steve: todd and carley, thank you very much. 6:00 on the east coast. wednesday, june 5th. and this is fox & friends. and we start with a fox news alert. years in the making, we saw this coming, president biden s executive order action yesterday went into effect at midnight while you were sleeping. but, you know what? republicans like it, parts of it. democrats hate it in parts of it. solve the problem. to me solving the problem is expanding the path to citizenship. it s trying to be all tough on the border. it confuses the message about what we stand for. brian: always love the squad. and time magazine, i guests delivered to my house once a month interviewed joe biden and now the reporters are addressing the question of his age. he appears very much as he appears on tv. he is older than when he started in office. it s visible. brian: okay. he expands on that. steve: i think we all know that. brian: we all got older. steve: news flash. brian: breaking n
that. brian: we all got older. steve: news flash. brian: breaking news. this as a national journal report aides and lawmakers are discussing his cognitive decline behind closed doors. rachel: breaking news, brian, is that you have a subscription to time. brian: i fill out the little card. ains. rachel: now we also have a fox weather alert. the first major heat wave of the season is sweeping across the west with temperatures reaching 108 in vegas. 109 in phoenix and expected to be even hotter tomorrow. janice is tracking it all with the maps. lawrence: make sure you stay hydrated. fox & friends starts right now. remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: all right. let s start here. a fox news alert. joe biden s border executive action is now in effect, has been for six hours and one minute as cbp sources confirm agents are seeing an average of 5,000 illegal border crossings a day. and this is over the cap.
american people and it is driving them crazy. crazy. they re the ones, honestly, that have been driven crazy. and the white house continues to hunt for the anonymous senior administration official behind that scathing new york times op-ed. the times reports that white house officials have been calling around asking cabinet secretaries if they are responsible. so far, every cabinet official has issued a denial with the exception of chief of staff john kelly and attorney general jeff sessions referred nbc news to this statement from sarah sanders that calls the anonymous official a coward. sanders denies a report aides are printing out and delivering the denials to the president directly. senator rand paul though reportedly recommended members of the administration be subjected to lie detector tests. according to the times , there was some discussion about it among the president s advisers. they reportedly discussed asking senior officials to sign sworn affidavits that could be used
mueller? the washington post and the new york times report aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staf, searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the probe. the washington post also reporting the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser said the president was curious about the reach of his pardoning authority. this follows the earlier attacks on mueller and those involved in the investigation. reporter: christine and miguel, mt. trump and the white house increasingly focused on the investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. there are indications that the scope is expanding.