[bleep] [bleep] [bleep] panama. Theres no better way to kick off jeds oneyear wedding anniversary than rocking 0 it a little van halen. I know this song. I didnt know they were saying panama. Animal, thats what i thought. Animal . This is the David Lee Roth heyday. A child of the 80s, van halen. I may or may not have had a lot of van halen posters in my bedroom. Animal. I always do that. I think i know the song and im sipping it and my husband is like, those are all the wopping words. Email us. What song did you think said one thing your quhoal lif your wheen you grow up and find out it says something different. The Jesse Smollett case, griff you should break it down for us. For our viewers just walking up, the Jesse Smollett case, a great actor on the empire show if you watch that. This began at the end of january when smollett claims he was attacked by two men using racial slur, doused him in bleach, put a noose around his neck. Well police were investigating it. Now they took two nigerian men into custody, one of which may have had a part in that show as an extra in the empire show. They requested them, picke quesd on wednesday night. And Police Issued a statement that has many believing that smolletts story may be falling apart. Heres the latest statement from the Chicago Police department. It says, we can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the expire case has shifted the trajectory of the investigation. Weve reached out to the empire cast Members Attorney to request a followup attorney. Smolletts attorneys put a statement out then to Entertainment Weekly that says as a victim of hate crime who has cooperated with the police Jesse Smollett is aing ire anged devastatedevastated that by thes that the perpetrators are people he know of. Nothing is further from the truth. And anyone claiming otherwise is lying. So we have a lot of new details this morning. I think the key to the change in this case is the police in chicago are no longer considering Jesse Smollett a victim. They changed him. Hes not a victim. What exactly happened they dont know. The New York Post is jumping ahead saying its a hoax. Were getting new details that they think the nigerian men they have a receipt where he bought the stuff at the ace hardware. He was a victim of attack but he still had his subwa subway sand. We adopt know wha dont know. Some in media were honorable saying hold, this is an allegation. Lets let the Chicago Police do their job. But once again as happened with the covington situation, you have a lot of people saying that he was telling the truth, making judgments about trump. The things being said were racist and homophobic and wer we referencing maga. When theres something about maga and trump, theres a rush from the media because they quantity to make the connection. Be cautious about that. Your credibility is on the line when you that. Let me play for our viewers who may have forgotten. It was jesses own statements that captured a lot of peoples attention. Who says [bleep] [bleep] empire this maga country, ties a noose around your neck and pours bleach on you. This is just a friendly fight . I will never be the man that this did not happen to. I am forever changed. And i dont subscribe to the idea that everything happens for a reason but i do scribe to the right that we have the right and the responsibility to make something meaningful out of the things that happen to us, good and bad. Thats a powerful recounting of a terrible situation if indeed it happened. However it is a class four felony to knowingly file a false police report. The chicago fox station is reporting that the two brothers, nigerian men, they told cops that the star paid them to orchestrate the attack. We dont know. Its been fishy at the beginning. A lot of people looked sideways at that, middle of the night in chicago, bleach, noose, a small scrap, you got away, kept your sandwich. And you want to to believe victims a the first. He doesnt turn over his phone records. He took 13 days, finally he hands them over and he hands them over redacted. The police were saying, if we want to find these people, this wont hold up in criminal court. You need to show us the records. Can we look at the network News Coverage. Abc news, 52 minutes, 38 seconds, cbs news 13 minutes, 47 seconds, total, 101 minutes 22 seconds on a case where we didnt know what happened yet. Give it a minute. Let people investigate. We have seen this with kavanaugh, covington, smollett, a rush to judgment, they put the narrative out there before they have the facts and so many people in media have to walk it back. So many people on another network made the same mistake with covington and now they have to walk it back and apologize. The best case you could at the time is to say this is what were hearing, we dont know yet. Well followup when we have more information thats what reporters do. In the case of covington, there was some confusion as to how the whole conversation transpired and then the moment we all saw, the video. In this case what the splig Police Department puts on record, what they say about the information is going to be the deciding factor. We have not yet confirmed all of the facts that some of the chicago media is reporting. But were going to find out. And thats going to be very telling. Whats the Common Thread in all of these cases, maga, make America Great again. Hi think its a violent trump supporter doing something racist. You walk it back, its more complicated, maybe not true but the media jumps on it and creates a cultural case. Its democrats running for president. Look at what they said, senator Kamala Harris right ie way called it an attempted modern day lynches, nancy pelosi an affront to our media. So now you have highlevel democrats these are people who are supposed to be considered credible, theyre running for president many of them, and they right out of the gate feel comfortable enough to make those judgments and not be held comfortable if that information comes back and negate what they said. Its amazing. If you look closely, you can see the date. January 29 and january 30th is when those democrats see that right there . The date . They immediately reacted without giving the police the time to tell us what happened. Cory booker said the same thing by the way, modern day lynching on january 29th or 30th. Everybody take a breath. Lets find out what happened. Social media doesnt happen with that because Everyone Wants to the first to the story. Nobody knows. Give the investigation a case and when we find out the information, feel free to comment on it and then make your opinion heard. Dont lose your credibility. You know whos shaking in his boots right now . Jesse smollett. Well bring you the facts. His lawyer put the statement out saying nothing could be further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise that jesse set this up is lying. Heres the thing, hes on the hook possibly for a class four felony, however if hes questioned again and lies in that questioning, hes going to expose himself to other charges. We also have joe biden running for president calling america an embarrassment. Thats a teez. Tease. Well talk about it. Headlines coming to you. Patrick shanahan is reviewing programs to scale back to fund the border wall. Reports show he will likely redirect 3. 6 million from the budget. President trump declared a National Emergency to get the wall get. Secretary snahan will hold meetings this week to determine how to pay for it. A Community Gathers to remember five victims shot and killed at a manufacturing plant in illinois. Among those killed, a 21yearold intern on his first day of work. The other victims have been identified. Authorities say the suspect, gary martin, was about to be fired when he went on a shooting rampage. Martin was a convicted felon and had the gun illegally. He died in a shoot outwith the police. Senator Bernie Sanders on the verge of another president ial run. The independent recorded a Campaign Video launching a 2020 bid. It is unclear if or when the video would be released. Sander would join an already crowded field of democrats running for president. Former fox correspondent pat has died. He suffered a stroke. He was instrumental in jimmy carters president ial campaign in the 70s. And he also advised joe biden and former trump strategist steve bannon. Caddell was 68 years old. He wasnt a talking points guy. I had so many conversations with him on and off the off. He was ra great thinking. We need more people like him. He was such a gentleman. He was. Pleasure working with him. It was something special. Outside the box guy. Never know exactly where he was coming from. Thats how i like it. Democrats dismissing trumps National Emergency at the border. Simply no emergency. Its unquestionable not a National Emergency. All hands on deck to refute this president. Our next guest is a border chief overseeing one of the most active legal crossing errors and hes taking the media to task. You dont want to miss it. Instead of pressing her on our policies, reporters now picking out Kamala Harris outfits. Thats journalism on true display. We will bring it to you. Get used it to. Were going to confront the National Security crisis on our southern border and were going to do it one way or the other. Whether its 8 billion or 2 billion or 1. 5 billion its going to build a lot of walls. Were getting it done. We have an invasion of guns, people and its unacceptable. President trump declaring a National Emergency over the border wall but a New Washington postop ed declaring theres no crisis an. Joining us to react is the acting chief Border Patrol agent, the del rio sector, one of the most active legal crossing areas of the border. Chief, thank you for joining us. I appreciate you coming on. I communicated some with you when i was covering the last caravan but i want to get your thoughts. We have this oped and some other evidence of the media thing that this isnt a crisis. How does that settle with you . Well, good morning, tbrif and thankgriff,and thanks for havin. I can speak to the reality that were dealing on our 209 miles of border in south texas. October 1st of 2016 our arrest2018, ourarrests have dou. Qurng with that is alien alienst are parents one child and multiple, those are up 400 . When we talk about the numbers, they may be lower than what we saw in the early 20 2000s. The challenge that we deal with now, its completely different population. Rather than single adult males primarily from mexico 18 years ago, now were dealing with family units from central america. We goa we got it on the scre, 304 increase. I certainly saw it. But we got some news out of mexico and for whatever reason the u. S. Media doesnt want to report as much it seems. But the governor of the state which is the one that was in charge deported a handful of people confirming in an interview in Mexican Press that there were multiple understand stances of ms13 gang members mix into that caravan. Does that concern you . It certainly does, whether its specifically ms13 or even criminal aliens in those groups. We see people like that. We see ones who have had criminal records, been in this country before and been removed. The previously removed aliens are a concern. Last week we arrested somebody here crossing the border that had a prior conviction for murder and had been removed from the United States. So we know thats a concern when were talking with any group but certainly when we talk about large groups, its an added concern. Let me ask you as i asked all of the chiefs and i get the pleasure and honor of working with, i say, what do you need, if you could have resource to continue to do your job better, what would you prefer to have . For us we have some frur along our border, within the 20. Ive only got a little over four miles of any type of fencing. So that fru infrastructure, wher its the physical barriers, its the patrol roads to go with it to allow our agents to move. The infrastructure and even stations in the physical facilities we need to get the job done. Adding to that we need more technology. The camera systems and the technology that we have, as great as it is, theres an opportunity to increase that. And most importantly the, the most important part of the equation is the personnel. Manpower. Chief, were almost out of time here. Thank you for joining us and thank you to the men and women of the Border Patrol keeping our border safe. Youre more than welcome. California firefighters saving a dogs life using cpr. This morning its inspired us to learn how to save a pets life. Some on the left now slamming Trump Supporters for backing the wall. Have the attacks on the right hit a new low. We debate coming up next. The 37 of people who believe whatever donald trump is going to say, theyre gone. Theyre lost. Theyre zombies now. Hearthealthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . California walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Great tasting, hearthealthy california walnuts. So simple, so good. Get the recipes at walnuts. Org. The company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100 online. Now weve created a brand new way for you to sell your car. 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While the southern border may seem far away and distant, this crisis is real and a potential threat to every american, including alaskans. The offer comes as some governors pull their troops from the southern border. Pete . I must say well done. Media outlets slamming President Trump for declaring a National Emergency. Some saying the move proved he was unfit for office. But one msnbc guest took it way further than that. The 37 to 40 of people who believe whatever donald trump is going to say, theyre gone. Theyre lost. Theyre zombies now. So we have to ou cauterize the wound and worry about the people that arent infected yet. Here to debate, former Tucson Police officer brandon tat an td antwon. Ie start with you. Why cant Trump Supporters be human . Well they can. I would not have used the same words perhaps as the msnbc guest, no disrespect to him were no hits on him. At the end of the day, i think whats consistent is the fact that no one will disagree with the fact that president Trump Supporters are very loyal. I think they drank the cool aide ancool aidand theyre drunk on. I think he said if he went down the street, whatever they said during the course of the am pain, they would be with him. He has followers that are loyal to him. Is antwon being a bit too generous . This is what ill say, were not loyal to President Trump. Were loyal to america and President Trump is defending america. And as long as hes defending america and doing whats right, well stand by those principles. Its simple and plain. Thats a fair point. Trump supporters would say if he was doing the wrong things ultimately we wouldnt be with him. But he oo hes fight in way no e has. Can you acknowledge that . If you look at some of the rhetoric and some of the maif your that comes from this president and you think h hes doing fsh america. Proamerica agenda. That doesnt mean i agree with everything that the president does and says. And if you dont call him out for the things he does wrong or the things he say that is wrong, you and i both have a problem. Its not a matter of calling him out for whats wrong or right. The bottom line is this. Were talking about the emergency that hes ordered. Were talking about border security. Were talking about the things that hes been able to accomplish for america. Give me an example of something thatthat hes done thats antiamerican. Some of the language he uses. Jesse smollett, the actor who made accusations about an attack on him a number of weeks ago by maga supporters yelling racist and home foapic things. This morning were hearing that the Chicago Police no longer consider him a victim. Theyre getting new evidence that may allege that this was not an attack at all, may be orchestrated by a couple f people he knew. Brandon, your reaction . Racism in this country is dying. People like myself are literally trying to pull the plug but the left wants to revive racism every chance you get. Oh my goodness, brandon. This is a fake faux outrage paid by a man. Why do you have to pay to create it . That man should be ashamed of himself. He should be ashamed of himself for what hes doing representing his family and people on his side of the aisle. We dont know what happened yet. But so many people, including democratic president ial candidates jumped in right away saying this is a