the scourge of human trafficking is one of the biggest crises of our time. 25 million around the world are being pushed into firelessed labor or sex trade against their will. generating $150 billion every year. a lot of that activity taking place right here at home in the u.s. we see human trafficking across all 50 states and really it can happen in any of the 50 states. last year in 2021 the national trafficking hotline had over 50,000 calls into the hotline and more than 16,000 of those were likely survivors of human trafficking. bill: eric shawn is on this story more on how it can happen and what is being done to put an end to it. good morning. good morning. one of the heartbreaking tolls of the migrant crisis is human trafficking. the product moved by those cartels are people. trafficking for labor or commercial sex work is a booming business in the southern border. the feds say trafficking has been lucrative for the mexican base trans national criminal organization
hoping new concessions offered to those 20 plus members voting against him will put him over the top. one aide told fox news mccarthy is now open to allowing just one member to introduce a motion to vacate the speaker s chair. they could get the conversation started on kicking him or anybody out of the seat with one person coming forward. also putting more house freedom caucus members on top committees. and he is promising to hold votes on the caucus s priorities like border legislation and term limits for members. patience among the rank and file is wearing thin with some suggesting that kevin mccarthy should step aside for a different candidate at this point. the leader s supporters are going after all the defectors saying enough is enough. people who are voting against kevin mccarthy in the republican conference are aiding joe biden, aiding hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer. they are the reason we re not doing the business we set out to do. these folks need to get seriou
Hunter biden. Now weiss says the agreement well apart in july along with hunters plea deal on tax charges. Team hunter disagrees indicating both sides signed the Diversion Agreement. Meanwhile congress now is looking into whistleblower claims that the Secret Service tipped off hunter biden to a potential i. R. S. Interview which foiled those plans for the interview one month after the election of 2020. Jonathan turley telling us last Hour Congress has no choice but to pursue the evidence. This is going to end up with a confrontation between congress and the administration. The question is why the administration is doing this . Its like a game of chicken and they want to see if Congress Jumps out first. Well, congress can change the game. They could start an Impeachment Inquiry and they could say look, we want these answers. Dana were live in washington. Last week we said this Court Hearing will be a week from today. Here we are, david. High stakes for hunter biden . It really is becaus
do their dangerous and difficult jobs. dana: homeland security secretary mayokas facing tough questions in a senate hearing underway defending president biden s border policy after illegal policies have hit record highs. they want an additional $14 billion to support operations along the border including temporary detention and processing centers and money for cities to expedite work permits for non-citizens. senate republicans are calling for solutions including resuming construction of the border wall and asylum reform. a full report coming up for you later this hour. also on capitol hill the house judiciary committee is holding a hearing on free speech on america s college and university campuses along with the rise of anti-semitism and violence against students supporting israel. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning. nice to be with you. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. today s house hearing happens as reports
reality. israel s war against hamas terrorists increases our risk of getting hit but not all that leaves us vulnerable. president biden has the left southern border wide open. they ve reached a whole other level. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the f.b.i. is now investigating direct and indirect ties between hamas terrorists in particular but also others living in america. remember, in recent months border patrol has stopped 169 people on the terror watch list and those are the ones they know about. because we re seeing more than a million and a half gotaways already in our country. the reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023. the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. it will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven t seen since isis launched its caliphate several years ago. harris: he also took a pause for almost te