members. they are ordering state officials to draft more options for law enforcement to provide more security but they ultimate i will say it s merrick garland s job to enforce federal law, tensions surrounding the supreme court and justices are running high after the controversial decision to overturn roe v. wade and there are concerns that outrage can turn into violence. alexandria hoff in washington with more. alex. alex: but federal law has been clear that it is illegal to picket or parade outside of court official with active court case with an attempt to influence them. two months ago hogan and virginia governor glen youngkin called on merrick garland to enforce the statute, quote, a month lawyer after assassination attempt on justice kavanaugh the department of justice finally responded declining to enforce the laws. now a different federal official is writing to us with conflicting information. he s referencing a letter from supreme court marshal to governor hogan
include this week s san antonio tragedy. welcome to fox news live i m gillian turner in washington. happy fourth of july weekend to you and your families. well, texas governor greg abbott is slamming the biden administration in a new exclusive interview on fox news live over their inaction at the border. hey, claudia. reporter: good morning to you, gillian. not only is the governor blasting president biden for, quote, not lifting a finger to address the chaos there at the border. he s bracing for the number of illegal crossings to grow even higher following last week s ruling by the supreme court that will essentially allow asylum seekers to stay in this country while they wait for the courts to hear their case. governor abbott saying, quote, the supreme court s decision upholding dhs s termination of remain in mexico policy will only embolden the biden administration s open-border policies. but the president s point people on national security are cheering the ruling saying
it and, rich, i just think we need to send phil keating out to try mermaiding. i feel like it s only fair because i m not going to do it because i don t want anybody watching me on camera try to make rich: zero gravity mermaiding. alicia: i think he would be up for sure. absolutely. gillian: border officials are struggling with out of control migrant crisis this week 53 people died after being abandoned in a locked tractor trailer with no water, no air-conditioning, just outside of san antonio. the perpetrator suspected human smuggler, he s now in police custody. this fiscal year alone 518 migrant have died at the u.s.-southern border increasingly desperate people there are braving the blazing texas heat to cross into the u.s. that number by the way does not
suspected human smuggler fleeing law enforcement. back live it is not just texas where it s going on. air agetting hit hard as well. yuma had to declare a local emergency with more than 5,000 migrants come through the city in a matter of days. some videos showed up of migrants walking through city streets going into the mcdonalds. the sector chief reporting last weekend alone more than 2600 immigrants from 30 countries all around the world. bottom line, guys, here we are in december and not seasonal. we ll send it back to you. dana: it is not. thank you. bill: not transitory, either. another alert now. president biden burning up the phone lines with senator joe manchin. the two speaking twice in the past week as the weekend tries to put the squeeze on and sell this big spending bill before christmas. but the senator from west virginia is still keeping his cards close.