congressman james comer says we need to confront the terror group head on. we can t continue to turn a blind eye to what is going on, they are in the transportation business. every person that enters the border pays a toll. the biden administration is making the drug cartel more powerful. todd: jackie ibanez has the latest. the u.s. is offering $50,000 reward for information leading to their safe return. there is video showing the moment the three men and one woman were kidnapped. they drug the people into the back of a pickup truck after entering the city. authorities believe it was a case of mistaken identity and the victims were wrongful ly targeted. the victims were from south carolina. according to a family member, they were heading to mexico for a medical procedure. she says this is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from. to see them thrown in the back of the truck and drug is unbelievable. the president of mexico is assuring the families the mexican gov
he was able to be a witness for himself. pentagon officials reportedly investigating whether cargo planes made in china are being used for espionage. republicans say this is another example of china flexing on the white house. it s time for joe biden to take a firm stand against chinese communist. deeper s union boss randi weingarten attempting to slam ron desantis on twitter but it backfires big time. writing this grammatically inaccurate disaster of a post quote. he is expanding gun access. we need to focus our education on the basics. going off to the spirit in the sky going to go when i die. brian: someone brought all their colored pencils to work today. look at that mamma general that and mauve. steve: that s red, white, and blue. brian: that s purple. although d.c. is not purple. d.c. is really blew. it s dark now. ainsley: depends on the chamber. brian: that s true, too. i m talking about the people of washington, d.c. not all about politics, ai
today. see you back here monday, same time, same place, 10:00 a.m. eastern. until then, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now good morning it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific any minute now attorney general merrick garland is expected to make a major announcement about charges against dozens of mexican drug cartels leaders and members. also the suspect in the biggest leak of military intelligence in decades appeared in court last hour what we re learning about how the suspected leaker got access to the classified documents. and breaking just moments anegotiation the legal battle over the abortion pill headed to the supreme court. and we are live in south florida where officials are assessing millions of dollars in damage from massive flooding after historic 26-inch rainfall. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the department of justice. there you see the podium set up. two senior law enforcement
there says it started yesterday in a semi trailer on the site and quickly spread to a building filled with plastics. health officials are urging residents now to evacuate. um these are very fine particles. and if they re breathe, then can cause all kinds of respiratory problems burning in the eyes tightening of the chairs, it could aggravate asthma. ah cause bronchitis and all kinds of things. so we are stressing to the public to honor the evacuation zone. cnn s sanjay gupta is standing by to break down all the possible health risks from this fire. but first , let s go and check in with cnn s omar jimenez, who was on the ground there in richmond, indiana. omar what is the latest about the status of this cleanup effort? yeah i mean, i mean, you can see the fire a little bit behind your the smoke. i should say it s a lot better than it was. but it s still does pose that risk. as the indiana state fire marshal has described with fumes that are def definitely toxic, so it s a lot
dana: dramatic moment as homeland security secretary mayokas is forced to face the family of a grandmother and 7-year-old girl killed in a texas car crashed with an alleged human struggler. he turned to face the family expressed condolences but refusing to offer an apology for his failure to secure the border. very emotional day on the hill yesterday. welcome to a new hour on america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. a heated hearing as republicans hold secretary mayokas accountable for the historic crisis on the border calling his leadership an abject failure. this grieving family of that little girl and grandmother later meeting in private urging him to send thousands of troops to secure the border saying he needs to do that first before any attempt at immigration reform. dana: lawmakers calling out the secretary for being complicit in fentanyl deaths of 100,000 americans. these are some of their faces. bill: bill melugin has spent