Bret okay. Good evening. Im bret baier. Startling new numbers showing a dramatic increase in the number of individuals that may be on the Terror Watch List caught trying to enter this country illegally since 2021. The latest figures dont even account for the known gotaways. Those folks that slipped in to the country undetected. This comes amid a serious accusation on Capitol Hill from a - >Border-official >Highranking Border Official of interference by the bidenharris administration. The former chief of the San Diego Border Patrol says he was muzzled from discussing concerns about terrorism. Griff jenkins start us off with this. Good evening, griff. Good evening. This is the stuff that keeps the chief of the Border Patrol up at night, the growing threat of a terrorist slipping across our Border. 382 individuals whose names appear on the Terror Watch List were stopped trying to cross the Border from year 2021 to date. This is compared to the 11 individuals apprehended between 2017 and 2
Lawyers for donald trump approaching a 5 00 p. M. Deadline as prosecutors push to limit what the former president can say about the federal case against him. And after years of dodging the question, Governor Ron Desantis bluntly said, of course trump lost the 2020 election, as the former president s rival tried to reset his campaign. Plus pink is in the new green. Barbie and taylor twist and beyonce proving to be big business for the u. S. Economy. Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start today with our Law And Justice lead. Donald trump is on the clock. His lawyers have just minutes to let a judge know what they think about a request that would block trump from sharing some of the evidence in the january 6 case. Prosecutors say if trump were to start publicly talking about or posting about evidence in the case, it could have a Chilling Effect on witnesses and they point to this post trump shared on truth social on friday. Where he wrote, quote, if you go a
Again, that wasnt the perceived goal here. That was the perception among his supporters that think its gone too far. Lets get more from Griff Jenkins. Thats right, neil. Fox news confirmed that former President Trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. He entered at about 3 52 p. M. So just under ten minutes ago. Hes wearing a blue suit, a red to you. Flanked by his two attorneys. Fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges hes facing in this indictment. Three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. Before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. He was processed and fingerprinted. Theres no mug shot taken because the court says theres plenty of pictures of him to provide. Hes not arrested. But he is obviously being processed. Now we wait for this Court Proceeding to get underway at the time of our note from our producer, jay gibson inside, the Magistrate Jud
reaction to the by the administration s report on the botched withdrawal from afghanistan nearly two years a ago. the report blames the trump administration from the deadly chaos of august 2021. critics also slamming the timing of the release just before a holiday weekend. i ll miss as we learn about a severe intelligence breach involving classified documents leaked on social media concerning ukraine, china, the middle east. alexandria hoff s life from the white house with more, alexandria. good evening jon. the scope of this leak is growing along the potential consequences. among the images that have been found media leaked there on friday, most describe destroying maps of ukraine and positions of forces. all concerning their. on top of that the maritimes reporting that 100 similarly damaging documents may have also been part of this breach, more than 100 as a matter fact. they say this includes sensitive breathing, slides related to china, the indo pacific region, the mid
sighted last night. gusts of winds reaching 114 miles per hour. when you stand for our value, you come under assault. florida governor ron desantis speaking out and sparring with disney over parental rights. you have woke ideology taking over so many institutions. a group of grannies giving rihanna a run for her money, they are shining bright like a diamond, some critics say they outperformed rihanna. griff: good morning, new orleans, it s 7 a.m. central time zone, 8 a.m. in new york city and it is monday, february 27, year of our lord 2023. we re glad you re here for this final hour of monday edition. joined as always, ainsley earhardt, today we have a surprise, griff jenkins. griff: you did the date and i just realized it is my niece sofie garcia s birthday. ainsley: happy birthday niece. most uncle don t know their niece s birthday. griff: she just had her first child, cooper. brian: better than me, i tell you that. ainsley: we re glad you are here.