so what does that say about alejandro mayorkas? i think it says what we all know about alejandro mayorkas is they have been deliberately lying, misleading the public not just on this issue but every issue. because they will be say these are asylum-seekers. they want people to come even though they know 90 plus percent are not legitimate asylum-seekers. they are always pushing these false narratives. he is lying about his own agents, which border patrol chief also mentioned on the instant on horseback the whipping. so i think there is no confidence in new york from ortiz down. it is because he simply isn't doing his job, not following the law. he desecrates his own on a daily basis and makes a mockery of the agencies. it is really no respect. >> ashley: i will get to the whipping accusations in a minute. but i do have to talk about the root democrats on this field hearing. they had plane tickets ready to go and the travel was set up but the republicans are traveling to the border to attack the administration and try to score politic

secretary alejandro mayorkas and katie hobbs to hold joint news conference at the border today. joins us live with the details, jackie. >> good morning, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas and governor katie hobbs set to visit the port of entry a few hours. to attend multiple community committees and the trip comes a day after border patrol agents released a number of frightening figures. rio grande chief tweeting the 1 million migrants encounters this year, 125,000 came through the sector. agents intercepted 13 smugglers, three firearms, a sex offender and ms-13 gang member. border patrol chief revealing that in the past 72 hours. agents made more than 1300 apprehensions including a sex offender, murder, gang member on top of 220 pounds of narcotics. this week, fox news cameras captured multiple groups of chinese nationals being apprehended at the border. smuggling nationals is a lucrative commodity for cartels to charge $50,000 for safe passage. former acting i.c.e. director tom homan said the america should be more x concerned about terrorist threats the border poses, listen. >>

maria: we were talking about the hearing where you took on alejandro mayorkas i am going to get to thatuse you played so many important points first let me get your take on economic backstory here gdp, showing growth but a lot of expectations, that we're going to see recession later this year what can you do as policymaker, in terms of an economy weakening before our eyes. >> i think there is a lot we can and should be doing if you want to get economy moving number one get government spending under control. we've seen, in last two years, with democrats had control of congress and white house, a blowout nearly seven trillion dollars in spending that is driving the inflation that is hurting small businesses hurting consumers hurting families all across this country we got to get that under control get the nation's deficit and debt under control. but we also need to have an environment where small bids can prosper, as you know my number one priority is jobs. because in the state of texas i represent 30 million texans what tezans wanted more jobs higher wages more opportunity, and way you g

maria: incredible to me that alejandro mayorkas did not know what the wristbands were.nds were obviously picture of what's going on with the drug cartels. they are putting these wristbands on migrants so they can follow up and catch up with them later, you don't know how long or how much you are going to owe these guys, the dangerous cartels who have ammunition equal to the mexican military. i mean, were you surprised thatt mayorkas didn't know what the wristbands were, mayra? so i don't know what is going on with these train cars. mayra, do you have any idea about this most recent find of migrants either dead or sick in train cars? >> it's happening and it's happening more often than what people think and i wasn't surprised and the testimony was a -- it was a disgrace and very disappointing to see that he has no idea what's happening at our southern border. he's in washington surrounded and not really talking to men and women on the ground here in south texas and throughout the border. it is so important that you surround by the people that are actually doing the job a

they know exactly what is happening on the southern border, and they have installed alejandro mayorkassion is carried out and being carried out each and every day. >> ainsley: they need to explain that to moms and dads who have lost their children to fentanyl. fentanyl coming across from china into mexico in the united states. 3,000 people died in 9/11 but tens of thousands are dying every year because of fentanyl. >> steve: more "fox & friends" in a moment. ♪ ♪ all on the subway club. three peat - that's great. three meat - that's epic. the subway series. the greatest menu of all time. (vo) in two seconds, eric will realize (man) [laughs] (vo) they're gonna need more space... gotta sell the house. (vo) oh..open houses or, skip the hassles and sell with confidence to opendoor. wow. (vo) request a cash offer at opendoor dot com >> it looks like a great show. >> thank you very much for making us number one cable morning news show. >> thank you so much. >> bill: good morning, everybody. herroism and heartbreak a clearer picture after the school shooting in nashville. some of the victims w

. ♪ ♪ >> steve: today the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is heading tobe joined by the mayor of ari ari arizona,icaty hobbs. >> we're so concerned about what is going on at the southern border, but arizona elected this democrat to be governor there. he was disappointed this administration helped push immigration down. >> steve: one problem and i know republicans have talked about trying to impeach mr. mayorkas, is fact all he's doing is following instruction from the home office. this is what the white house is wanting him to do and he's doing it. >> i blame alejandro mayorkas, he knows when it takes 80% of agents off the line, they have known terrorists arrested trying to sneak in, he knows this is a huge national security problem. he should tell the white house i can no longer support open border, it is creating an issue for the nation. overdoses from fentanyl because 80% agents are off the line. he has duty and he should stand up and say it or resign in protest because so many americans in record numbers are dying. >> steve: don't hold your breath. >>

secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas. [applause] >> good morning. >> good morning. good morning. on november 19th, 2002, the senior senator from delaware voted in support of the act to create the united states department of homeland security. in the years proceeding that vote, and there's sense, joe biden has worked for the safety and security of our country and the well-being of every american. they walk to this podium may be short, but it represents a lifetime of service. 36 years as a united states senator, eight years as the vice president of the united states, and now as our president. through it all, we have had no greater champion of our department and our mission. we are deeply honored on our 20th anniversary to be joined by the 46th president of the united states of america, everyone please rise and give a warm welcome to president biden. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. you are very nice, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you, please. i don't know who he was talking about, 20 years, wow. you know, when we voted to set you a

. >> todd: dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas visiting the southern border alongside arizona governor hobbs ashley: week before mayorkas is set to testify in front of the senate, facing bipartisan calls for impeachment. mayorkas celebrated while on the trip. >> in the last two years, we have seized more fentanyl than the previous five years combined. >> todd: abe homiday joins us now. i don't know if now is the time to be celebrating anything if you are mayorkas when it comes to the border. that said, will this visit get alejandro mayorkas to enforce border laws and stop allowing arizona from becoming basic pipeline for the drug cartels? >> thanks for having me on. unfortunately, right now you have federal government that is lawless at the border and the governor who is now complicit with this. it is insult to our intelligence that they visit the border and say they are seizing record number of fentanyl. there is record number of fentanyl apprehended because of hard work of sheriff and police and you are looking at the increase of number of fentanyl coming across the border. it is happening

biden administration and alejandro mayorkas must answer for this. president biden and justin trudeau announced a deal to turn back illegal migrants at their shared border. biden administration says this will reduce pressure at our southern border. >> ashley: thank you, parents in california supporting bill that increases penalty for fentanyl dealers. state lawmakers are rejecting this after one democrat refused to show up for the hearing. we spoke to a mother who lost her son to the deadly drug react. >> he is sending a clear message to the drug dealers of fentanyl in our community, in our state, that he cares more about them than he does about the law-abiding citizens of california and it is outrageous. i ask that any californiian that is listening to this broadcast reach out to their state legislature, put pressure on the public safety committee chair to step up and do the right thing. >> ashley: smith called on sacramento residentses to come together around laws with stiffer penalties on fentanyl dealers. president biden will set off on his inves

. >> ashley: dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas sparring with senate republicans during a heated hearing on the border crisis climbing once again for the southern border is secure. >> mr. secretary, our southern border is not secure, is it? >> when i speak of the security of the border, i'm speaking of maximizing the resources we have to deliver the most effective results. so let me assure you, we are secure. >> mr. secretary, you understand you have a credibility problem with the congress and with the american people, don't you? >> i have full confidence in the integrity of my conduct. >> todd: the president of the national border patrol council joins us now, sean, how can s not? >> you know, it is not surprising. for the last two years we have seen record numbers of smuggling, record numbers of people being crossed over the northern border, southern border coastal regions. we have seen record number of drugs and largely ignored by this administration. so i am not surprised that we can answer those questions. >> ashley: yeah, i mean, to your point with the drugs just flowing across the

they impeach president trump over a phone call but they can impeach alejandro mayorkas for everythingley: the border patrol chief defendant agents whipping migrants and 2021, listen to this. >> i can attest how vital horse patrol to responding to remote and harsh locations. the mass location was chaotic. we had over 20,000 people show up in one place in a short period of time. even so, we were able to provide food, water, and medical care without a single loss of life. >> ashley: following up on what he just said, i don't like to do this but i want to play with the democrats had to say about the incident in 2021. listen to this and we will talk on the other side. >> the entire nation so horrifying who do not reflect what we are. >> what we witnessed is worse than what we witnessed in slavery. >> it invoked images of some of the worst moments of our history. >> to treat it like they did, horses running over people being strapped. it is outrageous. >> ashley: your reaction of what you heard, tom. >> it angers me because not only the president that secretary of homeland security stood at

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a judiciary committee and homeland security alejandro mayorkas will testify the biden administration's handling of open southern border and the house will hold a hearing to examine the crisis unfolding on our northern border. we know border patrol agents down south battling a major research this month. they marked 1 million illegal migrant encounter since the beginning of the fiscal year in october. much of the attention down there, facilities, agents in canada or bordering canada overwhelmed by migrants too. 846% increase in those and house committee chair dan fisher wrote this, "illegal alien counters up from fiscal year in the sector alone in the biden administration has encouraged and facilitated this lawlessness and left the northern border patrol agents without the means to accomplish and defend our border. president biden and secretary alejandro mayorkas must answer for the growing crisis and disastrous policies that created it. last week president biden and canadian president justin trudeau with a new deal to allow both to turn back illegal migrant at the shared border. many se

maria: senate republicans are slamming homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas for his handlingppened this week during a senate judiciary committee hearing yesterday. watch a this. >> and if you had integrity you would resign. i will tell you the men and women of border patrol, they never had a political leader undermine them. they despies you because you're willing to let children be raped to follow political orders. this is a crisis, this is a disgrace, you won't admit this human tragedy is a crisis. >> what the senator said was revolting. i'm not going to address its. >> your refusal to do your job is revolting. maria: wow. it not heated yesterday. joining me from mission texas, lieutenant christopher olivarez. it's great to see you. thanks very much for being here. you are on the front lines doing everything you can to secure and save what's happening in america. your reaction to that exchange, particularly since alejandro mayorkas did not know, he said he did not know what the wristbands were. >> well, good morning, maria. great to be with you. that was as you just showed t

alejandro mayorkas on the ground with the fema administrator sending message that washington will be the very difficult process. let's bring in today's political panel, with me south carolina republican congressman nancy mace, member of the arms services oversight and veterans affairs committees and florida democratic congressman. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you for having us. >> congressman, in florida you get different types of severe weather, a lot of hurricanes, what's your reaction of scenes in mississippi and the response so far? >> the images are heartbreaking. the response seems to be going as it should. the president signed the declaration. you have the fema administrator and homeland secretary there which is different usually the homeland secretary doesn't come so that does show that the administration is giving us the priority they need. i mean, listen, if i were those local elected officials i would be asking for 100% reimburse meant for the next 60 days. you know, i would be asking fema to start with the housing mission. fema needs to get be

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last year the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas said, quote: we have operational control of the u.s. border. >> steve: right. >> ainsley: yesterday, the head of u.s. border patrol raÚl ortiz was asked that question do we have control? do we have operational control of the border and he said no, sir. we do not have operational control of the border. listen. >> does dhs have operational control of our entire border? >> no, sir. >> will you testify under oath right now do we have operational control, yes or no? >> yes, we do. >> chief ortiz, do you think that secretary mayorkas is lying there? >> about 10 years ago we used operational control as a measuring stick of our effectiveness along the southwest border. my new strategy is geared towards mission advantage. >> so you know i'm asking a very specific question. >> yes, sir. >> and you're kind of describing how the goal post has been moved because of the mass waives of people that are coming. my question, you heard the secretary. he said we have operational control that's the definition? >> based upon the definition you ha

this is homeland securit secretary alejandro mayorkas i 2021 take a listen. >> we're taking a look atat the manner in which we address the needs of individuals looking for better life and here's t the principles and values of our country and its proudest traditions >> lindsey, we talked on this, but i want to come back to i with some sound. this is homeland securit secretary alejandro mayorkas i 2021 take a listen. >> we're taking a look at th immigration system with larg and seeing what reforms we can achieve to ensure that the manner in which we address the needs of individuals looking for better life and here's t the principles and values of our country and its proudest traditions jacob detention facility is no where a family belongs >> okay, so i am sympathetic t the argument that fundamentally, there needs to be a legislativ fix to this issue. we have an entire system tha is broken, that is updated that does not take into accoun current needs. that responsibility rests with congress given what is in control, th control of this administration talk us through, lindsey, what else th

. >>> also, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas speaks out on whether the biden administration could bring back family detention centers. florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz weighs in. >>> and we begin this very busy hour with a very latest on capitol hill, where right now lawmakers are hearing from top leaders in the intelligence community for their annual worldwide threats hearing. and this year, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are laser focused on various security threats from china, as well as russia's invasion of ukraine. >> the ccp represents both the leading and most consequential threat to u.s. national security and leadership globally and its intelligence specific ambitions and capabilities make it for us our most serious and consequential intelligence rival. >> and joining us now with more is ali vitali, also with us nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi, now an msnbc national security analyst. so, ali, what are we hearing so far there? >> reporter: this was al

so to see these leaders witnessing this for themselves, alejandro mayorkas said. there is no substitute for coming here on the ground and witnessing this devastation is extraordinary. and i mean these extraordinary stories of survival as well. all right, isabel rose ellis. thanks so much. alright, let's go now to cnn meteorologist brickley ritz , who is tracking new storms that are forming and threatening brightly. absolutely we're watching this stalled out boundary, unfortunately, holding the threat for the same threats , wind, hail and even tornadoes watching closely the storms that are firing up in east texas. that's what's along the cold front. that's really going to ramp up and, unfortunately, bring that tornado threat once again. tornado watches in effect for central and southern louisiana rolling up into northern louisiana back into east texas, and that goes until roughly about seven o'clock, central time and a handful of already severe thunderstorm warnings within that watch box and a severe thunderstorm watch that goes until six o'clock central time for t

alejandro mayorkas is spinning wildly about the border, and karine jean-pierre tells us the nashville shootings are the republican's fault. you can't solve a problem unless you're honest. more on that, throughout the show. on the markets, despite it all, a rally. dow is up what 230. nasdaq up 124 and percentage terms the nasdaq is up nearly 1% i'll call that a modest rally. watch this bank today. look at the stock of it. credit suisse only recently bailed out. the united states senate says credit suisse hid the assets of 25 wealthy american families, enabling them to escape american taxes. i predict senators warren and sanders will be mad as hell. look at oil. this is important. it's powering up to $74 a barrel today, and gas, therefore, is moving higher. yeah, i know, i've got this completely wrong. the average gallon of gas regular 3.46 and that's up a strong 3 cents overnight, it's on the way up. diesel up one cent at 4.24 with little change for interest rates this morning. the 10-year yields at just over 3.5%. actually it's straight up to 3.60 as we speak. the two-year still above

alejandro mayorkas, and also the director of fema. deanne chris. well, we will bring you those latest updates as soon as we get them. so much loss there, but even the people who survived this tornado they're putting things into perspective that yes, they lost their homes. but they are the fortunate ones who survived the string of tornadoes supposed isabelle rose allies for us there. thank you so much. let's go now to jasmine, right live in wilmington's delaware. uh president biden has approved an emergency declaration from mississippi. how is the administration also state officials how they responding to the disaster. victor will president biden. he approved that emergency declaration overnight, really? after spending his saturday here in wilmington's seemingly responding to this severe crisis , president biden we first heard from him on earlier in saturday, where he issued a statement saying that he was praying for those who lost loved ones and whose loved ones are still missing. and he said that he also talked to a sizable portion of statewide of

alejandro mayorkas signed a memorandum with the secretary of h.h.s. children to sponsors aren't getting background checks now. these children's conditions now, what's happening to them, just like the blood of the 100,000-plus fentanyl deaths, all of this is on the hands of alejandro mayorkas, and that's what we're going to do what we're going to do. >> i wake up every day pissed off, because this administration destroyed the most secure border in our life time i'm tired of hearing about the family separation. come get me, i don't give a shit, right? bottom line is we enforced the law. american families, and i arrested a father for domestic violence or d.u.i., i separate that family. when you violate the law with a child, you're going to be separated. but you're right. 250,000 children have crossed this border. they chose to separate themselves. the children aren't always children. let's put this in perspective. when i was director, we did a gang enforcement operation on long island. 42% of them entered the country as a family unit. the family units, t

earthquake that killed at least 14 people there and one other in perÚ secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkashas america offered sympathy for the loss its and ensure the u.s. stands with ecuador as they recover the magnitude 6.8 quake rocked ecuador saturday afternoon they reported hundreds of damaged buildings including homes, schools and hospitals along with power outages for some in the affected areas. >>> to a case two decades in the making involving a fight over the access to water. today the supreme court will hear arguments on whether to allow the navajo nation to get water from the already diminishing colorado river the reservation spans 17 million acres, straddling arizona, new mexico and utah. thousands don't have running water. in a suit they allege that the federal government promised them access to water as part of a treaty dating back to 1868 but over the years the rights to the colorado river were divided between states and the federal government, leaving the navajo nation out federal officials have declined to comment on the case. >>> from the pitch to the capitol, the cast of

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secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas surveyed the damage firsthand photographs. of the devastation, but there's no substitute for actually seeing it in person. this is the worst i've ever seen. i went to the gulf coast africa, trina twister , ripping houses apart, throwing heavy piles of debris like trees , cars and appliances haphazardly all over many still in shock street and came back and i couldn't even identify the house. which is like a pal of just rubble. and i mean, i just thank god for saving my life. hundreds are now displaced from their homes, relying on shelters in support that has started pouring into mississippi. we are here not just today. but for the long haul. mississippi is not included in what many called tornado alley. but while the storms are less common here, they're not unheard of, and the community is pairing for more as another round of severe weather is expected in this region. and rolling fork, mississippi rebecca castor fox news. congresswoman barbara lee gets the backing of a fellow bay area representative in her bid for u. s senate c

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's rachel: shame on alejandro mayorkas.he developers of mexico into a narco state, the power that they've never been more powerful, more rich, more control of mexico's government, that the national security threat to our country. we are seeing the results and i think things are only going to get worse. will: they are lying to us. rachel: hopefully the republicans will continue to uncover that. turning to your headline starting with a fox news alert. suspect in custodian after a shooting that wounded two michigan state troopers, the moment he surrendered after a lengthy standoff in detroit. police say the troopers were helping execute a warrant when shots rang out. the wounded officers remained at the scene to help negotiators convince the gunmen to give himself up. silicon valley bank collapses after a capital crunch. it's the second largest bank failure in us history, the big bank finances half of venture backed businesses like p job interest, zip recruiter and airbnb to name a few. federal regulators sparking a major sell

years since the department of homeland security dhs opened its doors currently being run by alejandro mayorkastill waiting on him to provide answers to the border crisis. questions lining what are these migrants doing. are they getting taxpayer dollars to live here. does ccp know where they are. how's come the head of dhs still can't answer those questions. >> it's funny, he actually told me a month ago he had all the answers to all my questions in a private meeting i had with him. i challenged him two days later okay you said you have the answers, give them to me. it's all in writing. i give him a tweak give me the answers which he said he had. i'm still waiting and i don't think i'm going to get those answers. i really asked him hey, how many illegal migrants that you encountered at the border over 4.5 million. how many are still here? how many did you deport? how much assistance are you giving them? how much is it costing the american taxpayer, the ones that got away, hey, have you caught any? none of that he hasn't answered any of those questions so far. >> ashley: these could have been ye

alejandro mayorkas took a tour of the small delta community where residents say every marker of existence is gone. >> flower shop, beauty shop, barber, law offices just down the street are all gone. there was an auto parts store, local restaurant that has been there for -- i don't know how many years, since i was a child. service stations, tire shop, just gone. >> alexandria: 26 lost their lives in mississippi and alabama, one death was reported. the rare path through mississippi, trauma that has not had time to settle. national weather service warned of more severe weather through the weekend. governor kemp issued state of emergency. high winds and multiple tornados there, troop county, tornado is blamed for damaging 100 structures. back in mississippi, community members in rolling fork say they will recover and rebuild when they can. >> we're just trying to get what we can out of the rubble. it's pretty shocking and very sad, very sad. everybody is coming together and it is great. god will get us through this and we will come out stronger. >> alexandria: this is just the start of the to

alejandro mayorkas will head to the southern border, make the trip with katie hugs. crew, groups of chinese nationals apprehended. you've seen is for four straight days. will mayorkas see what you've been witnessing? >> i hope he does. it dawned on me watching of the market, there's no ticker stock, to show for the smugglers business but rest assured it is billing, they are in the green because chinese nationals are paying 30 to $50,000. there are so many chinese here that yesterday i was doing a shot at 6:30 p.m. . two chinese walked up to our live shot while we were on the air, they are not all from china. there was a moment before the sun was up, we were out with dcs troopers and encountered a two-year-old toddler was dropped across the river moments before we walked up. the woman is not with the child, she was another migrant trying to help the child. 2 years old with a sign around his neck to border officials telling them to send him to an adult in louisiana, brings home the callousness, a little ways away, take a look at this video. six chinese nationals, the f

to defeat the drug cartels and you're saying a all of the abov, but it doesn't appear that alejandro mayorkase the risks that you're talking about. look the department of security seized thousand pounds of fentanyl. the agency launched operation blue lot us, are they doing it. >> i think they understand the threat. the issue is they are not willing to make very tough decisions to get it under control. maria, you hit the nail in the head which is to say the crisis, the human smuggling and human trafficking crisis in the border, they are making millions of dollars every single day on this and they are putting those proceeds back into legal narcotics business which is fueling the crisis that we have. the crisis in the border with all the images and pictures, it's all tied to what we see with fentanyl as well. if you're not willing to make hard decisions to get that crisis under control at the end of the day then you're not going to find a solution, so they may recognize it, they may talk about it and i think they say good things from time to time but the proof in s in the action and the action i

. >> harris: what is it exactly the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas has been saying? not that truth. here he is last year. >> will you testify underoath, do we have operational control, yes or no? >> yes, we do. >> we have operational control at the border? >> we do. >> harris: it was bad back then, it is historically raw and dangerous now, you know it is not under control. art delqua. jacqui heinrich live for us. >> democrats pulled out from attending this hearing at the last second. a spokesperson said, extreme maga republicans should answer why they are proposing to cut border funding denying critical resources to law enforcement they claim to defend. those who attended said this was hugely consequential. >> we had administration official admit to congress what we all know that the border is not secure, we don't have operational control. >> the border patrol chief told lawmakers his agents need help from washington and lack of deterrence encourage migrants to enter illegally. infrastructure is about politics and not national security. >> i do not believe in a wall

homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas took a tour of small delta community which residency it is nothing a hollowed show. >> flower shop, beauty shop, barber, law offices down the street all gone. an auto parts store, a local restaurant that has been there for i don't know how many years, since i was a child. substation, tire shops. it is gone. >> at least 26 people lost their lives as a living come from tornadoes turn mississippi's west mississippi's west side to the alabama line. one death reported there. it went through towns in mississippi like wynonna and angry. 100-mile path and the intensity did not ease up nor has the the national weather service issues more severe weather through the weekend. georgia governor brian kemp should a state of emergency yesterday after a system with high winds and multiple tornadoes according to the governor's office. those heavy rains and saturated the ground allowing trees to be more easily uprooted causing damage like this. the tornado's plane for damaging nearly 100 structures true county georgia and west point 80 miles south of atlanta there and

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according to dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, his boss is not responsible. no. you'll never guess what's really responsible. climate change. he thinks -- [laughter] i know. he thinks there are climate refugees all over the world, and there's nothing that the president can do about it. it's the climate's fault. take a look. >> when we speak about the border, we have to put it in context, that this is not a challenge. and it is indeed a challenge. not a challenge exclusive to the united states. you know, chile, just deployed its military to its border. colombia has 2.5 million venezuelans within its border. costa rica's population is increasingly nicaraguan. we're seeing a movement of people throughout the hemisphere, and quite frankly throughout the world, that is historic. >> sean: wait a second. aren't these the same people that tell us again and again and again that your border is secure? that's what i recall. do you recall that? take a look. >> sounds to most folks like a crisis. >> well, look, it's way down now. we've now gotten control. >> precisely that, t

knew at the time jim jordan is now demanding answers writing to homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the biden administration border and immigration policies increase the likelihood that those criminal aliens will successfully enter and remain in the u.s. now, congressman jordan sent a similar letter to javier basera. he told both secretaries he wants answers by march 13th. >> jonathan, a little bit back to you later. thank you. >>> lawmakers focused on the fentanyl crisis with attorney general merrick garland admitting to policies. judiciary hearing from a mother who testified that she never even heard of fentanyl until she lost her son, logan. watch. >> for all of us, losing logan was like a bomb going off in the middle of our family that we built our life around. this explosion killed our son and killed cayden's brother. >> our democrat friends want to believe that all fentanyl crossing our border is coming into our board of entry. i want you to believe that we are doing a good job detecting and seizing it before it can go into the country and destroying and taking american lives

if you listen to alejandro mayorkas, he paints a much different picture. listen. >> let me be clear. number 1, we're are intensely know cussed on securing the border. number 2, we are equally focused on enforcing our laws to achieve that result. >> you're not helpless. you change policies in a bad way and getting a bad result. we're under attack by drug cartels. we've lost operational control of the border. >> that hearing came hours after this massive fire killed dozens just over the border. take a look at this new video show as moment a massive fire started inside the migrant detention city in mexico. the migrants started their mattresses on fire because they found out they were going to be deported. the flames spread quick and the guards ran out leaving them no way to get out. smuggling continues daily, many times leading to high-speed chases just like this. that smuggler taking off from police. back out here live, it's not just people coming across the border daily. it's massive amounts of drugs including hundreds of pounds of fentanyl and cocaine. >>

amy: while visiting the aftermath of the tornado, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas warned extreme weather events are increasing in gravity, in severity, and in frequency. over 20 million people across the south and southeastern u.s. are under threat of more severe storms today. in tunisia, the coast guard says it recovered the bodies of 10 migrants sunday after their ship sank in the mediterranean. the disaster came just hours after a human rights group said another 19 refugees from sub-saharan africa drowned off tunisia's coast as they tried to cross to italy to seek asylum. at least 67 migrants were reportedly missing. this comes as italy's government says the number of migrants arriving at italian ports has tripled in the first three months of 2023, with more than 4000 people disembarking in southern italy over the weekend. on saturday, a humanitarian aid ship rescued 78 migrants aboard a sinking rubber dinghy in international waters near malta. one day earlier, the rescue ship geo barents, operated by doctors without borders, rescued 190 migrants, including unacmpanied

writing to alejandro mayorkas of homeland security, quote: criminal aliens and gang members exploit the. immigration system to harm americans. authorities say the suspect was stopped by border patrol in rio grande texas a year ago. and then transferred to an aunt in frederick maryland. jordan mcclintock also wrote to health and human services secretary xavier becerra since hhs runs an office of resettlement. the biden administration open border policies have created vulnerabilities that criminal aliens and gang members exploit to the detriment of american citizens. kayla's mother is frustrated because as a teenager the suspect's identity is protected and, if convicted, he could one day be eligible for parole. we reached out to homeland security and customs and border protection but have not gotten a response. bret? >> bret: mike, thank you. ♪ ♪ >> bret: the double murder trial of a prominent south carolina it attorney now in the hands of the jury. closing arguments concluded today in the high profile case of alec murdaugh. correspondent jonathan serrie has the story. >> totally illogica

. >> and dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, who has been under constant fire from republican critics,s visiting a fentanyls who spot in nogales, arizona this evening where two and a half million pills of the deadly drug were seized over the weekend. trace? >> trace: give jenkins live for us on the border. thank you. up next, what's being done to stop a potentially deadly fungus running rampant in american hospitals. first, beyond our borders tonight, italian police have discovered a haul of illegal drugs and packaging decorated of pictures faces of fear some bosses from the sicilian bosses. hash, marijuana, and cocaine were seized from a warehouse. a 28-year-old man with a criminal record was arrested on drug-related charges after officers found 50 grams of pure cocaine in one of his pockets. bullfighting in columbia is in jeopardy after the senate approved a nationwide ban in december. the house of representatives could take up the legislation in coming weeks. colombia is one of just 8 countries with bull fights are still legal. and a small boat, designed to collect ocean waste, took

tuesday, the homeland security secretary briefed members of the congressional hispanic caucus, alejandro mayorkasfamily detention and many ideas are being entertained. some democrats swiftly condemn the potential reinstatement of family detention, calling it deeply concerning. the secretary tells cnn all options are on the table. lee gallant is the legal director of the ac la -- aclu immigrant rights project. we appreciate you being with us. >> sure, thank you for having me. >> so, the biden administration is considering reviving the policy of detaining migrants who were illegally entered the country with their children. what will be the likely consequences of such a move, if they decide to do this when title 42 ends on may 11th? >> yeah, we hope the biden administration is not seriously considering this. there is just too much evidence now that detaining children is extremely harmful to their short term and long term health. we are disappointed in the biden administration. the biden administration came in after the trump administration said we are now going to implement humane immigration polici

homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says the agency will work to hold those responsible andus and only care about making a profit, hector. i mean, this is just one or two stories of so many and now mayorkas says he's going to hold those accountable. how is he going to hold them accountable when he's not holding the drug cartels responsible for everything. they're taking home billions of dollars a week in their smuggling operations. >> last year, 53 illegal aliens died in the back of a tractor-trailer in san antonio, texas. that tractor-trailer came out of the laredo sector, that's where i work as border patrol agent. guess what? they arrested the driver and a few conspirators in the case but we haven't seen anything come out of that. we haven't seen a harsh punishment. we haven't seen a hard line message from the president. the fact is mayorkas, president biden, they're not taking the border security situation seriously and unfortunately these are the things that happen every day. people are being smuggled in the back of tractor-trailers, being treated in harsh conditions an

he contradicted previous testimony from dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. is what the secretary said back in april. >> will you testify under oath right now, do we have operational control, yes or no? >> yes, we do. >> operational control of the borders? >> yes, we do. >> hmm. at the hearing yesterday in texas, which the democrats boycotted, the border chief raul ortiz offered a different view about operational control. >> sir, when you talk about operational control, 10 years ago we used operational control as a measuring stick of our effectiveness along the southwest border. >> i'm asking a very specific question. >> yes, sir. >> you're kind of describing how the goal post has been moved, because of the mass waves of people that are coming. my question, you heard the secretary, he said we have operational control. that's the definition of operational control? >> based upon the definition you have up there, no. >> we don't have operational control? >> no, sir. >> so operational control, federal statute is the prevention of unlawful entries into the united

. >> homeland security allie alejandro mayorkas will visit the devastated areas later today, "fox weather port mississippi this morning, ro robert. >> good morning to you you can see as the sun is not up in the mississippi delta in the piles of debris literally everywhere, this is concrete from a structure right below where i'm walking on a vehicle that smashed in another vehicle up top with the aluminum that is wrapped around and all of these trees and homes in the neighborhood as they come down here, guys. take a look at you can from some of the video around here that we shot, amazing stories of people that have gone through literally help. the tornado came and tear into rolling fork mississippi in the delta about 8:00 p.m. central on friday night. there is no electricity here, there is a sense of sadness and hell people have gone through in this town just under 2000, we spoke to many on the ground, let's listen to what one person told us. >> when i went in the closet and it smacked the door open and pulled me out i heard the roof coming off. i did not go down there when they told me, s