>> shannon: all right, peter doocy live at the white house for us. thank you, peter. there are new reports tonight of sexual abuse in one of the government-run facilities for migrants along the southern border. this comes as we hear new figures of just how many children are being held at such centers. correspondent alex hogan is in haldago, texas tonight. >> disturbing reports from a center housing 2 kids in immigrant facilities. calling for investigation calling for reports of knelt and sexual abuse inside a facility in san antonio not specifying when the alleged misconduct took place. >> the administration failed to plan for the influx of children that they invited to come. now they face allegations of despicable child abuse and neglect. this must end. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas made a visit to the border when closed off to the press. texas democratic congresswoman diana escobar called it a listening session. >> the biden administration has to very quickly ramp up. i have been in close communication with hhs officials. >> the northern triangle

peter doocy from the white house tonight. peter, thank you. president biden is coming under heavy criticism tonight for the racial overtones of his comments about georgia's election law. that criticism comes amid the growing outrage in the state and elsewhere over the loss of the major league baseball all-star game. correspondent steve harrigan is in atlanta for us tonight. >> president biden's choice of words to describe georgia's election law is drawing ire from republicans. >> the president has made a very serious accusation. he has said everybody who believes in having an i.d., showing an i.d. before you vote is a racist. >> biden's rhetoric hearkens back to the days of the segregated south. >> these new jim crow laws are just antithetical to who we are. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham says he has heard enough. >> i think it's cheap. i think it's sick for the president of the united states, joe biden, who has been a friend for years to say that what they are doing in georgia is jim crow .0. >> jim crow was a pejorative term for af

peter doocy at the white house for us. a behind-the-scenes view of the humanitarian crisis along the southern border. fox news gets an exclusive right along with the national border patrol council and a delegation led by house republican, steve scalise, the see the challenges border agents are facing. alex hogan has the story for us tonight from mission texas. >> footsteps in the dark come of the last leg of a trip migrants hope will lead to a new life. >> across hundreds and hundreds through here. >> fox news on an exclusive right along with border patrol joining a congressional thumb delegation. chris la brea said in 20 years he's never seen this many crossings. >> i mean when february ended and we thought that was rough, march out did it by a long shot. >> in march, 172,000 migrants made the journey, not without violence or injury on the road. >> not too far from here we found a young boy that had died of exposure from heat exhaustion eight years old. >> planning for the worst, according to agent some girls bring the mo

peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. >> but even, john. as president biden tries to show people how many progressive projects are possible while democrats control the white house and both houses of congress, republicans are starting to try to figure out which counterpoints work and which don't. >> i would like to meet those who have ideas that are different, that think are better. >> but has president biden back that up? >> for three months income of the actions of the president and his party or pulling us further and further apart. >> let's check the record of the first 100 days. president biden introduced a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. >> jobs and infrastructure like the ones we are talking about. they have often had bipartisan support in the past. pick up but the party so cannot agree with what counts as infrastructure. >> they won't even build bridges to build bridges. >> president biden is also proposing a $1.8 trillion plan for education and child care. >> we also need to make a once in a generation investment in our families and

get bret. >> bret: in a moment peter doocy on the north lawn. customs border saying they 171,000 migrants in march expoemly up month over month year over year according to new preliminary data. associated press poll indicates large scale disapproval of the way president biden is handling the surgeon. 40% of those surveyed disapproved of his response. just 24% approve. the influx is providing smugglers opportunity to sneak more illegal drugs across the border. correspondent alex hogan reports front mcallen, texas. >> surging numbers of migrants at the u.s.-mexico border. thousands in search of a new life in america. >> hopefully the u.s. government can help us. >> border agencies say the massive influx of foot traffic means fewer eyes on securing the border. so far into the year along the rio grande valley the law enforcement administration has already seized 28,000 pounds of marijuana, more than 800 pounds of cocaine, 75 pounds of heroin, and more that i know 4,000 pounds of meth. more troubling is the increase of fentanyl. >> the seizures of fe

bret. >> bret: peter doocy, maskless on the north lawn. peter, thanks. up next, we will take you to an old gold rush town in california that may be experiencing a new gold rush. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 35 in orlando as florida lawmakers sign off on a controversial elections bill that would make it harder for voters to cast ballots by mail. republican lawmakers backed away from more stringent proposals contained in earlier versions of that measure. democrats insist it will put up barriers to voting. wdrb in louisville dubai owns one of the favorites for saturday's kentucky derby. but he is accused of violating human rights and orchestrating the disappearance of his own daughter. a group of lawyers and students asked derby organizers to bar the sheikh and his horse, essential quality, from the race. that request was denied. and this is a live look at cleveland from our affiliate fox 8, one of the big stories there tonight the second evening of the nfl draft. did you see this last night? it

white house correspondent peter doocy takes a look. >> as the president prepared for easter at camp david. >> i hope y'all have a good weekend. >> you too. >> i'm looking forward to it. [laughter] >> border officials are braising for as many as 184,000 unaccompanied minors crossing the border by the end of the year. >> we're going to surpass the numbers from back in 2019? gloria chavez el paso border patrol chief released video of two toddlers being dropped over the border wall there week and shares photo of the 3 and 5-year-old girls being given snacks. this is why she went public. >> so that the parents that are actually conducting this type of arrangement with criminal organizations, these people don't care about their well-being. >> at the white house, officials are still hoping to break through with a message don't come now. >> that is a sliver of what our efforts are and we don't feel that simply telling people with more psas not to come that that is going to be the only way to reduce the number of people who are taking the journey. >> but there are also diplomatic conversations wit

white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight. >> the vice presidents effort to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the country today a chat with the president of guatemala virtually. >> i am honored to meet with you and look forward to traveling to guatemala and meeting with you in person and currently our plan is to come there in the month of june. >> taken that zoom call from her office and still has not been to the border but says that she wants to. >> yes, we are working on the plan to get there, we have to deal with covid issues. >> not preventing from traveling to other states, so way is this different? >> i would have to ask your team about that specifically but i would tell you all so that her focus is not on the border it's on addressing the root causes in the northern triangle. >> republican critics aren't buying that. >> that's the excuse that this demonstration is going to use. and look at her, she has been jet-setting around this country going to all the different blue states talking about this infrastructure plan and everything else. so no, this is not

white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. >> the fed say they know they spend most of the last year telling people what they can to do because of covid and that today is the beginning of a process where they will start to tell people what they think they can do. but it's going to be a slow process. >> i urge all americans, don't let up now, keep following the guidance. >> the new guidance is that the government no longer believes that mouths and noses need to be covered for certain outdoor activities. >> getting together with friends, going to a park for the picnic without needing to mask up, we are back to that place now as long as you get vaccinated. >> and that's a break from joe biden last summer. >> every single american should be wearing a mask when they are outside for the next three months at minimum. >> but still some fine print about masks in the open era. >> if you are in a crowd like a stadium or in a conference or a concert, you still need to wear a mask even if you are outside. >> recommendations for indoor mask wearing remain

peter doocy live on the north lawn. thanks. u.s. authorities at the border are releasing some migrant families without notices to appear in court or without any paperwork at all. and we have disturbing new video tonight showing smugglers dropping young children over the tall border wall at one point. this evening we talk with a police chief who says he has never seen anything like this. correspondent casey stegall reports tonight from eagle pass, texas. >> heart-stopping images captured by cbp cameras, smugglers tossing two small children over the 14-foot wall ton u.s. soil near el paso. agents rescued 3 and 5-year-old sisters from ecuador who suffered no major injuries. >> sometimes that's a criminal element, that bad element attach itself to these people who are just seeking a better place to live. >> with federal agents swamped, local police find themselves being pulled away from their normal duties and responding to migrant related calls. like this eagle pass hotel room that was being used by the cartels as a stash house. >> he

>> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn, peter, thanks. as mentioned south carolina republican senator tim scott will deliver that response. he is expected to argue the president's proposals are just too extreme. and he will say america's best future won't come from washington schemes or socialist dreams. here is congressional correspondent jackie heinrich. >> republicans, democrats, people all over the country have been very kind and encouraging. thank god for there is unity in our diversity. >> republican senator tim scott is expected to make the case that democrat plans are too radical, expensive, and harmful to economic growth. but he will do it through his own story of the american dream. a black man, who grew up poor in a single parent household, and struggled in school, scott represents the same minority and underserved communities democrats prioritize with sweeping legislative overhauls. but scott has said before conservatives free market principles are the fastest way to change. >> under president trump's economy, we literally saw

but we begin with white house correspondent peter doocy who asked that question live from the north lawn. >> i had a chance to ask president biden this afternoon who did speak supportively of moving the baseball all-star game out of georgia whether or not all sporting events in that state, now that they got a new voting law are created equal. >> do you think the masters golf tournament should be moved out of georgia? >> i think that's up to the masters. you know, it is reassuring to see that for-profit operations and businesses are speaking up about how these new jim crow laws are just antithetical to who we are. i think that's a very tough decision for a corporation to make. >> and the white house claims they are not supporting cancer culture. >> we are not standing here and calling for companies to boycott. >> as president biden promote a vaccine, vice president harris took the lead selling the infrastructure package in chicago. >> joe biden is very serious. about being probably the most prolabor president we have ever had. >> now the democrat most outspoken about his skepticism of the