Dont look now, but the border crisis is back with a vengeance and a big concern among president ial candidates that make that a primary start. Why tim scott shows this time to do it. Scary numbers are probably the reason. Kevin corke has more. Kevin . Griff jenkins. I apologize. Look out, kevin corke. Neil my bad. Ive covered the border forever. Theres a reason why tim scott isnt just going to the border for a photo open. Hes going there because the situation is not under control. Sources tell me that Border Encounters are trending up, averaging between 5,000 and 5,500 a day across the entire southwest border. Cbp says they seized more than 22,000 pounds this fiscal year alone as mexican cartels tightener that grip on the border. Heres senator scott. As president of the united states, i would sign the legislation i created that would freeze the assets of the mexican car tens. We have the power to do that. Just a few hours area, jason owens tweeted this saying yesterday Border Patrol agents in el paso arrested a Foreign National that was identified as the head of a violent gang in panama longed to narcotics trafficking. We arrested 531 individuals with gang affiliations. Now, senator scott isnt the first gop candidate to see the crisis first hand. He follows recent trips by desantis and haley. What i saw today was a dereliction of duty. A president has one job, and that is keep america safe. This border is controlled by the mexican drug cartels. That is a disgrace. That is horrific. The concern is bipartisan. Democratic candidate r. F. K. Jr. Posting a 19minute documentary of his trip to yuma, arizona. One last thing i noted, chief owens tweeted that agents apprehended four Child Sex Offenders in one day this week. Neil . Back to you. Neil thank you. I apologize for screwing up, griff. So what is the fallout from this . Also from washington, the Hill National politics reporter with, julia, tim scott is not the first president ial candidate to get there and see whats going on. Theres been others and there there be more. This is bubbling up to be quite the campaign issue, isnt it . It is very important not only for republican primary voters but for all voters. Covering last years midterm election, one thing i noticed. A lot of lawmakers that were up for reelection were paying quite a bit of attention to the border and speaking out about that, including senator hassan from New Hampshire. She spoke out. And then you have Henry Cuellar from text. Hes seen first hand what is happening at the certain border when it comes to the flow of migrants. Its something that republicans really need to do in this president ial primary because its a top three issue for their primary voters. So its almost like, you know, a ritual for these candidates to come visit the border, get a photo op out of it and see whats happening on the ground and go back to iowa and New Hampshire and talk about it. Neil just wondering how it resonates in the early polls that were getting. Not just this issue but whether were seeing some maneuvering in key states. Theres an iowa poll out that shows donald trump still leads. A little less so. Im wondering what is being rejiggered here. Look, how its playing with these primary voters, a lot of these candidates are trying to get as much exposure as possible. Tim scotts visit to the border comes a day after Donald Trumps indictment. So this is a way for them to make headlines of their own. Get out in front of the cameras, get out in front of the public as theyre trying to leap frog a ron desantis in second place or a donald trump in first place. Will that happen any time soon . It doesnt seem like it will, but this is about publicity but also about honing in on an issue that is very important to the gop base. Neil im wondering with this third indictment and another one to come in georgia. I lose track of these things. Its not prompted the president to lose track of support or lose support, period, among republicans, period. Hes still running away with it. I suspect when numbers come out for the latest indictment, it will play out again and his lead could stretch again. How do the other candidates or what do you hear how they hope to respond to that maybe on a debate stage with or without donald trump . Yeah, its a good question. Not to use a cliche, but were in Unchartered Territory here. I think the other republican candidates are trying to figure this out as we go. Weve seen ron desantis talk about how he would, you know, Readjust Or Reform TheJustice Department so theres not this alleged bias between democrats and republicans. Republicans are pointing to the fact that Donald Trumps legal woes are happening in tandem with Hunter Bidens woes. I thought it was interesting what ron desantis said today earlier in New Hampshire. He talked about wanting to reform the Justice Department, get rid of that bias and Double Standard that he says exists and he also acknowledged very strongly that donald trump did not win the 2020 election. Here he is trying to appeal to the base by acknowledging that which Many Republican primary voters believe that there is a Double Standard here but at the same time pushing back against his 2020 claims about the ele election. Thats how desantis is differentiating himself. Neil theres a number of polls out that show all republicans are aware of the indictments facing donald trump. Maybe half of them will look elsewhere. It varies by the poll and the sentiment. Who do you make of that, that a conviction on any of these charges that have come up could be a game changer . It makes me believe that the trump team is paying close attention to those polls. They could be aware of that scenario. His legal team has been trying to sort of slowball or trying to delay when this trial would happen, towards the closer to the election or even after the election. A conviction would be negative headlines for donald trump. Yes, he would got a ten of oxygen and air time but so many questions as to what happens next. What would that look like having a major nominee being convicted of a crime and potentially becoming president . Its more of an unattractive look for republicans. So well see. Youre right. It depends on the moment and what happens between now and when the decisions are made in these cases. You know, we are truly in Unchartered Territory. I think all parties involved are sort of its The Blind Leading the blind at this point. Neil yeah, i hear you. Thanks, julia. We told you about the border, whats going on there. Theres Something Different as well. Migrants trying to get in here, but right now theyre being followed by Cartel Members armed with long guns. Sometimes theyre literally next to each other. Imagine dealing with that lieutenant olivarez is dealing with this daily. Kind enough to join us. Chris, you have the video and the images to prove it. At first i thought they were some of those ufo films. That cant be right. Yeah, they are. What did you see . Absolutely, neil. Thats why its important to expose what is happening on the border. Not just in terms of mass migration, but Criminal Activity Taking place with the mexican drug cartels and criminal Smuggling Organizations that continue to profit and exploit the fact that we have an open border. What youre seeing in the photos, its rare to see actual smugglers bringing immigrants across between the ports of entry armed with a rifle. Weve had several events where we arrested, work with the mexican authorities to arrest smugglers armed with handguns to see a rifle shows the capability how brazen these criminals are, that they try to avoid Law Enforcement so they can bring groups of illegals across or drugs or whatever the case may be. Thats why its very important to have a Law Enforcement presence at the border, to have infrastructure so you can prevent a situation like youre seeing now in the photos, this is a scleer reality of the situation on the border right now and gets worse as the numbers continue to increase. The more people that want to come across the border, the more the criminal organizations will exploit that. Neil chris, what seems different this time with the video you shot or your men and women shot, weve always suspected cartels were part of this process of getting migrants across the border. Making sure that that happens. But they were out of sight. Here theyre proudly insight. Theyre not hiding from being in sight. That almost show as new level of boldness, doesnt it . Absolutely, neil. Weve experienced some of these events that have taken place throughout the Southwest Boredner Texas where you have armed individuals that stand across the river and theyll taunt our officers or Border Patrol agents or National Guard and even shoot at them. Now theyre bringing people across the recover, arming themselves. Goes to show you that they have taken it to another level of brazenness of showing how bold they are, they dont care what will happen. They know theyre in control. Thats what were trying to do as far as state agencies, to show that we are the ones that are in control. Were going to prevent whats happening on the border and go after the criminals and arrest them. It all facts back to when you dont have Border Policies in place to stop whats happening between the ports of entry, this is the clear result. Youll have criminal activity come as cross the border. Neil let me get your quick thought on how bad it is getting. To hear the administration, the numbers are down substantially. But they dont tell the whole story, namely what you have been picking up on here. What do you expect in august, the fall . Well, the numbers have been increasing. It all goes back to when the federal government started to use the cbp 1 app. It was all to really divert the attention from seeing the mass groups of people coming between the ports of entry to avoid the Media Attention and now releasing people at the ports of entry. Were experiencing an influx of people coming across the border. The past two days, 6,000 daily encounters at the Severe Weather border. Were on track of where we were pretitle 42. We still have human smuggling, drugs coming across as you saw there. Criminals that are armed, bringing Illegal Immigrants across. We anticipate they will continue to increase in the coming months as well. Thats why its important to have some type of presence there, consequences to prevent what were seeing right now. With that, neil, the more people you have coming across that dangerous river, the more loss of life when its affecting the migrants that want to make it across the river, being exploited, being assaulted and robs by the smugglers. So its a very dire situation right now and thats why its so important that were out there trying to do as much as we can in the state agency trying to prevent what is happening between the ports of entry. Neil what you do is remarkable. You never like to take a bow and compliment your men and women. I cannot imagine a tougher job with what you guys are keeping up. Thanks, chris olivarez. Great seeing you. Thank you. Neil lets take a look at today. We had a strong jobs report. Not as strong as some had thought. The administration was crowing, this is 13. 5 million jobs generated under joe biden. They also point out the trend is their friend. 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There was a Chopper Overhead that spotted a number of people climbing on a roof covering the entrance to the Union Station subway system. They had gathered for what was this giveaway that this live stream apparently wellknown in social media. Im not sure exactly what it was. But they estimated 2,000 people were gathered at the giveaway and the crowds have grown substantially. Its gotten steadily bigger from the earlier reads. Keep you posted on that. Theyre trying to keep the calm. Not everyone is reacting calmly. Not everyone is getting the same read on testimony or at least the release of the questions back and forth, devin archer, Hunter Bidens business partiner. Democrats said theres nothing to see. Move on. Republicans say he incriminated hunter. By extension, hunters father, the Vice President at the time. Now the president of the united states, joe biden. Chad pergram has been picking it apart. What do you have, chad . Good afternoon. Republicans now want to get back democrats after the indictment of former president trump. Thats why theyre highlighting the devin archer transcript. The gop wants to talk with delaware u. S. Attorney david weiss. Theres questions about Whether Weiss received pressure from above in the hunter biden investigation. The department of justices story keeps changing, which isnt mr. Weiss. You have authority to bring it, when, where and who or just in your direct. He chased his story. The whistleblowers havent. Archer said that President Biden had dinner with the president of burisma in 2015. Mr. Biden shook everybodys hand. The white house said the meeting never happened. Its unclear in democrats have a blind spot ahead of 2024. The only thing the Biden Administration can do is be cooperative and get the facts out as best they can. I think they have done about President Bidens noninvolvement in this. Some republicans are itching for impeachment especially after the archer interview. But starting impeachment is about the math. Its unclear in the gop has the votes. The gop believes that theyre winning by focusing on investigations. Not only must you pass an agenda but you must stop the other party. Stop often takes its operationalized as an investigation and potential impea impeachment. When push comes to shove, its not legislating on behalf of the american people. Its mostly investigating. The one thing the gop could do is cut spending for the doj or special counsel jack smith. That will be a flash point as a government shut down looms in september. Neil . Neil yeah, we forget when they come back, they have ten working days to avoid that, right . Yeah, the senate will come back first, the house after that and probably have to pass an interim spen