at the border. the number of unaccompanied minors taken into custody has tripled to more than 3,200 in just the past two weeks. former customs and border patrol commissioner mark morgan is sounding the alarm. trust me, if we had over 1,000 apprehensions in a single day it was a bad day. we re looking at now getting close to 5,000 apprehensions a day and they still refuse to say it s a crisis. the mandate has been to release them and process them and release them as fast as possible. on the back end prevent ice from deporting them. reception centers on the front end, sanctuary country on the back end. that s where we re at right now. harris: from a crisis to what you might call a national emergency. republican congressman andy biggs is here to talk about it. he led a delegation to the southern border and he will join me in just a few minutes. let s begin, though, with white house correspondent peter doocy. peter. good morning. it has been a week since president biden sai
situation. last week, they echoed president biden, they said there s no crisis at the border. do believe there is a crisis of the border? i believe the answer is no. i think there is a challenge at the border that we are managing, and we have our resources dedicated to managing it. harris: you are watching outnumbered. i m harris faulkner. my cohost emily compagno, town hall ata turgut fox news contributor katie pavlich, new miranda devine, and joining us today, host of fox nation outdoors, joey jones. good to see everybody. your pocket square is amazing. you are on point. [laughter] was going to say, it s a colorful dr. seuss-like, but i don t know how everybody feels about that. let s start with the border situation, and the fact that it s only been a few weeks we ve seen a change in policy, and now the dhs is looking at things may be a little bit clearer. joey. joey: people don t talk about the fact that this is not a border crisis; it s a crisis that start