scott atlas from a man who has seen a lot in the last few years so i appreciate you coming on.ns a lot. >> thank you. >> tucker: speaking of our surrender of sovereignty, the big branded sector in west texas is one of the most dangerous. fox news' bill melugin has been there, embedded with a tractor, the texas deferment of public safety, joins us to tell us what he saw. hey, bill. >> hey, talker. that's right, we've been covering the border for the better part of a year but one area we have never been to and we went to it, the big bend sector and we want to show your viewers what we experience, take a look at this video, this is the big bend sector in west texas. it is some of the most unforgiving, inhospitable terrain you will find on the southern border. steep, rugged, as remote as it gets, looks like a martian landscape in some areas, blistering hot, believe it or not, yes, illegal immigrants cross through here because they do not want to be caught. take a look at this second piece of video, we embedded with a tractor, he analyzes footprints on the ground and other signs lef

are, a year and a half into the biden administration, i have to ask you, does it seem like that scott atlastions are gone. the vaccines and boosters did not reach the level the experts wanted and we're just litting it rip in this country now. >> we have common sense tools to stop it. the fact that since this january 1st, 175,000 americans have died. just in the last four and a half months. that's five times any annual flu death. so we need to take this five times more seriously than we take flu and lay out to the american people the common sense things they can do in a surge. i'm a little bit disappointed that people have been talking about a fall and winter surge. i'm worried about the summer and the surge that could start within the next three to four weeks across south. >> it's spreading rapidly. but getting back to dr. atlas, you don't sidestep it in the book. i remember this all too well. he was able to influence the president. you were pushed out at the time. did that have an effect and did that result on, you know, in having people lose their lives and did it rul with thousands of pe

sure enough, when she left, we started dealing with scott atlas, who is just absolutely heinous. gave donald trump everything he wanted to hear. was a clown. you could say the same about dan coats. after dan coats left, the clowns that followed him were absolutely frightening. the fact that they were involved in our intelligence community, the head of our intelligence community, is frightening. yeah, it's not as simple as a lot of people on twitter like to say it is. >> no, it is definitely not. and i agree with you on that. it's just when you hear these stories -- and, you know, forget the -- i think you're right. they make money on a book, they make money on a book. it is good to have the record for history. i agree with you on that, joe. but i will say, when you hear story after story of what appears to be people who worked directly under trump feeling like he was making decisions that were crazy, let's put it that way. >> right. >> or saying things that were crazy, there's got to have been a better way. that's what we -- >> what do you mean? >> there has to be a better way to

scott atlas called for when he was at the white house in the last administration, but his voice was deliberately drowned out by dr. fauci and others who chose to govern by stick rather than car rot. they should look at whether the benefits outweigh the burdens. there is no evidence of that when it comes to vaccine mandates, especially teenagers. that is why i am asking unanimous consent that the senate pass my resolution to end all covid mandates for pages and respect their privacy, their rights, their medical freedom and their health for the young men and women who serve in this chamber. as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of senate resolution 631, which is at the desk. i further ask that the resolution be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there an objection? the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: reserving the right to object. first of all, i know my colleague, senator paul, is well intended in this recommendation. i listened