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For a long time, and there's a growing bipartisan consensus. the cartels need to be redefined as a national security threat, not just a law enforcement problem for the united states. that redesignation would really give with us tools and a range of understanding about the cartels as an international problem that we haven't been facing now. that all came up when the attorney general, merrick garland, every thed. this is a major problem in international relations, and we have to treat it that way -- eric: you just -- >> the state department where i served has never really used the cartel problem...

Didn't demonstrate hostile intent. decision allowed the military to collect intel using u2 spy planes. >> gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilities existed on the balloon and what kind of transmission capabilities existed and i think you will see in the future that time frame was well worth its value to collect. >> the work here continues as you see the boats out here which could be weeks, a process that could take weeks out here. >> harris: thank you very much. joni ernst of iowa, member of the senate armed services committee, will be in "focus...

Repeat felons, the continued demonization of law enforcement, and the unmitigated disaster that has been bail reform. it's a horrific consequence. we sought 20,000 murders in 2020, the first time we have seen that number so i since the mid-90s. the american public is fed up. a recent fox business poll said 27% of americans believe violent crime is a major problem in this country, and they are right, and it needs to stop. when he startled and criminals accountable, make sure that we are giving police officers the tools they need to do the job. >> gillian: let's talk about crime in the heartland...

Methamphetamines, which are killing our sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, flooding into this country. the biden administration has created this problem. they need to recognize it and start following existing law so we don't have to sue them all the time, to get them to just do the right thing and enforce the law as it is. >> mike: we have had reporting teams on the texas-mexico border all year. you are obviously a border state. i want to put on the screen the numbers from the yuma sector, really stunning numbers. fiscal year 2021, 1777 contacts. fiscal year 2022, 44,000 512. an increase ...

Protecting hardworking taxpayers of this country. >> mike: i had the president of the national border patrol counsel on last hour. let's play this clip about the cartel problem. >> criminal cartels do not fear law enforcement. what they fear his policy. they fear if they're going to be prosecuted. they fear if mpp will be brought back, because then they can't go into countries and advertise their services and make billions of dollars off of our policies. >> mike: attorney general brnovich, your thoughts on that comment? >> one of the reasons why we sued president biden over the interim and non...