or visit the border himself. i know the president will travel this week. this is where he should bring air force one. this is where he should look the people in the eye. this is where he should talk to the border agents. let them know that this is beyond a crisis. bill: team fox coverage. mark meredith at the white house, karl rove with analysis. stacy stiegel begins our coverage in alamo, texas. are the groups getting larger? good morning. they are. the chief border patrol agent for the sector, which is the rio grande valley that covers some 277 miles of the entire southern border, he says that they have arrested at least 247 migrants over just the last couple of days traveling in two separate groups. so far this year, he says 17 groups of more than 100 at a time have been apprehended. a number he says and the data shows is going up. the majority in those groups, families and unaccompanied minors that we ve been talking so much about. also in this one sector alone, fam
residents were being evacuated, a number of people were being treated for a range of injuries. the fire broke out in the middle of the night. andy moore is our correspondent and he s at the scene. just for the viewers joining us, bring us up to date on exactly what is happening. well, this fire broke out just over four is happening. well, this fire broke outjust over four hours ago according to the london fire service. they said it was burning from the second to the 27th floor of this tower block. you can see it has diminished slightly now because most of the block has burnt out, most of the combustible material has caught alight and burnt out and be fire is steadily diminishing hour. he might be able to see the hoses on the base of the building. the one on the left is from an automated hydraulic platform. 0ver is from an automated hydraulic platform. over one hour ago we saw one person at a windowjust behind that platform we saw that person briefly, and then we hope they w
developing situation. we are watching and waiting to get any more developments. celeste thomas joins us developments. celeste thomas joins us live. she is across the road from the fire. described to us where you are and what you can see. the fire. described to us where you are and what you can seelj the fire. described to us where you are and what you can see. i am in my house at the moment. i live across the road from grenfell tower and i have been told by the police to stay away from the windows and keep the door shut. i can t see anything at the moment. i was able to see the building from my kitchen window. when you first of all were made aware of this emergency situation taking place, talk us through what you heard, and what initially use all? i initially heard the siren at about 1am this morning and saw the blue lights flashing. looked out the window and saw people beginning to gather outside and then i noticed that there was some smoke coming from grenfell tower and wen
london ambulance service has treated a64 london ambulance service has treated a 64 patients and taken to six hospitals across london including major trauma centres at king s couege major trauma centres at king s college and st mary ‘s and paddington. i can also confirm that a further ten patients have presented themselves to hospitals across london. our thoughts are clearly with everyone who has been affected by this tragic set of circumstances. we continue to have large members of staff including paramedics and advanced paramedics and specialist trauma teams from the london ambulance along with hazardous area response teams that are specially trained and carried specialist equipment such as the use of breathing apparatus to support oui’ of breathing apparatus to support our colleagues in london fire brigade and the ongoing management of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the of the situation. as my colleague the commissioner for the london of the situatio
and extended duration breathing apparatus have been working in extremely challenging and very difficult conditions to rescue people and to bring this major fire under control. the building contains 120 flats. residents have been describing the horrifying scene they woke up to. residents were at the window, help me. help me. you can see the fire going into the last room that they re in and just engulfing their whole apartment. the met police have set up a casualty bureau for concerned friends and family members. the phone number is: 0800 0961233. hello. good morning. this is north kensington in london and behind me about 250 meters away is grenfell tower or in fact what remains of g re nfell tower. tower or in fact what remains of grenfell tower. you can see perhaps in the bottom left of your picture water from the fire service from the emergency services still, still being projected on to the tower. this is what, eight hours after the fire began. certainly eight hours after