life. this is not appropriate, let's happening. >> sandra: that was former president donald trump just hours after the nypd busted an illegal immigrant for that horrific accusation. you are looking live outside the queens county courthouse where, any moment now, we are told that the suspect, and ecuadoran migrant, is expected to appear in court. we are watching that for you. hello and welcome, everyone. i'm sandra smith in new york. gillian, great heavy today. >> gillian: thank you, sandra. i'm gillian turner in washington. john is off today. this is to be 27. the nypd says this man cross into the u.s. illegally three years ago three eagle pass, texas. since then he has been no stranger to law enforcement. he's got an arrest in texas, several run-ins with the nypd before this, and governor greg abbott spoke out about it last hour. take a listen. >> the illegal border situation was something contained to texas and arizona. now this is an american issue. every state is now a border state. our americans are dying at the hands of people allowed illegally across the border by joe biden's policy. >> sandra: let's get right to a senior correspondent eric shawn, live here in new york city. the community's help was crucial in getting the suspect off the streets. >> absolutely. the residents knew who he was, and they took matters into their own hands, because they are outraged. he is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl and they say you shouldn't even be in this country in the first place. the suspect, christian geovanny inga-landi, was ordered to leave by an immigration judge two years ago. according to "the new york post." but he was still here. he had crossed the southern part illegally in 2021. in texas, where he was processed and released into our nation by border patrol with what is known as a notice to appear in court. now he's going to appear in criminal court facing rape, robbery, kidnapping, sex abuse charges among others. police say he pulled a machete style knife on those teens, a boy and a girl, and then raped the 13-year-old girl. residents recognized him from wanted posters put up in the neighborhood. here you can see in this video how they struggled on the ground with landi to hold and for the cops. she told us she called 911. >> we looked at the picture. we pulled it up, it was him. so he brought him out the store, and all hell broke loose. >> they try to little street justice, and we made the apprehension. the city -- we had to give closure to this family. >> police say landi lived in a nearby men's shelter in queens, and when he crossed the border three years ago he was accompanied by a 3-year-old child. >> we know he entered the country from ecuador through texas, through eagle pass, texas, back in june of 2021. when he did come into the country, the federal government took fingerprints and dna from him at the border, so that is still being worked on. >> they are now trying to compare that dna. we have asked the department of homeland security for comment on landi and we have not yet heard back. waiting right now at queens criminal court. our cameras and producers are said to be arraigned any moment now. >> sandra: we are watching for our viewers and we will differently go there when that happens. thank you. gillian? >> gillian: also this, the feds have charged two dozen people not in a drug money scheme that ties mexico's sinaloa cartel the chinese gains. investigators say the sides teamed up to launder millions of dollars in drug money and it was happening right here in the u.s. retired dea special agent steve murphy, who helps take down pablo escobar, joins us in just a minute, but we begin first with griff jenkins, live here in washington. it seems like there was a mutual interest between the chinese and the mexican cartels in this instance. >> exactly, gillian. this wasn't your average money-laundering scheme. this was a sophisticated criminal partnership, the sinaloa cartel working hand-in-hand with underground chinese money launderers, and they have been in the excess of $50 million with specific motivations for everybody involved. >> the cartels are desperate to get cash made for the sale of drugs in the united states, back down to mexico, without having that cash seized by u.s. for mexican authorities. the chinese money-laundering groups, on the other hand, are in the business of helping wealthy chinese nationals obtain cash in this country. >> the multiyear investigation dubbed "operation fortune runner" carried out by the doj, the dea, chinese and mexican law enforcement delivered an indictment involving 24 defendants. the lead suspect, edgar joe martinez reyes, used a variety of methods to hide many sources purchasing goods that were sold to benefit the cartel. the operation seizing $5 million in proceeds along with 300 pounds of cocaine, 90 pounds of methamphetamine, 3,000 ecstasy pills, and numerous weapons. in this scheme, different from traditional ones, they come with a 5-10% commission fee to the launderers. >> the percentage that gets paid in the u.s. is closer to 1% or 2%. to the affiliates and members of the sinaloa cartel are paying much less to get their money laundered than they were before. >> so it's good for their bottom line. the u.s. officials think china for playing a critical role in this investigation, but china remains the primary source of precursor materials which are sent to mexico. we heard that there is more to come in these investigations. >> gillian: certainly not a problem that is waning. sandra? >> sandra: steve murphy is a retired dea special agent who helped catch pablo escobar and joins us now. welcome, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me on the show. >> sandra: what do you want to tell us about all of this, particularly when it comes to the scheme we saw happen in the u.s.? >> is nothing new. this has been going on since back in the colombians were still in control. we were expressing that back during that time, in the 1990s. so is nothing new that the chinese were involved in illegal activities. however, the last two years the chinese have basically refused to cooperate with the united states when it comes to narcotics activities, especially money-laundering. however, we saw just last november where they signed an agreement. it is encouraging to see that they arrested one of the people that has been indicted in china. >> sandra: fair enough. this is the fbi director, christopher wray, on ending the choke mexican cartels and china. i want to get your thoughts. >> the vast majority of the fentanyl in this country comes from the cartels in mexico, sourced from precursor chemicals from china. and it is traffic here, or distributed here, primarily by violent gangs. we need to be trying to hit all of those different choke points. we clearly have to go after the money. after all the whole thing is profit based, so if you figure out better ways to go after the money. >> sandra: was he what is happening in americans paying te ultimate price here. hopefully we are doing more than trying. what was your reaction to that? >> i agree with f >> laggy 100% with what he said. that they said they don't use fentanyl, he's an outright liar or he's one of the most naive people in the world. you always want to follow the money. that's why they are in business. we like to say that if you want to hurt these guys you put them in jail, but if you want to make them cry, you take their stuff. that's the proceeds they are earning. that's what this is all about. >> sandra: money and influence and power. we have a map we can pop up of the cartels, the area of influence here in the u.s. today. what we know of, which we have been following, and this is likely spread -- this is the latest data that goes back to 2020. we know that this is a situation that has been getting worse. governor greg abbott of texas joined us at the top of the last hour to talk about current president joe biden's immigration plan, and the impact that is having on the cartels. listen. >> when the cartels learned that more than half a million americans -- not americans, more than half a million illegal immigrants are getting amnesty, the cartels will use that to gin up even more business, enticing and more people coming across the border. >> sandra: we are talking about the most dangerous drugs out there, like fentanyl, methamphetamine. these are destroying people's lives every single day, ripping families apart in this country, as we well know. but as the u.s. attorney, martin estrada, said, the drug traffickers only care about their profits. to your point, sir. he says, to protect our community come illegal after the sophisticated international criminal syndicates that launder the drug money. these are incredibly sophisticated schemes that are playing out in this country. what is your warning about where this is all going if we don't get a hold of it? >> it not going to get any better. that's silly to even have to say that. we are hoping that with replacement of president obrador in mexico that maybe we will have a presidential committee or a president of mexico who is willing to cooperate with the united states. and realize what the issues are, not use immigration against us to counter the narcotics efforts, the nonexistent counter narcotics efforts going on in mexico. it's a shame what's being done. the one thing i always like to point out, too, why don't we address the user, the demand for drugs in our country? because if it is the basic laws of economics, if you get rid of the demand, the supply will dry up. but it seems we are being more permissive in our country to allow everything to be legalized, you can do whatever you want to do. and, by the way, when you can't take care of yourself anymore, the government will take care of you. >> sandra: a lot to take in there, and problems all around. steve murphy, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, sandra. >> sandra: gillian? >> gillian: we are awaiting news from the queens courthouse were some sometime this hour the man charged with the rape of the 13-year-old girl will make his first court appearance. >> sandra: plus the white house downplaying concerns over president biden's age and mental acuity, but polls show voters say it is a huge concern for them. juan williams and lisa boothe will debate next. >> i think what biden really ought to do is tell us what he wants to do if he wins four more years. we hear from the biden a lot about january 6th, and trump is terrible. how does that make it any easier for people to pay their bills, buy gasoline, pay their rent? 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>> gillian: there's also concerns about president biden's persisting in national polls. voters are now also sharing their opinions about his fitness for office. according to a new poll on his age heading into reelection, 28% of voters feel president biden will be too old to serve if elected. that is compared to former president trump's 2%. let's bring in juan williams, fox news political analyst and lisa boothe, fox news contributor, also the host of "the truth was lisa boothe" podcast. thank you both for being with me this afternoon. lisa, let's start with the age issue. it is age and it is not age, right? because trump is not that much younger than biden. >> it's not about the age, it's about the cognitive decline. right now -- it is so bad that you have the white house not just trying to downplay it, but lied to the american people. they're trying to tell us that these hundreds of videos we have seen joe biden doddering around, clearly off into space, some sort of vacancy happening mentally, that these are deceptively edited or the media not telling us that these are fakes, when the only fakes of the lies we are being told by the media and the white house. there is recent cbs poll were 72% of independents do not believe that joe biden is cognitively of the right mind to be president of the united states. robert hur concluded that the special counsel, after sitting down was joe biden for hours, concluding that he was an elderly man with poor memory, we have seen joe biden say that he has spoken to european leaders who have long been dead, as well. there's hundreds of videos just like the one where we saw last weekend with obama having to escort joe biden off the stage. so it's not an age issue, it's a cognitive issue. >> gillian: juan, take a look at this, at the fox power rankings, most recent version, voters were asked to is more mentally and physically fit. first question, do you think he has a mental sound is to serve effectively as present or not? yes, 41%. 57% of people said no. do you think trump has a mental sound is to serve or not? yes, 50%. 49% said no. what do you make of those numbers? >> well, obviously most disproportionately the people who are saying he doesn't have the capacity are republicans. and you can understand that. joe biden has been under assault in terms of his mental acuity by republicans. i would say for the entirety of his tenure in the white house, because of concerns about his age, which are legitimate, and that concern is voiced on both sides of the political aisle. people worry about it. but his performance in terms of his legislative record, his ability to hold together the allies, his travels. my gosh, his travels would make me tired. so to me the reality is you look at some of these deepfakes that have been going on, were people misrepresent him looking to shake hands with some troopers who have just landed at the g7 event -- where the d.j. event, i should say -- or at the so-called invisible chair, or obama leading him off the stage, when in fact obama put his arm around his friend. people don't come on the other hand -- the democrats have not launched an assault on trump for 30 seconds of silence at a rally, or talking about sharks and motorboats and being electrocuted in the water, or forgetting the name of his own doctor. you don't have an equal measure of both sides attacking. it is biden who has been coming to me, speared unfairly, liabled by republicans about mental acuity. >> gillian: lisa, we have 30 seconds left. i'm going to give you the floor. what do you say? 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