this one is about justice in america and rikers island. we have been working on this. it's our special report. we think it matters and by the end of the hour we will share that with you. but we begin with this battle for the control of congress right now. hear that music and you know we are into the season, the midterms. exactly one month away. early voting under way with issues like abortion and inflation driing people to the polls. many say democracy itself is on the ballot. we have special stuff planned. want to get right to it with michael steele. you know the music, sir. en why the beat. >> i know it well. >> when you hear that early voting is under way and look at what's going on out here, i'm coming right to you, regular "beat" viewers know we have a set up. coming right to you. what do you see right now in this homestretch? >> what i see right now are voter deciding to hunker down around a vote. the early voting, as you noted, has started. there's some anticipation and trepidation. the anticipation is voters are going to take seriously not just their concerns a

rikers island is a manifestation of what austerity gets us.is the inevitable outcome when you starve black brown and low income communities resources and throw police at every problem. it's time to end these archaic practices. >> jesse: i think we finally found someone dumber than aoc. she wants to get rid of rikers island which has some of the most dangerous prisoners so, where do they go? they go back out on the street? good idea. good idea. maybe she is just worried they are not getting enough sunlight. >> people literally consistently haven't seen sunlight for a month at a time. they were getting what we call rec time maybe once a month and that might not seem serious but like we are human beings. we need fresh air. we need sunlight. >> jesse: does she care more about dangerous criminals than she cares about regular, law-abiding citizens? that would be yes. the problem isn't unique to new york. it's infecting every city in the country. democrats are putting us in danger and we need someone to stand up to help us. joanne a republican member

first at the infamous rikers island in new york. later at a state prison before being transferred to los angeles for this trial. >> so he is currently serving his 23-year sentence. regardless of what happens in this current trial in los angeles, he will have to finish the remainder of that sentence in new york. >> there she is. >> how you? >> good to see you. >> reporter: when weinstein was convicted, many of his accusers felt their voices were finally heard. >> you told a lot of people. were you scared? >> reporter: caitlin dulany was following the first weinstein trial from los angeles. we filmed with her and three other weinstein accusers after the verdict. >> mixed bag. again, it's the anticipation, like the anticipation of the verdict. it's the anticipation of the sentence. >> reporter: the "criminal minds" actress alleges weinstein took his clothes off in her apartment in 1996, and three months later raped her while they were attending the cannes film festival. >> i was oh my god, oh my god, i couldn't believe that it was happ

working in the bodega who got attacked and had to defend himself, alvin bragg threw josÉ alba into rikers island slapped him with a murder charge with an open stab wound when i was in the district attorney's office saying this guy shouldn't be facing murder charge kathy hochul got involved and said it's a local matter i'm not going to get involved. so this disconnect. >> laura: i think, congressman, what we have to say tonight is, new york, it's time to save yourself. you have a chance to save new york. >> amen. >> laura: the state -- i mean, all of it. it's a great state. it's no state left behind and you did a fantastic job. a lot of people wouldn't put themselves out there like you did just to run for this position and congressman zeldin hats off to you, great job tonight. everybody has to go out and vote in two weeks >> one thought to be a long thought now minnesota republican gubernatorial candidate dr. scott jensen is now tied with incumbent tim walsh, total lib ratchet he's here next, not walsh, but obviously jensen and how he closed the gap. plus ahead of my houston town hall texas repub

. ♪ ♪ >> carley: a fox news alert, new york city to open its first migrant tent shelter on rikers islands bust from the southern border. >> the history of this country has always been tied to welcoming those who are fleeing harm. i believe we will always respond as new yorkers to make sure whoever comes here, we want to do our job. >> carley: at the migrants at the facility will have access to lounge areas with massive tvs, video game consoles. listen to health and city officials handle the meal plan. >> it is appropriate and south american fare. the menu rotates on a regular basis. >> carley: migrants will also have access to laundry services, but the special treatment has many on social media crying foul. one user replying to the mayor's post, why wasn't this done for homeless americans and veterans of our wonderful country? another demanding, "open up christie mansion for the spirit of the country, i'm sure there is some room for some migrants." great point there. >> todd: el paso's mayor steve standing his ground after they begged him not to declare a migrant emergency. the mayor say

. >> next to rikers island. >> ainsley: huge tennis facility new york become good at tennis that's wherehey go to compete. after school play tennis there. a lot of the schools send the kids over that island to play football and have football practice there because they don't have the big facilities here in new york city. so, anyway. that's where they are going to build a tent city. the governor has tapped the national guard to help she is calling in 100 members of the reservists. they say there are 16,000 asylum seekers here in new york. the texas governor cents 2900 since august 5th. the el paso mayor has sent 2300. >> brian: all of that that is a waste. september 7th putting it up. pay those same people to take it down shipping. it's all come out of our dollars. and six weeks ago there is a big story how they are so in the red in new york city. every single department, including the cops and firefighters, have to take 3% from their budgets. while we are wasting millions of dollars on people that don't belong here who have begun to overcrowd your classrooms. might be the best kids in th

take the rikers island prison we've also covered. democrats vowed to close it. of new york is walking that back. >> what we have to do -- we can't do it today, we can't do it tomorrow. what we have to do as quickly as possible in the city is get off reicher's island as quickly as possible. >> when you have the high number of people that can fit into borough-based jails, what do you do with the people that commit assaults, robberies, rapes? >> mayor adams is a moderate, former police officer. most people held at rikers are presumed innocent. they're awaiting trial for one reason, they can't afford bail. they're held in this dangerous system facing new accusations, rikers is, that it's covered up conditions so bad they just are trying to lie about them while a judge will decide next month whether to once and for all let the feds take control of what they view as a broken jail. we turn to civil rights activist jer ray mckesson, co-founder of campaign zero, an organization dedicated to ending the way america does mass incarceration. welcome back. >> it's good to be

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this one is about justice in america and rikers island. we have been working on this.with this battle for the control of congress right now. hear that music and you know we