brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that s another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. maine s democratic secretary of state following colorado s lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. mike: colorado s ban is on home after the state gop appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first election
records. nearly 2.4 million migrants apprehended in the past 12 months including some on the terror watch list. texas congressman tony gonzalez putting the blame squarely on the president accusing joe biden about lying what s really happening there. joe biden has pinocchioed america. we know he is lying and they re full of it. the most encounters and most terrorists that have come over. the number of migrant deaths. the list goes on and on and no end in sight. dana: team fox coverage. kellyanne conway with reaction to this and the latest crime outrage in new york where the governor is saying it s all in your head. nate foye in eagle pass, texas this morning. hi, nate. congressman gonzalez tells me as more and more people cross the border the cartels are getting more bold and efficient which results in more people crossing the border, which is exactly what we re seeing this morning. two large groups passing in eagle pass. take a look at this first video. infrared drone c
we ll go to 2.0 bill and do a rematch if no one gets over 50% plus 1. dana: so for our viewers at home you might want to put december 6th in pencil. thank you for coming on. dana: president biden s growing list of crises and failures giving voters plenty to worry about. crime, border, inflation, economy. two weeks left before mid-term elections. i m dana perino. bill: small g? . dana: i m really good. bill: i m bill hemmer good morning. economy hurting you every time you go to buy groceries and fill up the gas tank if you get where you are going without getting hurt. subway growing dangers in many cities across the country. the border crisis setting new
war has stopped, if it s, you know, stopped. there will be the space to actually discover all of this traumatic influence. i image that s right. i mean, in too many of these wars across the globe, we see soldiers using sexual violence as a means of punishment, of terrorizing the civilian population, according to u.n. women in a crisis setting, more than 70% of women have experienced gender-based violence. skp and sadly, we re hearing reports in ukraine of rape and sexual violence. what are people telling you? yeah, so, of course, there s plenty of room for rape in any territory, if it s occupied by russians, but also just the war situation, i think, makes it very unstable and dangerous for
we just heard from the president i raised an eyebrow when he made those remarks during his news conference he seemed to suggest people would be falling off airplanes if it was one month from now so that seems a little specious? i have to agree we didn t have to be in this crisis setting over the last few days in fact i m curious as to why we didn t begin especially the evacuation of the tens of thousands of afghans who worked closely with us why didn t we began that evacuation months ago all the way to february of last year when under the previous administration we signed an agreement that committed us to removing all troops by may of this year. may have had months in my view have accelerated the