for standing up for the american people. frankly it is an absolute disgrace. remember the biden began as president killing jobs, the pipeline here at home while he gave putin his pipeline thousands of miles away but he promised withdrawal in afghanistan, peace and stability. so now the taliban is on the verge of taking over the country. can you name one single thing that improve the lives of everyone in america? impossible. can you name one thing joe biden has done to make our cities safer? no. to improve our schools? no. to secure our border or prevent will not protect their interest overseas question what he s done nothing. we begin in afghanistan where biden strategy is already failing. the taliban is advancing and according to several u.s. officials, the terror group could take a bull as soon as this weekend! we are also learning that the u.s. embassy in kabul reportedly telling staff to destroy sensitive material. to evacuate as soon as possible. life in the pentagon is
you re watching fox & friends first on this friday morning. i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. todd an jillian are off this morning. now to the border crisis, homeland security secretary new mayorkas announcing border crossings hit a 21 year high. carley: griff jenkins is live with brand-new audio recordings that are telling. reporter: we haven t seen these kind of numbers since the spring of the year 2000, never during a raging pandemic. secretary mayorkas announcing this number here, more than 212,000 encounters in july, a five-fold increase over last july. the situation at the border is one of the toughest challenges we face. it is complicated, changing, and involves vulnerable people at a time of a global pandemic. reporter: but behind closed doors, in this leaked audio, talking to border patrol agents, mayorkas admits the situation is much more dire. these numbers cannot continue. we cannot get to the point we were a couple weeks ago and we re go
guidance. it s more in line of what you d see in the u.k. and france and think about the economies and how they changed the past decade. listen to this. the democratic budget resolution is transformational. probably the most significant piece of legislation that we ve seen in decades. bernie sanders thinks since roosevelt. he s pushing for big change. martha: take them at their word. that s what this is, a transformational remaking of a lot of the united states economy in terms of enormous spending. it s going to government checks for child care, housing equity, which includes rental assistance. elder care, climate change, college for free and community colleges. and then you have amnesty in this bill. tough to figure out how this falls under the reconciliation frame when you look at how it will be passed that will go to millions of undocumented immigrants. the president says it s to build back better. look at what is in here. what is in here for american businesses? what
white house to hear from the president once he begins speaking. but we start with the latest surge in new covid cases. we start to see mask mandates slowly rise. 36 states have seen triple digit cases. in nebraska they have spiked nearly 800%. shaquille brewster is in new york city where the mask mandate is in order. thank you to both of my guests for being with me. in the last 30 minutes or so the st. louis mayor spoke about the new mask restrictions. that region made up 20% of the state s new infections least week. what are you hearing? yeah, that press conference wrapping up in the last few minutes. they are explaining this decision to reimpose the mask mandate. you heard them explain is as the delta variant throwing them a curve ball saying the numbers are simply too high to ignore. you also heard them frame this mask mandate as a stopgap measure to help get to the point, to bridge the gap, to the point in which the vaccination numbers are ticking up a big. not enough
how are they feeling and what was your takeaway? she seem pumped and psyched. whether you are in that rocket or looking at that rocket you re pumped. something that jeff bezos has been doing going back 21 years elon musk and richard branson. no rush to be first but a rush to be right. he has taken some slings and arrows on this being the second man in space but his blue origin company is pointing out he will go higher than branson did. 66 miles versus 53. a back and forth on what s really space. i think when you re up there and see the black contrasted with the blue of earth you re in space. once you are there for 2 or 3 minutes it is a big achievement. a huge achievement. sandra: susan lee is with us as well. i love that he chose his brother, mark, to accompany him. his little brother. he is a firefighters here in westchester county outside of new york city and runs a financial firm as well but brothers going to space and an 18-year-old oliver damon, a dutch teenager and