every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fund-raisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emails so many emails. but for all those little fish throwing $100 to their local race, it s the whales those campaign fund-raisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. and when they donate $25,000, $100,000, a million dollars, they want a favor.or 10. it should be obvious that s corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political deals toe the bribery line every single day. and we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois governor hadn t flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented audio recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. ladies and gentlemen, meet rod blagojevich. it was early morning
..and targeting the suppliers bringing misery across the country. this is not a glamorous lifestyle. this is horrendous and violent. and if you get into it, it s very hard to get out of it. distant sirens. good morning, everyone. chatter. it s 4am. 150 officers from kent and two other police forces are taking part in an operation codenamed zeal. part of a huge operation, this one. hopefully, we ll protect some vulnerable people, bring in some drug dealers. so we re going to an address in dartford today as part of a big operation. over a0 warrants being executed over the next day or so, targeting county line drug dealers in kent. a county line is a drug dealing network, often with a city based dealer distributing illegal drugs to smaller towns. fighting it needs a joined up approach. most of the county lines we re dealing with come out of london, so we re leading a three force operation here today. it s us, the met and british transport police. county lines gangs sell their dr
..and targeting the suppliers bringing misery across the country. this is not a glamorous lifestyle. this is horrendous and violent. and if you get into it, it s very hard to get out of it. distant sirens good morning, everyone. chatter it s 4am. 150 officers from kent and two other police forces are taking part in an operation codenamed zeal. part of a huge operation, this one. hopefully, we ll protect some vulnerable people, bring in some drug dealers. so we re going to an address in dartford today as part of a big operation. over a0 warrants being executed over the next day or so, targeting county line drug dealers in kent. a county line is a drug dealing network, often with a city based dealer distributing illegal drugs to smaller towns. fighting it needs a joined up approach. most of the county lines we re dealing with come out of london, so we re leading a three force operation here today. it s us, the met and british transport police. county lines gangs sell their drug
it was clearly a plant. what did she? no i was in complete shock. they were dangerous and they were violent. why did she do? i didn t realize she was involved as deep as she was. scholar, professor, mother what is going to happen to my daughter? she certainly knew. shia killer in your eyes? yes. everything was at stake. i could face life in prison, i am willing to do anything that needs to be done. now i have the strength. she was the embodiment of the american dream, an immigrant who described a childhood of pottery poverty and abuse. attended elite schools and rose to the top of her field. against all odds, norma patricia spars became the well-respected psychology professor and a champion for children s health care around the world. a success story, a life 40 years in the making. so how on earth did it come to this? whatever the charges are that, they re asking me to plead guilty for, it s essentially something that i cannot accept. it would essentia
years. steve: okay. meanwhile, a serious happy meal. the mcdonald s dinner box hack that only costs $12 but should cost twice that. two cheeseburgers in here. cheeseburger. 4 small fries. one piece chicken nugget. $12, y all. lawrence: that s a steal. second hour of fox & friends starts right now and remember, mornings are better because you are with friends. all right. we begin with the border crisis. shocking video shows a group of more than 100 migrants rushing our border in el paso, texas. steve: that s right. they broke through the razor wire and overpowered members of the texas national guard. brian: griff jenkins, you have seen a lot at the border. have you seen anything like that before? griff: well not quite to those levels. and good morning, guys. let s note president biden was on the ground in texas for the past two days at fundraisers in dallas, in houston, while the crisis at the border reached a boiling point in el paso. let s show that video again