pursuit of justice. day one of the administration, president biden signalled to the world through words and actions that our borders are open. and so they were. hope we can all commend the biden-harris administration for their actions to prevent a serious disorder at the border following the expiration of title 42. we know the border s in trouble, we know we have a problem with fentanyl, got-aways, drugs. sad reality is my colleagues on the majority have no interest in any meaningful immigration reform. john: we begin this tuesday with lawmakers sparring over the biden administration handling of the migrant surge at the southern border and allegations that the white house set up border patrol to fail. gillian, good afternoon. gillian: great to be with you, john. gillian turner in for sandra today. this is america reports. subhouse committee is hearing testimony from the dhs inspector general, tasked with staffing and morale challenges with border agents over the
congress finally receives a classified briefing on the matter today. the senate being updated at this hour after the house was briefed earlier today. sandra: all of this as senior u.s. military and national security officials warn and have confirmed that spy balloon shot down off south carolina s coast on saturday was part of a major surveillance program run by china s military. so, what else are lawmakers learning in these briefings? we ll ask tennessee senator marsha blackburn and california democratic congressman ro khanna coming up. john: begin with lawmakers sparring over the politization of the federal government and whether the justice department has been weaponized against republicans. hello, i m john roberts in washington. let me be the first to say it, sandra, happy friday eve. sandra: and we made it to thursday. good to be with you, john. i m sandra smith in new york. america reports. republican-led committee says many questions need to be answered by the f
gain-of-function research, and that is where this thing most definitely came from. john: and explosive hearing taking place on capitol hill, the origins of the covid pandemic. confirms dr. anthony fauci tried to discredit the lab leak theory in the early stages of the pandemic and back to china s efforts to place the blame on a white market in wuhan. the virus that has killed millions of people worldwide. sandra: will congress use this testimony and newly uncovered emails to hold fauci on china accountable for not being transparent about how this pandemic began? house covid select committee chair brad wenstrup and senator tom cotton will weigh in coming up shortly. john: we begin, though, with growing calls to designate mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations following the killings of two americans in mexico. ali am john roberts in washingt, welcome center back. sandra: this is america reports. mexico s presence, it it s country has arrested a 24
warm location, or decided to leave our care by connecting with friends, family or other networks. todd: mayor eric adams calling out agitators providing food, water and clothing. he says shelter at brooklyn cruise is nothing like the prison they are making it out to be. what they said to me, thank you, mr. mayor. there are agitators that are doing a disservice to the migrants and the children and families moving to the hotels. todd: i m dumbfounded by the sense of entitlement from the migrants. the shelter conditions, they call a prison, these conditions are better than most college dorm rooms that most college students experience. these are clean. you have some semblence of privacy, unlike college dorms. having been there, i agree with mayor adams, the activists are agitators. they are standing in front of the media and prevent the media from covering the party because they wound their socialist operation to take place in the shadow separated from the public. ashley:
releasing new video of the wild chase that led police to the arrest of two career criminals accused of robbing a dozen people on tuesday. todd: the suspect are expected to be prosecuted in federal court. marianne has details from los angeles. marianne. marianne: two career criminals, including one who declared he wouldn t stay in jail long are accused in a crime t spans several burrough. the robbers were arrested in upper manhattan in a stolen white mini-van. wallets and jewelry was taken from victims and the group hit a local motel onnen 82s boulevard. one suspect is carlos perez, known member affiliated with the crypts. he had nine arrests for gun possession and alleged beating of a 79-year-old man in november. suspect alvin velez had 11 prior busts dating back to 2001 for sexual abuse, drugs and attempted murder and was paroled in 2021 and he s been arrested five times since then, most recently drug charges earlier this month. chief essex said none of the suspects shou