of respect and dignity and not treating them just like freight to be shipped across the country. >> great reporters are back with us. not treating them like freight to be ship add cross the country. that's the mayor's view. more than 7,600 sent to washington d.c. chicago so far, 95 migrants on two buses. governor abbott says texas is not bearing the full front of this migration problem. he happens to be running for re-election this year. >> republicans ha

i don't care if it's governor abbott or anybody else.ominator in his party to burnish his credentials as the candidate for president in 2024. but i think americans see him for exactly what he is, and frankly, i hope texans see him when he comes to the polls in november. meanwhile, we will do our part to step up and welcome these migrants into our city as we have immigrants and refugees from all across the world for centuries. >> and governor abbott has said in response to this criticism that she should be focused on president biden, not him. mayor lightfoot says that she still has not heard from governor abbott directly. in a recent statement his office said bussing the migrants to other states provides much needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities, and they say it fills quote, dangerous gaps left by the biden administration's refusal to secure the border. governor abbott is always become on the show to discuss this. >>> an investigative reporter in las vegas who was stabbed to death had his alleged killer's dna underneath his

do you consider it to be inhumane like you do with governor abbott? he dodged the question. >> we are bow to seeing more coming from el paso. their mayor, democrat, is this still, you know, wrong, shameful thing political pawns? that what is white house is saying. >> we've condemned governor abbott's treatment on people on buses. he had the bus company signed a non-disclosure agreement and doesn't allows us to communicate with them. >> it's city of el paso doing it on its own with its own money. look at the video we shot with our brand-new fox drone nighttime with thermal imaging. early this morning while it was still pitch black out we saw more sizeable groups crossing in the middle of the riefr and crossing illegally into a private orchard. we get groups several hundred in size all over the place in eagle pass every morning. you are seeing one of those groups now. back out here live because we get inundated here you can be certain a lot more buses are heading the way of the east coast. send it back to you. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: let's get re

greg abbott, smart politics, sent people to washington.y the washington national press corps is talking about it. sending them to new york. new york is talking about it suddenly people in chicago talking about it. people in big democrat led cities are saying why exactly are they coming here? oh, the texas governor? why are they going to texas? oh, joe biden let them. in a lot of people didn't know the story they are getting to know it now. >> i have to say first when governor abbott first did this i was critical of it. this was just a stunt. it's actually been effective because up until now as you said no one was reporting it outside of fox. bill melugin is like a lonely man and griff jenkins at the border now they are being forced to tell the story. by the way, 70 in chicago. 7,000 a day coming in just to texas alone. >> brian: you can't just walk here from another country. that's not the way it works. >> steve: they are not walking across the border. >> brian: they don't do that the press secretary is the only one who doesn't know that s

ducy, desantis, and abbott. but for the state legislature in florida, was there anything in that bill that authorized $12 million to transport people from florida, who they consider to be unauthorized in florida, to take them from another state and then cooperate with that other state to move them, promising gift cards, jobs, food, et cetera as inducements to get people to agree to get on the flights? >> absolutely not. but i want to add that the bill's original intent was already disgusting and unnecessary and politically motivated anti-immigrant. as a daughter of immigrants, i have to remind my republican colleagues every single day that we're a nation of immigrants. and we should be welcoming those who are tired, hungry, yearning to be free, especially those from communist governments which apparently my governor is so passionate about freedom, and yet here he is stripping away freedom from those who are seeking asylum from the very government that he supposedly opposes. so this is not only breaking federal l

do you support what abbott and desantis are doing?y to send a message to the rest of the nation about the plight of those individuals that are coming from south of the border. you're talking about 3.4 million people just since the start of this biden administration that have crossed the border. they're coming into southern states. what is a governor supposed to do? they're trying to send a message to the rest of the country that this is not acceptable, and that their states can't handle that type of an inflow. that's an equivalent of four times the population of my state of south dakota. jake, it's more than that. it's also everything else come across the border at the same time. we're 1200 miles away from the border in south dakota, yet the drug trafficking affects our state as well. our native american population, reservations have huge inflows of drug trafficking coming into our state, some of the heaviest poverty areas in the country. it's affecting the states but the administration isn't doing anything about it. >> as i said, thi

greg abbott responded yesterday. what we have done in the state of texas, we have followed the law to the tee. we want to make sure that everything we have done comports with federal law. we were cev written authorization by everybody that we transport. they agree to exactly what we are doing. >> i find that to be saw specht. charles, what do you think about the probe into the? there is the idea that they would be looking into a case of human trafficking or worse. >> katie, i don't think that it rises to the level of human trafficking as of yet. however, with respect to kidnapping, a potential kidnapping charge, i absolutely believe that the doj should launch an investigation. i think there are considerations that should be applied with respect to investigating something of this sort. consider the civil rights of each of these individuals. i have a lot of questions. one of where, these authorizations, where they in the native language of these individuals that were coming from different countries? where they explain

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it's that simple. >> ainsley: governor abbott, his press secretary responded saying governor abbott'sitation is still open for mayor adams to come visit our southern border and see firsthand the devastating impacts of the biden-made crisis on border towns, smaller than nyc burrow. instead of sending his staffers on a secret trip to texas. >> brian: if you don't stop -- if you don't vote against this. if you see this and you are an american and you are not outraged by this and don't go -- vote about this, if you -- we haven't seen nothing yet. it is -- they are going to come from everywhere around the world because this is the one opportunity where the president has totally dropped the ball and letting everybody. in including drug offenders, sex offenders, we know about the illegal drugs pouring across our border. if there isn't a staunch rebuke at the box office, at the ballot box in november, we are doomed for the next two years. karine jean-pierre says no one is walking across the border. remember that? also, that prompted ted cruz to act. let's listen. >> but that's not -- it's not

red state governors like texas' greg abbott and florida's ron desantis. men pushing the extremism while they raise their own political profiles and jockey to raise trump's mantles as leaders for presidential hopefuls. on the other side of that fight are a handful of democratic governors, the people leading the charge against ready cal republican policies. chief among them is california governor gavin newsom. after surviving a re-call election, governor newsom has come out hard stoking campaign rumors of his own. the cowboy governor has put up billboards in states attacking their leaders' extreme abortion policies. he's running ads in florida, saying freedom is under attack in the sunshine state and he's urging residents to move to california. this weekend, governor newsome took a trip down to greg abbott's texas to continue the campaign of calling out republican governors and otherwise making himself a thorn to the right wing. while i was there, i sat down with him for an interview in a taqueria in austin. you talk a lot about going on offense. >> yeah. >

they're announced arrival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send migrants to see called sanctuary cities by surprise. >> all we're trying to do is offer transport to sanctuary jurisdictions free to the alien, but certainly not mandatory, and that way they're able to go and these sanctuary jurisdictions can put their money where their month is. >> reporter: these immigrants were picked up in texas. some say they were taken to a hotel to wait and then boarded planes. well, we didn't know until last minute our destination such as new york where our relatives reside, he says. we came with, as i say, the idea of reuniting with them. other immigrants we spoke to here say they were promised all sorts of things including jobs and housing, things that never materialized. we were told it was humanitarian aid by a foundation that in this case remains unknown, he says. they didn't tell us the benefactor. they just told us that the person wanted to help us. while volunteers and officials in martha's vineyard promptly responded and

texas governor greg abbott dropping off bus loads of migrant right at kamala harris's doorstep after she said the border was secure. desantis sent migrants to martha's vineyard. they are loud and proud sanctuary en klaifshs. democrats now blasting the governors. the president and white house doubling down on border security. >> we agree the border is secure but there is still more work to be done. i've been very clear. it is a political stunt. that's what we're seeing from governors, republican governors in particular. republicans -- their colleagues should be calling out the cruel way that they are playing and what they are doing with their cruel political games. and again, these are families that are including children, all right? >> republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they're doing is simply wrong, unamerican, reckless. >> any comments on the migrants dropped off? >> the border czar refusing to respond to desantis's shot across the bow. governor abbott with this just a moment ago. >> we have small communities of about 25,000 people who have

abbott has repeatedly appeared on fox news to showcase the busing program. >> most of america has not really understood the magnitude of the problem we have on the border until we started sending these buses up to new york. >> for any politician that uses this issue in the ways these two gentleman have, it is the worst kind of cynicism that we have in politics today. >> reporter: a former state democratic representative from the texas border town of eagle pass. his home overlooks the rio grande into mexico. he says if there's a political price to pay for these political stunts, abbott and desantis haven't experienced it yet. there are a lot of people who criticize abbott and desantis and say what they're doing is inhumane and not right, but do you think for the average voter out there it matters? >> i think it may not. >> reporter: a university of texas and texas politics project poll this week found that abbott's busing of migrants has about 52% support among texas voters including 50% support among independent voters. >> the response they got was exactly what they wanted, which is w

this was a great idea by governor abbott. all the fentanyl coming across our border and the human trafficking coming across our border and the crime is a direct result of the biden administration having an open border policy. welcoming these people across the border. and i am glad that these big city mayors thanks to governor abbott are now seeing the problem with having an influx of people that come in. >> sandra: matt finn is live in eagle pass, texas, on the ground. migrants first cross over in the country there. matt. >> good morning, sandra. a lot of the migrants being bused to chicago, new york and washington, d.c., they cross into the country right here in eagle pass, texas. this is one of the busiest ports of entry in all the southern border. we want to show you live some drone video of an ongoing rescue mission in the rio grande river. the river is raging very fast right now. the water levels are very high because there have been a few days of rain here. the national guard is out in the river with rafts and boats att

and i think governor abbott, by serving them to places like new york and d.c.and the most hateful of our leadership here speaking out against them -- are now getting a taste of what we feel. you look at new york, we had 900 illegal immigrants, and they want to declare a state of emergency. folks, we've had over 2 million come in over this last year alone. how do you think the rest of us feel? i find it oddly hypocritical, but at least now they're having to deal with what we see on a daily basis. sean: beth, i want to play a sound for you because this is border patrol chief raul ortiz in july talking about why we're seeing this large amount of migrants coming into the country. take a listen. >> if you don't have consequences, what is likely going to happen? >> objection. >> in my experience, in this my experience we have seen increases when there are no consequence, okay? >> so if migrant populations believe that they're going -- there are not going to be consequences, they will -- more of them will come to the border, is that what you're saying? >> objection. >

>> abbott? i think in a few years ago on multiple occasions for helping us with the wildfires, didn't play politics -- and whenever play paul is if he needed anything on those lines. desantis, no. most of the republican governors, i have great relationships with. i spent time with them. in fact, some of my more close republican colleagues are republican. >> some of your best friends or republican? >> yeah. -- i find it interesting life. in that respect. and it's awkward conversation around an ex wife -- >> an ex wife, kimberly guilfoyle whose definitely not a democrat anymore. >> nope, not lately. >> it must be weird for you. >> of course. but you have to understand -- we had a different relationship with trump when i was governor as well. >> yeah. >> we had an interesting that non combattive relationship. even though we went at it on a lot of issues. we also found ways to get along. so i say all of that for no other reason -- it's essential that we find those spaces. >> but i got to ask you. yo

migrantes enviado por el gobernador de texas abbott llegan en autobuses a chicago.amos con varios de ellos en vivo. una madre que buscaba a su hijo desaparecidoes otra vÍctima de la violencia crÓnica en mÉxico. hombres armados la sacaron de su casa y poco despuÉsencontraron su cuerpo cerca de la vÍa del tren. esto en sinaloa. el departamento de justicia investiga si hubo obstrucciÓnen la investigaciÓn por parte de donald trump al ocultar y cambiar de lugar los documentos que mantenÍa confidential incautados en sumaciÓn en mar—a—lago. aprobar las nueva vacuna de refuerzo contra covid—19que aseguran ayudarÍan a combatir las variantes del virus. recomiendan aplicarlas antes del comienzo del invierno. comienza la ediciÓnnocturna. locutor: Éste es un noticiero univisiÓn ediciÓn nocturna. patricia: muy buenas noches. bienvenidos al noticiero. vamos a comenzar con lo que ha hecho el gobernador de texas, greg abbott, quien continÚa su enfrentamiento con el gobierno federal por la polÍtica migratoria fronteriza y sigue enviando autobuses con migrantes las llamadas ciudades s

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and the other point is -- >> well, governor abbott -- i'll say governor abbott makes that argument, texas. what about that argument in general, even if you don't think it's appropriate coming from governor desantis? >> i don't think it's appropriate period. you don't use human beings and children to try to make a political argument or a political statement. you can make all kind of arguments. the governor has a great bully pulpit. he ought to use that instead. and if people want to help us get rid of them, go to charlie crist.com and help us beat this guy. he is a monster. >> the vice president kamala harris had made the statement earlier that she felt the border was secure. that something you agree with? >> it's hard to tell. i don't think it is secure. and i think it is important to secure the border. listen, i'm the grandson of immigrants from greece and from lebanon. i understand what legal immigration is and what it's supposed to be. we are supposed to be the shining city on the hill, the place where people can come from all over the globe to have safety, to make sure that you can ha

in a tweet, abbott criticized harris' claim that the border is secure.alling the actions a political stunt. >> two republican governors, one using taxpayer money for chartered jets and reportedly his own video photography to capture this for his own political benefit, taking advantage of women and children, men who didn't know where they were going. >> reporter: immigrant advocates in florida are also condemning desantis' actions. >> this shameless action hoisted upon our defenseless people fleeing persecution and violence is a mere political ploy in his quest for power and won't go unnoticed. >> reporter: and the people at the center of this all are seeking asylum in the united states, sharing stories about the treacherous journey to the border. >> translator: only the bus left us here, and now. they didn't tell us where we were, but they left us here. it's very difficult to bring a child here. it's eight days of child through the darien jungle, something extremely difficult. >> translator: there were three options, washington, utah, here, massachusetts

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governor abbott and governor desantis are two american heroes. in my book they are what this country is all about, not eric adams. brian: he took migrants in florida and sent them to martha's vineyard and abbott sent them to the vice president's house. >> all these elastic pants governors are pulling their own stunts. ron desantis is that guy you went to high school with who wanted to be prom king but instead he pulled the fire alarm and ruined it for everybody. >> 8,000 migrants are coming through a day. >> jimmy kimmel should be worried about his own show. all they are doing is spouting out, regurgitating democrat policy. texas gets 8,000 a day. we get 80. they have got to stop. they are giving mees these people dinners and tickets and fancy hotel rooms. i should be treated that well. brian: how important is aaron judge's run for the single season home run record? he's in the high 50s already. what's your take on what this means? >> he's going to break that record sometime next week. brian: i think he has pittsburgh after that. >> he does. he's

what governor abbott and governor desantis have done here.they have fraudulently commits people to cross state lines, i believe that there could be something illegal there. i am not sure of that, but i think the doj should investigate that. >> yeah, jennifer, i want to talk about what we are watching with the migrants. i also want to bring in lindsey graham going out there, pushing for a 15-week abortion ban on the federal level. because to me there is a threat here. one of the threads, of course, that real lives could be impacted. there is also the threat that they have got nothing else, right? this is the best that they think they have got going into a midterm election. what did you make of this announcement from lindsey graham? >> well, first of all, it is astonishing to me, since their best issue was and still is inflation. that apparently is not working at all for them. it may be because they have zero solutions. although they can point to the price rages, to the middle class squeeze. they don't have any solutions to it. so now they are

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governor abbott rejects the idea he's done anything wrong, let alone illegal. and in fact he pins the tail of blame on the party of the, well, political donkey. >> what is inhumane is the president's policies that have led his border with mexico to be declared the deadliest border crossing in the entire world. what we've done in the state of texas is follow the law to the tee to make sure that everything that we've done comports with the federal law. we receive written authorization by everybody that we transport that they agree to exactly what we are doing. there's been zero people that texas has misled. >> zero people that texas has misled. the prosecutor in me wants to test whether that in fact is true. so, let's take that to someone who was just with the migrants flown to martha's vineyard just this very morning. here with us as well is immigration attorney allen orr, a former president of the american immigration lawyer's association. i'm very glad you're both here. i'm still a little bit stunned by the map that was put on the screen, this idea of a red li