meanwhile, the biden administration is still denying there is a border crisis preferring to call it a, quote, challenge. with officials now scrambling to find places to shelter asylum seekers including a new influx of young children. we have live team coverage for you on all of this. david spunt is in wilmington the, delaware, covering the administration's response, but first we start with griff jenkins who's down on the border in mission, texas. griff? >> reporter: hey, eric, good afternoon. we are here in the rio grande valley sector, mission, texas, part of that. and let me just show you the proximity to which we are to the border. you can see as we come around the wall, a hole in the wall, the levee in the distance about a mile two two miles is the rio grande river. that is ground zero where we see migrant after migrant, as well as some single adults. they are just coming in an overwhelming number that the border patrol agents here can't deal with. and it's not just the officials that are seeing it. residents like emily lord talking about what she's seeing in her area. here's what she said earlier on cavuto. listen. >> it had been fairly quiet and peaceful for, you know, i'd say the last 2-4 years. and overnight there's, you know, smugglers everywhere. your fences are torn down. he's welcome to come down and help us mend a fence and keep our livestock in or help protect my house because now i don't know who's on our property. >> reporter: and, eric, she talked about those numbers. let's look at just rgv. in the last 24 hours, we can see that 1,940 apprehensions have been made bringing the total fiscal year number in the last five months up 177,000 compared to last year. now, let us show you some exclusive photos fox news has obtained of a processing site. it's temporary right here along the border. these, you see a bus there, you can see hundreds of migrants. they've had to set up a point of entry really after the river crossing to process them because the numbers are so unbelievably overwhelming. if we can go off, i we've got our drone up in the sky, you can really see the challenging terrain in the valley here, and that's why you see these temporary sites being set up. we asked for a statement the, a comment from dhs has to why they're having to do it here, but we have not heard back yet although on the ground they tell the us it's helpful to deal with these overwhelming numbers. and it's just a snapshot here, eric, of what they're having to deal with not just today, not just yesterday, but really since the biden administration started to undo many of the trump policies particularly that remain in mexico. they tell us here on the ground that when these migrants cross, they're able to be caught and released, they send messages back on facebook, they call back home to tell family members in honduras, guatemala, el salvador, hey, we got here, we got across, come on, this is the time to do it despite the administration very firmly, even jake sullivan, the national security adviser, yesterday saying now is not the time to come until they sort out the asylum process. one thing for sure, it is whether the white house wants to call it a crisis or not, it is an untenable situation at this very moment, and no one knows it better than the folks here in the rio grande valley. eric: on the ground they're saying it is overwhelming. meanwhile, griff, what's the impact on the flow of illicit illegal items like drugs, and can you talk about the wall? is that the trump wall? where are you standing? can you explain what's there? it looks like you can walk around it. what is that? >> reporter: first on the drugs, because that's a great question. they're having overwhelming numbers of humans coming, it's an opportunity for cartels to push narcotics. they have apprehended more than 43,000 pounds of cocaine, and that is because the border agents and the feds are being distracted. that's a huge part of the equation. when i told you here in the rgv they're up 177% in the apprehensions of humans? guess what? that means the narcotics are 177% increase for the cartels conservatively speaking. but here you see this hole in the wall, and9 with the drone spot you can see it even better. this is a section of the wall that they were building under the trump administration, but when president biden halted immediately the construction of the wall, they were not able to complete this portion of the wall which is about half a football field's distance. now, this matters because when 1,940 people are coming across the border many of them at night, the ones that don't want to basically surrender to border control, they come right through this hole right here. and i'm not sure if you can really tell, but here there's a bar. this is a local gentleman's establishment, open air patio here. he says that on a daily basis in the morning when they come in, they see many migrants here sleeping, using the facilities because they've come through a lot of times people are picking them up on the road to try and evade the border patrol officials. he even told me about two and a half months ago a woman gave birth right here in the parking lot. eric? eric: wow, that's amazing. it's more than a hole, it's like that's a door without a door. griffgriff jenkins in mission, , thank you. arthel: the dire situation at the southern border is testing the biden administration's strategy on immigration. this as president biden continues to roll back trump era immigration policies. let's go to david spunt now. he's in wilmington, delaware, with more. but, david, as was just reported by griff, the trump wall was never completed during the trump administration, and now more children and migrants are heading for the border. what's the word from the white house on all of this? >> reporter: very much so, arthel. and the white house clearly watching what's going on down at the border, no question about it. president biden here in wilmington, delaware, at his home for many years, he's actually meeting with advisers this weekend talking about a multitude of topics. just off that victory from that covid relief package, but many want him to focus specifically on that surge of migrants coming across the u.s. border, especially children. arthel, republicans -- you've heard them call this a crisis -- president biden and his team, they call it a challenge. both sides of the aisle agree this is a problem that needs to be looked at almost immediately and that surge of unaccompanied children happens to be at the top of the list. these children just desperate to get into the united states. ultimately, according to senator john cornyn, the senator from texas, says that it's the car a tell that is taking advantage -- cartel that is taking advantage of our dysfunction on the border, and it's working out for them. listen to this. >> the cartels, the criminal organizations have figured out our laws. in some ways, they understand our laws better than we do ourselves, and they play the gaps. they find the gaps, they find the places where they can advance their goals. >> reporter: in an interview with univision, alejandro mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, said, quote: it is not an open border policy. that is absolutely untrue. as a matter of fact, there are many members of the community who are criticizing us because we are returning families under our public health authorities of the cdc in our efforts to insure the public health not only of our american communities, but also the migrants themselves. as for a potential visit by president biden to the southern border, nothing on the schedule yet. republicans have been asking him to do this, arthel, since he took office. now there is a growing chorus of democrats who are telling him he needs to go to the border physically to see what is going on. arthel? arthel: clearly, they have to be much stronger with their messaging. david spunt, thank you very much. and, by the way, we're going to have much more on this border crisis when we speak to former acting secretary of homeland security chad wolf later in the show. eric. eric: well, in new york, the governor, andrew cuomo, rejecting calls to resign following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. the governor says he was elected by the people of the empire state, not by the politicians, many of them democrats saying he should go. so far more than 360 state lawmakers -- 160 state lawmakers want cuomo to step down including a majority of the democratic congressional delegation from new york state including its two senators. all this as another woman has come forward with accusations against the governor bringing the total now to seven. alex hogan live in new york city with more on this continuing drama. alex? >> reporter: hi, eric. so as you mentioned, now seven women have come forward either saying that the governor sexually harassed them or that he was conducting inappropriate behavior at the time when he was around them. and even some of the governor's longtime supporters now are speaking out asking him to step down. as you mentioned, one of those is senate majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirstin gillibrand issuing a joint statement saying confronting and overcoming the covid crisis requires sure and steady leadership. we commend the brave actions of the individuals who have come forward with these serious allegations of abuse and misconduct. new york's representative jerry nadler saying the bravery individuals, the bravery individuals have shown in coming forward to share their experiences with governor cuomo is inspiring, and governor cuomo has lost the confidence of the people of new york. governor cuomo must resign. at least 135 new york lawmakers are calling for him to resign or be removed. currently, there's not enough support for impeachment. cuomo himself says he's not going anywhere. reporter jessica bateman is the latest woman to come forward. former staff have told -- have talked about working in the administration and the environment there. new york state senator alexandra biaggi calling it a culture of toxic behavior. >> it prevents new yorkers from receiving not only the best leadership from a governor and his governmental staff which the primary mission should be to serve the people of new york, but it prevents people from being able to enter a workplace and to be safe. >> reporter: governor cuomo faces two investigations right now one, obvious, into the handling of nursing homes during the early months of the pandemic and, of course, the sexual harassment allegations. now as more people come forward, the state attorney general has created a web site so that the public can provide whatever information they have about this moving forward. eric? if. eric: and he is standing fast. alex, thank you. arthel? if. arthel: eric and alex, thank you so much. for more on this, we're going to bring in james freeman, assistant editor at "the wall street journal" editorial page and also a fox news contributor. james, new york attorney general leticia james' investigation is still in progress, as you know. still, the political pressure is mounting. can governor cuomo stick it out? >> i think it's going to be tough. obviously, the political support declining here, and the new york constitution is not like our federal constitution in that it doesn't have the specific bars that they need to clear. so in other words, they don't need to prove that he committed a crimement -- a crime. obviously, as far as the harassment allegations go, if he was holding himself to the standards he's demanded of other people, he would have already resigned. on the nursing home thing, i think you already have ample evidence for lawmakers who want to conduct that impeachment investigation. you have policies that were highly destructive, appear to have killed hundreds of people, perhaps more. then a cover-up of those results which included violation of the freedom of information laws. so it's kind of astounding he's lasted this long. arthel: so what is more politically damaging for him, to resign or to get impeached? >> i don't see him resigning, so i think obviously he's gotten a lot of advice in that direction, a lot of people in his own party saying he should. i don't see that happening. i think if he leaves, it is going to be through impeachment. obviously, there is not yet support or doesn't appear to be the votes for that in the legislature at this point. it's an overwhelmingly democratic legislature. but i think -- arthel: yeah, but, excuse me, you know, hang on, you threw something in there by saying overwhelmingly it's a democratic legislature, so it seems that you're saying they're not willing to, you know, go all the way with this. but it has -- >> not yet. arthel: not yet. well -- >> not yet, but -- yeah, so it's a question of how much of this evidence is going to, going to be enough. but i really think if they look at the covid policy, and we've talked a lot about nursing homes, but he did the same thing to people with disabilities that he did to the elderly, forced them to accept higher risking of infection -- risk of infection at the same time preventing them from seeing their families and then a very aggressive effort by his administration to prevent the details of this catastrophe from coming out. so i think if lawmakers focus on that set of facts, they really should reach the conclusion that this is unacceptable. arthel: and it seems though that, you know, you've got more democratic lawmakers calling for the governor to resign due to the sexual harassment allegationings that seem to be -- allegations that seem to be mounting. so governor cuomo seems to imply that the pile-on is driven by political expediency saying it's, quote, reckless and dangerous for any politician to make a decision without all the facts. is this a valid point or a victim-playing? >> well, i do think once you have the two new york senators, two democrats, schumer and gillibrand, saying he's got to go, that certainly does leave more breathing room for other democrats in the state if they're kind of calculating whether to cross governor cuomo. it does give them more room to come out against him. but i think the underlying facts, whatever the political motivations of legislators is, the underlying facts are damning. this was an absolute -- arthel: so then is he, is he a lame duck governor? has he been rendered a lame duck governor? can he still govern effectively? >> well, i don't believe he has said that he won't run again, so i think at this point we have to say it's unclear. when -- if you have the entire legislature saying we won't work with him, then that would perhaps force his hand, but we're not there yet. i don't think this drama is over, but i do think that the move by new york senators does make it easier for, frankly, politicians who were scared of him to come out -- arthel: yeah, james, i'm not sure that we've heard the governor say that he plans to run again. but let me can you this -- >> right, right. i think some people have said maybe he should announce that he won't, but i don't see him doing that. arthel: as the intraparty pressure mounts against governor cuomo, how is the gop both in new york and on the federal level digesting this? they've got to be licking their chops saying, hey what could have been a political titan for the democrats is being kicked to the curb by their own party. >> yeah, i think probably some mixed feelings in the sense that i think for people who like limited government in new york, you know, you have a lot of that, i think there is a fear that whoever follows him might be worse in terms of favoring bigger government, more spending, etc. so i'm not sure that if he is taken down, it's going to be celebrated by republicans, conservatives generally. but i, again, i really think regardless of motivations and kind of the political outcome and, obviously, this does take him out of a 2020 -- or 2024 presidential possibility, i think the underlying facts are damning. if that's where the focus is, i think eventually he will be in trouble. arthel: james freeman, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, arthel. arthel: take care. erin. eric: arthel, you know, they say march comes in like a lion. well, it's certainly staying that way at least throughout the rockies and the plains this weekend. let's take a live look at denver. the rocky mountain city now bracing for a massive snowstorm. the flakes, as you can see, are beginning to fall. what is coming is describe thed as a potential blockbuster blizzard. meteorologist adam klotz in the fox extreme weather center. extreme is the watch word. what do we expect, adamsome. adam: eric, it is a big, large system we're talking about. all of the weather whether it's the severe weather out in front or the blizzards, it's all just one system that's happening right along this frontal boundary. you see that warm air bumping up against quickly cold air, and that's when you get some of these big spring-like systems that we're currently looking at. what does this mean? for some folks in portions of texas, this could mean severe thunderstorms, but across the rockies it is going to mean a whole lot of snow. this is something that's going to last the whole weekend. we've got winter advisories from colorado, running up into wisconsin wyoming, over towards nebraska. blizzard warnings means heavy snow, lower visibility and strong winds. we could see a bunch of snow. now, fairly widespread, you're looking at an area getting 18 inches of snow, but that pinkish-purplish color, suddenly we're up to 3 feet or more. it's not the only part of this. out in front where that air's warmer, potential for severe weather across portions of western texas, maybe each some tornadoes. that kind of lasts through today. we're going to be tracking that snow all the way into sunday though. eric. eric: all right. bad for driving but great for the skiers. adam, thank you. arthel? arthel: eric, one year after the pandemic put a halt to education as we knew it, a new study is taking a look at the effects of closed classrooms. what it's finding about keeping children out of schools. that's up next. ♪ ♪ h insurance tells you to see a doctor but, um, look around. these days it's not that easy. you're telling me. but humana helps make it easy. human care gives you tons of ways to talk to your doctor: phone, computer, in person, or tablet. hey jean! hi! this is just a quick follow up. your numbers are looking great. you don't even have to put on shoes. ooo! easy peasy. you like that, huh? 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