morning. i needed somebody to pull me up. judge jeanine: did they have to pull you by your legs? bret: they did. see you, good night. good evening. i m bret baier, 800 a day. that s the number of known got-aways at the southern border as texas officials and the biden administration continue to babletion battle over the border crisis. this comes as washington lawmakers try to reach a deal on dealing with the influx of migrants coming across the border. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram on capitol hill as congressional republicans really turn on each other over the immigration legislation. but we begin with correspondent dana marie nickel with the latest. good evening, dana marie. we have new numbers from the southern border shows a stunning number of migrants slipping through border patrol on a daily basis. border patrol sources tell fox news there s been nearly 100,000 got-aways at the border so far this fiscal year. that s an average of 800 migrants p
exclusive interview with the arab league secretary general. you re in the situation room. newt gingrich may give it as the gift that keeps on giving. we re talking about the remark romney made right here on cnn that s gone viral that he s not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net. rather, he s concerned about the middle class. newt gingrich is making the most of it as he and rochl any cmney in nevada. joe, what s the latest on this latest round between newt gingrich and mitt romney? wolf, clearly the gingrich campaign right now is trying to sort of capitalize, if you will, and use the recent remarks by mitt romney. but one of the things they ve been concerned about is getting out of the habit of engaging in a mud slinging match with mitt romney. gingrich clearly being advised how to focus also on his own ideas, his vision for the put to try to say positively what he is for. and they viewed these recent comments by mitt romney about the poor as a p
floor and health care providers do not have to intervene if this bill is passed. it s just appalling. check out this tonight from anita perry, wife of governor rick perry. some perry aides blame shaky debate performances for the need of more sleep. mrs. perry suggested his slip in the polls is because of brutal attacks from other republicans that she suggests somehow resent his faith. of those republican critics, mrs. perry said, quote, they may feel like god called them, too. but i truly feel like we are here for that purpose. rising cain, the leap of herman cain to the top of the pack of the presidential race. new poll numbers out tonight, 27% of republican voter back cain. former massachusetts governor mitt romney is the choice of 23%. governor perry follows at 16%. congressman ron paul cracks double-digit support. some are quick to suggest cain is the latest beneficiary of an anyone but romney dynamic among the most conservative republicans. the never shy mr. cain say
look at this week. the president of coke saying it s easier to do business in china than it is in america. the president of google saying that all of this regulation from washington is stifling innovation. i don t think this is the right approach to be able to recapture the american dream. we ought to be more positive about what a great nation we ve got. and i don t hear that. i completely agree about the importance of being positive. i think this president s patriotism and enthusiasm about this country is beyond question. i think that we ve been asking the president to fixhe economy with one hand tied behind his back. we ve been saying, in effect, make it so the government has no role in regulating excesses on wall street, in trying to assure that multiple bottom lines that government is responsible for are adequately balanced. and that should you make investment, but not we re not going to give you any funds to do so. they did regulate wall street. look at dodd-frank that was p
ability to invest. that s why there s capital and jobs on the sideline. we ve been talking about health care. we re not going to have this fight, supreme court is likely to look at this now, and in the heat of the campaign year. yes. governor, you ve been forceful in saying that you want to see the federal government over this. you don t want this to become the law we ve already done that. excuse me. what s going to happen here. what s the impact of this look going to be? the virginia case, of course, we got bumped out on standing so we re appealing to the united states supreme court just this week on standing. the florida case will probably be the likely one, i think, of all that will get to the supreme court on the merits. and the fundamental question is can the united states congress force a individual in a state to buy a product or a good, and if not, to get fined? so regardless of what you think about health care, and i know they ve got a plan in massachusetts, all t