joining us tonight, former top dhs official ken cuccinelli, texas congressman brian babin.th dakota senator kevin cramer. plus, kt mcfarland, byron josh and vince come niece. this and other top stories of the day, including how much is that 3 trillion-dollar infrastructure package going to cost you in higher taxes? this as 250 top business leaders warned steeper taxes in new york, all the all but devastate new york city, still reeling from lockdowns from businesses to the brink of big tech under pressure. the head of facebook, twitter, google, fairing capitol hill showdown over accusations they spread bad information. plus why many asian countries were way out in front of stopping the spread of covid-19 but are falling behind much of the west for heard immunity. i'm edward lawrence in for elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. edward: president biden blaming the previous administration. this after she laugh after visiting the border on monday. >> i asked her the vp today, she is most qualified to do it, to lead our efforts with mexico. they don't have to

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brian babin of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote nay on h.r. 8. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. norman: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. brian babin of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote nay on h.r. 8. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. aguilar: madam speaker, mb meb mr. ruiz -- as the member designated by mr. ruiz, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on h.r. 8. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: madam speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h.r. 8. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? mrs. hayes: as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to h.re

still had texas congressman brian babin with a closer view from the ground of us-mexico border. >> i the release of migrants while we were experiencing aea winter storm ad that never happened as we continue a month later despite the storm having passed migrants are entering unlawfully into the united states it is overwhelming the entire system. ♪ allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst psst you're good introducing schwab stock slices. for as little as $5, now anyone can own companies in the s&p 500, even if their shares cost more. at $5 a slice, you could own ten companies for $50 instead of paying thousands. all commission free online. schwab stock slices: an easy way to start investing or to give the gift of stock ownership. schwab. own your tomorrow. schwab. i'm a verizon engineer, part of the team that built 5g right. the only one from america's most reliable network. we designed our 5g to make the things you do every day, better. with 5g nationwide, millions of people can now work, listen, and

let's get right at it with texas representative brian babin.gressman, you're co-chair of the border security caucus. what do you make the biden administration claim there is no crisis at the border? >> we know that is not true. biden, his policies, his rhetoric unleashed a building crisis down there. no matter what secretary of dhs secretary mayorkas says, he can't hide the fact we're getting more and more of a buildup of illegals coming across that border, unaccompanied children for one thing. in december, we had 1000. in january there were 5800. now they're expecting by may, to have 13,000. this is a crisis that was unleashed on america by this president and his team. he is reversed the declaration of emergency on the border. he has undone the migrant protective protocols. everything he has done. now they want to deny it is happening but we know it is building. americans are at great risk and so are the migrants with these types of policies. elizabeth: yeah. historic 117,000 undocumented children expected to cross the border this year. that i

ainsley: so brian was interviewing tom homan and brian babin, congressman babin from texas.to come down and see exactly what the biden administration is doing on the border. listen to tom. >> she needs to come down and talk to the men and women who put the uniform on every day and stand in that lane. men and women of the border patrol say it's a surge. the men and women of the border patrol say it's a crisis. men and women of the border patrol will knows the cartels are using the children and family units are across the border and tie up assets. border patrol is no longer on the line. so these cartels are moving drugs and bad people through unguarded areas. this is a national security crisis. and if she can't understand that or accept that then she shouldn't be in congress at all. steve: here's the thing. the word surge has been used by democrats because they did not want to use the word crisis. there are a lot of people who are saying it's a crisis. and have you seen pictures. they are at 1,000% capacity that is a humanitarian crisis. ainsley: can you still have a surge of

elizabeth: okay, back with us is elizabeth: the cochair of the house port security caucus congressman brian babin brian williams is ridiculing concern that they are bad actors coming from the mideast and crossing the border. central american officials mexico officials have been warning that the ryan williams that quote when you hear that what is your first reaction? f >> my first reaction is candidate biden had message when he was going to do at the border and he's got a standing invitation for the open borders and the entire world is taking him up ono oa that invitation. they are coming in from all over the place. it's not just mexico and the northern triangle. believe me we have what we call extra continentals people coming from africa, asia and various places, south america and a lot of them are coming in with heightened security risk because they are coming from countries like iran, syria and others. people who want to do us great harm so i think again i've said this before liz this president is putting us at a grave, grave risk. after president trump spent four years trying to clean up the m

republican congressman brian babin is among those pushing for a visit sooner rather than later.listen. >> we have invited vice president kamala harris to attend some of our itinerary and see for herself. we thought it would be a good thing to do, for her to see exactly what is going on down there since in the past she thought president trump and his policies were cruel and inhumane and they were putting cages in cages. we have not heard yet, but we are hoping so. >> last week at president biden's first white house press core briefing, he announced what he has not taken a trip, like most disaster areas a presidential visit requires a whole heck of a lot more planning on the ground. it distracts from the emergency response. he said his governments and crisis trying to deal with this surge of people, but does that explanation scratch the itch? >> it does not arose we wouldn't see any president at any areas of crisis and that is what the president's job is. imagine being the president or the vice president, what is the first thing you do? you get on an airplane and go to the affecte

the show you're watchingab the fox busins network let's get right outu' wh texas representative brian babin, you are co-chair of the border security caucus, what do you make a president biden and his team continued to deny and claim no crisis at the border. >> we know that is not true we know that biden's policies, hish rhetoric has unleashed a building crisis down there and no matter what secretary dhs secretary of new york has said he could not hide the fact that we are getting more and more of a buildup of illegals coming across the border unaccompanied children for one thing in december we had a thousand and in january there were 5800 now they're expecting by may to have 13000, this is a crisis that was unleashed on america by this president and his team, he has reversed the declaration of emergency on the border, he has undone the migrant protective protocols, everything that he has done and now they want to deny its happening but we know it's building and americans are great risk and so are the migrants with these types of policies. elizabeth: in a stork 117,000 undocumented children

republican texas congressman brian babin joined fox news live earlier today and called on the administration to take more action. >> we have been told for day after day, week after week that this is not a crisis and yet we know it is a crisis, this is time for the administration to step up and see it for themselves and not the unofficial gag orders to the media can't go down and see the facilities and tell us that we have a closed border and people are being turned back where we know that is absolutely not the truth. eric: steve harrigan live in texas was on the border at the very southern tip of the lone star state, hi steve. >> 19 republican senators here on friday focusing a lot of attention on the situation on the border there is a facility in donna texas which has been criticized for being overcrowded and since there the criticism has been steady here is senator john barrasso. >> the young people one and ten of them has coronavirus when they finally get tested and they're . the american people need to hear this, see this. >> the senators tried to bring media along with them and they wer

brian babin from texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote nay on the amendments en bloc 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. butterfield: as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes, he will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. gomez: as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on amendments en bloc 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on the amendments to en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: madam speaker, as