Our southern border where borrel Patrol Officers have been seeing a historic uptick in Migrant Encounters Biden Administration is facing mounting criticism over its handling of the crisis as homelands security Alejandro Mayorkas meets with the honduran president in mcallen, texas welcome to Fox News Live hour two im mike emanuel. Hi aishah. Aishah im Aishah Hasnie also following number of democrats calling on one of their own to step down. New jersey democratic senator bob menendez remaining defiant despite pressure from his own party to resign after getting slapped with bribery charges. This is the second time the lawmaker is charged with corruption in just ten years. Alexandria huff has more on the fallout over the indictment, hi alex. Reporter thats right six year ago held in a Second Bribery case reelected in office a year later and now new jersey governor phil murray among those calling for immediate resignation so is president calling charges alarming and, quote, they raise serious concerns about the senators ability to continue to serve. Yesterday, federal prosecutors charged menendez and his wife nadine with three Conspiracy Counts for allege scheme to enrich and protect three new jersey businessman also using senators position as chair of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee to benefit egypts authoritarian government that is an exchange for cash and gifts which federal prosecutors say were found when the couples property was searched. They discovered approximately 500,000 dollars of cash. Stuffed into envelope and closets, some of the cash was stuffed in the senators jacket pockets. Reporter prosecutors say they found over 100,000 Dollars Worth of gold bars and mercedes that was allegedly provided to the couple along with other household gifts. Senator menendez is temporarly stepping aside and can serve on the panel and did is all wrong doing saying theres been a rush to judgment because hes latino stating those who believe in justice believe in innocence until proven gts and i continue to fight for people of new jersey with the same success ive had for the past five decades. And weve reached out to senator cory booker for his thoughts his office have been silent on the case and Senator Menendez expected to appear in Federal Court on wednesday ish aishah. Thank you so much. Openly calling for new jersey . Artd menendez resignation the white house is distancing itself from the controversy. Mark meredith is live at the white house with the latest. Hello, mark. Reporter good afternoon to you so far white house not giving much comment that alex was talking about indictment of new jersey Senator Menendez while democrats are urging senators to step down far white house stopping short of that. Were going to be very, very clear about this. Were not going to get involved. It is a ongoing matter so were going leave it to to the prosecutors. To move forward with, however, they see fit but neer not going to comment. The president is talking about ongoing Autoworker Strike in the med west next week hes going to be heading to michigan to meet with ford workers and demanding a higher wage and Better Benefits and he posted last night, quote, it is time for a win win agreement that keeps American Automanufacturing thriving with well paid, uaw jobs. Now, president visit to michigan is brief but political hes talked about being most prounion president in history and visit will come one day ahead of former president trumps visit to go also meet with uaw workers and theres a new report out in the New York Times which suggest that Bidenharris Campaign is already preparing for a Trump Biden Rematch next year. The paper writing mr. Biden and his advisories signal this week theyre going turn their full attention to his old rival seeking to renps party base and activate donors expect what to be a long and grueling sequel. Certainly we have heard a lot from the president targeting his predecessor out west later on this week talk about democracy what he calls Baga Republicans i want to mention mike weve got a letter from the president s physician says he has an updated covid booster shot and flu vks and urging americans to follow his lead. Mike. Mike Mark Meredith live on a Soggy North Lawn thank you very much. Aishah. Aishah erik johnson switching Political Parties he made big announcement in a Wall Street Journal oped on friday say hes now becoming republican. He emphasized a future of cities depending on mayors who champion Law And Order and practice fiscal conservatism to defining characteristics at the gop and Christina Coleman live with that story. Hi, christina. Hi thats right in on a oped long time democrat is making a big switch and johnson is leaving Democratic Party and becoming republican because Law And Order and fiscal conservatism are defining characteristics of the gop. He says as opposed to the, quote, Inking The Poll driven commitment, a Many Democrats, johnson also said no to the defund the police movement, even though activist protested in front of his home for about a week. He says it is important for cities to have strong and supported Police Departments as he recalled his own experience growing up around crime in a dangerous neighborhood. I remember how traumatizing it was. I remember how scared we were to live in a neighborhood where people our age who look like us were being kill for their sneakers. Crime start to pick up during pandemic i said i dont care who gets upset about this. I dont care what activist or what socalled leaders said, we were going to prioritize the safety of our people. Aishah while other democratic run cities have seen severe Police Officer shortages and speaks in crime following the protest, and riots in 2020, every form of Violent Crime that the fbi tracks has dropped in dallas. Mayor johnson credits the city success to having a great police chief and a concrete Public Safety plan in addition to refusing to bow to plel pressure followed by some democrats. I saw mayor City Councils across the country making arbitrary cuts to their Police Department to appease a movement, appease Activist Community that didnt live in the cities in some cases where the violence offs curing. Mayor johnson secured 98. 7 of the vote in his Reelection Campaign this year and says he has no intention of changing his approach to his job. Aishah. Aishah Christina Coleman live in l. A. For us thanks christina. Mike more reaction to join the Republican Party another hol political news bring in today Political PanelAmerica FirstPoll Institute chief and policy director Drew Litman Gentlemen thank you. Drew what do you make of the dallas mayor Switching Parties . I think it is not exactly an act of principle he did just run for reelection as a democrat in may. So he took advantage of his of his Party Membership and his city where the democrats are popular. Now it is a second term. The next step would be to run statewide, but only republicans get elected statewide. It just seems to be the expeditious thing to do. Mark . This is first of Many Democrats who are going to see whats happened in cities like new york, thats crumbling under immigration and crime, chicago, san francisco, los angeles, i mean it is the definition of insanity for these people who are ruining these cities to keep voting for the failed liberal policies that are creating this havoc. I think that dallas mayor switching over to republicans because the policies are actually working you saw it on the screen in that Previous Report this is just the geng. Mike theres bob menendez indicted yesterday and prom innocent democrats calling for his resignation lets play it. Member of congress, who appears to have broken the law is someone who i believe should resign. Theres evidence here. And yes im a democrat so is Senator Menendez but based on what ive seen, im disappointed yes i think he should resign. Members of Congress Called on him to resign we have not heard from senator cory booker so far. Should he resign . I think resignation is inevitable at this point head of the Progressive Group center for American Progress called on him to resign. The evidence is almost overwhelming, but i did work for a senator al franken run of the Senate Without any process at all so i think it is okay if menendez hes being arraigned on gifngd a few days to explain what happened here. Disietleed entitled to his day in court. Right. He sounds defiant and said in a statement how quickly theyre looking to push a latino out of his seat. Your thoughts . Thats a pretty weak argument especially, you know, you found with 484,000 of cash and gold bars while i appreciate the democrats who are calling for senator to resign, the biden family thats a fraction of what the biden family is alleged to have taken for also selling access to u. S. Government officials. Also changing Foreign Policy luxury cars were involved hunter biden partners were involved in both of the cases. Only thing we dont have proof yet is gold bars i wouldnt put it past him with the bidens. Ill give you a chance to respond. Ludicrous to think that biden was taking money from governments but hunter biden has some things to answer for but thats not joe biden. Well continue to follow that. So were a week away gentlemen from the end of the fiscal year so weve got the countdown clocked to potential Government Shutdown drew do you think were heading for one . I think were headed for one and i note that tuesday the 25th, will be the 10th Anniversary of then Speaker John Boehner announcing he was resigning with a few days left in the fiscal year because the Republican Caucus was ungovernable. I remember that. Day before was pope visiting capitol hill not going to get better this out of here. Freedom caucus drove him out and decided not to run for speaker because he thought he would be the in same position as boehner here we are ten years later sorry thats exactly what happened. Worth noting that former republican speaker seem to be the happiest guys in american politics. This is a good debate, though, for the American People. Because the debate is truly do we want to cut spending or do we want to cut a lot of spending . And secure the border at the same time, and look weve got to remember, nonessential Government Services are the ones affected about 25 of the government, social security, medicare, it is all going to keep operating just like normal. And so if they have to shut it down for a little bit maybe American People realize weve got too much government to begin with. But some folks say nobody wins in a shutdown, obviously, the taxpayers still has to pay back pay to Government Workers right . That would be part of the Spending Bill it wouldnt be any different if we were paying them as of october first to go back to get them for back pay afterwards i prefer not a shutdown but an argument between cutting spending and cutting a lot of spending thats a good place to have that debate. Because i like both of those answers. Okay. Speak or mccarthy is threatened by his right flank calling to vacate the chair. How should he play it . Eventually hes going to have to get democratic votes to pass a Spending Bill. Theres no way around it. He seems to have conceded that publicly. Grudgingly, that is going to produce a revolt in his caucus Congressman Yates will try to oust him as speaker one problem republicans have, though, is theres no logical successor when boehner left paul ryan was someone who establish republicans like conservative republicans they can come together on paul ryan i dont know who that person would be now but maybe he hangs on. We hope and pray for a full recovery for Steve Scalise battling cancer but hes got his health to worry about right now. Your thoughtings on mccarthy how does he play is strategist . Speaker survived 15 votes to get the gavel and had a Debt Ceiling Deal when nobody thought he could do it he may placate go through motions but i have a feeling that at the end of the day hell get the deal done whether it involves a shutdown or not are two different subjects theyll get onboard with something sent to the senate and let that chaos ensue. And then senate will probably what strip it and just sending back. Strip out all of the call policy writers, not stuff thats not strictly spending. I think to the point that mark made a minute ago, you could have had republicans pick one thing to bargain over like border security. And make that the pongt that they wanted to win over in the senate. But they picked so many things that they want to change, it is just impossible to bargain over any one of them. Important to manage they control the house barely and dont control the senate or the white house. Correct this is only onethird of the three signatures you need and so you can set the marker down is a good associating stand point but at the end of the day the president and the Democrat Controlled Senate are going to weigh in and it is going to be a negotiation. So start low and then you can negotiate up from there. Right Drew Litman Gentlemen, fascinating discussion. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Tomorrow Maria Bartiromo has exclusive interviews with how Judiciary Committee jim Jordan SenateJudiciary Committee member mark lee and matt gaetz that airs tomorrow 10 a. M. Eastern, and repeats it 3 p. M. Only on the fox news channel. And fox business you may have heard hosting second republican primary debate this wednesday Special Programming will start with the countdown with larry kudlow 8 30 p. M. Eastern and ilia will moderate and tune in you dont want to miss it. Well mike Tropical Storm ophelia is roaring inland and off the east coast after making landfall in North Carolina. Bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds, and coastal flooding. Nicole valdez is live in norfolk, virginia now with more. Hi, nicole. Reporter hi ish sha nor fox, virginia, is facing a significant flood threat as ofill ya moves north this lowlying coastal city is literally surrounded by rivers and base. So tidal flooding real possibility when you couple that with intense rain bands, well that could spell major trouble but lets first get to some incredible video just in from the u. S. Coast guard showing, an Intense Mission five people rescued off the coast of cape lookout, North Carolina last night. That includes three kids after you look at just those incredibly dangerous waves that happened well we faced strong wind gusts before tomorrow Ophelia Made Land Fall but a State Of Emergency that was put in place yesterday afternoon. And thats when norfolk, city leaders decided to take some big steps to try to minimize that flood threat. They actually closed floodgates that are in place and surround the city especially downtown. And have called in staff to work Pump Stations to help again, try to control the amount of tidal flooding that could start to inundates in and out of the city and opened up Parking Garages telling people move cars to higher ground. Now, there are still damage reports coming in including nearly 14,000 that are now without power. We know some lines in places just near norfolk have alre