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will do what we need to do, and that is change the law, add some funding, put the funding in the right places. i see that they're crossing the border fence there. put money for i.c.e. so we can deport people when they don't meet the asylum criteria. griff: yeah. and, congressman, you said such an important thing a moment ago, and that is addressing the pull factors. my sources tell me, and mayorkas did not deny it in his interview with bret, that more than 70% of the migrants being encountered every day are being released after not meeting the credible fear threshold. so that means they're not coming for the asylum reasons, they're coming for economic reasons. the giant caravan making its way through mexico now carrying a banner that says -- [speaking spanish] free us from poverty, they're coming for economic reasons, and they're getting released. would you point to that as one of the main if things that has to change, the mass release
the massive lead. haley and desantis have been all over iowa and both on fox news with town halls with bret and martha. and governor desantis in particular has really made iowa a priority for him and visited all 99 counties in the state here and neil, you interviewed him last hour and slammed the door on the idea that he would be somebody else's vp. take a listen. >> well, i can tell you, i am not going to accept that under any circumstances. you know, i'm running for president. >> really? >> because i think we need somebody that can win, and get the job done. but i would much rather do my final two years as governor, 2025 and 26 than be vice-p vice-president. >> neil, it was interesting, you also asked governor desantis would he may be consider nikki haley as his vp candidate and he slammed the door on that and highly unlikely because he doesn't feel that she's conservative enough.
>> bret: finally tonight, today's throwback. >> the great society asked not how much but how good. [applause] >> 59 years ago today, 1965, president lyndon b. johnson delivered a state of the union address. johnson declared his vision for the so-called great society. pledged to redouble his war on poverty. almost all the great society legislation was eventually passed into law. critics note in many ways lbj's led to much higher deficits and massive expansion of government. tomorrow on "special report," we have got our common ground segment about veterans affairs and all the news. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts now. ♪ ♪ >> judge jeanine: i'm judge gentleman green pirro in for laura ingraham and this is a
or visit leaffilter.com today. ♪ fill gill welcome back. finally tonight, we're doing something a little different because it's 15 years ago today that bret baier hosted his first ever "special report" as the show's permanent anchor. we are going to take a look back now at some of bret's most memorable moments in a very special edition.
today's throw back. >> 8,000 feet moving at a speed of 17 miles per hour. we are near our terminal velocity at this point in time we should be on the ground. >> bret: 20 years ago today nasa operators broke out in celebration as they learned that an exploration rover known as spirit landed on mars. >> the rover launched june 10th, 2003. study the chemical physical composition of the planet's surface and search for any signs of possible life there. they didn't find any, and the search continues. tomorrow on "special report," top house republicans uniting around former president trump. we will give you the list. also tee up the iowa caucuses. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" startle now. ♪ ♪ >> pete: i'm pete hegseth in for laura ingraham. and this is a special edition of
shot of coffee for me in the morning. loved having you boat. thank you so much as we get ready to go to iowa. off to the races in 2024. thank you jim and josh. >> bill: fox news we have three town halls. we broke this news yesterday beginning on monday with nikki haley, tuesday with ron desantis, both of those happen at 6:00 eastern time. and then on wednesday donald trump is at 9:00 p.m. eastern time and bret and martha will moderate all three. we have that beginning next week and we head to iowa. special edition of "america's newsroom." just about every day, right? starting on sunday, the day before on the 14th. we'll be there live on monday morning and monday night and tuesday morning to follow all the movements from -- >> dana: i will barn storm iowa. that's what i'm going to do. >> bill: take that barn. >> dana: i'm taking it back. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: the new york knicks guard missed the mark at madison
for this white house. and whether democrats blame him, certainly republicans do. and i think you are also seeing democratic mayors and democrats who are otherwise supporters of president biden also growing frustrated as these migrants are landing in their cities. >> bret: kimberley, a couple times the secretary went back to need republicans to act, congress to act. these numbers were not there in the trump administration. they specifically turned around a number of different policies, including remain in mexico. including no catch and release. including, you know, specific border wall enhancements. even though the trump administration didn't enhance it that much. but your thoughts on what you heard? >> well, i mean, you played that clip, bret, which i think is so important of joe biden inviting people to the country. everyone remembers. this regardless of what they are now saying in terms of statistics or what the secretary claims to not know or know,
going to happen. >> dana: that's true. >> jesse: what did he say? >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now it doesn't look
and we're now waiting the release of even more documents. correspondent nate foy is tracking the fallout in new york city tonight. good evening, nate. >> hey, bret. the second round of unsealed documents could drop at any moment. but, as we wait for that, here's what we know so far about the expwrassed finance year and the powerful people he associated with the documents unveil more about jeffrey epstein's social orbit. former president bill clinton is mentioned nearly 50 times in the documents, including by epstein accuser joanna sjoberg. asked by a lawyer during a deposition, quote: did jeffrey ever talk to you about bill clinton. sjoberg spawned quote he said one time clinton likes them young, referring to girls. clinton is described as having a close personal relationship with epstein but a clinton spokesperson tells fox news the two spoke almost 20 years ago. sjoberg also claims she visited former president donald trump's