says iran is to blame for the attack on the tanker in the gulf of oman. stick around for a debate with our foreign policy experts. welcome to fox news @ night, i m shannon bream in washington. we begin tonight with chief national correspondent ed henry, good evening. breaking tonight, the president dealing with a growing number of republican senators who are growing upset about the fact that he was calling out and saying that he would accept dirt from my foreign government but what many in the media are not reporting, it was hillary clinton s campaign and the dnc that secretly hired a former british spy to dig up dirt on canada to trump that may have been russian disinformation, unverified information used by the obama administration to conduct surveillance of the trump campaign. trey gowdy pointed this out tonight and declared in the president s defense if he was referring to dirt, it s already
message to democrats. but first we begin with chief national correspondent ed henry to break it all down. ed. good to see you. this stands in stark contrast that it was a manufactured crisis by the democrats when president trump claimed a national emergency. we ve seen a former number of obama administration officials come out and say to the democrats they need to come up with a solution. biggest monthly total of apprehensions in 13 years in may. the third consecutive month that border detentions topped 100,000 in a month. over the last seven years, we ve seen apprehensions of about 300 to 400,000 for the entire fiscal year. now it s over 100,000 a month. you can get an idea of why that s alarming. the president s team as the customs and border patrol held a conference call saying their holding cells are bursting at
message to democrats. but first, we begin with chief national correspondent, ed henry, to break it down. ed? the stark contrast of democratic claims of late that this was a manufactured crisis when president trump declares a national emergency which may explain in recent days we ve seen former obama administration officials come out and suggest to the democrats that they need to come up with a solution. those may numbers, biggest number of total apprehensions in 13 years. it s the third consecutive month that border detentions topped 100,000 in a month. look how jarring that is. over the last seven years, we ve seen apprehensions of about 300,000 to 400,000 for the entire fiscal year. now it s over 100,000 a month. you get an idea why that s alarming. the president s team at the customs control held a conference call today declaring the holding cells are
steve: a freshman democrat s remark about the border in a house committee seemed so appalling it has been voted down and removed from the congressional record. at this point with five kids that have died, 5,000 separated from their families, i feel like and the evidence is really clear that this is intentional. it s intentional. it s a policy choice being made on purpose by this administration and it s cruel and inhumane. that s an appalling allegation and our men and women fight hard to protect people in our custody every single day. brian: kevin mcaleenan homeland secretary brutally insulted. here to weigh in fox news chief national correspondent ed henry. ed: good morning, guys. it s disgusting. and that s why it s going to be taken down. kevin mcaleenan if you look at the context at this hearing went on, you know, to say at other points nut hearing we need more money.
anything else coming next. the democrats are already pivoting. adam schiff previously said collusion was a certain thing. he knew it. the evidence was hiding in plain sight, he said. that was a lie. now he says it doesn t matter anymore. more investigations are coming no matter what. want of the great many of the unanswered questions and if they are not answered, then we will have to answer them. we have to find the truth. tucker: oh, the truth. three investigations, two years, not enough. so what is the new plan for the democratic party going forward? chief national correspondent ed henry joins us with that. it s good to see you. this has been a situation where you had adam schiff, eric swalwell, you have mentioned them before. they had visions of collusion, obstruction, maybe sugar plums dancing in their heads for a couple of years now.