aide is at a florida courthouse, potentially to go before a grand jury, investigating trump s handling of classified documents. overseas, pope francis in the hospital and scheduled to undergo surgery. what we know about his condition. back at home, another mass shooting, this time outside a high school graduation in virginia. and we are just moments away from yet another republican officially entering the 2024 presidential race. it comes just hours before former vice president mike pence does something that hasn t been done in more than 80 years. and we begin with breaking news on the investigations into former president donald trump this morning. a key trump aide who runs a pro-trump super pac entered the federal courthouse in miami to potentially testify before a grand jury hearing evidence in the investigation into trump s handling of classified information. this comes as two people briefed on the matter tell the new york times former white house chief of staff mark me
do you still have any classified documents in your possession? no, i don t. i don t have anything. i have no classified documents. and by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. a source close to trump s legal team says the former president may go to court to prevent the presidential records from being handed over, . he whether only have about a week before the national archives says they re giving if records to the special counsel. paula reed joins us right now. what does this letter mean, this letter from the national archives mean for the criminal investigation into trump s handling of classified documents? we know the special counsel is looking at several potential crimes, including the pos mishandling of classified records. this will answer the question whether the former president knowingly removed classified documents without authorization. because according to this letter obtained by our colleague, the archives says that these 16 reco
billion dollar child trafficking operation ran by bad actors seeking to profit off the lives of children. brooke singman has more. brooke: when child migrants are found at the border, they are transferred to custody of child human services. the volume of unaccompanied children stranded at the southern border has surged with more than 70,000 so far this fiscal year. 150,000 illegal immigrant children disappeared in this country into a modern slavery ring to individuals as your article mentioned, who some are criminals and nobody knows what is happening to the children. this is the record joe biden will have to run on as he s recently reannounced his run for president. awful is too hard a word to describe what happened to the children. brooke: this surge is leading to explosive growth in child labor and the biden administration is reportedly ignoring the warning signs. an hhs whistleblower explaining, i thought i was going to help place children in loving homes and i disc
human smuggling into the country, one day after lawmakers held first site hearing at the actual border. fox news exclusively capturing this video of the group touring rio grand valley last night. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. hoping to force administration to pay attention to what is upon haing. it is important we convene in texas to share light on brutal and unsustainable conditions this president s administration has caused at the border. my hope is for an honest conversation in america at the border tonight with each of you. the u.s.-mexico border is close to 2000 miles long, how many pounds of fentanyl are coming through the ports of entry? we need to secure the border. ashley: todd, who else better to lead this site tour than brandon judd. you can turn on fox news channel nearly any time of day and see brandon on there. he is fired up because what we re seeing at the border is a comp