to take covid patients, it by demand we take covid patients the patients will die in nursing homes that wouldn't have otherwise died had we screen them out. murphy officials countered by saying that there were guidelines for separating covid positive patients. the long-term care administrator reportedly said the problem of course is there's no separating safely. it's almost certain that even though you have staff only on that unit, something will migrate. we have learned from recent reporting that michigan governor gretchen whitmer's office didn't force nursing homes to take covid positive patients but instead offered financial incentives. new york's governor andrew cuomo and his administration issued a directive telling nursing homes not to turn away covid positive patients and then allegedly covered up the number of deaths of nursing home or long-term care residents. pennsylvania governor tom wolf also reportedly guided covid positive patients back into nursing homes and at least 50% of deaths in pennsylvania were reportedly in connection of those facilities. his health secretary, biden appointee at the federal level, took her mother out of one of the homes just as the pennsylvania policy was gaining speed. california officials admitted it was possible they were undercounting the number of nursing home deaths due to covid. all these democratic governors deny wrongdoing. murphy's office is trying to lay the blame on nursing homes saying they should have done more to create separate wings, to monitor caregivers or notify the state that they could not properly handle patients. what we are learning tonight is that the long-term care operators knew there would be problems and warned officials immediately that patients would die. at least 70 died of covid and one new jersey facility. it's worth noting florida governor ron desantis rejected the cdc guidance for long-term facilities is unworkable. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. correspondent alex hogan joins us with the latest on the other scandal facing your governor andrew cuomo which some say is overshadowing this nursing home tragedy. >> good evening. one of the accusers spoke with the state attorney general for about four hours today on zoom. two others of the governors accusers share their stories publicly. growing criticism as allegations pile up against governor andrew cuomo. seven women including former aides accuse him of harassment or advances. two of them, speaking out under your public radio. >> there's a lot of vitriolic screaming, shouting, name-calling. a feeling of objectification as a young woman. >> governor cuomo use flirting as a way to bring a woman employee into the fold. >> a report finding that larry schwartz called local officials to gauge their loyalty to the governor. new york city mayor bill de blasio weighing in. >> that in many ways is the single worst thing we've heard on all of these scandals. >> the governor's office responding "larry's conversations did not bring up vaccine distribution which he would never lick political support to public health decisions." brennan secretary jen psaki called it concerning and inappropriate. stop short of demanding resignation. >> the new york attorney general is pursuing an independent investigation against governor cuomo that's appropriate. >> senate republican sent a letter no senate majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand urging washington to take control of the states vaccine distribution program. a new sienna poll finding 40% of people believe cuomo can effectively do his job. 57% of people say they are satisfied with the way cuomo has addressed the allegations. 32% of people say they're not. only one in three new yorkers say they would reelect the governor, something andrew cuomo has still yet to rule out. meanwhile he's continually said he will not resign. >> shannon: thank you for the update. by now it's a familiar refrain. democrats blaming the problems on white supremacists. and tonight's case, california governor gavin newsom makes the argument they are the ones helping drive the recall effort against him. >> we've been monitoring white supremacist groups in the state of california for years and years and years and there's a surprising number of them, even proximate to the state capital, number of them quite literally not figuratively and i appreciate they set up the proud boys, three presenters, these are the right ring leisure groups are behind on this week all effort and calpurnia. >> shannon: wednesday is the deadline for signatures. backers say that they have more than 1.5 million needed to trigger a recall election. president biden claiming the largest federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for his administration's future initiatives. that report from berg. questions over the potential for abuse of some of the funding tucked into the $1.9 trillion covid package passed last week. chad pergram with some surprising claims about how your tax dollars might be spent. >> shannon. any big bill has the potential for fraud and abuse but the problem could be especially acute with a bill of this magnitude. house speaker nancy pelosi contends the legislation was crucial to get students and teachers back into the classroom. >> i talked about children in school. the three most important issues facing congress are our children, our children, or children. >> internal memos reveal some california school districts have considered using covid aid as bonuses. the clovis unified school district in fresno county discussed paying bonuses is high $6,000 for faculty. mmo shared with fox as the union representing the dublin unified school district in the bay area said some of the money should be used for distance learning. there was a suggestion of a $2500 bonuses for teachers and maybe even a flight to hawaii. the district says it never made a bonus offer. the association says the suggestion was out of context and just a playful comment. the white house will monitor how the money is spent. >> we have to prove the american people the government can deliver for them and do it without waste or fraud. >> chicago alderman considering converting the aid to universal basic income. for 5,000 of the city's neediest residents. chicago scored $1.8 billion from the bill. this would consume 30 million. g.o.p. florida senator rick scott says with governors and mayors awash with covid cash they should return to center. >> if it's not based on covid response, we have to get the money back from all over the country. >> banks pay back their share of the 2008 bailout so there is precedent for returning unused funds. the white house has tapped jean sperling to oversee distribution and implementation. much of it came with few strings attached. >> shannon: chad pergram, thanks so much. the biden administration activating more federal resources to help with particles of challenge at the seven border. one that continues to be fueled by a stunning increase the number of unaccompanied children showing up alone. let's dig into the numbers with white house correspondent kevin corke. good evening, kevin. >> good evening. still no formal press conference by mr. biden now more than 50 days in office. for the record, no planned trip to the border to underscore the urgency there. these are decisions that have left critics wondering whether the situation at the border will be deemed a crisis. >> we recognize it's a big problem, significant problem and significant challenge. it's a big challenge. it certainly is a reflection of using every lover of the federal government to help address at. >> lots of words from the white house to describe what republicans call humanitarian disaster of illegal migration happening along the seven border. just not the obvious word, crisis. >> the last administration left us a dismantled and unworkable system. like any other problem, we are going to do everything we can dissolve it. >> that's just blame shifting say critics especially considering the number of illegal migrants crossing into the u.s. has spiked significantly on the biden administration's watch. >> it's worse than a crisis. i thought that i would see a crisis but this is a human heartbreak. >> house leader kevin mccarthy. blaming the white house for the surge that has resulted in thousands of migrant children held by u.s. authorities. >> the sad part, didn't have to happen. this crisis is created by the president of policies of this new administration. >> things are so bad that starting this week, up to 3,000 migrant minor boys will be held at the dallas downtown convention center, used to alleviate overcrowding and other u.s. facilities along the border. fema and the department of health and human services will manage the shelter and handle food, security, cleaning and medical care, it's one piece of a much larger interagency approach to managing the problem. still, one border facility in texas is reportedly at 729% capacity with the children tend to be taking turns sleeping on the floor and going for days without showering. border agents are said to be apprehending more than 400 children a day on average. that's more than the number of children that hhs is processing and releasing to sponsors. unfortunately all of this is happening with very little covid testing for the migrants and virtually no dna testing to properly reconnect the actual families. progressives are accusing mr. biden of simply not doing enough to reverse the former president's approach to illegal immigration. minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar and nearly two dozen democrats urging the biden administration in a letter to call funding writing "now is the time to rein in the system of detention built on a disproven myth that immigrants fail to appear in court." position that's debatable even if the problem of the border is not. >> shannon: i think most folks have to agree on that. kevin, thank you. in portland, local officials are now asking for help after leaders there voted to defund the police department to the tune of $16 million last year. violent protests have continued to rage in the months since that vote. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live from our west coast newsroom with details. good evening. >> portland is not the only west coast city that seen a rise in violent crime and continuing violent protests including over the weekend as protesters mark the one-year anniversary of the death of breonna taylor. here in l.a., dozens marched through hollywood and then clashed with police. some protesters at one point climbing onto the hood of a police cruiser which then accelerated, throwing those protesters to the ground. they were not injured by three police officers were. once offering ear damage from a smoke grenade that detonated close by. another injuring a knee during a chase and a third cutting a hand after being hit by a large object thrown by a protester. nine businesses were damaged. 11 protesters arrested. l.a.p.d. captain steve lurie wrote on twitter "we are blessed in the united states to have the protection of the first amendment. l.a.p.d. hollywood was there to ensure this group could express themselves under the umbrella of that protection." they had no such intentions and came to destroy angelenos businesses and attacked police officers. in seattle there were more than a dozen arrests after marchers took to the streets. a starbucks store was vandalized. in portland, oregon, the federal courthouse with the target. just days after officials had removed barriers used to protect it during violent protests last year. over the weekend the building was once again the scene of clashes with police as demonstrators spray-painted slogans on the walls. >> we collectively condemn hateful, intimidating, and destructive acts. we want you to know that we are aligning our resources. we are revising our tactics, and we are fighting back with everything that we've got. >> it's worth remembering that breonna taylor was a 26-year-old medical technician. she died on march 13 last year during a drug raid by police in louisville. she was not the target of the raid and no drugs were found. president biden marked the anniversary of taylor's death with a tweet calling it a tragedy and a blow to america and promising "meaningful police reform." shannon. >> shannon: jonathan hunt in l.a., thank you, jonathan. there are hundreds of miles along the u.s.-mexico border without any section of border wall. president biden has halted all wall construction started under the trump administration. what you sign portland, fencing is going back up at a federal courthouse so what messages the government sending about how walls do or do not work? let's discuss. thomas homan. julio rosas. he's been spending time along the border. welcome back to the show. julio, since you're there and you've been there, can you give us an update about what you've seen? who is coming and what are they saying what other conditions? >> being here these past few days, it's absolutely a crisis. do not call it that is a denial of reality. on friday it in a span of three hours i counted 263 illegal immigrants crossing the rio grande and turning themselvs over the border patrol. they were unaccompanied minors or family units with very young children. this is the product of the open border rhetoric and policies that have been put in place in the biden administration since literally day one on january 20th. it's gotten worse. were not even in the peak season of one people typically travel before it gets too hot in the summer. >> shannon: tom, there are folks saying this has nothing to do with the current policies, that it's to be blamed on the trump administration. speaker nancy pelosi pelosi saying this administration inherited a broken system. a democrat from texas says it's four years of dismantling every system it was in place to deal with it. what do you say in response? >> i say they are both lying to the american people. what they inherited was the most secure border i've seen in my career which spans and was 35 years. illegal immigration was down depending on what mantra looking at. the children, that was down 70%. the reporter was right. it's the biden administration's policy. he promised all these enticements during the campaign. free health care, shut down detentions, and make the remain in mexico program. when you tell people you can enter and you will be detained and you will be removed, you can get a job. you might even get amnesty in health care, they're going to come. it's not an accident. it's by design. joe biden sold out this country to end and election to the progressive left. no other excuse. he was the vice president during the last surge. he knows what causes it and he knows how to stop it and what we did to stop. he's doing the opposite. he's not detaining and not removing and he's offering more and more enticements. >> shannon: julio, i want to comment from what we are seeing in portland. you've been in the cities where there is been riots of burning and damage. they took the fencing down from the federal courthouse. there were attacks, fires set, windows smashed. the fencing is going back up. quick comment from you on how it's working in portland. >> what i can say is last year we saw that dhs and present troubles blamed saying that if they had stopped what they were during the riots would stop. that has proven to be false. it was in the president's fault. dhs is responding because as we saw her recently they were attacked first and as soon as the barrier came down it became easier to attack not only the building for the personnel inside. it's not surprising at all. they are kind of in hamster wheel of self-destruction. >> shannon: all right. that wall going back up in the request for money to come help their law enforcement after cutting it from the budget. julio and tom, 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