i know for a fact because i was on an airplane from rio grande valley to dallas during my last visit ed at least 30 family units get on the plane and they had plane tickets going all over the country, boston, new york, chicago, denver. they're heading all over the country. and the data clearly shows that the u.s. government is spreading them across the government when they release -- the country when they they release them. not only covid. on average, 20% of border apprehensions are actually convicted criminals, they have a criminal history. these people are being released throughout the nation. griff: we heard time and again from border officials that walls work, the first thing that president biden did on inauguration day was end the wall construction. but if you look at the money that's being spent, $2 billion, 1.8 to $2 billion cost per day to suspend wall construction which amounts to $3 million a day, doesn't seem to make sense to me in terms of spending our tax dollars. >> no, if they would have just spent that $2 billion, continuing that wall rather than just flushing it down

the busiest sector along the border, the rio grande valley. nts down in the rio grande valley have surged a staggering 900% in the first two whole weeks of july. it's not just the migrants. if the border agents too. more than 40 of them have tested positive this fiscal year. five of them are currently hospitalized. there is also an ongoing security situation. take a look at this photo right here. right here, this man was arrested. he is an active member of the cartel, an extremely dangerous mexican drug cartel. state troopers found him walking on the side of the road. thankfully they were able to take him into custody. tucker, we'll send it back to you. >> tucker: amazing story. you can't walk from ghana. you can't take a train from haiti. you can afford a plane ticket but you are a refugee? didn't even ask him that? no one cares. do they have covid? no one cares about that either. all that matters is whether you have covid because you are an american citizen. so l.a., the city of los angeles instituted a mask mandate. ice is using military bas

of engineers' bank accounts and several of that would have protected grands in the rio grande valley homeland security announced they are canceling two contracts that would have secured an additional 31 miles of wall. they are illegally divert ising money away from what was d curks ly appropriated by congress during the trump years. arthel: yeah, and i don't want to side track too much about former president trump, that is, diverting money that was allocated for military budges and putting that towards the actual board wall. but we may come back to that. let me move on. if you were to win this lawsuit, explain how quickly a border wall could be completed and and how much it would cut down on illegal crossings. >> well, i'm seeking dechair story and injunctive relief. so is assuming a favorable ruling, we could get to work. a lot of the contractors are already on the books. as i mentioned, the capital is in the corps of engineers' account, so we can continue. you may have seen the announcement a few weeks back that the governor's going to kick start $250 million to complete unfished a

the rio grande valley now accounts for 60% of all covid-19 cases in all of border patrol's custody. >aking a live look from our fox drone down in the rio grande valley about five hours southeast where we're. the most busy sector along the u.s.-mexico border to put in perspective how busy it is for you. the sector chief reporting his agents recently apprehended more than 15,000 my grants in one single week in one single sector. he also told a local radio station this morning through this miss call year more than 40 of his agents have already tested positive for covid. send it back to you. >> bret: that's tough. bill, quickly, do we know where these folks are going once they get across the border? do we know where they're being stationed or are they moving elsewhere? >> the extent of our knowledge is they're being teen local processing centers and from there it's kind of murky depending on if they're claiming asylum they goal to ice. ice's processing centers are already full. to so a lot of them will get released with a notice to appear. go a court hearing in the future. what happens to

according to border patrol, covid-19 cases in the rio grande valley have exploded by 900% with migrants,000 apprehensions in one single week, so those cova numbers are going to be a major concern. >> sandra: just remarkable. john. >> john: sandra, the texas governor also slamming democrats and state lawmakers who fled his state to block a republican voting bill. >> the democrats who remain in texas, working in the texas senate, they were able to work to make amendments to that bill that would be more to their liking. that is exactly what the texas house democrats could have done, how they remained in austin, texas, as opposed to wasting their time in washington, d.c. their constituents are getting mighty upset about the fact that their house member is not in texas, doing the job they were elected to do. >> john: this comes as the number of covid cases involving an potentially connected to those texas lawmakers keeps rising. those democrats speaking in washington just now, republicans saying they have basically started their own super-spreader event. will cain with a reaction in just a m

down to the rio grande valley where we witness border patrol dropping off migrants by the busload.y drop them off after they are processed in releasing them from custody with the notice to appear at the catholic charity they will stay there from one night get a shower in food that is right next to the bus station then they get bus tickets or plane tickets to go wherever they want across the country. that bus terminal is so overwhelmed they cannot keep up with business. the four companies have added six new daily route routes but they cannot keep up because it's full of migrants and also citizens and residents have to wait two days they want bus ticket because there so many migrants. look at this video we shot this morning another massive group. 170 migrants from all over the world not just the northern triangle. most was from haiti we have seen africa, ghana, senegal all over. we have seen this every single day border patrol walks them through, taken into custody and now we have the video to show you from the mexican side before they cross the river it is the riverbanks right acros

i spent a lot of time at the border and with border patrol agency in the rio grande valley.t month we saw 180,000 people cross the border illegally. they are being crammed into the biden cages. much of the corrupt corporate media won't show the biden cages. i have seen it with little boys and girls packed into cages on top of each other. they had a covid positivity rate of 10%. the biden administration released over 50,000 illegal immigrants without giving them a court date. they are asked to report into i.c.e. 13% do. that it's spreading covid in our communities. the selection of joe biden and becoming president of this country was a covid super spreader event. they are releasing illegal immigrants in south texas and across the country with covid. they are spreading covid. their radical policies they don't want to do anything to protect us. >> sean: senator thank you. the biden administration is looking for ways to force all federal employees to get vaccinated even those who have already had covid and have natural immunity. is this following the science and is this legal? g

take a look at this photo right here down in the rio grande valley, border patrol reporting in the lasthours they've apprehended three active members of ms-13. you can see one of their photos there just in this fiscal year alone the rio grande sector, 1600 criminal migrants. nothing is slowing down the video. the facts speak for themselves. back to you. >> bill one quick follow-up question. you've spent a lot of time there as have i. it seems now with the number of criminals coming across and the sheer numbers, i think about half of the country of haiti has visited that border crossing in the last week, along with the new covid, is it your sense it's putting a greater sense than we've ever seen of the local officials trying to stop them? >> yeah, it absolutely is and some startling numbers in the rio grande valley, first two weeks of july alone, a staggering 900% increase of the number of migrants testing positive for covid in border patrol centers there. not just the migrants testing positive. more than 40 agents have tested positive. five border patrol agents are in the hospital and d

i have got to say, i spent a lot of time at the tborder and with border patrol agency in the rio grande valleyd we are seeing -- last month we saw 180,000 people cross the border illegally. they are being crammed into the biden cages. you notice much of the corrupt corporate media of won't show the biden cages. they are helping joe biden covered up. i have seen it and with little boys and girls packed into cages on top of each other. when we were there, they had a covid positivity rate of 10%. and like a turning, revolving door, joe biden is releasing them. there was a report this week, the biden administration released over 50,000 illegal immigrants without giving them a court date. just release them, and you know what they are asked to report into i.c.e. 13% report to ice. that it's spreading covid in our communities. the election of joe biden and becoming president of this country was a covid super spreader event. they are releasing illegal immigrants in south texas and across the country with covid. they are spreading covid. and yet, their radical policies they don't want to do anything to

officials in the rio grande valley are overwhelmed by the surge of migrants and spike in covid cases >> good afternoon, alicia, 2 or 3,000 migrants a day crossing in the rio grande valley sector and those who are at least apprehended. sometimes it gets to be more than that. border patrol agents tell us that they're putting masks on immediately and making sure that the migrants have masks and that's the way that they are trying to prevent covid here. also customs and border protection officials say if migrants are displaying covid symptoms, they will take them to local healthcare providers and though local police say the federal government is still releasing positive covid migrants into the community. border patrol agents are dealing with now with two surges, migrants and a pandemic. >> not everyone we encounter we test, only those exhibiting some type of symptoms, and not everybody has sin soms that have it and we are leasing people day in and day out with actual positive tests for covid and more just keep popping up. >> citing covid concerns, governor abbott authorized troopers with

are seeing four to 500 migrants are printed in large groups here and this is all part of the rio grande valley where last week the larger sector thought 20,000 apprehensions here. we are walking up to border patrol and they also say there is a much different group crossing. they are using these large families as a distraction. >> there are other people crossing, but those people are not here to seek asylum, they are not here to get water, not here to get fed, not here to go to a hotel to be safe, they are here for something else. these are the ones that they go after because they are smuggling these people and taking them to unknown areas to do things that we don't -- they mostly will probably be criminal the majority of the time. >> there are also covid concerns with covert positive migrants staying at a hotel just up the road from here. because of that texas governor greg abbott has issued an executive order authorizing texas law enforcement to stop vehicles carrying certain migrants. although texas does have no authority to enforce federal immigration laws. across the state at fort bliss, t

you doing right now is taking a live look at our fox drone down in la joya, texas, down in the rio grande valleyns reporting that we can confirm down in the rio grande valley there has been a 900% increase in the amount of migrants testing positive for covid within the first two weeks of july. the border patrol sector chief reporting down there more than 40 of his agents have tested positive for covid, five of them currently hospitalized. we will send it back to you. >> julie: bill melugin, thank you very much. bill? >> bill: thank you, julie. are we heading to a return of widespread lockdowns? the delta variant is highly contagious but hospital rates are still low, that's very good news. what you need to know about the variant, coming up in a moment here. plus there is this, check it out. >> a network that is dedicated to not creating new schools or be imaginary schools, but destroying schools that have done nothing but harm black and brown children. >> julie: the biden administration pushing for teaching critical race theory and america's schools. lawrence jones is up next on that. the fox new

paso, a beautiful texas city that is 800 miles away from the epicenter of this crisis in the rio grande valley. the reason she didn't go to the rio grande valley, she didn't want tv cameras covering the biden cages with thousands upon thousands of children packed in in dangerous crisis situations. their only solution is hide from it. >> jesse: so they're unintelligent and they're too stubborn to pivot to fix the problem they started. victor davis hanson made an interesting point last night. when you have the democrats now managing these problems, the cities, the energy sector, the border, the nuts and bolts of civilization in the united states are starting to crumble, so it's almost like, senator, you don't really need to run in the midterms on ideology. it's not even about ideology, it's about results. the democrats have mismanaged horribly everything that they've put in charge of. the election in new york city, they couldn't even do that. we saw 2020, we saw the iowa caucus. they are just not proficient in what they say they are proficient in, so it's very easy for the american voter to unde

all while rio grande valley and u.s. border patrol agents this week alone.r prison that has a thousand jail beds that are starting to fill up and we are arresting people every single day. >> so the federal government -- the state of texas has declared a disaster on the border and his arresting and jailing migrants on trespassing charges. they need cooperation from local landowners and law enforcement here in this area when we are close to mcallen, texas, some local officials argue against the governors planet proceeds that aren't set up or handled to enforce immigration law. you have a little bit of friction here between the state and government and local officials if the state of texas is still now trying to tackle this problem in a very different way. >> sandra: those numbers continue to spike. rich edson in la jolla. >> john: a new report finding some politicians calling for cutting funding to police are actually okay spending millions on protection of crime for themselves. a mother and her baby trapped under that car. how policemen just to get them out,

some really concerning numbers coming out of the rio grande valley in terms of covid-19 infections withre in del rio this morning, this is an idea of how nonstop the surge is. this was a massive group of 250 migrants that just showed up at the border gate today in hopes of being let through in to the united states. they're coming in from all over the world. this is not just the northern strangle. these people were from hailey, some from africa. one guy from india. ultimately all let through the gate, walked in to the u.s. apprehended by border patrol and taken away on buses to processing facilities. speaking of those facilities, fox news confirming this week in the rio grande valley sector, the first two weeks of july alone, migrant covid-19 cases have surged a staggering 900%. just in the first two weeks of july. it's not just the my grantses. border patrol agents testing positive. more than 40 have tested positive this year. five hospitalized. on top of that, an ice official said that 30% of detainees have refused the vaccine while in custody. ice detention centers the latest numbers

last week alone, over 20,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended in the rio grande valley sector.we hit the million migrant milestone last month. this weekend one woman crossing the border stopped to talk to reporters saying, quote: thanks to biden for the opportunity to come here now. when there is an open southern border, the entire country is put at risk which is why south dakota governor kristi noem sent national guard troops to help deal do what the biden administration won't which is help secure our country. she joins me now for exclusive interview from the southern border in mcallen, texas: last time i saw you it was cpac in the hallway. everything was so fast moving along. but i talked to you at that point because i was in speaking with participants at cpac, people were asking who is your dream team for 2024. and, of course, president trump we know is a favorite of all of us. your name also came up. and i don't -- i have been a big admirer of yours and yet, i was surprised to hear that but you have been in the news. you are now at the border. can you tell us what your -- w

we saw 900% covid surge in the rio grande valley.t now increases in their viruses with them, with the covid virus. because they are coming in contact with so many people. remember, these are people coming from unvaccinated countries from poor countries, almost 90 different countries, the border is wide open. and i have to tell you, i believe that this is the greatest threat to america right now. because it is a threat to our economy. we cannot afford to lock down again. brian: we have to link both these talking points, the first block and the second block. you are telling 99%, even though there is 99% chance you are not going to get covid if you are vaccinated. 9% of people in the hospital are unvaccinated people with this variant, which is not more serious, just spreads easier and, yet, you say just on precaution i want everyone to wear a mask everywhere they go that's our guidance at the same time it's a wide open border. we have almost a million people coming to our country illegally, 300,000 got-aways, almost nobody is being test

a professor department the department of neuroscience and human genetics university of texas rio grande valley school of medicine. in brownsville texas most of the director the resource center for research on aging minorities in alzheimer's disease. in her directorial research sheet focus on the influence of in genetics on mental health in numerous diseases and interest a jane is related to the risk of alzheimer's disease. doctor benjamin, professor of neurosurgery and harvard medical school and the hydrocephalus and's at boston children's hospital where he served as director of neonatal and congenital in nomine sprayed your surgery. he's also chairman of the board, nonprofit that advocates for treatment of children withes neurological disorders and underserved areas around the world. and representative schmidt gave us a little bit more about his background living in gonda partied and without i would like to invite the doctor. >> good morning. and good morning to the members. thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today my remarks will be focused on introducing autism spectrum dis

currently a a professon the department of neuroscience and human genetics of university of texas rio grande valley school of medicine in brownsville, texas. she is also the director of the resource center for research on aging minorities in alzheimer's disease. in her doctoral research she focus on the influence of genetics of mental health and memory diseases and showed the presence of a gene is related to the risk of alzheimer's disease. dr. benjamin warf is a professor of neurosurgery at harvard medical school and host the hydrocephalus and spina bifida chair at boston children's hospital where he served as a director of neonatal and congenital anomaly neurosurgery. he is also chairman of the board of trustees of neural kids, a nonprofit that advocates the treatment of children with neurological disorders, underserved areas around the world, and representative smith davis a little bit more about his background in a living in uganda. with that i would like to invite dr. geschwind for his statement. >> good morning, honorable chairwoman bass and ranking member smith, and other members of this sub

they say so far through the fiscal year just in the rio grande valley sector alone, they've arrested valley the first two weeks alone. staggering 900% surge of migrants testing positive for covid. back to you. neil: thank you, bill aring following that like no other at the border. in the meantime, keeping the protests in france and urging of people to wearing masks and restrict their daily life and quite another when they're enforced it. proof that you are vaccinated or testing negative for the virus or you can't essentially go zaen anywhere, to no museum, restaurant or eiffel tower. parisians do ent like it, but what are the risks? john turley after this. ♪ introducing schwab stock slices. for as little as $5, now anyone can own companies in the s&p 500, even if their shares cost more. at $5 a slice, you could own ten companies for $50 instead of paying thousands. all commission free online. schwab stock slices: an easy way to start investing or to give the gift of stock ownership. schwab. own your tomorrow. schwab. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscienti

in the rio grande valley sector, about 70 border patrol agents have tested positive for covid-19.is week have also tested positive. that's according to congressman henry cuellar, he represents this area. the department of homeland security has just announced several new initiatives designed to address this border surge including an expedited removal process for families that have no valid claim to enter the united states. texas officials say that falls short. >> it won't make a difference. we have to close the border. >> the biden administration says it will also accelerate rulings on asylum applications. >> we are making reforms to increase the efficiency and expedition of that process that have never been made before and that are long overdue. >> border patrol agents tell us they are overwhelmed in processing and paperwork just given the number of migrants who are crossing here. many of whom end up in the united states shortly thereafter with notices to appear before an immigration judge at a later date. bret? >> bret: rich edson along the border in texas, rich, thanks. up next,

in the rio grande valley sector, about 70 border patrol agents have tested positive for covid-19.quarter of the unaccompanied children deported this week have also tested positive. that's according to congress meant henry cuellar, he represents this area. the department of oman security has just announced several new initiatives designed to address this border search including an expedited removal process for families that have no valid claims to enter the united states. texas officials say that falls short. >> it won't make a difference, we to close the border. >> the biden administration says it will also accelerate rulings on asylum applications. >> we are making reforms to increase the efficiency and expedition of that process that have never been made before and that are long overdue. >> border patrol agents tell us they are just overwhelmed with processing and paperwork given the number of migrants were passing through here. many of than released into the country with notices to appear at court date later. la joya, texas, rich edson, fox news. >> shannon: how the labor short

new data shows also today that in the rio grande valley sector, the number of detainees that tested positive for covid is up 900%. so what is the biden administration doing about thorough testing at the southern border? what else could they be doing to make sure that we're not bringing in new covid cases with migrants crossing the border. senator lindsey graham will join me. he is demanding accountability. first to rich edson live at the border in la jolla, texas. hi, rich. >> good afternoon, martha. in a two-mile radius from here, border patrol agents say they've been encountering hundreds of migrants. we spoke to a couple of them. they said they took a two-week plus journey to get here. many are tired, need water. border patrol agents say they're running out of water they're encountering so many folks, this is the rio grande valley sector. 6,000 migrants and counting this weekend alone. that's according to u.s. border patrol. official was in nearby mccowan texas say they have never seen this many people come through. they're urging the biden administration to say that denies certain migran

local media and the rio grande valley reporting the hhs tents are set to close later this month.uses with migrants leaving the donna facility over and over. their destination unknown. this, as democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib says dhs should be defunded. >> we must eliminate funding for cbp, ice, and parent organization dhs. time after time, we have seen it as advocates on the ground human services agency on the ground to continue to see over and over again that these agencies are inept, they further continue to terrorize migrant communities. >> frankly, it's very disturbing when you hear a sitting member of congress referring to people who are keeping our nation secure as terrorists. >> and shannon, the hhs at the present time compound here at this facility primarily meant to house migrant children. fox news spoke with hhs and they tell us as of last week out of the 1500 beds they have available for those kids here, only 196 of them were filled up. so they have some room here. we asked them today are those reports true that they're closing their side of the facility. we di

the busiest morning we have witnessed in our trips to the rio grande valley.agents on the ground tell us there has been a serious uptick in the amount of migrants testing positive for covid and there have been more than 7,000 infections at migrant holding facilities since april. >> the current administration has issued a series of memorandums and policy changes that change the law and policy does not supersede the law and all we're asking for is them to do their job. we have got to do something. my county is being completely overrun. >> over the holiday weekend border patrol arrested five criminal aliens here in the rio grande valley, including a mexican national with a rape conviction in california. a honduran with a conviction for felony d. i result until death and south carolina. nic rag began accused of sexually assaulting a child in florida. and two el salvadorian nationals ms-13 gang members. mike, to highlight some of the ongoing security on the border dps tells me in monday over in star county about an hour west of us four confirmed members of mexico's

has learned the number of migrants who tested positive for covid coming over the border in the rio grande valley0% in june that is up from the past 14 months and now we know 30% of the migrants are refusing to get the covid vaccine, you have a border crisis that is worsening and turning into a covid crisis. >> indeed bear in mind we have people from 160 different countries that have come in and when you look at the vaccination rates of the countries where people are coming, it is astounding that so few have received vaccinations and yes indeed as you said the spike in the covid rate and what it is doing to the border counties, were all looking at the numbers and the climbing of the numbers and the concern of the local mayors, the sheriff's, the concern for the border patrol we have seen arising covid cases but also bear in mind they now have planes they are bringing in and putting migrants on the planes and flying them around the country and every state is a border town in every state is a border town, it is so unfortunate and it is so uncalled for. maria: it's extraordinary really quick before

rio grande valley the busiest in all the u.s./mexico border. the rio grande valley. the border chief saying they have apprehended more than 15,000 migrants in one week. that's just in that single sector. remarkable numbers. the surge not slowing down. we'll send it back to you. >> sandra: you and your crew are bringing stunning and unbelievable images from the border. >> bill: it may not be a minute too soon to get up the wall in texas. 300 migrants pushed through a border gate in del rio, texas yesterday putting more strain on border patrol agents as a key trump era policy known as title 42 is set to expire which would allow more migrants to come across that border. brandon judd, president of the national border patrol council. good morning to you and welcome back here. first of all in title 42 it was like a covid provision that may lapse. is that smart or a good idea? >> no, it is the worst thing that can happen at this time especially when you have the delta variant spreading throughout the united states. we're about to get rid of title 42 w

this is already the busiest sector in the country, the rio grande valley sector. cuellar represents the area. 70 border agents have tested positive for covid-19 here in the rio grande valley sector. more than a quarter of the unaccompanied children deported this week also tested positive. last night we ran into a few dozen migrants including a group if nicaragua saying it took them 26 days to walk through central america and arrive here. local officials are urging the biden administration to keep a covid emergency order known as title 42, you heard it there, which officials here use to send migrants back to mexico. >> we continue to ask and customs and border protection and department of homeland security all say basically the same thing. we don't know if and when something will change with title 42. we just know if it does, if it goes away we can expect our numbers most likely to increase dramatically. >> customs and border protection says officials have expelled more than 750,000 migrants since october under that emergency title 42 authority. officials say the ad

." >> cheers to you as well bred community leaders in the rio grande valley are calling it unacceptable come up migrant infected with covid being released to a catholic charity that puts them up in hotels. nothing is being done to preven that migrants from mixing with the public peart local official are fed up and demanding action from the biden administration. more on that in just minutes. >> florida senator rick scott's on biden's push to buy american for it we will also hear from pete sessions about those covid positive migrants being release into the public. tennessee senator phil haggerty and brian kill meet will join u coming up to. >> the day after a big reversal at the cdc unmasks, they biden ministration may be ready to make a big shift when it comes to vaccines for federal workers. hi, sandra, happy wednesday peart began sandra smith in new york. president biden says a vaccine mandate for federal workers is under consideration. it is a sharp departure just months after saying he would no make the vaccine mandatory. >> we have coverage for you thi afternoon. dr. marty mcgarry w

again, there was a 900% spike in covid cases in just the rio grande valley.abe, he's no conservative, writes for rolling stone, has an editorial out that says from yes, we can to, no, you moron, democrats have themselves to blame for vaccine hesitancy. time and again, whether it was the anti-vaxx fear mongering from a kamala harris or joe biden, now it's like bumbling and fumbling and joe biden calling people, well, dummies if they don't get vaccinated. again, they they have failed the american people so far at every turn in terms of fighting covid. >> they they really have. and it's amazing how regular, normal american people -- they can see through all of this stuff and they pick up all of the -- you know, obviously most people have real jobs. they have to do things. they don't spend all their time as we do pouring over all the news but they they know enough to know when they're being lied to and they're being lied to and they react to it. dagen: yep. charlie hurt, good to see you, my friend. we'll be right back. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ oh! are you using libert

. >> that's what we're seeing in the rio grande valley.uman and narcotics smuggling and these vehicles who are bold and desperate to get these migrants across by passing the checkpoints. you can see in the video they have no regard for the safety of who they are smuggling or the motoring public and at times we see crashes with serious injuries and times we see people killed by these human smugglers. it is dangerous what is taking place because of the current surge taking place now on the border. >> trace: when you consider the video. i want to put up the numbers comparing this may to last may. last year you had 23,000 encounters at the border. this year 180,000. and you take that and listen to what kamala harris said on friday. watch. >> in five months we've made progress. there is still much more work to be done but we've made progress. family reunifications, incredible work that we've seen that they have expedited the process. improvement of the facilities and made progress in addressing root causes. >> trace: she talks about making prog

the rio grande valley throughout new mexico, a problem, too. they'll get a dent in the drought, but the brought is intense. worst we have seen in the west, 65% highest two levels of drought since we started recording that. the heat, it is building and dangerous from louisiana to minnesota. david, it's moving east early next week. >> here we go again. ginger zee with us tonight. ginger, thank you. >>> your money tonight. what's happening with new and used cars. new cars being sold before they even reach the lot, and used car prices soaring up to 45%. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, the new reality for americans looking to buy a car. dealerships with new cars sold before they even arrive on the lot. the prices of used cars soaring. and it turns out, in some cases, car owners selling their cars back to the dealership for a profit. brian walsh is a car salesman in scranton. >> we've never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: so, what's driving this? computer chips crucial for many new cars are now in short supply. product

you look at our drone down in the rio grande valley or fox reporting a major story, surgin covid infections with migrants down in the rio grande valley. up 900 percent in the first two weeks of july and just about an hour ago, dhs announcing they are going to extend nonessentia travel restrictions at all port of entry with mexico and canada through august 21st, they say they're doing that for covert precautions because of the delt variant, so essentially what though do is they will continue banning legal crossings at our ports of entry, but you can see that illegal crossings are happening behind is here daily with folks just being walked into the united states. we will send it back to you. >> this is not slowing down. >> what's interesting is that they are extending the ban on border crossings at the same time that democrats are having hearing on capitol hill about rescinding title 42 which is turned back to more than 600,00 people at the border this year alone. >> and that is numbers on top o what we already have, and they're so overwhelmed down there. men and women of the border patrol an

grand valley? --ly owe of grand valley shall -- rio grande valley.os jiminez joins us live, next experience our advance standards safety technology on a full line of vehicles. at the lexus golden opportunity sales event. get 1.9% apr financing on the 2021 rx 350. experience amazing. do you struggle to fall on asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol. griff: florida lawmakers are blasting dhs for treating cuban migrants differently than illegal migrants crossing the rio grande river. >> you saw the forceful statement from mayorkas almost immediately, where was that forceful statement when joe biden was running for president or when he became president? griff: this as cubans from orlando are heading to washington, d.c. to protest at the white house. here to react, florida congressman, carlos jiminez. thank you for taking time this morning. this is an important story. it seems that there's a double standard here. what i

removal settings, this is a reversal for the biden administration, rio grande sector border chief ryan hastings said the rio grande valley it but at least rhetorically this is a huge course correction and admission of failure from the biden administration. is a too little too late? >> much too little too late, bursting over the dam like a flood coming into the united states. the reason they did this goes back to the trump policy, worried about covid. a lot of these people coming from guatemala their vaccination rate is 12%, honduras 7% to 8% so a lot of potential covid cases coming in that is an issue as you talked about at the top of the show, this is gotten out of hand and that is what this is about. laura: the massive -- apparently it is very high percentage of the illegals or coming into the country tested positive for the delta variant. you can't tell americans mask up, the border has been open for 6 months. total -- >> the 42 they are implementing would be a goal of the people they will stop and spend back. we have to close the border, why we are working on the wall now. >> dave phelan signed a similar arrest warra

the rio grande valley sector is that which borders the gulf of mexico. i want to point out people are largely coming from countries you'd expect. primarily hon cure -- honduras, guatemala, then mexico and el salvador, though other countries like haiti, ecuador and cuba are also in the top 10. different than other regions where brazil led the way or russia was close to the top. i want to point out that according to the board pear troll agents i talked to, frequently these people are not necessarily starving or poor with the exceptions of venezuela and cuba where they've had to put up with socialist/marksist governments. they appear well fed. some of them, particularly from cuba or europe, are actually judging by their clothes or by the purses they have relatively well off. i stood on the border in a path between the rio grande river and where you check in with the border patrol and during the 45 minutes i stood there, again and again and again clumps of people, 15 people, 45 people, 25 people, were coming across. they were rather jolly, despite the fact t

and you all map mass upfront here, here on the people's house and the texas rio grande valley border patrol reported. and the 1st 2 weeks of july, there were a 135 migrants tested positive for coded, marking a 900 percent increase. we are absolutely sick and tired of it. and so are the american people. this sham of an institution is doing nothing for the american people. nothing for the betterment of the people that send their representatives here. border patrol reports in 2021 alone. there have been more than a 1000000 encounters with migrants at the border in 2020. just a little more than $400000.00, showing a more than 50 percent increase this year for news use use. i'm fair in front. let's get the 360 view and bring in a former colorado state senator ted harvey, and democratic commentator, jonathan harris. thank you so much for joining me gentlemen. you better revenue, ted. i'm going to throw you 1st. should governor abbot have done this sooner, as many as republican colleagues wanted him to do? well, this is certainly unprecedented for any governor to do this. i don't remember a

border patrol agents in the rio grande valley arrested several dangerous migrants from this group, includingsked the question because the crossing of illegals dropped out of the headlines with all the other events around that. >> state acreage, in the rio grande valley with illegal immigration, what i found in the reason i filed a lawsuit, where the biden administration, this administration refuses to finish the trump wall, $5 trillion was appropriate to finish 750 miles, you will see from the press conference their still unfinished wall that would secure state lands, standing this legal case with the administration. >> you release them. and it is the opposite of what we propose for the cubans. >> the remain in mexico policy, the border patrol officials are busy with processing with administrative access for handling 200,000 people on a monthly basis when is 19,000 agents not to mention all of those got aways, because of the backlog before immigration judges that folks further blend into the shadows and have a notice that appears before federal court, this is the wrong policy, after january

the health provision protecting americans from covid, 750,000 migrants this fiscal year is the rio grande valleyretary sing-along hundred% spike among migrant detainees and that full worries tom homan. >> the us government released hundreds of covid positive people into the interior bye-bye filibuster, plane ticket, us citizens held accountable in the southwest border is wide open. jillian: some members of congress led by representative iona presley are demanding the administration immediately lift title 42 and when asked about it she had little to say. >> what about the spread of covid? the cbp confirmed the 900% increase in that but you are not worried? are you asking secretary mayorkas to ignore? >> border patrol agents arrested two game, members and two, migrants convicted of sex crimes. >> a lot of reporting on those numbers and don't understand how people are not concerned or sharon the thought that you have all these people trying to come into the country that are spreading to border agents, 70 of them in the last week of tested positive, that infiltrates into communities. look at the una

i was just there in the rio grande valley sector. i have seen no progress whatsoever.still a porous border. she went to el paso, 800 miles away from the epicenter of the problem. that's not quite as far as chicago to washington, d.c. she went to the wrong place. i don't even think she made it to the border. but she didn't see the border at all. she has no clue whatsoever what's going on. either they are incompetent or they are dumb. i don't know which one it is or a combination of both. >> i want to ask you on independence day, many americans are celebrating not only our independence, we told the tyrant king george iii to stick it. and we are emerging from a pandemic. how do you see the country doing? are we doing well? >> president trump left the biden administration with a recovering economy and they squandered it at every turn. the recovery we are seeing is despite the biden policies. the states with republican leaderships such as florida and my former colleague ron desantis, the pro-growth policies they implemented which led the way for economic recovery. griff: th