griff jenkins in washington. antony blinken has cancelled his trip to china. the administration did know about this for some time. we're not aware of how long, that meeting was still on. so it was just cancelled or put off today, right? >> yeah, delayed, neil. good afternoon. look, we learned one thing. that is that if there's anything that all of washington can agree on, a giant chinese spy balloon should not be floating across the continental u.s. john tester joined steve daines today demanding answers saying in a statement that this we are still waiting for real answers on how this happened and what steps the administration took to protect our country. ly hold everyone accountable until i get them. senator daines who sent a letter to defense secretary austin yesterday is blasting president biden today on inaction. watch. >> i think he believes it's like a taylor swift concert moving across america, some kind of a tour. this is not the chinese spy balloon tour. this is a threat to america. it's provocative for

joined as always, ainsley earhardt, today we have a surprise, griff jenkins. >> griff: you did the datend i just realized it is my niece sofie garcia's birthday. >> ainsley: happy birthday niece. most uncle don't know their niece's birthday. >> griff: she just had her first child, cooper. >> brian: better than me, i tell you that. >> ainsley: we're glad you are here. >> griff: there is a chance it might be tomorrow, pretty sure it is today. >> ainsley: good morning, glad to be working with you today. >> griff: the double murder trial of disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh is set to resume in just over an hour. >> ainsley: the defense planning to question more experts today, he is maintaining his innocence in the death of his wife and son. todd piro has the latest. >> todd: they will bring four more witnesses on to the stand. last week murdaugh took the stand himself for two gruelling days of cross-examination. he admitted to lying about the last time he saw his son maggie and son paul alive. he claimed he was not at the hunting lodge, but video evidence proves otherwise. he says he twisted t

griff jenkins is live in mission, texas, the exclusive for us. why would there be a drone, ok, griff, we will get back to him as soon as that shot is back up. he's always bringing us the story directly from the border and sometimes we have a bit of a problem. but we are following obviously the breaking details from the cartels, griff jenkins has been doing some spectacular reporting on all of this. griff, the question is why would there be a drone operated by the mexican cartel on the u.s. side of the border? >> yeah, that is exactly the question, sandra, and it's so windy here you would wonder why would anyone try and fly a drone but the smugglers and the cartels do, it gives them the advantage, eyes in the sky. this picture we shot over the weekend when border control agents were able to capture the drone operated on the u.s. side. smuggler fled back to mexico but he was using it to guide migrants past agents. we can show you video of the migrants that were brought into custody, guided in that. and that is the problem, the sophistication of the

i am griff jenkins in four todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. blimp finally shot down i have on saturday evening as the president gave the order on wednesday. >> this balloon is going down. this balloon has been taken down and falling from the sky. >> ashley: but officials want to know why it took seven days for the biden administration to handle this. >> china has been for some time and will be the primary strategic adversary of the united states. a message they are trying to send the world we can do whatever we want in the america can't stop us. >> they should not have this encouragement in the united states. we have a real problem. >> this bible and has become testing president biden strength and unfortunately the president failed that test. >> griff: brooke singman has more exclusive reporting and kicks things off for us on this monday morning. hey, brooke. >> with the gang of eight will be meeting as her list tomorrow for the briefing on the chinese spy balloon floating across the mainland last week. navy divers are working to recover debri

. >> todd: i am griff jenkins and for todd piro.ered in the chaos but it will smash the windows out of two police cars and sell fireworks towards the officers. at one point a giant mob with the cruiser down a freeway. lauren blanchard has more from washington, good morning, laura. >> good morning, griff. this is wild and dangerous and dumb. this was saturday. >> [bleep],! [tire squealing] >> ashley: so in between the street racing, spinning and forcing a patrol car and one officer injured and several police cars damage. here is the problem they are understaffed from officers on the street to 911 operators. in october just 66% of calls answered within 15 seconds. the actual standard is 90%. they also have to lower minimum job requirements just to fill an unprecedented number of job openings. one councilwoman reported being on hold for 28 minutes saturday night to report the street racing. in 2020 the allston state council voted to slash the police budget during the defund the police budget by $150 million here at the austin police as

griff jenkins live in d.c. with more on this. what did you find out? >> good morning.accine mandate that were implemented across cities kept millions of people out of areas were the most restrictive and featured on this show and others countless small business owners of the impact it had on livelihoods. the new study at george washington university finds no evidence these mandates resulted in increasing the number of people being vaccinated or reducing the number of covid cases or deaths. the study examining the mandates in the nine largest u.s. cities from new york to los angeles. public health restrictions enacted to help the spread of covid. no city achieved that goal and one lesson learned stands out. >> the number one lesson policies that people claim to save lives really hurt businesses, affected people, imposed a high cost on firms and individuals and there is nothing to show for it. >> fox news contributor dr. marty makary says people are left now with more -- >> public health has been hurt using dogma over science saying confidently people should do something

send it back to you. >> griff jenkins in brownsville for us this morning. thank you. polling headaches continue to pile up ahead of 2024 for the president. he said some pretty clear signals in recent months he does intend to run for re-election then said this this week. listen. >> i had sounds like you are run. >> president biden: i haven't made that decision. that's my intention but i haven't made that decision permanently yet. >> you have said multiple times you have an intention to run for re-election. >> recent polling shows 78% of overall voters don't want to see biden run again in 2024. 62% of democrats feel the same way. new op-ed says under biden's failed leadership americans are poorer and left safe. border wide open and democrat led school lockdowns, all these crises have erupted on biden's watch but no interest in fixing them. let's bring in doug collins from georgia and jonathan kott senior advisor to senator joe manchin and gentlemen, thank you for taking time with us this afternoon. jonathan, when is the optimal time for the president to announce if he i

griff jenkins is live admission, texas a part of the rio grande valley.is the latest for us. >> good evening jon you're exactly right about those numbers for the administration believes the number drop below 200,010 straight months. they are still on track for that record year but let me show you. in the first four months of fiscal year 2023 you can see nearly eight or 75000 migrant encounters. obviously the number is down but a lot of work to do there's no slowing down of the number of migrants crossing illegally and trying to run and not be apprehended but take a look at this video early this morning we are on patrol. we saw as they apprehended this group of all mexican nationals trying to evade apprehension. but they are being guided by a mexican cartel drone being operated on the u.s. side. agents recovered that drone as we were on in. take a look at this picture, jon for this is a drone being operated by a mexican smuggler paid the smugglers fled back to mexico border agents recovering that important piece of surveillance from the other side. this co

griff jenkins will have more. >> will he or won't he?without saying the words i'm running for president, do what tim scott just did. go to the state that has the first gop presidential caucus and shoot down reporter questions about announcements. the senate's only black republican launching a faith in american tour in des moines today joined by kim reynolds and joy any ernst saying he's listening to americans on how to restore hope in america with that powerful speech in the last hour and taking a shot at the current commander-in-chief. watch. >> i understand that president biden lives in the past. he's been in washington for 50 years. we need new leaders who will lift us up, not tear us down. so let's talk about what that kind of leadership would look like. a leader with faith in america would have faith in americans. >> if scott jumps in the race, neil, he will be joined by former president trump, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy that just declared last night. what do folks think about a potential scott run? karl rove had this take earl

total so far this fiscal year to more than 874,000 on track for another record-breaking year, griff jenkinsn texas in the rio grande valley with more on the numbers. >> the border patrol chief tells me that the numbers are going in the right direction and the administration getting good news it is the first time in ten months that the number of encounters has been under 200,000 but let's put things into perspective you mentioned the fiscal year to date, 874,449 now compare that to this time last year the first four months of fiscal year 2022 uc 673,000, that means they are way ahead of last year end last year was the record chattering year meanwhile smuggling showing no signs of slowing down take a look at this el paso secretary chief tweeting to stash houses in new mexico busted with more than 50 migrants arresting smugglers from venezuela and mexico. take a look at this you can see the massive amounts narcotics in the weekly roundup at the chief ortiz posted in the arrest of criminal migrants including sex offenders, gang members and 20 firearms seized in an assault on an agent in arizona

griff: it's great to be with you, i'm griff jenkins. the balloon sighting dashing an attempt by the biden administration to ease u.s.-china tensions, with antony blinken calling off his trip to beijing. and we have coverage in london alexandria hoff in washington and let's start off. >> earlier some say the chinese balloon should have been shot down when this first crossed over alaska. >> we could have shot it down over open water, over dense, sparse parts of alaska and should it shot it down then. it leads me to believe that possibly a political decision was made by the white house not to do so for fear of interrupting the relationship with china. that's troubling if that it indeed the case. >> here at the white house, president biden only wanted to talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? >> the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carolina a short time ago and flying high over montana, one of the air forces th

>> bret: bret griff jenkins live along a wendy border tonight. thank you.cused of killing a top tech executive in front of his child appears in court. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as the driver of a u-haul detained by police which said the vehicle struck multiple pedestrians in brooklyn. the driver fleeing the scene after mounting a sidewalk in the bay ridge neighborhood. two people are said to be in critical condition after all of that. fox 32 in chicago as residents begin voting for mayor. early voting in all 50 wards takes place ahead of election day on february 28th. saturday 7 mayoral candidates participated in a forum. incumbent mayor lori lightfoot did not attend. and this is a live look at new london, connecticut from earth cam. one of the big stories there tonight from fox 61, a new england man is on a mission to push his limits as he makes a four corner walk across the country. army veteran matt dyer started the journey from his hometown of maine in december. he is curren

griff jenkins takes us all for a ride tonight from mission, texas. od evening,. >> griff: griff good evening, bret. we are learning a lot more about how niece cartels operate. how much it cost to cross the border. hot cartels are smuggling as smugglers and we are learning exactly how dangerous they really are fox news getting exclusive front row seat as texas dps troopers get chase smuggler high speed and a foot chase into the brush. the driver, a 15-year-old mexican teenager, which cartels like it use because juveniles often face fewer consequences. but this teen, taken into custody, and charged with human smuggling by texas officials. of the seven migrants recovered, a guatemalan man telling fox news how the cartels operate. >> you can't imagine how dangerous it is. >> griff: he said he paid the cartels $7,000 before crossing and his family owes another 7,000 once he reaches the u.s. griff griff and if you don't pay? >> this is a big problem. >> big problem? >> oh, yeah. >> will they kill you? >> oh, yes. easy. >> griff: some pay the price. this mig

correspondent griff jenkins shows us tonight. >> this is not about freedom or personal choice. >> you are going to see the empowerment of local enterprises giving mandates and i strongly support that. >> one strategy in our toolbox i would be all for it. >> that was the prevailing guidance at the height of the pandemic influencing policy decisions to require people to show proof of vaccination for entry, keeping millions of people out of restaurants, bars, and gyms. >> i look at each of the cities that implemented it and i find no evidence that it was effective. >> a new study by the center self-described libertarian free market oriented think tank says in final of the largest u.s. cities there was no evidence that the mandates increase the number of people being vaccinated or reduced the number of covid cases or deaths. but the impact on small businesses was devastating. >> these policies that people claim to save lives really hurt businesses. it affected people imposed high cost on firms and individuals and there is nothing to show for it. >> in new york, more than 90% of res

griff jenkins is in mission, texas. >> we are learning more about exactly how the cartels operate and a quick warning, we have a graphic image what happens when you don't pay the cartels. let me show you the high speed chase, exceeded miles of 100 miles per hour and ended on this dirt road. the migrants baling and the driver here was a 15-year-old teen smuggler from mexico. he was getting paid $400 per migrant for smuggling them. the cartels use teens, because there are few consequences for them but fox has learned, john, this individual is in the hidalgo county detention center, and will be prosecuted, and one man was from guatemala, willing to tell us on camera how much he had to pay the cartel. listen here. >> we paid like $7,000 in mexico, and when we crossed the river, we need to pay another half, 7,000 more. so $14,000 total. >> what happens if you don't pay the cartel? this migrant claims he refused to pay and they attacked him with a machete. fortunately for him, border patrol agents were able to save his life. and important note about our coverage, it's not just humans as wel

griff jenkins in washington. nikki haley will have company.>> you would have the benefit being the governor of the very state that kicks off the whole primary season, new hampshire, less than a year from now. i can't believe that. does that tempt you? >> it would be a tougher challenge for me. even though i'm the referee. two things will happen. if i don't win my state, i'd be done. no matter how much i win by they'll say it's never never. >> we're doing all the things to do to get ready. we're trying to figure our way through. we don't have anything to announce. >> there's talk you're among those candidates. is that true? >> i'm getting it serious consideration. we've been successful 30 miles outside of washington where everything a tears to be broke and nothing but divisiveness and dysfunction. >> neil: asa hutchison joins me, the former governor of arkansas. are you going to make a white house run? >> the political landscape is just as unpredictable as tom brady's future. nikki haley looks like she's going to be in there. there will be a nu

. >> brian: we want entertainment and we want to know about the grammys. 1-800-griff jenkins. ou had the biggest moment of the night, don't you? >> good morning the grammys with memorable moments. let start with the big one, beyonce breaking the record for most grammy wins in history despite showing up late and missing her first a word because, well, she was stuck in traffic. >> i want to thank god. thank you, god. >> viola davis making history last night by joining the exclusive eagle club of performance who won a emmys, oscar, grammy and tony award. taylor swift wins best music video for "all too well" the short film and harry styles the first album of the year award for harry's house. a top moment for hip-hop fans when stores like elliott, ll cool j and the 50th anniversary with showstopping performance you see here and stevie wonder paying tribute to the legends performed "tears of a clown." check it out. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> pete: don't make >> pretty amazing stuff and chris stapleton joining stevie wonder for "higher ground and hillary n important message of nominated christian sin

i am griff jenkins in four todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus.mp finally shot down i have on saturday evening as the president gave the

you're watching "fox and friends first" on this monday morning, i'm griff jenkins in for todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the border is a mess under biden with 717,000 migrant encounters this fiscal year, inflation is still hitting hard, biden spent 13 trillion in taxpayer dollars and 141 billion set aside for climate spending. the president found time to relax with 207 vacation days logged and just 22 press conferences since being sworn in. alexandria hoff has the latest. >> alexandria: this is likely a kickoff point for the 2024 election season. this will not fly under republican-controlled house, biden will be working to win over his own party. according to abc washington news poll, democrats want someone else to run, just 31% support the president. buttigieg was presented with numbers and offered this. >> the poll, large number of democrats say they don't want him to run again. he is an absolutely historically successful president and i want to see that continue. >> alexandria: take a look back. this is important. we'll go over fiscal year 2023 alo

i am griff jenkins along with lisa boothe, welcome to the big saturday show the big story tonight, fema finally arriving in east allison ohio two weeks after the toxic trained realm that's causing health problems in the community. residents begging for help ever since and yesterday biden administration official telling fox news digital fema doesn't respond to these disasters, the official same boat but these policy needs is more expensive than what fema can provide. fema is on the front lines when there is a hurricane or tornado, this is different. apparently the federal agency reconsidered. >> they are finally showing up but i think it's a little late. i'm glad they are coming but i think they should have been here long before this. they've told us the responsible parties this is the most job, it's not a natural disaster. our residents take years before we know the effects. >> the ceo met with east palace seen earlier and told reporters he was there to quote support the community. all right, let's start this off, charlie, i spoke earlier today with one of the residents, we have a situa

griff jenkins is live in brownsville, texas with more. did this have an immediate effect, griff?a busy 24 hours all across the southwest border. let's go back to that video fox exclusively getting from sources video on both the mexican side and u.s. side of the 500 mostly venezuelan migrants that crossed the river because they had been falsely led because of a rumor they could get on buses and go straight to canada. they found out that they were not doing that. let me show you video we shot this morning. we've been up since 4:00 a.m. with texas dps on patrol apprehending group after group of migrants that don't want to be apprehended, the gotaways. runners. i'm here live on the scene in the rgb the texas dps sergeant. tell us what we've been seeing this morning. >> you saw the amount of manpower it takes to apprehend these runners. these are people making their way to the u.s. so they can get smuggled and picked up by vehicles. asylum seekers turn themselves in. we noticed an increase of chinese nationals on the u.s. side turning themselves in to border patrol. we also notice an

national correspondent griff jenkins has the latest. >> good evening, will.ve learned anything about migrants, it is they don't like snow. that's literally what one columbian migrant told the "new york post" about why he returned to new york after choosing to take new york up on its free bus ride to canada. he said too much snow in spanish. he got there didn't like those conditions. this is a program put together by charities funding these free tickets and of course mayor adams' latest attempt to try to get migrants out of the big apple unclear if the migrants don't like successful it will be with a few more months of winter. take a look at this video we shot after 4:00 a.m. running through the field here in the rio grande valley. these known got-aways smuggling on the rise. it happens every day all day long. and, look at this video shot by our fox sources over in el paso. both on the juarez side and u.s. side. you can see some 500 migrants, mostly venezuelan who rushed across the border because they heard a rumor about free bus rides to new york or canada. o

. ♪ ♪ speed to our own griff jenkins get a front row seat to a high-speed chase with suspected smugglersts apprehended seven migrants and their driving yesterday. one of the migrants paid the cartel $7,000 to be smuggled into the u.s. and still owes him another $7,000 or he says he will kill him. in the meantime, the agents in remote areas of arizona seizing 24 pounds of fentanyl being back crossed and the border patrol sees 89,000 pounds of meth, 39 pounds of marijuana and nearly 9 pounds of cocaine. the estimate is more than $500,000. over in san francisco, leaders are rethinking sanctuary cities status. we are not kidding about this due to the growing fentanyl prices. matt dorsey said it is time to withdraw sanctuary protection for illegal migrants bringing the deadly drug into the u.s., todd, todd appeared to be one that is fascinating, actually. that number on the shores of florida failed policies. pushing a new bill to spend $10 million to relocate all of the migrants that arrived to democrat sanctuary cities and states. >> it is a matter of national security. what is going on at t

ahead of that to griff jenkins in mission, texas and what this is about. griff? >> hi, neil.trip to the border as speaker. he's taken freshmen members of congress with him because he felt it important that they see it first hand. he's no stranger to the border. you can see here, take a look at the video of him in november in el paso seeing things first hand, walking around, talking to the agents. now, this time mccarthy will be in the tucson sector touring in a helicopter, seeing it from the sky. our border colleague, bill melugin is tagging along for the ride. one of the focuses of mccarthy's trip, the fentanyl crisis. take a look at this, neil. just yesterday the chief of the border patrol, raul ortiz porschesed the bundle of 100 pounds of fentanyl that came across with a migrant, which is enough to kill 100 million americans. the white house blasting mccarthy's trip. last night here in the rgv, a bipartisan delegation came here that included three democrats. held the first field hearing at the border. the white house also calling this hearing you see here a quote publicity

griff, thank you, griff jenkins on that story in washington. >> dana: fox news alert top of the hour. now topping the news. some house republicans are calling for a full investigation after their military records were improperly released to a group with close ties to democrats. that was during the 2022 mid-terms. cross-country winter storm having a major impact bringing blissard conditions to the upper midwest and significant icing through the great lakes as it heads to the northeast. more than half a million customers losing power so far. transportation secretary pete buttigieg finally visiting east palestine, ohio nearly three weeks after the train wreck there. the ntsb will release its initial findings today and we'll have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first republicans getting a close-up look at president biden's border crisis. the house judiciary committee is holding a field hearing today in yuma, arizona to find out how illegal immigration is affecting the local community there. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. you were just there

griff jenkins and we begin the bryan llenas after the coast of myrtle beach, south carolina.hat's happening this hour? >> good morning. the conditions this morning much better than they were yesterday as the salvage operation continues. we're on a boat six miles off the coast of myrtle beach. our fox news drone team has footage of the salvage operation. you can't see much from where we're at. from the air you can make out those ships that are doing this salvage operation. we're told the majority of the debris on the surface has been picked up by the military and is making its way to the f.b.i. lab in quantico. this operation is now moving towards an underwater operation. debris is 50 feet under water where they are trying to get the pieces of china's spy air ship. we're told it's the size of a regional aircraft several thousand pounds, debris field the size of 15 football fields by 15 football fields. monday morning the u.s. ns pathfinder began mapping the ocean floor using sonar and underwater vehicle technology to locate the debris. it is collected on board the u.s.s. carte

. >> ashley: will quickly come up griff jenkins made a point but we are talking about the cartel's spirite federal government? >> they are exploiting the loopholes and the policy, the loopholes and the immigration law. you have been have administration aren't caring about it because they are not doing the things to discourage this activity. >> ashley: it is amazing this keeps happening and we know how to stop it but no one is stopping it. ron vitiello thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> todd: the latest left-wing pundit going after nikki haley's age. i don't get this. "the view" slamming an ad by the presidential candidate. >> it is time for new generation of leadership. >> you are not a new generation. you are 51, what are you talking about? >> todd: here is how haley responded to the criticism. >> it is not new, martha this happened when i ran for government. i've had this all my life. they will come at me but none of that phase is me. if my age is all they have, it means we are winning, and i'm okay with that. >> todd: joe concho will be here to talk about this m

griff jenkins is live in mission, texas with the latest on these details. good afternoon, griff.riff: yeah, mike, the numbers are well down from december by nearly 100,000, but higher lan last year and the border patrol chief raul ortiz here in the rgv for a change of ceremony for the new chief in this sector, spoke to us exclusively yesterday. we talked about the numbers, the rise chinese migrants and challenges they face going forward, listen. >> i suspect the number is going to be around 130,000 or so on for the border patrol, that's a significant decrease in what we saw last year and we were able to decrease the got-aways numbers significantly. those are the numbers that we want to trend in the right direction. when you think about what we're experiencing right now, we're seeing migration flows from 160 different countries. when i start this had job 32 years ago, we saw migrants mainly from central america, mexico, and to some degree south america, but we've seen them from all over the world. you've got chinese, a huge increase it appears across the border right now. >> yeah,

griff jenkins is live in mission, texas with more. >> good morning. we plan to show you all of that footage from the migrant shelter but just in the last 45 minutes i have been riding with texas dps troopers and we got in a high speed. i'm riding with a sergeant as the driver pulled over, bailed and ran. these are the migrants that were ultimately recovered. there were seven total that ran. we were able to bring in border patrol agents as well as texas dps bring all seven into custody. the driver, dana, was a 15-year-old from mexico. he will be processed and charged. one of the migrants that was captured told me he was from guatemala and said he paid $7 thousand to the gulf cartel and he has a pay another $7 thousand once they got across. now he and his family are in danger because he doesn't know how he is going to pay that. we talked yesterday with lieutenant of texas dps about the surge in teen smugglers and what he had to say about that. >> they are targeting juveniles using social media platforms to recruit young drivers and because of that we've

. >> john: griff jenkins is live on the border in mission, texas. what's the latest from there?ng, john. learning more about how the cartels are operating and a quick warning. graphic images in this report. first take a look at that pursuit we were in, high speeds exceeding some 100 miles-per-hour. the smuggler leading us onto a dirt road where finally they bail putting the migrants, officers and communities in danger. little did i know at the time we were led on the chase by a teenage smuggler. he is a 15-year-old. you see him there mexican resident just across the river. he was being paid $4 hundred per migrant and cartels use these teens because they are rarely prosecuted. john, not this time. fox learning this morning he is accepted into the juvenile detention center and has multiple felonies. seven migrants apprehended. rarely do they talk to us for fear of their life. this man told us everything. listen. >> we paid $7 thousand in mexico. and when we crossed the river, we need to pay another $7 thousand more. so $14,000 total. >> over in the del rio sector you see graphic i

now our griff jenkins live in mission, texas with texas department of public safety chris oliveras withe growing border crisis, hello, gentlemen, to you both. griff: hey, alicia and, yes, those numbers are down significantly from december but yet the number of runners, the migrants that don't want to be apprehended are up. in fact, check this out. i was out with lt earlier this morning when border patrol agents caught a mexican cartel drone being flown on the u.s. side. lieutenant, tell me about what we have, how rare that is to capture one? >> it's rare to capture a drone but as far as seeing drone incursions, it's a daily occurrence. they do drones to their advantage that way being able to bring down people or drugs. we can extract the data from the droop and see what kind of surveillance they are using against us and their tactics to try to facilitate that and hopefully capture more of the drone encounters. griff: though, we didn't get the smuggler? >> correct. it's very rare to see them on the u.s. side. for the most part in mexico flying the drones. it's rare to see them flying on

griff: i'm griff jenkins. and it's great to be with you.nd the biden administration is facing scrutiny over the massive amount of spending over ukraine. lucas tomlinson is on the snowy white lawn of the white house kicking things off for us. >> high inflation is reducing savings nationwide and producing more credit card debt coupled with higher interest rates. many americans are feeling the squeeze and we don't have to tell the viewers, we feel it every day. let's look at the new inflation index that just came out. this is the personal consumption price index, the feds preferred gauge of inflation. and it rose and beating analyst expectations roughly 4% increase and annual rate 5.4%, as you mentioned the first inflation in inflation data since it peaked in june making some wondering if fed is behind in inflation fight. and president biden reacting a statement reads in part. today's report shows we've made progress on inflation, but we have more work to do. of course, it's the one year anniversary of russia's war on ukraine and $2 billion we

griff jenkins live near the border in mission, texas. hi, griff. >> hi, martha. good afternoon.e've never seen at our southern border. take a look at this tweet by border patrol chief raul ortiz put out a few hours ago, a bundle of fentanyl being carried by a migrant in yuma, arizona around the port of entry despite claims that it goes through the ports. chief ortiz said that so far in fiscal year in 2023, 476 pounds of fentanyl was seized between these ports of entry, which is enough to kill 100 million americans. this as we get an exclusive ride-along with texas temperatures pursuing people at over 100 miles an hour. the driver was a 15-year-old teen from mexico. the cartels use teens because they face fewer consequences. texas officials are throwing the back at him, charging him with human smuggling. seven migrants are covered. one of them a guatemalan man had to pay $15,000 to the cartels. he said he was attacked by a machete by cartels in mexico for refusing to pay. all of this is much of what the energy and commerce committee house field hearing, the first of its kind in t

i am griff jenkins along with lisa boothe, welcome to the big saturday show the big story tonight, femas after the toxic trained realm that's causing health problems in the community. residents begging for help ever since and yesterday biden administration official telling

. >> pete: griff jenkins is here to break down some of the night's best moment. >> brian: griff loves ainsley: grammy griff. >> griff: filled with plenty of memorable moments last night. let's starmted off with a big one. beyonce breaking the record for most grammy award wins in history despite showing up late to the ceremony and missing her first award because she was stuck in traffic. >> i want to thank god for protecting me. thank you, god. >> griff: viola davis also by joining exclusive egot club. performers won emmy, grammy, oscar and tony award. now swifties myself included everywhere are aelated as taylor swift wins best musical video for all too well his or her short film and harry styles taking home first ever album of the year award for harry's house. it was a top moment as well for millennial fans when hip hop stars, including miss is i elliott took the stage makings the genre's fifth anniversary with a show stopping collaboration and stevie wonder paying tribute to smoky robinson legends perform tears of a clowb. check it out. ♪ tears of a clown ♪ we know s sing it, steve

griff jenkins is live in mission, texas with the details. what was it like? the first but lawmakers told me it will not be the last. now this was the energy and commerce committee chaired by mcmorris that you heard right there. they took deep dive into the public health crisis at the border with particular focus on the unprecedented amount of deadly fentanyl coming across. they took the nighttime tour and saw the rgb sector and got a firsthand look where the migrants cross and fentanyl comes across and briefed by agents in the field. the white house blasted it as a house republican quote publicity stunt. three democrats felt it important enough to see for themselves. democrat representative angie craig had this to say. >> i think we have an american crisis and if we can't come together on a bipartisan basis, that's what i wanted to send a message to my committee chair who happens to be a republican and i'm a democrat, is that we've got to come together to figure out how we solve this crisis. >> also in attendance congressman dan cran much shaw and has been pu

. >> john: it is, but in line with what illegal migrants have been telling griff jenkins and bill melugint: that's right, they have been saying exactly that, and that is the policy change and the signal, the bat signal that went out that said come, and that was a word used by candidate joe biden, come to the border, it's changed now in messaging. but the messaging has not got out to latin america and other places. >> john: i don't expect he will talk a lot in the state of the union, he's building as a conversation with the american people, expected to lean into the economy. but obama's press secretary, robert gibbs, suggested the speech will set the stage for a consequential battle between joe biden and house republicans. last year's theme was unity, that didn't go very far. so now what's this year's theme, war? >> bret: if you look at the speeches he's given and the maga republicans line and the extreme maga republicans line, i mean, clearly they are trying to use that. some would argue they used it effectively ahead of the midterm election, that and the abortion issue to drive some inde

griff jenkins is alive and at mission, texas with alex in the ground.e griffin. >> i eric good afternoon for you are right these numbers are down. in fact it is the first month in 10 months we are under 2000 bread for contacts for our viewers the colder months the winter months are traditionally lower in encounters and the administration is pointing to changes like that new asylum parole program for bringing the numbers down. however let me say december the first four months of fiscal year 2023 you can seat nearly 875,000 migrant encounters a purge that is still on a path for a record year. main i'll take a look at this footage i shot earlier but you can see here on the ground a handful of migrants apprehended. if you're one to turn themselves in they were running their own mexican nationals. what is amazing caves they are being guided by a mexican cartel drone flying on the u.s. side. take a look at the still picture i took of the drone that captured it. the smuggler flying the drone escape back to mexico. they apprehended the migrants and they got tha

. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is live in washington with the latest for us, griff?griff: good morning, ainsley, steve and brian. this story highlights the reality that ranchers living along the border have been dealing with for the past two years. hundreds of thousands of migrants illegally crossing cron their property all hours of the day no one there to stop them or take them into custody. now in arizona a sits in jail shooting a migrant who trespassed on his land. 73-year-old george allen kelly facing first degree murder charges after a body was recovered on his property which sits some 75 miles south of tucson in just a mile and a half off the u.s.-mexico border. you can see here on the map. now, kelly is begging a judge to reduce his bail set at $1 million fearing for his wife's safety. saying in court documents, quote: she's there by herself. nobody to take care of her. the livestock, or the ranch. now as santa cruz county sheriff's office investigates this case. local reports say the deceased man was a mexican national with a history of crossing the border bu

what's going on there, griff jenkins in mission, texas. >> hey, neil, let's start with the latest cvpor the month of january. the cvp folks, obviously, happy that finally after 10 months, the number is well below what it was last month and under 200,000. look here, we can show you on the screen in the center, the official january numbers, 156,274. now, that's much lower than the december's 251,000, but you can see next to it compared to last january, it's still up about 2,000. now, you see that over 50% were single adults, but that hasn't stopped the migrants coming that don't want to be apprehended or surrender themselves. we can show you this morning, every morning, neil, gotten up 4 a.m., gone out with texas dps and pursue the runners, that don't want to be caught, running along the brush as they're on patrol and they're finding, obviously, this spike, 800 plus percent in chinese. the chief of the border patrol ortiz who i spoke to yesterday said they've seen over 3,000 chinese in just this fiscal year compared to 300 last year. here is a little more of what he had to say. take a l

here's griff jenkins. >> this is not about freedom or personal choice.ting yourself and those around you." >> you're going to see the empowerment of local enterprises giving mandates, and i strongly support that. >> i'd be all for it. >> that was the prevailing guidance of the head of the pandemic, influencing policy decisions to require to show people proof of vaccination for keeping millions of people out of restaurants, bars, and james. >> you look at each of the cities that implemented it, and i find no evidence that it was effective. >> a new study by a self-described libertarian free market oriented think tank says in nine of the largest u.s. cities, there was no evidence that the mandates increased the number of people being vaccinated, or reduce the number of covid cases or deaths. but the impact on small businesses was devastating. >> those policies people claim save lives really hurt businesses. it affected people, it imposed a high cost on firms and individuals, and there is nothing to show for it. >> in new york, more than 90% of restaurants

i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich. and alan shaw just finished meeting in east palestine, including with bill thompson. and lucas got a chance to ask him a question, i understand? >> that's right, one of our colleagues asked him that question. and that meeting just wrapping up just moments ago in this building right behind me, jacqui. he spoke to fox very briefly though. >> to support the community? >> like i said, very briefly. fema now supplying a small team to east palestine and we heard from ohio's governor who said hhs and c.d.c. will be deploying officials here as well to set up a small free medical clinic, including toxicologists and medical personnel to treat some victims in town. in a joint statement, ohio's governor and fema saying, quote, fema will supplement federal efforts by deploying a senior response official along with a regional incident management assistance team, support ongoing organizations, including assessments, a potential long-term recovery needs. now, one local resident, kayla miller who live

i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich. alan shaw just finished meeting in east palestine, including with bil

that development comes as our own griff jenkins gets a front row seat to a high-speed chase involvingcted smug gatlinburg during a border ride along. apprehending seven migrants and their driver yesterday and one migrant said he paid the cartel $7,000 just to get into the u.s. but he still owes another 7 grand and says they will kill him if he doesn't pay up. the face of america's property market is shifting. nine of the 12 most expensive neighborhoods in the u.s. are now located in florida. of course this is s. as more ultra rich americans move to the sunshine state. this particularly caused by the mass exodus from left-leaning areas like new york city and san francisco, which traditionally are in the top spots on those lists. miami's star irld, which is home to celebrities like jennifer lopez is the most expensive neighborhood in america. the mlb announcing a move to bigger bases for the 2023 season. the change not sitting so well with some of the big names. boston red sox manager alex cora cracking some jokes about the move. >> it is what it is. we have a lot of guys going to the t

. >> steve: that's right, griff jenkins joins us with more information.cans raining on will have investigations and today it starts. >> that's right steve, ainsley, and bryant part one jim jordan's judiciary committee will tackle boyle mike border security and t happen sooner when there are three seizures in 48 hours hundreds of thousands of deadly pills -- and cards across the border and it comes as sources tell us this morning for a new number you've had some 300,000 plus got a ways this fiscal year at a rate of nearly 2500 a day. that is 300,000 in four months and they've struggled to address it yesterday. >> psalm include the 600,000 plus getaways, folks who came into the country and did not go through the process of requesting asylum. do you know where they are and who they are? >> we are devoting tremendous resources to enhance our border security and we will keep at it. >> do you know where they are and who they are? >> got a ways have been a challenge from year to year regardless of the admini administration. >> a challenge, not apparently a crisi

i'm griff jenkins, in for todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. one injured in the chaos, people smashed the windows out of two police cars. a giant mob forced a cruiser backward down the freeway. lauren has more from washington. >> good morning, these videos are just as wild as dangerous and dumb. this was a busy intersection saturday night. take a look. >> oh. [bleep] [engines revving] >> ashley: at police cars, a crowd swarming and forcing a police car back. one officer was injured, several police cars were damaged. the police department is understaffed from officers on the street and 911 operators. just 60% of calls is answered within seconds. they had to lower minimum job requirements to fill openings. in 2020 the austin city council defunded the police by $150 million. the austin police association tweeted austin policymakers are responsible for the overall safety of citizens and visitors, looked like the wrong decision and they continue to demoralize public safety. austin was one of the safest cities, not anymore. the police budget was rein

welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich. let's go the white house on the breaking news. lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that's right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. >> the chinese balloon -- >> we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. >> we don't know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i'd be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american spy pla

. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is live with more.ed these investigations and they are already talking about the origins of covid, finding out if money was wasted. >> ainsley, brian, and steve, good morning. you're right, ainsley. if this hearing is any indication of things to come, then buckle up. chairman jim jordan took the gloves off yesterday, blaming the border crisis on president biden, and suggesting it was created on purpose. watch. >> month after month after month we have set records for migrants coming into the country. and, frankly, i think it's intentional. i don't know how anyone with common sense or logic can reach any other conclusion. it seems deliberate, it seems premeditated. >> but democratics ride back with ranking member jerry nadler accusing republicans of being maga racists for highlighting the crisis. >> this shows the tendencies of the extreme maga republican wing of the party that seeks to close the border to places like cuba and venezuela. it almost makes me miss the usual obsession with conspiracy theories

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