crisis, the impact they are having on small cities around the border. texas and arizona and new mexico and elsewhere, that s really where i hope media attention is focused on because it has to be having a similar impact on budgets there. eric: that s what governor abbott and officials say, the reason for the buses is to show other cities not on the border and other states, the impact of the border crisis of the southern border now. the good news, crime in new york city, the good news is crime is down according to the nypd. let me review the stats that came out a couple of days ago. murder down 27% as you can see rate 22% and burglary down. encouraging news, why do you think councilman, and store owners and democratic politicians banding together to get tougher on crime? we have a right to criticize numbers when they went up and placed blame on politicians in
extends beyond the southern states. lieutenant mentioned he talked about the northern border, we are going to talk to councilman joe later in our newscast about the flow of migrants from southern border into the big apple and how much it costs, 30,000 migrants so far. joe pirelli coming up. arthel: thank you. at least ten people have died after powerful coast-to-coast winter storms blasted the south and midwest this week. people in california left to dig out from record snowfall and lizard conditions. overall more than 12 states expected to see heavy snow, strong wind and icy conditions. fox weather meteorologist adam talked with a live look at what s still to come. it s not over, yet is it? no, we get getting round after round after round. one of the big ones you are talking about across the mid
can come avoid any unnecessary travel. flash flood warning for the area has been extended to 3:00 a.m. eastern. of the flooding also stranding air travel, with water rising in new york international airport. earlier, tornadoes touched down in new jersey, dozens of homes destroyed. joining us now for more on the situation is new york city councilman, in staten island, one of the hardest hit areas. joe, can you hear me? i can, thank you very much. what does it look like where you are right now? it s more widespread in terms of damage that hurricane sandy. with that storm, it was the storm surge and some of the low lying areas. we have the coast affected come almost predictably. with this, just the sheer volume of water is something i have never seen in all my years living in staten island, and it just overwhelms the sewer system