local law enforcement. gregg: progress has been made, in fact i double checked the ice statistics a couple of hours ago. here is what i found, prosecutions during the obama administration of employers has quadrupled. forced removal of immigrant criminals, which is what you re talking, that is up 70%. overall deportations are up, illegal entry is down. so, we are making some progress here, aren t we? reporter: we definitely are, but i have to say that, you know, some of the statistics that we ve looked at in our jails, one local media outlet said that there are 55,000 illegal immigrants in our jails and only 22,000 have been picked up by ice. ice recently met with our pardon and paroles board that says even after they ve been in the texas department of criminal justice that they will not pick up anyone who has served time for a dwi. we still have a problem and i m respectful to the federal government that immigration is under their purview. again this is a way respectfully
gregg: for oil. to honor the oil commitments, unless that was done, and libya was doing other threats as well, so the united states and britain fell for this, the scots fell for this, and it was a shameful act to release him. but that s what happened. gregg: well, maybe someday colonel qaddafi will be brought to justice for the murder of 270 people that terrible day. ro ets marry, we re out of time but thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us. well, thank you. jenna: america s top military officer admiral mike mullen is on the ground in bahrain, home to the navy was fifth fleet, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is meeting with the king as thousands of shia protestors call for the monarch s overthrow, showing no sign of leaving the capitol on the all, in fact protestors say their movement gained strength off government forces killed several demonstrators. in yemen, another hot spot, an exclusive mine placed
now, internationally, economically, et cetera, et cetera, by bringing up a wedge issue and talking about social issues and changing a position on this certainly it is a way to reframe the discussion and talk about something less troublesome. gregg: wouldn t be the first president to do that of both political parties. chris stirewalt. thanks very much. you bet. gregg: get politically powered up each and every day. go to foxnews.com/politics for chris s daily power play. jenna: some state workers worry there will not be any money left in their pension fund. how some states are planning to fix the problem. also a giant automaker just announcing a recall affecting more than two million cars yet again. we have all the details straight ahead.
could potentially entrap the pedal. there have been some examples of that. that defect involves 2006 and of gs 300 and gs 350 all-wheel drive vehicles and 2004 and 2006 rx 330, 350 and 440 vehicles. as well as 2004 and 2006 high land irvehicles. toyota says this is a voluntary recall. nhtsa, the national highway traffic safety administration tell us that is not really true. the government encouraged toyota to do this. now that it is done is closes the federal government s investigation into toyota. if you own one of those cars affected you will get a letter from toyota in early march alerting you to the required inspection. gregg? gregg: doug mack elway live in washington, thanks. jenna: the money invested in homeownership often plays a keel role when it is time to retire but many americans
to say to our congress, we need help, we need continued help, and ice is a great federal agent partner, but a lot of times our local law enforcement have said they don t even call ice because they know that they are not going to come out. then local taxpayers and state taxpayers are footing the bill for what is a federal issue. gregg: your other problem is under scored by our lead story this hour, that is the saudi national busted in texas and accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. the good news is assuming the facts are true they nabbed him. thank you very much, representative lois colkhorst. jenna: a saudi national student under arrest accused of plotting to attack america with weapons of mass destruction. we are getting shocking new details on this developing story. all of that straight ahead. everyone has someone to go heart healthy for. who s your someone? campbell s healthy request can help.