joining me now is former dhs acting deputy secretary ken cucinelli.ational security risk, right? >> oh, absolutely. i meat the same time we see this massive invasion going on that is enriching the drug cartels south of the border, we also see drug availability on the streets of american cities going up, and that's coming across the southwest border. to what you know is going on -- so what you know is going on is that the cartels are sending people off on certain preplanned routes by them, they have intelligence themselves, and they run these right at the agents. as you noted, people are just turning themselves in because the government is facilitating their i legal immigration -- illegal immigration. at the same time, that overwhelms the border patrol in terms of manpower, and at the same time the cartels run the drugs across a different part of the border and are, thus, far less opposed in doing so, and it's easier for them to deliver those drugs to the whole rest of the uncountry. that's why the former customs and border protection commissioner mark

. ♪♪ elizabeth: back with us now, former dhs acting deputy secretary ken cucinelli.s, they are doing catch and release of illegal border crossers without court dates because border patrol is overwhelmed. that's quite an admission. what do you say? >> well, it is quite an admission, but let's face it, we knew just as a matter of math that they were doing this a while ago. but to have it officially admitted is an extraordinary thing. and just so people know, it has been standard practice certainly in the trump administration to issue what's called a notice to appear. this is your court aexperience requirement. now, a lot of them don't show up, but they're in the system, they're in the process of deportation at that point. and, of course, this administration doesn't want to deport people. so it isn't just an admission of catch and release, it's an admission that they're not even starting deportation proceedings against people who they pick up in the desert in between ports of entry who clearly came across the border illegally. complete abandonment -- elizabeth: okay, so

elizabeth: ken cucinelli, you're terrific. it's good to see you. >> good to see you too.x business. we hope you have a good w it ind heart. i'm larry kudlow, thank you. we'll see -- ♪ david: as u.s. cities keep trying to get back on their feet, violence on the streets keeps pulling them back down. the latest form is a wave of anti-semitic violence hitting american cities as israel and hamas continue with the ceasefire to end 11 days of bloodshed. more on that in just moments. plus, what some are calling an immigrant shell game. migrant children reportedly flying and riding buses straight from the border to states far from the border. we're going to be talking to tom homan, former acting