and george stephanopoulos one-on-one with the president tonight. the growing crisis on the southern border. the number of unaccompanied children in border patrol custody jumping 25% since last week. and george asking the president about the migrants coming in, who say they re coming because president biden promised to make things better. tonight here, the president responds and should the president tell them not to come? how he answers that. the severe storm threat as we come on the air tonight. 85 million americans on alert from texas to the east coast. several states at risk of devastating tornadoes. ginger zee standing by live from the storm zone. authorities on the scene tonight. the massive house explosion late today. the blast felt miles away. newly released body camera video tonight of a deadly police shooting. officers opening fire on a car. tonight, the family of the driver saying the video contradicts the police account of what happened. the frightening scen
or visit the border himself. i know the president will travel this week. this is where he should bring air force one. this is where he should look the people in the eye. this is where he should talk to the border agents. let them know that this is beyond a crisis. bill: team fox coverage. mark meredith at the white house, karl rove with analysis. stacy stiegel begins our coverage in alamo, texas. are the groups getting larger? good morning. they are. the chief border patrol agent for the sector, which is the rio grande valley that covers some 277 miles of the entire southern border, he says that they have arrested at least 247 migrants over just the last couple of days traveling in two separate groups. so far this year, he says 17 groups of more than 100 at a time have been apprehended. a number he says and the data shows is going up. the majority in those groups, families and unaccompanied minors that we ve been talking so much about. also in this one sector alone, fam
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
covid-19. saying that battle is far from over, and setting goal of july 4th for small gathering and number of people vaccinated in the united states continues to climb, critics are claiming the president and his own cdc are being too cautious and approaching the return to normal and in their guidelines for when vaccinated americans are able to do let s bring in fox news medical contributor dr. marty a professor at the john hopkins school of medicine and bloomberg school of public health. so welcome, doctor great to see you again. thanks. paul: let s start with the may 1st target for vaccinating all adults that s declaring victory for something that is already on the way to being accomplished. well that s right most states are going to open up vaccination to anybody who wants it by april, and you look at states like connecticut that i already said that any age group regardless of the category will be able to get the vaccine by end of march. so that s a very conservative es
trillion covid relief bill into law, the white house now saying tonight the first checks could land this weekend. with direct deposit. mary bruce and whit johnson standing by with late reporting on all of this. also making news this thursday night, a new charge in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the jury will now be allowed to consider third degree murder in the death of george floyd. what this means. the allegations against governor andrew cuomo. tonight, a sixth accuser with the most serious allegation yet. her allegation now referred to the albany police department. the severe storms tonight. winter weather alerts across several states and denver could see up to two feet of snow in this. prince william breaking his silence today. what he said when asked about meghan and harry and their allegation involving race. what prince william is now saying tonight. and take a look at this image this evening. the american couple and what they sp