we ll have numbers and analysis. we begin with major immigration news. president biden is absorbing another major policy hit tonight with a ruling that democrats cannot include immigration reform, a path to citizenship and the massive tax and spend plan they call human infrastructure this as they desperately try to ease the mass of illegal immigrants many of them haitians along the southern border in one texas town. we have fox team coverage tonight aishah hasnie on capitol hill with all the goings on there bill melugin in del rio, texas again tonight. good evening, bill. we have redialed. bill: bret, good evening to you. texas governor greg abbott sent a letter to president biden asking him to declare a federal emergency here in texas over what s going on here in del rio. you can see over my shoulder there are still thousands of migrants living in this makeshift camp.
bret: breaking tonight in the past couple minutes, republican operative doug reed has been indicted for illegal campaign contribution solicitation from a national national. this indictment just released by the doj says he told a foreign national that he could meet a presidential candidate during the 2016 election cycle in exchange for a payment. the time does not list the candidate. we d is republican. the assumption is that s president donald trump. it s not listed in the indictment. also indicted jesse benton who previously worked as a campaign manager for senate candidates including senator rand paul and others and one presidential bid. we will follow this. what was billed as a possible sequel to the january capitol riot fizzled saturday here in washington. the mainstream media had touted the demonstration, despite the fact that major conservative organizations had urged their supporters not to attend. it was built up really all week long and then it came. here is fox news media a
depth of the white privilege that was on display today on capitol hill. the justice for the january 6th rally. charlie the press, including fox news, had to cover law enforcement preparations for the protests, which included protective fencing. riot gear, and national guard troops on stand by. yet, the washington post said that tiny turnout was no surprise because, as was reported last week, some conservative groups told their followers not to come. and donald trump eventually soured on the rally calling it a set up to embarrass his supporters if you showed up. the protest was a bust but many in the news business never tire of rehashing the awful events of january 6th tying the former president to his most extreme supporters and they are poised to pounce on any controversial story involving trump who refers mains a magnet for rating and clicks. bret? bret: howie, thanks, bad news for democrats human infrastructure plan
the conditions are brutal. it s incredibly hot out here and this border crisis is only getting worse. [speaking are spanish] sunday in del rio, texas, a stunning scene more reminiscent of a third country than the united states. 10,000 migrants are crammed under the international bridge here after crossing illegally into the united states. many using sticks, plants and whatever they can find to build shelter as they wait to be processed by border patrol. from above, a fox news drone reveals the size and scope of the crisis. showing a camp that reached a population of 15,000 at its climax because of this. over the weekend, we gained exclusive access to a poet on the rio grande. and we watched as a constant stream of hundreds of migrants crossed the river from mexico. entering the united states illegally. hundreds at a time gathering on the shoreline before walking to the bridge. it was only stopped when hundreds of texas dps troopers
brian holds vital information on the disappearance and presumed death of his girlfriend gabby petino. on sunday, authorities found remains matching gabby s description at a wyoming camp site after a van that looked like hers was spotted in a traveling family s youtube video of the area from august 27th. i am so sad that we couldn t bring her back alive. but to be able to bring her home to her family or to help with that is everything. the laundrie s attorney issued a statement saying the news about gabby petino is heart breaking. the laundrie family prays for gabby and her family. apologizing and saying that i m sorry that i m so mean. gabby took the blame when police responded to the couple s august 12th argument in moab, utah. today fox news digital obtained a recording of the 911 call in which the witness describes brian as the aggressor. they ran up and down the sidewalk. he proceeded to hit her. hopped in the car and they drove