the biden transition team and government officials began to sound the alarm to increase shelter space for migrant children whom they expected would soon be crossing the border in large numbers but the trump administration didn t take action until days before the inauguration according to two biden transition officials and a u.s. official with knowledge of the discussions. they were sitting on their hands a transition official told nbc news who doesn t currently work for the biden administration. it was incredibly frustrating. the report adds that as of february the department of health and human services was only able to use about half of the congressionally funded capacity with covid protocols and a shuttering of facilities. because of those limits unaccompanied children are backlogged in stations. their numbers reaching a record high of 5,200 children in custody last week with hundreds held past the three-day legal limit. that is the backdrop to news breaking this afternoon
of what his early strategy is. he will stay and fight it. you got the cuomo story out there. the immigration story getting hotter by the day in all the wrong ways. we ll take you through that. new numbers on jobs that we ll tell you about. the economy in the u.s. is taking off. this is really good news. dana: so much to talk about. let s start with this. the wall street journal is reporting the governor s advisors pressured state officials to alter data that showed nursing home deaths were higher than previously thought. charlotte bennett, 25 at the time told cbs news that cuomo implied she was old enough to date him. he asked me if age difference mattered. he also explained that he was fine with anyone over 22. how old are you? 25. what were you thinking as he is asking you these questions? i thought he is trying to sleep with me. the governor is trying to sleep with me. and i m deeply uncomfortable and i have to get out of this room as soon as possible. dana
want to bury his governor, andrew cuomo. he piled on on the claims of sexual harassment against the governor and is now adding his support to the calls for an investigation of the governor as the white house calls for a review of the claims against the governor who they have given great credit to for months and months with regard to the vaccine. what about these cuomo supporters? some of home afforded no due process to brett kavanaugh. now suddenly quiet when it comes to their response against the charges against cuomo. the big push in north dakota to make the governor s mask mandates illegal. we ll talk to the man that is pushing a controversial move to make mask mandates illegal in stores, schools and anywhere in the state of north dakota. we ll talk to him. first, we re waiting for the president. he will be speaking about the vaccination victory lap. there s a lot of good news when you take a look at the numbers out there. let s take a look at these numbers. in the 37 days
kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno. fox nation host tomi lahren and in the center seat, fox news contributor guy benson. russia is moving tanks, all artillery, jets and warships in the position for a possible invasion into the ukraine. united states is sending military aid to the ukraine, $200 million most recently, antitank missiles. and that u.s. troops are on heightened alert, 8,500 at last count. present biden says this kind of invasion could change the world, calling it an imminent threat. but you might be surprised to learn what our president had time to do yesterday among the imminent threat. and that should have a s on the end. with the border, lots of stuff going on. he left the white house to pick up some ice cream. critics say the optics are awful. guy benson, let s start with you. guy: on the ice cream? is the president loves his ice cream, we know this. with all the threats that you just mention percolating right now and perhaps coming to a head, with the whit
reporters and from the president, of course. this will be just the second formal white house press conference. he s held a handful of others on foreign trips. compared to his predecessors, he s governed largely as he campaigned, which is hunkered down in general posture. you can see compared to other presidents, this president has done nine of these opportunities and one of them is like what we re getting today, a form natural news conference at the white house. other presidents at this point in their presidencies gave many more opportunities for the press. we ll bring all of this to you live and special coverage and analysis. karl rove, mercedes schlapp and juan williams will kick us off. fox team coverage, edward lawrence, mark meredith and we begin with peter doocy who has had a front row for this presidency and the canadasy. he will be in the room this afternoon ready to ask his questions. he s no stranger to pressing president biden. here s a look back at some of the mom