griff: i'm griff jenkins. this included robert smigle, you remember him the voice of triumph the insult dog. and joining us now, chad, the story just breaking last night. what can you tell us this morning? >> hey, it's a strange story, griff. people are not supposed to be inside the capitol complex unescorted after hours, but that's exactly what happened with this production team from the late show. now, the seven went through official channels to get credential toss cover the 1-6 committee hearings, but denied because they're not members of the press corps. they were shooed away by capitol police. later in the day they kim came back later thursday night. >> the credential media had them escorted out the first time yesterday. and they came back and it's my understanding they were offered a way back into the house office building by a staffer who worked for the other member of congress and then they were actually seen, they were actually seen banging on the doors of people like kevin mccarthy's office, jim jord

i'm anita vogul, griff. griff: great to have you, and i'm griff jenkins.g their frustrations with chesa boudin to fox digital several weeks ago. watch this. >> the right-wing billionaires outspent us 3 to 1. they exploited an environment in which people are appropriately upset and they created an electoral dynamic where we were literally shadow-boxing. >> the da has to go that's how people feel about it and he's not doing a job and everybody is pissed off about it. a lot of voters for who voted for him actually felt duped felt like it was bait and switch. >> we begin this hour with political panel, former obama campaign adviser and author of patriots of two nations and national republican congressional committee and targeted victory vice president matt, thank you for being there. spencer, i have to go straight to you, in the woke come lot of progressive you see voters rejecting outright policies on soft on crime approach that chesa boudin had. what does this mean. put it in context for us. >> the thing that i would emphasize that for every complicated prob

. >> griff: i'm griff jenkins, carley and todd have the day off. americans are losing confidence in the economy as they watch their budgets eaten away by gas prices. >> blames big meat, big oil, big tampon, everything else for shortages in this country. >> griff: doug luzader -- >> good morning, a lot of confusion coming out of the white house about the president's trip to saudi arabia, when he is expected to ask for help with high gas prices. will he or won't he meet with solamon? >> i think he will meet with the saudi crown prince, he has asked suppliers to increase production. >> they will have a one-on-one meet something >> that is my understanding. >> doug: they did tick down overnight with national average slightly bele$5 gallon mark, high inflation still an issue. president biden thinks we might be able to thread a need and he will thread a depression. >> i don't think a recession is at all inevitable. >> a recession is not inevitable. >> a recession is not inevitable, as policymakers, we can take steps with the american economy and try to g

alicia: griff. griff: for perspective from the other side of the oil we're joined by fox news contributor and radio talk show host, richard, thank you for being here. let me get your first reaction to this ruling? >> i think it was a very, very interesting ruling. we knew it was coming i think for a lot of folks out there, i think it was still heartbreaking and here is the reason, i have two sisters and how i thought about it was, my sisters have less rights than my grandmother did, right? and i don't say that from the perspective that i think, you know, i'm not somebody who is pro-abortion, i'm somebody pro choice, and the reason why i think that matters because i don't think that when you and i go to the doctor, the government is not there with us having a conversation and for my sister that's her reality. that's their reality and i've had a chance as a journalist to sit down with people in the medical profession. i think this is where you'll see it pan out. what happens when there's an incomplete

again, congrats. >> thank you. >> ashley: griff. >> griff: ashley, the u.s.rst career win in brookline massachusetts. patrick securing the title after hitting the shot of his life under the fairway that you see on the 18th hole. look at this, oh, my goodness! he finished the tournament six under par after making two copilots from there. and nearly 50-foot birdie putt earlier in the round. and he hold off the other one to make this putt with the playoff and did not make it. putting up a valiant fight and securing his top ten finish at a major tournament in the last two years a bright future ahead. meanwhile, gets the best of all of this. going viral for throwing his putter and snapping his club in half during a tough stretch. the final round, sometimes, that is just what happens. antiabortion activists taking the protest to new extremes delivering a bloodied baby dolls to the home of justice amy coney barrett. >> ashley: jack brewer joins us live with roe v. wade to come this week. ♪ ♪ ... >> ashley: top white house officials are downplaying recession fears as

good morning. >> griff: good morning. the president's plan is combination of suspending federal gas tax until september and calling on states to suspend their respective gas tax and now issuing war-footing edick that oil companies lower their prices. watch. >> president biden: to companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump, this is a time of war, global peril, ukraine, these are not normal times. bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect cost you are paying for the product. do it now, do it today. >> griff: the president's messaging blaming inflation and russia took a hit when jerome powell broke with the putin price hike spin. >> is the word ukraine the primary driver of inflation in america? >> no, inflation was high before the war in ukraine broke out. >> griff: numbers back that up. gas prices, when biden took office $2.49, today $4.94, just got the numbers. energy secretary seemeds to struggle when confronted about it. watch. >> the fed chairman was on the hill today and asked a q

griff jenkins has more. >> griff: you are right, for months, the administration has blamed russia but yesterday fed chair jerome powell blew a hole in the putin price hike. >> no, inflation was high certainly before the war in ukraine broke out. >> griff: the numbers, gas prices, $2.39 when biden took office, $4.40 when russia invaded and today $4.94. suspending federal gas tax, calling on states to follow suit and issuing a edict demanding oil companies lower prices. >> president biden: to companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump, this is a time of war. global peril, ukraine, these are not normal times. bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you are paying for the product. do it now, today. >> griff: energy secretary struggled to explain what is truly causing our pain at the pump. >> the fed chairman was on the hill today and testified, he got the question, is the war primary driver of inflation and his answers no. how do you square that, is he wrong? >> i didn't hear what he says on that, most acknowledge the price of fuel is big d

griff jenkins is in lajoya with the latest. >> griff: the caravan has grown to 15,000, the harsh conditionse taken a tragic toll. >> unfortunately yesterday a fellow migrant from venezuela passed away. >> the organizer says she was a 52-year-old wheelchair-bound woman with health complications. for others, the march toward the u.s. continues. >> we are one step away, we've made it with my whole family. >> griff: the equivalent of a caravan has already arrived. in the rio grande value, they have illegally passed, 1305 of them got away. these migrantss hiding among corn stalks, were not so lucky. this as arrests of migrants are on the rise. almost 6000 so far this fiscal year some with outstanding warrants in the u.s. >> we are not saying all these people are bad, we're not, but it affects all of us. >> among those convicted drug trafficking tops the list of offenses and the mayor says the drugs are not staying in the rgv. >> everything that comes through our area does not stay in this area. >> griff: speaks of drugs, customs and border protection say they seized $330,000 of fentanyl near hid

todd and carley. >> carley: thank you, griff. struggling to answer a question from a white house ally about how president biden's policies are fuelling inflation. >> the stimulus package contributed, does the biden administration bear some responsibility for this? >> the american rescue plan met the moment and put us in a place where we can actually put us in a place where the american people feel can actually take on inflation. what i mean, we've seen growth. >> todd: the ranking member of the house oversight sub-committee joins us now. congressman, there is spin and there is stupidity, what is the white house talking about there? >> the white house is talking about something they have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. unfortunately for the american people, that is the economy. when you create an administration and fill it with nothing but bureaucrats and college professors, this is what you get. the objective of the biden policies in first year in office was to significantly increase the role of government and did

. >> carley: griff jenkins has more on the huge win in the other big races of the night. >> griff: good morning, carley and todd in south texas, wife of a border patrol agent and daughter of legal immigrants. the seat is up again in november. take a look at the race board. nearly a point. dig into the numbers and you see the story. this 34th district president biden carried by four points. go to cam ron county, democratic stronghold along the mexican border, biden won that, butflores ran it. >> of course they call her sexist and racist, this democrat being party think they hold the vote. >> griff: former president trump getting victory in south carolina, the first house republican who voted to impeach him. challenger russell fry ousting tom rice. the other high-profile target of the former president nancy mace held on defeating katie arrington. trump predicted her victory in november. in nevada, trump-backed candidate and former attorney general defeated sam brown. he had this to say after. >> the failed policies are not just a product of joe biden, though he's served as a useful puppet

good evening, griff. >> griff: good evening, bret. interest are simply a lot of unanswered questions this evening. as the border officials, local law enforcement and first responders are reeling from what they believe to be one of the worst human smuggling tragedies ever to occur on u.s. soil. >> we're not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. >> a distraught fire chief calling the discovery 51 dead migrants, teenagers among the victims. 11 still fighting for their lives. after being trapped in an abandoned tractor-trailer in triple digital temperatures without water, without air conditioning. at least three people have been arrested. president biden issuing a statement saying: my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking to enter of entry. but texas governor greg abbott directly blames the administration, tweeting: these deaths are on biden. they are a result of his deadly open border policies. they show the d

as griff jenkins in la joya, texas, it very much it. griff. griff: that's right, neil.y it's an unprecedented number of migrants coming across. they want to see more than 1300 migrants in just the last 24 hours here in just the rio grande valley sector. but take a look at this exclusive video we shot. directly across the border. this is inside the largest shelter there, the path of life shelter. you can see migrants from haiti, cuba, honduras, el salvador, nicaragua. and even three ukrainians and some russians, getting along and trying to flee the conditions in their country. now, the person that's running that shelter, pastor hector silva, says he's got more than 1500 migrants and only built to hold 1200 and he wants the administration to send a message to these countries to tell migrants not to come. and one of those migrants who made that journey was turned back and deported immediately, he was named garrison from honduras. here is what he had to say. take a listen. >> they come to me with motorcycles. >> so you were trying not to get caught? >> yeah, i'm going to go

griff? has grown to more than 15,000 but nearly a week into the journey the harsh conditions have taken a tragic toll. >> unfortunately yesterday, a fellow migrant from venezuela passed away. organizer says she was a 52-year-old wheelchair bound woman with a health complications but for others, the march towards the u.s. continues. >> we are one step away and with everything we went through, we have made it with my whole family. >> on the u.s. side of the border, the equivalent of a caravan has already arrived. in the past 10 days, since we have been here in the rio grande valley, 15,114 migrants have illegally crossed. 1305 of them got away. these migrants hiding among cornstalks were not so lucky. this as arrests of criminal migrants at our southern border are on the rise. almost 6,000 so far this face equal year. 500 in 25 of them outstanding warrants for crimes committed in the u.s. and that concerns local residents. >> we're not saying all these people are bad. we're not. that would be

griff: an interesting discovery.elter by the way, we found three ukrainians and two russians trying to come over. junior saying he was upset that he felt title 42 is being applied unfairly because afghans, ukrainians, getting preferential treatment over haitians and other migrants and let me also just bring this home how treacherous this journey is, and the cost of the journey crossing the river. we know right now, not far from where i am standing, emergency crews dealing with what sources told us was a body that was floating up on the bank of the river. and then while we've been out here, aishah, we found this out here, this is a gatorade battle with shoe laces tied to it, a mike makeshift canteen and the reality, like clock work, it's day in, day out, it's a crisis at the border, aishah. aishah: it's a human crisis and so often lost in the politics, people going back and forth and people forgetting how there are thousands of lives at stake here, people who are making the arduous journey and nonprofits encouraging t

griff, thank you. female republican candidates victory necessary two big virginia races that could tilt the balance of power come november. and races in alabama and georgia previewing power of trump endorsement ahead of the midterm. brooke singman has the latest results this morning. good morning. >> brooke: good morning. vulnerable democrat congressional districts come out of yesterday's election. jenn higgins will face elaine lauria. higgins joined us yesterday. listen. >> elaine was a helicopter pilot. we are both moms and both have voting records. i will educate voters on luria and tie her to nancy pelosi's disastrous policy and what they have done to america. >> brooke: and vega advances in the primary, looking to unseat abigail spanberger in november. and mike collins defeating vernon jones by nearly 50 pointss. the trucking company tycoon promises to fight big if elected. >> we're securing border and will fight for energy independence and get the federal government out of your way. >> brooke: co

thanks, griff. griff touched on this.e're waiting on tomorrow, one of four that will wrap up this supreme court term. addressing the policy for asylum seekers mainly from central and south america to either be detained in the u.s. or stay in mexico. the hope is certainly among border officials that those that are detained will be south of the border, not on our side of the border, a ruling that could change somewhat. it's hard to interpret how the court will rule on this because it's a sticky situation. and the justices haven't been clear on prior rulings about this. that is the big issue, whether they will allow that to continue, title 42 provision that keeps those migrants in mexico. lieutenant chris olivarez joins us. it's very good to have you and thank you for your service. i was wondering if the supreme court were to surprise people here and say that that policy has no standing, in other words we can't let them stay in mexico, then what? >> well, good afternoon, neil. that's a good question. right now as griff menti

. >> ashley: griff jenkins live in washington with more, good morning. >> griff: inflation was 1.4%, yet in his first interview with a reporter since february, president biden tells the ap we're in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome inflation. if it is my fault, why is inflation higher in other countries in the world. we are higher than germany, france, israel, and saudi arabia. he does admit the country is in a funk, which he blames on the pandemic. people are really, really down, consequence of the covid crisis, this after biden blamed oil companies for $5 gas threatening them with emergency powers. at least one company is firing back writing, exxon mobil has been developing more than any other country and globally invested more than we've earned over the last five years. we kept investing through the pandemic. what the white house won't call for, more drilling at home. watch. >> we need them to refine the crude oil, which is not happening and that is what we're calling on them to do. >> why don't you drill more in the u.s.? >> we don't need to do that. >>

sadder and i am up to 105, how long i will be working, griff jenkins. >> griff: i hope it won't getorse, i am not sure, not looking great. hello bare market, not something anyone wants to hear. bare market occurs when index like s&p falling more than 20%, in this case, it has fallen 22% since january. up and crashing down, yet the president says worry not. >> president biden: we have the fastest growing economy in the world issue the world. america should understand our economy has unique strengths we can build on. the stock market is 20% higher than when our predecessor was, it has hit record after record after record on our watch. >> dow and nasdaq plummeting yesterday as the administration economic advisor says nothing to see here. >> we don't really pay too much attention to daily wiggles. i don't think the white house missed much at all. we sit on our hand and hope the forecast for stable growth and inflation come true. >> the white house press secretaries they are watching the wiggles issue but it is not their fault. >> president biden bragged about the stock market hitting re

. >> todd: griff jenkins in washington with more. >> good morning, todd and charley.only one race, and a special election at that, which means the seat is up again in november. but there are signs of a seismic shift in hispanic politics in south texas. republican mayra flores flipping the heavily democratic seat red in the rio grande valley. look at this. flores defeating sanchez by nearly eight points, the daughter of mexican migrant workers. flores' victory is a clear sign that the gop is making significant inroads with hispanic voters. kellyanne conway had this reaction. watch. >> they tried to tie her as an ultra-maga, right-wing extremist. >> former president trump notching a victory in south carolina where the first house republican who voted to impeach packing. fryousing five-term congressman tom rice. look at the numbers there. you can insert your own fried rice pun here but the other high-profile target of the former president held on in the country defeating the challenger katy arrington. in nevada, trump-backed candidate and former nevada attorney general a

hey, griff. >> reporter: hey, eric, good afternoon.ar the surge slows down a little bit because of the heat. not so. today it's 97 degrees but it feels to be in the 100s. look at this video we just shot. moments ago a group of 10 not letting the heat get in the way. it's a small group, 7 are a nicaraguan family, but 3 of them are chinese nationals. i communicated with them with google translate, and they fled china because they're being persecuted by the chinese government. they are just a drop in the bucket compared to the last 24 hours. look at this full screen we want to show you the last 24 hours of the top four sectors along the border in the rio grande valley sector, 1,31 is 8. del rio, more than 1300, el paso over 1,000, as you can see. over in mexico we got exclusive video you can see in the largest migrant shelter there inside. the director says he's got 1500 in a space built for 1200, and out in the city some 5,000. we saw over there, by the way, 3 ukrainians and 2 russians. this border crisis, the congressional delegation ca

neil: griff, interesting out of manchin, very good reporting as usual, griff.raised this issue to crowds speaking outside of the supreme court after the decision came down. it's what she threatened that raised eyebrows, take a look. >> you see this turnout here, you ain't seen nothing yet. women are going to control their bodies no matter how they try and stop us. the hell with the supreme court. we will decide. neil: all right the hell with the supreme court. you might notice, standing just behind her was congressman al green of the beautiful state of texas. good to see you, we haven't chatted in a while. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. neil: congressman, she said the hell with the supreme court. do you agree with that? >> well, i don't allow the vociferous verbiage to overshadow the statement. maxine waters is saying that peaceful protest is still in order that she does not support violence. dr. king filled a mall in washington d.c. with a peaceful protest. he was the king of peaceful protests she's merely indicating and forecasting, pro

primary show griff griff it's a big race, steve, ainsley and brian, good morning.y be witnessing a dramatic shift. the mexican born wife of a border patrol agent and daughter of migrant workers, myra flores defeated democrat dan sanchez by nearly 8 points you see here. it was a special election which means the seat is up again in november. but dig into the numbers of this race in this 34th district, which is a democratic strong hold for a long time, biden carried that district by 4 points. in karen county, the largest county in that district. biden won that by 13 points yet she carried that, too. biden had this to say that under president trump we did not have this mess. [cheers] >> griff: meanwhile in ainsley's south carolina former president trump getting a big win ousting the first house republican to voted to impeach him. fry rice. the pun at will. the other high profile target of former president nancy mace held on to defeat katie arrington. afterwards former president trump did congratulate mace. trump predicts her win in november. trump-backed candidate and

griff jenkins has the latest developments from washington. good morning. >> griff: good morning, that vote remarkable, democrats needed 10 republicans and they got 15 on an issue, the gop long resisted, guns. chuck schumer praising the bipartisan effort. >> the gun safety bill can be described with three adjectives, bipartisan, common sense, life-saving. >> griff: gop included minority leader mcconnell after negotiations were led by senator john cornyn. i knew this effort was about the art of the possible, looking at areas where we could agree and setting aside areas where we could not. >> griff: not everyone does agree, senator ted cruz blasting in a statement saying approach of democrats is to take away democrats from law-abiding citizens, take away rights, opportunity to disarm law-abiding citizens and low standard of proof with little to no due process protections in addition to red flag law, the bill expands background checks to include -- firearms. at the white house president biden handling it saying i'm glad to see congress move close

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. >> dagen: griff jenkins is live at the southern border in texas, griff. >> hey, dagen, said news topdate to the story. the officials just moments ago confirming to fox news the death toll is now 53. it was 51 this morning, two additional migrants have died. sadly, we also know teenagers are among the victims. we may hear, dagen, from governor abbott when he has a press conference in four hours. we can show you from the drone right now, the cbs vehicle pulling in and setting up next to our live shot on the rio grande river here. the governor will address and talk about the operation lone star, the own border initiative undertaken 17 months ago with president biden when he came into office. and the trump policies, they say are to blame for this crisis. we have to hear about the three individuals arrested in this case. and documents with the mexican nationals, the third american who is not yet charged. meanwhile as the president vows to crack down on the smuggling industry, the press secretary maintains the border is not open, karine jean-pierre, listen to this. >> the effect of the ma

griff jenkins thank you griff live there in the rio grande valley, take care. >> griffis cover that fromublican lawmakers traveled to the border and mcallen texas last week for firsthand look at the migrant surge and the toll in human and drug smuggling's take on that men and women to border patrol but misery congressman jason smith was part of that delegation. join texas highway patrol on a mission down the rio grande river, he joins us now print congressman thanks for speaking with us this afternoon. i want to get your sense there's been a number of different delegations in years past, this year. how are things or are things changing down there over the past year? >> you know it rich it's great to be here with you. as a republican leader of the house budget committee, my job and our committee's job is to investigate where the american taxpayers are being asked to hand over large portions of their tax dollars. let me tell you, down at the border it is ground zero. we are seeing tens of billions of dollars in housing, migrant care items, childcare items you can find out there but you can

griff jenkins is there. griff. >> reaction pouring in. border officials are universally terrified that numbers will go up. let's bring you breaking just a few hours ago, we have brand new video that we can show you another human smuggling tragedy. you can see in texas, two hours east of where i am in eagle pass. it was a smuggler in a high speed car chase crashing into a 18-wheeler. total of seven people in the car. the driver plus six passengers. four died, three hospitalized. just another car crash that has happened in two days. we had one yesterday that killed two over in la jolla. meanwhile, it was disappointment in this ruling for governor abbott who was here just yesterday in eagle pass. as you recall, talking about how to crack down on human smuggling. he issued a statement saying this will only embolden the biden administration's border poli policies. the decision is going to result in higher numbers trying to cross our borders. and the numbers are already sky rocketing. take a look at this massive group of migrants that we've had

>> arthel: griff jenkins on the border in eagle pass, texas. thanks, griff.nt to talk to you and just say how sad i'm about this next story you're about to report. >> eric: we have some terrible news in chicago. the gun violence there has now impacted a member of our fox news family here. turns out the younger brother of our political analyst caldwell was shot and killed friday on the city's south side. 18-year-old christian caldwell was reportedly shot dead and two others were injured after gunfire broke out early in the morning. there's christian. no arrests have been made, say police. we of course are heartbroken for his loss. our prayers go out to him and the caldwell family. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with 30 grams of protein. make way for the first-ever chevy silverado zr2. with multimatic shocks, rugged 33-inch tires, and front and rear electronic locking dif

griff is life in the rio grande valley with more. >> hey mike, good afternoon.t caravan is of concern to agents here. we are just west of the mcallen port of entry here in the rgb sector. you can see behind me the winding river on the other side behind me is mexico. it is a very narrow crossing, many places the more than 200 miles of river border that they have here in this heat has been the triple digits every day i've been here this heat is unbearable it is not slowing the migrant surge. take a look at this video shot overnight by our croupier you can see the group around 3:00 a.m. it was about 100 with a typical showing of hondurans, guatemalans, salvadorans, nicaraguans. it comes every single night, every single morning just an absolute clockwork operation here. let me show you another video of his smaller group just ten in this one but in it were three chinese nationals, mike. sources here tell me they are seeing five -- seven chinese nationals coming every single day. of course in this sector they have seen more than 70 nationalities among these groups. le

griff. >> reporter: good afternoon, trace.rio sector. but don't take it from me, let your eyes be the own judge. take a look at this video we shot today. it is a group of more than 300 # migrants. they're from venezuela, cuba, colombia. women, children, single adults and 100-plus degree heat. we saw some treated for heat exhaustion, and they're just a small part of the 3,000 plus migrants that have crossed just in this area in the last 48 hours. we have drone footage shot from freud friday -- friday in yet another large group. and when i was driving down here, trace, i literally rolled up on a smuggler chase, a pickup truck that had crashed into a fence. they were able to get those migrants. we also had yesterday, by the way, five afghan nationals crossing into this sector. it's unbelievable what they're experiencing here. congressman tony gonzalez who represents area says, please, do not take your eyes off of this crisis because it's only getting worse. and the stats from this sector say that they are up 118% from this time l

griff jenkins is live in rio grande valley with more. >> good evening, the brutal heat hit triple digitsay. look at this video, we shot this moment ago. one of many groups we've witnessed crossing the border here in la joya, texas, this one had about 40 mostly nicaraguan family units. a few hours ago we saw another group you can see in this video, a smaller group, only ten, a family of nicaraguans, three or chinese necklace nationalists, they said they left china and they are persecuted by the government. in the last 24 hours, we can show you how many migrant encounters that have been across the four top sectors, you see at the top rio grande valley sector, 1318, 15 more in del rio, el paso over 1000 in yuma in arizona, 346%, more than 4500 total in the last 24 hours in these four sectors. we had the opportunity to go into a migrant shelter across the river from me, you can see here there are more than 1500 migrants, the director there says there's more than 5000 mostly haitians on the streets in the city and he said he wants the administration to send a stronger message to migrants who

griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c.arbecue down here. they have been working hard all across washington. the high court and the senate weighing in on gun rights. amazingly on the same day. but a different way. senate democrats needed 10 production. they got 15 in a 65-33 vote. you can see them here. minority leader mitch mcconnell supported that. senator john cornyn led the negotiations in it. now, the key provisions include these, red flag laws taking away guns from people deemed dangerous. expanding background checks to include juvenile records. and closing that so-called boyfriend loophole barring domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. the heads to the house where we believe the rules committee is starting to work on it right now. expect g.o.p. opposition. but we likely think it will indeed pass possibly later today. meanwhile, across the street, the supreme court striking down a new york law that heavily restricts conceal carry permits from gun owners, in a 6 to 3 decision. justice clarence thomas wrote this quo

griff jenkins is live in washington with more. >> griff: good morning.ou were showing that 8.6% inflation rate. consider on inauguration day it was 1.4%. president biden told the ap yesterday that a recession is not inevitable and refuses to accept responsibility for that inflation saying this, quote, we're in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation. if it's my fault, why is it the case in every other major industrial country in the world that inflation is higher? problem is, that's not the case. a quick fact check shows it's not true. the u.s. is higher than germany, france, japan, italy, china, israel and saudi arabia. he admits the country is in a funk saying this, blaming it on the pandemic. people are really, really down. most is a consequence of the covid crisis. this after biden blamed those oil companies for $5 gas, threatening them in a letter with emergency powers. now one is firing back writing, exxonmobil has been investing more than any other company to raise supplies. we kept investing even during the pan

and griff jenkins, fox news. >> let's bring in u.s.kson to discuss the surge with salem seeking muslims. what goes through your mind when you think about the existing chaos about to get so much worse at the southern border? >> >> well this is not something far from my home. we are on the border and my husband recently retired from the border patrol. and retire border patrol, chaos kills here that is exactly what is happening. at some point, somebody has to stand up for americans. i am not saying that people don't need relief, but enough with the demands and enough with the borders. we as americans need to demand from our elected officials to provide the safety for americans first. >> todd: you use the d word and i'm glad you did because the migrants are literally demanding that our present act, take a listen. >> he promised the asian communities would have them and recall title 42 and real asylum. but now, he needs to keep his promise. >> todd: irene, why doesn't a noncitizen feel so entitled to make a demand like that when actual citi

griff jenkins is live in washington. good morning. >> griff: good morning. who are the other 10%?round hog day today, $5 gas. the president has a solution, blame the oil companies. he's threatening them with emergency power writing in a letter amida war that raised gasoline prices $1.70 per gallon, your companies and others have an opportunity to take immediate action to increase supply of gasoline, diesel and other refined product you are producing. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre defending the move, taking aim at those ceos. >> it is a patriotic duty. as we've talked about, there is war. they have been taking advantage of the war. we are calling on them to do the right thing and be patriots here. dprieks they stopped issuing oil and gas leases, cancelled pipelines and cancelled three oil leases in alaska and gulf of mexico. senator tom cotton had this criticism. >> it is coincidental oil company executives became greedy just when joe biden took office. they were going to declare war on oil and gas in america. >> griff: the fox news national survey showing inflate

hey, griff.ter: eric, you're right this part of del rio sector in eagle pass is getting pummeled with large groups, many of them remnants from the last caravan. let us show you this video shot from a drone. you can see this large group of migrants crossing the rio grande into eagle pass. it is made up of the traditional central american countries, honduras, guatamala, el salvador some from venezuela as well. that was the large composition of the caravan. in the last 48 hours almost 3,000 apprehensions of migrants. 320,000 today this fiscal year. now let me show you this other video shot by law enforcement sources alongside the road. you can see this very, very large group. that is what's new, eric. these groups of 200, 300, one they had last week of 400 migrants in one group. it used to be unprecedented when it was one. why the congressman from this area rio, eagle pass, tony gonzalez had this to say. >> just a few weeks ago our teachers are getting ready for school they have a lockdown. now you

hey, griff. >> griff: good morning, steve, ainsley and brian, big night for g.o.p. and they won in multiple states and in some vulnerable democrat backyards. let's start in the commonwealth of virginia with a winner that will join you in just a moment. police officer vega advancing in a crowded seventh district primary. she will now face abigail spanberger in november. now, it's one of two virginia seats that republicans sees a key opportunities to win back the house majority. the other race is in virginia's second congressional district where state senator and former navy helicopters pilot jen kiggans won the knob. what they have done to america. >> down in alabama, the tide was rolling with trump backed katy brit in one off race defeating mo brooks who initially had trump's endorsement and now lost it brit now faces democratic candidate will boyd in november if elected she will be the first woman to represent alabama in the senate. >> alabama has spoken. we want new blood. we want fresh blood. we want someone who will fight for christian conservative values. who w

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griff jenkins with breaking development in washington, griff, good morning. >> good morning carley andy, a historic story indeed. across the aisle on that issue, because 65-33, the majority leader chuck schumer praising the bipartisan effort, watch. >> the gun safety bill we are passing tonight can be described as three adjectives: bipartisan, common sense, life-saving. i hope it paves the way for future action on guns in congress and at all levels of government. >> joey: g.o.p. supporting including minority leader mitch mcconnell. you see all 15 here. mcconnell calling it a sweet spot to make americans safer. led by senator john cornyn. however there was plenty of g.o.p. opposition to go with it. senator ted cruz blasting it in a statement saying, "the approach of the democrats is to try to take firearms away from law-abiding citizens, to try to go after second amendment rights and law-abiding citizens. those red flag laws provide an opportunity to many law-abiding citizens in many states approved with little to no due process protections." the red flag law is only part of the deal se

thank you so much, griff jenkins, in eagle pass, texas, doing terrific work.sident of the national border patrol dagen is here. brandon, just your quick reaction to it the supreme court decided to allow the biden administration to rescind the remain in mexico policy from president trump. >> we have to get this under control. if we don't, we will continue to see the chaos and the death. that incident that happened with the tractor-trailer is just one incident. we've had over 509 deaths this fiscal year alone. it's happening all the time. if we don't get help, we will continue to see chaos and more people getting away. that's the problem you're facing now and we are hoping the supreme court would give us a ruling to allow us to get this under control and unfortunately they didn't. >> dagen: we know they don't enforce the law. we have immigration laws and they are not enforced. on this note, this is bill melugin, who has done terrific work covering the border crisis. despite a federal judge that ruled the trump remain in mexico policy had to stand -- this was bef

griff jenkins live at the border with more. griff. reporter: hey, elizabeth, good evening. horrific tragedy that has really rocked border officials, local law enforcement and of course first-responders who made that gruesome discovery. the death toll now at 51. teenagers among the victims. 11 fighting for their lives. elizabeth, just moments ago hitting the wires, reuters reporting that the u.s. prosecutors have filed charges related to that case against two mexican nationals. we will see where that goes. but one thing is for sure, it is indeed one of the worst in history. now president biden calling it horrific and heartbreaking did issue a statement. here is what the president said. my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people seeking to enter the united states between ports of entry. but i'll tell you, the governor down here, texas governor greg abbott says he blames the president saying quote, these deaths are on biden. very, very strong words. all this comes as i've been reporting all

>> bret: griff jenkins live along the border. griff, thanks. one suspect in custody, another on the loose after gunfire from several shooters in philadelphia killed three people, wounded at least 11 others in a popular entertainment district over the weekend. investigators believe one of the three killed was involved in a physical altercation with another man and those two began firing at each other. a third shooter was among those killed. police are still investigating a fourth shooter was involved. meantime, investigators say the man accused of killing a wisconsin judge on friday may have been planning multiple assassinations after finding a list of powerful political targets. that's raising concerns here in washington as we await a monumental abortion ruling of course from the u.s. supreme court. gillian turner has details tonight from capitol hill. >> officials tell fox news shooting suspect douglas uda had a hit list found at the murder scene included wisconsin governor tony evers, michigan governor gretchen whitmer and senate minority lea

griff jenkins reporting from the rio grande valley in texas. griff. >> harris, lt is right. organizer telling me that they estimate some 3,000 children are in there, 126 pregnant women and 67 handicapped individuals. they will get shown preferential treatment if they get to the border. one of the business owners in the mcallen area. he was born and raised here and says what they are already seeing year after year growing, surging numbers. what americans need to know is it's coming beyond the border the their town. take a listen. >> what we've been living with here for some time is coming their way. it's coming their way. if this government doesn't do something to stop this influx, it is coming their way. >> let me show you the video. we were out early before the sun was up with lieutenant olivarez, we're crawling hands and knees through the brush to get the runners. they didn't want to be caught. they do it every day in dawn and the heat of the day. hitting the 100 degree mark here finally. the number of apprehensions since i've been on the ground in the last eight days almo

griff jenkins live along our southern border at the rio grande valley, griff. >> good evening jon we down along the rio grande just west in mcallen where you can see mexico on the other side of the river behind me part of we go west up in the sky you get a birds eye view of just how difficult this river border is. from the drone you can see the winding river the places migrants can cross. the care venue spoke of and thus our communicate with the caravan organizer there luis and he says indeed at this hour some 10,000 or migrants have not gotten temporary work visas for mexican officials. they intend to start marching north come 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. earlier today former acting dhs secretary chad wolf weighed in on what that might mean, take a listen. >> the administration has put the signal out there that it is okay to come the vast majority folks will be released that's were going to see migrant caravan after caravan after caravan and you're going to continue to see these numbers until something different happens. >> look at this video there's already thousands of migrants and just on

griff jenkins in rio grande with more. griff, what can you tell us?wing. the organizer telling me it's probably closer to 12,000 more now and may get work permits which should allow them tomorrow to begin moving closer to the u.s. border. the surging numbers here, more than 11,800 since i've been on the ground. that's why we came to the mayor of mcallen's office. the caravan is coming. tonight 42 is in limbo. the numbers are surging. are you concerned? >> we're very concerned. we know about the 10,000 apprehensions. we know there's about 10,000 people waiting, actually a little more, waiting in mexico. and then you asked this caravan. we're prepared as we can be. we keep saying we need help. take care of business. then of course, 42 -- we keep insiding don't lift it. we don't know whether the new people are vaccinated or not. we also know that when some of the people that are processed, people from the northern states come and pick them up. we know that covid has been spiking. so our community is doing good. we want to keep it that way. >> thanks for

>> martha: thanks, griff.g in ben dominic, fox news contributor and jose, a former dnc national press secretary and form obama spokesperson. jose, i want to start with you. how much longer are we going to refer to the policy at the border as compassionate when this makes it clear that it is anything but? >> i think we have to recognize that we're a nation of laws in the world. republicans talk the big game. they say they want to make sure that we increase security at the border. why don't we pass president biden's 2023 budget -- >> martha: hold on. i have to jump in. i'm talking about what happened with these people, right? this is the absolute opposite of compassion. you know better than probably most people that cover this story, that the cartels are completely in charge here. we're allowing the cartels to abuse these human beings to the point of stranding them on the side of a road with absolute disregard for life. it highly possible that these young women were being trafficked for sex in the united states

griff jenkins.und there. >> the shrubs we were in with the texas dps and border patrol. they're working an active group. we're with the lieutenant. what are we looking for? >> [inaudible] >> dana: griff is in a helicopter trying to show us -- let's see if we can listen here. >> also drugs. we'll try to keep some of that from happening. we are trying to keep it from happening. >> dana: this is difficult for everyone to be able to hear and so let's just -- we'll try to get back to this as soon as griff is on the ground. >> bill: one thing about this caravan if you look at the video they are marching en masse down the street. far in the southwestern corner of mexico. you see them in some of these video shots there are -- they are either police or soldiers or both and they stand on both sides of the road holding shields in front of them almost as if to escort them down the road and that's the way the caravan begins. we've seen it before and seeing it again how far they get. do the mexicans take action?

>> bret: griff jenkins along the border. griff, thank you. be here. >> bret: we talked now three years ago. hard to believe. one of the issues we talked about coming off the border story we just did was the influx of immigrants coming across the border and what could be done in central america to stop that. in that time since then we haven't seen the numbers on this side change but what are you seeing. >> well, first of all, remember, bret, three years ago we talked about the massive inflow of migrants coming to colombia from venezuela. that we this all these brothers and sisters crossing the border with frozen bones without any access to health services without any access to opportunities we decided to embrace a policy we call this fraternal policy. yesterday we come completed a major my stone grant 1 million temporary protection status to all those venezuelans brothers and sisters and we expect to have 800,000 more in the following weeks. so this allows them to be in colombia and find a job. enter the healthcare system and at the same time

griff jenkins fox news. now according to the gun violence archive, a website that tracks shootings across the country. at least six people were killed and 42 injured and mass shootings across the country. just last weekend of the shootings happened in nine cities, including new york and washington, d c. now the weekend before last, there were 10, mass shootings nationwide, and 10. people were killed and 42 injured. the website defines a mass shooting as an incident involving for or more victims. we're getting a first look at a new national report on the state of online hate and harassment in the united states. this report by the anti defamation league was presented this morning by san francisco state senator scott wiener in southern california assembly member jesse gabriel. the report shows high rates of harassment and targeted violence across social media platforms. some of the targeted violence is actually linked. the several recent mass shootings across the country. and when people are constantly seeing m

griff jenkins is on the ground in hidalgo, texas, with the details.d /* grieks >> this is nothing, it can rain, it can thunder, nobody will stop us. >> guard line the road, not stopping the march, it is 10,000 strong with many from venezuela. >> caravan leader tells fox news they have a message for president biden. >> we want to tell president joe biden to sit down with the latin american countries to see what is happening. >> it's been three years since a caravan made it to the u.s.-mexico border. there is concern. >> unaccompanied children are coming across, cartels are using that to divert resources. >>the caravan made it 10 miles, they have 2000 children in it, in hidalgo, texas, griff jenkins, fox news. >> todd: the illegal immigrant -- sentenced to seven years he spent behind bars after pleading guilty for carrying the gun that killed steinle. he claimed the gun accidentally fired when he picked it up from under a bench. steinle's death sparking outrage. the man is on his way to texas for failing to report his location to immigration officials.