of omicron which has also surfaced in belgium, israel and hong kong. no cases have yet been reported in the u.s. new york governor kathy hoe cull has issued an emergency hospital order limiting elective surgeries just in case. president biden with these words of caution as he and the world await more answers on the new strain. we don t know a lot about the variant except that it is of great concern, seems to spread rapidly. arthel: we have live fox news team coverage. jacqui heinrich, she s with the president, and we re going to first start with jonathan serrie who is live in atlanta, home of the cdc. jonathan, what do you have for us? reporter: hi there, arthel. the governor of new york did sign that executive order postponing elective searchings at hospitals surgeries at hospitals that have limited capacity in her state. the move was designed to free up hospital space for a potential surge in covid-19 patients in
starts to gear up and we start seeing these ships go to texas and elsewhere, but for the time being, it seems like we re in for a long haul. arthel: oh, boy. i guess we ll have to leave it there. charles blaine, i was hoping to end it on a better note, but it is what it is, as they say. you take care, you and your family. thanks, charles. mollyily. molly: the star of afghan traditional music reuniting with his family here in america after threats from the taliban forced him to go into hiding. he escaped afghanistan with the help of fox news, and he arrived in the u.s. in october. bryan llenas got a chance to sit down with him and one of his sons, a musician himself, to discuss the journey and their hopes for the future. reporter: we were there when ahmad reunite with his son here in new york. the family believes as long as afghan music continues, there is hope for a better future in
the waukesha massacre pushed that back into the spotlight. darrell brooks jr. is accused of running his suv through a holiday parade just two weeks after his $1,000 bail for allegedly trying to run over his ex-girlfriend. a criminal defense attorney joins us now, former assistant u.s. attorney. thank you so much for a few minutes on holiday weekend. you ve seen both sides as defense attorney and prosecutor, so it ll be great to get your insight on this issue. essentially talking about bail reform. there are activists, the aclu, white house, that have argued that cash bail can be done without. white house official telling fox news it just means that whether you get bail should be based on the threat you pose and not how much money you have in your bank account. your thoughts. yeah, and i think that s really the answer. if you look at what happened with this horrible tragedy at parade in wisconsin, there s no
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i m in for eric shawn. we re following two big stories this hour. the my grant surge continues at the border. and a mexican national who came to the u.s. as an illegal immigrant found guilty in the murder of mollie tibbetts. we will hear from one of the jurors. arthel: we have live fox news team coverage. alex hogan on the mollie tibbetts case and aishah hasnie following the worder crisis border crisis. but first, charles watson as the travel surges, what s happening there, charles? reporter: arthel, it s been consistently busy here at douglas international airport. you probably wouldn t know it because the lines are a lot smaller, but i promise you there were long lines this morning for as far as the eye can see. this is an indication that the airports expect ourlines were