day to all those who are irish and everyone else who wish they were. we are monitoring texas right now with the drone view you will see only here on fox. meanwhile, 400 miles north in dallas, the governor getting ready to give an update on the migrant kids the state is holding and overflow facilities there. sandra: president biden told those migrants, do not come over to the u.s. but in cities like war as mexico, that is not stopping thousands from making the dangerous journey, cartels and smugglers also taking advantage of this situation. the new york post slamming the bite administration for refusing to call the situation there a crisis. despite the fed s warning that the u.s. is on pace for the most border crossings in 20 years. the homeland security chief speaking about that in hearing today, taking a dig at past administrations. a crisis is when a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent and separate that family to deter fut
what civilization requires. you are the heart of a nation that has slept for so long. but now at last, you are wide awake. so now i ask you again, what are you willing to do? joining me now is someone from the frontlines of the exploding border crisis. texas governor greg abbott. governor, thanks so much for joining me tonight. sure, ben, my pleasure. thank you. ben: governor, i think what we are seeing play out in the terms of the challenges you are facing is something that we never wanted to see happen again. it s the kind of explosion and kind of, i think, ignorance toward a border policy that is only fueling this crisis. i know that you have taken new steps to stand up against it tell us a little bit about what your attempting to do and how the biden administration has responded. well, first, the biden administration has open border policies that is really allowing anybody to come across the border, including people with covid-19 and the biden administration is completely ref