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griff jenkins in for todd piro.rica, it is fun to be here. we are showing a live shot of dallas. red, white and blue on top of that building or statue and grant is wearing a cowboys hat. he approved. there it is. >> carley: so much to get to as we honor and celebrate america. fun things including fireworks and hot dogs. >> griff: fireworks are the main event, for many, it is the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> carley: janice dean is live from coney island. she's a judge this year and she's with james walker ahead of the big event. hi, janice. >> janice: i didn't sleep last night, carley and griff. i've done the kentucky derby, the dog show, phil. i didn't sleep. are you sure you want me to do this? >> absolutely. we gallon through practice counting to make sure you can keep up with the contestants, we feel good about it. >> janice: i will do this. tell me the type of training i will go through at 9 a.m.? >> we'll explain where the eaters go, how you counts, they separate the hot dogs and buns and joey chestnut,

griff jenkins has more in washington, good morning. >> griff: good morning, americans are bracing for nows we are in recession with dropping gdp numbers. the president says he doesn't see that happening? >> president biden: we're not going to be in a recession in my view, the employment rate is still one of the lowest in history, the 3.6 area. my hope is we go from rapid growth to steady growths. we'll see some coming down, god willing, i don't think we'll see recession. >> griff: white house message focusing on how well the economy is doing because of how many jobs have been created. >> if you look at the economic indicators, the labor market, the average amount of jobs that have been created, about 400 per month, indicators do not show that we are in a recession or even a pre-recession. >> griff: she's not the only white house official challenging technical definition of a recession. >> i covered the economy for many years, i was told by everybody i spoke to that two negative quarters, two contracting quarters means the economy is in recession. >> that is not definition of recession

griff jenkins has more. good morning. >> griff: the president had a few more gaffes than ever. -- the big one announcing result of fossil fuel emissions he has cancer, which he doesn't. >> president biden: you had to put on your windshield wipers to get oil slick off, that is why i and other people have cancer. >> griff: white house press shop scrambling, attempting a clean up telling fox news biden misspoke saying he was referring to past skin cancer that was removed as documented in his 2021 study. >> president biden: climate change is existential threat, this is an emergency and i will look at it that way, i said last week and i'll say it again loud and clear, as president, i will use my executive power to combat the climate crisis. >> griff: the president's approval rating plummets to 31%, the lowest of his presidency and quinnipiac found americans do not want him to run again with 54% of democrats saying, don't run joe. his critics think he is not focusing on the real problems. >> talk about a climate em

you are watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning i'm griff jenkins. >> and griff, how are doing, todd and carley have the day off. six people killed and 30 hurt and the victims taken to the hospital ranging in age from eight to 85 years old. the doctor say four or five of them were just kids. >> griff: 78-year-old nicholas lost his life and reportedly in town and attended a parade with a dozen members. the witness describing what it was like. the witness described the tragedy. >> everybody is pretty shaken. i think you see this stuff elsewhere but it definitely hits a lot harder when your hometown but also right in front of you. definitely some moments today that our family will never forget. >> ashley: madeleine rivera in the park with more details, good morning, madeleine. >> good morning, griff and ashley we got here a few minutes ago and the first thing you notice when you get here the chairs lying around to show you how people desperately and quickly search for cover as the shots ringing out yesterday morning. this was supposed to be a joyful event. people gathered he

we will see where it goes. >> carley: thank you griff jenkins so much. administration's green energy had agenda with a six-figure ad by comparing president with a crisis of jimmy carter. >> the crisis, it will if we don't act quickly. >> i would transition, yes. >> it will be some popular and some will make sacrifices. >> we are going through an incredible transition. >> the digital ad put together by the power of the future will run interim g atomic energy producing state like alaska, colorado, new mexico, while, pennsylvania and texas. the ranking member james comer of the oversight committee, good morning to you. the white house is being accused of trying to redefine the word recession ahead of the gdp report that is out on thursday. they now say that while two consecutive quarters falling real gdp constitutes a recession that is neither the official definition or the state of the business cycle. they said the labor market needs to be factored in. are you buying their argument or is that a political spin? >> it is another political spin by the biden a

at least not publicly, griff jenkins joins us live from outside the white house with more, griff?> nothing much at all. the president has been monitoring that trip while isolating in the residence here. the doctor releasing a new letter saying he isn't feeling well and maintaining a strict isolation measures. although he added this" the president continues to be very conscientious to protect any of the executive residence. white house secret service and other staff whose duties require social distance proximity to him for the white house also telling us today, the present has six close contacts and none have tested positive for this after questions have been arising over how strictly he adhered to the cdc guidelines after insane unmasked several public appearances recently. this comes as tensions are rising with china with all eyes on a possible pelosi stop in taiwan. take a look at this mapper you can see taiwan located right between the announced stops by that speaker of singapore and malaysia and south korea and japan. but no taiwan visit official exists on her schedule. former

. >> griff jenkins is live in washington >> good morning, dagen. top news for hunter biden on multiple fronts. the "new york post" headline you referenced appearing to finally put to rest speculation around the identity of the big guy. the subject of much speculation as part of the ongoing grand jury probe into hunter biden's business dealings. but even more telling, dagen, fox news digital review, which looked at messages and visitor logs showing at least 14 of hunter biden's business associates did meet with vice president biden ranging from mexican billionaires, former columbian presidents and prime ministers to ukrainian energy executives and russian oligarchs. president biden consistently denies any knowledge of it. >> mr. vice president, how many times have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings? >> president biden: i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. i have never discussed with my son, brother or anyone else anything having to do with their businesses period. >> meanwhile the ranking

griff jenkins is live at the white house with the very latest. griff? >> good afternoon, arthel. the president's monitoring that trip while ice liting here in the -- isolating here in the residence with the president's doctor releasing a new letter to us saying the president is feeling well and maintaining strict isolation measures, and adding this, quote, the president continues to be very specifically conscientious to protect any of the executive residents, white house, secret service, and other staff whose duties require any of being socially distanced proximity to him. it comes amid new questions over how strictly the president adhered to cdc guidelines last week. arthel, the white house also telling us this afternoon that the president had six close contacts and none have tested positive so far. this comes as you mentioned tensions rising with china with all eyes on a possible pelosi stop in taiwan. take a look here at this map. you can see taiwan located right between those announced stops, singapore, malaysia, and south korea, and japan, but as you mentioned, no taiwan vis

griff jenkins, thank you. and state officials alike are scrambling on our southern border tonight to prepare for the fallout from the impending termination of the remaining mexico policy as the administration's efforts to also ditch title 42 are tied up in court. let's talk about what happens now with texas lieutenant governor dan patrick. good to have you back, sir. >> good to be with you, shannon. >> shannon: for the semi from the ap tonight quoting u.s. officials that the migrants who died in that terrible tragedy, all 53 of them, it says they cleared and in land checkpoint, the disclosure brings to attention an old policy question of roughly the 110 inland highway checkpoints along the mexican and canadian borders are sufficiently effective at spotting people's cars and trucks to enter the u.s. illegally. they are generally located up to 100 miles from the border. lieutenant governor, what do you make of that tonight? how could we miss this many people who lost their lives in this worst of scenarios? >> we

fox is griff jenkins has those details.as governor greg abbott, blasting today's decision as a green light for biden's quote, open border policies. others welcome to the ruling. the international rescue committee who provides legal assistance to migrants, says biden can do even more to further end border externalization policies that put asylum seekers at risk. what's unknown is how this will impact the billion dollar human smuggling industry. border officials say it benefits the bad guys. it's going to enrich cartels, it's going to allow them to go to countries throughout the world and advertisers services. meanwhile the driver of the tractor trailer accused of being responsible for the deaths of 53 , migrants, 45 year old omero zamorano, a texas native, making his first court appearance in san antonio, charged with smuggling resulting in death facing potentially life in prison or the death penalty. if convicted, it comes as more human smuggling tragedies occur. yesterday in la hoya, texas. two killed two in critical condi

texas griff jenkins fox news. well some staggering numbers coming out of ukraine, according to the un human rights office. more than 10,000 ukrainian civilians have been injured or killed since russia invaded that country. now the latest official death toll stands at about 4731. but the u. n says that the true death toll will most likely be much higher . there are more losses on wall street today as the market closed out its worst first half of the year since 1970. one measure of inflation, closely watched by the fed was unchanged from april to may. traders are concerned about when inflation will ease and whether the fed's interest rate hikes will cool down the economy too much and spark a recession. overall the markets have wiped out almost all of their gains from last year, the dow was down 253 points. the nasdaq fell 149 points. and the s and p was down 33 points, retailers and tech stocks. some saw some of the biggest losses today. well coming up school, a little less of a yawn. how some students might be slee

griff jenkins with us now. e to ray dalio. but there are tensions. griff: nancy pelosi plans to visit japan and a taiwan stop, pelosi wouldn't address it, but says that a trip to the region is vital. >> we have global responsibilities, whether it comes to three things, i always say, security, economy, and governance, and this will be part of that. griff: and neil, at the white house, they also didn't want to discuss it. here is what was said. >> i know, you're asking specifically about the rhetoric that we're hearing from china, but as it relates to the speaker's travels, that's something we're just not going to speak to right now. griff: now, the tension escalated on thursday after president biden spent more than two hours on the phone with chinese president xi jinping who indicated he didn't want pelosi in taiwan. according to the readout, he told that those who play with fire will perish by it, it's hoped that the u.s. would be clear-eyed about this, after a chinese media tweet threatened to shoot pelosi's pl

. >> todd: his party struggles -- griff jenkins, what is going on? : the president ran to combat climate change. he will stop short of declaring a national emergency. >> i would not plan an announcement this week on national climate emergency. everything is on the table, it will not be this week on that decision. >> griff: note /* negotiations tanked for members of his own party. >> joe manchin is lucy, he is lose manchin, i don't think peanuts characters had last names. charlie brown, his democratic team comes to kick the ball, he picks it up and laughs. >> griff: the push on capitol hill continues, transportation secretary buttigieg defending abrupt transition to electric vehicles to a house committee. >> the more pain we experience from high price of gas, the more benefit for those who can access electric vehicles. >> griff: that was met with fierce opposition by republicans questioning the cost to american households. >> if average household plugged in electric cars do you know how many more electricity they would use in comparison to air conditio

. >> carley: griff jenkins joins us. >> griff: when prices go up, it has nothing to do with president biden, when it comes down, he deserves credit. white house economic advisor doesn't like you to put it that way. >> i very much disagree with that framing. what is happening here is a president who is working tirelessly to address the largest, toughest constraint facing american households, the budgetary impact of elevated prices and we're showing you here today real results partially derive from concrete efforts he's taken. >> griff: this after kate bedingfield expressed frustration over not getting credit for deshrining gas prices saying the drop is one of the fastest in gas prices in over a decade, just this sunday we witnessed largest single day decline in national gas prices 2008. voters are not happy. new cnn poll 38% approve of his performance and 7-10 americans say biden hasn't paid enough attention to the nation's most pressing problems. governor sears had this criticism. >> every time we buy bread and it is expensist because of inflation, that's a poll. we fill our gas and i

i'm griff jenkins, hello, molly. molly: i'm molly line. hello, griff. he was out campaigning for a politician up ahead of reelection this monday. now the nation will be holding his funeral. president biden paid a visit to the japanese embassy yesterday saying he was stunned, outraged and saddened by the former prime minister's killing. and he had this to say about the assassination on japan's security. >> we're going to learn more about, as time goes on, about motive, about the whole japanese, prime minister is a stable ally and we, do not believe it's likely to have -- i don't know yet -- likely to have any profound destabilizing impact on japanese security or japanese solidarity. >> when we look at this, japan one of our key allies, particularly in this region and particularly militarily with all that goes on with chinese efforts to expand. and a lot to talk about on a global scale. >> absolutely, and i think that hearing the outpouring from so many world leaders about the legacy of abe, japan's youngest prime minister when he took over and the longes

you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm griff jenkins. >> ashley: and i'm ashley strohmier. the holiday celebration turned into chaos. six people are dead and 30 hurt in the horrific attack. a chicago 911 dispatcher says this is typically a quiet area. >> wonderful communities, quiet area, michael jordan previously lived there, this is not some troubled area we normally see things of this nature. across the united states, these things can happen anywhere. >> ashley: the first victims are being identified, including nicolas toledo, a grandfather who flew in from mexico to visit family. we are learned more about the suspected gunman, including a history of violence leading up to the attack >> griff: jonathan will break it down, thank you for joining us. what do you think is the motive here? what can you tell us about what we're learning about the suspect? >> i think one thing, griff, this individual follows a pattern we continuously see with mass shooters. an anti-social type of personality, many of these people and i would not be surprised this individual has left this leanin

griff jenkins has more. good morning. >> griff: the president had a few more gaffes than

griff jenkins from washington. >> griff: good morning, todd and carley, maybe joe manchin should pitchrveball yesterday ahead of today's gdp report, expected to show falling numbers for a second quarter. the white house still maintaining that doesn't mean it is recession. >> said in 2008, of course economists have a technical definition, which is of recession, two two kon /* /* -- two negative quarters of gdp growth is not the technical definition of recession. >> it is not. >> why did he say that? >> it is not. >> todd: senator manchin reached a deal with chuck schumer on a scaled down spending bill issuing joint statement the senators say inflation reduction act of 2022 will make a down payment on deficit to fight inflation and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 20% by 2030. 370 billion in energy security and climate change program, 64 billion in healthcare subsidy and 15% corporate minimum tax, president biden hailed the agreement saying this addresses the problems of today. high healthcare cost and inflation and investments in energy security for the future. economics professor pet

. >> i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm aishah hasnie. we have got coverage at the white house and peter doocy in saudi arabia. peter, we'll start things off with you. >> and here in saudi arabia, the leaders of telling president biden they can help expand their oil production capacity, but only a little bit. so, if president biden came here thinking he was going to get saudi arabia to increase their oil production capacity so much that it might lower gas prices back at home, he's leaving emptyhanded. >> in this era, announced increase of the level maximum sustainable capacity more than 13 million barrels, beyond that the kingdom will not have any further production capacity. >> so, what this means, they can expand to 13 million barrels a day max, but they're already at 12 million barrels a day capacity. at most they could add the same number barrels a day the president is selling from the strategic reserve and that's not really lowering prices a ton. so, it's unclear at this point if the president was overselling what he said he squeezed

and smugglers who caused normallous human suffering and here is part of exclusive interview with griff jenkinsfrom the border. >> it's never been worst, it's never been worst because the numbers are higher than they've ever been. the problems and challenges mounting on the other side of the border. first of all, we are not seeing the president lift a finger to do anything about it. we are an abandoned outpost out here and the president abandoned one of the states, many of the states, all the border state in the united states is reprehensible. >> abbott called 53 deaths a by-product of biden's border policy which says only encourages migrants to risk their lives to sneak into the country. this morning on abc this week the head of the department of homeland department argue that is the administration is warning people not to take the dangerous warning adding that congress must do more. >> these are remarkably distinct times and we have a multifaceted approach not only to work with our partner countries but to bring law enforcement to bear, to attack the smuggling organizations in an unprecedente

live griff jenkins where they will never win a super bowl, impact that, good morning. >> let me see if i can impact this for our viewers. gross domestic product is what is a priest across the economy. they declined for a second straight quarter amounting to the common definition of a recession, but the president doesn't want to call it that. watch. chairman powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists said we are not in a recession. >> how bad is it? well, look here, second quarter 1% drop. two straight quarters of dropping gdp after 1.6% the first quarter. three straight months of declining consumer confidence, and of course, 9.1% inflation. that is why everywhere you turn, the headlines living with the word literally recession peers. yet the white house continues to defend what they see as a strong economy. >> this is a president who understands that. we have talked about that. we talk about what the american people are feeling. chairman powell said i don't think the u.s. is currently in a recession. there were too many areas in the economy that are doing well.

. >> but in speaking exclusively to fox's griff jenkins at the border last week governor abbott blamedhuman tragedy on the white house and its failure to send a clear miami to migrants not to come. >> biden has made clear to the world that the border is open, has led to record number of people coming here and just a cheer number of what we are dealing with is extraordinary. none of this is going to be solved until we have the president with the commitment to secure the border like trump did. in the wake of last week's tragedy, a truck that had reportedly been waived through an inland checkpoint abbott is taking matters into his own hands. he's ordering state troopers to conduct more aggressive searches of commercial vehicle that is could potentially be used for human smuggling. gillian. gillian: claudia cowan, thank you so much. for more on this and from all the fallout to end of the supreme court's term let's bring in political panel, matthew, health and human services and david, former new york state senator, gentlemen, happy fourth to you both. thanks for joining me. matt, i will co

you're watching "fox & friends first," of course, i am carly joined by griff jenkins in washington. > sitting in for the amazing todd piro and it is so exciting to the vehicle for fourth of july. one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. this is certainly one of the holidays that i think america should rally around because it is an important one and when -- a lot of people already partying. >> ashley: absolutely. and i was able to go to one of the biggest fireworks shows in the country. it was on long island, new york. we will be showing you some of that. some of the highlights. we also have dennis been on coney island because she will be judging the product eating contest. the next few hours are going to one-stop shopping. we have some news to get to. >> griff: let's get right there. president biden is set to deliver his seventh fourth of july address -- second fourth of july event. >> ashley: his approval ratings are thinking. and just a few months before the midterms no less. market is live in washington with the details but happy fourth of july. >> repor

you are watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning i'm griff jenkins. >> and griff, how areng, todd and carley have the day off. six people killed

griff jenkins is on the story and live from washington good morning. >> good morning.cans are bracing for what these gdp numbers may show later this week that we are officially in a recession after two consecutive quarter drops. the president said he doesn't foresee that's the case. >> president biden: we aren't in a recession in my view. my hope is we go from this rapid growth to steady growth and so we'll see some coming down. but i don't think we are going to, god willing, i don't think we'll see recession. >> focusing on how well the economy is doing because of low unemployment and job creation. >> if you look at the economic indicators, as the president was laying out, if you look at the labor market and the average amount of jobs that have been created about 400 per month, those indicators do not show that we are in a recession or even a pre-recession. >> white house officials challenging the technical definition of what a recession even is. >> two negative quarters means that the economy is in recession. do you believe that? is that what you ascribe to? >> that

griff jenkins has the fallout and there is some of that today. >> in a letter to congressman rodney davisonf the house and judiciary committees inquired about the arrest of this colbert nine u.s. capitol police chief is expressing serious frustration over federal prosecutors dropping charges against the group writing it is unfortunate that despite all of the evidence the department presented, including that the group or its leader was told several times they could not be in the buildings without an escort, that the u.s. attorney's office declined to prosecute any members of the group for unlawful entry. that evidence, bill, included how the group, which includes robert smieg el, the voice of comic dog lied and identified themselves as credentialed staff when confronted by officers. major also said it was an aide to representative bowman who first called the capitol police after hearing a person shouting we are going to leave something under your door outside of the office of representative lauren boebert next door. congressman jim jordan had this reaction to the charges being dropped. >> th

first left let's go to griff jenkins live at the white house. >> good evening the president is monitoringpeaker pelosi's trip while isolating in the residence, his doctor releasing the newsletter today say the president felt well in maintaining strict isolation measures adding that the president continues to be very specifically conscientious to protect any of the executive residence, white house, secret service and other staff whose duties require any of social distance proximity to him. the white house also telling us today that the president had six close contacts and that had tested positive. questions arise as drastically he adhered to cdc guidelines in the last week after being seen en masse as several public appearances recently. this comes a bid rising tensions with china, all eyes on a possible nancy pelosi stop in taiwan. take a look at this map, taiwan located between the announced stops of singapore and malaysia and south korea and japan. no taiwan does it exist on the speaker schedule barbara champa administration state department official christian written had this to say. >

pete: griff jenkins live in washington. griff. this, three migrants were from honduras were okay. the driver, a u.s. citizen was arrested. this is the el paso sector, just that sector alone, guys, over the last seven days, the past week, busted 25 different human smuggling operations arresting more than 10 migrants. in the del rio sector we were in last week for seven days we had 11,000 encounters. texas governor greg abbott told me things are literally out of control. >> literally has never been worse, it has never been worse because the numbers are higher than they ever been. the problems, and challenges are mounting on the other side of the border. worst of all wee not seeing the president to lift a finger to do anything about it. like we're and some abandoned outpost here. president abandoned many of the states, all of the border states of nights united states of america is reap pre hensable. reporter: after the worst deaths in history. 45 migrants dead in swelter trailer. abbott blaming the president biden he'sen failure to s

. >> carley: griff jenkins lived with the latest, grip, good morning. >> good morning, carley, todd.eased a video just hours after testing positive, stating "easing it in there and staying busy." >> i'm doing well and i'm getting a lot done mike a lot of work done and continuing. in the meantime, thanks for your concern and keep the faith. it will be okay. >> the white house at the 79-year-old president is isolating in the resident. the diagnosis comes after biden received the vaccine and two booster shots last year. the head of the white house cover response team administered he has an antiviral medicine. >> the emergency authorization for progression of severe disease come is the president at high risk for severe disease? >> i think anybody over the age of 50 is eligible for paxlovid. the president is at the age of 50. >> but when questions turn where were he caught the virus, the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre erupted the covid coordinator. watch. >> where was he infected? i don't think we know. i certainly don't know. do you have any thoughts on that? >> i don't t

. >> steve: griff jenkins is live in washington with the very latest on what happened last night on tviff: good morning, steve ainsley and brian. january 6th committee two witnesses white house officials laid out all the ways they say the president had all the opportunities to call off the violence but chose not to act breaking down those 187 minutes examining text messages, hearing depositions from senior white house officials. and they even showedout takes from a video the president recorded the next day showing him struggling to strongly condemn the violence or accept the election results. watch. >> to those who broke the law, you will pay. you do not represent our movement. you do not represent our country. and if you broke the law. -- can't say that. i'm not -- i already said you will pay. the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defied the seat of destiny -- defiled, right? see, i can't see it very well. >> griff: the hearing was chaired by republican liz cheney after chairman bennie thompson had to participate remotely because he tested positive for covid but in the en

pete: griff jenkins will do his entire report in a boston accent. >> if you are flying from the skiesto fly this weekend, let's get to the flight aware update where there are 6303d lays, 405 canceled flights today. yesterday, you were not alone, look at those numbers, 7598 delays, 586 canceled, let's go to the misery map, flight aware's real-time tracker and you can see the most misery on routes out of new york city, things not looking too good at the airports. yesterday people were justifiably frustrated. >> we were supposed to be on our way to our graduation trip. >> when i was going home this weekend to get home i was flying with delta and they canceled my flights as i was boarding the plane. >> reporter: the ceo ed bastian posting on linkedin if you encounter delays and cancellations i apologize, the majority of our flights operate all the time. the uncertainty is unacceptable. i was flying back on a delta flight, the pilot came on the pa, apologized for delays or cancellations and said stick with us, we are trying to get through it and got a round of applause. will: he got you th

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welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui hinrich. >> they're battling brutal summer heat and steve has the latest for us, hey, steve. >> 104 degrees yesterday, it's supposed to be 100 all week and that hasn't slowed down the stream of mar grants crossing illegally. we've seen small groups here in the morning and several pregnant women making that crossing. in recent days, large groups as well, sometimes 300 strong crossing the river together. many of the towns along the border region, overwhelmed by the numbers and it's been the recent policy of text's governor abbott to bus some migrants to northern cities. that's drawn the outrage of a number of mayors, including the mayor of washington d.c. and new york city. >> not only the federal government, but we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way tickets, we need them to understand that, this must be a partnership in this country, new york is going to do its share, but we have been overburdened shelter system now. >> the texas governor

welcome to fox news live i'm griff jenkins, happy, fourth, anita.in los angeles with more on those sky-high gas prices and, claudia, they just keep going up. >> yeah, thanks to gas tax that went into effect yesterday. the fireworks are still few days away but travel this holiday weekend off to booming start despite inflation and despite high gas prices, 6.59 in los angeles, way over the national average of 4.82. but with the kids out of school and here we have summertime 3-day weekend as well, triple a is predicting some 48 million people will travel from home. 42 million americans choosing to drive. that's a new record but maybe no surprise given the chaos at the airports, people do not want to deal with flight delays and cancellations and travel experts say many americans feel that having their car will give them a little more control over their itinerary. >> they know when and where they are going to stop. it's more economy call for folks and they can decide maybe to change their plans on the last whim, so it's not really hard for them to alter t

griff: good to see you, i'm griff jenkins. and white house denying that the president brought up genocide during the call on thursday. and the latest developing story from the white house. hey, david. >> good afternoon to you, aishah and everyone watching right now. the speaker is en route to asia. she has some pre scheduled trips to singapore, japan, south korea, but the big question, the suspense, will she go to taiwan? she wants to go. some republicans who are her political enemies in congress are agreeing with her, they want her to go. some democrats are saying don't go. the white house is being mum on it, but the communist party in china is saying absolutely do not go. >> listen. >> well, i don't remember talk about my travel because as some of you know it's a security issue, it's a security issue for every member of congress travelling, especially abroad, but for the speaker, it is additional security issue and for those travelling with me, not just members, but staff, et cetera. >> it's an interesting issue because pelo

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. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is live in washington with the latest for us, griff?y be approaching baghdad bob territory at this point. is he now enraging border patrol agents who tell fox news is he flat out lying making pronouncements like this. >> the border is secure the border -- we are working to make the border more secure. that has been an historic challenge. >> griff: but the numbers and images coming from our southern border not only contradict the secretary's claim but also suggest the border has never been more unsecure following four straight months of more than 200,000 illegal crossings per month. fiscal year-to-date total as you see here 1,746,119. the most ever on record eclipsing last year's unprecedented number. also over 1.7 million. a record number of 56 individuals hitting the terrorist screening data base. that's just the ones we know about as there have been more than 400,000 got-aways, meaning illegal crossings witnessed but not encountered. it comes as major cities like washington, d.c. and as you pointed out, steve, new york city is feeling

. >> steve: that is griff jenkins official topic although he was swimming with sharks. >> brian: he has> griff: there have been a spate of shark attacks in long island. i decided to get in the water with some and see what it was all about. more on that in just a moment. first, your headline about dhs sources saying more than 500,000 migrants illegally crossed our border and then evaded capture and disappeared into the shadows. that's enough to fill last year's super bowl more than seven times. and that's just the first nine months of this fiscal year. can you see there that last facial year almost 400,000. add those two together and you have the population equal to san francisco, illegally crossing then hiding. we don't know who they are, where they went. former acting dhs secretary chad wolf had this to say. >> this is a significant problem, this is the consequences when you don't have an effective bore security and immigration enforcement strategy. these are 455,000 to 60,000 individuals. every single month that get away from border patrol that don't have interviews with law enforceme

griff jenkins is in washington to tell us about this spackle. >> quite a show of political statement.rested. 17 were the lawmakers. arrested by the capitol police after they sat down on first street blocking traffic between the capitol and the supreme court. but, what was intended to be a political statement has indeed evolved into washington's curious case of imaginary handcuffs. as you saw in that video we will show you again. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez here pretending to be handcuffed before magically pumping her fist into the air of a crowd of cheering supporters. then after she was mocked on social media, she claimed that it was a g.o.p. conspiracy. >> the republicans' favorite hobby is to make conspiracy theories out of everything to distract you and keep you from talking about what is actually important which is the fact that they're trying to take away your right to body autonomy. if i was faking that why would i intentionally fist pump somebody. so silly. >> todd: not sure. all the members of the progressive squad were arrested including ilhan omar who we showed y

griff jenkins is in d.c. with the blow out result.me and didn't see the protesters it wasn't a gigantic event. >> exactly right steve, ainsley and brian. that's right, good morning, before the big game got underway the climate protesters who vowed to shut it down weren't successful. they came out before the game this is a climate emergency. found their way to the gates of the ballpark blocking the entrance demanding congress and biden take immediate action. watch. >> every single living thing on the planet is in danger if we don't act on climate now. congress needs to pass climate legislation and biden needs to declare a climate emergency yesterday. >> we are all in jeopardy. we are all in jeopardy of going extinct even. it's going to be a catastrophe. billions of people are going to suffer and congress and the president have donetsk to nothing. even with this bill that they just sent out. >> ultimately d.c. police say three people were arrested for unlawful entry. and it didn't stop the annual bipartisan congressional baseball game w

. >> steve: his producer in the beginning was griff jenkins. >> ainsley: that is right. >> steve: gode next guest the marxist revolution and warning on the evil communism and the growing threat right here at home. >> brian: it seems like so much fun there. plus the stores raise prices and one raising money for our bureaus. a current surprise coming up straight ahead. >> ainsley: store stood a grocery ♪ ♪ t there that needs to refi his home, he mrchase, we can help them and provide that financial solution for them and their families. it's a great rewarding feeling. everybody in the company, they have that deference and that respect and that love for the veteran that makes this company so unique. time. it's life's most precious commodity, especially when you have metastatic breast cancer. when your time is threatened, it's hard to invest in your future. until now. kisqali is helping women live longer than ever before when taken with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant... in hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pill that's proven to delay disease progression. kisqali can c

joey: griff jenkins who knows that location well is live outside union station with more, griff. >> reporter a look at it. i was inside and they're taking the sign down and the starbucks was as you point out, an icon here not only for commuters but also the capitol hill surrounding area, and it's shuttered its doors for good now. it's not the only store. in fact the whole place is turning into a ghost town overrun with homelessness. look at this video we can show you. look at the empty stores. empty store after store after store. used to be high-end retail and now it is empty. now in the span of about 15 minutes when i was in there about an hour ago, i was approached three times by homeless people, and that's why people are not wanting to come here but more than that, it is the crime in the surrounding area. now union station is not in the jurisdiction of the metropolitan dc police but mpd data shows that crime in all categories has risen in the last year including a stabbing outside of union station last month. now, fox news spoke to customers who frequent this starbucks. here's a bit of wh

griff jenkins live from d.c. grip, we get those to back but who do we have to give up? finalized yet but as you mentioned secretary has said the u.s. made a substantial offer to bring greiner and will and home, watch. >> in the coming days i expect to speak with the prime minister since the war began in april and to raise an issue that is top priority for us in the release of americans paul will an end brittany greiner who have been wrongly retained and must be allowed to come home. >> a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release. news of a deal coming on the same day that griner appeared in a newsroom and said she was not given access to a lawyer and what she was told was not translated to her. >> no, my rights were never read to me. any of it. and at that point, i got on my phone and i contacted my spouse, my sports and change agent. >> currently serving a 16 year sentence, whelan after convicted of espionage and his family said he is innocent of. now they exchange for the two americans the u.s. is reportedly willing to swap convicted arms

brian: and griff jenkins took on sharks over the weekend.er level anecdotally, i'm not stunned because this seems to be a conversation a lot of people are having. one in five adults right now say hay tonight want to have kids. the story when i was growing up and coming of age which i don't think they've named the age after me, but when i was coming into adulthood -- [laughter] was, you know, are you going to have kids, did you wait too long or can you have kids. that was big story. but the choice of people making it i thoroughly respect, but i don't know -- personally, i'm stunned to think that people wouldn't want to experience being a parent. to me, it's the best thing ever. and the saddest thing is when people can't and want to -- joey: exactly. brian: and i just think, i respect anybody's decisioned to do it -- rachel: sure. brian: but i just hi they're missing out on one of the most valuable things in life. joey: it's one thing to say, you know what? i have all the opportunity in the world to have kids, it doesn't disrupt my life, i'm j