texas and florida and put a rico after hurricanes so we will find out more about that this afternoon when the president hosts a roundtable discussion on border security. heather: the representative from puerto rico saying don t do that. we will see. thank you, have a great weekend. some lawmakers push the idea this crisis at the border is manufactured, acting chief border patrol agent raul ortiz says the situation is far worse than democrats realize. we have 55 miles of fencing in this sector on the east side, accounts for 6% of my traffic. on my west side, very little fencing, very little technology accounts for 96% or 94% of my traffic, we need to finish the job. i have 35 gates that are wide open with started construction on the gates. this is the first president who has come here in 5 years. i came here in november 2013.
his key national security director of cia and secretary of state and 5 points he made, really important, first of which was when the united states retreat chaos ensues meaning when we retreated from iraq and withdrew all our troops precipitously, failed to enforce a red line in syria we phthisis gain a real geographic foothold. heather: let s listen to secretary pompeo speaking in egypt. it was here that another american stood before you. he told you radical islamist terrorism does not stem from an ideology. the age of self-inflicted american shame is over and so are the policies that produced so much needless suffering. now comes the real new beginning. heather: compare that to what
news alert. the us apparently is beginning the process of withdrawing troops from syria. that according to a military official. this comes as donald trump announced his decision to take troops out of syria following the defeat of isis. here to weigh in his station chief and fox news contributor dan hoffman. thank you for joining us. breaking news, what are your thoughts on it? there are a lot of unknowns, a little over 2000 us troops providing train and assist with syrian democratic forces made largely of those kurds whom turkey continues an offshoot of their terrorist group and what we don t know is how many troops the united states has begun withdrawing from the region but syria in many ways will be a test of what mike pompeo outlined. the trump doctrine from cairo. heather: you don t think this is
let us know if you hear from the president. i sure will. heather: have a great weekend. the time is 10 minutes until the top of the hour. are rotary phones now a relic? great question. we are so dumb. heather: two teenager left completely baffled by one in the age of cell phones. we have that coming up. whoooo. did you know the exact same hotel room.
donald trump standing side-by-side with law enforcement saying it is his right to declare a national emergency over the border crisis. what they need is a barrier, the wall. heather: griff jenkins live with reaction from both sides. quite a day yesterday. reporter: happy friday. the most heavily trafficked illegal crossing sector of the border donald trump told hannity he has the legal authority to declare a national emergency. if we don t make a deal with congress most likely i will do that. i would say i will. i can t imagine any reason why not because i m allowed to do it. the law is 100% on my side, democrats in congress especially the new ones coming in are starting to say we can t win this battle with trump because of the fact that it is common sense. how can we say a wall doesn t work? reporter: the comments come after lindsey graham who was