Levels good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. Customs and Border Protection releasing new numbers yesterday showing more than 200 30,000 encounters last month. The most for any august on record. Sources confirm to fox news migrant encounters for this fiscal year have surpassed last year which until now was the highest on record. Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to the border today we are told to assess the humanitarian crisis for himself as matters continue to spiral out of control. His and the president s handling of the board it remain under investigation by House Republicans. We have full coverage Mark Meridith alive at the white house on the white house response. Congressman jeff and drew will give his taken moments. But verses go to Griffith Griff jenkinsin what has becomeo for migrant surge, eagle pass, texas, griff . It has come a good evening jon. The Mentoring Crisis you mentioned on full display right here at ground zero. Let me take you to our fox drone and show you the situation we have been seeing before the sun came up. That is migrant crossing the river through the razor wire the state of texas put up and now walking up the riverbank trying to come to get in the custody of Border Patrol agents will they will ultimately be transported and ultimately likely release too. They are coming in droves. Today we have had upwards of a thousand or more migrants passages by our Camera Position right here where we are. They are going through the Dangerous River currents we have had three drownings in three days this week. Just a snapshot of how bad it has been. And the temperatures reaching more than 100 degrees the real feel temperature at one point was 1 107 enforce the Border Patrol and officials to cut that dense razor wire of which there is miles of it because migrants were starting to have It Casualties like Heat Exhaustion in these temperatures. We saw the Agents Cutting the wire texas dps in Texas National guard had put their to let migrants get through but when they began to come through a group of more than 200 include many children, Women Family Units along with single adults were able to make their way through it. Many needing medical attention. We also saw one point a bit of a standoff with Texas National guard on small rafts and boats on the river trying to turn the migrants back. Obviously that did not work. As you see them coming through this wire adding to the surging numbers with no end in sight. You mentioned secretary Alejandro Mayorkas did visit the border today over in mcallen which is not saying the surging numbers we are seeing here and in other places but he was able to meet with the president of honduras to talk about i get things under control. The administration taking action accenting 800 activeduty troops to the Border Giving Temporary Protected Status to nearly half a million venezuelans to try to help them find work. Particularly in cities like new york officials there having Trouble Finding places to house them its not working migrants are continuing to come and droves. Meanwhile finally out here you can see temperatures are still high. Migrants are still coming but there is no sign theres this Anythingbeing Put in placew that it is going to be any different and our sources say there are a lot more migrants on their way here at many a Writing Top Trains bound for the u. S. Jon will send it back to you but. One would think it has to be dispiriting to be a cbp agent right now 10,000 people coming across the border in a week, what is the mood like there . Welt jon thats a great question. And i will be honest with you talking offcamera with these great Men And Women of the Border Patrol they are exhausted. They are overwhelmed. They are overworked in that worry if the government gets shut down they will have to do all of this without a paycheck. Its a very difficult time some commanders worry were getting near a Breaking Point where they say they cannot sustain this for much more, jon . Hats off to them for trying to do the job. Griff jenkins reporting live from southern border and eagle e pass, texas griff thank you. So the white house is playing defense of secretary bidens Border Policies based renewed criticism. Havnow the bite administration s pointing the finger at House Republicans saying they are to blame for the Migrant Swelling at the southern border. Mark meredith live from the white house with more on that. Jon, good evening to you the white house as it is aware of the surge of migrants across the southern border in places like eagle p password griff was just reporting from. They say who is to blame . Not them there point a finger for President Trump and House Republicans. The last administration immigrated the gutted the Immigration System for four years that is what they did. Speaker mccarthy and the republicans in congress continuously, continuously take steps to undermine what is currently happening. Trying to undermine getting Border Security. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy says the caucus is ready, willing, able to take major straps to address and Border Security whats fighting a border wall or adding new restrictions on asylumseekers those are things it would not pass muster Senate Democrats in the white house the speaker is urging his own party to avoid a Government Shutdown next week in order to prevent further chaos at the border. I do not understand that people here. [inaudible] why do the coast guard . Why did they not have to be paid because someone was to throw a fithere . As for the president he has talked much about the border this week he is ready to talk but the ongoing auto strike in the midwest. On tuesday hes going to michigan hell be joining the picket line hey post it is time for a win win agreement that keeps american on a manufacturing thriving with wellpaid uaw jobs for the president making it clear on that message posted on x he is ready to join the picket line. His visit in michigan is going to be brief is there for a few hours on tuesday and then comes just a few hours before from President Trump also makes a stop in the states. Also hes heading out west to california and arizona. While in arizona is going to be giving a speech and with the white house is about ensuring democracy. But again the timing is so important is th the same day the Oversight Committee holds its first impeachment inquiry hearing. Things are heating up in washington mark meredith, thank you. At least 9000 undocumented immigrants walked over the border unchallenged on wednesday alone. Customs and Border Patrol reports more than two and at the return counter so far this fiscal year. That is up 14 from august of 2022. And that 2022 fiscal year was a Record Breaker lets bring a new jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew he is on the House Judiciary Committee. There does not seem to be the appetite at the white house to put a damper on this flow of human beings, why not congressman . There has never been any sense of how urgent the situation is on behalf of the white house. They are totally leaving the borders open for their instructing the Border Patrol to do nothing and i think i know why. Im going to tell the truth person, they would just slide these people in here. They eventually want to give these people the right to vote and they eventually want to increase the Electoral College in their favor. There is no other reason they would do this. It is political and we are in a crisis stage and they cannot walk away from it. Regardless of how many times the president s spokesperson tries to blame republicans or anybody else, we all know that is nonsense for they opened the borders they do not enforce the rule of law they literally have states declared they are century states and sanctuary cities. The cool kids on the blog its really cool to be a century state lets be a century city because that shows we are really good people and now they know what it is about they cannot walk away from it. We must button up these borders it isnt complicated we did it dduring the trump administratio. We can do it again but an amazing amount of terrible amount of harm has been done to this country. One other thing i want to say, jot it just shows you where ththemind is at. They recently found some relics from ukraine that were important to ukraine its wonderful they found them. The only thing mayorkas talk to how great this was its wonderful to Border Patrol by the way it shows the kind of people we have coming across the border and many instances they stole Something Like this. The bottom line in he was more concerned about ukraine and less concerned about the United Unitd States Of America and its security. I will say that ive said it before and said in committee Alejandro Mayorkas should resign. Jon Administration Solution in part is to hand out work permits to tens of thousands of venezuelans who were already in this country what is that going to do . That is crazy. I am arty drafting to put a bill in that would not allow that to happen. That is just another disaster. They are trying to change the entire United States of america. There are some good people trying to get across to but they are doing it the wrong way illegally. But we have chinese nationals, thousands of them coming across. What are they about whats going on . We do not even know who these people are that are coming in but we have people on the chair or watchlist were only catching some of them we are not catching all of them they are coming into our country. This is the greatest National Crisis of our time. Jon i want to change topics briefly and ask you about new jersey senator bob menendez he hails from your states. He has been indicted. He has resisted calls to resign. Is it appropriate for him to resign from the u. S. Senate . I think it would be appropriate. His own party is asking him to resign but that is up to him and hes going to have his day in court. Hopefully the case against him is well presented because last time he was indicted before it was a hung jury for some reason there were some issues there. I think this time he is in more trouble but you know what the bottom line is . This is an opportunity for conservative republican to win in the state of new jersey. I think new jersey has had it. It is been a blue state for a long time i think we are making and roads and people want a real honest broker in the United States senate seat who was really worried about new jersey. Worried about taxes. Worried about Interest Rates the high cost of living, inflation, wwhose worried about illegal immigration and the fact that in new jersey our government declared us make a democrat, declared us a century state. Where are we surprised when folks they were going to go over there they w wanted they are century state. New york city was a Sanctuary City same thing. The bottom line is its time for a change in new jersey. And i think people for the first time in a long time in the state are going to be receptive to that. Is going to be interesting to see what happens with the case of the indicted senator. New jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew thank you for joining us on the fox report. Requested good to be with you. Former president jimmy carter celebrating his 99th birthday a few days early. Making an appearance at the annual pl Plains Peanut festivan georgia with his wife rose on the couples a little hard to see in this black suv, seen in this video its a former president s first public appearance since he entered a Homehomehospice Care Back in fe. After a number of hospital stays carter who is one of six living u. S. Former president is also americas longest lived president. A major twist in texas politics. Dallas mayor eric johnson announced friday hes leaving the Democratic Party and switching to the Republican Party this makes dallas the largest city in the u. S. To be led by a republican. Johnson was elected mayor in 2019 after serving more than a decade as a democrat in the texas House Of Representatives. Here with more on this Christina Coleman. Hi jon. Op ed in the Wall Street Journal the longtime democrat said he is not changing his approach to his job but he is switching parties. He also slammed the lefty said many local democrats insist on Virtue Signaling and it failed to make Public Safety a priority a number of democrat run cities have seen severe Police Officer shortages and spikes in crime following the protest in 2020. Meantime Violent Crime is down in dallas. Dallas mayor eric johnson notes he said no to defend the Police Movement even though activists protested in front of his house for about a week. And the crime starts to take up during the pandemic i said i dont care who gets upset about this. I dont care what activists or socalled leaders said, we were going to prioritize the safety of our people. Texas Democratic Party is firing back against johnsons criticism. They also point out he was reelected as a democratic mayor this year. They said quote given his longstanding affinity with Republican Leaders and ideology like when he cozied up with longtime podcast host ted cruz at his inauguration this year this announcement is neither surprising nor unwelcome. But the voters of dallas deserve to know where he stood before he ran for reelection as mayor hears political strategist shrews take on the mayor switch to the gop. He did just run for reelection as a Prison Inmate so he took advantage of his Party Membership in the city were popular now to 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. Meantime the texas Republican Party welcomed johnson tweeting his tenure as mayor has been marked by fighting hard to lower Property Taxes and fully funding dallas pd. Jon interesting, Christina Coleman thanks. A horrifying incident and the florida neighborhood as a massive alligator is spotted dragging a human body in its jaws. Authorities put the gator down but are still trying to identify the body. Steve harrigan reports. Jon, this all happened on friday in largo, Florida Small Town just outside of tampa were a lot of residents are used to seeing alligators four or 5foot alligators a in nearby park or lake. They have never seen anything like this. This time it was a 14foot long alligator. And in it as it moved through the canal appeared to be half of a human corpse that raised alarm throughout the neighborhood. Some people want to the Fire Department for help. Others began rolling video. I was going to a Job Interview and i always look to the lake for fish and stuff and i spotted a Gator Prettiness antibody in its mouth its lower torso once i saw that it went ran to the Fire Department and got them. They confirmed it was a body all caps thinking about were these the kids to go to school behind me they come to school this way every single day perverts florida fish and Wildlife Officers arrived on the scene they managed to pull the mammoth alligator out onto land for this shot it several times and killed it. We heard all of the sirens in that. I came out to see what was going on. A lot of my neighbors told me there is a gator attack. It had snatched somebody up from the sidewalk and taken into the canal. And then i was out there and heard a gunshot. I assume thats when he killed the