Sandra fox news alert, a live look at capitol hill, screen left. Screen right, the Southern Border. Eagle pass, texas, as we count down to a Blockbuster Hearing on capitol hill. Cia and the fbi director set to testify about the growing threats facing americans and we do expect the border crisis to play a starring role. We are watching it all for you live at the top of a new hour. Im sandra smith in new york. John and john roberts in washington. Good to be with you, sandra. This is america reports. Just months ago the fbi director warned congress that so many migrants are flooding across our border that Law Enforcement cannot possibly keep up. The threats that come from the other side of the border are very much consuming all 56 of our field offices, not just in the border states. Any time you have a group of people in the United States that we dont know nearly enough about, that is a source of concern for us. Sandra and now an illegal immigrant has been charged with killing 22yearold Nursing Student laken riley. Police say the suspects brother, who is also in the country illegally, may have ties to a dangerous venezuelan street gang. So what is the president doing about all of this . Apologizing for calling the suspect an illegal immigrant . You used the word illegal when talking about the man who allegedly killed. Undocumented. Laken riley. Undocumented person. You regret using that word. Yes. John you regret using that word, the president , yes. That is what he said last night. Just moments ago the white house told reporters dont Pay Attention to what your lying eyes told you. In no way did the president apologize. Listen here. I want to be really clear about something. The president did not apologize. No apology anywhere in the conversation. He did not apologize. He used a different word. I think what we should be really clear about is the facts. I think its unconscionable that there are some people who are playing politics with this young womans tragic murder. Sandra bring in Tennessee Republican senator big hagerty. If i call you a name i say i regret that, im apologizing. Certainly seems that way to me. Sandra what is happening here. Amazing they are talking about playing politics, all this administration is doing is playing politics and reaching for political power why we have the influx of migrants in the country, almost shut down Congress Friday night, Chuck Schumer said he would do that to me, count illegal immigration in the districts and votes, thats what its about. Motive for the crime at the border is power. Count Illegal Immigrants to use Sanctuary Cities and blue states to get more power than they would get, and what happened here is politics and thats the reason laken is dead now. Sandra i dig true what we heard from voters in new hampshire, south carolina, all the primaries where American Voters are screaming that immigration is their top concern. They see it as the top concern facing the country today. Yet here is where biden still stands. Earlier today, calling for action on the border bill. Listen. This bill would save lives. Bring order to the border. Folks, we have to end the games. Tell the members in congress to show up, show a little spine and pass the bipartisan border security. Sandra for voters who hear this president say this is how to fix the problem, they are not buying it. The latest fox news polling on the administrations handling of making this country safer. Ok. Those that believe he and his administration have mostly failed, 63 , just 32 believe they mostly succeeded. They directly tied it to concerns about crime. Rightly so. Absolutely they should. You heard the conversation about this venezuelan that committed this murder of laken riley, allegedly committed the murder. When President Trump was in office, he essentially delivered the most secure border we have seen as a nation. He had sanctioned maduro and the venezuelan regime. We dont have information on the venezuelans that come in. When i was just down at the border two and a half weeks ago, they have no information, the presumption is the Biden Administration will let them in, invite them in. The same person accused of murder of laken, committed crimes in new york, released with a woke prosecutor with no bail. He moves to georgia and commits the most heinous of crimes. President trump met with the family, he showed some grace. Joe biden is only cow towing to the illegals, its shocking. Sandra and Christopher Wray, the moment he confessed on capitol hill what a growing concern this is from a Security Standpoint as a National Security issue in this country. Christopher wray. We know that hearing is about to happen on the hill, you know, half past the hour. Do you think we might hear more concerns like that . I certainly hope so. The concern is real across america. The colleagues will be asking about this. Just in the past year, 170 different nationalities apprehended at the Southern Border. The farmer i was talking to, the rancher there said he found 15 syrians on his property, adult males. Why didnt they submit themselves to asylum, they didnt. They are there for another reason. Its frightening whats happening. Sandra and highlight President Biden is speaking in new hampshire, i believe addressing the economy, which somehow has fallen to number two to most americans as their top concerns as immigration has taken the number one spot we have seen in so many polls. This just dropped from gallup, this is just in. A majority of americans now say the large numbers of immigrants entering the United States illegally is a critical threat to u. S. Vital interests. Ok. 55 , that is a record high, senator, according to gallup. Is this an administration that shows its taking this seriously, and obviously an election year, this has grown to a massive political headache for the president and his campaign. Certainly they are not taking it seriously. But getting back to what happened friday night when Chuck Schumer almost shut down the senate, you have to get to the motive of this crime. What they are trying to do, backfill the states losing population. New york, illinois, california, people are leaving in droves, coming to home states like mine in tennessee, florida. Sanctuary cities here in new york, los angeles, san francisco. Act as migrants to attract Illegal Migrants and then count them for the purposes of allocating congressional districts and electoral votes. We caught one saying she needs them for redistricting purposes, this is about power at the end of the day. They want to use Illegal Migrants to gain more political power at the expense of states like mine. Sandra final thought on that, what does that look like, you know, as that continues to happen and you have them finding that they are safe, you know, Gathering En Mass in some of these cities with Nobody Searching for them, and nobody hunting them down and nobody returning them. What how much are we at risk as a result . I think laken riley proves it. New york city is where this person illegally enters the country in 2022. Commits a crime here in new york against a child in 2023, immediately let go without bail and runs to georgia, flees there. We saw venezuelan gangsters beat up new York Police Officers here and flee to california. No one is cooperating. This is what happens with Sanctuary Cities. Sandra and minor sexual assaulted as well. Mocked in the mainstream media. John gearing up to hold a hearing on the biggest threats facing our nation. Everything from the border crisis to growing tensions in the middle east expected to be talked about. Gillian, what threats do you expect testimony will focus on . Gillian from china and artificial intelligence, but there are plenty of republicans on capitol hill who firmly believe illegal immigration at the Southern Border is the top National Security threat that america faces. A major threat. What we have seen is 50 people on the Terror Watch List in the last four and a half months, seen more than 10,000 people come across the Southern Border, special interest aliens. Gillian the worldwide Threat Hearing is important because the Intelligence Community is give the public a rare glimpse inside what they believe america is really up against in 2024. This is annual hearing, hearing from the d and i director, and bill burns, and chris wray and other top officials, including from here at the state department. The thrust of testimony of the chinese attacks on the u. S. Infrastructure. What the cochairs said this weekend. One of the things that we have done on a bipartisan basis is try to go industry by industry in america and warn them of the potential theft of intellectual property, 500 billion a year. Gillian President Biden tried to ease some concerns of china bubbling up about his state of the union. I want competition with china, not conflict. And we are in a stronger position to win the conflict of the 21st century against china than anyone else. Gillian a hearing in 20 minutes from now, well bring all the breaking news live as it happens. Back to you. John thank you. Sandra a large scale attack by houthis in the red sea, shooting down at least 28 houthi drones. Jennifer griffin is at the pentagon for us. Tell us more about the attack. Well, first, sandra, it is budget day here at the pentagon and the president is asking for 850 billion for the fiscal year 2025 defense budget. All of this is happening as tension with iran is increasing in the middle east. The u. S. And british navies defeated a largescale attack by houthis in the red sea, the largest single attack to date. U. S. War ships shot down at least 28 drones in four hours. Days earlier the houthis fired an antiship Ballistic Missile killing three, and marking the first sailors killed since attacks began mid october. And one just back from the region told Congress Iran is undeterred in supporting the houthis. They are undeterred in their support hezbollah, support to hamas, the support to the west bank, deterred right now in iraq and syria, and support to the iran militia groups, not in terms of funding and equipping. General carilla said he needs less expensive ways to defend the ships. Each missile fired costs more than 2 million apiece. I would love to have the navy produce more directed energy to shoot down a drone so i dont have to use an expensive missile to shoot it down. Whats worst is hitting the 2 billion ship with 300 sailors on it. On friday, u. S. Central command war planes took out two terrorist truckmounted antiship missiles in houthi controlled areas of yemen. Six hours later, they fired two missiles into the gulf of aden, a singapore flagged owned and operated vessel. It did not impact the vessel. And another vessel deported for the eastern mediterranean, carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary pier in gaza after the president announced it. 2 17 Military Transport planes dropped meals and bottles of water over gaza, a highly inefficient way to deliver humanitarian relief to the gazans. Sandra john. John a house Panel Releases new details about the broad and unjustified surveillance of americans banking data. More on the types of transactions ahead. Sandra more on President Biden walking back on remarks about the murder of Georgia Student laken riley. The white house assisting it is not an apology. New from leo terrell next. Ghestn the navy is a navy wife. 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Conservative groups, symbols flagged as potential hate groups and hate symbols, according to the new report from the house judiciary committee. They say the treasury financial crimes unit, characterized several conservative groups Like Alliance defending freedom as hate groups. Guidance lumping them in with the likes of the k. K. K. And the american nazi party. And other guidance to look for hate symbols, like the celtic cross, the ok hand gesture and the white lives matter logo. Jim jordan says its scary and if they can do it to conservatives, they can do it to anyone. These groups putting on a list of names of Alliance Defending freedom and other groups and saying they were hate groups, its chilling and frightening. We are just as concerned about on the left, their rights abused as well. A spokesperson saying the mission is to safeguard the Financial System from illicit use. Numbers u. S. A. , one of the groups classified as a hate group by the outside report, blasting the Treasury Department saying they used the report in a transparent attempt to stifle free and open debate is stressing, ongoing attempt by the Biden Administration to silence those who dare to criticize disastrous immigration policies. Guidance to banks was pretty blanket and vague. Not tied to a certain customer accused of certain criminal activity, but really just went out to all banks to look for this among all of their customers, sandra. Sandra it is really something. Thanks for digging into it, Hillary Vaughan on the hill for us, thank you. John. John republicans ripping President Biden for walking back his use of the term illegal when describing laken riley suspected murderer. But the white house is denying that that was an apology. I want to be really clear about something. The president absolutely did not apologize. There was no apology anywhere in that conversation. He did not apologize. He used a different word. I think whats what we should be clear about is the facts. I think its unconscionable that there are some people who are playing politics with this young womans tragic murder. John all right. So, no better person to run it all by than leo terrell, Civil Rights Attorney and fox news contributor. Leo, was it an apology, not, was it directed toward the alleged murderer, directed to people who took offense at his words an illegal, fox used to say, we report, you decide. So, lets do that right now. Here is what biden said last night. You used the word illegal when talking about the man who allegedly killed laken riley. Undocumented, undocumented person. You regret using that word . Yes. John there you have it, leo. You decide. What did he do there . Leo he did apologize, and john, basically apologized because he has to appease the far left. You and i know he apologized, what you heard from the Deputy Press Secretary tells me one thing, john, joe biden is not running the white house. There are people basically controlling the narrative in the white house. Joe biden, as of today, has still not apologized to the riley family for mispronouncing her name and so sad about this, the illegal immigrant who crossed the border committed an illegal act by crossing the border. And the democrats are in denial because that represents their future base. And ill tell you, john, that Deputy Press Secretary, let me use her same words. I find it unconscionable that people used the George Floyd Case to promote summer of riots and to basically play the race card in 2020. How dare they say that this situation with laken riley is being politicized. This woman died and she should not have been murdered. The correct word was kille