Griff Jenkins live on our southern border. Thank you very much lets bring in Arkansas Republican, Senator Tom Cotton Senator Good morning to you good Morning, Steve good to be on with you all Steve good to have you as well. Over the last couple of weeks, we have noticed that the administration is reluctant to call it a crisis, its not a crisis, its a disaster. When you look at what is going on down there yeah, they also sent FEMA in case anyone has forgotten. The e in FEMA is for emergency. I guess you could call it an emergency total disaster. You heard Griffs report that now they may be releasing people into the country without so much as a court date, and I know that Joe Biden and Secretary Mayorkas claiming that Crump dismantled the system. Will Joe Biden dismantled the policy that had closed our border, allowing migrants to stay in Mexico while they process asylum claims forcing them to make asylum claims, not in the United States, but the

first country they pass through when they left their own country places like Guatemala. They claim these countries are too violent. Cant, possibly Baltimore has a higher murder rate than most of these countries in the central American Northern triangle. Why should we expect that migrants have a right to come to our country to escape the so called high violence there? When Baltimore and other cities in America have higher murder rates than some of these countries than Central America will senator you mentioned that Mayorkas is blaming the Trump administration lets. Listen to his own words. Yesterday on Fox NEWS Sunday, prior administration dismantled the orderly and safe way that these children could make their claims. It tore down the central American Minors program that allowed these children to make their claims under United States law without having to take the perilous journey. We are rebuilding that process. We are encouraging families not to send their children

if they arrive at the border. We have a responsibility to allow them to make their claims under United States law and to address these are vulnerable children to address their needs, and we can do so in a safe and orderly manner. It takes time because the entire system was dismantled. Will there is the Biden administration blaming the current crisis on the Trump administration you pointed to, and we laid out the policies that Joe Biden changed on literally his first day in office? We have heard from migrants in their own words say why theyre traveling north, then there is this senator from a mexican official said the following. When it comes to president trumps policies in the incentive or disincentive it created, it says the Biden administrations appeal to do more against migration has put Mexico, know tough position, strong arm it, while Mr Trump Strong Armed Mexico into militarizing border, carry the load migrants to attempt make the journey north.

When we talk about rhetoric or policies, what is it that needs to change from the Biden administration, Yeah Secretary Mayorkas is plainly in over his head, no matter how many tv interviews he does from Washington while he went, let press travel with him to the border or how many bumbling staples Joe Biden says over helicopter engines. Dont come now. Actions speak louder than words when thousands of migrants get from Central America to our border and get released into our country and send text messages back and post on social media. Hey, can you all come up now? The border is open, guess what people are going to come? If you let them in more will come simple policy changes again will be applying the pandemic, exclusionary order to all migrants, not exempting minors thats. What Joe Biden did, not surprisingly, this a lot more minors? Second requiring so called asylum seekers to seek especially Guatemala. They must pass through Guatemala. All point from the South

Donald Trump had that in effect, Joe Biden tore it up and then, finally, if those asylum seekers get to our southern border, requiring them to remain in Mexico rather than releasing them into the country or court date or now without a court date at all, those three policies could be reinside this week and they would immediately stop this border crisis. But Joe Biden refuses to do so. Rachel senator we heard from an interview that will just had with Rosas proof that the Biden administration is having a press blackout. What can Congress do let to let the american people know whats going on inside these detention centers and how the policies of this administration are playing out, not just for those who are being key takenned, but especially for the children I mean it seems like our government is now complicit in human trafficking and child trafficking yeah. The Biden administration is really proud of it, so called humane and more compassionate policy on our southern border. I think they would be letting the press travel with Secretary,

Mayorkas and senators and congressman going to the border. We will continue to highlight that they are denying that kind of press access, but the questions that a lot of the press wants to ask Rachel are really kind of the secondary question like how many beds are available or hot meals or showers. If you dont, let the migrants in you dont have to worry about how many beds you have available or how many hot meals or how quickly they are being processed. That was the policy before Joe Biden took office. We didnt let migrants in. Therefore, we didnt have the problems that we have at these processing centers its the policies of the Biden administration that have sent the signal to Latin America that our border is wide open and why you see the kind of pictures that we just saw at the southern border, migrants wearing Joe Biden, let us in t shirts or flying the Biden campaign flag at their migrant camp. The policies have to change its not about how many beds we have or how fast we can process illegal aliens into our country who have no right to be in our country. In the first place. Steve Senator lets talk about

your day job as a u dot s senator. Currently, the Senate is split. Fifty slash fifty Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats cant get their entire agenda achieved the stuff that Nancy Pelosi sends over, because you have got this crazy filibuster thing where you need sixty votes to move on its having now that its fifty slash fifty and they have the White House and the White House, the senators who, not too long ago, talking about you, cant, get rid of the filibuster are now saying we should get rid of the filibuster watch this flashback of people then, and now they are all Democrats. I can tell that you would be the end of the Senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our founding fathers. Todays filibuster is often used to prevent the Senate from even starting to debate, important ideas. It has become the death grip. The point is, we still left the sixty votes in place for the Supreme Court. Would you bring it back and Mitch Mcconnell changed that I would prefer to bring it back. I favor getting rid of the filibuster.

Without the sixty vote flesh hold for legislation, the Senate becomes much more subject to the whims of short term electoral change. No senator would like to see this happen. We hope our republican colleague also work with us to produce that change, but if not, we will put our heads together and figure out how to go and everything is on the table, Steve. Okay, so everything is on the table. They want to get rid of it, so they can get stuff done, wait until the Republicans take the Senate and then they can get stuff done. Is this a good idea? No Steve its? Not if you are looking for stands on principle, regardless of the circumstances Chuck, Schumer and Dick Durbin is probably not where you want to look, but its not just those two. Twenty seven Democrats in the Senate right now signed a letter four years ago, pleading with Mitch, Mcconnell and Chuck Schumer not to change the rules in the traditions of the Senate. Now they have the barest of majorities in the Senate and the house, and they want to ram through unpopular changes on a party line basis like making

Washington D dot C a state or packing the federal court system, packing the federal court system or granting granting granting am Republicans havent filibustered a single bill in this Congress. Look last year, Democrats filibustered more bills and nominees than at any time in american history. They are claiming somehow that Mitch, Mcconnell, the Republicans, have been obstructionists again. We havent filibustered a single bill. Yet the rules of the that the the traditions of the Senate are designed to foster compromise and consensus. So we can craft legislation with broad bipartisan support that will be lasting and enduring not laws that are party line that will be unpopular and will be changed as soon as you get another election result thats what our founding fathers disand the Senate to do, thats what the Senate rules and tradition accomplished throughout the years will senator. I want to leave the news cycle for just a moment. I have become fascinated with

your ability to somehow curry controversy, a mild mannered guy, but for some reason controversy comes calling look back at the past year. You writing an op ed in the New York Times, calling for the military to intervene in riots on the streets of our country or you questioning at times the origins, and the point is actually you were on to something that time has proven you correct about the origins of Covid and yet in response to these points, which again time has proven out for you, the left has absolutely lost their mind over what you have to say. Why do you think that is well? Will im, just speaking my mind and observing some basic facts and common sense and the left acts like im saying something crazy, but for the most part I think im just saying that most arkansans think as well, so im grateful to have the chance to be their voice and be the voice of common sense. Americans, all across the country who see things like our border crisis

or who see things like the rioting in our streets last week that was going unchecked and ask. Where is the leadership? Who is going to stand up and represent my views on this? That may not play well in tv studios in Washington, D, dot c or in media news rooms? I reap Arkansas, I dont represent the far left and elite institutions. I will keep speaking out in my mind and defending, I think, are basic common sense to most. Americans can Rachel speaking of common sense, your Arkansas Governor ASA, Hutchison, says common sense is going to replace mandates. Take a listen were a area into this, and we know so much more today than we did a year ago, and so we had to educate people understand the importance of a mask, and I expect, even though we take the mask mandate away, that people will continue to use the mask when you cannot socially distance and whenever theres the risk of the virus,

so common sense is going to replace mandates. We have lifted the business restrictions in Arkansas. We are going to school as we have all year long with in classroom instruction and people need this. President Biden has recognized that you can do all of that and the same time take the virus seriously. Rachel senator whats been the reaction to this change in the mask mandate in Arkansas were a year into this, and we know Steve go ahead so good. We wanted to hear it twice laughter. I support this decision. You know we are just a few weeks away from vaccines being available to every adult in the country who wants one and its springtime, and we are a area into this pandemic and we know a lot about it. So I support this decision. I suspect many states will be following suit im, looking forward to everything in Arkansas getting back to normal very soon and across the country getting back to normal very soon as well.

Steve seems like common sense,.