i'm griff jenkins. alicia: i'm alicia acuna.to undergo a procedure on this large intestine. the news came hours after pope francis greeted the public in st. peter's square. trey yingst is live in our jerusalem bureau with the latest. hi, trey. >> reporter: alicia, good afternoon. pope francis is undergoing colon surgery today in

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todd: griff jenkins kicking us off on a monday. thank you.ley: republican congressman byron donalds plans to call on facebook to testify before congress. take a listen. >> the president of the united states forgot what the first amendment of the united states actually means and stands for. it means that the government, no elected official has the ability to abridge speech. you can't put pressure on private companies to have them do your bidding for you. it's outrageous. they they need to answer congress about this one. ashley: he wants to question facebook on the role the federal government has in their content and monitoring decisions. todd: two more democrats who fled texas to avoid voting on republican backed voting bills tested positive for covid-19, that brings the total to five members testing positive since arriving in washington. it appears vice president kamala harris will not be quarantining, despite meeting with the group of lawmakers. she had a routine checkup yesterday, the white house says the vice president didn't have close co

griff jenkins. thank you very much. tucker carlson with this on the new mask mandates. >> we have long ago left the realm of public health. this is about politics and it is about social control. the biden administration has decided it owns your body and the media agree. if the rest of us allow that grotesque claim to be unchallenged we're in deep trouble going forward long after covid receipts, and it will at some point. >> harris: a "new york post" op-ed went after more mask madness from the cdc saying it was just a week ago the agency says teachers and students did not need to wear masks. republican governors tearing into the new guidance as well. florida governor ron desantis says it is not based on science. nebraska governor pete rickette says it flies in the face of public health goals. iowa governor reynolds says it is not grounded in reality or common sense. dr. marc siegel fox news contributor professor of medicine at langone medical center. we have been talking for months about what we knew when trump was in of

griff: and i'm griff jenkins. onavirus. bill melugin is live in del rio with the latest. hi, bill. >> reporter: hey, griff, good afternoon to you. so all week long we've been showing you video of hundreds of migrants arriving here anding being taken into border patrol custody, and what happens after that has been kind of murky. where are they all going? well, we got some brand new, exclusive video. take a look at this. this was shot by our drone team about 8:00 this morning at mcallen bus station. we witnessed border patrol dropping off hundreds of migrants at the bus station down there where they are given bus tickets to be driven pretty much wherever they want to go within the country. now, according to "the new york post," they cannot keep up with business down there at the bus station, the bus companies. there have been so many is illegal immigrants packing these buses, they're just let go and released with notice to appear in court documents, and they're being driven all over the place, and local residents are

griff jenkins breaking a major story today.igrants just in the last two weeks alone. the surge not slowing down. rio grande valley had more than 15,000 apprehensions in one single week, so those cova numbers are going to be a major concern. >> sandra: just remarkable. john. >> john: sandra, the texas governor also slamming democrats and state lawmakers who fled his state to block a republican voting bill. >> the democrats who remain in texas, working in the texas senate, they were able to work to make amendments to that bill that would be more to their liking. that is exactly what the texas house democrats could have done, how they remained in austin, texas, as opposed to wasting their time in washington, d.c. their constituents are getting mighty upset about the fact that their house member is not in texas, doing the job they were elected to do. >> john: this comes as the number of covid cases involving an potentially connected to those texas lawmakers keeps rising. those democrats speaking in washington just now, republicans

griff jenkins is live in washington this morning with more. good morning. >> good morning, julie.h covid cases and the numbers in the rio grande valley sector are nothing short of alarming. they are seeing a 900% increase in positive cases in migrant detainees, 135 and just the first two weeks of july, and 44 border patrol agents are currently positive as a result. five of them are in the hospital. that didn't come up in yesterday's hearing which was supposed to be about the delta variant and vaccinations, but it quickly turned into a brawl over covid origins. >> this paper that you are referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function. you do not know what you are talking about. >> gain of function research was going on in that lab. >> if anyone is lying here, senator, it is you. >> there's a paper written by a wuhan lab researcher that is proof that the nih financed gain of function research which increases the transmissibility of viruses. >> he quoted a scientist from rutgers university with a 30-year history and cellular biology who

griff jenkins joins us from washington with more. lowers claim president's officials ordering them to down play a covid outbreak on military businesses. griff? about. griff: brian, rachel, good morning. a lot of works asacol tier details it where hhs houses migrant children. they are alleging that hhs officials instructed them to minimize a covid outbreak at the facility earlier this year in a complaint and sent to four congressional committees they say, quote: every effort was made to down play the degree of covid infection at the site and the size of the outbreak was deliberately kept under wraps. fox news has reached out to hhs for comment. they have not sent back comments. meanwhile, a terrifying covid alert in la joya, texas part of the rgv where they're seeing a spike among migrants i don't. outrage abbott bands anyone other than state and law enforcement official from transporting migrants to try and stop the spread of covid into texas. >> the biden administration cares more about people who are not residents of america. he has

how you doing, griff jenkins. griff: we were just seeing the olympic torch there live in tokyo.hip down on the olympics but i have been glued. do you know that on day one of the olympics we had zero medals, no gold, silver or bronze. that's never happened since 1972. 4 # years ago was the -- 49 years ago was the last time we had a zero medal start. jillian: that's truly sad. griff: now we are back with six, tied with china. here we go. team usa, we're on a roll. jillian: you mentioned tv viewership is down. in the u.s., for the opening day, 33 year low, 16.7 million u.s. viewers. >>> i know you were one of the 16.7, griff. i know you're super stoked about this. i have to be honest with you, i haven't seen a second of it. griff: we have a lot more to talk about. it was a awkward opening ceremony but the games are on and the country will rally around our athletes because they're on fire. jillian: we'll have more on that a little later. in the meantime, two kinds of america, dr. anthony fauci describes the nation divided between vaccinated and unvaccinated american as new cases and

i'm griff jenkins. reporter: i'm alicia acuna. you are in the perfect place, i can tell you. for our viewers just hours from now we are told we'll have the biggest fire works display in the country. we'll have a package later. we interviewed the gentleman in charge of the -- 4th generation fireworks expert. they are happy to be back as we are starting to come out of the pandemic. alicia: on to more serious news. crews are getting ready to demolish the remainder of the champlain towers south. phil keating is live in surfsiding with florida. reporter: the tower behind me is just about all that is left of the tower, half of which collapsed two thursdays ago. a pause not for the storm that is coming, but in preparation for the explosives of the remaining part of the towers. not only is the structure fragile, shifting and a threat to workers down below. there is a concern that elsa's winds will be the final push. elsa is blasting winds at 60 miles per hour and marching toward key west. today is day 10 since the building plummeted into a pile. two more bodies were recovered saturda

todd: griff jenkins, republicans walk maskless in defiance, things and sweet music for us. >> reporter: i will spare you of that. we've come a long way since the president said this on the fourth of july. >> today we are closer than ever to declare independence from the deadly virus. >> reporter: 26 days later every federal employee must show proof of vaccination or face rigorous testing, where he mass, social distance and limit their travel they are not calling it a mandate and are sensitive to going backwards. >> using the mask forever. >> that was true at the time, people getting vaccinated, they didn't get vaccinated. it spread more rapidly and people getting sick. >> biden is directing the military to look at adding covid shots, offering $100 to get the shot, calling for public clinics, this as much of the country returns to mask mandate on capitol hill where some refuse to wear masks can be arrested. capitol police issue this memo offices should not arrest any member for failure to wear a mask but any person who fails to comply would be subject to arrest for unlawful entry. house

griff jenkins joins us with the claim that biden officials ordered them to downplay a covert outbreak. what is going on? >> governor abbott's executive order is pretty significant. it bans anyone other than federal, state or local law enforcement official from transporting migrants to stop the spread of covid into texas. >> the biden administration cares more about people who are not residents of america, to mask up and vaccinate fellow americans, allowing free passage into the united states of people with high probability of covid and spreading that covid in our communities. >> this comes after news broke of a catholic charity placing covid positive migrants into a local hotel. lawyer police sergeant says they found out when a customer whataburger witnessed migrant families teasing and coughing unmasked. cvp processed them and they tested positive for covid. >> no one told the city of la jolla, no one told the police department these people were here and no one told us these people were possibly ill. >> a 900% spike in covid cases, according to congressman henry cuellar, 70 border pa

tensions -- griff jenkins joins us as whistleblowers claim biden officials ordered them to downplay aert outbreak. what is that about? >> good morning. a lot happening, this executive order is interesting, governor abbott banning ground transportation by anyone other than federal state or local wasn't official to stop the spread of covid in texas communities and authorizing the ps to pull over anyone who violates that? >> the biden administration cares more about people who are not residents, one senator trying to mask up and vaccinate our fellow americans but by allowing free pass into the united states of people with the highest probability of covid and then spreading that covid in our communities. >> reporter: this after news the catholic charity placing covid positive migrants into a local hotel. a police sergeant said they only found that when a customer at a whatohberger witnessed and amassed migrant families needing and coughing, flacking down office to who process the family a few days earlier and they tested positive for covid. >> we did not know this, no one told the city of

>> i agreed to be on the segment because i was told griff jenkins was in today.n january 6th was tragic and chilling and worthy of any commission in the past. we would rather see something like the 9/11 commission which had former politicians, not current ones that will make this ultra partisan, the 2 thirds of cable news will gladly eat up and it will have the same effect we saw with the first impeachment of donald from where pelosi and democrats overplay their hand and had them all for partisan hearing that half of them pulled out and it had a boomerang effect. people that are put on that are republicans, liz cheney said pelosi has no business determining which republican sit on committees because it sets a dangerous institution, she flip-flops her way into this committee by saying republicans shouldn't be determined by pelosi and adam can figure is another insult to bipartisanship. they have one thing in common, they criticize the president no longer in power donald trump more than the current one, when you don't have jim jordan, no question to nancy pelosi ab

griff jenkins joins us live from washington with the president's insulting messages to unvaccinated americans't even know, i guess you are supposed to wear a mask at the white house when you go to cover it? do you even know what you are doing? are you going to the gym with a mask? are you going to go to the restaurant with a mask what city? griff: good morning, brian, rachel and steve. i have to go to the white house after this hit. i have to have a mask to get in there and really a lot of people across the country have to get those masks out. cdc's director rochelle wolenski says this wasn't something took lightly the science is changing. watch. >> information on the delta variant from several states indicate that it some vaccinated people infected with the delta variant after vaccination may be contagious. this new science is worrisome. and, unfortunately, warrants an update to our recommendation. griff: mask up indoors substantial and high tabs mission rate. and they are calling for universal masking for all teachers, staff, students and visitors k through 12 classrooms regardless of vacci

jillian: griff jenkins joins us with what is causing the spike. >> dhs releasing a statement about ar a policy accelerating the policy, certain family units not able to be expelled under title 42 will be placed in expedited removal, the biden has administration building a humane immigration system, welcome news to dan patrick. >> too little too late. they are worried about covid. a lot of these people coming from guatemala, it is 14%, honduras 7% to 8% so you have a lot of potential covid cases coming in. >> the administration has title 42, 750,000 this fiscal year as the hardest hit sector seeing a spike among migrant detainees. we asked tom home and about the pose to americans. >> the us citizens, the southwest border is wide open. >> the members of congress led by anna presley demanding the administration lift title 42 but when asked about it she had little to say. >> are you concerned that it would increase the spread of covid, if the cdp confirm there's 900% increase, you're not worried it would do that? are you asking secretary mayorkas to ignore? >> reporter: in the rgb, arres

griff jenkins joins us from washington with potential changes and a resurgence of cases. >> the whitelic message of it is back, store masks, has got more complicated now. at a cnn townhall the president had this to say. >> we have a pandemic for those, if you are vaccinated, you are not going to be hospitalized and not going to die. people should get vaccinated. >> this comes as the administration is debating whether they urge vaccinated americans to return to mask language officials who spoke to the washington post cautioned formal guidance would come from the cdc. likely additional masking guidance coming for schoolkids. >> the cdc is going to say anyone under the age of 12 should be wearing a mask in school. those over the age of 12 to be vaccinated, shouldn't wear a mask, if you aren't vaccinated you should be wearing a mask. >> children under 12 are still not eligible to receive the vaccine biden predicts they will be able to get vaccinated, unclear if that means by the time school starts in the fall, as the cdc director, accounts for 83% of all covid cases nationwide and cities

. >> griff jenkins kicking off the 5 am hour.us in dc on covid not just on that hearing but texas democrats who fled the state of texas to be courageous and powerful and talk about voting rights but created a super spreader event following that 6 of them out of 55 got covid and the pelosi staffer, biden staffer getting covid as well. at the end of the day if this were republicans this would be the number one story that you heard everywhere on every single channel but it is not. jillian: even if it were republicans, if that picture surfaced of them on a packed play not wearing masks people would still have an issue. todd: we are many days into this so far, democrats who fled texas are doubling down on the courageous this of their trip. >> a couple people, one person from the speaker's office helping us last week when we were on capitol hill. we don't regret coming into dc, important to protect the freedom to vote, we leave texas in order to prevent republicans from passing their anti-voter legislation. jillian: there were numerous

griff jenkins joins us with more on the fight over the face covering. >> reporter: masks making a comebackt will be we be required to put it back on? the answer is unclear. internal debate at the white house, the president dodged the question. >> we follow the science. what is "happening now" is all the major scientific numbers in the 25 person group we put together, all possibilities of what is "happening now". >> jen psaki insists no determination has been reached d faring to the cdc. >> we are regularly intelligent every given meetings how to continue to address the virus. there hasn't been a decision made, they made that very clear. >> this as covid response coordinator jeff sign says the new cases are coming from these 3 states, florida, texas and missouri with florida accounting for one in 5 infections, on the heels of the president announcing the cdc will soon advise kids to wear masks. in chicago, already mandating it but florida governor ron desantis says not so fast. >> there has been talk about people advocating at the federal level imposing compulsory masks on kids. we are not

todd: griff jenkins joins us with the president's message to unvaccinated americans. >> reporter: timeget your mask back out, the decision wasn't something they took lightly but the science is changing. >> information on the delta very and from several states indicates in rare occasions some vaccinated people infected with the delta very and after vaccination may be contagious. this new science is worrisome and warrants an update to our recommendations. >> reporter: the guidance is controversial. fully vaccinated people need to mask up in areas of substantial's rates. it is a shift to schools calling for universal masking while teachers and staff, students, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, teachers union president randi weingarten tweeting supports a recovered vaccine remains the most important tool, masking, until children under 12 are eligible and more eligible americans get vaccinated as the president is the first federal vaccine mandate for the government of veterans affairs requiring all va health facilities to face routine testing, it might extend to all government

griff jenkins in washington ahead of today's hearing. >> the question will be did the cdc end it's maskamericans too soon? among the witnesses, doctor fauci of the cdc director russia will in ski. only half the country has gotten the shots. 48.2% are fully vaccinated, 56.one% received one dose but with a spike in the delta variant and cases up 107% nationwide several areas mostly in california have reinstated mask mandates like la county or are recommending mask wearing for the vaccinated in the san francisco bay area and southern nevada as the american academy of pediatrics calling for kids age 2 and above to mask up saying in their guidance, quote, there are many children and others who cannot be vaccinated. this is why it is important to use every tool to safeguard children from covid 19. universal masking is one of those tools. that guidance doctor fauci backed yesterday. >> when you have a degree of viral dynamics in the community and substantial proportion of the population that is unvaccinated, you want to go the extra mile, that is a reasonable thing to do. todd: in new york cit

i'm griff jenkins. alicia: and i'm alicia acuÑa. good to see you griff.pike in covid cases coming across the border, rich edison live in la joya, texas with more, hi, rich. >> good afternoon, alicia, 2 or 3,000 migrants a day crossing in the rio grande valley sector and those who are at least apprehended. sometimes it gets to be more than that. border patrol agents tell us that they're putting masks on immediately and making sure that the migrants have masks and that's the way that they are trying to prevent covid here. also customs and border protection officials say if migrants are displaying covid symptoms, they will take them to local healthcare providers and though local police say the federal government is still releasing positive covid migrants into the community. border patrol agents are dealing with now with two surges, migrants and a pandemic. >> not everyone we encounter we test, only those exhibiting some type of symptoms, and not everybody has sin soms that have it and we are leasing people day in and day out with actual positive tests for co

. >> florida governor ron desantis thousand resist mask mandate for kids, griff jenkins joins us fromhington with more on the fight over face coverings. >> reporter: the question is to mask or not mass, the answer is not so clear after reports of internal debate at the white house, the president dodged the question. >> we follow the science. what is "happening now" is all the major scientific operations in this country and the 25 person group we put together a looking at all possibilities of what is "happening now". >> white house press secretary jen psaki insists no determination has been reached deeper into the cdc. >> we are regularly in touch and had regular meetings with cdc about how to continue to address the virus. there hasn't been a decision made. it will always been public health guidance and they made that very clear. >> 40% of new covid cases are coming from these three states, florida, texas and missouri fell with florida accounting for one in five infections and this is on the heels of the president's announcement the cdc would advise kids under 12 to wear a mask. some

. >> this as the president considers new guidance for vaccinated americans, griff jenkins kicks us offh potential changes in any resurgence of cases. >> member the white house's springtime public message of masks? it is more complicated. a scene in ohio last night they had this to say. >> we have a pandemic for those who haven't gotten the vaccination. if you are vaccinated you are not going to be hospitalized and you're not going to die. people should get vaccinated. >> this comes as the administration is debating whether they should urge vaccinated americans to return to mask wearing, the officials who spoke to the washington post cautions any informal guidance would come from the cdc. the president did publicly address masking guidance for schoolkids. >> the cdc is going to say anyone over the -- under the age of 12 should probably be wearing a mask in school. those over the age of 12 if vaccinated shouldn't wear a mask. if you aren't vaccinated you should be wearing a mask. >> the shifting guidance comes as the cdc director said the spiking delta variance accounts for 83% of cases

welcome to the proud american edition of fox news live, i'm griff jenkins honored to be live from the washington memorial. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich, what a beautiful day to kick off. griff: sure is, jacqui. and honoring our president dwight d. eisenhower, it was dedicated in september of 2020 during the pandemic, not a lot of americans knew it, but here we've got dozens of tourists on this gorgeous day coming down here to take a look at it, checking us out. it's going to be a wonderful saturday. jacqui: love to see it and last night got to kick it off right with a few hot dogs on my roof and hopefully nor cookout to come later on this weekend. all right, some tense moments in massachusetts this morning, we're going to start with you. a group of heavily armed men were just arrested a short time ago after a standoff with police that shut down part of america's busiest highway, i-95. lucas tomlinson is covering it from our d.c. bureau. >> hi, massachusetts state police say 11 suspects some armed, are now in custody after an armed standoff that closed i-95 outside of boston both direct

i'm griff jenkins, lucky to be in for todd piro. hey, jillian. jillian: good morning. iff, i argue we always try to bring home gold on "fox & friends first," would you agree. griff: absolutely. no one is better. the olympics, no one's watching according to the ratings. i have been. we're trailing china. they've got seven, we've got six medals. the comeback kid, usa. , is goingto be on a roll here. jillian: opening ceremony, 33 year low, 16.7 million u.s. tv viewers. i know you're in that category of the 16.7. me not so much. but we'll see if they're able to turn things around, griff. griff: i make one last prediction, that is the 1984 olympics, u.s. brought home 84 golds, the most any country ever had in one olympics. i think we're going to beat that record this time. we'll have to find out. two kinds of america, dr. anthony fauci describing the nation's divided between vaccinated and unvaccinated american as new cases and hospitalizations surge. jillian: lauren blanchard joins us from washington with more. republican governors encouraging vaccinations instead of strict

griff jenkins joins us live as senator paul is asking the doj for a criminal referral. >> reporter: it was supposed to be hearing about the delta variant and vaccinations but it did quickly turn into a fight over covid origins as senator paul and doctor fauci traded accusations live. are referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function. you do not know what you are talking about. >> gain of function research was going on in that lab in your abuse getting the truth. >> if anybody is lying here it is you. >> senator paul has been long a critic of doctor fauci and he continued to maintain the 2015 paper about bad coronavirus is written by xi lee, is indeed proof that they financed this gain of function research which increases the transmissibility of viruses. >> we quoted a scientist from rutgers university with a 30 year history in cellular biology this it was the epitome of gain of function research and all doctor fauci could do was call me a liar. >> reporter: paul sending a letter to the doj asking for, referral on fauci. he said at one po

steve: griff jenkins joins us live from washington with reaction from both sides of the aisle. esume, they will get arrested, right? griff: well, steve, i think it's fair to say it didn't go just as planned. they came to washington to fight a republican backed voting bill back in austin. now the house g.o.p. needs seven more of the 55 runaways to come home so the legislature can resume session. representative philip cortez being the latest democrat to return. now, he tweeted his decision saying, a small working group of democrats decided to begin active discussions in austin on improving house bill 3 and asked that i return to establish open communication lines; however, that decision drew a surprise reaction from his colleagues suggesting a rift in the democratic caucus. >> that was the first i knew that he had left our group in washington. >> i was very surprised the person left in the cover of night, if you will. griff: across the aisle republicans just want to get back on the job. >> there are seven more members to go for the texas house of representatives to have a constitu

griff jenkins is live at the white house. the first federal agency to require it? >> it's the first. a big change from last friday when press secretary jen psaki told us vaccine mandates were not the role of the federal government. well now president biden says the v.a. is going there. >> president biden: i'll answer your question, yes. veterans affairs will require that all doctors working in facilities will have to be vaccinated. >> this after v.a. secretary announced the mandate applies to all who work in v.a. healthcare facilities or provide direct care. he says whenever a veteran or v.a. employee sets foot in our facility they deserve to know that we're protecting them from covid-19. with this mandate we can once again make and keep that fundamental promise. the president did not say if the mandate will expand to other federal government employees. meanwhile on the state level in california governor newsom is mandating all healthcare workers and state employees be vaccinated or face weekly testing. new york city they say municipal workers will have to be vacci

griff: and i'm griff jenkins. and the president has words. let's go to the white house lawn. >> white house officials are doubling and trippling down on the president as comments on facebook. and the officials at the white house see this as a way to take aaggressive and stance to root out misinformation on facebook, on twitter on any type of social media, a way to stop this. right now we're looking at the delta variant, incredibly serious around the country if you look at the numbers, they're climbing when it comes to the delta variant. two weeks, griff, after the president declared independence from the virus on july 4th, those numbers continue to go in the wrong direction. let's look at the latest numbers just a few hours ago from the c.d.c. about 160 million and a half people are fully vaccinated. that's 48.4% of the total population not nearly where the white house wants to be in the pandemic. the president is looking at the social media companies as a platform, around a dozen responsible for 65% of the misinformation online and they're c

griff jenkins has more from washington. >> good morning. end it's mask mandate too soon? that's the question that will be the focus of that hearing before the senate health committee where doctor fauci will be among those testifying. it comes as only half the country have gotten the shot and you see here that only 48.6% are fully vaccinated, 56.one% received one dose but with this spike in delta variant cases up 107% nationwide in the last two weeks of the local areas mostly california have already reinstated mask mandates. in la county recommending mask wearing for the vaccinated. in the san francisco bay area and nevada, this as the american academy of pediatrics issued guidance calling for kids two years old and above to mask up saying, quote, there many children and others who cannot be vaccinated, this is why it is important to use every tool in our toolkit to safeguard children from covid 19, universal masking is one of those tools, guidance that doctor fauci backed. >> when you have a degree of viral dynamics in the community, you ha

ashley: griff jenkins joins us live with more as the surgeon general is defending these new mask mandatesgood morning, griff. >> reporter: he is indeed, ashley and todd. good morning. it's masks back on in la county where cases of the delta variant are spiking in more areas. local officials were defending the decision in la. watch. >> it's not punishment. it's prevention. we still have 4 million people out of 10 million that haven't been vaccinated. >> reporter: the la mask mandate departs from current cdc guidelines that says vaccinated people do not need to mask up indoors but former surgeon general jeer recommend adams disa-- jerome adams disagrees. he tweeted over the weekend last year tony fauci and i famously prematurely and wrongly advised against masks. i felt it was the best call at the time but now regret it. i'm worried the cdc also made a similarly premature misinterpreted yet still harmful call on masking in the face of the delta variant. this as administration takes aim at facebook and social media over misinformation. current surgeon general vivek murthy saying efforts to c

i'm griff jenkins. alicia: i'm alicia acuna. the vatican announcing earlier today that the 84-year-old pontiff was to undergo a procedure on this large intestine. the news came hours after pope francis greeted the public in st. peter's square. trey yingst is live in our jerusalem bureau with the latest. hi, trey. >> reporter: alicia, good afternoon. pope francis is undergoing colon surgery today in rome. according to a statement released by the press office, the pope is having scheduled surgical intervention for diverticulitis. it can cause inflammation, discomfort and in some cases internal bleeding. it's a common medical problem for many aging adults. the 84-year-old attended the traditional sunday mass before the procedure started. during the mass he said he would go to hungary in september, and asked attendees to pray for him. the pope appeared strong and in good spirits. the vatican press office is expected to release a statement later today, updating the public on his condition after surgery. this does come after a very bu

correspondent griff jenkins supports from the way a texas again tonight. >> it is a 2000% increase inared to the first six months of last year. >> texas governor greg abbott warning of a surge in deadly drug sentinel crossing our border and reaching communities off the entire state of texas and beyond. a border patrol says it's due to cartels taking advantage of agents occupied with the heavy flow of migrants. in the el paso sector, where vice president harris visited last week, border officials have seized 41 pounds of fentanyl this year compared to just 1 pound and all of 2018. that's a 4000% increase. across the entire southwest border, they've seized more than 7,000 pounds this year, just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be lethal. 500 miles north, county sheriff says he's seeing a dangerous impact. >> we have seen, i believe the number is three times as many overdoses this year as we did last year at this time. >> and the deadly consequences reach far beyond the lone star state. west virginia attorney general patrick morrissey, whose state has been among the hardest hit draws are dir

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i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm alyssa acuna. florida is bracing for tropical storm elsa.paring to bring down the remainder of the partially collapsed condo. phil keating is live in surfside,. >> reporter: the oncoming tropical storm

meanwhile, griff jenkins joins us live from washington to break it all down, griff?ow the science, we have a war of words with the white house scolding florida's governor ron desantis for refusing idea soon advise kids under 12 must wear that face covering there has been talk about people advocating at the federal level imposing compulsory masks on kids. we're not doing that in florida. okay? we need our kids to breathe. griff: white house press secretary jen psaki claiming maskless schools will put kids at risk while bragging her children are quite adjusted to covering their faces in public. >> if i were a parent in florida, that would be greatly concerning to me. because kids under the age of 12 are not vaccinated. they are not eligible yet. >> after that desantis' press secretary shooting back saying to breitbart news saying this parents like psaki who feel more comfortable muze ling their children are not following the science. what w. that said, parents are allowed to make their own choices in florida. masks just won't be mandated in schools. meanwhile, psaki in

griff jenkins reporting the rio grande valley is seeing a 900% spike in covid cases among migrant detaineesressman henry cuellar saying border patrol agents have covid-19. breaking news in alaska. a powerful earthquake hit off the coast. police are advising residents in the largest ahas can island -- alaskan island to move to higher ground. dagen: futures are mixed this morning. we have gains on the dow futures at the moment, triple digit in fact. we're waiting for another big day of earnings, dow component merck expected to report later this hour. amazon comes out this afternoon, marking the last big tech company to report this week. all of this as we wait to find out how fast the economy grew during the second quarter plus initial jobless claims out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. both of them. joining us now, stifle equity strategy barry ban c along with all -- banister, along with all morning long, mark tepper will be with us and republican strategist joseph pinion. great to see all through of you this morning. barry, looking ahead to today, following what the fed did yesterday, what are you

griff jenkins joins us live with the latest. griff. >> brain, ainsley and steve, you are right. masks back on in l.a. county indoors and until further notice. and it's where cases of that delta variant are speak spiking as well as masks back on in casinos in vegas for employees. and the watch is more areas kind teed follow as surgeon general vivek murthy defended. >> it's very reasonable for counties to take more mitigation measures like the mask rules that coming thought l.a. i anticipate that will happen in other parts of the country, too. griff: these mask mandates depart from current cdc guidelines that vaccinated people do not need to wear masks. jerome adams says he and dr. fauci were wrong against masks tweeting this: quote, i felt it was the best call at the time. but now regret it now is he calling on the cdc to reverse its course. meanwhile the administration is taking harder aim at facebook over covid misinformation. murthy reiterating president biden's rhetoric that the tech giant is, quote: killing people. saying ef

griff jenkins joins us from washington with what this means plus the spike in covid cases at the borderhought coming from a country without vaccines we would get covid cases at the border? griff: good morning, brian, rachel and steve. with no notice or explanation dhs quietly released a statement yesterday resuming the trump era policy that accelerates the procedure of families saying, quote: certain family units who are not able to be expelled under title 42 will be placed in expedited removal proceedings, continued the biden-harris administration is working to build a safe, orderly and immigration system. this as has expelled under title 42 health provision protecting americans from covid more than 750,000 migrants this fiscal year. border patrol officials are worried that could soon be lifted and it comes as the rio grand valley sector is seeing 900 percent spike in covid cases among migrant detainees with 27% of unaccompanied children positive. and nearly 70 border patrol agents infected. in fact, some migrants are coming now sister norma who runs humanitarian respite is center in t

welcome to "america's newsroom," i'm griff jenkins. >> i have to remember the say the fifth. all morning long folks have been saying happy fourth. it is the fifth. i'm gillian turner in for dana. in surfside, florida, rescue teams have now gotten the all clear. they have resumed digging through that massive pile of rubble hoping against hope now really to find survivors. 24 people are confirmed dead. 121 still now unaccounted for. meantime officials are looking at the structural integrity of other buildings in the nearby area. charles watson is tracking that development from surfside. hi, charles. >> good morning, gillian and griff. what we mains of champlain towers south came down in a matter of second after a long day of planning. demolition crews imploded the 13 story tower. you can see the explosives go off and the building hits the ground. the plume of dust in the air was so thick you could see it nearly a mile away. miami-dade officials were racing to bring the building down as concerned grew over its structural stability. now with the building gone there is hope rescue

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i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich. and jonathan serrie is live with more for us. what are you seeing today? >> within the past 90 minutes we saw border patrol agents make several arrests all of it captured on video from our fox flight team. take a look at dramatic drone video from the sky. you can see six young men wearing black running across the brush and two ends up staying back and hiding in the bushes. four continue running. this immediately raises the suspicions of border patrol area who run into the brush, pursue the men and apprehend them. they were taken to a border patrol van separate from the migrant families that you often see coming over. these families usually turn themselves in voluntarily and given water and transported on buses. and dinners from these young men trying to evade capture. taking a look at the live drone video. it's walkable for migrants wanting to get in. the border wall initiated by president trump never completed and immediately stopped when president biden took office. jacqui: what are state officials doing about this? >> as you m

griff jenkins is live at the border with what's going on today. hi, griff. >> good morning.ng here in la joya, texas, part of that rio grande valley sector ground zero for the border crisis. we have our drone in the air now. along the fenceline 30 minutes ago a large group of 65 migrants, many from honduras, came up from the river a mile behind me to this location and were trying to find -- they are working another group, helicopters has been passing behind me they tell me there is 20 to 25 in that group. two hours ago when we got here a group of 15 migrants walked out of the bushes and we had to call the border patrol to get them. they are that busy. so many groups out. in this sector alone they've had 2,629 apprehensions so far in the last 24 hours. up 548%. not just humans that you are seeing the increase. also drugs, narcotics. yesterday governor abbott at the round table briefing says fentanyl seizures are up 2,000 percent. we were able to speak with a sheriff from ft. worth, texas, a county 500 miles from where i'm standing. he says the problem is exacerbated in the la

griff jenkins is live in washington >> they are still here, the runaway texas democrats getting restless and little to show for it. the lawmakers hoping to block a gop backed voting reform took to capitol hill yesterday defending their position to flee. >> this idea this bill makes voting easier in this instance i don't see how. >> the bills that were filed would do more harm than good. >> you are damn right i left texas and i'm glad i did. i left texas to give my people the right to be able to vote without them being infringed upon. >> their visit has been a fiasco. six testing positive for covid after flying maskless to d.c. with a white house aid and pelosi staffer being inrespected and forcing vice president harris to get a covid test and an asks for care packages. yesterday they got a pepp talk from stacey abrams who tweeted the grid got a high profile virtual visit with former presidential couple bill and hillary clinton. their main message get congress to pass voting rights legislation. republicans just want to get back to work at home. >> guess what? more and more texans don't ca

. >> dana: let's go to griff jenkins reporting live from the white house where i saw your instagram. you are back and masked up? >> get your mask back out. it is in areas where there are 50 new cases per 100,000 across the country. a stark reversal, dana. the cdc director the decision weighed heavily on her but the science is changing. >> information on the delta variant from several states indicates that in rare occasions some vaccinated people infected with the delta variant after vaccination may be contagious. this new science is worrisome. and unfortunately warrants and update to our recommendations. >> fully vaccinated people should mask up in high transmission rate and significant shift for schools, dana. going for universal mask for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to k-12 classrooms regardless of vaccination status. earlier this morning dr. fauci explained the reversal. >> something has changed and what has changed is the virus. the cdc hasn't changed and the cdc hasn't flip-flopped at all. what's happened is that when that earlier recommendation was made, we were d

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fox news griff jenkins has more.eporter: david, will he or won't he issue a federal worker has got to get this shot? minutes ago president biden touching down in pennsylvania ahead of an event this afternoon was asked about it. the pool shouted questions. he said all i'm talking about today is made in america. tomorrow i will talk about covid. but one thing, david is clear. that is it is under consideration and that the president getting more comfortable taking shots at the unvaccinated. watch. >> would you require all federal employees to get vaccinated? >> that is under consideration right now. if you're not vaccinated you're not nearly as smart as i thought you were. reporter: this after cdc director rochelle walensky announced fully vaccinated americans should mask up indoors in areas where the delta variant is surging and calling for universal masking for everyone in k-12 classrooms regardless of vaccination status. this morning, with learns ski is walensky is endorsing the vaccine mandate. >> i'm hoping we unif

griff jenkins is live from washington with more. griff, explain this madness.ite house wasn't ruling it out saying that listen to the science and cdc as the president announced every federal employer contractor must show proof of vaccination or face a rigorous testing routine where masks, social distance and limit their travel and he got testy with our own peter doocy when requested about -- questioned about the mask flip-flop. >> that was true at the time because i thought people were getting vaccinated and the new variant came along and they didn't get vaccinated. people were getting sick. that's it. griff: as much of the country purposes to a masking up include on capitol pill. any person -- hill. members of congress are off limits. house republicans are outraged, some marching from the house to the senate floor in protest yesterday. earlier this morning, representative kat had this to say on "fox & friends". >> frankly, we will not comply. nancy pelosi has opted to rule as speaker of the house more as a tyrant than a speaker of the people. griff: the fight

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