steve: griff jenkins is live on the ground in southern mexico where things are getting chaotic. oney in the hands of somebody will get from you one country to another really easy. griff: it sure will steve, ainsley and brian. good morning. breaking overnight shelter where we have been. there was a second attempt for migrants detained inside escaped 300 of them mostly cubans. they were not successful. this of course the same place where some 1300 escaped last week. we went 25 miles south yesterday to the guatemala mexico border to find out just how easy the flow is. watch. >> this is a river separating mexico and guatemala. guatemala behind me. the city of. you see the boats passing now. this is how people pass all day long unobstructed by any federal immigration officials or federal police. it's not a port of entry. there is no record of the crossings but yet it happens 24/7, 365 days. there is a bridge and a port of entry just to my left but few take it when it's so easy to go this way and you are working your way north towards the united states. it cost about $2 to make this pa

griff jenkins went to see for himself, what did you find?> reporter: breaking overnight another attempt by migrants at a shelter to escape last night but the southern border to see how easy it is to sneak into mexico, that is coming up. so with xfinity mobile i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers, and save hundreds of dollars a year. are you pullin' my leg? nope. you sure you're not pullin' my leg? i think it's your dog. oh it's him. good call. get the data options you need and still save hundreds of dollars... do you guys sell other dogs? now that's simple, easy, awesome. customize each line by paying for data by the gig or get unlimited. and now get $100 back when you buy a new lg. click, call, or visit a store today. heather: steady stream of migrants rushing through mexico to the us border, the wave coming despite increased pressure from washington to stem the tide. griff jenkins is on the ground in southern mexico where things of gotten chaotic. >>

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griff jenkins is live from the heart of the border crisis. >> turns out fans think there's someone a lot like taylor swift. >> or billboard performance as beyoncÉ fans upset. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ >> this song will never get old for me. rob: that is where you and i disagree. i am fine just standing. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. carley: thanks for starting the day with us. fireworks on capitol hill during a heated hearing on the mueller report, william barr refusing to testify before the house. rob: the doj is investigating multiple criminal weeks. todd pyro live in studio with the ag's intense battle with a number of democrats from yesterday. >> no return engagement, william barr will not testify before the house judiciary committee, democrats vowing to hold the hearing anyway and a possible contempt citation against the nation's top prosecutor. >> i understand why he wants to avoid that kind of scrutiny but when push comes to shove the administration cannot dictate the terms of our hearing in our hearing room. many questions

jillian: griff jenkins live in washington, thank you. news alert for you now, breaking overnight, swedish prosecutor is requesting to detain wikileaks founder julian assange over rape allegation from 2010, assange evicted from ecuadoran embassy last month where he had been hiding since 2012. currently serving a 50-week sentence in the uk for skipping bail. if granted, the warrant would be the first step to have assange extradited, he also faces extradition to the u.s. for alleged conspire to go inthook a -- conspiring to hack into a pentagon computer. rob: strong warning from president trump to iran. >> i don't want to invade if i have to, i'm not somebody that wants to go to war, war hurts economy and hurts people, i i don't want to fight but you do have situations like iran, you can't let them have nuclear weapons, you just can't let that happen. rob, all right, the president doubling down on twitter, if iran wants to fight that would be the official end of iran. warnings comes as rockets landed less than 1 mile from the u.s. embassy n

griff jenkins has been on the frontlines was right now he is in washington with a stark reminder howgerous the journey north is. >> the tragic reality of the dangers involved. another minor has lost their life in the custody of customs and border protection, this time a 16-year-old guatemalan boy found unresponsive during a welfare check yesterday morning. cause of death is not known at this time. cvp showing this statement. the men and women of u.s. customs and border protection are 7 by the loss of this young man and our condolences with his family. cvp is committed to health, safety and humane treatment of those in our custody. this as the president rallied in pennsylvania to overhaul the nation's immigration system. shifting from a family-based approach to one driven by merit, skills and education, calling out democrats for policies that have failed. >> the democrat party has never been further outside the mainstream than it is now. they have gone nuts. democrat policies protect smugglers, traffickers and criminal aliens. and drug dealers like you have never seen. >> democrats in

griff jenkins is live from the heart of the border crisis.

griff jenkins is live on the border. a house hearing explodes into chaos when attorney general william barr is a no-show. >> chicken bar should have shown up today. attorney general, would not be fearful of any other attorneys questioning him. rob: the trump administration plans to make democrats eat their words. jillian: the russian spy whale is back in headlines. rob: the reason this whale is refusing to go home. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ jillian: i was saying i like the last song better. i thought he wrote the song. rob: a different conference, a one hit wonder, only play the record finally. carley: this is your moment. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. rob: thanks for getting up early with us. police chasing a migrant trying to escape a shelter in mexico. this as mexican authorities deport 100 migrants trying to get to the united states. carley: a major sign mexico is keeping his promise of the trump administration in battling the border crisis. live from m

. >.tracee: griff jenkins is live in washington. we will go back to him in just a minute. but let's take a look at some other headlines making news this morning. ashley. ashley: breaking overnight, a swedish prosecutor asked that wikileaks founder julian assange be detained over an alleged rape back in 2010. he was evicted from the ecuadorian embassy last month. he is serving a 50 week sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail. if granted, the warrant would be the first step to have him extradited -- first step to having him extradited. the united states plans to co-host a peace to prosperity conference in bahrain in june. the goal is to encourage substantial investment in the occupied palestinian territories. government and business leaders are expected to discuss revising the gasa economy if a peace agreement can be reached. president trump has touted his plan for peace between palestinians and israeli as the deal of the century. president trump headed to pennsylvania for a great american great again tonight. he will be speaking at an a airport. the president will be stumpi

griff jenkins, thank you. lauren: here are other headlines making news this morning.t nicholas saman is suing after reports suggested he initiated a confrontation as you can see there with a native american while wearing a maga cap in washington, d.c. in january. later reporting and video evidence contradicted the claims. nbc has not responded. nearly 300 passengers quarantined on a cruise ship at sea due to a measles outbreak. health officials are docking the ship, believed to be used by the church of scientology in saint lucia. in orange county, california, a woman with measles went to see the hit movie avengers end game. officials now warning other movie-goers in the packed theater may have been exposed. merck said they increased production of the vaccine as there are now over 700 reported measles cases across the country. mondolez, the company behinds or yows and chips ahoy -- or yows d chips ahoy considering producing cbd oriented products. cbd has no psycho active effects and is reported to have many health benefits. maine, the first state to ban food containers

griff jenkins, thank you so much.n amber athey, a white house correspondent for the daily caller. what do you make of the plan, democrats say it's d.o.a. >> the president is calling this a common sense plan. i think what this really is is campaign fodder. the democrats are not going to agree to any immigration deal that doesn't address daca or the current undocumented population. this does neither of those things. this is all about revamping the legal immigration system and addressing border security. p democrats of course have talked about border security in the past in the sense that they don't support the president's idea of it. but we've spoken to senior administration officials. they indicate that even if the legislation doesn't pass or is dead on arrival as he pelosi said, they will use it as a platform for getting the president reelected in 2020. cheryl: we know that republicans care about two things, immigration and healthcare. those are the main issues for republican voters. you mentioned the 2020 campaign is

we have griff jenkins live in washington with the latest. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. president trump's not happy because for the second time in less than a week, north korea launching what the pentagon called two short range m&a ballc missiles. this is possibly endangering a denuclearization deal. >> we're looking at it very seriously right now. nobody's happy about it. but we're taking a good look and we'll see. we'll see. the relationship continues but we'll see what happens. i though the know they want to . i don't think they're ready to negotiate. >> reporter: south korean officials reported the missiles being fired from a base 50 miles from pyongyang. within p minutes, the u.s. fired an unarmed long range missile from a base in l california, traveling into the pacific. officials saying the timing was coincidental, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan downplaying the provocation. >> i know what they fired. i think we're talking about what it is. we're going to stick to our diplomacy and as you

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griff jenkins, thank you.risis at our southern border with texas attorney general ken paxton. he joins us in the second hour. >> sandra: president trump's 2020 campaign responding to attacks from democratic candidates as he is set to campaign in pennsylvania later today. this after joe biden's kickoff rally in philadelphia this weekend where the democratic frontrunner slammed the president's policies. >> i know president trump likes to take credit for the economy and economic growth and the low unemployment numbers. gefs what are the facts. not the alternative facts. president trump inherited an economy from obama/biden administration that was given to him. just like he inherited everything else in his life. >> sandra: bringing kayleigh mcenany, press secretary for the trump 2020 campaign. it is fact that president trump did inherit obama's economy. he did precede his presidency. however, should biden and the obama administration be taking credit for the strength in our economy today three years into president

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ainsley: griff jenkins is down there. n the rio grande. griff? griff: unfortunately it does, ainsley. good morning, brian and steve, near eagle pass, texas wednesday night late a raft carrying nine individuals believed to be a family capsizing, border patrol agents trying to do what they could but a 10 month old boy infant died, drowned in the river. three remain missing. we have reached out to customs and border protection. for more on that we will bring it to you as we get it here in southern mexico. near the mexico and guatemala border. mexico is doing its part. although a migrant trying to escape the walls here. officials getting him before he was able to get out. that's mexico detaining migrants from making their way farther north. this as we get this exclusive video of mexico deporting 93 cuban migrants sending them back to havana. they were held in this facility behind me where just two nights ago there was a riot. we saw the shift change happening here about 30 minutes ago. the mexican police bringing out shields f

acting dhs chief now clarifying what the administration is doing with the influx of migrants, griff jenkinse for us with latest on fight for immigration reform, good morning. >> good morning, heather, well, we have reversal of course, the administration now ruling out a plan to ship illegal immigrants apprehended at southern border to florida and other areas in the u.s. interior after phone call friday they are looking at places to ship migrants where processing centers are not overwhelming, acting dhs secretary seek to go explain the reversal. >> when you have 16,000 people in custody in facilities designed for many fewer, you have to look at any planning factor you can. >> sigh of relief to florida officials but does little to address situation in southern border. democrats like kirsten gillibrand is hammering away at the president's immigration plan handling of crisis at the border. >> and the truth is president trump's immigration policy is inhumane, ineffective and wrong, as president of the united states i wouldn't use detention system at all. >> but in an interview last night on fox

griff jenkins live as nancy pelosi threatens impeachment. good morning. >> reporter: nancy pelosi shot down talk of impeachment until now. the president weighed in. >> instead of wasting time, energy, taxpayer dollars on partisan stunts and hoaxes and witchhunts, democrats should be focused on building up our country. did you see what just happened? know collusion, no obstruction. know anything. >> this after the house judiciary committee took a step towards holding william barr in contempt sending it to the full house for a vote and prompting the white house executive privilege for the first time, jerry never declaring it a constitutional crisis. >> this is an attack on the essence of our democracy and we must oppose this with every fiber of our being. we talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis. we are now in it. we are now in a constitutional crisis. >> republicans on the committee blasted the move driven by politics. >> i think it is all about trying to destroy william barr because democrats are nervous he's going

griff jenkins live in washington with division over the green new deal. >> reporter: his first nationalls and stripping into the race joe biden taking a commanding eight point lead over previous front runner bernie sanders. biden at 33% to sanders's 25%. senators harris and warren at 10% and mayor pete buttigieg rounding out the top 5 at 8%. in april sanders n emerson poll by 25%-24% making this a 13 point swing. the former candidate listed as someone else asked to present beat out 14 other candidates in the field. here in the nation's capital sanders joining forces with alexandria ocasio cortez rallying for a green revolution taking aim at joe biden who is suggesting a less radical approach to climate change. >> i will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives. that is too much for me. >> biden made his first swing through new hampshire yesterday, skipping his modern approach. >> we need to finish the green revolution in a way that is rational. we can do it, we can get it

more than 100,000 migrants apprehended or turned away in april. >> griff jenkins is live in washington the southern border in the first seven months of this fiscal year sure is passed the total for every fiscal year since 2009. the border patrol chief is sounding the alarm. >> our apprehension numbers are off the charts compared to recent years. as of april 30th, we apprehended 460,294 people on the southern border. in the last week we had our highest single day, over 5200 apprehensions. reporter: the april numbers are staggering. nearly 99,000 were arrests. more than 10,000 turned away. family units surging out of control. 58,474, nearly 9,000 unaccompanied children. it is the single highest monthly total since april of 2007. height of what was mostly mexican, largely male migration. the difference now they are mostly central americans traveling in family units. harder to return them. we have no place to put them. tents set up people were to be put are full in two days. democrats are blaming the crisis on the president. >> the reality is the trump administration policies made our bord

griff jenkins has a closer look at what is in the plan. >> this afternoon the president will way outwo pillar plan, first to stop the crisis at the border, pretty familiar with what that will include in the second pillar is to overhaul the nation's legal immigration system shifting from a failure base want to a merit-based one privatizing employment over family ties. look like this. increases immigration from the current 12%, to 57% and would reduce family-based system down to 33% and would favor recruiting people under a build america visa that would recognize extraordinary talents, seek people with professional skills and pursue exceptional students. donald trump says he's optimistic this will have congressional support on both sides of the aisle. >> democrats want open borders, that means crime. it will go before congress and have tremendous republican support. i hope we get enough democrat support to get it passed. >> don't hold your breath because democrats are anything but onboard. senator dick durbin had this to say. >> there have been so many aborted efforts when it comes to

abca2 griff jenkins live in washington were things are heating up. >> you may be reunited in time for in washington but there's a last-minute effort to avoid the collision course, the justice department agreeing to meet with the house judiciary committee before they are scheduled to vote to hold william barr in contempt of congress. it remains vital the committee have access to the unredacted report and underlying materials with our plans to hold william barr accountable for his failure to comply with the subpoena still stands. my hope is we can make concrete progress at the meeting towards resolving this dispute. the doj says we have taken steps to accommodate the committee's request as republican john kennedy is blasting both sides. >> i think it is juvenile. you can only be young ones but you can always be immature. both sides in this are doubling down on stupid, both sides need to sit down and negotiate what the administration can provide and what the house actually needs. rob: the judiciary committee embroiled in another fight, getting robert mueller to testify, donald trump sayi

rob: griff jenkins live on the ground, and it has gotten even more chaotic. >> reporter: breaking overnightthere was a second attempt for migrants to break out of this shelter in southern mexico headed to the us. on the southern border of guatemala to find out what mexico is doing to stem the flow of migrants. this river separates mexico and guatemala. guatemala behind me. in front of me, mexico. you see the boats we are passing. this is how people pass unobstructed by any federal immigration officials, not a port of entry. there is no record of the crossings but it happened 24/seven. a port of entry to the left but if you take it this way, make your way north to the united states. it cost $2 to make this passage which we will make. without having any immigration folks to stop it. for a little context, when we cross on that raft, a few hundred yards up the river from where last october you saw a caravan of 7000 crash their way across the bridge when immigration officials were trying to stop it. the flow of the has not stopped. we spoke to a cuban women, a cousin inside. officials coming aft

steve: griff jenkins is live in washington. , there. griff: good morning. a lot of news steve, ainsley and brian. kevin mcaleenan was clarifying yesterday that they were reversing course on a plan to ship migrants from texas to southern florida and bosom to be processed because it wasn't, quote, an effective use of resources. noting that smaller communities like those would not be ready to receive this kind of overwhelming volume. president trump says progress is being made in the overall border battle. >> the wall is being built as we speak. we'll have close to 500 miles done by the end of next year. we are changing laws as rapidly as we can get them through the courts. we are fighting a court system. we are fighting the democrats. i think there is tremendous pressure on many of the democrats to get something passed. >> one of the 2020 hope unfortunatelies, kirsten gillibrand was blasting the president's immigration plan and suggesting we shouldn't be detaining migrants arrested at the border in the first place. >> as president

griff jenkins joins us in washington as the asylum ruling faces challenges. good morning. >> reporter: i will tell you what is a surprise, victory from the liberal leaning san francisco-based ninth circuit court of appeals, frequently rules against the administration on immigration issues, now saying the administration consent asylum-seekers back to mexico. the policy known as remain in mexico failed to account for the dangers migrants face south of the border. this ruling sites mexico's defense of migrant protections clearing the way for the policy to continue. the case could end up in the supreme court. the aclu, disappointed with the ruling issued this statement saying asylum-seekers are being put at serious risk as this continues, notably two or three judges heard this request found there are serious legal problems with what the government is doing so there is reason to believe this policy will be put to a halt. we will see. the ruling comes on the heels of a group of 12 gop senators over immigration and plans to change existing laws. martha maxell he has

griff jenkins live in washington with what we can expect today. >> reporter: what we expect is the whiteouse's push on immigration. the president signed into law and jared kushner along with stephen miller yesterday for a lunch meeting briefing them on the broad outlines of a plan in the works for weeks. few details were available but we expect to address border security and asylum backed laws and the past illegal migration which will change the latest currently done. after the meeting lindsey graham told reporters, quote, i don't think it is designed to get democratic support as much as it is to unify the republican party around border security. graham is holding a press conference at 10:00 to unveil his own legislation to address the crisis at the border and we expect highlights of the plan to include addressing the much cited florez agreement that prevents officials from holding on 20 days, increasing it to 100 days and adding 500 immigration judges to wipe out the asylum backlog. that has 130,000 cases with an average wait time of 729 days. this comes as acting secretary of defense p

rob: griff jenkins live in washington is the president is valid to get his plan past.tion begins. >> reporter: first time in 50 years donald trump is attempting to overhaul the nation's legal immigration system shifting it to a merit-based approach with skills and education. >> we discriminate against genius. we discriminate against brilliance. we won't anymore once we get this past and we hope to get it passed as soon as possible. >> reporter: only 12% of green cards are based on employment and skills, 66% our family ties. the new plan lives that increasing merit to 53%, reducing family to 33%. in the plan border security measures as well, building or wall, upgrading ports of entry and speeding up asylum claims but does not address dac a, temporary work visas or the undocumented population. nancy pelosi is calling it dead on arrival. taking issue with the premise of a merit-based system. >> i want to say something about the word they use. it is a condescending word. they are saying family is without merit? merit in the eyes of donald trump. >> reporter: senator graham

griff jenkins joins us in washington dc. president vowed to get his plan past. >> reporter: happy friday. this is significant. for the first time in decades donald trump is attending an overhaul of the legal immigration system shifting it from a family-based one to a merit-based one. >> my plan expedites relief for legitimate asylum-seekers by scooping out meritless claims. if you have a proper claim, you will quickly be admitted. if you don't, you will promptly be returned home. >> reporter: 12% of green cards are rewarded based on employment, 66 based on family ties. this flips that increasing merit to 57% and reducing family to 33%. and security measures as well with physical barriers like technology and manpower. it does not address the aca. and that is why nancy pelosi is blocking it, in a statement, saying it is dead on arrival and is not remotely serious proposal is lindsey graham unveiled his own legislation advising the president to find a way to work with democrats. >> it is so poisoned they don't want to give him

griff jenkins live in washington with what to expect today. >> reporter: expect a big push on immigrationm to come. white house senior advisor jared kushner and stephen miller from a lunch meeting with gop senators briefing them on a broad outline for a plan that has been in the works for weeks, details were available. it is expected to address border security and back logs. the path to legal migration. lindsey graham telling reporters, quote, i don't think it is designed to get democratic support as much as it is to unify the republican party around border security. graham is holding a press conference today to unveil his own legislation plan include this, establishing refugee processing centers, mexican migrants apply for a time rather than in the us modifying the loss of family can be held together for 100 days, up to the current limit of 20 days, adding 500 immigration judges to wipe out the assignment backlog which has 800,000 cases with average wait time of 700 days and changing the unaccompanied minor policy for central american children so they can be returned to their country of

rob: griff jenkins joins us as democrats insist they are not divided. >> reporter: calls for impeachmentwing louder as the white house is defined of democrats demand fueling the fire. >> we can do no less because the rule of law demands it and to override lawlessness you must do your job. >> reporter: an empty chair marked the spot where don mcgann was supposed to testify before the house judiciary committee but that it out at the president's request. chairman nadler was not pleased. >> mister mcgann has a legal obligation to be here for the scheduled appearance. if he does not correct his mistake this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him. >> reporter: it didn't stop chairman nadler from issuing two more subpoenas, hope hicks and amy donaldson. hicks is executive vice president and chief indications officer for fox corporation. no word on whether either will comply. if they don't they would join the ranks with mcgann and william barr who defied a subpoena. the president is fighting back over twitter writing the democrats are on a fishing expedition wantin

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griff jenkins live in washington with how donald trump is responding. >> this is troubling, north korea launching what the pentagon calls short-range missiles, raising concerns that kim jong un is moving away from negotiation endangering progress on the denuclearization deal. >> we are looking at it seriously, nobody is happy about it but we're taking a good look and we will see. the relationship continues but we will see what happens. they want to negotiate and are talking about negotiating but i don't think they are ready to negotiate. >> two missiles fired from 50 miles northwest of pyongyang traveling 260, 170 miles respectively and 10 minutes of north korea's launch, the us firing from a base in california traveling 4200 miles in the pacific and off the coast of florida the uss rhode island test firing a long-range missile traveling 7000 miles into the atlantic, coincidental timing but raising eyebrows. patrick shanahan was tightlipped about it. >> i know what they fired. they will stick to diplomacy and as you know we haven't changed our operations or our posture in case diplomacy

griff jenkins live in washington with more on all of this. >> reporter: in a new paul, some biden newstaking a commanding eight point lead over bernie sanders, at 33% to sanders's 25%. the senators harris and warren are tied in rounding out the top 5, mayor pete buttigieg at 8%. in april before biden entered the race, sanders led 24% in anderson polling making him a 13 point swing favoring the former vp. interestingly enough a candidate pulling into%, other candidates in the giant remaining field. in the nation's capital sanders joining forces with alexandria ocasio cortez rallying for a green revolution with the architect of the green new deal taking aim not by name at biden who hinted at a more moderate approach to climate change. >> i will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need a middle of the road approach to save our lives. that's too much for me. >> reporter: he made his first swing through new hampshire, sticking to a more pragmatic path. >> you need to finish the green revolution in a way that is rational. w

steve: griff jenkins joins us live from washington. on it, but there is deep division inside the democratic party. >> oh, she is feeling it, steve, brian, and ainsley. good morning. listen, the president is up and on twitter machine. let me go there first. the democrats are setting zero work done in congress. all they are focused on is trying to prove the mueller report wrong the witch-hunt. perhaps speaker pelosi is feeling that pressure and talking about on the calls for impeachment. she is having a closed door meeting today to try to slow this march down. she is down playing that it is divitiond the caucus. >> are you under increased pressure to impeach the president from your caucus? [inaudible] >> now, part of what is driving this is the white house is defiant democrats demands an empty chair marking the spot where former white house counsel don mcgahn was supposed to testify before the house judiciary committee. chairman nadler admonished mcgahn for not appearing. ranking member doug collins took real issue with the chairman. >>

cheryl: griff jenkins is in washington where things are heating up. f, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. just when you thought things were headed over that contempt cliff, the justice department agrees to meet the house judiciary committee today, one day before their scheduled to vote to hold attorney general barr in contempt of congress. jerry nadler issuing this statement. it remains vital the committee obtain access to the full unredacted report and the underlying materials. at the moment our plans to consider olding attorney general barr in contempt still stands. my hope is that we make concrete progress towards resolving this dispute. the doj maintains they've taken steps to accommodate the commit the acommittee's's request. this as john kennedy is blasting both sides. >> i think it's juvenile. you can only be young once, but you can always be immature. both sides in this are doubling down on stupid. both sides need to sit down and negotiate what the administration can provide and what the house actually needs. >> reporte

griff jenkins live in washington as the asylum ruling is facing challenges. >> reporter: not only a major victory but a surprise victory for the san francisco circuit court of appeals ruling against the president on immigration related issues now saying the admin station can continue sending asylum-seekers back to mexico to wait to play out. the policies remain in mexico was halted by us district judge in april because it doesn't account for the dangers they face south of the border. a 3-judge panel sites mexico's own defense of migrant protections, for the policy to continue. today, 3000 migrants have been sent back. serious risk of harm every day, the return policy, the policy would be in and it could fill up in the supreme court. the ruling comes on the heels of a group of drug senators yelling at the white house over immigration and plans to change existing laws. >> we had a really good conversation about modernizing our legal immigration system was we have an unsustainable crisis happening at the border. and so we need rob: immigration customs enforcement arresting illegal immigrants

cheryl: griff jenkins is live in washington with what we can expect today on this gripping issue.what's coming is a big push on immigration reform. yesterday, jared kushner and steven miller took to capitol hill for a lunch people with gop senators, briefing them on the outlines of a plan that has been in the works for weeks. it's expected to address issues at the border. lindsey graham told reporters i don't think it's designed to get democratic support, as much as it is to unify the republican poorparty around border securit. fox news is told highlights of a plan will include a few things, like this. establishing refugee processing centers where central american and mexican migrants will a apply for asylum rather than in the u.s., and modifying the law where families can be held together up to 100 days, adding 500 immigration judges to wipe out the asylum backlog which has more than 800,000 cases with an average wait time of more than 700 days and changing the unaccompanied minor policy for central americans so they can be returned to their country of origin after screening, thi

. >> calling on democrats to fix broken immigration laws and griff jenkins live in washington with aloser look at what is in the plan. >> when the president lays out his plan, securing the border and will overhaul the nation's legal immigration system shifting it from a failure based to merit-based system, privatizing skills and employment. that increases from 12% up to 57% and reduces family-based from 66% down to 33% and would favor recruiting people under a bill america visa who have extraordinary talents, professional skills and exceptional students. donald trump says he's optimistic it will have congressional support. >> fighting the democrats, to the democrats want open borders, that means crime. there will be tremendous republican support. i hope you get enough democrats to pass it. >> the plan does not address what to do about the aca or the undocumented population already in the us. democrats are skeptical. senator dick durbin had this to say. >> so many aborted efforts under this president. i am skeptical as to whether he truly wants to deal with the issue. >> lindsey graha

cheryl: we've got griff jenkins live in washington with the division over the green new deal. reporter: good morning, cheryl and lauren. 2020, it's already heating up. in a new poll, joe biden taking a commanding 8 point lead over previous front runner bernie sanders, putting biden at 35%. mayor pete buttigieg is at 8%. before biden got into the race, sanders led 29% to 24%, making this a 13 point swing favoring the former veep. he wa.he beat out 14 other cands in the remaining field. sanders joining forces with congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez rallying for a green revolution. with the architect of the green new deal taking hard aim, though not by name at biden, he was hinting at a more moderate approach to climate change. >> i will be damned if the same politicians who refuse to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need a middle of the road approach to save our lives. that is too much for me. >> reporter: biden making his first swing through new hampshire since his announcement, sticking to a more pragmatic path. >> we need to finish the green revoluti

. >> griff jenkins live in washington, thank you.chool student behind bars after allegedly threatening to shoot up a graduation ceremony. police say they were to talk to the fred and found a student at his california home. he is being held on suspension of making terrorist threats. prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing a police officer and injuring two others. brady wilkes opened fire and police responding to a domestic service friends call in our income alabama. the officer was shot and killed. the 13-year-old that are before sleaze behind a wife and two kids, the 18th officer shot and killed in the line of duty this year. officer web and evan elliott were hurt but are expected to recover. and charged with capital murder. >> members of congress will receive a classified briefing on iran today at a tense time between our two countries. top iranian official calling on the united states to address to run with respect was the foreign minister tweeting never threatened and iranian. former cia chief daniel

griff jenkins joins us live from mexico with a firsthand look inside one of the overcrowded shelters.morning, griff. >> reporter: a lot happening, cheryl and lauren. good morning. we just about an hour ago had a migrant trying to scale the wall at the shelter behind me, the authorities getting him under control. really the big news, we saw busses leaving, headed for the airport and our cameras were there, getting this image of 93 cuban migrants being deported back to havana, a sign that mexico is continuing to try and do its part to stop the migrant flow. now, two nights ago there's was a bit of a riot according to officials inside this shelter. you see damaged vehicles. we couldn't go in this one because of security risks. we got a look into the other major shelter here. it is quite a scene. there's 1200 migrants in there. they have migrants from all over the globe, from pakistan, bangladesh, central america, uganda, cameroon and the congo. we met a migrant named marcus from the congo who was in there. he's out now, working his way towards legal asylum in the u.s. here's what he told

griff jenkins live in washington with a closer look at what is in the plan that we found out about yesterday. griff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. when the president lays out his plan this afternoon, look for two things. one will be a pillar of securing the border. we're familiar with that. it will also overhaul the nation's legal immigration system, shifting it from a family based one to a merit based one, pry o prioritizing s, education and employment over family ties. it would increase it up to 57% and it would reduce family based system from the current 66% down to 33%. and it would favor recruiting people under a build america visa who have these traits, extraordinary tal talent, professional skills and exceptional students. president trump is optimistic it will have congressional support. >> we're fighting the democrats. the democrats want open bore dering'sborders,that means crim. it will go before congress. it will have tremendous republican support. >> reporter: the plan does not address what to do about daca or the undocumented population already here

ainsley: griff jenkins is live in our nation's capital where things are heating up. ans upset about the leaks. democrats upset about the mueller report and not seeing the full version, right? griff: that's right ainsley brian and steve good morning. both sides are heating up behind me. ron johnson and chuck grassley calling on the inspector general of the intelligence community to investigate media leaks from the community in the early portion of the russia probe. point specifically to texts and emails from former fbi agent peter strzok this one in december 2016 to lawyer lisa page. think our sisters have begun leaking like mad. scorned and worried and political, they're kicking in to overdrive. i'm beginning to think the agency got a lot of info a lot earlier than we thought and hasn't shared it completely with us. might explain all these weird seemingly incorrect leads all these media folks have would also highlight agency as a source of some of the leaks. johnson wanted to know more about who sisters were and what agency he is talking about had this to say. >> ther

customs and border protection tells griff jenkins that there's been over 504,000 apprehensions in southwestyear 2019. there have been more border apprehensions of immigrants trying to cross illegally so far in 2019 than we had seen in any full year since 2012. we still have 4 months left in this fiscal year, fiscal year runs from october to september. just in april alone, more than 98,000 immigrants apprehended while trying to cross the border illegally, that is up 159% compared to bill of 2019 when 38,000 immigrants were apprehended. now, struggling to handle the huge surge in central american migrants. the department of homeland security requested on friday more temporary shelter for detained immigrants. acting defense secretary patrick, well, he visited mcallen, texas, on the border yesterday, there are currently over 4300 military troops deployed on the border including active duty and national guard. the troops will remain on the border until dhs is able to recruit more officers to handle the surge. >> we have to have help from dod to increase our toll capacities. >> in terms of number

in washington, griff jenkins. >> democratic presidential candidate and california senator, kamala harris is calling for fair wages for teachers. if elected, she would increase teacher pay with a federal mandate to close the teacher pay gap. >> our teachers make almost a little over $10,000 a year less than similarly educated college professionals. that's just not right. >> this week, she will announce a new plan to address the pay gap for women. you can watch our full interview with senator harris saturday on her weekly political show. it starts at 6:30 followed by mornings on 2. former california governor and action film star, arnold schwartzer in schwarzenegger won't press charges. his attacker is mentally disturbed and needs help, not prison time. the video of saturday's incident has gone viral. the 71-year-old schwarzenegger was on the sidelines on an event called the arnold classic africa when a man suddenly ran toward him. kicked him in the back. schwarzenegger stumbled briefly, but was not hurt. >> today, the piedmont city council is expected to vote after months of debating, how

griff jenkins has the latest. >> we just got brand new numbers for deportations. first, an update.eminder. the dangers of the long journey of the caravans, the 10-month-old child that drowned. the border patrol said they have been search for the three that have been missing with no luck. now back to mexico. this is a major government shelter. these are people that haven't been able to get in because it's overcrowded. you can see beyond the fence, a bus. buses left here carrying 93 migrants that were flown back to cuba. today more buses. officials say 77 more were departed. the government here says they have new numbers. 14,970 is the number of migrants that they deported that their home country. more than 20% from last month as we got an inside look as one of the shelters here with people from all over the world, pakistan, ini can't -- india, banglade bangladesh. mexico is doing their part to try to crack down. >> neil: thanks, griff. fast-changing developments here. we told you about the jobs report with a lot of groups feeling happy, particularly young people with a big jobs mark

cheryl: we've got griff jenkins on that one in washington as the asylum ruling faces challenges. >> reporter: a surprise victory from the liberal leaning ninth circuit court of appeals that typically rules against the president on immigration issues, now says the administration can continue sending asylum seekers back to mexico to wait for their claims to play out. it was halted because it failed to account for the dangers migrants face south of the border. thethe case could still end up n the supreme court. the aclu disappointed with the ruling issued this statement, saying, quote, asylum seekers are put in serious risk of harm every day. two of the he three judges that heard the request found there are serious legal problems with what the government is doing. there is good reason to believe that this policy shall be put to a halt. this comes on the heels of a group of 12 gop senators huddling at the white house on immigration. senator martha mccally had this to say. >> we had a conversation about modernizing our h legal immigration situation as well. we have loopholes in our laws that have

ashley: griff jenkins joins us from washington as the democrats insist they are not divided. >> reporterder as the white house is defiant of the democrats' demands is fueling this fire. >> we can do no less because the rule of law demands it and to override lawlessness you must do your job. >> reporter: an empty chair marked the spot where don mcgahn was supposed to testify before the house judiciary committee but sat it out at the president's request. jerry nadler was not pleased. >> mr. mcgahn has a legal obligation to be here for this scheduled appearance. if he does not immediately correct his mistake, this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him. >> reporter: it didn't stop the chairman from issuing two more subpoenas. a form rer white house aide and amy donaldson. no word on whether they will reply. if they don't they'll join ranks with mcgahn and attorney general wil will william barr wo defied a subpoena. the president said they are on a fishing expedition. never happened to a president before, never even happened to president obama. this as the pres