Earthquake yesterday as reports of damage and unsafe buildings in new jersey are coming in. Were monitoring for any new after shocks and will obviously bring you the latest. Welcome to fox news live, im griff jenkins. Hello, molly. Hello, griff, im molly line. This comes as the president s call for a ceasefire after talking with Benjamin Netanyahu this week. Lucas, theres quite a bit to cover. To you. Thats right. American and Israeli Forces are on heightened alert in the middle east following the killing of the senior command ers earlier this week. Theres no issue from the state department, but as you mentioned President Biden speaking to his israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu calling for an immediate ceasefire. The president did sound op m optimistic on the way to baltimore yesterday. Did you threaten to stop military aid to israel. I asked them to do what theyre doing. Are you abandoning israel . Are you abandoning israel . Again, molly, its motorable its notable, they discussed during a phone call a few years ago. The botched israeli drone strike that killed seven americans including an american on monday night. Israel took responsibility and sacked some and punished others. Anded handling is different after a u. S. Drone killed several during the withdrawal inform afghanistan. And john kirby downplayed the comparison. These happened years apart, two different countries, two different sets of circumstances, theres no need of personal accountable, but did find that the u. S. Military need today make some systemic changes. Now, in gaza, critics say that israel is held to an impossible standard, destroy hamas and feed everybody in gaza. Remember, there are still hostages in gaza. Lucas tomlinson. Thank you. Griff on the lookout for aftershocks after new jersey experienced its strongest quick in nearly 140 years. Now, there are questions over democratic governor murphys whereabouts this weekend. Cb cotton is live in New York City with more. Hey, cb. Hi, griff. Tremors were felt from maine to here in New York City and down through the mid atlantic, but, griff, the earthquakes epicenter was in northwestern new jersey where the States Government phil murphy was out of town at the democratic governors association, according to his public schedule. He did some phone interviews, made some posts to social media, but there was no direct address to the people of that state. We have reached out to governor murphys people about details or contexts how that decision was made, but have not yet heard back. Meanwhile, more than two dozen people in governor murphys state had to be evacuated when three multifamily homes in newark shifted. I had to help get my sister out of there, you know . Shes, you know, shes in a wheelchair and she cant move as fast as we can. So i had to worry about getting her out. Now, the United StatesGeological Survey reported the 4. 8 magnitude quake at 10 23 friday morning and the agency says there have been more than a dozen aftershocks in the region since. There was no widespread damage in other parts of the northeast region. Several elected leaders including Governor Hochul and New York City mayor eric at dams addressed the public to say teams were assessing buildings and roads and extra crews will be on standby today to respond to reports of building damage, but in a concrete jungle, the publics help is needed, too. There are 1. 1 million buildings in the city, which means we need cooperation from construction professionals. Weve messaged that to them, but let me take this opportunity again to remind all of our construction professionals, you need to go out and check on your buildings. Now, some people in places finding the humor in yesterdays earthquake, a post from the Empire State Building behind me shortly after the quake happened, a post they said to x said, quote, i am fine. Griff, back to you. Griff there is some humor in it, but i tell you if youve ever felt some of those tremors, its quite disheartening. Cb cotton live in New York City. Molly. For more on how prepared New York City is for natural disasters, were joined by former new york Homeland Security advisor, michael bal, thank you for hopping on with us. Cb showed us great video that came in and a historic occasion and a lot of people felt their hearts and their homes, perhaps, a little rattled. Is New York City ready for something bigger than what we just experienced . Well, apparently not. We dont really have any experience with this and whats ironic, it took 25 minutes for the officials to notify the public for an event that took 25 seconds. And you know, which is real interesting, this was a 4. 8 Richter Scale event and if you travel Around The World and i just came back from mexico city. You talk to them about a quake like this, and they said if its not 7, we have these all the time and the same with california. Whats interesting, sometimes the advice that was given by some of the officials was a little outside what you normally here. For example, governor kathy hochul trying to be helpful saying lie down on the ground, and cover your neck and control under something steady. Thats not what you hear from folks in california who Say Go Outside or if youre in a building, find the door frame and stand in the door frame. Do you feel like this in a sense gave us a reminder we need, perhaps as general home owners not someone in the big city, but outlying areas to be ready yourself, to have your emergency keith, to have your meetup spot with your family and that sort of thing . Without a doubt. Its one of the things that i do, Around The World, oh, try to help organizations prepare for Different Things and we develop scenarios and sometimes well do with hurricanes and unfortunately some active shooter stuff. When you talk about earthquakes particularly in the northeast or most of america, thats not going to happen. What this event demonstrated to all of us in new york, it really could happen so perhaps you ought to think through the unthinkable. And headlines for squatters in homes is mind blowing. A group of several arrests of people from venezuela, they had prior records in some cases, they had taken over this home when they were originally arrested and then, some of them released out on bail for a period of time. So theres two issues at stake, whats happening with the squatters and the rules and the laws that enable this in New York City and also, a Bail Reform Issue to be dealt with. I want to get your thoughts on what that scenario has created for new yorkers. So, im a former state legislature, served in the assembly in the senate and let me say out there, its a crime. Its a crime. The most fundamental right of americans, not just new yorkers, but all americans is property. This is what our nation was built on. And so, whether its trespassing or its larceny, these are crimes and people, in fact, should be prosecuted for them. Period. And so you say, well, what about the illegal immigration and what about the fact that there isnt enough housing . Hang on a second. If you dont enforce these laws, you know what you set up . You set up a potential violent confrontation with a home owner who comes home and finds people squatting in their house. You dont want to do that. That then becomes an issue of public safety. These are things where you cant just sit there and say as a society. Were going to be okay with you coming and taking peoples property. The best case is imagine your grandmother who comes home and now is completely ill equipped to be able to deal with folks perhaps that are aggressive and weve seen that. And this of course, is compounded by the fact, that are the rights of the Illegal Immigrants . You know, theres a judge in illinois that just came out with a ruling that basically says that immigrants have the right to bear arms. What . I mean, just, these types of laws are just completely antithetical to the way our country has been designed. When youre talking about someone potentially getting hurt because of the squatting situations and youre talking about predictable outcomes. And there are a lot of people coming here and dont have a way to work and were supporting them and in chicago, 300 million on temporary food and shelter, 1. 47 billion in New York City. Denver, up over 60 million. It goes on and on when you look at some of the cities, the price tag is enormous and when you get back to the issue of bail reform and people being released we just saw headlines out of ohio a man, a migrant who had been deported multiple times had a criminal record, now stands accused of murder. Its very expensive in addition to the possibility for someone else getting hurt. Your thoughts on the price tag and really the potential youre talking about. So, whats is evolving the last two years basically been that texas is sharing its pain. It is sending Migrant Workers north and now this is a huge issue for northern cities. And its not just the folks coming from texas and thats the other thing, people have a mistaken idea about. These folks are coming from all over the world. Theyre getting here through the southern border and theyre taking planes, theyre not taking buses, and theyre coming in with a lot of resources, but theyre causing a tremendous shift in costs to city budgets that frankly are unprepared for this. The federal government, you know, at certain point in time theyve got to pay one way or the other. Either theyre going to support the Border Security or theyre going to have to reach into the federal coffers and help cities deal with this humanity crisis. And some of the leaders in the democratic cities are turning to the federal government and begging for more help on this issue. Michael balboni, thank you for joining us on this saturday afternoon and thank you for kicking us off. Appreciate it. Griff now to the southern border where migrants in new mexico say portions of the area now belong to the cartels. Matt finn is live in sunland, new mexico with more of that exclusive video. Matt, excellent reporting. What else can you tell us . Griff, right now were standing on mount crystal ray, its a Pilgrimage Mountain and crosses all over it, and a Border Patrol agent told me and my photographer that bore Border Patrol no longer has control over the mountains that it belongs to the coyotes. Were watching the gotaways, run away from Border Patrol agents and we have several moments we can clearly see Cartel Scouts monitoring us and running from us. We were told in advance that this is a hot spot for illegal immigration and only spent a few minutes here before a group of about 15 Illegal Migrants breezed past us. Now, here in sunland park, new mexico, our crews have spotted many holes in our border wall. In fact, we spotted two men trying to climb into one of the holes from the mexican side. They saw us and took off running back into mexico. They screamed at us, let us cross. Why are you so racist. Were outside of sunland mark, new mexico in the El Paso Sector, walking along whats referred to as the obama wall and Border Patrol points out the Holes In The Wall and cartels cut them to smuggle humans through, referred to as doggy doors and Border Patrol says theyre so overwhelmed right now they cant keep up with patching them. A short distance from that location in new mexico, we saw a bus of migrants after crossing the border wall into new mexico. Border patrol agents drag tires on the back of trucks to smooth the hot spots so they can notice any fresh footprints. Were in the El Paso Sector right now and frequently this week, this was the busiest sector in the United States with more than 1,000 illegal Migrant Apprehensions and were watching Illegal Migrants across into the United States in real time here in new mexico right now, griff. Griff well, all right. Matt finn, Great Reporting in sunland, new mexico, get more video of that and well share it, thank you, sir. For more on the migrant crisis were joined now by a republican congressman from texas. Tony gonzalez. Obviously you heard matt and hes watching there in sunland and el paso is a busy sector, but you dont have and ive been to mount cristo, and covered that area, you dont have much of the efforts that texas and dps has tried to harden that area because of the topography is very difficult, but in other parts down in el paso, theyre putting up the Concertina Wire and replicate efforts like theyve done in eagle pass which is an area you represent. Your thoughts . Griff, thank you for having me on and every part of the border is different. What i am seeing, i represent twothirds of the texas, mexico border, ive seen the crisis spread we started talking about it in texas, arizona and now in new mexico. Theres no end to it. Americans are less safe than we were four years ago, it starts at the top. With biden, harris and mayorkas. We were safe under President Trump. The people in my district want to be safe again. I dont think its a unique situation. I think across the country people want to be safe. I with as just in del rio two days ago, i was visiting the Port Of Entry with the director there. There were 20 or so that came over and one of the person said i was told to come here for a better life. Oh, i get that, but that does not mean you qualify for asylum. That person or anybody else in that situation should immediately be deported. Thats not what is occurring, thats what President Biden needs to do to get this under control. Otherwise, its just going to continue to spread. Griff and thats why we see Governor Abbott and in your state of texas continuing to fight, now in the 5th Circuit Court of appeals in new orleans for the enactment and the constitutionality of sb4 the texas law that would make it a crime to illegally cross and essentially enforce what the Border Patrol cost and arrest people for crossing and ultimately remove them. I want to show you something, tony. Secretary mayorkas on friday at a round table with reporters, he basically said what texas is doing isnt having an effect. Here is a quote he said we do not consider Concertina Wire to be effective, it impairs customs and Border Patrols ability to do its job and were seeing the migrants easily cutting the Concertina Wire. And we know theyre cutting the obama wall as matt finn showed us. What you do make of that statement . It tells me that hes given up on the situation. You should never have a secretary give up on americans safety. Governor abbott is doing everything he can to keep texans and americans safe. Were grateful for it. Were throwing everything we can at the kitchen table, the kitchen sink other than the kitchen sink in order to make sure were safe. This ends, its simple, griff, and you know this, this ends with the federal government, our Government Agents deport the people that are breaking the law. Thats exactly whats happening. I get it, youre fleeing desperate situations, but the bottom line, we do not know who you are. We dont know if youre a venezuelan gang member, an impoverished woman travelling from guatemala and its unsafe to americans, my hat goes off to the governor for everything hes doing. We need to do more though. The people in my district, the people along the border, we want solutions today. We want our lives back. Griff i want to shift gears before we run out of time here because you are a member of congress, and we are seeing what seems to be at best am bigty whether or not this administration is getting soft in their support of israel. Just today, were reading in axios, the headline, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi joining a call to halt weapons transfer to israel and signed onto a Democratic Progressive letter. Is there a shift going on in the Democrat Party in terms of firm support of israel in the wake of the world Central Kitchen Incident . There is and it worries me. Because now is not the time on support for israel when theyre in the middle of the conflict. Ive been a strong proponent of this war ends when hamas is eradicated and people in israel will never forget october 7th, but seems as if the Democratic Party is forgetting october 7th. So october 7th has to be in everybodys mind and we have to make sure that israelis can wake up in their own beds and be safe because theyre our allies, because guess what, that terrorism that starts abroad doesnt end there if we dont stop it where it roots out. So i think now is a very important time in history f