migrants here in new york city. you know rando s island park alliance did reach out and received a statement from them, responding to the news and they said in part that while we are empathetic to the crisis, we also understand that taking these highly used athletic fields off-line is a loss for many schools and leagues in new york city. when it comes to city hall, they continued to say that they are running out of space and options. at this point the city is open over 190 emergency shelters including 13 other large-scale humanitarian relief centers. that s what we ll be as well. i m camped out last week for days, it is obvious that more space was needed. the horseshoe is families are not happy with the space that they chose and he is a thing, as we well know, this is far from over. every time i reach up to city hall i hear that all options on the table when it
southern border. we have pictures you will only see here on fox news showing heavily armed operatives from drug cartels illegally crossing into this country. this comes as a delegation of democratic lawmakers visits the region today. we have fox team coverage. madison alworth on randall s island, new york where locals are beginning to tear up athletic fields to construct migrant shelters. correspondent bill melugin though starts us off tonight live from eagle pass, texas. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. illegal crossings are starting to surge once again here at our southern border. this is after a lull during the month of june. now fox news has obtained some brand new startling photographs showing it is not just asylum seekers crossing into the u.s. startling exclusive images from the southern border. as a group of suspected cartel gunmen are seen crossing illegally into texas in the rio grande valley.
it is miserable, actually. reporter: phoenix is on pace to become the first major u.s. city to average over 100 degrees for an entire month. at this high school in tempe, arizona, classes started last week. speak of the hotter environment for students means what? we have required several cooldown spaces at all of our campuses especially this year. reporter: while athletic fields are empty during the hottest hours of the day, the team still practice. the athletes are drinking a gallon or two of water before they go outside. reporter: outside the risks are everywhere, extreme heat is magnifying surface temperatures. even quick contact can cause first-degree burns at 118 degrees. blisters can occur at 131 and skin tissue can be destroyed instantly at 162. in arizona, surface temperatures can reach 180 degrees. across the country keeping cool
we ve been tracking the fate of a nearly 400-acre plot of land in west los angeles donated to the united states in the 1800s to house old and injured soldiers. but in the 1970s the va started leasing it out, chunks of it for other things. a college baseball field, parking lots, oil drilling, and an exclusive private school s athletic fields. cnn s nick watt reports on the latest twist in this battle. reporter: all of this land in leafy, lovely west l.a. must, said the united states congress in 2016, be used to principally benefit veterans. but among other things their swimming pool and pristine playing fields of the exclusive private brentwood school remain.
Republicans can't scrutinize what they can't see, and Trenton Democrats still haven't released the final version of Phil Murphy's FY 2024 budget to the opposition party on the eve of the anticipated vote. June 30th is the constitutional deadline for a budget to be passed and adopted in order to avoi