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"fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ have a nice day. ♪ jillian: 5:00 on the east coast, in new york city, and it is 10:00 in london town. good morning to, i'm jillian mele. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday. good to see you, benjamin. ben: you too. we both had to get up an hour earlier today. a lot of people will be struggling this morning with daylight saving time. jillian: it's always a struggle. a lot of people like the whole daylight longer but for me when you go to bed at 6:00 p.m., when it's super bright shining in your room it makes it a little challenging. so i have mixed opinions on this. ben: i can tell you, there is perhaps some hope in. >> neil: in sight. senator rubio put a bill up, seeks to make daylight saving permanent, partly to do with the golf and barbecue lobby. they want an extra hour of daylight. jillian: as a golfer, i can appreciate that. ben: as can i. today, a rendell gas station will descend upon -- republican delegation will descend upon the mexican border. jillian: mark meredith is live in washington as democrats lay blame on the trump administration for causing the crisis. >> reporter: later today, republican lawmakers will head to el paso, texas, to see what's going on firsthand. this comes as the gop insists that the country is facing an immigration crisis. they argue that it's p president biden's rollback of trump policies that's creating a huge incentive for my grants to travel to the u.s. we -- my grants to travel to the u.s. -- migrants to that. travel tothe u.s. >> basically, they're ignoring all that and i think sending the signal that the border is open and anybody who wants to come to texas or the united states is free to do so. >> reporter: president biden is back at the white house after spending the weekend in delaware, he has yet to call this a crisis. over the weekend his administration announced fema will step in for the next he three months, fema will be supporting efforts to process, house and transport unaccompanied minors. top democrats insist biden does not deserve all the blame. >> this is a humanitarian challenge to all of us. what the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border and they are working to correct that. this, again, is a transition from what was wrong before to what is right. >> reporter: this week house lawmakers are expected to consider immigration reform legislation which if passed would create a pathway to citizenship for millions of people already in the u.s. it's far from a done deal. officials who represent border communities are urging for the country to pay more attention to what's going on as they say this is a national security matter. >> the border patrol officers told me that the biden administration policies, they are enriching and they are empowering the drug cartels in mexico who make money off the people they assist in smuggling them into the state of texas. >> reporter: president biden does not have any immigration events on his schedule today. he is speaking about the american rescue plan this afternoon, there's also a press briefing scheduled so it's possible we could get more details about how fema is getting involved like we learned over the weekend. jillian, benjamin, back to you. ben: thank you, mark. jillian: now to a fox news alert. a chicago police sergeant is shot in the face in a precinct parking lot. the 26 year veteran was grazed on the chin. he was later released from the hospital. no arrests have been made. he is the 13th officer to be shot at or of shot this year. ben: and overnight, secretary lloyd austin arriveing in japan for the biden administration's first cabinet level talks abroad. he will be joined by secretary of state antony blinken. china and north korea are the big concerns and will be likely a big topic, this as the rogue regime in north korea is giving president biden the silent treatment. nearly every new york lawmakers has called for the resignation or impeachment of governor andrew cuomo. >> reporter: president biden making his very first comments on the growing scandal surrounding governor cuomo. biden, a long-time cuomo cuomo h acquaintance spoke about the topic on the white house lawn. he stopped short of joining the calls for resignation. >> do you think governor andrew cuomo should resign? >> i think the investigation is underway and we should see what it brings us. >> reporter: meanwhile, cuomo remains defiant saying he won't bow to, quote, cancel culture in the face of the growing number of allegations, despite 90% of the new york congressional delegation asking for the governor's resignation or impeachment, house speaker nancy pelosi is also holding out on making a judgment. >> there's zero tolerance for sexual harassment. people have to look inside themselves and say and governor cuomo also, how effective is their leadership in leading the state under the circumstances. >> reporter: the new york attorney general is currently investigating the allegations. but making matters worse for the governor, reports that his long-time advisor, larry schwartz, known as new york's vaccine czar reached out to county executives to gauge whether they still supported the governor, prompting some to worry whether their response would impact the vaccine supplied to their county. schwartz saying, quote, i did nothing wrong, i have always conducted myself in a matter commensurate to a high ethical standard. nobody indicated they were uncomfortable or that they did not want to talk to me. for his part, the governor has also said he did nothing intentionally wrong and that he would fully cooperate with the investigation. important to know, he is also under investigation for allegedly under-counting covid-19 nursing home deaths. ben and jillian, back to you. jillian: start of another week where it seems like there's going to be a lot of information to keep up on. anita vogel, thank you. ben: now to march madness, gonzaga is the number one seed, entering the tournament undefeated. the bracket was unveiled yesterday. the other top seeds are baylor, illinois, and michigan. duke and kentucky missing the dance for the very first time since 1976. jillian: oh, man. let's take a look at golf now. justin thomas rallies from three shots down to win the player's championship. >> justin thomas, takes the lead. jillian: they that putt giving thomas his first lead of the week. he beat lee westwood by a single shot. he is the four player to win a major championship, fed ex cup and world golf championship. he's got a little game. ben: you could play with them, couldn't you, jillian? >> jillian: totally. no. ben: coming up, the left is passing the buck on the border surge. >> what the administration has inherited is a broken system. >> joe biden inherited a huge mess. ben: top democrats say the current crisis is the former administration's fault. congressman richard hut son sounds off, coming up next. jillian: greece is reopening their beautiful beaches but there are some conditions. what you need to know before you book that flight. ♪ you've got to fight for your right to party. ♪ ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. people taking rybelsus® lost up to 8 pounds. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. tell your provider about vision problems or changes. taking rybelsus® with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases low blood sugar risk. side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may lead to dehydration which may worsen kidney problems. wake up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ you may pay as little as $10 per prescription. ask your healthcare provider about rybelsus® today. >> what the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border. >> this idea that it's joe biden's election that prompted more people to show up is belied by the actual facts. >> jo goa inherited a -- joe biden inherited a huge mess on immigration. >> it's a consequence of dismantling every system in place. jillian: as you can clearly hear, democrats placing blame for the surge of migrants at the southern border on the trump administration, but if that's the case, many people are asking why is this happening after president biden reversed former president trump's policies? ben: here with his take, north carolina gop congressman richard hudson. thank you for joining us this morning. you heard it right there, this has nothing to do with biden administration, nothing to do with the biden administration's policies, this has all to do with president trump's policies. what do you say? >> unfortunately, the facts just don't bear them out. nancy pelosi and the liberal democrats hide behind their wall around the capitol in washington, d.c., trying to spin the american people. but the facts are, we've had more migrants cross our border this year than we had all of last year and the reason we're having the biden border surge is because he reversed the policies, as you say, he stopped building the wall, put a halt on deportations and brought back catch and release. that's why hundreds of thousands of migrants are heading to our border, wearing joe biden campaign t-shirts. jillian: you'll see more than 100,000 in february of this year, that's up 28% versus january of 2021, up 174% from a year ago, february of 2020, which is the highest since june of 2019. how do they attempt to turn this around, do you think? >> well, president trump showed us the way. if you incentivize folks to come, if they feel like we're going to go back to catch and release and if they know they can make it to the border, turn themselves in, say the magic word, asylum, they'll be handed a notice to appear in court in a certain date. most of them, surprise, don't show up. and it's even worse now because we're hearing that they're even having covid-19 positive migrants that they're then releasing into the united states. ben: and congressman, you got so many states now opening up. i think we've got a list of those states which are doing so. but at the same time, we're hearing from the white house it's considering bringing in new restrictions aimed at the workplace. i mean, how does that make sense? just as cases are falling, particularly in cases like florida, which are open of already, why would the white house bring in new restrictions? >> you look at the science, you look at the facts. we have many states that have opened. like florida and others. and there's no difference between covid outbreaks between the states that are open and the states that are closed. president biden says even if you had a vaccine, maybe by july you and a few others can gather in your backyard and celebrate. that's ridiculous. the american people are ready to get back to school, to get back to their lives and leaders like ron de santis, the governor of florida have shown we can do both. american cans be trusted to be responsible, it's time to reopen. the democrat policy is the border's open and our schools are closed. jillian: congressman richard hudson, thank you for joining us. have a good day. >> thank you. ben: coming up next, catholic schools are serving as a model for the nation for reopening classrooms. brian kilmeade joins us live with his one on one with cardinal timothy dough lain to find out -- dolan to find out how they're doing it safely and successfully, coming up. ♪ this is the part when i tell you -- tomizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? 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how many people would rather been in class? every hand. >> my day is better here than in remote. i get to hang out with my friends, i get to talk to them. i get to play with them. >> i wanted to go back to school and i wanted to focus again like i used to. .>> i'd rather come here becaue in person it's much easier. >> people are watching around the country and they're jealous of these things. >> isn't that a good thing that the whole nation wants to get back to school. they're saying look at what the catholic schools are doing, they're doing it safely and the teachers want to be there. .we have always said our teaches are frontline workers. >> are you glad you're back. >> i'm so happy to be back. >> no doubt about it, there's a risk to going back to school. that's why the department of commerce did a study, looked at the closure of 130,000 schools. the more the kids stayed out of school, the more they would suffer which is why so many parents are happy that catholic schools across most of the country went back to in-class learn. >> they make me feel secure and safe. my child this the best hands. >> i'm so grateful they're here, they're safe, they're learning, they're happy. >> she's happier. >> a lot of my friends' children that go to public school, they feel like they've lost their education for the entire year. >> when we came back in september, it became real for the teachers and for myself how detrimental it was for our students be at home and learning remotely. children need to be in school. >> wisdom of our schools is that children come together, they're not only learning reading, writing, arithmetic, they're learning to get along. you don't get that when they're staring at a computer. the kids are happy to be back n want to be back. >> we followed the science and listened to government officials who told us if you follow these very specific steps, your children would be safe and the teachers would be safe. >> are you scared to go to school? >> no. >> because you're safe. >> uh huh. >> we know what's going on. we know we have to follow the rules in order stay safe. >> it hasn't been that hard. we always social distance. we always keep our masks on. we always clean our hands. >> it's possible to do it. here we are in march, a year later, and we're good. i'd say come back to school. it's time. >> and it's harder on the teachers too because they do have hybrid because they have to look at the flat screen and deal with the kids in school and what the kids were saying when is was home, i felt like the teacher wasn't paying enough attention to me, i want todd be in front of the teacher. they say 2 million moms have had to give up their jobs in order to stay home to supervise their child on the laptop or because they needed to provide the day-care because they were too young to go back to work. ben: i don't know how many times we have to be reminded, the damage it does to keep kids out of school and the positive to go in, not just on education and mental health but on allowing the parents to get back to work. i cannot begin to explain why so many states have not followed the catholic church like this. jillian: good job, brian. and two questions for you, brian. what's coming up on "fox & friends" and will you be wearing a jacket? >> i will not let you know yet if i'll be wearing a jacket. pete will be filling in for steve. sometimes he doesn't wear a tie. that may be my way to get the attention away from pete hegseth who wears a lot of gel. the next three hours, we're going to have i.c.e. director tom homan, they're blaming donald trump for the crisis at the border. senator tom cotton will be here, we'll have congressman maryana miller meeks, brad domenech will be here and nancy grace. also with us live, oklahoma governor kevin stit, he loosened up restrictions in oklahoma, and eliminating all covid-19 restrictions entirely. i wonder if that's neanderthal thinking. at this point, according to the prompter, you both have to thank me. jillian: thank you, brian. that was quite a plaid shirt he was wearing. ben: nobody can steal the lime light from you. jillian: the limelight is all yours at 6:00 a.m. and we'll be right back. it all starts with an invitation... ...to experience lexus. the invit