here in our country but it could be the dominant source of infection later on this summer. arthel. arthel: eric, americans across the nation today celebrating juneteenth, marking the freeing of slaves in texas two years after the civil war ended. many states had already adopted the holiday over the years but president biden signed a bill thursday making it an official federal holiday. let s go aishah hasnie, she is live in harlem with more of the celebrations. happy juneteenth, aishah. reporter: happy juneteenth to you, arthel. nim a big block party in historic harlem. via surprise for you. i met beautiful young ladies here and we re going to put on a show for you. this is the the a-stars dance group from harlem here. these girls, 8-16 years old, and they re going to give us a little performance. go ahead, girls. go ahead. okay. it s starting. there we go. we ve got to wait for their you music. there they go and they re so
claudette, battering the gulf coast, flooding rains and high winds going on now and america, as arthel just said, commemor the end of slavery. we are looking at the juneteenth celebrations across the country, marking the new federal holiday. arthel: and we have live fox team coverage. aishah hasnie is in harlem on those celebrations, jonathan sarey is live in new orleans with the latest on the storm. bill lujain starts our coverage live on the border in la jolla texas. reporter: it s been three months since vp kamala harris was assigned as the so-called border czar, assigned to oversee the border situation and she still has not physically come down to the border, 56 house republicans have sent a letter to president biden saying you need to yank her out of this role as the border czar because she s not getting the job done. to that point, take a look at the video we shot this morning. the surge continues day in and
this day will mean representation so that kids that we re speaking of in 20 years will be able to say i m represented, i feel a part. that s what america is, we re celebrating everybody. we re known in new york for being a huge melting pot and now with juneteenth, the african-american community can really feel a part of that huge melting pot. reporter: and arthel, you know, organizers here on the ground tell us that this is so important for future generations, 20 years from now the kids that are alive today, like the girls you just saw, 20 years from now they will really feel like they belong and they will really feel like they re recognized in their country because of this holiday. arthel. arthel: absolutely. and tell all the ladies that i really appreciated their performance. i was clapping in the studio. thanks for the treat. aishah hasnie live in harlem. thank you. reporter: you bet. arthel: eric. eric: deeply meaningful. the they have great weather here in new york.