♪ >> bret: among other things, president biden's first year in office was marked by a growing crisis on our southern border. authorities recorded more than 1.7 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2021. correspondent bill melugin had a front row seat for months there on the border. bill joins us now from our west coast newsroom. good evening, bill. >> bret, good evening to you. the border crisis certainly has not taken a break over the holidays. we have got some brand new numbers, courtesy of a dhs source and we will get into those now. take a look at this. just in the last 24 hours, just in the rio grande valley sector alone, there have been more than 1100 migrant apprehensions since october 1st, the sector has seen over 136,000 encounters. that is up 160% over the same time period last year. on top of that, the rio grande valley sector has already seen