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tells lawmakers about the day her two sons died from an accidental fentanyl overdose. >> law enforcement made it clear to me that this fentanyl came from mexico. i didn't know what fentanyl was. i didn't know what narcan was, i didn't know people were dying, i didn't know my boys were taking anything that could kill them. they didn't think they were either, but the government knew. the government has known for years and years and you talk about children being taken away from their parents. my person were taken away from me. this should not be politicized, this was not an overdose, this was murder. this is a war, act like it. do something. >> ashley: so tough to hear her testimony, but just last year 50 million fentanyl pills were seized at the southern border.
elise stefanik as chairperson, we find out the human cost of deciding to leave the border open. here's rebecca keys ling, she lost two sons to fentanyl and here is how her life has been affected. >> law enforcement made it clear to me that this fentanyl came from mexico. came from our southern border i didn't know what fentanyl was. i didn't know what narcan was. i didn't know that people were dying. i didn't know that my boys were taking anything that could kill them. they didn't think that they were either but the government knew. the government's known for years and years. you talk about you talk about children being taken away from their parents? my children were taken away from me this should not be politicized. this was not an overdose. this was murder. my children got fake percocets that were fentanyl. there was no percocet in it at all. this is a war.
they think they are getting xanax and it's fentanyl. it's just really sad. but, good for her for having the courage. that's a tough thing going to watch and speaking in front of legislators. i am honing it changes the tone of this debate. we hear a lot about the illegals coming across the border. they don't want to tell you that the same people that are helping the illegals come across the border are the same people bringing the fentanyl across the border. you can't separate the two. >> ainsley: here's the thing. this could happen to any of our children. they go to college. they are at a party. someone hands them some sort of a drug. even if they are a great kid they have never done a drug before, and all their friends are taking it. they say it's a pain killer or whatever. it's a ritalin. >> lawrence: calm them down. >> ainsley: take it and this happens. this woman had to bury two children. i mean, i don't even know how she is able to speak in front of congress but i applaud her for doing that because now she is saving other lives, hopefully. >> brian: also coming across the
information in mortgage application. the trial is slated to start this november. and it really was a heart-breaking hearing on the hill. mom lost her two sons to fentanyl begs the government to do something. >> todd: her dramatic plea next. >> you're welcoming drug dealers across our border. you're giving them protection, you're not protecting our children. this is a war. act like it. do something. your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. with the money we saved, we thought we'd try electric unicycles. whoa! careful, babe! saving was definitely easier. hey babe, i think i got it! it's actually... whooooa! ok, show-off! help! oh! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪
because i'm so angry at him that he did this. i don't know what happened. >> lawrence: they were really chipping at his credibility, brian. >> brian: see what is going to happen now. it's going to be a road trip soon. meanwhile, 16 minutes after the hour. i was talking to lawrence before the show. ainsley she doesn't like to talk before the show. >> ainsley: i don't like them. all a show on air. i don't talk to anybody] sighs] >> brian: saying so maddening to talk about the border. so correctable and fixable and not trying. the subplot beyond it is what is going on with fentanyl on the border. chronicled it, starts in china. goes over to mexico. drawn up there in small towns in mexico cut up and sent across the border. we apprehend what we apprehend. we grab what we grab whether tires or trunks. it's only a fraction of what is actually streaming through. and the real life cost yesterday, not only do we find out the northern border was a problem as the homeland security committee met in public with
act like it. do something. >> ainsley: her sons were 18 and 20 years old. they died in 2020. their names were caleb and kyler, it sounds like they took these drugs together they died at once together. >> brian: percocet is a pain pill. >> lawrence: second time i heard a story like this. i was telling ainsley i interviewed a mother in indiana who lost her sons 10 years apart to fentanyl. and it just shows you that the crisis getting even worse. even worse. it's one thing to have politicians and experts take the stand. it's another to have a grieving mother that lost two sons talk about it. and she is exactly right. i don't understand the democrats on this issue. it is something that you can rally. gives you the political cover you need to take a stance on it. it's not like these people are only dying in republican states. they are dying in democrat states as well. the fentanyl could hit their family members. a lot of these people don't know what they're taking.