intensifying and the migrant surge escalating. patrol officials say they re releasing 5,000 migrants in to the u.s. every day. every day! the reason why republican lawmakers are trying to strike a deal to boost border security. are they any closer? we ll ask the leading republican in those negotiations, senator james langford. your world is now. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it. griff jenkins in eagle pass on how they re trying to deal with that surge that he is witnessing right behind him. to you, griff. hey, neil. it s been a busy monday here in eagle pass and now in arizona. let s start in eagle pass. let s go to some footage we shot on the drone of a group that came up behind me. you ve got more than four to 500 migrants coming here. most of the ones here are from venezuela, guatemala, columbia. we met a man from africa from the country of angola. that was not the first group. we saw two more of 100 or more in different locations. they stretch the
treasury secretary janet yellen and federal reserve chairman jerome powell are testifying now on capitol hill in a senate hearing about this, powell warning a short time ago that the spike in covid cases, the emergence of the new variant, quote, pose downside risks to employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation. joining me for more is dick du durbin, senator from illinois. downside risk to unemployment and economic activity in, increased uncertainty for inflation, that is not good news for anyone. could this derail the legislative agenda you re pushing so harold on and now facing some really tight deadlines? yobi don t believe so. let s get to the bottom line, the president and the witnesses you re quoting are being honest with the american people. we know something about this variant but not all we need to know. it will take days or weeks to understand the current effectiveness of the vaccines on