gillian. >> gillian: cb cotton in queens, new york. let's bring in molly hemingway fox news contributor and editor and chief at the federalist. it seems we're reaching some kind of critical mass here where the border crisis has infected the east coast, it seems undeniable now in democratic strongholds like new york city that it is happening. >> when you look at the 6 million illegal border immigrants we have in the country since the biden administration took over, we think a lot about how the cartels have engaged in human trafficking, all the human rights violations that go with that. think about the fentanyl that crossed the border leading to 100,000 deaths recently of americans. but we also now you're seeing new york city deal with what a lot of cities and small towns throughout the country have been dealing with because of our lack of control over the border. when you have this flood of immigrants, illegal immigrants and also the drugs and other problems that come with it, it can cause a lot of administration problems. new york city

team coverage cb cotton live in the big apple.st christina coleman with the latest border statistics, christina? >> hi jon, border patrol sources tell us there's more armed smugglers and violent incidents happening along the border lately. especially here in california and san diego county. also arizona's tucson sector triple digit temperatures the washington post obtain cbp data showing border agents made about 40000 arrest highest one month total for the sector in 15 years. the dire situation is captured in some of these photos shared by the tucson sector's border patrol chief. he says agents rescued a migrant in the brush suffering from seizures he also said one week alone they had 11000 apprehensions, 43 rescues, 15 human smuggling events and 10 narcotic seizures. >> we've got fennel coming across the border. we have lost operational control the border. >> also this outdoor facility for migrants was getting lots of criticism due to the extremely hot weather. summer: the structure a cage. a spokesperson for customs and border p

arthel: all right cb cotton live at our newsroom right here new york city, thank you. shannon: migrant crossings on the rise again putting enormous strain on customs and border protection homeland security is not renewing calls for volunteers to help out, at the southern border bring in arizona congresswoman debbie lesko member of the border security caucus. congress one thank you for joining us today we just got done showing our viewers the video out of arizona in your state we have seen a surgeon border crossings, 30% in july. nowhere has there been more than in the tucson arizona sector 40000 arrests last month reportedly. that is the highest one month total in 15 years. can you respond to that video of those migrants out in the 100-degree plus weather in arizona and the surge that's happening currently in your state? >> first of all, thank you for having me on. i have gone to the border numerous times down in the tucson bo borders sector, yuma d elsewhere. it continues to be a disaster. the picture you are seeing of the illegal immigrants outside could all be solve

cb cotton is alive to explain more about what led to this chaos. >> hi jon.ome crews had to work more than 24 hours later to clean up the mess left behind from this out-of-control crab out of the more than 60 people who were arrested yesterday, police say about half of them were juveniles. new york city mayor eric adams as he believes there may have been sent outside agitator same people traveled from outside of the city for this event he's also putting some of the blame on parents. >> and i looked at what happened in union square, the first thing i did was text my son and say where are you? are you in union square? and i wonder what the thousands of children who were there hurling and dangerous objects at police officers, disrespecting the residents in the area, attacking each other company how many parents texted their children? >> kai cenat a social media influence or with more than 13 million filers across all of his platforms announced on instagram the giveaway it would begin at 4:00 p.m. friday in new york city's union square park by 3:00 p.m. thousands

our cb cotton is live with the details on this. hi, cb. >> for now the policies will be blocked until the case plays out in the civil rights court. the attorney general who first raised the issues praised the judge's decision saying parental notification shouldn't be required, the state won't try to ban it either. all our lawsuits seek to do is reinstate the same policies these districts found acceptable with little protest for years. put simply, we can both keep parents involved about the chi children, and protect our vulnerable students. the districts see it differently. parent communication has been standard and now should be no different. >> everything else we do in schools involve parental consent. parents sign consent to watch movies, go on field trips, social media and standard forms every year and all of a sudden this is the one instance where parents can't be involved. >> after the attorney generals sued this summer. lgbtq saying that trance gender students could be outed to their families. and a national lgbtq advocacy gro

cb cotton in studio with more. what did you find out?t this really comes at a crucial time. homeland security investigations just announced this week a first of its kind operation called operation renewed hope saying it led to the identification of more than 300 people who are likely victims of online child sexual exploitation or abuse. as we found out the internet was the prime way to target children especially during covid lockdowns. >> bad guy tries to talk like the kid. l.o.l. and all the fancy emojis. >> kids are being exploited online every day. the numbers spiked during the pandemic. >> during covid, the numbers were crazy. they went through the roof because kids were doing nothing but stuck in their home. >> according to the center for missing and exploited children between 2020 and 2022 reports of online enticement of children for sexual acts increased by nearly 113%. >> when you send the first picture it is ammunition they have and doesn't stop. >> brianna, now 21, was targeted online during middle school by someone she thought

rich: cb cotton thank you.rthel: these sadness keeps coming from the maui wildfire disaster for the number of dead now stands at 114. and unfortunately that is expected to grow with hundreds of people still unaccounted for. meanwhile much needed aid is flowing to those who have lost everything in the wildfires "fox weather" correspondent robert ray has an update on the situation from maui. >> the search continues for human remains in the town of lahaina. nearly two weeks ago was burned to the ground. there are potentially up to 1000 people still unaccounted for according to officials. a lot of finger-pointing and blame going on right now to why there was so alert, why the sirens did not go off? and why so many people have lost their lives? >> is a death toll climbs on the island of maui this mounting criticism over the response of these deadly wildfires. including a decision made by local officials not to sound disaster sirens. >> you regret not sending the sirens? >> i do not. >> one day after defending that d

could take up to two years but they are exploiting avenues to appeal the judge's decision. >> art cb cottonnk you. for more on this let's bring in bruce an attorney who represents the middletown new jersey school district. what of the three districts involved in this legal battle. the court is at least for now shutting the parents out of this decision do i have that right, bruce? >> that is correct thanks for having me on. what is that wrote in this decision is not making a determination on the merits. this is a procedural step to receive the status quo keep the current policies in place the districts had had. we will have a full chance to litigate this before the present owner facts and evidence and argue the legal merits of the case have full confidence in our policy does not violate the law against retribution for. >> and been one of those three school districts a student tells teachers or principles that they want to change their gender identity. they want to change their pronouns or it may be a boy wants to play on a girls team. parents are not allowed to be notified under the judge's

cb cotton is on site at the intrepid as they honor this anniversary. great to see you. >> hi, great to see you. what an important day to honor more than 180 brave service members who fought for our nations freedom aboard the u.s.s. intrepid are here today. a patriotic homecoming for the veterans. the oldest among them 99 years old. it was on this day 80 years ago when the intrepid was commissioned. the combat vessel with stood attacks during world war ii and serving in the colder war and vietnam war. decommissioned in 1974 and now a museum. some of the veterans attending today's celebration were phone operators, mechanics, engineers and emergency crew members on board the ship. the first black aviator to fly from the ship is also here. he had only taken a plane ride once in his life before pilot training. more than 800 family members are expected to attend today. some have flown from as far as california to reflect and remember those here hope younger generations will be reminded of those who sacrificed for our country. >> freedom is not free. freedom

here's correspondent cb cotton. >> they bee friend them. they talk their language.lly deceitful and they can pretend to be the opposite sex or they could pretend to be younger. >> reporter: agent craig vander hoff with homeland security investigations new jersey field office says kids are being exploited in online chat rooms over social media and through online gaming programs every single day. and the numbers spiked during the pandemic. >> they're sitting at home all day during covid and they're finding new ways to target these kids. so, yeah, i would say double edged sword on that. kids are certainly on line more and so are the bad guys. >> reporter: according to the national center for missing and exploited children, between 2020 and 2022, reports of online enticement of children for sexual acts increased by nearly 113%. >> once you see that first picture it's like ammunition that they have and it just doesn't stop. he used the threat of, if you don't comply i'm going to kill your sister. >> reporter: brianna, now 21, says she was targeted online during middle sc

and cb cotton is kicking things off for us. this is a crazy story. >> the promise of free video games and items led to the trashing of this beautiful new york city park behind me. it's impressive how quickly the city cleaned things up. there's an event happening behind me and you can't tell that the chaos ensued yesterday, but it certainly did and the influencer whose post was behind it all. k kai cenat faces charges including inciting a riot and unlawful assembly, but he could face other charges according to police. sen cenat on instagram. some were on lamp posts and some jumped on cars. a construction site was damaged and officers said that people took items from the sites, paint cans, shovels, and started throwing them around. and some people were even lighting fireworks and throwing them towards each other and towards police. officers used metal barricades to push the crowds back and loud speakers to warn that the gathering had become unlawful. several officers were injured. 66 people were arrested yesterday, including at l

rich: cb cotton thanks very much. arthel: think it would the eye was state fair draws to a close this weekend after nearly all of the white house hopefuls descended on des moines to meet voters face-to-face and make their pictures paid their republicans now look to milwaukee where fox news will host the first rnc debate that is happening wednesday. eight candidates have hit the polling and fundraising requirements to qualify for that does include former president trump. he announced yesterday he won't go. alexis mcadam is live in des moines with more on this. alexis. >> hey arthel.we are in the cheese curd tent right now. this is pretty much the most popular part of the iowa state fair even though it's more of a wisconsin delicacy which we will get to in a minute. there's been lots of action here in terms of politics which means the main course here in des moines. as a state fair wraps up to what's on the gop heavy hitters go to other states including georgia marie just saw a few people on stage a short time ago inclu

but as fox cb cotton reports, investigators suspect more people are partly to blame for what happenedurs later. and there are still crews here in new york city cleaning up the mess left behind from this out of control crowd of the more than 60 people who were arrested yesterday. nypd tells fox about half of them were juveniles. today, new york city mayor eric adams says this points to a parenting issue, but he also says he believes there may have been some outside agitators, as we believe there was some outside influences that may have attempted to aggravate the situation. people came from outside of the city to be there, and i want us to await further looking into whether there's some even outside agitators, you don't come to get free game boys and bring smoke bombs and bring inmates and bring other disruptive items. chi sinnott a social media influencer with more than 13 million followers across all of this platforms announced on instagram. the giveaway would begin at 4 p.m. friday at new york city's union square park. by 3 p.m, thousands had gathered for the giveaway, which was sup

fox's cb cotton reports on the details. you see all this? i honestly want to get out of here. it's another threat from the north. canada still trying to get a handle on the wildfires that have burned from coast to coast for much of the summer. the current hot spot out west in canada's northwest territories, where the provincial capital, yellowknife, is under a complete evacuation order as the flames get closer to the city. it is approaching, but there's time to complete the community, evacuate . it's being called now so that we can allow people the opportunity to drive while the highway is open. folks in the area now reporting spot fires all over town with communication and transportation both limited at the moment and of course, all that fire is creating massive amounts of smoke, making it difficult to breathe in some parts of the country. you're driving into the smoke so starting to like feel very surreal because you're driving through an environment where there's essentially small fires on either side of the road that smoke is expected to quickly make its way down to the bo

cb cotton lie that red bull arena in harrison, new jersey she has more. >> hi jon, ticket prices haveexcitement. speaking of excitement i'm joand joynow by some of the bigi fan three tell me how excited are you guys for tonight's game? lex i am super excited. he is an amazing player. he is helping out this team really well paid. >> wow, you think is going to start in tonight's game? >> he might start but i think he needs a little he hopefully comes in as a substitute. >> what inspires you question a cure all soccer players what inspires you the most about messi's plan? >> i like his dribbling and he really dribbles quick the ball is really close to his feet. >> nice. >> inspires me too be a better player every day. i love the way his placed elements everyone better around him. that is why they won the league's cup. >> gives some pretty stellar receipts, or he sitting at question requester sitting right behind a red bulls so if messi scores will be right there. >> he literature ladin shiver him even to see them for a few minutes you can achie shiver him question of alexi gasper. >> can

back to you. >> cb cotton life and union square in manhattan. thank you.arthel: for more this oregon attorney retired nypd inspector paul, i've several aspects of the cover with you if you could follow me here want to start with this. should influencers like kai cenat be required to have permits coordinate with local police and municipal channels before telling his 13,000,028,000,000 whatever it is, a lot of followers he has two show up for free playstation five, computers, microphones and other gaming stuff. that is an events. >> arthel, you are right and of course they should it does not just apply to them. anyone is going to howard hold a large-scale event in a public area of new york city is required to file for a permit especially going to something called a sound reproduction device which is a fancy legal way of saying microphone or bullhorn. guess he showed and the question becomes if you do not and you have a situation like what we had yesterday, then what should be the response? the police charge appropriately under state law that's about as many

number of children targeted by predators online that is increased significantly since the pandemic, cb cottonthis comes at a crucial time homeland security investigations just announced a first of the kind operation called operation renewed hope saying this operation identification of more than 300 people who are likely victims of online child sexual exploitation or abuse. as we found out during cold lockdowns kids were using the internet more and more and so were predators. >> the bad guy tries to talk like the kid the lol and all the fancy emojis. >> kids are being exploited online every single day in the numbers spike during the pandemic. >> during covid the numbers were crazy they went through the roof because kids were doing nothing but stuck in their home. >> according to the national center for missing and exploited children between 2020 and 2022 reports of online enticement for children for sexual acts increased by nearly 113%. >> once you send the first picture is ammunition and it does not stop. >> breanna viagra now 21 says she was targeted online during middle school by someone sh

cb cotton joins me on this. we've even gotten warnings from the u.s.ral about the loneliness of kids and how much time they're spending in isolation on their devices. >> homeland security investigation says a first of its kind effort called operation renewed hope has identified new perpetrators who abused children and exploited them online. as we found out the internet was a prime way to target children especially during covid lockdowns. >> the bad guy tries to talk like the kid. l.o.l. and all the fancy emojis. >> kids are being exploited online every day. numbers spiked during the pandemic. >> during covid, the numbers were crazy. they went through the roof because kids were doing nothing but stuck in their home. >> according to the national center for missing and exploited children between 2020 and 2022 reports of online enticement of children for sexual acts increased by 113 percent. >> when you send that first picture they have ammunition and it doesn't stop. >> briann was targeted online during middle school by someone she thought was a student.

cb cotton, it is live now with more. >> hi arthel this morning candidates and the crowded gop race areg up each other to the american people with some of them doubling down on their policies for foreign affairs, social issues, and even climate change. >> i want to sound the free people of ukraine because this is a fight against china. this is a proxy war against china. >> policies are killing more people in climate change. >> and so no republican president can ban abortions any more than a democratic president can ban the state laws. we really want to do save as many babies as possible. if we do want to support as many moms as possible then let's find consensus on where we can do that. >> vivek ramaswamy at praise tromso presidency multiple times during the debate also said this morning to nbc former vice president mike pence missed a quote historic opportunity during the 2020 election saying he would push for reform before certifying the election results. former president donald trump remains gop front runner. now he did not participate in the first primary debate but still had a busy

cb cotton' is life at the red bull arena in new jersey work folks are shelling out hundreds of dollarsy to see messi when the game starts. heisey b. >> hi eric that is right. excitement continues to mount it red bull arena for tonight square off between the new york red bulls and enter miami. you mentioned global soccer superstar messi could make us regular season debut. people have been paying big bucks for this opportunity to see him play from joy now vice maga soccer fans. he will come over your comment telling your names and oxides are for tonight across my name is charles. i'm super excited to see them play today. >> you all know there is a chance he may not start the game party may only be a substitute pretty guys picked the big bucks to be here y are you still excited? >> even got to see them play almost 10 games no performed excellent every single one of them. for one minute of the word that progress absolutely. >> usually fans get red bulls tickets 40 -- 50 bucks summers selling for tens of thousands of dollars but how much should you all pay for single ticket? >> i paid six o

cb cotton has a look at that story. >> hi jon the state led new york city are not as a light in theirategy to handle the migrant crisis as once thought new york city mayor eric adams is calling on governor kathy hochul to issue an executive order so reluctant communities in other parts of the state will be forced to welcome migrants from here in the city. >> we only make .05 of the land mass in new york state. .05. t.05 that is what we make up.yef the migrants. that is unfair to new york city piglets this past thursday adams called for action came after the city asked the state for more help which was met with sharp criticism from governor kathy hochul are turning the attorney wrote in the state filed court documents quote the state has identified numerous additional state owned properties and nonstate owned sites that are viable options for sheltering migrants. but the city is not accepted these offers. so to break this down more than five filing accuses city of rejecting more than a dozen sites that could house more than 3000 migrants. acting too slow to preserve shelter capacity he

cb cotton is live in new jersey.y the stadium it's going to be pretty wild tonight. >> hi that is right. you got to pay up to see soccer royalty rate customer care is the thing. may not even start in today's game. still it is the chance to see him play with this new team enter miami that has ticket prices ap absolutely skyrocketi. global soccer superstar joined major league soccer's enter miami this summer. his two and half season deal paying him between 50 and $60 million annually. while today's square off between enter miami and the new york red bulls has brought messi mania. red bulls fans can snag a ticket for 40 -- 50 bucks today 70 cheapest tickets aren't nearly $400. and on the highest and some resale sites have front row seats he'll set you back tens of thousands of dollars. puts it into perspective saying messi mls featuring enter miami and red rebels is more in demad than the average of any nfl team from last season based on average price. the argentinian player let his national team to a world cup victory

political scientist doctor laurent wright is standing by for analysis but we are going to start cb cotton she is live from the campaign trail. cooks for governor ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy came out strongest in the polls after wednesday night's debate those two as you mentioned hit the road and i went this weekend. that is where the first gop primary is. during his time in the state do santos spent a lot of time talk about inflation and government spending. this morning other contenders in gothe gop race took time to doue down on other ideas about social issues, foreign policy and abortion access. >> less burning embers of races in the last thing out to do is throw kerosene on it. and yet that is exactly what i believe the modern culture is doing by current race-based quota systems that deny people access to goods or services based on the color of their skin. >> understand with the free people of ukraine parade this is a fight against china. this is a proxy war against china. correct its focus on good-quality adoption thoughts focus on contraception should be accessible. let's focus

cb cotton, fox news .ean cuts this noontime in support of a fellow firefighters battle with cancer. the firefighters gathered this morning at contra costa county fire station six in concord for a barber to give them buzz cuts. it's all in honor of firefighter john martinez, who's been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. the firefighters say they wanted to show martinez and his family what they mean to them. he's definitely someone who gives you the shirt off his back and he's i mean, this outpouring should show what kind of guy he is. so everybody coming together for him and his family. the captain also says firefighter martinez has been battling cancer for a year and a half and says he has had a tough go of it. now to san jose, where the new managing director of christmas in the park says this year's annual holiday event will be bigger and better than ever. the director, debbie d'agata, says the event that attracts huge holiday crowds to san jose's plaza de cesar chavez is getting a major upgrade. the popul