bill is live in the rio grand valley, texas, now with more on that. bill. reporter: yeah, jon good evening to you here in rio grand valley this sec tofort border is most active section of the entire u.s.-mexico border always has been. so much so that texas through operation lonestar has decided to spend hundreds of state treerps down here to help supplement what is really just a completely overwhelmed border patrol force down here. and it is a good that i think they've done it because state troopers have been very busy take a look at this photo we got from texas dps this was a bus they made last night after a short pursuit. they pulled over a mexican national. he didn't stop at first they eventually got him pulled over look what they found in his car. 16 firearms, and including military grade fully automatic rifles over 3500 rounds of ammunition he had handguns with him shotguns you see in back a 50 caliber sniper as well. dps saying that man was trying to smuggle this all into mexico heading to star county area was ultimately arrested here in the la jolla

-mexico border particularly in the rio grande valley.'re standing like a broken record, groups of migrants will come out of the brush behind us to border patrol. had a group of about 100 this morning and we'll show you that video later and we'll show you the video that our crews shot this week with rio grande. the crossings happen in the middle of the night as you know. and this is video that alex hogan and her crew shot. migrants crossing the rio grande on rafts in the sector, having guides or the coyotes with them padsling them across, some coming with children and they come across the rio grande and to the u.s. side and give themselves up to the u.s. border patrol. we've seen if not just here, but in del rio, the large migrant families, presenting themselves and not trying to hide. they bring the children, if we can pull up video from the donna texas, there's reporting from axios that health and human services secretary xavier becerra says they might have to increase housing capabilities from 5,000 to 10,000 at fort bliss at the milit

there is a whole lot going on before they cross the rio grande. del rio, texas, to immediately get into the united states. just moments ago there was an elderly gentleman they were helping out of the river. some have camping gear so they can spend the night and do what they need to do. this is a heavy stream of people. a lot of children in the group that we are seeing now, too. women and children in this group looks like that woman is praying as she comes across. you saw her, right? she was physically making a cross and literally, the religious cross as she was praying coming through this water, the rio grande. of course, this section of it is lower. we have seen instances where our border patrol have had to get engaged to save people. that water is moving. look at the center left of your screen and look at the stream flow there. you get north or south of here it could be a different situation. you see how deep it just got and they're helping her out? this is going on and going on and going on. on the other side we don't have good information on wh

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bill is live on the border in rio grand valley, texas, with more. bill. reporter: good afternoon to you many of those migrants were apprehended right here in the rio grand valley sector which remains hottest sector the busiest sector all along thest mexico border and within that sector, we're here in la jolla, texas, one of the busiest spots and we'll show you why tick a look at this drone video that our fox drone crew shot earlier this morning this happens every morning out here large groups of migrants come out of the brush behind us and give themselves up to local border patrol officials here and between what we saw this morning it was well over 100 migrants many of them from honduras guatemala el salvador known as northern triangle countries one family telling us they were from honduras and took them two weeks to travel to this spot right here. but it also happens in the middle of the night take a look at this video that our correspondent al location began and her crew shot here moments ago same sector here in rgv mission texas coming across rio grand

the area is experiencing an influx of migrants crossing in through the rio grande. afternoon. i can tell you that from what we've seen on the ground here in del rio sector, the border here, it's just not closed. we've seen so much activity here over the last three days, three days in a row we witnessed large groups behind us. border patrol here apprehending more than 700 migrants every day. if we can pull up this video. this is from this morning where we're standing right now on the banks of the rio grande. this is a large group of migrants, the biggest we've seen. 52 venezuelans that decided to cross the rio grande. they had young children, infants. some were struggling in the water. this is something that we've seen every day largely with group of venezuelans and cubans. many folks are coming here to get away from their home countries. one immigrant said they are from venezuela. they went to columbia, a flight to mexico and came here and made the crossing. the problem is border patrol, they can't handle everything. they're overwhelmed right now. take a listen to w

and take a look at this crazy video out of demit down in the rio grande valley.om the local constable down interest showing him actually in the pursuit in the human smuggler had some migrants in the car with him. take a look at the video you will see those migrants start bailing out or get thrown out. wild video showing how desperate that human smuggler was to not get caught. take a listen to what one will to tell us about the resources they are having to use to stop stuff like this. >> we using all resources. we are using our tactical assets, aircraft boats, boots on the ground. and we're always stretched thin but we are always trying to find that balance. >> some of those police pursuits can be deadly and they have been deadly. here in del rio, the local sheriff giving us these photos here of a human smuggler being pursued by dps. he had eight mexican nationals in his pickup truck. he ended up crashing and tragically all 8 mexico kansas died in the crash. the smuggler survived. he is now back in jail. here in del rio interesting to see here today the mexican mi

en texas >> por meses el valle del río grande ha visto la llegad de inmigrantes en la frontera a diarioniños a las tres de la mañana hemos visto más de 70 mil niños no acompañados >> somos padres de familia y nos afecta >> a dónde se dirigen los menores de edad al momento de entregarse a la patrulla fronteriza una pregunta de activistas y ciudadanos por igual >> estamos encargados de recibirlos y aconsejarlos y les damos servicios humanos y de salud >> ha bajado el número de agentes en la christine blasey ford algo que han aprovechado de cruzar a más personas >> hay menos agentes (inaudible) >> quizás no tenga la suficiente mano de obra telemundo >> veamos las condiciones del tiempo vamos al centro meteorológico guillermo ¿cómo estás? >> césar bien gracias se ven cielos despejados aire seco sigue hoy martes la dirección del viento se mué y trae descenso de las temperaturas ya el cambio viene después del aire seco el panorama se mantiene seco desde mañana cambio de las temperaturas en la región todo california sigue con el sistema de alta presión la cámara en vivo y endirecto desde san j

then the smugglers drive the car into the rio grande escaping back to mexico on a raft and mockinglyye to the trooper as they crossed the river. >> we are seeing apprehensions at the border that have skyrocketed. >> and on the hill today senator mitt romney grilling dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas about the border situation. >> we can, in fact, meet the challenge humanitarian. >> what i find astonishing, mr. chairman, is that we have the secretary responsible for securing our border and our immigration system who doesn't recognize charts as being a problem. i find that extraordinary and extremely damning. >> and, bret, it was very interesting today happened to bees very first day we did not witness any migrants crossing the rio grande behind us. keep in mind, it had been having every single day for the past five days like clockwork. it appears at least here in this location the mexican government is being a little bit more proactive by stationing their military right here on the rio grande. we will send it back to you. >> bret: that's good news. bill, you have update on that breakin

we got an exclusive look from a vote ride on the rio grande with attorney general ken paxton, we suitedst and got on boats with 30 caliber machine guns, automatic guns to see how narrow the river is and who's on the other side, private land owners near the river need to protect their lien or they will get hijacked by the smugglers, we heard stories of cartels putting private homes on fire ripping through fences, threatening kidnapping of their families, all to get control people's property and use it to transport illegals crossed. one sugarcane farmer built his own fencing 3 miles long and it cost him $15 million to protect his property from being used as a transporting launchpad for smugglers and illegals, ag paxton sat down for an exclusive interview after the vote tour. >> they are the ones benefiting the most and whether president biden has exclusively known that, he should know that, what he's doing border patrol, logistics and transportation for all the immigrants while cartels have more opportunity to come in, they're charging a lot of money for these people to come across 4000 t

dozens of migrants crossing the rio grande river in broad daylight.a baby abandoned in the blistering heat. here is the moment they were found. >> no mother, no mother, no father, no nothing. this is one of our worker's wives right here taking care of this tiny one. no one with these children. >> greg: so juan, you've got 20 governors urging biden to act on this crisis. there is a harvard poll that says that the respondents overwhelmingly want action now, even to embrace trump's former border goals, because they seem to be working. can you actually say that these people, hey, this has happened before. this has been around forever. you think they are want to buy that shtick? >> juan: i don't think it's a shtick and i don't think anybody has to buy it. you can show these videos. did one yesterday. didn't want today. you know, it's one video out of context about, you know, as i said yesterday, people who have done mike have been crossing the rio grande for centuries in ters of illegal immigration. the the broader point about whether the border is open or

i spoke with the chief border patrol agent for the rio grande valley last week, chief brian hastingsd me what his team uncovered between the ports of entry just at the border and just since october at the texas border. watch. >> those stats are very concerning for us. we've seen 70 pounds of fentanyl so far just since october, 100 pounds of heroin so far, 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine, 40,000 pounds of pair was that, those are -- marijuana. those are in between the ports of entry. we're seeing large increases in hard narcotics which will make their way into the interior of the united states and we know the scary thing about those hard narcotics and what they do to our population here. maria: and then later on, while on a black hawk chopper tour of the border with texas governor greg abbott and the head of the department of public safety in texas, steven mcgraw, mcgraw told me the agents on the ground at the rio grande are working with the nypd to combat this massive flow of drugs over the open borders. >> just this week alone, over 1800 pounds of meth had amphetamines were seized a

at least in this spot on the rio grande in del rio both the united states government and mexican governmentots showing the remarkable images of migrants streaming in here by the dozens. send it back to you. >> bill: interesting to see that development. we have seen kids arrive here, a lot of them frankly, but this is somewhat rare. this is a girl out of honduras who arrived alone at the u.s. border in the middle of the night. >> sandra: devastating to see. heartbreaking. too many images like that. >> bill: the head of the dhs was at the white house earlier in the week saying the border was closed. you have been watching the reporters up and down the border throughout the week. that's not the case. >> sandra: it was a live shot bill brought to us. a steady stream coming over. >> bill: so you've got that at the border. you have this in the classroom now. critical race theory sparking heated debate from main street to pennsylvania avenue. white house press secretary jen psaki pushing back against the critics like senator tom cotton who says schools are indoctrinateing children with controversi

tal nicole así es las 5 niñas entre 7 años y 11 meses fueron encontradas solas en un rancho de río grandena mujer grabó el video donde se ven las niñas antes de ser llevadas por la patrulla fronteriza se ve mucha después se ve cómo se atiende a las pequeñas después en su página de facebook se ve cómo la patrulla fronteriza se las lleva la patrulla fronteriza dijo que estaban bien de salud no necesitaron atención médica y están bajo custodia del departamento de salud y servicios humanos son 3 niñas de honduras y las otras de guatemala una de 5 años y otra de 11 meses no sabemos si las niñas tienen familiares en estado unidos lo que sí sabemos según cifras oficiales es que hay más de 21 mil menores migrantes como ellas bajo cuodia del gobierno federal >>> qué lástima gracias hace algunas semanas que la administración del presidente joe biden comenzó la reunificación de familias migrantes pero nuestra colaboradora estuvo eneynosa méxico haciendo un reportaje sobre cómo otra política de la casa blanca está causando separaciones en la frontera vamos a escuchar parte de la entrevista para josé

maria: the head of the i rio grande border patrol, chief brian hastings, told me his team has uncovered100 pounds of heroin, 1,000 pounds of meth and 40,000 pounds of marijuana just in the last few months. he said these hard narcotics make their way into the interior of the united states. later on the blackhawk chopper with the governor of texas and the heads of the department of public if safety and the national guard, chief mccraw confirmed what chief hastings had said. he told me what shows up in texas does not stay in texas and that the mexican cartels are one of the biggest threats right now to new york. >> just this week alone over 1800 pounds of methamphetamine received along the texas/mexico border. 1500 pounds in the rgv, rio grande valley, and we talk about the impacts elsewhere. the governor said they're not keeping it here, a lot of that's headed to new york and other cities throughout the nation. so we know working with the new york city police department that their major, organized crime is really the mexican cartels. maria: the criminal organizations are depending on the

it's a seen we've witnessed happening almost daily here in the rio grande valley.x cameras also on the scene this morning where border patrol tracked down and apprehended another group of runners that had climb over the border and run four miles inland before trying to hide from agents in the brush unsuccessfully. on wednesday, dhs secretary mallorca tripled down insisting yet again the border is secure. >> the border is closed. >> but texas governor greg abbott pushing back today saying his state troopers are having to do the federal government's job here at the border. we saw heavily armed texas state trooper gun boats patrolling the rio grande in mission, texas. abbott says state troopers have arrested 1,100 criminals and 33,000 illegal immigrants during this search. >> the border security policies changed overnight under the biden administration. one was the elimination of the remain in mexico policy and the other was the clear message they would welcome in everybody. >> meanwhile, in the texas del rio sector border patrol reports they apprehended 10 convicted

were about to get in the vote with ag paxton and we will be touring the rio grande. in mexico is controlled by the drug cartels. if you want to get into that park, you have to pay the smugglers and the drug cartels, you cannot get into the park, they're all watching us right now. they know the agents are here, were patrolling the waters, as soon were gone, they will radio in and say coast is clear, more smugglers will come in. is it effective or do the drug cartels not care. what we sing, talk to us about where we saw that fence. >> that the first time i've seen is the land owner that bought the 3-mile fence to protect his property because he was tired of people come into his property and destroying his property and stealing his vehicles in the partial wall that trump was able to complete before he left office. maria: we have bulletproof vest on, machine guns, this is sending a message. >> the cartel controls this area and even more so now than before trump left office, the biden administration has empowered them by really sacrificing a lot of our people of other tas

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fox news cameras once again exclusively capturing these live images as they trek across the rio grandetate of texas. we're also learning five abandoned migrant children, all younger than the age of seven, were discovered by a texas farmer on his land near the rio grande river. he says they were crying and hungry. one child was naked and crawling. she is not old enough yet to walk. former acting ice chief tom homan says this is president biden's crisis. >> when i was a border patrol agent they ran from you or hid from you. this is unbelievable where we're at as a nation. they've been invited. joe biden made promises they won't be deported or detained. get free healthcare. wants to shut down ice. >> harris: bill has been reporting from the scene in del rio, texas and joins me now. the border is not closed, bill, it is open and we're watching it again. >> harris, you are right. the border wide open here. believe it or not there is no law enforcement here where we're at. no border patrol or local law enforcement, just the media. [speaking spanish] >> just like yesterday and like the last t

we got an exclusive look with a boat ride along the rio grande with attorney general ken paxton.roof vests and got on boats with machine guns to see how narrow the river is and who is on the other side. private land owners need to protect their land or they will get hijacked by the smugglers. we heard stories of cartels putting private homes on fire, ripping through fences, threatening kidnapping of families, all to get control of people's property and use it to transport illegals across. one sugar cane farmer built his own fencing along the river, he three miles long. it cost him $15 million to protect his property from being used as a transporting launch pad for smugglers and illegals. ag paxton sat down with me for an exclusive interview after that boat tour. >> they are the ones benefiting the most. whether president biden has explicitly known that, he should know that. what he's doing and removing border patrol to cover logistics and transportation for the immigrants, while cartels have more opportunity to come in. they're charging more money for people to come across, up to

reporting live in the rio grande. is a ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00. >>> a community in mourning. details about the suspect in yesterday's a deadly vta shooting. as loved ones of the nine killed share their legacies they leave behind. >> many of you have reported the names of the employees who were lost. to us here vta they are our friends and family . and we will honor their memory. but i have moments of remembrance and laughter and joy to numbness and absolutely losing my mind. we are taking it day by day and second by second. knowing that we are in this together as a family. but the widow of the ninth of victim who died late last night sharing the pain of her loss. good evening i am julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. were minutes away from a vigil that will happen outside of san jose city hall to honor the lives of the nine men who were lost. there will be a number of speakers. we will keep an eye on this. as soon as it begins we will carry it in its entirety. >> san jose mayor sam liccardo said that the gunman

era muy triste ver para ellos solos cruzando el rÍo grande.lles sobre la masacre en san josÉ, california. el fbi dice que las tres armas utilizadacon la que murieron nueve personas fueron obtenidas y registradas legalmente. esto mientras investigadores analizan vÍdeos de vigilancia donde se ve a samuel caminando durante el ataque. se encuentra material para fabricar bombas dentro de su armario de trabajo. nos conectamos con otro compaÑero que tiene lo Último desde san luis. luis: a dos dÍas de la masacre en san josÉ se sigue de luto y mientras tanto en el centro de transporte pÚblico del valle continÚa la investigaciÓn. las autoridades creen que el asesino habrÍa estado matando empleados en dos edificios caminando de uno hacia el otro y que tenÍa una agenda que sabÍa a quiÉn le querÍa matar porque le apuntaba a ciertas personas y a otras se le dejaba sin disparar. eso es lo que tenemos hasta el momento. a nadie a golpear esta tragedia tan fuerte como a los familiares. josÉ hernÁndez perdiÓ a su hijo josÉ de jesÚs y si pudiera le dirÍa hoy esta

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that construction has resumed on more than 13 miles of levy wall on the southern border in the rio grandeessure from local residents and lawmakers. bill melugin is up river reporting on the border crisis from del rio, texas. >> it's like clockwork here in del rio, texas. for the fifth day in a row we watched as yet another group of venezuelan migrants, some with small children, came across the rio grande and entered the united states illegally. it comes as u.s. customs and border protection reports more than 178,000 migrant encounters of the border in the month of april. that is the highest monthly total in 20 years. this as 20 republican governors pen a letter to the biden administration urging them to take action at the southern border calling the situation unacceptable and unsustainable. with texas senator being more explicit in his criticism. >> joe biden and kamala harris have produced an absolute disaster on our southern border. the crisis that is unfolding is a humanitarian crisis. it's a public health crisis. it's a national security crisis. >> the white house pushing back. >> tha

just another example highlighting security concerns here in the rio grande valley sector back to you.outhern border, thank you. a minnesota college community mourning the death of a student shot and killed hours after before he was to graduate university of st. thomas yesterday. charlie johnson sister accepted his diploma after a gunman opened fire in his direction friday night. he was a bystander when a gunfight broke out. one of the shooters killed the other under arrest. eight others were hurt. tuesday marks one year since george floyd was killed the minneapolis a rally takes place today from new york city members of floyd's family attended the event one of many expected to take place this week sparking real-life black lives matter protest showing former police officer derek chauvin leaning on his neck from are the nine minutes he was convicted last month and sentencing is next month the molly tibbets murder trial will resume tomorrow on friday dna analyst told jurors those that lead came from the murdered iowa college student the analyst says the blood is exactly the same as that

>>> as deportations shrink, migrants attempting to cross the rio grande on rafts. our gabe gutierrez is traveling with a s.w.a.t. team on patrol. >>> covid cases in the united states continue to drop along with the demand for vaccinations, but officials are optimistic that aggressive reopenings can and will continue across america. >>> peloton fans, this is for you. new details on a major recall on one of the popular products after a child was killed and dozens injured. >>> we have two words moosusic people's ears. early retirement >> something to make you smile on this thursday the best dance partner happens to be of the four legged variety. "early today" starts right now >>> hello there. good thursday morning. i'm phillip mena >> glad you could be with us i'm frances rivera we begin with a developing situation at our southern border where a record migrant surge has pushed border patrol agents to the brink. nbc news has gotten the firsthand look for a push by state and local law enforcement to help out. gabe gutierrez is in texas good morning, gabe. >> reporter: f

we have seen this every day, never-ending column of people making their way north across the rio grandedoned by a smuggler in the desert, absolutely awful and this is ongoing, those are live pictures. now this was after the colonial cyber attack the fbi is mourning more tax are imminent. hillary vaughan is on capitol hill as the senate has been holding up hearing on cybersecurity. what are the lawmakers saying? >> reporter: dhs cyberchief is testifying, facing a lot of questions about this colonial pipeline hack. he told lawmakers they don't have all the technical information they need to understand what actually happened with the colonial pipeline hack and also ran somewhere the targeted this pipeline could be targeting other critical infrastructure in the united states. cyber chief brandon wales is testifying right now. senator ron johnson is in that hearing. i caught up with him beforehand. he told me this shows the need for the federal government to share information with companies and not keep them in the dark especially when critical infrastructure is on the line. the white house

a few hours later, agents in the rio grande valley found more than 20 migrants hiding in the back of an 18-wheeler. omar villafranca, cbs news. >> o'donnell: well, today, president biden took his infrastructure tour to philadelphia where he marked amtrak's 50th anniversary. the president is calling for $80 billion for rail upgrades in his $2 trillion infrastructure bill. today's visit also marked a home coming. his $2 trillion infr by his account, mr. biden has made 7,000 round trips between d.c. and delaware in his career. we want to turn now to a mystery right here in the nation's capitol. law enforcement agencies are investigating two possible sonic attacks on government officials leading to vertigo, pounding headaches and nausea. the c.i.a. is now working to find out if possible attacks are being carried out by foreigners on u.s. soil. here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: one of the alleged energy attacks occurred on the south side of the white house last november, sickening a white house aide. that followed a similar incident in 2019 in a virginia suburb reportedly injuring an

. >> reporter: gracie molly's home sits on the banks of the rio grande. >> you can't help but feel sorry for them. but at the same time this is our home, and i kind of feel invaded. >> reporter: a few houses down, border patrol agents busy right now this group of eight to nine people is just coming across the river border patrol detained them as soon as they crossed. you can see adults and children here coming to the u.s. for the very first time. along the border last month nearly 170,000 apprehensions. a 20-year high we spoke to the border patro station chief austin scaro in a rare interview. do you see this getting worse before it gets better >> unfortunately, i do i do i see no indication they're starting to slow down. >> reporter: it's a major challenge for president biden. the surge happening after he changed former president trump's remain in mexico border policy and began allowing unaccompanied migrant children and families to stay in the united states. there are currently more than 23,000 children in u.s. custody. officials estimate a record-breaking 160,000 unaccompanied childre

in the rio grande valley, alex hogan, fox news. >>> a new warning tonight from white house chief medical dr. anthony fauci cautioning against well everybody just ripping off their masks. in a new interview with axios, fauci says people are misinterpreting the new cdc mask guidance? let's debate that with leslie marshall and center for american liberty founder harmitt dillon. welcome back to fox news @ night both of you. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: dr. fauci saying people think they could take their masks off. it's just for fully-vaccinated people. how are we to know? there's this idea of forcing businesses to check and passports and that sort of thing. why are people so confused, do you think? >> they're confused because the chief medical officer there has given 19 different explanations of the mask starting with the pandemic. they're not necessary. you don't really need to wear them. that was based on desire to ration the masks for health officials. it wasn't true. over time, he's pushed wearing multiple masks, wearing goggles, now wearing masks for children even though we know c

william la jeunesse live on the border at the texas rio grande valley with much more on all of this.reporter: hey, eric. we're about an hour north of the border. this is highway 281, the main smuggling route from the rio grande valley where police on friday executing a search warrant for kidnapping found 90 migrants, mostly from central america, inside that stash house. some had not eaten for days, some were dehigh hydrated, five of them had covid. remember, these criminal networks are often a business. and they extort thousands of dollars from parents. and neighbors had no idea this was happening on their street. >> i don't see anything. i don't notice a lot of people. >> reporter: now, this video shot a few miles away from where i am right now in mission, texas, as migrants continue to stream across the rio grande, about 2200 a day in this sector, another 1,000 in laredo. they will cut through backyards, ranch lands, hook up with a vehicle and then taken to a stash house. meanwhile, the pentagon on friday us pended billions of dollars -- suspended billions of dollars used to build

among them, we arrived at the rio grande river.s spotted a white truck smuggling drugs to the ter. they were diverted as they saw the helicopter. this is one of the scenes that we're seeing along the border. that is one of the stories. the del rio agents stops people from 70 countries. some fleeing, others hoping to find safety. >> the texas department of public safety will use infrared lights and high tech cameras that can see up to six miles away for areas like, this dense brush where people are trying to hide, will easily flee. some of these open fields were families trying to cross. they'll be out in the open and it's easier to find border patrol to surrender. >> texas's operation lone star is doubling manpower along the border. the last two months, aerial assists have doubled. they have gone up to 1,000 assists just in del rio and the rio grande valley. something we're seeing here is more stash houses according to law enforcement. they're saying it's an intricate system of multiple people part of this organization bringing nar

patrolling the opposite shoreline and detaining a group of migrants wholine planning to cross the rio grande" this morning. >> they keep telling us that the border is under control and i simply do not understand how 392% increase this fiscal year alone. last year we had 19724 captured at this point, and right now we are at 97,398. i simply too not understand how that is under control. >> bret, some late breaking news for you this evening. fox news just confirming a short time ago the u.s. army corps of engineers is actually going to be restarting border wall construction down in the rio grande valley, 13.4-mile stretch, apparently this coming after a lot of blow back and pressure from local residents and local politicians. what we're being told is priority repairs on that stretch of the wall will be done within six weeks and then the construction of a concrete levee wall and the rest of the safety barriers on that wall will be done six and nine months. this is a big deal because keep in mind joe biden halted all border wall construction when he took office in january. so some big news there

migrants some with young children trek across the rio grande as their guides flee back into mexico. upon reaching the u.s., they present themselves to local sheriff's deputies. this group of 46 on sunday all coming from venezuela. this morning we witnessed an each bigger group. a 52 coming across. some with young children. struggling in the currents. >> venezuela? >> si. [speaking spanish] >> can you speak english? why did you decide to come here? [breathing heavily] [sobbing] >> ramon ramirez and his family crossed into columbia, flew to mexico and took a bus here to the border before crossing the rio grande. so, why did they come? >> i want security. that's what i want. i want the security for my family. i want the security for us. and i want to have a life. >> right now it's a moment that we have the opportunity to come here. >> but the biden administration insists now is not the moment to come. and that progress is being made here at the border with homeland security secretary al hand dr. mayorkas even making this claim on friday. >> the border remains closed. >> but value verdi

it's a scene we have witnessed happening almost daily here in the rio grande valley.acked down and apprehended another group of runners that had climbed over the border live levee and ran four miles inland hid in the brush. on wednesday, dhs secretary mayorkas tripled down insisting yet again the border is secure. >> the border is closed. >> but texas governor greg abbott pushing back today saying his state troopers are having to do the federal government's job here at the border. we saw heavily armed texas state trooper gun boats patrolling the rio grande in mission, texas. abbott says state troopers are arrested 1100 criminals and 33,000 illegal immigrants during this surge. >> border security policies changed overnight under the biden administration. one was the elimination of the remain in mexico policy and the other was the clear message that they were going to be welcoming in everybody. >> meanwhile in texas' del rio sector, border patrol agents apprehended sex offenders who crossed illegally in one week. and we encountered this group of guatemala mallens after

the scene that plays clockwork every morning here in the rio grande valley.nother group of migrants walked into the united states and gave themselves up. we spoke to them before border patrol arrived. [speaking non-english language] >> in this exclusive drone footage from mark fox flight team shows a large group of illegal immigrants rushing the u.s. border in hawaii early sunday morning. the group, about 30 to 40 single adult spreads out into an open field running in all directions away from border patrol. two of the men already handcuffed to each other, suggesting they had previously been in border patrol custody. a single out number border patrol agent and a pickup truck tries to follow part of the group, mostly men with no children. the migrants jump across water as the border agent continues trying to follow. ultimately, border patrol was able to capture part of the group, but it did appear that some thataway. in el paso this afternoon, texas republican brian babin led members of the border security caucus congressional delegation on a tour of facilities

coast guard releasing two of their boats to patrol the rio grand.case, you know, something dangerous could happen to the migrants. ben. >> this vice president harris and vice president biden down there and we know secretary lincoln heading to central america yesterday maybe bit of movement there. aishah, thank you. >> three years after her death an iowa jury handed down a guilty verdict in the murder of university of iowa student molly tibet. christian rivera a mexican national who came to the u.s. illegally now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. fox news spoke with one of the jurors after the verdict was read. let's go to alex hogan live with more on this. >> hi arthel this is a tragic case and one of the jurors spoke to fox news about how difficult all of this was emotionally. there were five women and 7 men who reached this verdict unanimously finding christian rivera guilty of murdering molly tibet throughout the trial, the defendant himself showed little emotion. >> even he was at the jury selection, and it was kind of the