and texas congressman dan crenshaw and the congressman from the state that brian is in, in florida, michael waltz, recently introduced a bill giving the president authority to use u.s. military against the mexican cartels. if the mexican cartels, ainsley, had that kind of threat hey, you know what? if we grab people across the border they might send a cruise missile at us or something maybe they wouldn t do it. ainsley: lindsey graham is working on legislation too because he represents south carolina where these victims lived, resided. when you hear her say we are at a record low for fentanyl. steve: crazy. ainsley: it is not true, like you said, steve. in 2022, cbp says they seized almost 15,000 pounds. the year before that 11,200 pounds. it s graze that they are seizing that. if the numbers are increasing in what they are seizing, i m sure the numbers are increasing in what is actually making across the border that they aren t
say people are in the dark there all the time. ainsley: that s exactly right. if you are heading out and you are in washington this morning. bundle up. 33 is pretty cold. steve: it is, indeed. here in new york city we will go down to brian in tampa. ainsley: much warmer. steve: here it still feels like winter because there is a little breeze. we have three hours of news and it starts with this awful news. a fox news alert. two of those four americans kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico are now apparently dead. ainsley: yeah. there are the guys who are no longer with us. the other two victims are now back safely on american soil after a dramatic rescue near the border. mexican authorities are tracking down the victims. in this they were in this shed. we are going to show you a picture of it. there it is in the back. they were arresting the suspect who was standing guard there was only one person out there on the property at the time that our authorities went in there where the m
smaller groups of enforcement come enforcement groups that pretty much carry out attacks here they will do kidnappings ar the cartels. within those groups, you can have several groups fighting with each other. because of that, the violence has increased in that area. you talk about that haitians, one thing there are thousands of haitians in mexico and they settle in mexico right now. those cartel groups are recruiting patients for organized crime. because of the outcome of individuals that travel are taking haitians and chased down and gunned down by these cartel members. ainsley: also in other news, let s go to virginia, virginia school district fairfax county, you know it well, it is always in the news. it is in the news again for something you are not going to like. what they ever learn? the eighth grade students at cooper middle school mclean, virginia, they were sent letters on february 21st home to their
but the violence has picked up. now come americans are being slaughtered with president biden taking the same approach with al qaeda or isis operating across the border from an american city? the president takes this very seriously. the fbi and other agents have been on top of the this spirit steve: in the state department, they take the pilot seriously iterating it has listed six mexican states including where this happened do not travel alert ane strongest advisory of the department can issue for places in mexico. ainsley: thank you so much, griff, you think about spring break around the corner and a lot of people going to mexico. the government is saying be very careful and avoid the areas where you will see the cartel hot spots. there is information online. they have listed cities of where you should not go. the travel agents
see. steve: have you not looked at the menu. you ve been there for three hours! brian: i m not a big burger this is i don t know. it is like the breakfast menu. ainsley: brian brian: it is all great and that is what they are famous for. ainsley: let s get to some news and while griff jenkins is doing the news you can eat. should we start up with that? we have a fox news alert, four americans kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico are dead. but the other two victims back in the united states after dramatic rescue. steve: mexican authorities tracked down the victims in shed, that building right there and arrested the guy standing at the door. griff jenkins is living in washington with the latest, they are trying to figure out was this a cartel operation or did this 24-year-old, was he just left holding the bag? who else is involved?