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"welcome to america." it was photo shopped. at this point, there's a double number of minors that entered the country. mr. mayorkas, the dhs secretary, said that they didn't have ordinary safe just transition from one administration to another. he's complaining about the job that you guys did to get them ready to do their job. >> yeah, i heard this notion that they inherited a dismantled system, which couldn't be further from the truth. why do we know that? in november of 2020 we had about 800 individuals in custody, in border patrol facilities. today we have over 10,000. we have reformed a system that was given to us that was broken. we ended catch and release. so if the current administration's idea of a policy is to revert back to catch and release, it's the wrong policy. the vast majority of americans believe that's the wrong policy. it appears that that's what they're doing. that is concerning on a number of fronts. again, when you have this type of open border policy and not issues ntas or doing other things, you have lawlessness at the border so in some instances, it's the worst of both worlds. >> steve harrigan talked about the hours of paperwork they're saving by heading in. under the trump administration and the arrangements that were made, the hours of paperwork were done in the home country or the first country that they crossed into. so that's been undone and part of the problem here. chad, thanks. always good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> martha: so as we mentioned, as we came in to the hour today, new york governor cuomo is in the middle of a briefing by phone as he clings to power amid three ongoing investigations. now an eighth female accuser that is alleging sexual harassment. we have breaking details on that situation, the new information that we now have. that is next. >> [question inaudible] with mortgage rates at their lowest in history, it's time to refi. but if you're a veteran homeowner and need cash, here's big news. introducing refiplus from newday usa. it lets you refi at all-time low rates plus you could take out $50,000 or more. money for security today, money for retirement tomorrow. refiplus. it's only for veterans and it's only from newday usa. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ (deborah vo) i was hesitant to get the hearing aids because of my short hair, but nobody even sees them. 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>> we'll see if they have recordings of the interactions and that will come out as this continues to be investigated. aishah, thanks very much. joined by alien gunther. thanks nor being here. good to have you here. >> how shocking "i'm not going anywhere, darling?" >> martha: yeah. what did you think of that? >> i thought that that was unbelievable. rather than shut your mouth. instead, number 8 comes forward and you're still acting very cocky. you know, i remember when spitzer was client number 9. the governor said that he should resign the next day. we have number 8 coming forward, number 8 coming forward. for the good of the budget, for the good of new york state during a very, very volatile time, you know, we have people dying of covid, we have people that need immunizations. it's time that we have leadership that will bring us to some sort of peace. i'm just -- i'm astounded. >> martha: i can tell. i can tell. a lot of people have the same reaction when he throws in the "darling" in the end. something that made his communications folks cringe nowing that they have to deal with that. this goes to his character and the way that he deals with people. i want your reaction to this. this is a competitor who had not spoken favorably of him and said that he was better than a republican to vote for him as better than republican. here's what he said. >> he said he's better than a republican again. i'm going to say you're better than a -- >> governor, i apologize but i have to clarify one thing. you're free to say whatever you want, governor. but i just like want to be clear. our line is going to be that we have differences with you. our differences with republicans are far greater. >> martha: assembly woman, what do you think about that? >> shocking. absolutely shocking. absolutely shocking. sometimes i cannot believe the things that come out of people's mouths. it's just unbelievable and for somebody that is a leader, one of the great states of new york, it's absolutely shocking. it's time, you know, we've had during my tenure three other men that were accused that stepped down the next day. again, he tells spitzer to step down the next day. being cocky and being a bully won't work this time. it just won't work. it's just getting worse and worse by the day. it's becoming difficult for all of us in the assembly and the senate to do our jobs. we need to have trust in our governor. you know, this is really a very difficult budget, covid and we have people that are hungry that tonight have access to immunizations. >> martha: i hear you. work to do. assembly woman, thanks very much. alien gunther. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> martha: thank you. also breaking late today, the white house press on banning and removing some reporters from access to the border holding facilities as new photos capture the cramped difficult living situations. reporters want to cover this story. the president when asked said that he would visit the border at some point. dana perino, former white house press secretary joins us next. >> when will reporters be allowed to tour facilities holding children? 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ethnic studies. and critical ethnic studies teaches history and civics through a victim oppressor lens. basically where all people including the students are identified as either victims or oppressors based on the color of their skin or where their family comes from. >> martha: how do they help the kids understand in their parlance whether one child is a victim and another is an oppressor? >> they used something called subtle colonialism for the basis of their model. they look at how the united states and other countries in general have been founded by colonialism. it's and all or nothing pedagogy. you can have a conversation ant colonialism and how it was oppressive and how it was not a necessarily a good thing in our country and forced people into victimhood, but what they're neglecting to do is talk about how they're positives to colonialism and also what they're doing is not talking about our history as it's developed and evolved over time. the theory is that if you live in a country based on colonialism, you'll always have those systems of representation no matter what. >> martha: there's not an evolution over time. so these little kids in the classroom, goes to middle school, they're going to go home and say i learned at school that i'm an oppressor or victim? >> right. not only that, but they're looking -- you see kids in multiracial families that are going home and not understanding that, you know, parent a is a minority and parent b is the white dominant culture. so is parent b oppressing parent a? how do they fit in to that? you have bullying going on where kids are speaking their minds and if it doesn't fit in with this pedagogy, they're being pulleyed online or in classes. it's really difficult for kids who are young. so it's -- they're even saying to start as young as kindergarten. i don't know how you expect children this young to expect a nuanced pedagogy which has been relegated to higher education for a reason. i don't understand how it's positive to have little kids think about their race and their color when they should be worrying about how to get along. >> martha: one of the resources for this curriculum is bringing black lives matter into the classroom, 2. we're like 29th in the world of developed nations in mass. we're in the teens somewhere in english. so this is a big story. i'm glad you brought it to our attention. it's working its way through -- it's not mandatory in california yet but i urge people to dig in to it. >> it's not mandatory yet. it's on its way. >> it's going to be a bigger story. thank you. good to have you here tied. >> thanks, martha. >> martha: coming up, joe concha is here with a preview of the trial that could rock the nation. that is next. veteran homeowners: during uncertain times, money in the bank can bring you and your family real piece of mind. refiplus from newday usa can make it happen. refiplus lets you refinance at the lowest mortgage rates in history plus get an average of 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ruling out that they may have been a hate crime. but the suspect said he had a sex addiction and was trying to get rid of his addiction. two of the women were white. one was latino. let's bring in joe concha, fox news contributor. good to have you here. the coverage of this story jumped very far forward. the police that investigated the case said they -- in their initial investigation he showed no signs of having hatred towards asians. it's not to say that that's not part of it. but so many in the media leapt ahead of the investigation and said it was. >> sure, martha. we've heard about the rush to judgment before. this was a rush to motive. given the temperature of the country right now, this is something that is a very dangerous game to play in pursuit of cliques and ratings. this isn't about following feelings. this is about following the facts. you laid them out. the fact is that two white people were killed here, a hispanic was injured in addition to the horrific murders of the asian americans. when you listen to the gunmen, when he says that this was a sexual addiction to eliminate temptation as you said of a religion-fueled shame and then he has others corroborate that, those are the facts in front of us right now. yet you have trevor noah. he's a comedian. if you watch late night comedy, it's more morphing into cable news. he said the atlanta shooter blamed a specific race of people for his problem and murdered them because of it. that's not racism, the word has no meaning. the problem is he never blame add specific race. and you say who cares what trevor noah has to say. one clip was watched by 1.2 million in addition to who watched him on his show. a and you see "the washington post" and cnn that put hate crime to this, the farce becomes fact. that's why a poll out last year that said that 84% of the american people think the media blames for divide in this country. this could be exhibit a. could be a racial motive. as of now, we don't have one. >> martha: it's a cart before the horse at the very least. the investigation is just beginning into this. it's our job to follow the investigation. joe, thanks very much. >> great to see you. >> martha: breaking this hour, opening statements expected to begin a week from today in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer accused of killing george floyd. the area where it happened is now a so-called free state with barricades blocking the entrances. local business owners say police and ambulances can't get into the area at all anymore. matt finn live on the scene there in minneapolis. hi, matt. >> hi, martha. the police chief here says authorities will shut down the autonomous zone. >> it's almost daily down there. it's totally unsafe. >> jamar nelson is the spokesperson for cup foods, the market that called police on george flood for passing a fake bill. considered the site of floyd's death. nelson didn't want to meet us in floyd square because he considers it too dangerous. >> i'm a black man. i absolutely understand the sol dairy and understanding the anger. but at some point do we continue to make others suffer while we are mourning? >> signs instruct people about to enter to think vietnam veterans memorial or visiting auschwitz. shootings have increased by 2500% compared to 2019. >> right now the uptick in violence is unacceptable. i'm putting them on notice. enough is enough. our community will not tolerate this. >> a city survey revealed 65% of 900 people that work or live nearby want george floyd square reopened immediately. >> they think it's in honor of george floyd but it's disrespectful to continue to hold a community hostage. >> more that, we've been listening to jury selection two weeks now. it's worth noting a large amount of potential jurors have told the judge that they could not escape the news of the city's record 27 million dollar payout with the floyd family as jury selection was happening. martha? >> a big story. we'll be out there next week to cover that story live for "the story." thanks, matt. we'll seout out there. that's it for monday, march 22, 2021. we'll see you tomorrow at 3:00. "your world" with neil cavuto. we have the ceo of astra zeneca begins right now. thanks for being here. have a great afternoon. see you tomorrow. >> the white house maintains the border is secure. new images are painting a different picture. welcome, everyone. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto, this is "your world." the white house reacting to what many are calling a crisis at the border. images released by a democratic lawmakers shows overcrowding at a federal facility as migrants continue to pour in. coming up we'll talk to the democratic mayor of del rio, texas that is calling president biden's handling of this a slap in the face. first, to peter doocy at the white housekeeping track of this. peter? >> charles we learned today a small white house delegation is going to h