Mark Morgan, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, joins 'Fox and Friends' to discuss the stabbing of an Arizona border patrol agent during an arrest attempt.
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Ainsley, a border patrol agent
is out of the hospital after
being stabbed multiple times,
while on patrol near the Arizona
border,
the unnamed agent was
attacked while trying to detain
a group of suspected illegal
immigrants. He fought back
fatally shooting his attacker
and then life flighted to a
hospital
Steve here with update acting
Cbp. Commissioner Mark Morgan, who
joins us from d dot c
mark good morning to you
good Morning
Steve. It sounds like a
terrible. A terrible turn of
events
tell us what happened and the
prognosis
yeah. It is Steve.
Unfortunately, this is not
uncommon. So last night about
720
border patrol agents encountered
a group of three individuals
trying to illegally enter the
United States.
They took two into custody
without incident.
The third didnt go so well
immediately. A struggle ensue. You
had the subject fought T the
agent
tried to prevent him from being
taken into custody during that
struggle. He stabbed the agent
multiple times and the agent
fearing for his life, discharged
the weapon and killed the
subject.
Ainsley gosh. Now he is out of
the hospital
he is doing. Okay
anxiously. He is
thank you for asking.
We are very lucky
that agent is lucky
could have easily gone the other
way,
heres. What the american people
need to know.
This is not uncommon.
Last year alone, eight hundred and fifty five Cbp
personnel have been assaulted.
Thirty six by vehicles,
one hundred and eighty four direct assaults
I could go on and on and on.
This is happening every single
day.
What we are seeing there is a
false narrative out there.
The majority of people we are
getting right now are single
adult males and they are not
giving up.
They are resisting.
They are fighting and theyre
running
Brian. I wonder what for and
why
its not just to get here,
its probably what they have on
them and what they know.
Brian meanwhile, wants to talk
about a new program that the
american people are about to
find out for the first time,
operation mega Plex.
We know about China,
we know what they are trying to
do with illegal drugs.
We know what they are trying to
do with to get across our
border.
Now. What can you tell us about
this?
Well, Brian, you were right
earlier. I am fired up about
this
thanks for bringing this to
light
right now we have been
conducting a year long joint
investigation.
We call it mega flex
with Cbp and postal inspectors,
where we are targeting the
international mail,
specifically those items coming
from China
to assess compliance and prevent
contraband and other counterfeit
goods from being introduced in
the. U DOT S supply chain,
and you said it right. This is
costing american businesses and
american workers billions of
dollars every single year and
its absolutely directly
jeopardizing the health and
safety of american consumers and
thats. Why we are absolutely
relentless and intensely focused
on this issue,
Steve thats, interesting.
We had not heard much about that
and thats good news
mark. You are so pro law
enforcement. We wanted to ask
you about this story. Out of
Neptune Beach down in Florida,
the high school there Fletcher
High School for the last year,
total of eleven games, a young man
by the name of Calen Larch Der
has he has run out onto the
field. He has been carrying a
blue lives matter flag and that
to honor her his corporal Andy
Lavender of the Jacksonville
Beach Police Department, who died
in August of twenty nineteen after twenty nine years
in law enforcement,
its simply to honor him,
but unfortunately they stopped
doing it last week after
complaints, because apparently
some online posters said that
the team was racist for having
that blue lives matter flag
for waving the flag,
and a lot of students are
unhappy according to these
posters,
and so you know what
the school administration said.
You know what
were just going to stop doing
it.
What do you think
its outrageous
here? You have a son,
I think most fathers would be so
proud to have a son that was
willing to stand up and
honorable his fathers legacy
and honor and respect the
commitment that his dad did to
serve this country
and for anybody give in to this
woke. Culture cancel culture
because of someone complaining
its absolutely disgusting
and im worried
im worried about the direction
of this country when something
like this happens. Steve
Ainsley mark thanks so much
for joining us and thank you for
your service.
You bet thank you.
Brian last thing mark how
much wall is build
three hundred and forty miles,
Brian three hundred and forty miles:
okay,
thats forty miles since the last
time we talked to you
so appreciate that,
and we are building more
every day. Brian.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-23.