welcome back to first look. i m lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. in one of the most shocking and gruesome acts seen in mexico s ongoing drug wars, 49 mutilated bodies were found dumped on the highway a little over an hour s drive from the texas border yesterday. the dead are thought to be victims of an escalating battle between two rival cartels. in afghanistan, a top peace negotiator was shot and killed on his way to work in kabul. the taliban denied involvement in the killing of arsala rahmani just a week before a key nato summit meeting in chicago where afghanistan will be a major topic. in southern yemen, 42 people have been killed in fighting between the army and al qaeda militants. the militants used warplanes and heavy artillery in the battle,
in neighborhoods around phoenix. they had 100 immigrants caught at border yesterday. in prison it s 1 in 5. the charges include man slaughter, murder, rape, burglary, you name it. so whether it s arresting and depoargt or catch and release. for arizona the illegal immigrants continue to come from south america, central america and so forth. you can call them names but they say you don t know us and you don t know the law. megyn: when does the law take effect? reporter: it s scheduled to take effect 90 days from yesterday. however, three lawsuits were filed in federal court. two from police officers who say the will interfere with their jobs. but a big one from an hispanic clergy group, what they say is
we ve already verified that forecast in some spots. check out these numbers. nashville, vermont, 20.3 inches. my goodness. parts of upstate new york, 15.5 inches, jericho, vermont, 12 inches. that s extreme upstate or northern parts of vermont. you would think vermont s cold this time of year. right? well, they got tulips and the daffodils blooming, as well, so it s not exactly ideal for those flower lovers out there and the snowplows thinking they could take the rest of the summer off. they are back in action this morning across parts of northern vermont. the other big weather story is what s going on out west, this very powerful storm brought damaging winds to reno and california border yesterday, some power outages across parts of reno and the higher-elevation snow. these winds will be moving across the higher plains and the front range of the rockies today and tomorrow as this thing begins to roll partly to the east, the severe weather threat becoming more evident. 60 in new york f
in spain, a freak snowstorm stopped much of barcelona in its tracks. take a look right there. right now utility companies are trying to restore power to as many as a quarter million customers. driving was no picnic either at the french/spanish border yesterday, it created chaos in traffic backups nearly 30 miles long. snow isn t the big problem in the u.s. southeast. instead it s a lot of rain. we ve had our share of snow, haven t we? with record-breaking amounts, europe is seeing a tremendous winter, so both sides, the hemisphere seeing some action this winter. by the way, while we re on that note, pattern setting up to still be pretty chilly next
we are getting really bad dudes out of this country, and at a rate that nobody has ever seen before. and they are the bad ones. kimberly: and that was president trump earlier todaygr get talking about his immigration agenda, this speaker of the house paul ryan toward the southern border yesterday, congressman mike mccaul and john carter will join speaker ryan, they will be here later with the details. plus, it was a hard day for the fox news family, our dear friend and family alan colmes passed away at the age of 66. sean will join us later. stay with us. my business was built with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that s why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business.