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raising push in palm beach today where he's expecting to rake in around $43 million which would top biden's $26 million raised at a new york city event last week. the bide with. en campaign slamming trump for doing. the bidding of his billionaire friends as the rematch continues to heat up. welcome to "fox news live, "i am molly e line. hello, griff. griff: hour two, here we go. i'm griff jenkins. trump is expected to continue his events into next week hitting a few swing states with visits to pennsylvania and georgia. madison scarpino is live in palm a beach, florida, with more. hey, madison. >> reporter: hey, griff. trump really ramping up the push to raise more money. you can see paralag go behind me, but tonight's exclusive fundraiser is at a private home here in palm beach with. and there's expected on the some big republican -- to be some big republican donors with big money tonight. hedge fund billionaire john john

pall is leading -- paulson is leading the event. the chicago cubs' eco-owner, todd ricketts, and the list goes on and on. some of trump's former arrivals -- rivals will also be there tonight. trump is working to close the big fund raising gap with biden who raised $187 million so far this year. the president also has more cash on hand with $192 million compared to trump's $93 million. and that's the most a democrat candidate has a ever raised at this point in the election are cycle. with just seven months until the november election, experts say both candidates should meet their fund raising goals. enter both of them are on track to raise e what they need to raise. unless the trump spending on lawyers gets so out of hand that his donors can't do it anymore, i think they will both have enough.

>> reporter: the biden campaign is slamming trump's fundraiser tonight saying that trump is hiding behind billionaires and struggling to attract grassroots donor enthusiasm. team biden-harris also says it's a way for trump to pay off his legal bills. donations from the fundraiser will go to trump's campaign. the rnc, state gop parties and the political action a committee that helps pay his, that does help pay his legal bills. but a trump campaign if spokesperson if says that pac also covers expenses aside from legal fees. and you mentioned the upcoming events in georgia, florida and pennsylvania. the trump campaign and rnc really ramping up fund raising efforts in those key battleground states. back to you guys. molly: madison scarpino, thank you so much. with more if on the 2024 fund raising, let's bring in our political panel. with us today the is targeted victory vice president matt gorman and democratic analyst arkansas ally air mesh. -- ari

air mesh. she laid it out pretty great there. there's a big fund raising gap. pride preponderancen is ahead, way up on president trump, but president trump hoping to beat that one-day record today. how important is this fund raising game at this point? what does the big gap mean particularly for the former president, president trump, at this stage in the game, matt? >> yeah. it's a big gap so far, but i think what you saw are the rnc -- with the rnc and the trump campaign, that'll do a large part to shrink the gap. tonight, if it's $40 some odd million, that'll shrink it even further. i think kind of broadly as you look at that a graphic that you showed before w not all those folks were on trump's e team in the primary p. as -- i used to work for tim scott. know that firsthand. more than anything, folks are coming together, the team's reassembling. and as we get into the general election, folks are pushing in the right direction now. molly: yeah. the biden campaign senior

spokesperson slammed the people actually attending this event at mar-a-lago. here's what he had to say. she had to say. oh, sorry about that. here's the statement. if you want to know who donald trump will fight for in his second term, look who he's having over for dinner saturday night, tax tax avoiders, racists, extremists. pretty strong the language talking about who's bringing the money. but we've heard that extremist label from democrats before, so how far ahead president biden is on the fund raising gap and the strategy the of the democrats. >> let's put a aside the colorful cast of characters that they're going to get together tonight at mar a rah a lag go, but talk about money. the last presidential cycle in 2020, that last election cycle, cost about $4.1 billion. that's how much money was spent. these are pretty, pretty expensive campaigns. i remember -- i'm not trying to reveal my age, but back in the

gore-bush days when we hit $1 billion total expend hur, we thought, oh, my god, the world was going to end. these are expensive campaigns. candidates need to raise a lot of money. problem with president trump's campaign here is, a a, not a whole lot accounts receivables. he's having a hard time raising money, but his i outgoing is also pretty sort of disproportionate from what he is raising. lee got a lot of legal fees -- he's got a lot of legal fees. he doesn't have much of a campaign. there is no campaign machinery set up. you know, if you're a betting man, probably he's going to have another chaotic campaign going all the way to election day, and t not going to be a coherent, it's not going to be a sort of organized campaign. but, again, money is everything. last but not least, if you see a lot of people betting on biden and giving him a lot more money, chances are even though he's trailing in the polls now, he's the incumbent and a lot of people don't have a lot of good memories from the trump years,

covid, chaos, chaos and chaos. they think he's going to win. trump -- molly: -- where things stand and the additional challenges that president trump faces. i want to shift gears here. earlier this week president biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and it was vibed -- described as a rather heated and long conversation. he called the strikes, specifically these strikes on the world kitchen workers, unacceptable. and he, in pretty strong words posting about this conversation, said that israel must implement steps to address civilian harm and safety of workers and work towards a ceasefire. so it seems like he's taken a much stronger tone when he speaks about israel. ari, what do you think that means, and is that about a american politics as well? >> you know, friends gotta help friends stay above the fray. israel and the u.s. are critical, intimate allies. since 1947 the jewish state of israel was founded. but when israel makes mistakes, when israel does something wrong, while we are in full support of the state of israel

in its defense against hamas, we also is have to call them out. benjamin if netted netanyahu is no popular figure what so far in israel right now. if you held elections, he would lose by a landslide. on top of that, mistakes happen. and when there is the loss of civilian life -- and a lot of civilians have been killed -- any innocent life lost is a tragedy, is a disaster. molly: that is a great point, ari. >> be it westerners or israelis. and again last but not least, we have to focus on hostages. they have to be released, and they have to be released -- hamas is still holding on to a number of hostages, american, israeli, british, so on and so forth. so that is the sticking point -- molly: great point. i definitely would make that point as well as we go to matt. last word on the conversation the president just had. >> this has less to do with us israel than it does primary voters in michigan and wisconsin. just yesterday we had 155 aid a trucks go into gaza, 0 hostages were released. israel is not the ones who up

invaded initially, and they're not the ones rejecting ceasefire if offers. that's hamas. this has more to do with biden's political problems among the far-left base than it does with, actually, israel and their conduct. molly: and that's a great point. the political pressure that he's facing here at home. matt, ari, thank you so much for joining us on this saturday afternoon. we appreciate it. >> that many pg thank, molly. griff: meanwhile, president biden visited the site of the baltimore bridge collapse promising federal aid despite a divided congress. madeleine rivera is live9 with the latest. >> reporter: hey, griff, the president not backing down from his ask that the federal government cover the entire cost of rebuilding the francis scott key bridge. here's his pledge. >> we're going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible. and we're going to do so with union labor and american steel. [applause] for simple reasons, the best

workers in the world with. and if that's not hyperbole. >> reporter: but there could be some friction from hard-line republicans. in this letter members of the house freedom caucus are open to congress appropriating more money on the condition that the funds are fully offset and burdensome regulations are waived. while the time frame is in question, we do know when the channel to the port of baltimore will be reopened. two channels are now open for ships helping to clear the wreckage, and the u.s. army corps of engineers is planning to open a third lane for some commercial traffic by the end of the month, restoring normal capacity to the port by may 3 1st. in the meantime -- 31st. the biden administration is green lighting grant funds to make infrastructure improvements at spare roar's point, the only port up affected by the collapse, that way it can take on more ships. >> they've already started bringing in the car ships through spare if row's point -- sparrow's point. it's not ideal, they have to be smaller ship, but they are

getting some cargo through there. >> reporter: congress comes back from its recess in a couple ofties, and maryland senator chris van holland tells fox he thinks emergency legislation could be introduced this week. griff: well, we'll see. our own lucas tomlinson brought to the network it's exactly the same, essentially, of the size of the uss eisenhower. really gives you perspective. maaed runs rivera, thank you very much. molly: the biden administration warning prime minister netanyahu that american aid a may be conditional on israel being more mindful of civilians in gaza following that israeli strike that killed 7 humanitarian workersers. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the latest on this. lucas. >> reporter: molly, president biden is demanding prime minister netanyahu conduct an immediate ceasefire in gaza without first demanding the release of the 10 or so hostages $100 or so hostages including

some americans. now the pressure's been building. president biden faced questions before leaving for baltimore, but first, here's the top democrat on the house armed services committee. >> the central point here is we want israel to change the way they are conducting this war. now, israel has had a very aggressive approach from october 7th forward. and it's understandable why they reacted that that way. it is not working to their advantage, and it is causing a devastating humanitarian crisis in gaza right now. >> reporter: president biden spoke to reporters here yesterday before leaving for baltimore. >> reporter: did you threaten to stop military aid to's israel? >> i asked them to do what they're doing. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: it appears the israeli drone strike on a convoy of world central kitchen vehicles monday night was the tipping point. the cities reillys released an investigation four days later

and fired two senior officers, three others punished. match city pelosi has joined nearly 40 other democrats calling for biden to halt american weapons shipments to israel after biden's call with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, john kirby sumed up the conversation. >> the president made it very clear to prime minister netten o need to be some changes and if we don't theme, well, we're going to have to make some changes and decisions of our own. >> reporter: american and israeli forces in the middle are on heightened alert after iran vowed are revenge for the number of senior commanders killed in syria by an israeli airstrike this week. molly: lous cat tomlinson from the if white house, thank you. griff: for more on this, are retired colonel joe pacino joins us now on set. kohling knell, thank you for being here. let's go right to the question about whether or not this administration is, as many have

said, abandoning israel or going soft on their firm stance. joe, i want to play for you john kim by, admiral kirby talking about changes that they may need to make. listen here. >> the president made it clear that our policies with respect to gaza will be dependent upon our assessment of how well the israelis make changes and implement changes to make the situation in gaza better for the palestinian people. griff: so as someone who understands this, how does hamas interpret that message and that statement? >> well, it's unclear. you know, john kirby's a great patriot, a great mentor of mine, but it's not clear what changes are being call for and what policy changes are on the table for the united states. we haven't exactly signaled to israel what we're going to do, what our softening position is going to mean in terms of aid, in terms of the way hamas views this right now, hamas is going

to the table the here in qatar for a possible negotiation, a hostage deal. and so this is kind of a critical moment right now. hamas would look at this as a, like, along this track of time they have the upper hand. they have the superiority in terms of time because they can wait this thing out. griff: let's talk about the strike on the world central kitchen. jose andres, who founded that, is speaking out about the strike. here's some of what he had to say. >> this was not use -- [inaudible] if situation where, oops, we dropped a bomb in the wrong place. what i know is that we were targeted deliberately nonstop the until everybody was dead in this con, soy. griff: what do you make of that a? >> he's right in the sense that the convoy was targeted. they thought it was hamas operatives. israel has obviously condemned this, they've apologized, you know, they've taken action

against the officers responsible. and and what i make of it is that war is an ugly business, particularly this kind of war where you have millions of citizens on top of -- literally millions on top of each other. you've got hamas if taking hostages, you've got hamas using citizens as a human shields. it's a tough situation, terrible situation. if you remember, august 2021 we were withdrawing out of afghanistan. we took a strike, the united states took a strike outside of ca a bull, precision strike, killed 10 people. all of them were innocent. one of them was an aid worker, seven children. and just consider every american general involved in that a operation has since been promoted. if mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs, he had no whereupon ward moment. he's got a great retirement is sit on many boards. so, you know, it's maybe a little bit rich for us to go over the top in condemnation here when, you know, these awful a things do happen at war.

griff: well, i'm glad you brought the 20211 afghanistan incident up been 2021 because that, obviously, wasn't a game-changer in terms of our policy. but do you see this world central kitchen strike as a game-changer inso far as watching the biden administration sort of shift in their steadfast support of israel? >> i think it's a game-changer in terms of the way the region, the middle east views this and views american support for israel. so i think, you know, politically you just had some political operatives, some political folks come on here and talk about this. i think politically that's the way the white house is view ising this. i don't know that it's a game-changer. i do not anticipate that we will restrict or place restrictions on weapons ask and aid to israel going forward in this war. griff: this morning i was looking at axios, apparently former speaker nancy pelosi now sign signing on to be a letter with 37 democrats that a want to

halt sending aid, weapons sales, transfers to israel. do you think there's a bit of a growing fissure in congress of supporting israel? >> there's definitely momentum started with chuck schumer, and i talked about the tract of time with hamas. so the two men here, netanyahu and biden, i feel like their fates are tied together in this. and there's two opposite tracts of time. so netanyahu, he wants this war to continue, okay, because as soon as this war is over, they're going to hold a nap election. benny ganz is already calling for fit, and he'll be voted out of power. he's incredibly unpopular inside of israel. on the other side of that, biden needs this thing to end because his constituents, his voting blocs, they want with, they want us out. they want this thing to end. they don't want us clinging this tight to israel. griff: let's shift gears in the time we've got left, and that is iran now i vowing to potentially

some reports said going to retaliate with swarming drones and cruise missiles. are we about to see a widening of the conflict the there? >> no. we've seen this before with iran are. they do not want a widening of the conflict. they know they have to respond. they know their credibility accounts for that. they know that the credibility relies on that. so i think they're going to use their proxies, lebanese hezbollah, to fire drones and rockets into northern israel, and then i think they're going to try to call it good. they do not want a winding of this war. griff: just in the last 10 seconds i've got, i wanted to show one quick thing, and that is the centcom defeat isis mission. you conducted 94 defeat isis missions, killed 19 isis operatives. you actually started that. >> i started this monthly and every three months roll-up. the reason will be i started that is it's important for the american people to know the reason we have hundreds of american troops in syria so

defeat isis. isis remains a threat as you saw in moscow, and we have american troops in harm's way conducting those operations every day. griff: it's a great gain for transparency as well so the american people understand. colonel, thanks for coming and and starting that. >> thanks so much, griff. griff: have a great weekend. molly: that was fascinating, great information. two russian strikes in ukraine's second largest city of kharkiv killed at least 8 civilians and injured 10 early saturday. ukraine's national police said the attack was launched by drones and hit residential areas. griff: earthquake aftera shocks in taiwan have halted the demolition of a leaning building. 3 people are dead and hundreds -- 13 people are dead and hundreds remain stranded. hundreds of aftershocks have struck the area since complicating recovery efforts. molly: and we are live on the ground in the path of america's total solar eclipse next.

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i think also in the path of totality. hey, robert. >> hey, griff. yes, the path of totality, is right. you speak of those glasses, look at these solar glasses. you need these because, guess what? your eyes don't have pain receptors, so you won't know if they're being damaged if you look up at the sun. we've got the fox weather beast all ready to help us with this coverage on monday. check this out, downtown end nap if lis, monument circle. isn't that gorgeous? no clouds today, this afternoon here. we hope that's the case on monday when at 3:06 p.m. we'll have that full solar eclipse that occurs, and it's going to be in the 770s. how awesome is that? if i want to take you on a little journey here. take a look at this, guys, if you can. two significant cameras. this is a sony 400, griff. and during the actual eclipse lloyd, who's behind this. camera, will be shooting me

looking up at the eclipse, capturing that live on fox weather and all of our fox media platforms. we'll bring that to the audience, we'll be talking to something today to haves, we'll let spectators look inside the camera as to what we're seeing. and then, get this, griff, lloyd will be behind this big camera shooting the crowd and myself if on monday. finish immersive, dynamic experience here in indianapolis. we should see the totality here because of the lack of clouds and the great weather that we're expecting on monday. isn't it amazing when you think about this, 15 states, over 30 million people, starts from texas all the way up to the northeast that will experience the totality. 115 miles wide, is what that totality is. and every single state in the lower 48 will get the experience of this solar eclipse on monday. a dialic day, it's going to be -- dynamic day, it's going to be. next one we'll see, august of 2044. so quite a while.

might be in a rocking chair at that a point. griff? fluff griff that was a great show and tell, robert ray. if anybody can can do it, lloyd can get the shot. he is one of the best. you guys are going to have fun. robert ray in indianapolis, thank you very much. and fox weather is your destination for the latest weather news and forecast. stream it on your favorite connected device. always on, always free. molly? molly: experience the totality. some areas in the path of totality might have their view of that rare event blocked by cloud cover. oh, no! adam klotz is live from the weather center with the latest forecast. adam: yeah. hey there, molly. april is a time when we see a whole lot of showers, so that does mean we could see cloud cover across the country. clouds are fairly tough to predict, but there's some areas where we do know there's going to be some systems in play that could lower the chance of getting a real clear view. one of those is across the gulf coast as you are going to see a low pressure system, many clouds in the area, actually the best

chance for seeing big storms is right in the heart of texas. everything in that red area is a likely area where you could see some severe thunderstorms before the day's over, and that is right in the middle of the path of totality. as we continue to track the path as the eclipse works its way across the country beginning in texas, lifting further to the north, ultimately, you do run into better weather. where robert is, fewer clouds in indianapolis. that's the case across southern illinois as well. we continue to watch it march its way up into portions of interior new england. now, perhaps you're going to run through some clouds across the great lakes before breaking back up areas like upstate ney, burlington, northern maine. you should be looking at mostly clear skies for some of these areas. here's how the timing all works out. again, those early thunderstorms at 1:40 p.m. there central time, you're in indianapolis by 3, 3:30, up into interior new england. molly? molly: people on the road right now trying to get places, that is for sure.

adam: am a klotz, thank you. griff? griff: and be sure to stay with us, fox news. wow see there, special coverage on monday all day long. adam just gave you those times. you're going to not want to miss the special coverage of america's total eclipse. molly? molly: new jersey residents are asking where democratic governor phil murphy was in the aftermath of the tate's strongest earth -- state's strongest earthquake in a century. that is next. ♪ ♪ ng these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost.

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earthquake, and the united states geological survey says there's more than a 70% chance for magnitude 3 and greater aftershocks to continue within the week. ing so while we're all on standby to possibly get shaken up a bit more, some places have taken the chance to find a bit of levity with this situation. the empire state building behind me posting on x shortly after the earthquake, quote: i'm fine. and then the after an aftershock yesterday evening posting, quote: i am still fine. so a bit of humor there. friday morning 4.8 magnitude tuesday earthquake was knelt 14 states from maine to north carolina with more than 52,000 americans -- 152,000 americans reporting tremors which say because the crust on the east coast is about 200 million years older than the west coast, an earthquake will indeed be felt across a broader area. people in new england telling us they were shocked when they saw picture frames and books

rattling during the quake. >> once we understood it was coming out of new jersey, wasn't sure if the impact was worse down in manhattan. but it seemed to be. it was being felt all the same across new england at the same time. i was in my office a, i was on a zoom meeting. and as i look at the camera, the monitor started shake and, you know, i looked at my credenza, and the pictures of my kids were shaking. >> reporter: thankfully, there was no widespread damage from this earthquake, but still elected leaders from new york state, new york city, philly and connecticut addressed the public. meanwhile, over in new jersey where more than two dozen people in newark had to be evacuated when three multifamily homes shifted, new jersey governor phil murphy was out of town at the democratic gloves' finish governors' association. governor murphy did several phone calls, he made posts to social media but, again, he was out of town. we reached out to his team about

why he did not return to the state following this situation, and his team pointed us to a tweet that murphy made, a post on x that he made where he talked about there being to damage to infrastructure in the state. and, griff, i also want to point out those people who were evacuated from their homes in new jersey reportedly were able to go back into them by the evening time. back to you. griff griff that's good news. c.b. cotton live in new york city, thank you. molly? molly: all right. for more on the historic earthquake, we are joined by new jersey if state assemblyman and chester, new mexico, resident. mike, thank you so much for joining us and popping up. how are you, how's your family, how's your district totaling -- holding up? there was some damage so to some homes in newark, there was a water main break. how are all of you? >> ooh we're doing okay. in new jersey you really have to look at this week in its totality. since pond we've had four consecutive days of heavy a rain, one morning of snow.

at one point we had more than 100,000 customers in northern new jersey in the district that i represent without power. every day of the school week has been interrupted. the bus schedule, that is. finish and that was all before the biggest earthquake in two and a half centuries. so, listen, 26 aftershocks later including a big one that scwolt ised my family out of bed this morning, you know, we're doing okay. but the mayors, the police chiefs, the oem or coordinators i've been talking to this morning and over the past week, they're telling me they're a little tired, they're a little cold, they're very wet. but above all, we're just thankful and grateful that no one was seriously injured over the past week in new jersey. molly: yeah, quite a wild week. and you yourself are a former mayor there of chester, so you have some experience of responding to emergencies and and being ready. was this kind of a wake-up call for residents and first responders to be ready? >> it shul was. it was certainly my first earthquake, and i told my kids this was their first e quake as

well. we share that in common. one of the things i've take away from this experience and learned as a government official and i tell constituents and everyone this repeatedly now is, only call 911 the -- if it is a true emergency, a true medical emergency. because otherwise we really run the risk of overwhelming our dispatchers and, by extension, our first responders. beyond that i would encourage people to visit earthquake.gov. we're still pretty new to this. you don't want to get your earthquake advice from a jersey guy, but visit earthquake.gov and only call 911 if it is a true, true emergency. molly: that is great advice. governor phil murphy was at the democratic governors' association. he acknowledged he was at a conference, he sent some tweets and is was part of handling the response, but he didn't return home. your thoughts on that. >> well, listen, i didn't know where governor murphy was at the time, and i haven't really given it much thought because new jerseyans, when the going gets

tough, new jerseyans do not need a government official to bail them out. that's why we have first responders, and we support them in this corner of the state, in the district i'm privileged to represent. our police departments, our volunteer fire departments, our volunteer first aid squads, those are the people we count on, not government officials. we count on our first responders, and that's exactly what we did here in chester and beyond. molly: all right. great point there. the first responders or giving you a great backdrop today in chester. of thank you, assemblyman, or we really appreciate your insights today. thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much, molly. griff: migrants illegally crossing into new mexico say who they believe is really in charge of the border. that that's next. ♪ muck oo much? nahhhh... (inner monologue) another destination wedding?? why can't they use my backyard!! with empower, we get all of our financial questions answered. so we don't have to worry. empower. what's next.

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♪ ♪ griff: now to the southern border where migrants in new mexico say portions of the area now belong to the cartels.

matt finn is live where, matt, i understand just moments ago a you were witnessing firsthand some of those crossings. >> reporter: yeah, griff. this mountain is swarming with illegal activity. we were told beforehand we would see a lot of activity here and we surely have been. we're in sunland park, new mexico. yesterday and again today we have seen scouts, coyotes, some wearing maxes trying the hide some of the migrant groups that they are smuggling over this mountain because it's right at the border of the united states and mexico. we've also seen some gotaways, you know, taking off and running away from border patrol agents. you know, a border patrol agent told me point blank that they have lost control of this mountain and that the cartels or the coyotes now have control of it. and just a couple moments after arriving here yesterday we came face to face with a group of 10-15 migrants who crossed right in front of us. before them and after them were

migrants or, forgive me, coyotes or scouts who were not happy to see us. this were staring down at our camera, trying to avoid us. at some points we were running away from us when we would zoom in on them. our crews have also spotted many holes in the border wall here. in fact, we spotted two men trying to climb into the united states from the mexican side through one of the holes, and when they saw us, they took off running back into mexico and started screaming at us, let us cross, why are you so racist? we're outside of sunland park new mexico, in the el paso sector. we're walking along what's referred the as the obama wall. border patrol points out these holes in the wall, they say cartels cut them to smuggling humans through. they're referred to as doggy doors, and border patrol is so overwhelmed right now, they can't keep up with patching them. also here in sunland park, new mexico, we saw a bust of migrants right after they crossed our border wall in new

mexico. agents dragged tires on the back of their trucks to smooth some of the hot spots so that they can quickly spot fresh footprints. behind me right now we have been able to see a coyote or a scout who's keeping a lookout over this mountain and certainly sees that we're here, and he's kind of going in and out of the rocks right now. we would zoom in, but he's kind of hidden right now. we'll be here for a couple more hour, we'll keep you updated on the situation. this is a region are, an area that is swarming with illegal immigration activity. we're not seeing a lot of arrests or busts. border patrol said they lost control of this mountain, and we would pretty much is have to agree. we're not seeing a lot of apprehensions here right now, griff. griff: it's startling, matt. excellent reporting as always and in an area, and we've seen some of those, bill melugin and i saw some of it in california, that the level of brazenness from these cartel, from if these smugglers and coyotes has really gone to another level.

i think you're seeing some of that,s right? >> reporter: yeah. there's also a level of comfort. i mean, these guys are just camped out at the top of some of these peaks. our photographer, brian allman, he can kind of give you a wide look. and on tv you might not be able to make out some of the coyotes and groups, but they are hidden among the rocks right now. and there's a level of comfort, griff. they're just peering down at us, peering down at the united states border patrol, and they, you know, we see some of them with walkie-talkies. and when they feel like it's the right time, they dart right down into the united states. we saw it yesterday. we were on this mountain for a couple of minutes on foot, and a group just breezed right past us. they weren't intimidated, they just kept going. this is a business right now, you are witnessing a business. there are people who are signaling to illegal migrants when is the best time to cross over into the united states. there are some border patrol agents kind of driving around in trucks, but otherwise you see what we see. this is wide open, and there's not a lot of apprehensions going on here in the state of new

mexico. border patrol told us point-blank they have lost control of this mountain. this area has a rep aation for illegal activity. it is living up to the reputation. i reached out to the governor's office here in new mexico for comment, hopefully we'll hear back at a some point today, griff. griff: you're doing excellent work along with your cameraman in showing the cartels exploiting our vulnerabilities as they essentially take control of that mountain. matt finn live in sunland park. thank you, matt. molly? >> reporter: thank you. molly: with the closure of a popular retail chain, what it signals for the future of inflation. that's e next. ♪ when you're a small business owner, your to-do list can be...a lot. ♪ [ cellphone whooshes ] [ sighs ] that's why progressive makes it easy to save with a commercial auto quote online

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molly: the popular west coast-based discount chain 99 cents only announcing it will be closing all3 71 retail stores citing high inflation and rampant theft. christina coleman is live in santa monica, california, with more on this. christina. >> reporter: hi, molly. yeah, we're live outside of a 99 cent only store here in santa monica, and i can can tell you the parking lot is packed. will have been shoppers ear all morning long to get their hands on whatever they can before this store closes x. if many of these shoppers disappointed by the news, especially the ones who

shop at these discount stores regularly. >> i like to buy the paper products. >> yeah, paper products, plastic products and then, like, decorations. >> some produce, sometimes i buy some dental floss. >> reporter: the 99 cent only stores are located in four states, texas, arizona, nevada and california. hick biation sales started -- liquidation sales started yesterday. the company's interim ceo said, quote, unfortunately, the last several years have presented significant lasting challenges in the retail environment including the unprecedented impact of the covid-19 pandemic, shifting consumer demand, rising levels of shrink, persistent inflationary pressures and other macroeconomic headwinds, all of which have greatly hindered the company's ability to operate. this move leaving many consumers with one less option to buy household items at a discounted rate. >> it reduces the options for

people at the lower end of the income distribution. it did serve as a place where people could get things that are relatively low priced. so that helped them out. >> reporter: if also more job loss on the way. there's about 1400 employees that currently work at these stores. molly? if. molly: great information on that coming fall fallout. christina coleman, thank you. griff: the u.s. economy added 303,000 jobs last month, higher than the projected 200,000 despite many americans disapproving of bidenomics. so for more on this, mitch roschelle, partner and chief strategist -- strategy officer in madison's interest plus, mitch, let me sew you what president biden between thed out about that. he says this: three years ago i inherited an economy on the brink. with today's report of 303,000 new jobs in march, we have passed the milestone of 15 million jobs created since i took office.

that's 15 million more people who have the dignity and respect that comes with a paycheck. but the "wall street journal" latest poll shows a negative view of the economy. you can see here 63% say poor or not so good. so which is it, mitch? >> griff, when you dig a hole, you don't take credit for putting the dirt back in the hole. that's exactly what happened. there was a hole dug in the economy because of covid, and while biden was the president, the hole got refilled. but americans really know the difference. the story about the 99 cent store closing, they can't put inventory on the shelves for 99 cents because of inflation, and they don't want to change the name to $1.599 store. inflation is insidious, and it has risen dramatically, and people feel it. you drive by any gas station, you see $4 plus for up leaded, and you know -- unleaded, and you know that the economy isn't in great shape. griff: we saw "the new york

post" had a comparison, 209 19 to today -- 2019 to today, on a typical grocery list. and you can see $100 you spend in 2019, that would cost you $13 if 77 today. 137 today. right to your point about how americans are feeling the inflation. >> right. and you know what? there's also, you know, i love how the president talks about junk fees. let's say you go out to eat and the price of a meal which is probably smaller than it was the last time you went out is 30% higher x. then you get hit with the 3.5% credit card fee. so i think americans really feel it, they're completely exhausted because of inflation. and unless we have deflation, these higher prices are going to be around for a long time. drink griff and and it will be interesting to see if on the heels of this positive jobs report, if the fed considers raising rates. that a for another day as we run out of time. mitch roschelle, is have a great one. thank you very much. >> good to see you, griff. griff: molly, that's all for us.

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