no. >> joe biden brought us the era of catch and release. now house democrats want to bring us to the era of catch, release, and vote because mass emigration that is uninvited by our country is there a mechanism to seize power at the border. it's a terrible time to be offering amnesty in the congress. we should be focusing on border security and protecting our country. >> texas republican congressman august lugar just toured a border facility. we'll talk about that when he joins me and we will get his reaction to shocking new video of a gun battle not far from the texas border. i want to begin with casey >> live in mission texas with our top story. >> at least some are getting access to some of these migrant detention centers and getting a chance to tour them. as you well know, fox news and just every other media organization on the planet have been asking over and over and over when journalists would be let inside to tour one of those facilities as well. and then we have not had any requests back answered in terms of yes or no or just a flat out and i'll. i went through holding center with other reporters to see conditions for ourselves at the time then report back to our viewers. i can't say that this go around yet. the dhs secretary says migrant adults and family units are being sent back to mexico. refugee camps in cities like this year are growing, you can see. on the u.s. side, children apprehended are allowed to stay housed by the federal government and assisted by dozens of charitable organizations will also relay their horror stories. >> they come with their young children, because they are so afraid they will not be able to protect their children. that their child is going to be pulled away by one of the gangs. >> and the fox news droned back with us in the sky over the rio grande river at our live position here. governor greg abbott now putting state law enforcement teams on the case. specializing in child and human trafficking and smuggling. he says it's important to help identify and stop the flow right from the source of those organizations. and also he says it's very important to have access to those children. in other words, bps troopers need to be that in he says to these holding facilities so that they can interview the kids to see if they have been criminally exploited or a lot of the other horror stories that we here can happen along the way. harris. >> harris: we have so many of them to gain access to now for all of those agents. that is a tremendous job. casey stegall, thank you very much. we're seeing border agents have their hands full. talk about -- aside from the migrant surge that's playing out, a former texas border captain captured this terrifying video of a cartel gun battle in mexico right across the river from texas. watch. >> gun battle. >> it's important at the american people know that what's happening here is much broader in scope than people crossing our border. >> harris: i want to bring in congress republican from texas who just visited the border. thanks for being with me. what we just saw and heard, is that a fluke? >> it's not a fluke. it is the behavior that's incentivized by the bad bod and border policies. drug trafficking, humic trafficking, the heat reversed. we've seen thousands of illegal crossings every single day. the secretary cannot even accept the fact that this is a crisis. he won't admit to it and neither will president biden. >> you have to experience this. what that sentiment just was witnessing as he stopped talking to let the camera roll on the sound of that gun battle, i, that's not iraq. that's our southern neighbor. >> bill: that's exactly right. it is just another symptom of the fact that the policies are indicating to everyone including american citizens that our borders open. yesterday, the secretary of homeland security said that our border is secure. excuse me, mr. secretary, we have for thousands of 5000 to 6,000 people according to your own agents that are crossing every day including those on terror watch list. this is not secure. >> harris: we are both young enough to remember secretary jeh johnson. i'm being facetious. it wasn't that long ago that he said under obama if he had a thousand crossing over in a day, it was a bad day. this is gone so far field that can make catch up and what does it look like? >> have to get back to policies that actually secure the border. the remaining mexico policy that we had with the northern triangle countries of the honduras and guatemala, they were able to turn folks back. president biden to use rather it strong and secure rhetoric it. do not come to this border illegally. we have a process. there is a legal law and order way that we do this. knowing across illegally. the people that are actually hurting the most are the kids. that is the real tragedy. >> harris: congressman, i want to get this in real quickly before i have to let you go. you know, the president joe biden has said in the interview recently with george stephanopoulos, don't come. you might take that as i don't come yet. there's no indication that the policies are going to change. it says that our agents, everybody is overwhelmed right now. fema is there. they're putting gears in the first time today and that convention center in dallas. you seeing things rollout. you not seen the president go to the border. this is the thing. i don't know if the words from him would make that much of a difference. when you consider the two immigration bills that are being pushed today, what does that do to the situation? >> eight shows you how tone-deaf the administration is to their crisis. when zero notification with no coordination, they put overnight a facility to hold up to 700 kids. they didn't contact the sheriff for the mayor of a judge or anybody i could actually help and collaborate. they just did this. it's a symptom of exactly what i just talked about. not realizing or admitting that this is a crisis. the same thing could be said for the bills that they are trying to pass this week which don't address the real issue. we have a crisis at the border because of biden's bad policies. >> harris: congressman, i've been calling it a disaster. the only time i've covered fema on the ground as reported they were going through a hurricane, or tornado, a disaster. that's what's happening now with how they are dealing with this. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it, harris. >> harris: absolutely. the date is set for a president biden sellout news conference. why did it take so long? it will have been 64 days. like a nonday advance of what the news is going to be. i wish i got a nonday advance and what the news is going to be. there is this. >> why have we not still in the images inside the facilities? it seems like there's an element of secrecy here. >> if you wanted to grant access to the press, could you just tell dhs to do it? >> harris: great question for the white house facing a barrage of questions on press access at the border. the biden administration is reportedly enforcing an official -- unofficial i should say a gag order on its agents. when will we get to see for ourselves what's actually going on? all this with joe concha next. g ♪ hey limu! 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>> one would think. i always heard this saying that the buck stops here with the white house. for the white house breaks every theory to say go talk to dhs, we can handle that. i thought this was supposed to be one of the most honest and transparent administrations that we will see. instead we see a media blackout at the border. imagine if president trump had done this. they were its authoritarian and dictator, the quota would run out. we know why there's a blackout. you have facilities that are at 100% being overrun. the cdc says these facilities have 50% because i was covid and now they are at 100% purity of migrants by the hundreds testing positive for covid and being released into the u.s. population that is literally a supers breaded event. and certainly something you support. okay. if it's something they support, to simply say, allow the media in and see what's going on. but instead, it's the usual dodge. >> harris: there is layering on to this. as journalists, this is really a problem. when you start to tell the very people who are doing the work of this that they are not allowed to talk to the press, what is going on behind the scenes? is there a threat they are to their job? what does that look like? the freedom of information act information. if they want to talk and put in writing, we can do that. what does this administration trying to say? is this a hit on us as reporters? >> it certainly seems that way. it's typical of the pattern as far as not allowing any access to the president, for instance in terms of a press conference not being held for nine weeks into and administration. at the border, the fact that -- it's not only that he is putting in request saying we want to see these facilities in other news organizations are as well be at the requests aren't even being returned in this situation. while this is one of the biggest problems right now on the biden administration overshadowing everything. when this news conference comes up in nine days, guess what's gonna dictate that news conference. if they hold it right after this covid bill that was signed, maybe that was the story of the day. nine days from now, 90 days from now. it's only going to get where it the weather gets warmer. >> harris: i do want to throw when that at least one of the facilities, image and they are at 100% capacity. they are just overrun. it's unbelievable. one week from now, president biden will finally hold his first formal news conference after two months in office. on that day, it would have been 64 days. we are counting. former white house press secretary is a little confused as to why the administration would announce this nine days in advance. >> did announce a press conference until the morning. you want to see what the news cycle is. it's really an extraordinary way to go about things, a compounding strategy. i'm not entirely sure why they chose to do it this way. >> harris: joe. >> 289 weeks. that's longer than the president should go back 100 years. you've unnecessarily created a lot of hype and a lot of anticipation around his press conference and even mr. biden supporters will tell you that any situations without a teleconference without a script where he is to speak extemporaneous certainly off-the-cuff, he usually gets defensive and angry or he provides misleading statements. those are three things that are very bad. even the most skilled politician, you just sign this $1.9 trillion covid bill. you say it was essential for reopening schools. most of the billions that are going to be spent to reopening schools as i get to be done until 2022. what do you say to parents or do you cdc director that said it safe? how do you answer that? i don't think there is any politician that can answer that because there is no answer. >> harris: you are so ready. out to be bigger than the people who can socially distance in whatever venue they're going to do this and if it's the white house press briefing room or whatever. that's not to be by virtual's let journalists all over the country can get a shot at this. they should not be given the question to the topics in advance. your question is excellent. i wish she could be on that virtual. >> i wish i would too, believe me. >> harris: with three investigations underway and allegations against governor cuomo, one of the accusers is pushing back. why she's calling the impeachment investigation a sham. and this. >> it seems like the criminals are getting the upper hand. >> you're giving everything to chemicals, and you giving them everything they need to be free of these crimes. >> a do not believe he's a district attorney pretty acts more like a public defender in my eyes. >> harris: a crime filed in los angeles has one official celebrating. ♪ ♪ the new myww+ gives you more of what you need to help you lose weight! more simplicity with the what's in your fridge? 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"do not trust carl. he is investigation is not designed to be transparent or to move fast. there's nothing governor cuomo wants more than time. this as the albany times union reports the cuomo administration is inducting its own investigation into claims that the governor groped an employee and "the wall street journal" reports cuomo's office hired outside lawyers to represent employees and his executive chamber. an attorney for cuomo's accuser and former aide criticized these moves writing in part, "at best, these actions will have a chilling effect of potential witnesses or accusers who want to go forward without fear of retaliation. at worst, this is deliberate attempt by the governor's office to interfere with the attorney general's investigation. governor cuomo's office said that they fully informed the ag of this review that they are conducting internally." >> harris: thank you very much. a shocking statistic from los angeles county at this hour. shootings have jumped by 88% in the first two months of 2021 compared with the same time last year. however, the los angeles county district attorney and sheriff's office don't appear to be on the same page of how to deal with this. the d.a. is touting reforms in this first 100 days as sheriff alex says there is a big issue. >> these trends are horrific, and a district attorney is doubling down and eliminating all of the enhancements that will these people accountable. gang enhancements, got enhancements for example and multiple victim. all of these things that puts the bad guy in jail for longer. lack of time and makes the community safer. >> harris: the opposite of what he's calling for is happening. william is live for us in l.a. >> most voters want to see fallon spend more time in prison, not less. in l.a., because he is not charging gun, gang, or hate crimes, criminals here could spend at least 8,000 fewer years behind bars, and he's proud of it. >> enhancements are no longer sought in most cases as research suggests that excessive sentences don't enhance safety, but leading to more victims of crime. >> the crime stats suggested soft on crime approach is not working. he blames f