This is thursday, march 7th, 2024. Welcome aboard. Its fox friends. We start with a fox news alert. Look at this. New Body Cam FootageShows Florida authorities apprehending 24 illegal haitian migrants who tried to sneak into the country on a fishing boat. Brian plus trump vs. Biden, i dont know if you heard. The former president says he will debate any time, anywhere, any place. Is President Biden going to commit to a debate . Thats something for the campaign to speak to. Carley and a tearful tribute travis kelce breaks down over his big brothers retirement. The touching moment. It was [bleep] to watch. I just appreciate you. Carley fox friends starts right now. And, remember, mornings are better with friends. Lawrence buckle up, fox news alert. Deputies and coast guard apprehending 24 haitian migrants found aboard a fishing boat off the florida coast. Brian and at the southern border there is new concern about gangs as we learn the brother of the suspect accused of killing laken riley has ties to a notorious venezuelan street gang. Carley Griff Jenkins is live in eagle pass, texas with the details. Griff . Griff good morning, guys. There is undeniable spring surge in our border in the past five days more than 7,000 migrants at the southern border be encountered. Five days, 35,000. More than the population of eagle pass proper. Lets start in melbourne, florida, sebastian inlet. That Body Cam Video you were showing, this is officials as they apprehended 24 haitian migrants that came in on this fishing boat. What is the telltale sign for authorities . No Fishing Poles on that boat. Two smugglers were arrested. There is concerns with the unrest in haiti that we will see a lot more boats just like this. Now, lets go 2500 miles all the way to the other coast. Jacumba, california, where we have seen the thousands of migrants. I brought it to you lye as they came across, many of them clean shaven, nice clothes, rolling bag, something was up. We are now learn working with mexican cartels, snake heads, help these chinese get all the way across in places like San Diego County where theyre seeing a 500 percent increase in those chinese migrants. Now, lets end in athens, georgia. The tragic story of laken riley who should not have died because of jose eye bar remarks the venezuelan illegally entered the country. We are learning more about his Brother Dig Go Ibarra who was arrested for presenting a fake green card. Authorities believe he may have ties to the Notorious Venezuelaen Gang known as Tren De Aragua. They were linked to that nypd cop beating. You will remember that we have shown many times on the air. This gang Tren De Aragua, which translates roughly to train of arawg i cant. One of the largest states in Venezuela Goh that Transnational Gang was born out of the prisoner most dangerous in venezuela. That raising a lot of concerns, guys. We will send it back to you. I heard one of the brothers bit a border guard . Shouldnt that be a sign that we should turn this guy around with his neck tattoo . Griff thats a great point, brian. In that case there were two migrants. One was arrested. Ibarra was not. The concern here is that worried this new venezuela gang Tren De Aragua or tda may try to establish themselves in the u. S. And look at examples we have got in New York City beating the cops and now this tie in athens, georgia. It looks like a pattern that authorities are worried they could be trying to establish themselves here. Steve griff, thank you very much. Brian guess who is upset by it other gangs. Blood, crypts, not up to date in the latest gang growth. They are taking on the venezuelan gangs who want their territory. What going on here . Lawrence Out Of Control. Give credit to ron desantis what you saw with these haitian migrants. Those same agents fish and wild life has been at the texas Border Training with texas dps on how to deal with this stuff. Ahead of the curve. Not only did he send National Guard there but he sent his guys so they can be aware of what is happening in their state when theyre traveling by boat. Steve and, you know, with those images from griff just showed from florida with The Body Cam LastSaturday Night Kathy and i had dinner with our friends in hope sound. We are driving home on the beach road, and theres a bunch of cop cars straight ahead. We thought it was a dui check point. It was not. And then we drove a little further, there were like 50 police cars, Martin County sheriff, police, all sorts of things. Turns out there was a fishing boat that came ashore at Coral Cove Park there on jupiter island, and 8 haitians and dominicans jumped out, apparently wearing Life Preserve Errors ran into the brush, started hiding. They caught three of them immediately, and then all night long they looked for the other five. They eventually got them. But kathy and i were talking about how the difference is between how they handle thee migrants coming into the country in florida vs. , texas, arizona, california. New mexico. Car car. Ainsley we were on island down there tip of florida. They said all the time you see the boats come up on the beach and they have to call the authorities. Steve in the meantime, as griff mentioned, mentioned laken riley, laken rileys families were invited to attend tonights state of the Union Address but declined. But, a georgia congressman is going to leave a seat open in her honor. Carley tonights speech marks a pivotable moment for President Biden and his 2024 opponent former President Trump looking closely. Lucas is live in washington with that. Good morning, guys. President biden faces a big challenge tonight. Convince voters the oldest president in u. S. History can keep going. 75 of the country thinks he is too old for the job on capitol hill republican lawmakers made the following prediction. Mark my words, tomorrow night will be joe bidens last state of the Union Address. And thats because the American People are not going to invite him back to give another one next year. Because under joe bidens failed leadership the State Of The Union right now is chaos as is the state of the world. According to a recent fox news poll, the top issues for voters in 2024. The economy, immigration, and abortion. Tonight will likely be one of President Bidens largest audiences this year. Ukraines first lady declined an invitation tonight. The shortest state of the Union Address by a modern president was Richard Nixon back in 1972. Just 29 minutes. House Speaker Mike Johnson inviting the Police Officers attacked in times square recently by a migrant mob. Also in attendance the parents of 32yearold Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich jailed in russia for nearly a year. Donald trump said last night he plans to factcheck biden in real time. Quote, im pleased to inform you that tomorrow night we will be doing a live play by play of crooked joe bidens state of the Union Address. I will correct in Rapid Response any and all inaccurate statements. Many americans, of course, want to hear bidens plan to fix the southern border after more than 7 million migrants have arrived in the United States since biden took office. Even higher by some estimates. Guys, thats one of the largest mass migrations in human history. Guys . Steve it is, indeed. Brian they think blaming Climate Change is going to work. Thanks, lucas. Ainsley or the number of potato chips in your bag. Steve axios released excerpts from an interview they did with the chief of staff. Apparently joe biden going to argue tonight that prices are too high but things were worse during donald trump. We knew that was coming. The other stuff you know, to lucas point about the southern border, i dont know if is he going to talk much about it, because, when you look at the list of people who were invited, you know, they are going to have somebody who had a baby with ivf. They have just. Black folks are upset about the border. Hispanics are. They dont go, dont talk to real americans. Thats why i think if they play. This election is going to catch them by surprise. Im not sure they understand the frustration i bet if they took a poll of the entire country, i guarantee the country would be in support. So they make that an issue thats not really an issue. Most people are for ivf. Brian trying to fix it right now. Steve its interesting because, going forward, i think a lot of people are actually going to watch. Of course, he blew the opportunity to have 123 Million People watch him at the super bowl. But i think a lot of people are going to tune in just to see. Ainsley just to see if he can get through it. Steve according to the new york times, is he prepared for republicans to heckle him as Marjorie Taylor greene did last year. Ultimately its all about how does he look . How does he sound . And whats his message . Ainsley David Axelrod adviser for obama, he had a great point last night. Were not all sitting around in our Kitchen Tables and talking about the future of democracy. We are talking about the prices of food. How far the prices at the Grocery Store are effecting all of us. Listen to this. Theres a lot of talk from the president and others about, you know, the soul of the nation and the future of democracy. But, if you are sitting around your Kitchen Table and talking about the future of democracy, you probably dont you are not paying a lot of attention or dont need to to the cost of the food on your table. And most americans have more immediate concerns. Biden has to address those tomorrow night and explain how he is fighting for them. Steve is he right. 100 percent right. Interesting cbs poll came out when documents to foreign affairs. 41 of the country believe that joe biden over the next four years will provide stability and appeals in the road. 47 think donald trump will. Man, everything all these other channels are saying, they must be so frustrated because nobody is listening. Theys just making their own decisions. It must be driving them nuts. Because they are trying to say he is chaos. The world doesnt like us. We are trying to do it alone. Ifyou want peace and stability they are saying i will take the last four rather than these last three and a half. Lawrence this goes back to, ainsley, one of the speeches the president gave the other night where he said its important for the press to now be the referees. And he doesnt go and say turn it off or anything like that. But he goes it used to be a time where the press would hold us and check us and make us accountable. We dont see that anymore. We see partisans we see people that have their own agenda. Not in the country talking with average day voters. They make fun of our diners and say its just full of white people. Everyone we speak to are saying the same thing. Ainsley here we go. Its gearing up now. Everyone is talking about when nikki haley got out, now the rematch. The rematch has begun. We are going to be dealing with this for eight months. Some of the headlines yesterday, democrats or this morning. Democrats ready to hit the panic button in trumpbiden race. How much are we dreading this trumpbiden rematch. New york times the trumpbiden rematch is here. Americans are processing. Steve well now that its just the two of them, yesterday, after the press briefing, the former president of the United States went on to truth social and said this he said it is important for the good of our country that joe biden and i debate issues that are so vital to america and the American People. Therefore im calling for debates any time, anywhere, any place. He posted that. Peter doocy told me shortly after this exchange. Peter now that the field is down to two, is President Biden going to commit to a debate with donald trump. Thats something for the campaign to speak to. Peter peter we know when the debates are going to be and where they are going to be, is he going to go . You should speak to the campaign. Peter in 2020 once it got down to oneonone, joe biden said i can hardly wait to debate him. How about now . Im going to sound like a broken record. You should reach out to the campaign. Brian i will tell you what, though, the republicans said and they have a good reason to, they are walking away from that commitment. Steve they did two years ago. Brian they are out. That would give joe biden out if he is looking for one unless is he trailing by double digits i think is he going to look to avoid it. They said some of their complaints are the moderators, failing to this Organization Files abide by bipartisan majority of Board Members publicly disparaging the republican nominee. There is a conflict of interest. They will say and now Ronna Mcdaniel that pushed that is now gone. Lawrence its a fair point to say if you have people on the commission making public statements about the nominee in a very partisan way, how can you trust. Brian that guy from cspan. Lawrence how can you trust the moderator. This only works for the former president though, because its clear the white house is afraid to put joe biden out there. Can you imagine in a debate forum . Ainsley i dont think they will. Lawrence remember, this ainsley, this is going to be the longest general election. If im trump, i want a debate every single month and if the president refuses to do it, i will just do a town hall. Brian early voting. Ainsley the voters want it. Brian went too long. Steve just the fact she would not answer yeah there are going to be debates means they are not going to do it. You watch ultimately the white house and campaign will do exactly what we suggested about nine months ago which was joe biden will say because donald trump skipped the republicans debate i dont have to debate. Ainsley or you know who i am you have had me for four years have you already seen us debate. Steve got a million excuses i bet you dollar no debate. Brian i will say this. Its got to start they got to start earlier before early voting starts. Lawrence only fair. Brian a third the country voted already before the first one and almost everyone had voted sadly because of the pandemic before the last one. And the middle one was canceled. Ainsley they find a way. Lawrence you should hear the candidates. You are exactly right, ainsley, find a way. People should have the opportunity to hear from the candidates on every single issue before they vote. Brian why didnt the president Debate Dean Phillips that might be interesting. Lawrence he blocked the debates. No debates at all. Steve dean phillips came on our show. If the president wants to come on our show he is invited just saying. Ainsley in new hampshire. Reportedly issues grand jury subpoenas as the state nears a decision on whether to file charges in connection with its 2020 trump election probe. Brian all right. This comes as we learn new details what a series this is. Details about the romantic relationship between Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney fani willis and nathan wade. Steve bring us up to date todd piro is in studio. Todd start in arizona this is a sign that the arizonas State Attorney General is nearing a decision whether or not to bring criminal charges against the president , potentially others. Politico saying Quote Arizona prosecutors in recent weeks issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people linked to Donald Trumps 2020 campaign. A sharp acceleration of their criminal investigation into efforts to overturn joe bidens victory in that state. Meantime, the attorney for the codefendant in former President Trumps georgia case testifying before state lawmakers yesterday. She says Fulton County d. A. Fani willis paid special prosecutor nathan wade almost double his salary and even attended an event with Vice PresidentKamala Harris before indicting donald trump. Listener. A period of, i think its 15 or 16 days where he did not have a contract. They which also happened to be one of the times they were out of town. But, so they reupped the contract. The cap was significantly higher. We had records that ms. Willis and the mayor of atlanta were at meeting with the Vice President. She also testified that wades Cell Phone Data shows 1 00 a. M. Trips to willis condo prior to his hiring. A judge is expected to rule whether fani willis will be removed from this case by mid march and at that point