population and here now that grieving father you just heard from, brandon dunn. brandon i started crying when you saw your testimony as a parents of almost now three teenagers and everyone out there who judges anything that happens in any one else's family, my heart breaks for you and i applaud your courage in speaking out, because as we are looking at what's happening across the world sometimes we forget about what's happening right here in our own country. your message more the country tonight? >> thank you for having me on, laura. our message with the forever 15 project is a pretty basic one. it's to spread awareness of what's going on in this country with fentanyl, because most people are unaware. we were unaware up until just maybe a month or so before noah's passing, and a lot of people think it can't happen to my kid, i've got a good kid, they do a -- the right thing and we felt the same way. noah was a good kid. he was and athlete. he made good grades. you know, he was not -- we would never have expected that to happen to us. and i came up here with just

brandon dunn is the co-founder of forever 15 project and he joins us right now. r joining us. why did you call it forever 15? >> good morning. thank you for having me. we start -- my wife and i started the forever 15 project because noah was 15 years old when he passed away. so, he will forever be 15 and that was the origination of the name it had to be tough. it seemed like a part of the room was engaged in the fentanyl problem and another part of the room, perhaps was hearing things for the first time from a dad like you. >> yeah. i can see that. i think what i worry about the most in yesterday's hearing is a lot of attention is placed on immigration which, you know, it should be. there is definitely some problems that need to be fixed there. but, not a lot of focus is being put on border security. and that's the main reason that i came up here was to talk about fentanyl coming over the border due to an exacerbated system that the cartels are taking advantage of. >> steve: you are absolutely right. and explain what happened with noah because you say it was not a

you and your husband brandon dunn have created as we mentioned forever 15, a non-profit organization awareness of fentanyl. how is that going? >> it's going great. it's probably one of the best decisions we decided to do, and by the way, i am the founder, it's going great. like we are getting so much feedback from parents across the nation sharing their stories with us, just applauding us for our efforts and want to get involved. >> john: so more than 100,000 people last year suffered the same fate as your son, and yet the border, for all intents and purposes, remains wide open to drug traffickers who were bringing in record amounts of fentanyl. what do you say to president biden about what's going on in the southern border that is allowing so much poison to come into this country? >> what i would like to say to the president is something needs to happen down there, and i'm an american, we are americans, and our people need to come first. i care about what happens in america and what happens to american families and right now our children are dying because of the security -- the lack

it was a very emotional moment from brandon dunn who lost his son, noah, to a fentanyl overdose late last year. let's watch together. >> noah died as a result of fentanyl poisoning. more specifically, illicit fentanyl poisoning. he was 15 years old. the pill he took contained eight milligrams of fentanyl, which is four times the lethal dose. illicit fentanyl is primarily manufactured in mexico by the drug cartels and smuggled through our southern border. >> harris: you can't ignore this now if you are in the white house and biden administration. it is front and center. brandon. >> what's really upsetting about this it all starts with illegal immigration. the cartels just need to flood our resources with border crossers and then they create artificial gaps and where they get fentanyl across the border. harris, we can stop this. all these people. we don't have to have any more of our children die or have to have any more u.s. citizens die. we could stop it tomorrow. there isn't the political will to make it happen. it can happen and needs to happen. >> harris: you said the cartels are

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brandon dunn says no parents should have to bury a child like he was forced to, he has launched the forever project, it's a scourge just gripped this country and clearly more needs to be done. >> sandra: it's heartbreaking. ok, so i believe that we do and have the wife, ok. the wife will be joining us tomorrow, the mother of that child. ok, karine jean-pierre at the white house has just begun taking questions. head to the white house. >> when it comes to the issues and he's been a champion status quo in many ways, we need him to be a champion of a new vision for america. >> so look, the president is very much looking forward to meeting with congressional, the members of the congressional black caucus, and to have a conversation, a real conversation about how to move forward on police reform and other shared policies as i mentioned moments ago. look, these are members the president has had a long standing relationship with, as you all know, and it's -- it is a collaboration that we see this conversation becoming, a collaboration again on dealing with an issue that is truly affecting the blac

janelle rodriguez, who lives in the county a few miles down the road from me, in with her husband, brandon dunn, because they lost her son last august to fentanyl poisoning. we lostheit fifty three migrantn a trailer in the texas heat in5 san antonio, which i alsogrants represent. fifty seven migrantsin in a trailer in mexico coming here. democrats want to hide behind ma usinnts ing terms like racism. what did you see in the hearin today? you saw democratcomings wanted to make it about republicans. they wanted to use words like racism. they didn't want to address the actual issues.s want and what you sawed in the answe. there was that this isn't about racism. we saw a direct response from fo a dad who lost his son andd hispanicth young man. you saw a response from hector ,who's a great friend of mine in laredo, hector garza, who's c working in border patrol, who is totally sicktion and tired of the bush t administration taking them forao granted and saying, hey, this is racist when all we want to do is enforce existing law to protect americans from fentanyl, protect americans from cartels , pro

brandon dan. and his lovely wife janelle. they live in hayes county, texas. where i live. i live a few miles down the road. and they have four children today and mr. dunn will recounts the loss of their son, noah, last summer. they are a testament to wanting to get positive change out of the loss. and working hard to do that. i'm delighted to have them here to express what they are going to share about the impact of open borders. hardly a lie. hardly a figment of our imagination. a real impact on real human beings. every single day. and they are going to share that here today, and i thank them for coming here. i yield. back >> thank you gentlemen. i recognize the gentleman from arizona, sheriff with us today. mr. biggs is recognized. >> thank, you mister chairman. i am pleased to introduce to the committee one of the finest lawman in america. certainly the finest lawman in arizona. sheriff mark daniels from -- countries county, arizona. it is a large county with a fairly sparse population. that sits right on the borders in southeastern arizona. borders new mexico and mexico. sure daniels counters the reality of what is happening on the border. unlike t

brandon dan. and his lovely wife janelle. they live in hayes county, texas. where i live. i live a few miles down the road. and they have four children today and mr. dunn will recounts the loss of their son, noah, last summer. they are a testament to wanting to get positive change out of the loss. and working hard to do that. i'm delighted to have them here to express what they are going to share about the impact of open borders. hardly a lie. hardly a figment of our imagination. a real impact on real human beings. every single day. and they are going to share that here today, and i thank them for coming here. i yield. back >> thank you gentlemen. i recognize the gentleman from arizona, sheriff with us today. mr. biggs is recognized. >> thank, you mister chairman. i am pleased to introduce to the committee one of the finest lawman in america. certainly the finest lawman in arizona. sheriff mark daniels from -- countries county, arizona. it is a large county with a fairly sparse population. that sits right on the borders in southeastern arizona. borders new mexico and mexico. sure daniels counters the reality of what is happening on the border. unlike t