trace, the numbers are staggering, almost unimaginable and agents are struggling to maintain even a semblance of border security. this is a 24-hour port of entry here. and right now, migrants have the right to something they have not seen for years. legal or not, they have the right to an asylum hearing, a credible interview and even if they fail they have a right to see an immigration judge. the biden administration has been sending conflicting signals, insisting the border is closed, while approving mass releases of those who enter illegally. i think it s going to be full, and many people are going to try to cross, and jam the wall. i think our facilities will be overrun and you re going to get worn out ice officers. i think you re going to have issues with people being arrested and detained and rushing the boarder. i think you re going to have overworked facilities and you ll have a slew of people being released. the problem for the u.s. is time, space, and critics
welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer, losing battle against drug cartel and human smugglers and surge of fentanyl killing americans by tens of thousands. dana: house republicans held a hearing yesterday. they asked if the border is secure. about 10 years ago we used operational control as a measuring stick of our effectiveness along the southwest border. the secretary said we have operational control. based upon the definition you have, no, no sir. bill: reaction from a moment and geraldo rivera is on deck. start doing mission, texas, bill melugin is standing by to begin a new hour. bill, hello. bill: bill, we are learning of a horrible tragedy, an innocent texas grandma and her young daughter were killed after their car was crashed into by a human smuggler. this is 71-year-old maria tambunga and her granddaughter. they are from ozona, in texas. they are both deceased after they were crashed into by a human smuggl
drone. welcome to the program, big two hours. i ll bill hemmer, hello, partner. dana: you set that up, i m dana perino. russia downed the drone in the water. russia says the drone was flying too close but it was in international waters. pissed off, the report coming out of our government, this was unprofessional act and environmentally unsound. they shot down a united states warplane, they took it out of action and that is the response we get back? yeah, not very happy about it. bill: from washington, dc with jennifer griffin, 32 million for the reaper drone, the same price of the russian jet, two of which were flying around that drone. we had reaction from john kirby earlier today on cnn, roll the clip that happened an hour ago. they need to be more careful flying in international sparespace near u.s. assets flying in completely legal ways in support of national security interest. they need to be more careful. the black sea doesn t belong to russia, it belongs to many
mexican cartel claiming the border was open, saying the u.s. was rolling out the welcome mat, all that not true. bill melugin live for more on this today. hello, bill. bill: bill, good morning, that is right. fox news spoke to the migrants involved in the ush are at the border and they told us it stemmed from a facebook post that went viral among the migrants that promised them they would be let into the country if they showed up at the bridge. show this video, exclusive fox news video from juarez, you see hundreds of migrants pushing past border guards and running to the bridge. a lot of them are cheering and sound excited and jubilent. they think they will run across that bridge and get into the united states. they were blocked by cbp and the mexican military. it was a facebook post and they shared the post with us, if we can pull that up. it is in spanish. it essentially says it claims to be from somebody who crossed two days prior and that person claims cbp told them th
in the faulkner focus. it will be a kwik trip as you know to new york city from where he is in florida. facing charges related to the stormy daniels hush money case. he is set to be at the courthouse tomorrow in manhattan at 11:00 a.m. his arraignment begins at 2:15 eastern. it may take as few as 15 minutes. after that trump will head back to mar-a-lago and planning a speech tomorrow night. however we re learning the judge could take an extraordinary step of imposing a gag order on the former president and 2024 contender. trump s legal team is considering adding a first amendment attorney to fight that if they try to put a gag order on him. they will be ready to fight that if necessary. many republicans continue to attack the indictment. one democrat who voted to impeach trump has his own concerns. i think people need to ask themselves the fundamental question. if this were anyone but trump would this d.a. even take up this case? it feels obvious to a lot of us that it is