pierre said this. the fact that we re securing report levels of funding from dhs to stop illicit drugs from entering the country. the fact that it s not just drug traffickers that we re dealing as well we re stopping financiers. griff: tom, your reaction. she says they re securing the border against deadly fentanyl. again, these part of the administration, who hasn t been transparent to the american people. look, she s not very good at her job and not getting better, but the american people can clearly see what s going on. coincidence, the same year that there is record illegal immigration and pulled off the line, and record fentanyl smuggling killed over 100,000 of americans. when 70% of the border agents aren t on the line they ll move it across the border. and border control seized a lot when you ve got 70% of agents off the line more coming across
there s no end in sight with the surge at the del rio sector alone. seeing 2,000 apprehensions in just 48 hours. bell melugin is in la joya, texas. they re tracking down migrants who do not want to be caught after they cross illegally. take a look at the video we shot just after sunrise tracking down the runners, as they re called, out in the brush. these are typically single adult men who wear dark clothing or camouflage and do not voluntarily give themselves up. they re trying to sneak further into the united states in order to evade. and when the border agents aren t involved with families they re able to catch men like this. we saw similar scenes, same area, same spot here in la joya. a bigger group of runners caught in the brush out here, a lot of nicaraguans caught and
crossing illegally also here into eagle pass, texas the other day using a rope to get across the river before getting to the u.s. shoreline. in del rio sector they are encountering these big groups more and more often averaging upwards of 1500 illegal crossings every day. another wild piece of video. look at this. texas dps trooper body cam footage coming up on the aftermath of a human smuggler crash. the car catches on fire after the smuggler crashes and tells troopers he has a woman inside the vehicle zipped up in a duffel bag who he was smuggling. they go into the vehicle, pull out the bag, zip it open and yes, there was a woman inside that car at risk of burning alive. pull up a quick photo of her quick. they saved her life. she would have burned alive if they didn t go in and save her. back here live, sandra, goes to the point border agents aren t just out here patrolling the
last week there are more than 21,000 apprehensions of migrants here in the real valley center alone. where border agents aren t able to patrol criminals, runners, they could potentially exploit those holes come out here reporting that yesterday they presented an ms-13 gang member gang member as well as a convicted sex offender. shannon: new york officials push for a vaccine only admission in moving forward tonight with mayor bill de blasio announcing that more than one dose will soon be required to patronize indoor restaurants, gyms in the big apple. for reaction, former biden campaign surrogate kevin riley and host of the jason in the house podcast, jason chaffetz. let s start with what the mayor had to say. we will roll it. because someone is vaccinated, they can do all the
let s bring in now texas attorney general ken paxton. great to have you in focus today. first of all, your reaction to the amount of drugs that are coming. and drugs don t walk, they have to be carried by these people crossing our border. i m not surprised. these border agents aren t able to do their jobs. they are more focused on logistics of taking care of people coming across the border and where they ll go. the drug trade and cartels have tremendous opportunities thanks to the policy of the biden administration. i m sure they know this. they accept that as part of their plan. so this is not surprising and we will see a lot more drugs coming across the border as the policies of the biden administration are implemented to a greater extent. harris: i want to focus on hypocrisy now. it s a thing for me during this hour of the day. when you talk about the flow of drugs people are taking them and getting addicted. it s part of healthcare, yet this administration is said to be focused