united auto workers for the first time in history are striking against the big-three u.s. automakers all at once. economist forecast strike if it continues could end up costing the national economy $5 billion by month s end. this at a time when 70% of americans polled they feel the economy right now is getting worse. this is a quote, real time test, biden s economic agenda says new york times called for higher wages for the middle class, apologetic pro union stand, push for electric vehicles centered in michigan, a state he must win in 2024 to remain in the oval office. davin mc bowl, now with ed lawrence, i believe there you are, north lawn of the white house. jillian, yeah, so far president joe biden sitting on the sidelines, he told the american people that the auto companies need to pony up. record corporate profits which they have should be shared by record contracts for the uaw. and just as we are building an economy for the future we need labor agreements for
middle east continue to grow. split screen now of gaza and capitol hill capturing how the region may be sitting on a powder keg increasingly getting the attention of lawmakers here. good morning, i m dana perino and good morning to you in d.c. john: i m john roberts in for bill hemmer today. this is america s newsroom. top biden officials will testify in two hearings today expected to face a tough round of questions about how safe the american people are. another major concern, the wave of anti-semitism sweeping over college campuses and city streets both here in the u.s. and around the world. anti-jewish hatred erupted to levels we haven t seen since world war ii. dana: we have team fox coverage. we re live with mike tobin in israel. pardon the shot inside of a moving vehicle. last location the soldiers approached us and said they had reason to believe there was an infiltrator. we re trying to transfer to the next spot where we can be safe and try to bring you the la
house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a group of republican lawmakers going to the border today. it comes as republicans are blaming president biden for the surge. they say he has sent a clear message that the border is open for business. it is entirely, you cannot but notice the administration changes and there is surge. there can be no question when sending a message to people. it has to be our border is closed. you can t say in spanish one thing and english another. one for the consumption of those in central america and the other for domestic consumption. it has to be the same message. they aren t doing that. when a similar surge happened a few years ago president obama called it a humanitarian crisis. as i suggested, this is going to get nothing but worse as the spring comes. bill: former acting ice director ron vitiello joins us. we begin with casey stiegel in mcallen, texas. thanks. it was another busy night for u.s. border patrol agents all along the
are being told, we will go there live when it happens. another fox news alert now. house minority leader kevin mccarthy and a dozen other house republicans are going to visit migrant facility in texas amid the escalating crisis at our southern border. meanwhile, the bad and white houses deploying emergency officials from fema to help with the surge of unaccompanied minors despite the president denying there is a crisis. fema goes where there are disasters. u.s. border patrol reportedly is holding more than 4200 migrant children in short-term facilities. nearly 3,000 of them held longer than the 72 hours legally allowed. house speaker nancy pelosi is blaming former president trump s policies for the situation and echoing biden and calling it a challenge, not a crisis. what the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border and they are working to correct that in the children s interest. so this, again, is a transition from what was wrong before to what is righ
number of migrant kids remained in custody but the biden teams are still not calling the situation, sandra, a crisis. john: griff jenkins is live near the border in el paso for us where we do expect to hear from a group of lawmakers a short time from now. the microphone is set up. i had a fat, you are on the ground they are. what have those lawmakers been seeing? hey, sandra and john, how are you? the leaders which by the way includes congressman tony gonzalez and el paso as part of his district. what you can see behind me, the press conference is waiting to begin after the tour and the visit, the briefing to lawmakers are getting. they started at the el paso central processing center resources told me they are at or near hitting their capacity levels right around us today or tomorrow, certainly this week. then come up they are going to go up to what is called monument three and get an overview briefing, a briefing and an overview of the high points. you can see here as w