ly new generation cartel comes out of specific ports. without china knowing about it, there is, there is a big brother is very much a real thing out there. so can t see how they can be unaware of the fact that they are providing logistical support out of their country into mexico to create this epidemic in the country right now. rachel: ed calderon, everything you re telling me is frightening. i m glad you re on the ground letting us know what is going on. our government certainly isn t. vice president kamala harris our border czar failed miserably addressing the quote, unquote root causes. ed, thanks so much for joining us today. merry christmas. all right. pete, you have got some headlines for us? pete: i do, thank you very much, rachel, great stuff. appreciate it. now to a few headlines. democrat senator richard blumenthal expressing regret spiking at an event linked to
to this, we have record breaking drug overdoses in this country. really quickly, something that you, that you re concerned about. that is chinese state actors are actually assisting the cartels. can you tell me how, whether you think this is a national security threat for america? it is a open secret, chinese banking apps are being utilized by the chinese state actors in conjunction with cartel organizations in the united states to move money around. once the money hits chinese banking apps it basically turns invisible to the united states. the fact that america, that mexico specific ports every closed because of covid, it gave a major cartel growing expansion