to get tougher. >> are you happy with kirstjen neilsen? >> i like her a lot, i respect her a lot, she's very smart. i want her to get much tougher and we will see what happens but i want to be extremely tough. >> during a conference call with reporters dhs also said most of the caravan members are not women and children and instead a single adult or teenage males who place women and children at the front of the line to gain sympathetic news coverage. dhs also says it identified more than 500 criminals traveling with the caravan. the general overseeing the deployment of 5800 us military members to the border says some of those troops could start coming home as soon as this week. shannon: new\from thousands of central american migrants, not coming from the trump administration, coming from mexicans who say they're worried about the growing burden on their economy. national correspondent in tijuana with details. >> tension tijuana. >> we are here because our government has not taken control of these. >> shouting hondurans go home and viva mex

. >> reporter: kiersten -- kirstjen neilsen says that's not a reason for asylum. >> 90% of those makingms are not making a claim that can be honored under the statutory framework of the united states. it is not a valid reason for asylum. if you're coming to get a job that is not a claim for asylum. if you're coming to be with your family that's not a claim for asylum. >> reporter: officials say as many as 1000, 22000 are on their way today. shannon: heather: you were 10,000 ultimately last night. and back calls to support your the border by building a wall and closing the loophole. brit hume says the president can't do it alone and congress needs to act now. >> the president says this all the time. if you don't have the border you don't have a country. that is indisputably true and his promise to halt the flow of illegal immigrants into the country is a perfectly reasonable thing to promise. you get into the question of whether we should have a better immigration policy to handle this attempt by people to get asylum we need that but he can't reset into being, that is the responsibility

mattis is joined by kirstjen neilsen, four migrant caravans arriving in the next few weeks. >> whether for natural disasters or cybersecurity, don't have to fight the home game and it is national security. >> reporter: look at this, dhs putting of razor wire to prevent a repeat of migrants climbing the border fence in defiance of us law. all-time records for illegal immigrant children and families attempting to enter the us, november looking the same. >> we will talk to a former border patrol agents coming up with more on this. another fox news alert, 59 people confirmed that as wildfires burn across california. the sierra fire fueled by windss scorching 150 acres east of los angeles. to the north some brand-new drone video showing the devastation caused by the camp fire. 8800 homes completely destroyed in the town of paradise. national guard troops helping search teams comb through the debris as 100 people remain missing. interior secretary ryan zink you touring the devastation with california governor jerry brown saying it is the worst he has ever seen but relief is in sight. rain ex

a fox news exclusive with homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsen, the security of voting machineschief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge, to combat any election meddling. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ comfort. what we deliver by delivering. >> shannon: a fox news exclusive tonight as we go inside the >> fox news exclusive tonight insidede the plane to keep tuesday's election secure. donald trump says the administration spent a lot of money and time to prevent any meddling. here is katherine herridge. >> reporter: we haven't seen any successful activity. we haven't seen any activity we can attribute directly to a foreign nation. >> reporter: homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsen will oversee the situation room on election night tracking cyberthreats to voter databases and online efforts using propaganda and disinformation to influence voters perception and decision-making. >> the most secure election in modern age. >> reporter: he spoke to fox about the new security measures a day after she, fbi director christopher ray and the nations intelligence chief briefed the president. >> his

>> washington post reporting the president is referring to get rid of dhs secretary kirstjen neilsen.berts has had conflicting reports about the president's level of happiness with her, her job performance but one source told john the president is very happy with kirstjen neilsen. she is expected to leave the post by the end of this year. suggestions that the vatican maybe trying to interfere with efforts to clean things up in the wake of the catholic church sex abuse scandal comes as american bishops are meeting in baltimore. lauren green has the story. >> at the insistence of the holy see we will not be on two action items. >> reporter: adopt change of plans at the bilingual meeting in baltimore, the vatican at the last minute inserting its own authority as bishops look to take the decisive action on the sexual abuse crisis. >> there is hope that we are moving in the right direction. to say you can do everything but, actually end up with an action item that the end is frustrating to us. >> reporter: the two crucial measures, the new code of conduct of bishops and civilian led invest

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homeland secretary kirstjen neilsen and white house staff john kelly may be on the way out. kate lynn, is the ann administration headed for a huge shakeup here? >> reporter: it seems that revolving door seems to be spinning faster these days and mira ricardel, the national security aid, john bolton's number one, had the broadside to herbie melania trump, something stung, we haven't seen in this white house. she is still at work in her office in the executive eisenhower building next door to the west wing working away in her job. now the question is whether or not she's going to stay on in that job or mr. she's just being given some time to clean out her desk. right now, her fate seems to be unclear. she is not the only one. john kelly is as well, once again the chief of staff after the president has been lark out not only at the chief of staff but at his office and his deputy for advising him to can sell that planned trip to a cemetery in paris for the end of the world war i commemoration on saturday. the president was not expecting the negative coverage he got for that. now

this is part of a wave of conversations targeting gop lawmakers, homeland security chief kirstjen neilsensenate republican leader rich mcconnell. >> why don't you get out of here. >> reporter: the protests expanded to conservative media figures, some of carlson at liberal critics said his home should be out of bounds. tucker carlson is a controversial commentator but targeting homes and families breaches the boundaries of free speech. such harassment could spark counter protest against the left raising the risk that one of these incidents will end badly. shannon: we don't want that for either side. thanks for digging in. tucker is on vacation for a couple days. already planned. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us. brian kilmeade in for tucker next. ♪ the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? with who we are as people and making everybody feel welcome. ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. i love the custom ink des

chance at an asylum hearing, some of them are seeking safety or better economic opportunity but kirstjen neilsenays some of them could be dangerous. >> reporter: some continue to report the caravan is made up of mostly women and children. the reality is the majority of the caravan we see is made up of single adult males or teenage males. in addition we have identified over 500 criminals to include no gang members contained in the flow of the caravan. >> to curtail or stop the caravan donald trump wanted all migrants seeking asylum to make the request for a port of entry and deny the claim if they cross the border illegally but federal judge, an obama appointee from the us district court says the trump proclamation decries legitimate asylum claims, hero the injunction whatever the scope of the president's authority he may not rewrite the immigration law to impose a condition congress has already expressly for britain. the president was blunt when asked about this yesterday. >> it is a disgrace. in my opinion it is a disgrace what happened with the ninth circuit. we will win that case in the supre

. >> secretary kirstjen neilsen says that's not a valid reason for asylum. >> 90% of those making asylumnot making a claim that can be honored under the statutory framework in the united states. it is not a valid reason for asylum. if you're coming to get a job that is not claim for asylum. if you are coming to be with family that is not a claim for asylum. >> reporter: these migrants already restless and losing patience but upwards of 2000 coming from two hours way to compound the problem. jillian: thank you. rob: some democrats still calling for open borders despite what looks to be thousands of illegal immigrants or illegal migrants trying to force their way in. jillian: lindsey graham says the president is handling the crisis exactly how he should be. >> i have been in the military most of my adult life. he used the least amount of force possible to protect you and secure the mission of the mission is to protect the border from being overrun so teargas keeps the people apart. that is a good thing. the bottom line is donald trump was right to call the caravan out weeks ago. he is righ

there are reports current dhs chief kirstjen neilsen could be asked to resign by the end of the monthrlier. the white house is not commented. tom homan will join "fox and friends" live at 6:30 eastern. rumors about a lot of changes that could take place. the cia, a drug that acted like a truth serum on terror suspects after 9/11 is a newly released report reveals the agency looked at drugs at interrogations to get information about potential attacks. the idea to use sedatives was part of a research program w project medication. the cia did not use it citing ethical concerns. the senate judiciary committee is not backing down, it is moving forward with donald trump's judicial nominees despite democrats disagreeing with the picks, the president nominating chris christie, former lawyer to the third circuit court of appeals and the senate hopes to confirm more than 40 judicial nominees before the new congress starts in january. hillary clinton will no longer be erased from the history books in texas, the state education board overturning a previous vote to cut her out of the curriculum. o

tensions with the first lady's office and an uncertain future for homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsenlet's talk about the weather. northeast's first snowstorm of the season claiming at least 7 lives. a powerful nor'easter dumping heavy snow on the roads. rob: a multi-car crash on the george washington bridge adding to the traffic nightmare. meteorologist janice dean is in studio tracking the storm fast. >> reporter: even my husband after he was shoveling said that you forecast this amount of snow? we knew the storm was coming, it was always an overachiever from houston, texas as it made its way to the coast and gave 3 inches of snow to dc, 6 inches of snow in central park. a lot of snow in a short time but you can't say we didn't know about it. it is hard to predict where the heaviest band will come on shore. this storm was an overachiever since it began in texas. the bottom line is in new york city it was bedlam. salt on the roads, people getting ready to leave work at 3:00 pm and that is when the heavy snow came so there will be a lot of stories in the northeast about people not pre

hearing, some are families seeking safety and economic opportunity but homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsenays some could be dangerous. >> some rapport the caravan is made of mostly women and children. the reality is the majority of the caravan we see is made of single adult males or teenage males. in addition we have identified 500 criminals to include known gang members in the flow of the caravan. >> reporter: to try to stop or curtail the caravan donald trump wanted all migrant seekers seeking asylum to make the request for port of entry and deny a claim if they cross the border illegally. the us district court in san francisco says the trump proclamation deprived legitimate asylum claims he wrote in his injunction, the president may not rewrite immigration law to impose a condition that congress has expressly forbidden. the president's reaction was blunt. >> it is a disgrace. what happens with the ninth circuit. we will win in the supreme court of the united states. >> the department of justice said it is being abused by tens of thousands of claims every year. and gave the president bro

. >> reporter: thank you, secretary kirstjen neilsen at the southern border, vowing to appeal the ruling by an obama appointee, presidential directive aimed at preventing immigrants from claiming asylum if they cross the border illegally rather than applying by a port of entry. >> this court from a chamber in san francisco has replaced the president's judgment with regard to the fully delegated authority to determine what is a true national security threat to our nation's sovereignty. >> go to the ninth circuit and it is a disgrace and i'm going to put in a major complaint. b gets filed in the ninth circuit we get beaten and we end up having to go to the supreme court like the travel ban and we won. this was an obama judge and i tell you what, it is not going to happen like this anymore. shannon: donald trump wanted to order the justice department to prosecute democratic nominee hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey. the times says white house lawyers wrote a memo warning if he asked the doj to investigate political rivals he could face of your consequences, possible impeac

homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsen visited the southern border yesterday and after touringans making their way will result in approximately 8000, to 10,000 migrants massing along the southern border. the crisis is real and just on the other side of the wall. >> reporter: donald from calling a recent decision by the ninth circuit court of appeals disgraceful, referring to this weekend's decision to temporarily bar the administration from the lying asylum to people who enter the country illegally, reversing the proclamation the president signed. the decision reads in part, quote, whatever the scope of the president's a 40, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition congress has expressly forbidden. donald trump says he will win this case and is confident it will go all the way up to the us supreme court. back to you guys and happy thanksgiving. todd: something else kirstjen neilsen citizen the media there's a narrative the caravan is largely women and children, seeking asylum because it is very violent, and just because you are poor or looking for a job or

crazy over staff changes that the west wing is new reports suggest homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsenelly could be on the way out. when you take a look at the second year of the ford administration donald trump made the same number of cabinet changes as president clinton. only two more than president obama. do we just love the palace intrigue? is the president getting too much scrutiny in this area? >> when i went to work on white house senior staff in 1989 before you were born, at the time they told the average length of stay on white house senior staff was 1.5 years, reagan had four chiefs of staff, so did bill clinton. barack obama had five. george w. bush had five. secretaries of the treasury. jimmy carter, who was only an office for four years, had six acting secretaries of state. this is very common. you change the staff depending on what new things need to be accomplished in the white house, constantly changing. brian: of the eight that left, six cabinet officials, six a resigned, two are promoted. they were just moved, one from cia to secretary of state, kelly with homeland it

those measures and here in san diego, what we will see is the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen neilsentest in regards to the migrant caravan. talking about this migrant caravan we have seen 2400 migrants mostly from central america. they arrived for the past week or so, planning to seek asylum in the united states. and jim has opened up for them, a house, up to 3000. the mayor warned the city cannot a would not be able to handle anymore migrants but some reports suggested the caravan could reach 10,000. that is what we have been seeing. a lot going on. important to note, now open at the port of entry, live on the san diego side, back to you in new york. pete: let's bring in author and columnist mark stein, hosting tonight's tucker. you are a canadian. you know about our immigration laws. what do you make of the fact that apparently this federal judge ruled last night the trump administration breaking the law, you cannot demand people go through asylum only at the ports. >> i don't like the idea of judges overturning the executive orders of the president. it is absolutely ridiculous. on

i worked with secretary kirstjen neilsen.ou 100% of the time, you can't win on this topic because it is so divisive. she's working hard and doing a good job. we have a secretary that serves at the pleasure of the president. of the president make a change it is his prerogative. i read the same story, we will see what happens. we have a secretary in place now, when she was asked to step up she stepped up to the plate. all these people who want to attack this administration, they got no metal. and fortitude. she's working hard and we need to support her until the decision is made. rob: she put up with personal turbulence herself once she left office. how do you feel on another note, all of a sudden the term abolish ice among progressives that use that to propel themselves into office and change the narrative, they back off of abolish ice. >> with the help of fox news, myself and the president we are saying abolishing ice, open borders, if you get into the country legally no one will look to remove you. and sanctuary cities entic

kirstjen rielsen as secretary of homeland security. >> we'll be talking about it. n reporter: knowledgeable sources tell cbs news neilsen will be leaving but say the timing is uncertain. just last month, president trump praised her response to devastating hurricanes. >> secretary neilsen, you worked so hard. i don't think-- have you gone to sleep in the last two weeks? i don't think so. >> reporter: and she has been a vocal advocate for the president's policies, including immigration. >> apprehension without ectention and removal is not border security. >> reporter: but sources say she could fall victim to the president's frustration that his immigration agenda has stalled. >> i mean, there's no great secret. a lot of-- a lot of administrations make changes after midterms.d ce out, that could lead to yet another clash between the president and chief of staff sthn kelly, who is neilsen's strongest supporter in the white house. sources say her firing could result in kelly's departure. the former four-star marine corps general has been frustrated that he couldn't bring more order to the chaotic west wing. th kelly were to