is impeding the hotspot late friday as immigration remains a top concern for many voters there and across the country. president biden former president trump both visiting the border in texas this week as well. illegal crossings now shifting heavily to arizona and california after the lone star state bulked up its border with the razor wire. welcome to a brand-new hour of "fox news live" i am arthel neville. high eric brickwork to let saluteeveryone thank you for jog us i am eric shawn. president biden is facing a bit of a backlash of his trip to the border. critics taking issue with the fact he went to brownsville, texas that is were migrant crossings have been slowing for months this former president trump hit eagle pass. that, at o one of the most highy trafficked cities on the texas border. meanwhile then get protections from some sanctuary cities and states. new york city mayor eric adams pushing to change the laws in his city. arthel: brutal murder of nursing student laken riley has some of the college town of athens, georgia to the center of the national immigration debates. illegal immigrant of the criminal record ar chae or is charged with lincoln's death. fox team coverage. madison scarpino is on the laken riley case and outrage over her case. first we go to griffin who is live at the border he is in mission, texas. what can you tell us from there? >> good afternoon, arthel part i can tell you that for months now the san diego county's sector has been the second busiest in the country with more than 1200 migrants crossing there yesterday. governor gavin newsom take a look at brand-new footage and images of governor newsom visiting there in san diego county going to hook cuba, california myself, bill melugin have been we can show you as we haven't recent weeks the number of migrants coming across for you and i have talked about many of them, hundreds of chinese are coming from as far away as syria, kazakhstan, peru and india. perhaps newsom wanted to get a firsthand look because the real is the problems he had but he pointed republicans sank this in a statement quote republicans and congress have been nothing but create sabotage attempts at progress including the blocking the border security jail that had everything they've been asking for. it is past time the spineless republicans in congress to do their job. this in the wake of the dueling presidential vigilance of former president trump and president biden going to brownsville and eagle pass, texas their trading jabs and president biden saying he wanted congress to do more blaming republicans as well trump pointing the finger at biden for the chaos for the question now is what can be done? what can president biden do unilaterally announce something in the state of the union that includes comments from california democrat congressman, listen here. >> think president biden is thinking about executive orders i certainly think when you hear the state of the union this coming week he's going to have to address the border perhaps you will see some announcements there. >> arthel it is unclear exactly what executive order they could announce or do to try to deal with the chaos of the border. we do know in the first days of his administration he undid many of president trump's orders will save many of those things come back in any shape or form the rate in mexico policy. arthel: griffith jenkins, thank you very much griff. >> it is every parent's nightmare to wake up and get a call like that that your child has been taken from you parade this gentleman was here illegally to start with. he had been involved with the criminal justice in new york and in athens along with his brother but this should never of happened projects georgia community outraged and in mourning today. still grieving after the brutal murder of laken riley allegedly the hands of the illegal immigrant. the family the 22-year-old nursing student laid to rest today happen in her hometown a very emotional ceremony. madison scarpino is live in atlanta with the latest on that. >> more than a week after the college student was killed on ug a's campus people are still devastated by their death. yesterday it was a dreary day in riley's home town of woodstock, georgia for her funeral. hundreds of family and friends gathered to woodstock church to honor riley at the service but her obituary said her smile was infectious, she spread joy everywhere she went. a few days ago riley's mother shared a memory from her former teacher it was a writing project she did in first grade about what she wanted to do with the future. when i grow up i want to be a nurse it helps people get better and it looks fun to help people. the corner and athens said riley died from blunt force trauma to the head. the suspect jose antonio ibarra said he seriously disfigured her school dragged her body to a secluded area. >> this was a crime of extraordinary violence. very clearly he is an object of some variety it's right in documents we do not know what that was. but it seems to have a tremendous amount of anger as a crime of opportunity for lack of a better term, he just seems to have exploded. >> illicit death is bringing up a lot of questions and frustrations about how the city of athens and the country handle illegal immigration. he came to the u.s. illegally in 2022 just a few days ago protesters repeatedly interrupted the athens mayor during a news conference the mayor made it clear athens is not a sanctuary city while protesters screamed a liar, justice and called for him to resign. former president donald trump was at the border thursday and said he spoke with riley's a devastated parents trump promised to never forget riley and blamed president biden for the border crisis for the suspected killer's older brother was arrested during riley's death. investigation for having a fake green card he said to be in federal court on monday on fraud charges back to you guys in. >> this is their continuing pushback sicken sanctuary cities, madison thank you. arthel: people in athens, georgia urging the mayor to resign after the murder of laken riley protesters at a news conference by the mayor this week thing the city's soft immigration policies are to blame for her death. laurie camp is a lifelong resident of athens, georgia the organizer behind a make athens safe again rally that is scheduled for tuesday she joins me now. laurie, first i want to give you an opportunity to offer condolences to the family of laken riley and share of the tragedy affected you personally. >> yes, my heart goes out to her family. this tragedy is hit me so personally because my son is a senior at uta as well. this could have been hampered this could have been his girlfriend. this could have been the daughters of my friends here in town. so i do offer my sincere condolences. arthel: of course, of course. i share those sentiments. you have lived in athens, georgia for a long time as you said. it is an ideally community that's normally a safe haven for residents like you pray tell me about the rally you are organizing. >> the rally taking place is going to be tuesday, march 5 at 5:30 p.m. i entitle it make athens state the reason i chose this day is this is the first government meeting the going to have since the murder they meet the first tuesday of every month some people have said why are you doing it during this week because the students of ug ar on spring break this week however i did not think we could wait until the next commissioner meeting when the students are back in town. and so we are going for it we are going march 5, tuesday at 5:30 at city hall would love to have everyone come if you could not, we would love for you to support our safe athens.org website where you can go sign a petition for safer measures in athens. that will show a list of century state cities and counties georgia is not on the list as will know. sanctuary cities they offer protection for undocumented immigrants. do you feel those protections put citizens and long-time residents in jeopardy? >> absolutely. the safety and welfare of the citizens and each one of the city should be put first above illegal immigrants coming into the country. and as the case in athens, our commissioner and mayor but their own personal agenda ahead of the safety and welfare of our citizens. and ug a's students that were up inplace in our care. arthel: a rally tuesday what is next what is your ultimate goal? what's my ultimate goal is to have athens seyfert generally for example not only are we grieving the death of laken riley we are grieving the death of many because the crime weight has been increasing the homeless rate in athens has been increasing. just last week i had someone reach out to me and say their little league team was practicing and right next to the file homeless woman wearing only her panties came out those little boys had to witness that. this is safety issues we are talking about. just six months ago at night i was driving down a road camp to a red light there is a man standing with a baseball bat in about 5 feet away from my car walking towards me at first i chose to run the red light there is nobody else around i had no other kind of witnesses. it to me is become unsafe. we have homeless people trying to get into cars of people when they are trying to reenter to go home after going to the grocery store in places like that. we do have a true crisis in athens for safety. arthel: good luck with everything. thank you very much for joining us, take care. >> thank you so much bye-bye. >> university afforded terminating more than a dozen employees who work for the school's diversity, equity and inclusion office. school officials days to comply within a state law bars them from using taxpayer money to fund programs. this is a first national rule applies to 28 of the states colleges of the congressional black caucus says the institution is public but does it grant from the federal government that should be quote evaluated for potential civil rights violations because of this rule. ♪. eric: in the last hour former president trump walking away is a significant chunk of delegates on the state of a michigan after when the vote on tuesdays state gop convention. foxbusiness brady trumbull is there to explain. fred say it was a sweep for former president trump today, 39 delegates up for grabs all 39 going to trump. about 98% of the state gop representatives from all 13 of michigan's congressional districts were here today voting for former president trump over former south county governor nikki haley but you see on your screen there the breakdown of delegates awarded in michigan at today's gop convention and in the primary election earlier in the week. former president trump with 51 delegates, haley one just for the election on tuesday. when he announced the results about 45 minutes ago michigan gop chair said this, michigan, is trump country with voters on to the polls in michigan earlier this week remember around a quarter of them did to kayleigh. >> are you worried some of the nikki haley voters would come over and vote for trump of the general? >> historically parties come together after primaries. november will be a binary choice if either donald trump or joe biden. i think a lot of the nikki haley voters are going to migrate over there but we will work with them and invite them in. >> former president trump also one of missouri's caucuses this morning. he went 36 delegates from that contest. so far there were more they'll be doled out in eight months long process in missouri. there also contestants and delegates up for grabs or contest i should say delegates up for grabs in idaho as well as washington d.c. but the bottom line is former president trump is expanding his delegate lead over haley leading up to super tuesday when millions of americans will go to the polls where the 800 delegates will be doled out. arthel: brady trumbull there in grand rapids, michigan thank you. eric: the road to the white house passing through north carolina this weekend. they are former president trump holding a rally today in greensboro. nikki haley held her own rally also today. north carolina happens when the 16 states holding contests this super tuesday, just around the corner early next week. bill melugin is live with the very latest on the campaign there. >> hey eric, had a chance to meet up with nikki haley earlier and i asked her if super tuesday does not go the way you hope is there a world in which you see yourself potentially endorsing donald trump at some point question which you turn it back around and said you should ask trump if he will endorse me. take a look at this video it's her rally in raleigh the second big crowd over 1100 people said she's been seeing bigger crowds and more momentum in recent days she picked up a couple of key senate endorsement alaska senator and maine senator susan collins with the bottom line here is super tuesday could be a make or break for her campaign she is not one a stateless primary yet i asked her directly what are her expectations heading into super tuesday? take a listen. >> how are you going to measure success tuesday night? what's he want to be competitive that's what we've always said. >> what is it mean? >> you guys decide what competitors it's up decides what competitors or courts will have the super tuesday doesn't go well? they don't think like that would keep on going and keep fighting. >> this was in greensboro, north carolina former president trump hosting his own campaign rally there. he has swept every single state in the primary so far he has got a huge lead but he is telling his supporters do not get complacent. he told them please turn out on super tuesday because he believes it could be a knockout blow for the haley campaign, take a listen. >> get everyone you know to the polls so we can trounce haley. i haven't heard about her in a week does anybody know? she was going on every show runw donald trump, this and that. that wasn't working too well. we don't care about that. >> the one thing at both donald trump and nikki haley have in common right now is a brand-new "new york times" poll came out today which shows up both of them in a head-to-head matchup against joe biden haley by 10-point trump by five points. will send it back to you for a quick start bill, sue happens on tuesday, thank you. arthel: unfortunately no end in sight for firefighters in the texas panhandle dry, wendy conditions only strengthening what is already the largest wildfires in the states history. we will talk to the mayor of amarillo a city right in the fires path. america's best. they have one of the nation's largest groups of optometrists! oh, you're ... very welcome. america's best. because eye care is healthcare - and you deserve the best. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein! those who tried me felt more energy in just two 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(♪) arthel: several freight cars derailed onto the banks of an eastern pennsylvania river after three norfolk southern trains crush this morning. authorities say the cars spilled diesel fuel and plastic pellets into the lehigh river but no hazardous materials leaked and no one was hurt. river provides drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people. norfolk southern is the same railway company whose train derailed just over a year ago east of palestine, ohio filling toxic chemicals and forcing thousands to evacuate. support meanwhile it was a dangerous storm is dropping snow in california mountains. it's a rare warning life life-threatening blizzard conditions in the area. locals bracing for more than 10 feet of snow. the warning is in effect for the storm is for supposing of national parks, ski resorts and some key highways there. see that extreme weather devastating texas cruise are struggling to control what is the largest wildfire in state history. it has already killed at least two people. meteorologist adam cloth is live with t more, adam? >> yes a couple big weather events happening across the country beginning with the storms looking out west for blizzard conditions getting in on this the worst has been across portions of california. snowfall totals so far we're only in the beginning of its expected number to double in some case get bigger than that. we've seen snow photos of the 4. it's not just know it is whimsically blizzard type conditions the high elevations we've seen wi wins close to 200 miles an hour. this is a really impactful system blizzard warnings are still in effect across the seer at nevevents and places across e rockies other folks getting in this you see a lot of winter weather advisories here at last all the way through sunday again were only about halfway through it. of course the other big weather feature across the country as the wildfires in the texas panhandle a number of them out there of course the largest one continues to be the smokehouse creek wildfire 90 miles white just a massive mess of wildfire contained at 15% at this point. unfortunately today, it's more of the conditions are still really tough for fighting this wildfire this is the humidity levels out there right now. you were talking 10% very dry air on top of the dry air the winds are strong. that pushes these fires makes them hard to continue are looking at wind gusts in that area getting up to 40 miles per hour. expect a similar forecast you're seeing here on saturday to linger into sunday as well. we have fire weather warnings not just in the texas panhandle but stretching further to the north across a big swath of the planes here. the winds died down a little bit as you look further into the forecast but it stays dry no rain on the way. winds do die down a little bit when you get into monday, tuesday, wednesday. arthel: fox weather adam klotz thank you very much. before heavy smoke and flames continued to choke the panhandle in texas. officials in the lone star state that it has a torch more than 1 million acres so far the fires only 50% contained. governor greg abbott says hundreds of structures have so far been destroyed joining us now mayor of amarillo, texas and the panhandle for the great plains meet. mayor, thank you for joining us. what is the situation on the ground right now and how do you see it? >> yes, sir, thank you for having us here today to be able to continue to discuss everything that is going on here. we have a few updates year to date we did have two flareups out there today. crews are spun up everyone is taking care of business today they have already suppressed both of those the winds are blowing 20 -- 25 miles per hour. right now we really need is we need these winds to calm down so we can continue to contain in contained incombat these fires. eric: the pictures we are seeing are so striking and horrendous. what is it like to go through this? what is that light for the service to deal with this and for your citizens? >> looking at the videos it's truly apocalyptic. if you are up there and in it i was able to get up over it to see it. even some of the videos do not do it justice. it is a test of the panhandle spirit. what you are seeing right now is the entire community coming together. i could not be more proud of the way in which i believe over 14 state agencies an in 17 local agencies have responded. but this is by far the largest fire we have had roughly 1700 square miles. definitely something to be contended with. eric: was at the winds the unusually high winds combined with the dry grass in the dry conditions that really sparked this off? >> yes, sir. around here it's not uncommon to have 20 or 30 miles an hour winds but dry conditions a spark and can lead to pretty good size fire. of course we do not know the cause of this. usually over 90% of all wildland fires are caused by humans. and so what is important right now as we keep this under control. what we need right now is prayer and the good lord to clone these winds back down for the next couple of days. eric: that is for sure how long you think this will go and when you think they could potentially finally get a handle on it? >> i think everyone will take a deep sigh of relief and a deep breath this next week. forecast was five -- 10 miles an hour on monday, tuesday definitely if we can maintain containment over the weekend monday it will look pretty good. if we lose containment we will definitely have to continue to battle it back and protect property and life. and so you are seeing that first hand and we appreciate you letting us walk through it with you to let us get the word out of it was still need. eric: of course people around the country if you're not there exactly it's almost unimaginable to try and see that and see the devastation after words. >> yes, sir. eric: message to those folks sitting home watching this? >> yes, sir. and it looks like a bomb went off total devastation. anything that's a wood structure is totally gone. i'm going to tell you roughly 500 structures is a numbers we have right out may not be quite that but i think that is what has been lost. those are not minor losses those are total losses that does not include the livestock. one of our big needs right now is a farmland and ranch land to be able to relocate the livestock and the horse and cattle and once again could not be more proud of our neighboring states. people coming on the wood or bring everything you can imagine for a quick set is great to finy mention the livestock any estimation into the ranching trade? >> you know, i do not have any numbers on them. with the 1700 square miles i would not even be able to guess. i would imagine it's a larger number than any of us would expect. eric: apocalyptic our hearts and our prayers are with you. amarillo mayor cole stanley potential folks affected by this horrible. >> thank you very much appreciate prayers more than you know servpro. >> absolutely mr. mayor thank you and good luck. arthel: for me too mr. mayor. a heart stopping at rescue eight louisville fire fighter saving the life of a truck driver who crashed on a bridge and was left dangling high above the ohio river. we spoke with the firefighter who made the daring rescue. that very heartwarming story ish upis next. ll time jobs... lawyering and... liaming. all on my own. count on me, mia. i'll file your taxes for you with 100% accuracy, guaranteed. i'm too tired to smile. make your moves count. intuit turbotax. let a full-service expert do your taxes for you, as soon as today. 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works because we need more forces on the board i don't have the authority to do that. >> here's what i would say to mr. trump, set instead of telling members to block this legislation, joint me or i will join you in telling congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill. we can do it together. >> president biden is likely working on that state of the unit address right now this weekend in camp david the wall street journal's former reagan speech writer says the shortest state of unit dress in history as richard nixon at 29 minutes sheet success biden keep his to the same length. quicksort lucas will see what happens on thursday, thank you. arthel: mother and mother are notrussian opposition later visiting his gravesites the day after thousands more in his mouh in a remote arctic recent called on russian president vladimir putin to end his brutal invasion of ukraine this is expecting to conduct a drone attack today on putin's hometown of st. petersburg prete stephanie bennett is live in our london beer with all the details. >> arthel good afternoon. it is another similar scene today thousands more gathered to the gravesite of navalny to bring flowers to his grave in mourn hailing the putin critic as a symbol of hope and perseverance. many traveling from across the country to pay those respects lining up in silence before walking through metal detectors to gain entry to the cemetery quickly flowers of all varieties began to pile high. now navalny's mother and mother-in-law were among the mourners visiting his grave for the second to his widow of course notably absent she is a broad feeling possible arrest if she returns but vowing to continue his work which he posted on social media saying in part thank you for 26 years of pure happiness i do not know how to live without you but i will make you happy and proud of me up there. yesterday under heavy police watch thousands bid farewell outside the moscow church during his funeral. his body was lowered into the ground as frank sinatra's my way played big crowds marching outside chanted no tube or in putin is a murderer this comes as ukraine is suspected of conducting a drone strike on the home of the russian president just hours after russia held a drone strike of their own in southern ukraine. >> i think one day we are going to change the situation and the battle started by navalny will never be forgotten. >> he had a dream. i have the same dream. >> it was on vibrate 16 when navalny died at the age of 47 at the arctic penal colony he collapsed after a walk but assume it calls it murder. to ask his family and attorney battle with authorities over the release of his body several russian churches even refused to hold the funeral. now of course this all comes ahead of the russian presidential election which is happening in a couple weeks t time. as is also tensions are rising with the west and along with his family many western leaders are accusing the russian president for his hand in his death. arthel: stephanie bennett live in london thank you. >> serving our country literally made them sick. and veterans exposed to toxins from the burn pits congress passed legislation to help them and now there is in a historic health care expansion for those events to be repaid for treatments. we will talk to those pushing to help our vets from the burn pits, next right here on fox news live. before you decide... with the freestyle libre 3 system... know your glucose and where it's headed. no fingersticks needed. now the world's smallest and thinnest sensor... sends your glucose levels directly to your smartphone. manage your diabetes with more confidence, and lower your a1c. the number one cgm prescribed in the us. try it for free at freestylelibre.us. ♪ dale used to hide his smile. now... it's swishy time. he uses therabreath anticavity mouthwash for 24 hour cavity protection. try therabreath mouthwash. it's a better mouthwash! look for therabreath for kids istores today. ♪ no. ♪ -no. -nuh-uh. ♪ yeah. oh. yes. ♪ oh yeah. yes. isn't this great? yeeaahhhh!! ♪ yeah, i could do a cartwheel in here. oh hey! would you like to join us? no. we would love to join you. ♪ space bar nasa spacex ready to launch the mission to the international space station. you are looking live at the launch site that's at the kennedy space center. if all goes well lift off the set for tonight just after 11:0l light up the night sky in florida. three nasa astronauts one russia cosmonaut will hitch a ride against the falcon nine rocket set for lift off later tonight. arthel: millions of veterans will soon be eligible for va health care. the veterans administration says this applies to all veterans who served in a combat zone since the vietnam war thanks to a years long effort to get benefits to those exposed to toxic substances such as burn pits. they will be able to enroll starting on tuesday with a new policy mandated by the 2022 packed acts for joining us now burn pit 360 cofounder rosie torres mission roll call ceo and jim away late. thanks to both of you. listen, this is long overdue but this is great news. can you tell us more about the healthcare these veterans will be eligible for? >> yes. but we aren't looking at here is any veteran who served during the vietnam war area of gulf war of afghanistan global war on terror, post 911 will be able to enroll in the healthcare system. it is a great thing. it is a great way to fulfill our moral obligation by grounding our nation's heroes the right to life and that is what it has been for our organization for over a decade is making sure that effort like this is taking place. but we have a long way to go. there is a long way ahead for these millions of veterans that have been impacted including my husband. captain leroy torres. arthel: i'm sorry you're going through that as well personally but i know that is why you do such a great job in this role. and colonel over to you now. give us an idea of the kind of healthcare are veterans are need of? >> a well it is a vast majority of veterans need healthcare at every level. we are talking approximately 3.5 million veterans that will be eligible for this healthcare that have been exposed to toxic chemicals and substances. many of these problems have been going on for decades for them and have involved their children. and the generational problem. this is important news for the veterans in our country. it is important that we realize it is a huge hurdle there is a backlog of about 378,000 claims. so now we are going to add millions to that. we are going to have to work collaboratively to address the issue. arthel: i want to take a look at performance on benefits purchased through the last month. over 1 million claims nearly 800,000 of those claims were approved a 75-point to percent took an average of 162 days to process those claims. rosie come as you know navigating healthcare is not the easiest thing. will you and others access the various systems they are now eligible for? >> yes absolutely. what i can say is we -- their screenings and new opportunities to veterans access healthcare. what we don't have is a specialized healthcare pathway that we have always advocated for similar to the 9/11 world 9d trade center health program. they are presenting with with very rare lung diseases and cancers technology like 4d and all these other great companies that are at the forefront of this issue including a burn pit 360. we will absolutely continue to advocate for the right to life of these veterans. although we are grateful for the effort they are now expanding the healthcare option. we need to do more. veterans didn't specialize healthcare. they need screening tools in place. >> i hear you i do want to mention just in terms of the va they conducted five-point to million screenings for toxins. this is again through it last month with a potential exposure 44%. so it colonel, i'm going to end with you. i have got just about another 20 seconds. what is the message to anyone watching as we are going to be happy again for eligibility come tuesday but a lot of work ahead still. >> yes, i would say right now we have about 18 and half million veterans in the united states. half of them are not enrolled in the va that va has to work in the community level and with nonprofits and people like rosie to make sure we are working with veterans so they know the process is underway. i would also say veterans seem to work together and work with nonprofits to make sure their voice is heard make sure they are talking to their elected officials about the hurdles ahead. >> yes, speak out you stood up for us and we are here to stand up for you. rosie and jim, thank you very much for joining us. want to let everyone know you can apply online va.gov/pack or call 1800 my va 411. 18006982411. thank you to all of our greatag veterans. we will be righte. back. complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. right now you can get a free footlong at subway. just buy any footlong in the app and get one free. just scan the qr code and enter promo code flbogo. it only works from the other side of the screen, buddy. you still got a land line in your house. order now in the subway app. (bridget) with thyroid eye disease i hid from the camera. and i wanted to hide from the world. for years, i thought my t.e.d. was beyond help... but then i asked my doctor about tepezza. 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