now. steve good morning, everybody. it is monday, january 8th, 2024. we start this monday morning with a focus on joe biden s border crisis. you have heard all about it. well, today, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is going to head to eagle pass, texas to get a firsthand look at the chaos that border agents are dealing with day in, day out. thanks to this administration. ainsley: well, his trip comes as the new dhs report reveals more than 2.3 million migrants have been released into our country under the biden administration. brian: co-host lawrence jones is live in eagle pass this morning. is he getting a look at the border by air, land and sea. lawrence? hey, good morning, family. yeah. we are live out here. yesterday we went into the air to really see exactly what s happening on the ground, on the day-to-day basis. today we re going to go from land and take a boat out as well to see what border agents are having to deal with also the texas depar
[laughter] best surprise ever. so this has all within planned all along? from. grandmother that video, karen gamble. also known as nanna joins us with her husband and grandpa. and two of their grandchildren matthew and brook. hey, everyone. hi. good morning. hi, good morning. brook, i understand this was your idea. you talked to your mom. y all planned it. tell us about that. so i had seen like the trend on tiktok. and i sent it to my cousin tori, actually. and then we were shopping with my mom one day and i kept seeing these tiktoks come up. i was like oh my gosh we have to do this for nanna and gr grandd. i showed my mom in kohl s. she starts bawling when we were standing in kohl s shopping. that s the sweetest thing ever seen. you have to do it. nanna will absolutely love that my aunt is shopping with us. you have to show aunt kelly. so i waited until we got in the
join us. we were having trouble with our shot. tori, good morning. good morning. hello. ainsley: tell us about the experience from your point of view. it just was amazing as always. we had so many great memories with them when we were little staying there. it was great to experience that as adults now. and go back to playing games and like laughing and watching tv and just being in their house and brings back all those great memories from when you are little. ainsley: nanna, all that hard work you poured into these children s lives growing up. makes me emotional. what i would do to have a sleepover with my grandparents. i knew all four of them. i don t have them anymore. hats off to you kids that you are young adults now, what you have done and thanna, i will give you the last word. what s your message to other young people that are watching this that have grandparents? well, i just wish so