opinion, is witness intimidation. we plan on the next 7 to 10 days having a press conference to give the press and the american people the facts what we have uncovered thus far. sandra: what he said there caught jonathan turley s attention. tweeted directly after, if true, it s a continuation of a scorched earth strategy. why he thinks a criminal plea deal may be the biden s best bet. a lot of news making here, trace. good to have you. sandra smith in new york. trace: fascinating, sandra. also this hour, president biden will tackle the china threat in a high stakes meeting with the president of the philippines. american and filipino pilots are flying the first time together in 30 years. sandra: and we expect the philippines president to arrive at the white house this hour. but first this. begin with two cities in crisis, including one that just declared a state of emergency. trace: leaders of brownsville, texas are under extreme pressure to house the 15,000 migrants t
jenkins, there in brownsville, texas for us near the border. how are border officials preparing for this surge? good afternoon, sandra. they are preparing by surging resources. you can see brownsville city trucks bringing in supplies, stood up camp monument here. we are at ground 0. the last 24 hours, 2,261 migrants encountered here. drone footage shot a few hours ago, you can see the area where they are surging resources, building temporary sites and this group of migrants, more than 150, the majority of which are venezuelans, that s what we are getting here, and that is really why this area is ground 0 for this surge that is coming well ahead of title 42 lifting in ten days. now, fox news got an exclusive look along the river, take a