gershkovich. more on that spray head. but first. the border crisis still a major problem as large amounts of migrants pour across as of the border. including a group of over 1000, many from venezuela for they cross the border illegally just days ago before turning themselves over to border ag agents. hello and welcome to fox news like i am molly line in for arthel neville. so far hypo and eric shawn hello everyone thank you for joining us for it will take a live look now at the southern border this comes as homeland security secretary mayorkas faces more criticism from republicans. he refuses to call the migrant surge of the southern border a crisis. the chief of the border patrol ortiz testified before congress that some areas of the border are in a crisis situation. do you agree? i think we face a very serious challenge in certain parts of the border. do you view what s happening right now the border is a crisis? i view it as a significant challenge. significant c
Hello again. A State Of Emergency is in effect for maryland and virginia as Tropical Storm ophelia moves up the east coast. Power lines exploding in North Carolina where Ophelia Made Landfall this morning. Allison chinchar is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center. And brian todd is in alexandria, virginia. What is ophelia doing . Its still kind of chugging along, making its way akpcross North Carolina. Weve got outer bands stretching up to pennsylvania, new york, even massachusetts. The same winds right now are 50 miles an hour guesting to 65. The heaviest rain is really focused over virginia and North Carolina at the moment. Youve still got some pretty heavy bands, although the bulk is starting to push inland and away from the coastal areas. You have Flood Watches and Flash Flood Warnings in raleigh and off to the east. Theyve already picked up 23 inches of rain. Now youre going to get an additional 12 on top of that. It begins in the evening to spread more into the mid atlan
the fall off in january and february as things go forward. some of this is attributed to new rules implemented regarding cuban patient nicaraguan and venezuelan refugees. making expulsion easier for those from those nations if they cross illegally and not through a creative program. here s what mayorkas said on 60 minutes. click state number of people arriving at our border, is at an extraordinary height. there is no question about that. but that is not unique to the southern border of the united states. there is a tremendous amount of movement throughout the hemisphere and in fact throughout the world. shannon: he seems to be saying this essentially a global problem. but we saw this change in policy now being credited with the change in numbers as far as border crossings go. what do you make of mayorkas steak there? lexi numbers show everything.
mcconnell s perspective. he got badly burned by the president before christmas and had somewhat stepped away from the negotiations and has been going along with the white house saying i m not going to put these bills on the floor if the president won t sign them but he s also very attuned to his own members and if they start to make a significant shift as a body i think you ll see that reflected in his actions as well. and the fact-checking on this is going on every which direction but, julia, you were in charge of our fact-checking last night and have been on the beat and breaking stories right and left about the false claims from dhs. tell me what were the most glaring misstatements you heard last night from the oval office speech. i think the first, andrea, we are in uncharted territory as far as border crossings go. we are not at record highs, in fact, crossings over the border have dropped since the early 2000 and not where we were in 2014 or 2016 under oba. what has changed a