will border patrol be allowed here on land in shelby park.dra. >> sandra: dana marie, thank you. >> john: carlos is a real estate agent and lives near shelby park. how would you describe the situation on the ground there and the tug-of-war between the federal government and the state of texas? >> well, john, thank you so much for having me on your broadcast. i will say that i am a resident here of eagle pass. i also do live in the downtown area, which is very close to shelby park. on a daily basis we see national guardsmen, state troopers, florida state troopers, go down the street and this is round the clock. you do go down to where shelby park is and see these installations. it does look very militarized, ok. very, very intimidating as well. but yes, it does look -- it's a complete 360 of what we are used to seeing here in eagle pass and as a long time resident, lifetime resident, it is completely unnatural for us. >> i think you told one of the newspapers there it looks like a war zone in parts of your town now. how is this affecting folks

border patrol access to shelby park into the area. we are waiting to hear what dhs is going to do. -- that deadline has expired. texas says it will hold down the fort here. let's see what dhs at the end of the day does. we are waiting for that. boris, fact. you >> are showdown likely headed for the supreme court. rosa flores from eagle pass, texas. thank you so much. breonna? >> we are keeping an eye on the senate. these live pictures here. borders -- key part of discussions on capitol hill. there is no room for error as congress races to avert a partial shutdown by tomorrow. the senate now voting on that stock gap bill. let's get straight to cnn's -- who is on the hill. what is the latest here on this spending battle? >> listen, there is two different tracks. one is to keep the government open before friday at 11:59 pm. we time and again, kicking the can down the, road trying to find the federal government. that plan to keep the government open really -- is on this track at the moment. 71 votes, not officially closed -- 60 to advance

cutting portions of texas' razor wire in part led to governor abbott kicking border agents out of shelby parkey asked dan patrick if texas would be open to any scenario border patrol is allowed back into the park. >> i will not speak of hypotheticals of the future. i will be respectful with the president wants to secure the border. send your people somewhere else. we have discovered. >> today christina limped toward shelby park, she supports texas razor wire acting like a border. >> it is effective in places to slow down people crossing illegally. i defend texas' right to keep it in place. >> bred to come at this evening, we have fresh numbers for you, last month, 19 people on the fbi terror watch list arrested on the southern border. the total in the fiscal year 250 people arrested on the terror watch list, bret. >> bret: matt, those numbers are staggering. about border patrol, or they think they will not cut the wire and not step aside? are we seeing the showdown develop here? >> yes, in a statement u.s. customs and border protection said border patrol does not want to come in and remove th

take a listen. >> we still are going to restrict access as shelby park and add additional infrastructure along the river. they are adding additional barriers to the wire making the areas more reinforced to discourage any illegal border crossings. >> you look at the rio grande. the water authority is raising the level controls of the dam up the river releasing more water due to recent rain. a reminder for migrants crossing it is a dangerous current in the river. the question remains if border patrol needs to come in, cut the wire, will texas national guard allow it? >> dana: thank you. >> cove-up? something is wrong with the picture. he has to know. he is a grown man, too. he has to know what happened. >> bill: you have a mystery in missouri these clouds of suspicion swirl around kansas city chiefs country. three fans got together to watch the game the other night. they were found dead yard in the backyard of their friend days after watching that game. was the delay is tragic accident or something sinister? we'll dig into that coming up momentarily. did you catch this? >> she is our chief

access to shelby park, the nearby boat launch and the international bridge. for two weeks now governor abbott has seized this hot spot for illegal immigration and kicked out the feds. arguing that president biden wants an open border. governor abbott said president biden's lawless border policies allowed more than 6 million illegal immigrants to cross the southern border in the past three years. abbott has used his authority to declare an invasion writing that authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes the federal statute to the contrary. the texas national guard and other texas personnel are acting on that authority to secure the texas border. this morning the u.s. speaker of the house and six other republican governors from various states are backing texas governor greg abbott. speaker of the house says it will do whatever it can to support governor abbott. the showdown continues. >> bill: rubber will meet the road somewhere. thank you, matt finn, on a foggy rio grande. >> dana: s.o.s. in massachusetts. dozens of migrant families camping at log

instead, they want to fight with texas over shelby park. when president biden was on the first campaign trail he was talking about he would come into the white house and basically undo everything that president trump did. and he did. with the stroke of a pen he change the policy to be the opposite of what president trump had in place. >> reporter: what was the result of that? >> this insanity. >> reporter: why would the biden administration want the border patrol to come in here, cut down all the wire, take down all the barbed wire? >> this is now about the white house fighting with governor abbott over this issue instead of trying to figure out how do we stop this from happening? >> reporter: what is it that the american public doesn't understand about what is going on here? >> agents don't want to deal with asylum claims. we want to be chasing the people who are trying to get away from us. there are people getting away. even though we are not out as much as we are we are still catching plenty of people with criminal history. imagine if we

reporter: texas in the third week of seizing shelby park and banning biden border agents and defyingine last week to reopen this park and now after the supreme court ruled in the biden administration's favor, the u.s. government issued another deadline today. the biden administration has made it clear it wants full access to shelby park, nearby boat ramp and international bridge. texas says border patrol had access to the boat launch and the rio grand river behind me and this question of whether this may amount to physical altercation and so far the texas attorney general and national border patrol council say that's very unlikely to be hard pressed to pit them apogean the border agents. stuart: thanks very much indeed. my next guest is near that park in eagle pass, texas w his wife and baby daughter. he says the area looks like a "war zone in a third world country". i'm joined by carlos herrera. describe what you see in eagle pass. what does a war zone look like? >> well, stuart, thank you for having me on the show. i live in the downtown area and maybe about five blobs from shelby

back in texas, a fox camera captured truckloads of fencing arriving here into shelby park.day we've been here the past few weeks, we've seen texas building and fortifying its fencing and razor wire, the state is not complying with the biden administration at demand to allow border patrol back into this park. behind us, there is additional fencing and razor wire going up. governor abbott continuing to dig his heels into shelby park. ashley: sending a message indeed. thanks for the latest in eagle pass on the border. joining me now is the governor of oklahoma kevin stitt. great to see you. i believe you are looking to send national guard troops to the texas border, you are not a border state so the question, why do you want to do this? >> the real question the american people are asking themselves is why in the world is president biden cutting razor wire to let illegals enter our country. the best way to explain it is there's 28 ports of entry on the mexico texas border and it's already federal law, illegal in any way except those ports of entry and the fact that we have a pr

in sum, we require full access to the shelby park area currently obstructed by texas by january 26th,e confirm if that the state will provide u.s. border patrol with the access described. now, the biden administrations goes into with detail about what it wants access to which includes shelby park where i am standing, as the international bridge and a boat launch nearby. now, for two weeks texas governor greg abbott has seized this property, he has kicked out the feds arguing in part that president biden just wants an open border. governor abbott says president biden's lawless border policies has allowed more than 6 million illegal immigrants to cross the southern border in the past 3 years, so abbott has used his authority and decared an in-- declared an invasion writing that authority supersedes my federal statute to the contrary. finish the texas national guard and other texas personnel are acting on that authority to secure or the texas border. and this morning the u.s. speaker of the house and at least six other republican governors are backing governor abbott in his fight against

a 2 1/2 mile stretch of shelby park, the shelby park area is what we are talking about, in eagle passordon off by a combination of texas national guardsmen, fencing and other equipment. >> a single border patrol team with the boat was allowed in earlier. our cameras capture this, that was about it. we want to take you like to eagle pass. what are you seeing now? have they granted full access to the feds? >> reporter: no is the short answer. the state of texas is doubling down. let me show you shelby park, this is the type of razor wire on the riverside and on the city side. if you look yawned this strand of razor wire there are several layers of wire before it hits the actual rio grande which is beyond that last layer. i cannot underscore enough how extraordinary this is. this is the state of texas blocking a u.s. federal law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction and power to enforce federal immigration laws in this area that is blocked, that does not have access to it. i want to show you how critical some of these areas, it is a 2.5 mile area of the rio grande that texas has block

as for the standoff on shelby park and the 2.5 miles of river, texas has been doubling down erecting more razor wire barriers and also more fencing which keeps migrants out and also border patrol out of that area. that's what's so extraordinary about this is that the state of texas is keeping border patrol from an area where border patrol normally would be enforcing federal law. and that is what is so remarkable here. governor greg abbott and republicans have been accusing the biden administration of not enforcing federal immigration laws. in this area of eagle pass, in shelby park and in the 2.5 miles of river, border patrol can't enforce federal law because they don't have access. rosa flores, cnn, houston. >>> all right. the border remains a major issue on the campaign trail. in just under two hours from now, former president donald trump is holding a rally in las vegas. and a short time later his competitor for the gop nomination, nikki haley, will be speaking to south carolina voters. cnn is following both of these campaigns. elena, it's been a busy week for trump on the campaig

shelby park has been used as a staging area for processing migrants crossing near the rio grande.y general ken paxton told the department of homeland security that his state will simply not allow or give in to demands to allow federal agents into the park. the texas military department seize control of shelby park last week saying the move was necessary to prevent further illegal immigration into eagle pass. as that stalemate plays out a federal appeals court has temporarily reversed an order requiring texas to remove the floating barrier on the border that holds back the flow of illegal immigrants but now the barriers stay in place until appeals for the fifth circuit take up the place in may. in a meantime they stay. stuart: thanks. the wall street journal is sounding the alarm on adam schiff's run for the senate. ship has a radical agenda. you wants to transform america into something like the far left would love. that's "my take" at the top of the our. mortgage rates expected to fall below 6% this year. does that mean the price of homes will fall with it? mitch rachelle sorted

as for the standoff on shelby park and the 2.5 miles of river, texas has been doubling down, erectingre barriers, and also more fencing which keeps migrants out and also border control out of that area. that's what is so extraordinary is the state of texas is keeping border patrol from an area where border patrol normally would be enforcing federal law. and that is what is so remarkable here. governor greg abbott and republicans have been accusing the biden administration of not enforcing federal immigration laws. in this area of eagle pass in shelby park and these 2.5 miles of river, border control can't enforce federal law because they don't have access. rosa flores, cnn, houston. >>> alabama has executed an inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time. the question now is whether other states will follow their controversial lead. we'll have a report from alabama after the break. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited tim

amna: you are talking about national guard troops stationed at shelby park.ngs surged in december and they dropped again this month specifically in eagle pass. you are sometimes at odds with your own party on immigration. is there more you think the president could be doing to mitigate crossings at the border? >> yes. absolutely. hi have been able to talk about -- i have been able to talk about what the president is doing and they have to get his cofactor out of the way. the numbers have gone down not because of the governor's actions or because we added a wall. the mexican officials are doing their part in the southern part. there is always a correlation -- if mexico does its job and slows numbers, we now have 3100 people a day. that is what is happening. a combination of things. we have to take this factor where people think they can take a dangerous track and come to the border and ask for asylum. the bottom line is this -- the migrants need to realize they cannot take this dangerous route. when you put your kids in a dangerous situation like this mother d

president biden demanding more from access to shelby park texas but governor abbott is standing firm fed out. former acting ice director tom homan joining us next with his thoughts. big advertisers are bracing for a taylor swift super bowl if the chiefs make it to the end, we have her predictions onset. we'll be right back. ♪ >> next week on "mornings with maria" we are spotlighting the top young voices were designated with conservatives. monday tony lawrence fearless takes on the days top pop culture news. tuesday he's worked for conservative icons like newt gingrich and president trump. michael singleton joins maria. wednesday chart campaign national press secretary karoline leavitt on the path to victory in 2024. thursday riley gaines detail service request from women sports from extreme leftist ideology. that is all right here on "mornings with maria". in a rocky mountain setting? spanning over 280,000 acres, three forks ranch is the destination for luxury and adventure. enjoy private skiing with 23 runs for every level. kick back for intimate performances from the best in countr

the fed gave texas a deadline of today in shelby park and eagle pass, but as you mentioned, texas did not comply. they are doubling down with even more razor wire. despite a supreme court order that allows border patrol to cut and remove texas razor wire while the merits of the case are being litigated, border patrol hasn't cut anything yet. a seniors ebp official tells fox they have no immediate plans to do so. this, after a coalition of 25 republican governors signed a letter in support of texas. that letter says in part, "we stand in solidarity with our fellow governor, greg abbott, and the state of texas, and utilizing every tool and strategy including razor wire fences to secure the border. we do it in part because the biden administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books." one of those governors, kristi noem, visited shelby park today, an area she described as an "war zone." she said, if texas needs more razor wire, she'll bring it down in the pickup truck herself. >> it is effective in places and it helps slow down people crossing illegally, and i de

for the standoff in shelby park and the 2.5-mile of river. texas has been doubling down erecting more razor wire barriers and fencing that keeps migrants out and border patrol out of that area. that is why it is so extraordinary with this is they are keeping border patrol out of the area. that is remarkable. governor abbott is accusing the biden administration of not enforcing immigration laws. they cannot enforce federal law because they don't have access. >>> the international court of justice has ordered israel to, quote, take all measures to prevent genocide in gaza. this follows south africa accusing israel to violating international law and committing genocide in the territory. great to have you with us. what did you make of the ruling? >> reporter: i think it is far from the worst that the israel experts expected, which would be an order to stop the fighting, acknowledging that the fighting that stop the operations from israel and could be seen as genocide or war crimes. yet the majority of the judges, all but two, the israeli judge, o

i saw shelby park and it's completely fortified.on both sides of it, today this is the front line on which texas and the 25 republican states that have joined it are confronting not only the external threat of illegal migration, but internal from the washington swamp. shelby park is right behind me, but the state of texas has taken control of about 2.5 miles of the rio grande river, we are passing through this area, you can see there is new fencing and several layers of barbed wire, despite all these barriers, migrants they cross the border anyway, set off on a swim for luck, usually at night, if you’re lucky, it all ends like this. the fighter has a chevron on his sleeve, the chevron has a star on a red background, staff, well, now there are new shots from presidential press service. thank you, in fact , the situation is quite stable, moreover, in terms of the economy, the figures, despite the sanctions, you know that in the ligrad region there were more than 450 large enterprises, partly with foreign capital, and not from friendly

the deadline is up today to give federal agents access to that shelby park surrounded by razor wire.ut texas not going along. >> ainsley: and the lone star state is not alone. 25 governors, look at those pictures, they are all supporting governor abbott. >> lawrence: that's right. don't mess with texas. plus, president biden is going to south carolina tomorrow. joe manchin got there first and had this to say about the current administration. watch. >> i'm talking about [bleep] crazy. i know these people, i have worked with them for 12 years. >> he is talking about the biden staffers after he named them. that's what he said to joe biden. and how do you shovel snow off your roof? let's ask this guy. >> oh. >> brian: i don't know. does tend up -- it's a cliffhanger. we don't know if it works or not. we don't know. >> ainsley: we will ask dawn, his wife. she is the one that shovels. >> brian: you are with friends. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> lawrence: so there is a border battle underway in my home state of texas. governor abbott is showing no signs of caving to the biden administration's demands. instead

by any border patrol personnel, but they say is the border patrol withdrew from shelby park in job. they said dhs and biden administration policies that are leading migrants to risk their lives. a lot of that needs to be put in proper context. obviously, border patrol has been incredible present in that area. but they do perform rescue missions. it maybe going beyond what texas thinks border patrol should be doing as they bring migrants in, process them, and then give them court dates where texas has a bit more draconian view of how the migrants should be treated. >> thank you so much. that wraps up things for me today. thank you for the privilege of your time. i'll see you tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. deadline white house starts rite now. >>> hey, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. free from the antic and the temper tantrums by the ex-president, the a. jean carroll defamation trial daelt with an important question. how much should one of the world's moster

shelby park belongs to the state of texas. it's a part of the united states of america and the president is refusing to defend it from an invasion. today was the deadline that president biden gave texas that they would start cutting down the razor wire. there's been none of that happening here today. i as the governor of south dakota see the effects of joe biden ignoring federal law and allowing this invasion every day in my home state. the funneling of the human trafficking and the drugs comes across this border comes in my state through my travel reservations, devastates my people. i'm proud to stand with the governor and his people here working to keep america safe. >> trace: do you worry, governor, that texas might be seen as defying the supreme court, defying the federal government, especially when republicans mainly support the makeup of this supreme court? >> you know, it's interesting the decision that came out of the supreme court. they talked about the fact that biden could take down razor wire. texas will put it bac

we're seeing a major change in policy here for years migrants have been able to cross over into shelby parkno deterrents. now, texas has kicked out border patrol and has installed hundreds of feet of razor wire. as you can see behind me. now, another policy note to change that troopers are now arresting migrants who illegally cross the razor wire here in shelby park. texas dps tell arrested migrants are charged with criminal trespassing and wait in jail until they're sentenced. after that, texas will turn the migrants over to ice which then they will decide whether to deport or not. as texas continues to fortify the border, the federal government is suing texas to gain full access to the park and its ability to potentially remove the razor wire as it sees fit. yesterday, members of the texas state legislature got a tour of the border operations. >> my feeling is, the federal government is going to remove razor wire. i hope our texas troopers just put it right back. >> last night, mcallen texas and border patrol shows us now tactics migrants are using to move over the 30-foot border wall. >>

in some, we require full access to the shelby park area currently obstructed by texas by january 26, 2024. please confirm that the state will provide u.s. border patrol with the access describe. the biden administration goes in to detail about the access that they want, not just shelby park but the boat launch and the international bridge. texas governor abbott has seized this hotspot for illegal immigration and kicked out the feds and arguing that president biden wants an open border. the president's lawless border policies has allowed more than six million illegals to cross the southern boredner the past three years. so abbott declared and invasion. >> the biden administration has really truly abdicated their responsibility to secure the border and enforce the laws. texas very simply is securing the border. >> and at this hour, the u.s. speaker of the house and a growing list of republican governors have publicly declared their support for texas governor abbott. right now 14 republican governors across the u.s. have indicated that they support governor abbott versus the biden admin

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the president demanding the federal government have access to the 50 acre shelby park, likely remove the boxes and the razor wire along the rio grande. >> gillian: the latest on the ground inside eagle pass. >> sandra: right to peter doocy, live at the white house as we await this briefing. key to hear what we hear directly from the white house on all of this. for now, how far is this administration willing to take their battle with texas? >> peter: it's a big tug-of-war, and they have to come up with something new either today or the next couple days, when asked about the border the administration talks about how there are negotiations going on in the senate between democrats and republicans and don't want to weigh in on the negotiations, if donald trump is putting pressure on republicans not to go along with the negotiations or whatever comes out of it and mitch mcconnell is privately saying the politics have changed, the bipartisan deal is probably not the best thing for the republicans, those negotiations are not something this white house is going to be able to go towards. it wi

matt fynn is alive in the disputed shelby park in eagle pass with the latest from there. >> hi eric, state of texas continues to defend this part it is not allowing federal border patrol agents in. at the heart of the matter is the razor where you see behind me at texas has installed it. it is using it to deter illegal migrants and it does not want the biden administration messing with it. the latest development in this showdown texas state attorney ken paxton fired back a letter to a federal attorney demanding the united states prove its claim that somehow has ownership over this park. park. texas insists its state lands. it has a constitutional right to seize this park and defend the border at the same time and at washington the senate is hammering out a bipartisan border bill texas attorney general ken paxton he only supports a bill that calls for enforcing the law with zero tolerance for illegal immigration republicans should not rubberstamp anything else. >> and basically we bail them out in the election coming up the voters do not like this is going to cost biden the election.

now, here in shelby park, we're seeing a lot less people cross the border, the numbers are significantlyn other places like mcallen, we're still seeing people cross the border in dangerous ways. >> danamarie, thank you very much. i want to go to new hampshire institute of politics, st. anselm college and he knows of what he speaks. and i'm glad you spell it n-e-i-l, the imposters with n-e-a-l. and what is happening here. >> the 24% believe it's the number one issue for them and a lot of that is it boils down, crimes, drugs, all kind of things, and the fear that other people are doing things that might affect you. >> who is capitalizing on that in this state? >> in this state, there's no doubt about the fact that donald trump really dominates on the immigration issue and immigration isn't probably the right word for it, but he's dominated that and he's able to put it right into the wall and other issues, but if you look at like, say, ron desantis' numbers with immigration, he doesn't do very well which is rather interesting. neil: i'm wondering, though, how it sorts out. you can be vocal

if razor wire be removed, and the texas national guard is not allowing border patrol even in to shelby park standing right now. that's a huge issue. now, i did speak with one of those officials about how texas national guard is dealing with this right now and if anything is going to change. >> we still are going to restrict the access here at shelby park, we're still going to add additional infrastructure along the river. that's what national forward is doing currently, adding additional barriers to that the concertina wire so that we can prevent and discourage any illegal border crossings. >> reporter: now, the justices by a 5-4 vote gave border patrol agents the legal authority to cut the wire, granting an emergency appeal from the biden administration if which argue as that the razor wire obstructs border patrol's ability to process migrants who are already on more than soil to help those who -- american soil to help those who may be in distress. in emergency situations that's will aid migrants through the wire, provide medical attention but also stress how dangerous the rio grande is wh

than they have wire cutters. >> and neil, just to give you the daily update on the showdown in shelby park, texas has not removed any raised wire. in fact not far behind me i watched text texas national guard as they prepare to install additional razor wire. texas has not relinquished control of his park so it did not comply with the biden administration's request to reopen this park to federal border agents so there is an ongoing showdown here now in shelby park, neil. neil: real quickly on that, matt , governor mcmaster was saying all the supreme court said was, you know, cut the wire it didn't say anything about if the state puts the wire right back. >> right, and the lt. governor of texas, the acting governor of texas right now told us hey, if you want to come in and cut it go head because we can just keep installing more. neil: thank you, my friend, matt finn on all of that and then there's the back and forth in washington on that and it's a long way from resolved. chad pergram on that. chad? reporter: neil, bipartisan senate negotiators hope to release bill tech soon but they said th

laura: you are talking about national guard troops stationed at shelby park. surged in december, then they dropped again this month, specifically in eagle pass. you are sometimes at odds with your own party on immigration. is there more you think that president biden could do to mitigate crossings at the border? >> absolutely. look. you know me. i have been able to talk about what the president should be doing and they need to get this out of the way. the numbers have gone down not because of the governor's actions. it is not because of, we added a border wall or buoys. it is simple. the mexicans started doing their job in the southern part and there is always a correlation. if mexico does its job and slow down the numbers, instead of having 10,000, 12,000 people per day, we have 2800, 3100 per day. that is what is happening. it is a combination of things but we have to take this cofactor where people think they can take a very dangerous trek and cut through the border and ask for asylum. the bottom line is, the migrants need to realize they can't make this da

customs and border protection's full access to shelby park. instead, texas' attorney general is giving his own deadline of -- claimed that a 2008 eevmentd gave shelby park ownership to the federal government. >> we're just saying, hey, show up and give us the information that demonstrates that you're correct. and i doubt they will be able to do that. >> this afternoon, national security council spokesperson john kirby contradicting president biden who told fox earlier this month that he does not think there's a crisis at the border. >> the president himself has talked about the fact that -- that there's a crisis going on at the border. >> in washington, a bipartisan group of senators is hammering out a possible immigration deal that president biden says he would sign if passed. however, conservatives are slamming the possible deal. the speaker of the house calling it dead on arrival. writing according to reports, the senate's pending proposal would expressly allows a many as 150,000 illegal crossings each month. 1.8 million per year before any

fed. >> through the state's emergency declaration was going to take full control and custody of shelby park. this is not something that the city wanted, requested, asked for. >> reporter: now with the texas national guard taking control, cbp, that of course being customs and border protection, are actually blocked from accessing shelby park. however, border patrol council president brandon judd tells fox that this is a forced multiplier. in other words it will help assist border patrol in curbing the thousands of migrants who enter eagle pass every day. by the way this isn't the firm time abbott's gotten under the fed's skin. biden actually sued the lone star state for a law that gives texas and local law enforcement there authority to arrest illegal aliens. in turn, abbott of course sued the administration for sending agents to cut razor wire fences at the southern border. bottom line trace texas is taking matters into its own hands because they argue the feds simply aren't doing enough. >> trace: seems like a good argument to me kevin. kevin corke live for us in dc thank you >> former arm

actually, i was in shelby park where this dispute is going down.area texas dps. >> steve: eagle pass. >> lawrence: department of eagle pass texas. where our operation is? is that where you were live with that guy was coming. >> lawrence: that's correct. right in that area right there. texas dps has put wire there. they have marine boats there they have a helicopter operation to search the brush area. but they have had this ongoing relationship with the border patrol. now that has ended, according to the governor now saying he is done with them because cutting the wire and allowing the illegals to come in. remember the texas national guard as well as the texas department of public safety has been pushing the migrants back. as long as they don't jump the fence, they tell them go back around. if they get caught up in the wire then it becomes something different. >> steve: this shelby park is gigantic. it's 50 acres. the overnight headline is the fact that the state of texas has seized it, essentially from the city of eagle pass. and the city of eagle

live at eagle pass, texas, that's where state authorities are now rolling out more barbed wire at shelby parkblocking access to federal agents. right now it's unclear who will blink first in this showdown at the rio grande between the state of texas and the biden administration. texas digging in its heels after the supreme court ruled the federal government had the right to take the state's fencing down, but governor greg abbott insists he is acting within his rights to protect his state for what he calls an invasion. hello, everyone, and welcome to the a brand new hour of "fox news live," i'm eric shane. hey, or arthel. arthel: hi, eric. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. so the constitutional battle over border enforcement comes as we get staggering new numbers on border encounters. customs and and border protection reporting 302,000 migrants tried to illegally enter the u.s. last month. this is beating the previous record high by more than 32,000. we are covering the border crisis from all angles. florida attorney general ashley moody standing by, she is one of 25 state the a.g.s joining

once they arrive at shelby park, that is where texas authorities say that they are arresting migrants. they are arresting single men and single women and charging them with criminal trespassing. any migrant families or unaccompanied children that turn. they into authorities are handed over to border patrol. that's according to texas authorities. and that just shows you the relationship between the biden administration and the state of texas, because normally, it would be federal law that would be enforced in this area. but right now, it's state law. now, as for the state of texas, the texas attorney general ken paxton has said that he does not plan to surrender to the biden administration. cnn, eagle pass texas. >>> all right. this just in. donald trump continuing to defend his mental fitness in new hampshire after it was called into question by his republican rival, nikki haley. he told the audience, i'll let you know when i go bad. you know when i go bad. end quote. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com here's why you should switch fo to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes

matt finch is live in eagle pass with the latest on all this. >> right now we are standing inside shelby park battleground between texas governor greg abbott and the biden administration. governor abbott says biden policies allowed cartels to smuggle migrants into the park and his state so he has seized the property and take out federal border patrol agents. this property at this park is a hotspot for illegal immigration for a number of years and you may recall the crush of migrants in this park a few weeks ago. this week the department of justice filed court documents asking the supreme court to intervene and restore federal government access to the property. the state of texas respondent yesterday arguing in part that in the midst of broader lawsuit between texas and the federal government border patrol moved its presence in the park and governor abbott has the right to come in your it saying when they ceased large-scale operations of border patrol officer told state personnel that would not be bac. texas democratic congressman henry cuellar posted a controversial post on x alleging a mothe

this is shelby park, but it goes on for a while downriver. you can see that there is a international bridge that crosses into mixico, this park keeps going. there are two bridges, a golf course, if you go several miles that is the extent of this takeover. according to a law enforcement source, the number of migrant apprehensions has gone up in the past few days. on sunday it was about 1000. if you look around you do not see migrants, there are national guard members but you do not see migrants. where they coming through? that is the thing about border barriers, they do not stop it, they redirected. migrants are actually being pushed through, by smugglers, farther up river west of town in a residential area and beyond that. that is where border patrol is apprehending migrants because they do not have access to this area. i talked to a residents who voted for governor abbott and he supports many of governor abbott's policies, he says he is against this takeover. >> the best thing is to be nontransparent, it is not the best thing to irritate the

the state of texas is putting up right by these containers but i want to set the scene for you in shelby parkis is the area that was taken over by the state of texas and border patrol is not allowed to be in this area, they were picked out by texas and here is the scene that's unfolding. i want you to look beyond these layers of razor wire because you will see a couple that is sitting right on the banks of the rio grande. these are two students from venezuela who were studying architecture, they started protesting against the maduro regime and they feel they had to flee their country because they would either be kidnapped or killed if they stay there. they tell me they have been here for two days, they have not eaten, they have not had water until a few hours ago when texas national guard gave them water. but this is the standoff that we are seeing. the people caught in the middle are migrants, these two individuals simply want to turn themselves into authorities but border patrol is not here. to be clear, the international boundary is in the middle of this river, these two individuals are te

. >> reporter: i'm at shelby park and the scene unfolding behind me is what we see occurring since the state of texas took over the park. there is a few people back there who are waiting to turn themselves into u.s. immigration authorities. i spoke to two of them, kevin and vanessa, they are both from venezuela, they are students studying architecture. but they say that they fled venezuela because they are fleeing the regime there, they protested against the government in 2019 and that they couldn't live there anymore because the future that holds them there is either kidnapping or death because they stood up against the regime. now, they say that they have been on the banks of the rio grande for two days. they say they haven't eaten for two days and that they literally just had some water because a texas national guard member gave them a bottle of water. so they have had water. but vanessa has cuts on her legs from the razor wire. she says that she has difficulty walking. and really what they want to do is turn themselves into u.s. him grace authorities. you can see that there are sev

once they arrive at shelby park, that is where texas authorities say that they are arresting migrantsrresting single men and single women and charging them with criminal trespassing. and any migrant families or unaccompanied children who turn themselves into authorities are handed over to border patrol correspond to according to texas authorities. and that shows you the relationship between the biden administration and the state of texas. because normally it would be federal law that would be enforced in this area. but right now, it is state law. as for the state of texas, the texas attorney general ken paxton says he does not plan to surrender to the biden administration. rosa flores, cnn, eagle pass, texas. >>> new mexico grand jury indicts actor alec baldwin for a second time in connection with the fatal onset shooting of a member of the production team for the film "rust." brian todd has more. >> reporter: the famed 65-year-old actor charged for the second time in the shooting. alex baldwin faces manslaughter oig negligent use of a fire arm. and also an act committed with a total

tomorrow how much o the park, if any, texas plans t reopen saying we require full access to the shelby parkrea obstructed by texas by january 26 of 2024. texas eve this stretch of borde property around the park nbn federal agents three weeks ago. governor abbott declared an invasion and accuses president biden of dereliction of duty. he gave what texas is asserting is our right of self-defense because the president of the united states is not fulfilling his duty to enforce the laws spread. >> republican governors from at least a dozen states are declaring their support for texas, as is the speaker of the house writing i stand with governor abbott. the house will do everything in its power to back them up. when next step holding secretar mayorkas accountable. >> paxton and the border patrol unions that they don't expect they show down to necessarily become physical, it will likely play out in the courts. earlier today the white house that he could not give any more details about a possible scenario where the u.s. government naturalize as the national guard here. >> we will follow it all clos

federal authorities have asked texas authorities to open access to shelby park, the most popular border paxton said the state had no intention of following the order. let's fast forward to the united states of america. the chief of our american bureau, valentin bogdanov, is in direct communication from new york, from the main yankee city. how's the fight between the yankees and the confederates? yes. yeah, good evening, evgeny , well, of course, the fight between yanka and the confederates is still very far away, rather, while this is a dispute between administrative subjects, in order to call it a full-fledged civil war, you need to have a real civil confrontation here, it doesn’t exist, but of course there are prerequisites for the fact that it could arise, as you correctly noted, if, for example, an armed clash occurs between the texas national guard or an allied force. to her with the forces, forces, forces there of florida, relatively speaking , the us border service, the federal there, but it is still problematic to believe in such a scenario again, we are talking more about a sym

texas monetary department will continue to install even more razor wire in shelby park and plan to repairanything cut by border patrol in the future. this is not over. that's the message from texas governor greg abbott who said on social media that he will continue to defend texas's constitutional authority to secure the border and prevent the biden administration from destroying property. a lower court ruling last year had barred the federal government from removing the razor wire but in a 5-numfour vote the supreme court contended that ruling at the request of the biden administration which argues the razor wire obstruct border patrol's ability to process migrants who are on american soil and help those who may be in distress. texas dps told me in emergency situations they will laid migrants through the wire and provide medical attention. with border patrol and their processing center not allowed in the park, single male and females will be arrested and charged with criminal trespass if they try to cross over illegally rather than being processed. family and children will be handed over

we just got access to shelby park thanks to the texas national guard. you can see how texas is doubling down on these efforts. you're seeing members of the texas national guard reengineering ways to make sure that migrants don't cross into shelby park illegally. you can see them deploying razor wire up there. you can see they have staged some fencing that is going to be added to this side of these containers. according to the texas national guard, this is to reinforce these barriers to make sure the illegal crossings don't come this way. the rio grande is on the other side of these containers. this is the state of texas doubling down on not allowing border patrol to enter this area, according to the texas national guard, they have access to a boat ramp nearby. that's the big battle going on in regards to access to this area. now to the big question, does this stop illegal immigration? the answer to that is no. according to a law enforcement source, some of the numbers of migrant apprehensions in this area eb and flow. they've been up and down. what smug

border patrol has been blocked out of shelby park, an area at the u.s. border with mexico that had until recently served as a holding area for migrants. last wednesday night, texas authorities erected fencing, gates, and razor wire to take custody and control of the park. that means that border patrol agents who as part of the regular duties rescue migrants in distress didn't have access to the area where the migrants are believed to have drowned. you're asking about a reaction. in a statement, the texas military department said the following. at no time did security personnel along the river observe any distressed migrants. nor did tmd turn back any legal immigrants from the u.s. during this period, adding they were not made aware of any bodies in the area of shelby park at that time. >> and then what about any kind of reaction or statement coming from federal authorities? >> yes, that happened today. both customs and border protection and the white house have reacted to the drownings. earlier today, a white house spokesperson said the following. while

a report from shelby park after this. awkward question. is there going to be anything... leftover? oh, absolutely. [inner monologue] my kids don't know what they want. you know who knows what she wants? me! with empower, we get all of our financial questions answered. so you don't have to worry. empower what's next. stuart: let's get to the crisis ornament the boarder and the battle between the feds and state of texas for control of the border. texas refusing federal agents inside and matt finn is at the park and the fed said there would be consequences. anything so far? reporter: so far no physical consequences on the ground, stu and not only did texas defie the federal deadline and i noticed a short while ago, texas is putting up even more razor wire and fencing inside this park and texas dps tells me that texas is more capable of deterring migrants it feels because the pieden administration wants an open worder. >> we're trying to pre-september illegal border crossings to not see the loss of life. it's not normal and it's not humane for cross a river including children and contr

texas will not comply with biden administration demands to allow border patrol back into shelby park, migrant hot spot that runs for about 2 1/2 miles along the rio grande. that's eagle pass, texas again. the a.g. in texas giving the feds a deadline of his own to prove who owns that park. the eagle pass we go for another week there of headlines and more. matt finn is live. good morning, matt. >> good morning, bill. texas state attorney general ken paxton fired back a letter to a federal attorney on friday with deadlines and demands of his own. paxton is asking the biden administration to provide proof by february 15th to support its claim that the federal government has ownership over shelby park through a previous easement. paxton tells me if the biden administration can prove it has ownership of this land texas would allow the feds back in. for now texas will continue to stand its ground. >> for the time being there is no injunction. they can come in and cut wire down. we have no obligation to let them on our property. as i said they are claiming now it's their property. i think the

texas though defying the court, still blocking agents from accessing shelby park to do that, despite this ruling, texas is reinforcing barriers. that's what this new video from the state department of public safety shows you there. texas governor greg abbott is vowing to hold the line on the u.s. border and claimed in a new statement that texas law is, quote, the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. a source tells cnn the government has no immediate plans for a mass removal of the razor wire. joining us is lawyer steve pladick. thank you so much. i am completely riveted by this and fascinated. it has huge implications for the system that we live by and federalism. who has the right here? the supreme court said the biden administration, you can go in and do this. the state is saying no. >> yeah. this is really a mess. i think the mess is partly by design. i think this is exactly what governor abbott wants, confusion only enables his ability to appear to be standing up to the federal government. it's worth stressing that the supreme court's decis

know there will be cameras there. >> there will be cameras there and they also want to open up shelby park, which, as i understand it, is right off the river there where the illegals congregate and the ngo's come. it's like a holding center. why do they need that park emptied out? look, joe biden has done what a foreign saboteur would do if he were to destroy the borders in this country. the question, the whole thing begs the question, are we a country anymore? do we have a border anymore? the answer is, if the federal government is not protecting the border, the states under article 10 have the ability to do that as long as they are not prevented from doing it by the federal government. and so under article 10, texas wins. and if joe biden wants to continue to open this border as jesse said, working with the cartels, i've heard reports that the cartels actually have drones flying over our side of the border so they can check where border patrol is so they can send more people in. you know, we're not in charge of the border. the cartels are. joe biden has done everything he possibly can to

texas you look at a video that a fox drone captured including truck loads of fencing arriving to shelby parkvery day we've been here for the past few weeks texas is building and for the filing its fencing and razor wire. the state is not complying to allow border patrol back into the park. texas governor abbott says he has transported more than 102,000 migrants from this state to sanctuary cities across the country. harris. >> harris: that number actually is nothing compared to all the people who have stayed. those illegal immigrants who stayed in some of those border states before they go north. the government moves more than that, too. matt finn, thank you. a reporter was asking the president moments ago about biden's border crisis. >> have you done everything you can do with executive authority or is there more you can do? >> president biden: i've done all i can do. i've asked them the day i got in office. give mmef the border patrol, give me the people, the judges, give me the people who can stop this. >> harris: he says he has done all he can do. brandon judd, national border patrol cou