griff: we begin this second hour of fox & friends with this: secretary of state anthony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are expected to head soon to mexico to meet with mexico s president obrador about the growing migrant crisis. joey: this is coming as a massive caravan can you see it there is moving toward the u.s. why cbp faces a record number of migrant encounters. carley: david spunt joins us live from washington with more. hi, david. hi, this is a big trip for secretary of state blinken and homeland security mayorkas. a way to end a record year for illegal border crossings into our country. cbp sources reveal to fox news more than 35,000 migrants crossed the border over christmas weekend. adding to more than 730,000 migrant encounters in less than three months. as we have reported, some people aren t getting court dates for seven or eight years from now because of the backlog in immigration courts. now, what to do. well, the ad
Beyond its best before date. Also coming up, a day to forget for englands ashes side. Australia build on their massive first innings total after bowling england out for 227. And facebook is opening a new office in london today, creating 800 jobs. Good morning, it is monday the 4th of december and i am ben brown, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels this afternoon. Progress has been made on what happens to eu citizens currently living in the uk, as well as uk citizens living in the European Union. And there also appears to be agreement over how much the uk pays the eu, in what has become known as the brexit divorce bill. The last key Sticking Point however is what to do about the irish border. Negotiations on that w
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going