texas governor greg abbott became the latest to demand vaccine mandates even in private businesses. the reaction from the white house was predictable. >> governor abbott believes in federal rules, why did he do this? >> politics. >> can you elaborate? >> it is clear when you make a choice against all public health information and data out there that it is not based on what is in the interests of the people your governing but in the interest of your own politics. >> when given the choice between freedom and tyranny corporate america is increasingly opting for the latter as long as they can still make money. three of the largest companies in texas, ibm, american airlines and southwest are ignoring governor abbott and following president biden on the vaccine mandates saying they have no choice but to comply. >> never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of amended. i'm not in favor of that, never have been but the executive order from president biden mandates that all federal employees, and all federal contractors which covers all the major airlines have to have a mandate.

. >> governor abbott knows that federal rules supersede state rules. why did he do this? >> politics. it's pretty clear and you make a choice against all public health information and data out there. it's not based on the interest of the people you are governing. it's in the interest of your own politics. >> laura: when given the choice between freedom and tyranny corporate america is opting for the latter. 3 of the largest companies in texas, ibm, american airlines and southwest are ignoring governor greg abbott and following biden on the vaccine mandate saying they have no choice but to comply. >> i have never been in favor of corporations imposing that mandate. never have been. but the executive order from president biden mandates that all federal employees and contractors which covers all of the major airlines have to have a mandate. >> laura: he is not for the mandate but feel like he has to comply. not some raging liberal. joining me the texas lt. governor dan patrick. what is happening here? are they caught between a rock and a hard place or was there a way to list

abbott's speech was the latest casualty of canceled culture in academia and he talked about this, the chilling effect and this kind of atmosphere of free speech being squelched on tucker carlson today. >> what you do for a living does not intersect with american politics or cultural transfer? >> nothing. in fact to me this sort of science is supposed to be a secret garden where you can retreat from all of those types of activities. over the last 5-10 years, everything has been introduced into the science. there's been a politicized nation of science. if only a few of us are standing up and asserting principles of academic freedom, maybe we can turn the tide. >> will: joining me now is keith whittington, princeton politics professor and academic freedom alliance chair. thank you so much for being with me tonight. let me ask you this, professor abbott has been canceled now for a speech at mit, i believe he's also suffered cancellation at uc berkeley. what is it that he has said that is so controversial that students simply cannot tolerate? >> he just spoke out about affirmative action p

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. >> this area is where we enforce the tax that governor abbott has launched. a state violation. >> in charge of long star. tell me what your instructions are with this mission. >> the texas national guard supporting law enforcement partners, mobilizing additional personnel, equality and capabilities under governor abbott to deal with this crisis. >> how bad is it? >> we are at an inflection point because we are out of illegal immigration, mass migration is you have seen with the caravan in del rio. >> reporter: we heard there's another wave of migrants, are we prepared to handle that with the current resources we have? >> hard to say if you are prepared when you talk about 60,000, that's a tall feet, however we are continuing to mobilize additional personnel, equipment and capabilities well in the thousands. we are ready for this. jillian: a live report in the next hour of "fox and friends first," so stay tuned. >> federal is court rejecting the latest attempt to undo the legislation, the third time since october of last year, we will get an answer, the appeal

governor greg abbott banning any covid 19 vaccine mandate in the lone star state, signing an executive order for pivoting employers from pressuring texans with medical religious exemptions get key shot. also authorizing maximum fines for any entity that fails to comply writing, quote, the covid 19 vaccine is safe, effective at our best defense against the virus but should remain voluntary and never forced. todd: the afghan interpreter who helped rescue president biden after an emergency helicopter landing finally states the taliban controlled country, he was among the government employees who drove the group to safety during the blizzard. he pleaded for help after being stranded following the us withdrawal. the purple heart recipient with the arizona national guard joined us next hour to discuss the successful rescue mission. >> today a wyoming corner will give an update on gabby petito's final autopsy report at a new york, broke -- can ground in grand teton national forest. her death was initially ruled a homicide. the final autopsy is expected to include the time and cause of death.

reporting in la joya, texas, bill melugin. >> shannon: meanwhile, greg abbott says the texas national guard is gearing up at the border in response to a large migraine caravan approaching the rio grande. talking about the state of it tonight with evan or dan patrick. great to have you back. want to start with where bill melugin finished up and what he also added in his reporting is that there is often reports of people coming across. he talked to panamanian officials who said they'd stopped several people with ties to al qaeda who were planning to head north to our border. what you make of the situation question mike >> when you have an open border, anyone can come in and they're coming from all over the world. week keep track of the country they come from. name a country, they are coming here from there. i look at this comparing it to afghanistan and afghanistan the president left the taliban in charge and are border the president is leaving the drug cartels in charge. in afghanistan, americans were left behind. and on the border, americans are being left behind here because he doesn

here is what texas government greg abbott had to say. the texas national guard is increasing for caravans expected to cross because of biden's border policy they are working with the texas department of public safety to seal surge locations and arrest trespassers. that is what texas is doing with a major new wave of haitian migrants making their way north. rachel: there was a infrastructure project at the border. it was called a wall. joe biden stopped that. americans lost jobs. now we see the border patrol could have used that help with the wall with this surge. "the l.a. times" interviewed, an anticorruption activist in guatemala. here is what he says. so frustrated that conditions worsened since harris visited. he wants more conversation. americans can afford to look away from a country on the other side of the globe. if they ignore nearby ones you will have one million people at the border. pete, i would say, that as kamala harris said she wanted to look at root causes, not actually seal our border, or lift the morale and help out th

oh, they are more afraid of joe biden then they are of greg abbott. over the white house, by the way, joe biden's top flag is doing what she does every day, lie in, lying, lying. here are more lies about what is happening at southwest. >> i know there was a little hubbub over the course of the last few days about southwest airlines. we now know that some of those planes were absolutely false, and actually the issue ws clearly unrelated to vaccine mandates. >> tucker: oh, you live. they are not completely unrelated to vaccine mandates. talk to the people who called in sick, they were a direct result of the vaccine mandate. you did this, joe biden white house, you are wrecking our interstate travel system. over christmas, you are going to make it impossible for people to travel. you did that. at some point, it is going to be very obvious to the whole country. of course, southwest is not the only institution that has been burdened with these mandates, so has the l.a. county sheriff's department. the sheriff in l.a. county, alex villanueva, says he will n

chris: what do you think of governor abbott? >> well, i'm not going to make an opining about my personal opinion of any person in office like a governor except to say that from a public health standpoint, that is really unfortunate because we know how effective vaccines are in preventing not only illness for the individual, but for diminishing the dynamics of the infection in society. the data are very, very clear. it doesn't matter what i think or not think of governor abbott. the fact is, look at the data and look at the difference between people who get vaccinated versus people who are unvaccinated. in caseses, in hospitalizations, and in deaths. the cdc just came out with their recent data and the data are really striking, chris, about the risk associated with being unvaccinated versus the protection that you get when you are vaccinated. i would have to just -- you know, go ahead. chris: go ahead, finish your sentence. >> no, i was going to say, so unfortunately i can understand perhaps what the govern for is trying to do bu

abbott and 10 republican governors will visit the border this afternoon. bill is at the border for us. hi, bill. >> dana, good morning to you. right now we're inside of a texas dps operations center. in a short amount of time the 10gop governors will arrive and get a private briefing on the board are and hold a press conference with governor abbott later this afternoon p. look at this compilation video showing some of the highlights of what we've seen here down at the border throughout fox news's coverage over the last 6 or 7 months. we're talking massive non-stop numbers. over 1 million encounters at the southern border so far this year. more than 400,000 known gotaways. you look at the last two months, more than 200,000 encounters at the border each month. in the last two alone. you are talking record numbers for the past 20 years. nothing has been slowing down. administration says it was seasonal, it would slow down in the summer heat. it didn't turn out to be true. the crisis has only gotten worse. the 10gop governors trying to figure oust potential ne

. >> this as a group of governors head to the border today for texas governor greg abbott. one of those in attendance, a sergeant in, or getting -- asa hutchinson getting a closer look. >> when you have migrants coming from scores of countries, good across the border timing themselves to pick the right opportunity they can get through, it is not a closed border. >> reporter: rodney scott is sounding the alarm warning of mixed messaging from the administration and national security implications of this crisis. >> 90% don't get deported. we have 400,000 documented got aways. they were not claiming asylum and probably paid extra to go through one of the gaps the cartel controlled. >> reporter: seeing cartels in the last week where those governors are headed, m s 13 gained member arrested along with a mexican national convicted of child molestation in north carolina and guatemalan man convicted of sexual abuse in iowa. jillian: as he mentioned to reiterate there is news happening from the border today because ten governors have been invited by governor greg abbott, they will ho

todd: a dozen gop governors heading to the border to join texas governor greg abbott as a local sheriff talked to you guys preparing for the next wave. >> not only dealing with the cartels but other people coming across from everywhere and elsewhere doing who knows what. todd: in the last week where the governors are headed, ms 13 gang member convicted of child molestation in north carolina and a guatemalan man were all arrested. we will see what texas attorney general ken paxton has to say later this hour. jillian: thank you and we will also hear what an governors who were invited by governor greg abbott will say later this afternoon and they will hold a news conference and the number of republicans visiting the border over the course of the last few months. there have been some democrats especially representatives on the border town who have been outspoken on this matter but haven't seen the vice president to some of these border towns right along the border and haven't seen the president down there. if we see benjamin hall we will see him in a second but haven't seen the president do

we decided to sit down with dorian abbott for unknown addition of carl tucker carlson today. he is one of the most impressiv people we've ever interviewed. here is part of our conversation . ♪ >>tucker: your profession, what you do with it does not intersect with the american politics. nothing. in infected me, this sort of science is supposed to be secre garden where you can retreat from all those types of activities. over the last 5-10 years, everything has been introduced into the science, so there's been politicization of science. >> these are the hardest of the hard scientist freight this is not sociology. this is different from that. you when i was an undergraduate. around the turn-of-the-century, there were in the dining hall, we would hear some of this my physics buddies, we would hear what of these other people were saying. >> did these guys eat together? >> s, it was a nerd club. so we would hear what this gas sociology, anthropology, a lot of these fields were infected first, we were hearing what the were saying. it's just funny. him glad i'm studying physics. we

governor abbott has said, if the federal government isn't going to do its job and secure the border, texas is going to have to fill that void and that's what they're planning on doing. they're doing that in del rio. back out here live in eagle pass, they're doing the same thing here in eagle pass as well, which is about an hour away. the idea being, as texas watches the caravan move north, they're sending a clear directive that they won't be allowed to enter in texas. back to you. >> martha: that's incredible. thanks, bell. an unbelievable bird's eye view with trains and now this. looks like governor abbott is building his own wall of vehicles across texas to the best of his ability. so it's a really stunning thing to watch. this state stepping up and stepping in where the federal government has left them. thanks to bill melugin on the chopper live. also breaking today, a top pentagon official seas that the united states has to remain vigilant against terrorist groups gaining traction in afghanistan. not surprising. revealing that isis-k could have the ability to launch an attack aga

texas governor greg abbott saying the mandate will make things worse. >> they could not have done it at a worse time because it is causing crisis with regard to the supply chain. you mentioned truckers but remember pilots, police officers, nurses. >> the trucking association will meet with members of the biden administration about the mandate as business groups are lobbying to delay the vaccine mandate until after the holidays. >> thanks. >> to the board a texas national guard troops are flooding dell real international bridge area in anticipation of a new migrant caravan heading to the us. >> incomes is on the ground the group marching with, talking to some of the migrants who have come from as far away as nigeria, one telling him he hopes president biden will let them in. >> after three days the migrants made 25 miles north of where they began but this opener basketball court is where the migrants are spending the night before they marching in early, they are from all over the world, that's what is different about this caravan and in 2019 and some migrants from as far away as niger

. >> texas, greg abbott telling unvaccinated americans come to the lone star state for medical treatment. one woman with stage v kidney disease told "fox and friends first" earlier this month a colorado facility told her to get a covid vaccine or don't get surgery. >> have been told i wouldn't be required to take that shot and then now i'm being told something different than a month earlier. it feels like this shot is a 1-size-fits-all solution. >> abbott says vaccines in texas remain voluntary for all. you feel that colorado defending the mandate saying covid poses an increased risk to transplant patients. >> we have a jampacked 5:00 hour. joe concha, lawrence jones, don't go anywhere. it's a sunny day. nah, a stormy day. classical music plays. um uh, brass band, new orleans. ♪ ♪ she drives hands free... along the coast. make it palm springs. ♪ cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyriq. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. do you know how it feels to live with schizophrenia? i am a good p

i have known professor abbott for about a year now. he's a geophysicist and professor at the university of chicago where i'm currently a senior and at the university of chicago i cofounded the chicago sinker which is a student newspaper where on the editor-in-chief and we are dedicated to challenging the mob's crusade against free speech and i have to say that professor abbott is a seen as one of the few faculty members willing right now to put his name and career on the line in order to defend free speech and he's always said that he's not a particularly political person and has never thought of himself as a political person, but he's extraordinarily brave and really, really leading the charge right now against the cancel mob and i'm so grateful for that. >> university of chicago and princeton usually not pushing back against the cancel mob, usually joining in, not this time. here's an excerpt from the newsweek editorial he put out, the words diversity, equity and inclusion are often supported by well-intentioned people but the effect

. >> that should be no surprise from desantis because he and governor abbott find state law banning private businesses from enacting the vaccine mandate. todd: to the joe rogan sunday goop the interview. >> press the medical correspondence on why the network claimed rogan took horse d wormer when he contracted covid 19. >> the news network you work for out and out lied about me taking horse d wormer. >> they shouldn't have said that. >> why did they do that? you didn't ask? >> i didn't ask. >> shouldn't have said it. there is a form that humans can take and that is what joe rogan took as part of his covid 19 treatment. >> he is not a horse and we can confirm it. jillian: it is 12 minutes after the hour. a republican pastor lost a seat in the eye with a household by democrats for decades. >> is this a preview of the midterms? we are talking to the newly elected lawmaker next. ♪♪ ♪ ♪ did you know that you don't have to be 65 years old to qualify for medicare? that's right. in fact, many people who are already on medicaid also qualify for a medicare advantage plan. so, if that applies

here to explain more, texas governor greg abbott. you've been on the program, you've deployed you national guard. you have allocated billions of state taxpayer dollars to continue building the wall. you even built a wall out of cars. every single legal means that you have had, you've been trying to use. you are now dealing with the federal government that not only is not enforcing our laws but aiding and abetting lawbreaking. is there anything else short of this ten-point plan that you can do up to this point that you haven't done and how do you get to implement this and will be his governors help you? i know it is a long question. >> very simply, the ten-point plan is what we are urging the president to do and he can do immediately but also to show you how swiftly it can be done. also, listed off ten things that i as governor of texas have already done to show what biden could do himself. he mentioned i signed a three billion-dollar project where texas taxpayers are paying to do the federal government's job of securing the border. m

are now above eagle pass, texas about an hour away from del rio, you can see here as well governor abbott started deploying national guard resources. they are lining the river in an attempt to send a clear message that this caravan will not be allowed to enter the state of texas. reporting above eagle pass, texas, we will send it back to you, bret. >> bret: bill melugin above the border tonight, bill, thanks. up next, students and parents have their say after a ruling in the case of a sexual assault in a virginia high school restroom. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 35 in orlando. the initial autopsy on brian laundry's remains produce no, sir concrete results on the manner or cause of death. these according to lawyer for the laundrie family. no comment from the sarasota medical examiner or the fbi. laundry was of course a person of interest in the strangulation of girlfriend gabby petino. her body was found last month at grand teton national park in wyoming. $20 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits have gone to criminals. that includes $810

and now governor abbott is appealing that decision. saying, in part, president biden has turned his back on texan living along the border and fema's refusal to declare a federal emergency at the border puts their health, safety, and property at risk. former ice director tom homan says that decision is yet another example of the biden administration not taking the border seriously. >> biden is proving again to the american people that he doesn't believe in border security. the root causes of kamala harris doesn't have to go to central america walk down the hall to the biden administration. there is your root causes. his policies. >> and, bret, panama's foreign minister recently warned u.s. officials that there are upwards of 60,000 more haitian migrants who have moved through panama and are currently on the way north heading towards the united states. she also pointed out to texas congressman tony gonzales' office that panama recently apprehended several people with known ties to al-qaeda as they were also moving north out of panama. so

the governor of texas greg abbott, joins us now to explain what he is doing.oi mr. governor, thank you so much for coming on. thank you for doing this. if you don't mind, and if you could give our viewers an overview of what you have done to secure our border with mexico. >> i will tell you exactly what we are doing but i want to emphasize a phrase you used earlier, that is the biden administration is actively encouraging this, which is in contrast to what the trump administration did. once the biden administration has taken over, what texas has done, we now have 6500 national guard and dps troopers on the border to help secure the border, and as we are talking right now, they are identifying locations on the border where they are laying down razor wire to secure all the possible crossings that these caravans may be coming to, and then in addition to that, beginning today, we begin dropping these large containers that you see on 18-wheelers, that you also see on these ships that are going across the ocean, we are dropping them down on locations that could be crossin

jed, abbott and nine other g.o.p. governors came out with this 10 point plan about how to stop the border crisis. and every single point that they brought up had relied on the federal government to take action. which is not going to happen. >> why? >> ben: it's absolutely not going to happen. lara, i know you are experienced in covering the border issues as well. we are used to seeing, you know, are this explained away in terms of well, you know, we can't do anything because the feds, you know, they control this aspect or that aspect. what i see here is problem after problem where the states are going to have to stand up and basically fill this void that has been, you know, whether through incompetence or intent created from the federal government on down. what is your perspective on the border aspect of this? >> well, first, john, if you were in texas, i would give you a big kiss on the cheek because you are exactly 100 percent right about what you said. and i would take it even a step further, okay. because i would

governor abbott is running the state of texas. then you have the administration's policies on the border. when you talk to your friends, what are you -- where do you place the blame? >> it's not with governor abbott. he's doing everything he can. he sent dps, the national guard has come in. we're so thankful for them. we feel like it's the biden administration's policy saying come and we'll take care of you. these people feel like we're supposed to take care of them. we don't feel that is right. we're not heartless and we feel like -- we understand they want a better life. there's ways to do that and the right way. we can't just have an open border policy. >> martha: all right. thank you very much. it's good to have you with us, donna. wish you well. we'll keep telling the story. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> martha: that the "the story" of october 4, a lot going on this week. we'll see you back here at 3:00 tomorrow. have a good evening. "your world" starts right now. >> sounds like you're putting the blame squarely on 2 u.s

texas governor greg abbott issuing an executive order that bans "any entity" from enforcing a covid-19 vaccine mandate. american airlines at southwest airlines both based in texas says they will continue to abide by the federal mandate. today, florida governor ron desantis' administration requested leon county played $3.57 million for violating florida's so called vaccine passport band. that amount because each violation is $5,000. the state health department says the county asked 714 employees for vaccination proof. that is how they got that amount. the scientists also slammed the biden administration for lagging on releasing the text of the new mandate rules. speak out and it hasn't been issued yet. and i think the reason it hasn't been issued is it's a definite loser in court. we are prepared to test that immediately. i know the other states will do as well. >> and just within the last couple of hours, shannon, the u.s. labor department said the initial text has been submitted for review but no timeline on those roles will rule out. a federal judge in new york ruled the state must c

governor greg abbott taking action against mandates. he issued an executive order banning all businesses in the state of texas from enforcing them. power panel. a former trump advisory board member, crystal knight former political director former founding executive director for emerge tennessee. thank you for being in focus. jason, i'll start with you with your take on all of this. >> harris, southwest is paying the priels for vaccine mandates and vaccine mandates was never the way to increase vaccination rates. you cannot coerce the american people into taking what was until recently an experimental drug for a virus that for the most part and most of us has a 99.97% survival rate. that's a decision they need to make with their physician and primary doctor. not to mention if you look at places like israel and singapore right now that have vaccinated upwards of 85% of their populations, they enforced lockdowns, facemask mandates, they had the highest case rates in the world. so there are reasons to question the he have castsy of the vacc

they have abandoned people in the state of texas. >> reporter: governor abbott warning stark county has become a new hot spot for violence. he says cartels are continuing to open of fire on texas national guardsmen who are trying to secure the border. this aztecs as congressman van taylor slams the biden administration's lack of authority in protecting the lone star state. >> the biden administration has completely destroyed border security. the biden administration owns this lock, stock barrel. they did this. it was their decision. >> reporter: immigration activists walking out during a meeting that reinstated the trump era remain in mexico policy. an add he vo get from the -- an advocate telling politico, quote, i can't stand one more meeting of them pretending, they give accolades on the outside, on the insigh, we have to take out the metaphor rick knives from our back of. on capitol hill, president biden's pick to lead u.s. customs and border he protection already facing scrutiny ahead of his confirmation hearing tomorrow. chris magnus is the police chief in tucson, arizona. he tout

texas governor greg abbott is set to deploy national guard troops. the white house says it is working with the state of texas on the crisis. pretty short on specifics on what they are doing. >> we're working with our the leaders in the region on this issue of migrants coming to the border. but we do have a system in place that we'll continue to follow and we continue to have the push factors telling folks isth is not the time to come and continue doing what we've been doing. >> harris: she might have wanted to start with this line. not the time to come. governor abbott and 10 other republican governors are set to hold a news conference in texas planning to announce president biden's border policies putting pressure on him to actually do something, take action. texas attorney general ken paxton is in "focus" now. i like to get the latest from you the biggest issue we're facing right now. i understand from the deputy press secretary moments ago that the white house is willing to work with you on this. what does that look like exactly? >> that's a great

it's something that governor abbott had requested and it was rejected. we will send it back to you. >> bret: bill melugin on the border in texas tonight. thanks. increasing tensions between the u.s. and china over taiwan. first, beyond our borders tonight. the death toll rises in southwest pakistan following an early morning earthquake. at least 23 people are dead. the 5.9 magnitude quake collapsed a coal mine with workers inside and flattened dozens of homes, injuring at least 200 people. search and rescue teams have arrived in the mountains to help. german chancellor angela merkel's farewell tour stops at the vatican for a meeting with pope francis. she tells reporters they discuss politics, climate change and clergy sex abuse. america is retiring after 16 years as chancellor. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ my name is dana perino, and i have been at fox news since april of 2009. my path at fox news wept through 1600 pennsylvania avenue. i never thought that i would necessarily end up at fox n

the justice department claims governor greg abbott's executive order violates the rights of students with disabilities. the governor's office says it does not prohibit wearing masks in school. it only prohibits mandating them. and this is a live look at tampa, florida from fox 13. the big little story there tonight, three baby african penguins make their public debut at busch gardens. tiny trio gathered in a basket during world television too early to tell if they're males or females. we can confirm they're awfully cute. that is a live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm trace gallagher. and i have been at fox news channel for 25 years. i remember having this conversation with a guy who wrote an article on the early years of fox news channel and he referred to people as the cable cowboys said you guys are doing things that nobody has ever done. they have so far uncovered some 30 explosive devices. >> we would do this lye shot and you would take people on this tour but not where television had ever seen this stuff. can you see sp

listen to governor abbott. >> biden administration is awol. the biden administration if has abandoned any pretension of securing the border -- pretense of securing the border. it's up to us to secure our own border. >> reporter: now, we're trying to speak with mexican officials here about that other caravan, if there is yet another caravan on its way here that the migrants are waiting for. they said they heard that, but they will not confirm that. we'll bring it as we get it, guys? steve: thousands of people show up in a little town like that, who feeds them? does the organizer have prepositioned food for all those people in. >> reporter: great question. a lot of times the little towns do roll out, particularly the churches -- there's a church here opening their doors last night. but at the stop the night before we learned that an individual named tristan caul are from georgia, a professor of some type, donated 50 chickens for dinner that night. steve? steve: i don't know how far that would go with all those people. griff, thank you very much.

now governor abbott is appealing that decision. he said "president biden has turned his back on texans living along the border, and fema's refusal to declare a federal emergency puts our health, safety, property risk. the state of texas is appealing this detrimental decision by fema because the biden administration's refusal to solve the crisis of the border had led to a strain on local, state, federal resources." well remember those images a couple of weeks ago about those thousands of haitians in del rio. it potentially waiting for another way to come. panama's foreign minister recently met with u.s. officials and warned them they were a potentially 60,000 more on the way right now. also included that they have apprehended a few people with potential ties to al qaeda as they were trying to move more into mexico. we will send it back to you. >> dana: basically saying i am trying to get people's attention. she is frustrated that people want to listen to her. >> bill: 60,000. meanwhile, supply chain crisis that started during the pa

obviously we are -- >> sandra: that was governor greg abbott speaking live from mission, texas, saying we grieve for everyone impacted by the school shooting in arlington, texas, this morning. talking about gun laws and as far as what he's learned about the situation with the suspect and gun used, he said it is illegal to possess the gun the suspect had or to purchase that gun. he had it illegally, said the governor, just a moment ago. jim ross, the mayor of arlington, still with us. what is your reaction from what you learned from the governor as this ongoing manhunt is underway? >> i heard from the governor or his chief of staff shortly after the shooting, they reached out and offered assistance that the state could provide us. i appreciate them doing that. i agree with the governor, that this individual was illegally in possession of a firearm. possessing a firearm on his school prem sis is illegal activity and i also agree that i am confident that our law enforcement community will be finding him and apprehending him in the not too distant futures. >> trace: mayor, we talked about

. >> here we enforce criminal trespassing which governor abbott lodged and they will be charged. state violation. reporter: you are the senior man in charge of a lone star. tell me what your instructions are with this mission. >> the texas national guard, they are our enforcement partners and we are mobilizing additional personnel equipment as well as capabilities under the direction of governor abbott to deal with the crisis. reporter: how bad is it, general >> we are at an inflection point because i think we are illegal immigration, it's mass migration as you have seen with the caravan in del rio. reporter: we have heard there is another wave of migrants coming this way. are we prepared to handle that right now with the current resources we have? >> yes. it's hard to say if you are prepared when you are talking about caravans of 60,000. that's a tall feat, but we continue to mobilize additional personnel, equipment and capabilities well enough thousands to thousands of people, so you are ready for this? >> we are ready. reporter: ainslie, part of the frustration that troopers h

recover from this disaster speaking to the american people whose lives are being ruined, texas, greg abbott requesting an appeal of fema's denial of the emergency declaration for the border crisis, people of texas are crying for help but the president has never been to the border and a border czar nowhere to be found. >> look at poll numbers and it is so fascinating to see these numbers incrementally changing as we go along. 23% of people approve of president biden's handling of the border crisis, 67% of respondentss to this quinnipiac poll disapproval how he is handling the situation at the mexican border. that on top of breaking it down by party, half of democrats approve of his handling of the border. you expect that number to be higher considering that is his party, the numbers watch, 18% of independents approving his handling of the situation at the mexico border and we talked about it for a long time community pendants i want to watch as you approach the midterm and eventually get into the election but independents are an interesting group because a lot of independents voted for presi

and abbott was talking about the number of people that have been released into our country. so it does affect every single person in our country. 160,000 have been released since march. brian: i would just like to add this because i know we have more to talk about. there is consistency. joe biden who labeled himself a moderate afraid of his left. is he on the record saying we need border security. dick durbin saying we have to build a fence that's got to be bigger. schumer and the i'm blanking out now. harry. ainsley: reid. brian: as speaker was out saying hey, guys we have to secure our border. they all know you have to secure your border. they're so afraid of the left they go radio silent the things with the 1.3 trillion, combining them together. ignoring the mod draft which he said he was. and maybe his track record indicates he is what so scary about his left? will: i don't know. is he certainly catering to the left. that's certainly true. we wondered about this during the presidential election. we wondered who would he be? would be a blank slate and manipulatable. we kn

joining us now, one of my next guests knows what it is like to get canceled by the woke left, dorian abbott was supposed to give the annual lecture at m it until a mob discovered public comments about how higher education's obsession with diversity, equity and inclusion is harmful. dorian is here with stephen miller, former trump senior advisor that helps protect the freedom that we all enjoy as americans. your lecture had nothing to do with critical race theory, but the incredible, controversial topic was what drew their scorn, what was it? >> a climate of planets orbiting different stars and which ones could potentially host life. >> so that, you weren't able - i would like to hear that lecture. that is off the table because you questioned the holy grail of ddi. >> if you would like to hear the lecture it will happen at princeton and anyone can register for free online. >> good for princeton. i'm surprised by that. you are not surprised by any of this. the same mob that has come after kristen sinema or dave chapelle or myself a have come after you head on for your views on immigration, tr

migrants hoping for a warm welcome into the biden immigration policies the texas governor greg abbott warns don't plant across illegally. >> to arrest, to the blockade efforts and put them in jail for violating crime of criminal trespass in the state of texas. >> there are 5000 people traveling in a caravan, they travel 50 miles of 13,000 mile journey so far. laura: did you see this? the governor's race no longer dead even, fox news poll showing glenn youngin taking the lead among likely voters. jillian: a big shift from two weeks ago. >> reporter: mcauliffe was ahead. fox news poll showing he's down among likely voters by 8 points, 53%, mcauliffe 45%, outside the margin of error. analysts say the change is gop enthusiasm at a major pillar of this race is education energizing republicans. fox news poll showing youngcan up by a greater margin, by 14 points. youngcan saying this on hannity. >> it is a movement to stand up for virginians and to reject government control. we are winning the independent vote by double digits, democrats walking across the aisle in droves. >> reporter: repub

>> governor abbott is a patriot and doing everything to protect texans and protect citizens of this country. 98% of these people won't stay in texas. they go through every city throughout the country. the governor is doing the right thing. kamala harris doesn't have to leave the country to fight the root causes. just walk down the hall to president biden's office and there is a root cause. i can't believe president biden will come in and undo the most secure border i have seen in my 35 year career. what president comes into office and says i will a less secure border? it doesn't make sense. there is no down side on a secure border. it saves lives and women from being sexually assaulted. it makes sense. president biden undid the most secure border in 3 decades. >> mike: where is the vice-president? wasn't she supposed to get a handle on the border? >> that's the worst pick for a border czar. hissing in action. -- missing in action. compared i.c.e. to kkk k. the senate was trying to promote open borders. that's the worst person for a border czar. we are better off without her. >> mike: blinke

. >> harris: major airlines defying texas government greg abbott's ban on vaccine mandate. american airlines and southwest airlines said they must get shots. democrats are not finding common ground on the president's massive spending bill and republicans are not buying attempts to sell it to americans call it mind blowinglily corrupt. indiana congressman is on focus next. cash. the newday 100 va cash out loan. it lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. with mortgage rates near record lows.. and home values at record highs. you could take out $50,000 or more to build your dream kitchen, a new bathroom, or a swimming pool for the kids. call newday right now. this is the sound of an asthma attack... that doesn't happen. this is the sound of better breathing. fasenra is a different kind of asthma medication. it's not a steroid or inhaler. fasenra is an add-on treatment for asthma driven by eosinophils. it's one maintenance dose every 8 weeks. it helps prevent asthma attacks, improve breathing, and lower use of oral steroids. nearly 7 out of 10 adults with asthma may ha

texas governor greg abbott who you see formally requesting an appeal of fema's denial of emergency disaster declaration for the border crisis. people of texas crying out for help, you have a president who has never been to the border and a borders are whose job to deal with the border nowhere to be found. jillian: they will be talking about immigration. it would shock me if we haven't but stranger things happen in life. a few polls, these are fascinating, 23% people approval the president's handling of the border crisis, 67% of the crew and if you break that up by party, the next poll, 50% of democrats approve of his handling of the situation at the border, 18% of independents agree with it and this is a quinnipiac poll. independents, as we get closer to the midterms next year. that is a very low number. todd: i don't think you can keep house and senate with 18% like you said. a lot of time left, 12 plus months to go. jillian: a lot has happened in the last few months. todd: a fox news alert 10 u.s. navy sailors, the uss connecticut hit an unknown object in the in the pacific region sunday.

guard since the border to assist with the constant influx of illegal crossers which texas governor greg abbott calling out alejandro mayorkas for his lack of candor. >> i cannot count the number of misrepresentations that have been made by secretary mayorkas. he has continuously misled the american public, he is a disaster and what he has done and no one should put any trust or confidence in anything he says. >> the dire situation at the southern border prompting republican governors to unveil a 10 point plan for dealing with it, many terry into the biden administration officials for doing nothing. >> the president must act. he cannot continue to ignore this humanitarian and security crisis any longer. >> president biden has done nothing to confront the self-inflicted crisis. >> vice president harris has been the worst possible choice to be border czar, never showed any care about this issue or acted with seriousness and president biden has never even been to the border. >> key points of the plan include dedicated funding, national guard troops to secure the border, arresting and jailing tresp

jillian: governor greg abbott tweeting this video of the tactical vehicles used to transport equipment and personnel to the texas border amid the ongoing crisis. todd: landmark rulings from the supreme court on guns, religious freedom and you abortion expected soon as they begin a new term today. in december they will hear arguments challenging a mississippi law that bans abortions of unborn babies over 15 weeks old, also cases about concealed weapon laws. to the nfl we go, tom brady getting a lot of love in his big return to new england. >> brady! brady! brady! todd: they were saying brady, brady, brady, if i'm reading the subtitles correctly. brady making history against his former team, becoming the fourth quarterback to beat all teams, the bucs defeated the pacs. america, did you see this, let me just watch it. there we go. the giants -- jillian: it's 4:15 in the morning. todd: the giants picking up their first win of the season, overtime victory over the saints. jillian: patrick mahomes threw five touchdown as the chiefs bounced back from last week's loss defeating the philadelphi

for canceling a lecture by dorian abbott, a geologist from the university of chicago. his invitation was met with outrage over a column he wrote in "newsweek" questioning diversity practices on campus. if this takes over american science we'll be in trouble and we won't know about the aliens before it's too late. >> i will give a reluctant hit to major league baseball. they upset a lot of people with their political moves last year. but they got rid of a terrible rule that placed a runner on base in extra innings. so fans won't have to put up with what is the meddling in the most interesting part of baseball. >> a hit to chicago's mayor lori lightfoot saying the city will descend into chaos if kim foxx doesn't start filing felony charges against gang members. gang members shot up a neighborhood necessity chicago and kim foxx didn't bring charges saying they were involved in mutual combat. this is not a video game. paul: if you have your own hit or miss, tweet it to us. thanks to my panel, thanks to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. see you next week. sean: follo