eric: taking you live right now to selma, alabama, that is where president biden is about to speak any moment now. you see in the background the edmund pettis bridge. it has been 58 years since the day of bloody sunday. the unfamous day when the black civil rights -- infamous day when the civil rights protesters were brutally attack thed by state troopers. that led to the passing of the voting rights act. the president about to speak any moment now about protecting democracy and voting today. we will bring you the president's remarks as soon as he accepts up to the

presidential podium to make them. but first, there's another norfolk southern train derailment to tell you about, this one also in ohio prompting local officials to order people living close to the crash to shelter many place. this comes, of course, just one month after a train carrying ox thetic chemicals derailed in east palestine, ohio, about 180 miles away from yesterday's incident. more questions about the safety of the railroads and what the government can do about it. hello, everyone. welcome to a brand new hour of "fox news live." i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hi, eric. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. norfolk southern saying no hazardous material was onboard any of the more than 20 cars that ran off the tracks yesterday, but this incident along with the east palestine derailment is causing lawmakers to question safety measures. >> railroads continue to enrich their executives at the expense of public safety and public

health and lay off workers and compromise on safety. so the fact ohio's now had four derailments as of yesterday, four derailments in the last five months. east palestine was the most serious, but we still have questions about these other derailments too. eric: nate foy is in ohio. hey, nate. >> reporter: the fourth norfolk southern train derailment in the past five months. local officials just wrapped up a press conference, and they reiterate that this wreck, thankfully, did not include any toxic chemicals. take a look at the video. 28 boxcars toppled off the tracks in springfield at about 5 p.m. last night. people within 1,000 feet of this were told to shelter in place as investigators assessed the cargo. the train, we now know, was carrying common industrial products like diesel exhaust fluid and what norfolk southern's gm just described as

an additive used in waste water treatment. no evidence of spillage, but ohio senator scherr odd brown says more -- scherr odd brown says more needs to be done. >> i'm not entirely satisfied because there are some sort of remnants of something that might have been in those cars. those cars were mostly empty, but i want to know if there are any contaminants left in those mostly empty cars that might have affected clark county near the fairgrounds all the way into springfield. >> reporter: senator brown and fellow ohio senator j.d. vance, a republican, are collaborating on rail safety legislation. and norfolk southern saying, quote, no hazardous materials were involved or injuries reported. we are coordinating with local authorities on site and expect to have the wreckage cleared by midday today. this comes as concerns persist about air and water quality in east palestine. governor mike dewine says president biden and transportation secretary pete buttigieg are offering the federal government's help.

springfield's mayor warren copeland says he's grateful the city's water is not impacted, it doesn't appear there's any risk to public health as a result of this latest train derailment. eric? eric: all right, nate, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. a railroad union is accusing norfolk southern of endangering employees as they clean ared up last month's toxic train derailment. johnny long, general chairman of the american rail system federation, says 40 maintenance employees never received proper protective equipment and press raters. he wrote to ohio -- respirators. he wrote to ohio governor mike dewine saying, quote, many employees continue to the experience migraines and nausea days after the derailment, and they all is suspect they were willingly exposed to these chemicals at the direction the of norfolk southern. johnny long joins us now. mr. long, i do the want to give you a heads up that i may have to interrupt you to get to president biden, but we'll try to get going here. i want you to, first, start by

giving us more details, and what do you want from norfolk southern as it pertains to this? >> i'd just like to see norfolk southern reach out to their members or their employees that work that area and let 'em know what they're going to be willing to do for them. they're going to reach out to east palestine, the community, which i'm grateful for that, don't get me wrong. but at the same time the, our members are not being told anything as far as nor knocke southern -- norfolk southern providing them with testing, anything that they need that i'm aware of. arthel: i mean, it's almost a month now, today's march 5th, i believe, so you're saying they are kind of on their own in terms of equipment or protective gear? as they are going through this toxic material? >> well, from the onset of the derailment, the only thing i was wear members were offered, n95 masks. some were, some weren't. and that was always a big

concern that there was more than needed to be there. there was a green residue all over the ground from what i'm being told. i wasn't there, but what i'm being told from the members, and there were many concerns. but they were told that the air quality was fine, they didn't even have to use an n9 5 mask if they didn't want to. it's just a big concern that the whole community of east palestine were required to evacuate while our members went in there to repair the tracks. arthel: and meanwhile, what's your reaction to this latest derailment of another norfolk southern train near spring springfield, ohio? no hazardous material onboard that one but it happened, again, four weeks after the derailment tata caused in the toxic spell in east palestine that we're talking about. this has to concern you, does it? >> it is the concerning. you know, first of all, i'm just grateful that no one was injured. many things i think the government with can step in and help out on as far as having

different legislation passed, and that's what i'm hoping will come of this, that norfolk southern and ore railroads -- other railroads will look at things where they can make corrections and make thed are a safer place for our members. arthel: do you have any suggestions? >> i think it's just going to take a lot of sitting down at the table and having discussions not only with the carriers and the government, but also with the unions to have ideas put together because it is our memb work not only through the maintenance and weigh departmen- arthel: mr. long -- >> yes. arthel: -- add expected, the president has begun speaking. i thank you for your time, sir, and good luck with everything. right now we are going to go live to selma, alabama. president biden is speaking to mark 58 years since bloody i sunday. let's listen in. >> please have a seat if you have one. i once said have a seat if you have one, and and the press said

you didn't have seats, he's so stupid, he didn't nona. -- know that. folks, there's a lot to say, i'm going the try not to say very much in terms of length of time, but i want to say a few things. it was mentioned that we should be working for the people of africa. for years i was chairman of the african affairs subcommittee in the united states senate, and we've invested, my wife just got back from zambia and namibia, she's there all the time. we just made sure we have billions of dollars committed to build africa and have the largest solar facility in all of africa. we're investing in africa because africa is important, and because everything happening there will affect us. [applause] so, folks, that's number one. number two, i want to make sure that, you know, i told the mayor, i think the mayor's being the toughest job in america. but one of the mayors who took some time to come and help me put together my program, keisha

lance bottom. would you stand up? from atlanta. [applause] she's understandably going home because she's got some kids, and it's about time. she promised she'd stay as long as she did, and she did. but we've got another mayor coming through. thank you very much, keisha. and, folks, you know, last time i was here my daughter is a social worker, ashley biden, was with me. she couldn't be with me today, she wanted to, but she's working on a project for battered women up in delaware and philadelphia. she sends her best. on this stage the children of god started a journey, walking, not saying a word, beaten, tear gassed. on this bridge blood was given to help redeem the soul of america. last time i was here, i was with him, john lewis, they were his words. mayor perkins, tonkman so

welshing -- congressman sowell, members of congress, all of you who are here, foot soldiers of selma, distinguished guests, you are among the final words of our dear friend john lewis e delivered as he stood on the bridge over troubled waters three years ago. i had the privilege of standing with him. words that give meaning to the past and purpose to the future. i've been on this bridge before as vice president, as a candidate for president, and here even before as a senator because with history matters. and now i'm here as your president. the truth matters notwithstanding what the other team is trying to hide, they're trying to hide the truth. no matter how hard some people try, we can't just choose to learn what we want to know and not what we should know. we should learn everything, the good, the bad, the truth of who we are as a nation.

and everyone should know the truth of selma. 600 believers put faith in action to march across that bridge named after the grand dragon of the kkk. they were on their way to the state capitol in montgomery to claim their fundamental right to vote laid in the bedrock of our constitution the but stolen by hate, harbored in too many hearts. with unflinching courage, foot soldiers for march for justice marched through the valley of the shadow of death, and they feared no evil. the forces of hate con fired -- conspired to dethe his -- demise that they endured. they forced the country to confront the hard truths and to act to keep the promise of america alive. i was a student up north in the civil rights movement. i remember feeling how guilty i

was i wasn't here. how could we all be up there and you going through what you went through looking at those -- i can still picture, still picture troopers with their batons and wands and whips. the promise that dethe claires we're all created and deserve to be treated equally. two weeks later they marched to montgomery with dr. king, an even bigger coalition of people from different races and faiths. five months later the voting rights act was signed into law, five months later. [applause] as i come here in commemoration, not for show, selma is a reckoning. a right to vote, the right to vote, to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty. with it anything's possible. without it, without that right, nothing is possible. and this fundamental right

remains under assault. conservative supreme court has gutted the voting rights act over the years since the 2020 election. a wave of states and dozens, dozens of anti-voting laws fueled by the big lie and the election deniers now elected to office. the new law here in alabama, among other things, enacted a new congressional map that discriminated against black voters by failing to include what should have been a new predominantly black district. [applause] that that case, as you all know better than i, is in front of the u.s. supreme court. and my u.s. department of justice has joined many of you in arguing that the map violates the voting rights act. all of this after a deadly insurrection on january the 6th. we must remain vigilant.

in january i signed the electoral count reform act to protect the role of the people and the peaceful transfer of power. we know that we must get the votes in congress to pass the john lewis voting rights advancement act. [applause] and the freedom to vote a act. i made it clear, i will not let a filibuster obstruct the sacred right to vote, the right of any right to vote from there. [applause] and that's why we follow the words that you all have, the words of dr. king. he said give us the ballot, we'll place judges on the bench who will do justly. led by justice ketanji brown jackson and more black women appointed to the federal appellate court than every other president in history has done, we are about to do that.

[applause] after senate republicans blocked the george floyd justice in policing act last year, i did what was in my power, i signed an executive order requiring all the key elements of the bill apply to federal law enforcement. i couldn't make it to states. banning chokeholds, greatly restricting no-knock warrants, establishing a database for police misconduct, advancing effective and accountable community policing that builds public instruction. trust. we'll keep fighting the path of reform -- to the pass some reform nationwide. folks, we passed the most significant gun safety law in 30 years, but i'm not ready to stop, nor is jim clyburn or anybody else up there ready to stop. i led the effort when i was a senator to pass the assault weapons ban, and we're going to ban assault weapons again. [applause] they matter. and we had the ban, fewer people

died, fewer mass shootings. and together we're saying loud and clearly that this america -- in america hate and extremism will not prevail, although they are rearing their ugly head in significance now. silence, as the saying goes, silence is complicity, and i promise you my administration will not remain silent. i promise you. [cheers and applause] the task before us is about justice, but it's also about jobs. financial stability. the ability to generate generational wealth. it's about hope, self-worth. it's about dig the mity. that that's why we're -- dignity. that's why we're building an economy that i make no a apologies that grows the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, not from the top down. we weren't poor, but we weren't

wealthy. we were a typical middle class family with a three-bedroom home and pour kids and a grand -- four kids and a grandpa living with us. when we do that, we build from the middle out, the bottom up, the poor have a ladder up. the middle class does very well, and the wealthy still do well. we we all do well. we know there's worked to do especially as you recover from this devastating tornado, the storms that hit in january. that's why working with jerry and the mayor i issued a major disaster declaration immediately committing the federal government to the cover 100% of the dedebris removal. we also are paying for temporary housing, hoping repairs, supporting small businesses as well as doing other towns devastated as you have been. to date, we provided $8 million in recovery, and we're just getting started the rebilling

effort. and we're here -- rebuilding effort. and we're here, we'll be here as long as it takes. the first major bill we passed without a single vote from the other team was the american rescue plan when i was sworn in. of that has provided clash 60 million to selma -- $60 million to selma and dallas county directly. one of the things having been a county official for two years, i didn't like anything that went through the state legislature. i'm not joking. good people, but they all want a piece of it. it's supposed to come to my county, it better damn welcome to my county directly. so this is going correctly to your county, to your city to keep teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters on the job. selma's also benefiting from the bipartisan infrastructure law. a multi, multibillion dollar commitment to rebuild this country. how can we be the leading economy in the world if we don't have the best roads, ports and so on? how can we be that?

well, guess what? it's the largest investment in infrastructure since eisenhower's interstate highway system. here in selma we're funding major water projects, removing over 800 poisonous lead pipe service lines that are over 100 years old because every child should be able to turn on a faucet and create clean water without fear of getting sick. [applause] and it's going to deliver affordable high-speed internet to every single home in in this and this city. and no parent, so no parent, god forbid another parent is going to have to sit in a mcdonald's parking lot to use their internet to be able to have their kid's homework be done. look, and in the process these kinds of investments are going to create good paying jobs. most of these jobs don't require college degrees. they'll be able to hire here, hire in the community. and, by the way, the unemployment rate for

african-americans under my administration is the second lowst it's ever been many all of american history. we're going to continue to make sure that happens. ms. and, by the way, i'm the only president, i've learned, that had permanent offices in the white house where the divine nine and the hbcus. [cheers and applause] i figured it out, man. i figured it out. now, i know that the vice president thinks that howard's the best. delaware state university, where i come from. all kidding aside, we contributed billions of collars to put -- dollars to put hbcus into position because they don't have, i mean this -- arthel: on this bridge the children of god started a journey walking, not saying a word, beaten, tear gassed. president biden began describing

that bloody day 58 years ago, blood key sunday, many in ma, alabama -- in selma, alabama. the voting rights act followed. selma is a reckoning. the right to vote is a fundamental right of americans, and voting rights remain under assault, he said, adding the john lewis voting rights advancement act must be passed. a filibuster, he says, will not get in his way. 58 years ago today the bloody sunday, american history with current-day impact. that was president biden there in selma, alabama. want to let you know that we are waiting to hear from florida governor ron desantis. he is at the ray -- reagan library. when he begins his remarks, we will take you there live. eric: we'll hear from the governor in just a moment. we just heard or the president call for the protection of democracy and voting, and he has yet to announce his own reelection bid for a second term. but, or you know, today that's not stopping both declared and undeclared republican candidates from taking aim at him in

speeches at several events this weekend. lucas tomlinson live from the north lawn of the white house with the very latest on what those potential republican candidates and one or two of them are saying. hey, lucas. >> reporter: last night at cpac, it was the former president, donald trump the, taking aim at president biden saying if trump was president, vladimir putin would not have invaded ukraine. >> ukraine would have been thriving, there would have been no dead people, and there would have been no obliterated cities that can never be rewilt. you can never rebuild those cities. russia never would have pulled the trigger. this is the most dangerous time in the history of our country, and biden is leading us into oblivion. >> reporter: now, earlier today, eric, maryland's former republican governor larry hogan said he would not be running for president at the club for growth, a competing event from cpac in palm beach. south carolina senator tim scott

spoke as well as the form governor, nikki haley. >> if you wanted to create a blueprint to ruin our i amazing -- amazing country, you'd spend more time on crt and less time on abcs. as we look at the results of the pandemic, we've seen the greatest drop in scores academically in the history of the country. >> obviously, the socialist left hates economic freedom. but so do some of our fellow republicans. they have bad mouthed capitalism almost as much as elizabeth warren. you'll never hear that from me. just the opposite. >> reporter: on "sunday morning futures," 37-year-old vivek ramaswamy spoke out against biden's plan to repay college loans and went a step further. >> only barely over a third of

o actually even have a four-year college are education. so you're recontributing money from people who -- redistributing money from people who didn't get that opportunity to people who did. i'm going to shut down the county of education, because it does not need to exist at the federal level. >> reporter: right now the country is more than $31 trillion in debt. eric? eric: all right, lucas at the white house, thank you. arthel? arthel: well, lucas and eric, meantime the, as i told you, potential 2024 candidate, florida governor ron desantis, is at the ron reagan presidential library -- ronald reagan presidential library for a book signing. just moments ago he spoke to supporters about differences between california and florida. here's part of the governor's speech. >> thank you. [applause] hello, california. [cheers and applause]

i know you guys got a lot of problems out here, but your governor's very concerned about what we're doing in florida, so i figured i had to come by. [cheers and applause] well, thank you so much. it's really an honor to be at the ronald reagan library. and as i was coming here, i started to think a little bit about president reagan and about some of the issues that we're facing now. and, of course, president reagan had a great sense of humor. i thought about a story that there was a debate between three of our founding fathers, dr. benjamin rush, thomas jefferson and ben franklin. and the debate was about what was the world's oldest propossession. and dr. rush said, as a physician, he said the world's oldest profession if is the doctor, because eve was cut out of adam's rib, so it has to be if physician. thomas jefferson, who you know designed monticello, said, no,

the world's oldest profession is the architect. after all, it was architect who brought order out of all the chaos in the universe. and ben franklin said, no, you're both wrong, the world's oldest profession is the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place? [laughter] and president reagan understood this. his famous quote that the most terrifying words in the english language are i'm here from the government and i'm here to help? he understood the vital role that government had to play. he didn't say no government, and he understood that there was a core function of government, but he also understood how government could be a negative force if not applied properly. and i think if you look over the last four or five years and you look at the performances of individual statements and you compare florida -- states and you compare florida verse california, new york, illinois some of those other states, we have had a great experience, a

great test in governing philosophies because, of course, you know we approached things much differently in florida than you guys have out here. much differently in florida than they've done in new york and in illinois and many of these other states. and what is the result of that then? you know, you have elections in your state, and that's fine, but the american people as a whole in some ways have voted about this experiment because they voted with hair feet. and -- their feet. and if you look over the last four years, we've witnessed a great american exodus from states governed by leftist politicians imposing leftist ideology and delivering poor results, and you've seen massive gains in states like florida who are governing according to the tried and true principles that president reagan held dear. florida has led the nation in net in-migration i think three or four years in a row. california's either been number

one or number two in net outmigration. new york is right up there with you on that. and it's one thing with new york because there is a little bit of a rhythm of life where you can work and maybe you retire to florida, get a condo in boca rah rah tone, fine -- boca rah on. maybe you get out of the minnesota winters and live in naples. we've got a lot of that, and that's always happened. but the extent to which people are moving and the reason for which they're moving has been unique the past four years. i think about california, and when i was in the navy, i was in coronado for a time before we went to iraq. it was beautiful. and i just thought to myself, man, i understand why people try to get to california. and from the beginning of this state's history, all the way until, like, the last four or five years people beat a path to california. you didn't beat a path away from california. and yet now you see the state hemorrhaging population. i can tell you growing up in

florida i never remember seeing a california license plate. why would you? why would you leave, right? and then all of a sudden over these last few years we start to see californians show up, these license plates. and i can can tell you, that that spooked a lot of people in my state -- [laughter] because they didn't know how those californians were going to vote when they got to the state of florida. but we saw that the, and we've seen people move from the west coast not just california, but oregon and washington state in term -- in numbers like we've never seen. this is the result of better governance in statements like florida -- states like florida. s the a result of poor governance in these left-wing states. [applause] that's why people are moving. [applause] just think about fiscal management. the state of florida, we have millions of more people now than the state of new york does, and

yet new york state they have twice the size of the state budget than the state of florida does. and yet we have better infrastructure if, better services and higher performing k-12 the schools. so where is all this money going? but not only does new york state have twice the budget that florida has, new york city's budget with 8 million people is basically the same size as florida's state budget with a state of over 22 million people. our per cap a the debt in florida is the -- per capita debt in florida is the second lowest in the united states. new york's per capita the debt is the fifth highest in the united states. we have no income tax, we're not taxing people like they are. today tax the dickens out of you, and they're still deep in this debt. yes, in terms of taxes, of course, no income tax, florida's the second lowest per capita tax burden in the united states. new york and california rank among the top ten most taxed

states, and of i don't have to remind you. not only do you have stiff income tax, you've got the highest sales tax in all of the united states. in terms of business ax the climate, florida has the fourth best business class -- business tax climate. new york is second worst followed by california with the third worst business tax climate. is it any wonder that the state of florida ranks number one in new business formations even though we're roughly half the size of california? [applause] we have nor new -- more new business formations. and unemployment in the state of florida, the december numbers, we were 2.7%. new york and california were 4.1%. we have incidentally more -- the significantly more people employed than we kid prior to covid, ask states like new york still haven't recovered. and for the first time many the reported concern recorded history, the state of florida

has more total people employed than the state of new york, and that's saying something because we've got a lot of retired people in the state of florida. so those results speak for themselves. but, you know, we've always had lower taxes in florida. that's nothing new. we've never had an income tax, and is we've always worked to keep government small. so that in and of itself while it contributes, that is not the only reason why people have moved. i think the pandemic caused people to reevaluate who was in charge of their state governments more than any other event in my lifetime. and you had to make a decision the about how you were going to handle that. were you as the governor going to look at everything, consume the data yourself, be mindful of your state's economic well-being, the education of your kids? yes, health in terms of covid, but also health in terms of every other thing. or were you basically going to subcontract out your leadership to help bureaucrats like c.

fauci? well, in -- dr. fauci? well, in florida, we were mindful of president eisenhower warning in his farewell crease the about the carriage -- address about the dangers of allowing a signtism technological elite to get a ahold of public policy. izeenen hour observed they don't see the full picture. they are focused on one narrow aspect, and so you consult with that, but a statesman's got to harmonize nice all the different, competing interests in society. fauci doesn't know anything about the economy. he doesn't know anything about education. he doesn't know anything about your rights. indeed, he doesn't care about your rights. and so -- the. [applause] and so when the world went mad, when common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue, florida stood as a citadel of freedom for people throughout

the united states and, indeed, throughout the world. we refused to let our state descend into some type of faucian dystopia where people's rights were curtailed and livelihoods destroyed. we made sure people had a right to work and we got people back to work and businesses back open. we made sure that every school in the state of florida in that 2020 school year was open because people needed to be in school. [applause] arthel: potential 2024 candidate, florida governor ron desantis, is at the ronald reagan presidential library there in california for a book signing. he starts off by saying, hey, listen, your governor seems very curious about what we're doing many in florida, so i'm here to tell you. desantis saying it's not just retirees moving to florida, adding that people are no longer rushing to california, but they're moving. many california license plates in florida these days, he says, saying the way he governs his

state is why touting fiscal management, infrastructure, better k-12 schools, better business climate, also pointing out zero individual income tax. not his doing, but yet another bonus to move to the sunshine state. florida governor ron desantis on a it's drive for a run for the white house. we'll be right back. every year we try to exercise more, to be more social, to just relax. and eating healthy every single meal? if only it was this easy for us.

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♪ >> how would you describe the fentanyl problem in america? >> it's a horrible epidemic, but it's an epidemic that's been unleashed on purpose by the sinaloa and the new generation jalisco cartels. >> is mexico helping us effectively with our fentanyl problem? >> they could do much more, no question about that. >> if this is helping, i would hate to see what not helping looks like. eric: that was merrick garland facing blunt, direct and sharp questions from lindsey graham over mexico's responsibility in curbing america's drug epidemic. republican lawmakers on capitol hill are demanding more action from our neighbor to the south, and they are slamming the biden administration's response to the cartels. the attorney general said also during the hearings that he would not be opposed to the state department decembering nateing the mention concern designating the mexican cartels as terrorist organizations. could that be possible? kiron skinner joins us, professor at pepper kind

university. -- pepperdine university. would it be meaningful and a much-needed move to to the actually designate the cartels as terrorist organizations? could that cut them off? could that hobble them and hurt them realistically? >> those very questions are being considered in a joint resolution of congress right now that seeks to give that authority to the state department. it's something the state department needs to strongly consider having the designation of a terrorist organization. it would give additional authorities to the federal government in dealing with the cartels. that combined with the idea from the joint resolution about empowering the president to use the u.s. military to address the cartels inside of mexico. these activities -- the designation on the terrorist side, the military activities -- really come to the unique point that we've been trying to get to

for a long time, and there's a growing bipartisan consensus. the cartels need to be redefined as a national security threat, not just a law enforcement problem for the united states. that redesignation would really give with us tools and a range of understanding about the cartels as an international problem that we haven't been facing now. that all came up when the attorney general, merrick garland, every thed. this is a major problem in international relations, and we have to treat it that way -- eric: you just -- >> the state department where i served has never really used the cartel problem as leverage against mexico and the full range of our bilateral ties. it's time we do it now. eric: you just hit it on the head, it's being treated as a law enforcement problem, not as

a national security issue. i mean, you look at other terrorist organizations, what's the difference between the cartels and hezbollah or isis? look who israel does, how it protects its country. it bombs iranian warehouses at the airport, for example, it goes after hezbollah in lebanon, it goes after areas in syria. why can't the u.s. do the same thing? do we need mexico's permission? >> we don't need mexico's permission to make that designation, but we coneed to understand -- we do need to understand the state of play. and i think many americans aren't being told how truly global the mexican cartels are. they're in about 40 countries. they work closely with china in a supply chain to take the precursor chemicals that china develops, have them delivered to mexico and then create fentanyl and other fake pills that kill americans at the tune of tens of thousands every year with. it's been growing during the

biden administration. this includes lots of countries, not just the united states, but also mexicans are being hurt, canadians. many southeast asia there's -- in southeast asia there's a crisis around the drugs as well. so i think once americans and our legislate ors firmly -- legislators firmly understand that this is an international relations/national security t problem, we will see some better outcomes. i think it's the only way. eric: and finally, in terms of taking stronger action, president trump reportedly talk thed about bombing the mexican cartels, launching against their drug labs. is this not a war similar to other wars? look, they have federal police in mexico go after these drug labs and cartels. some would say why can't the military attack hem? >> we have to do it carefully. congress is for once really

thinking this through. i think the pressure will come from congress, not the white house, because we haven't talked about the fact that much of this would not be happening if we had an effective border policy in the administration and if we would return to stay in mexico. the migration policy put forth by president trump. we've got to also realize -- and i don't know why this is so hard, it's not rocket science -- that the border crisis, that the migration crisis, the illegal migration crisis, the drug trafficking, all of this is one big story. and we have to say some things about our friends in mexico. we have a shared history, a proud country, a great people. but it's behaving now as a narco-terrorist state, a failed sate9 of such corruption in the judiciary and the security forces and a president who has said that he prefers hugs to

guns. this is not working. it's got to rebuild as a powerful western state that it actually can be. eric: the threat from our neighbor in the south a, quote, narco-terrorist state says professor kiron skinner. we'll see if there's more meaningful action on designating the cartels terrorist os as they are. thank you. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. you know, we've heard and seen devastating story thes of the impact of america's deadly drug end epidemic. well, now a washington state man is sharing his story of sobriety can fox -- with fox digital to inspire others. recovering addict tyson was living on the streets for more than a decade. he says he witnessed more than a hundred overdoses in that time, but he told fox news how he found strength in his family after his sister found him in a store parking lot.

>> washington is very gloomy, like, the streets are, no joke, i don't wish it on people. i was mad at god, and so i would curse him out, why aren't you helping me? i believe that my sister was sent by him to save me, you know? she, like, my guardian angel. >> don't give up on your loved ones. don't give up. keep praying for them and go out, reach out to them. don't enable them by giving them money or anything like that, just if you can, maybe get them some food and give them positive talk. let them know that you're still there for them. arthel: footprints in the sand. washington, by the way, has the fourth largest homeless population in the united states. overdose deaths have been steadily on the rise there since 2020. s the never too late to get -- it is never another to get help. eric: don't give up on your loved ones. well, a texas homeowner

speaking out. take a looked at that video. two men allegedly attempt9 to steal his car from the his garage at gun gunpoint, and the wannabe carjackers ended up leaving empty handed. that that man spoke to the fox digital about the incident that happened in january. he says the robbers were so frazzled, the story might have ended tragically. christina coleman is live with more on what developed. hi, or chris christina. >> reporter: hi, eric. the victim says the suspects followed him home from a gas station the, held him at gunpoint, then commanded that he hand over the keys to his jeep. the attempted carjacking was caught on camera. [inaudible conversations] >> give me those keys, bro. right now. >> okay, okay -- [inaudible] >> don't, hey -- >> reporter: could you imagine someone following you home and doing that? this incident happened on january 25th in broad daylight just west of downtown houston. police released this video on

friday hoping it could lead to an arrest. now, the suspects didn't get away with anything. the homeowner had a back backpack in his front seat with the car keys in them, and one of the suspects ran off with that backpack, so the suspect could not start the car. take a listen to the victim after one of the suspects stole his backpack. [inaudible conversations] >> what are you guys doing? what are you guys doing, bro? >> reporter: the homeowner chased after the suspect who ran off wiz backpack. he then herald the second suspect fire gunshots during the chase, and then first suspect ended up dropping his backpack. police say the thieves jumped into a blue chevy camaro and then sped away from the scene. homeowner, who does not want to be identified, noted how these guys botched their attempt at a carjacking. >> usually when they say give me your keys, somebody gives it to them right away, and they're

gone. it didn't happen that way, so they were bamboozled. [laughter] they really didn't know what to do. luckily, it was a bunch of errors, because i wouldn't be talking to you today. >> reporter: fortunately, no one was hurt in this incident. suspects are still at large, and the authorities are asking the public to contact police if they have any information that could help lead to an arrest in this case. eric? eric we can only hope they'll soon be in handcuffs. christina, thank you. arthel? arthel: well, eric and christina, we want to take you live to selma, alabama, where president biden and civil rights leaders are preparing to march across the edmund pettis bridge to mark baladty sunday -- can bloody sunday. that is the site where hundreds of peaceful civil rights marchers were attacked and beat withen by police 58 years ago. among them, activist and future congressman, the late john lewis. david spunt is live on the ground. david, what can you tell us? what are you see, what are you hearing? >> reporter: hi, arthel.

good to be with you. well, you know, live tv the, i'm waiting for president biden to walk out with this crowd that is assemblinged at the base of the e mundt pettis bridge -- edmund pettis bridge. we can take a shot from the travel pool traveling with the president showing the crowd getting ready to cross, among them reverend jesse jackson, martheing luther king iii, many other civil rights leaders who have eyes to what happened. here in bloody sunday back in 1965. now, the edmund pettis the bridge has a dark history to the it not only what happened in 1965 with those trying to cross the bridge to go to montgomery, but also the name edmund pettis is of aing segregationist senator from the late 1800s, a grand dragon of the kkk. president biden talked about the importance of the history just about 40 minutes ago. listen. >> and everyone should know the truth of selma. 600 believers put faith into

action to march across that bridge named after the grand dragon of the kkk. they were on their way to the state capital of montgomery to claim their fundamental right to vote laid in the bedrock of our constitution but stolen by hate, harbored in too many hearts. with unflinching courage, foot soldiers for march for justice marched through the valley of the shad coe of death, and hay feared no evil -- the shadow of death, and they feared no evil. >> reporter: the president's former boss, president barack obama in 2015 on the 50th anniversary of the march, was here crossing. kamala harris last year. but at this point right now, there are probably about 50 or so people, dignitaries, at the bottom of the bridge waiting on president biden to make that famous cross on the edmund pettis bridge here in selma,

alabama. so that could be happening any moment, unfortunately, didn't work exactly as we had hoped when we were on television, but should be happening momentarily when the president walks out. arthel? arthel: yeah. well, as you know, david, today's theme is cross a bridge, be a bridge as the folks there are very much aware what happened 58 years ago. seemingly, though, that it's 58 minutes ago as voting rights are still under assault. >> reporter: very much so, arthel. there is a sense of not only history and nostalgia in the air, but a sense of pride. many of these people that live in selma, also in montgomery, birmingham, georgia, mississippi, louisiana, in these neighboring areas come here every year, and they've been coming here every year to comment rate this. and as you mentioned, not only

crossing the bridge, but being a bridge. the president talked about this being a divisive time in the history of the united states and bad things rearing their ugly heads. but he said at that time it's important and the speaker before him saidst the important to be a bridge and bridge differences and bridge those from alternate backgrounds and come together as americans. that's the message from the president and from the message of those here in selma today the as we wait for president biden to make this really historic walk across the edmund pettis bridge. arthel? arthel: yeah. yeah, david, heir getting, still getting organized there, so we will break away from you, and we'll come back when the walk across that bridge begins. david spunt there live in selma, alabama. thank you. eric? eric: quite a scene. could i also point out what's interesting is folks across the country usually see this once a year at this time as we mark this occasion. aye been down there reporting in

selma, and you just happen upon this bridge, and it's pretty banal. i mean, it is a bridge, there's lots of traffic, and you look at this in kind of an yaw at the iconic meaning of that bridge and what happened during those marches on those days that are seared in america's soul in part because of the father of the man you see there, dr. martin luther king. there's his son martin luther king iii and, of course, jesse jackson, now older, in a wheelchair about to make that march. and we'll bring to you live here on the fox news channel when they do that. more coverage of this in a moment. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells

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let's think you live back to alabama the edmund pettus bridge president biden as you can see's surrounded by civil rights leaders and others preparing any moment to march across the edmund pettus bridge to of course marked the infamous day, bloodied sunday civil rights protesters led by john lewis and josé williams marched across that bridge and were beaten and attacked by alabama state troopers 58 years ago today. that was a march on a day that galvanized the country, arthel to deal with the civil rights issue and voting rights for african americans in our country. the president saying that struggle still continues today.

arthel: he's adamant in the john lewis voting rights advancement act passed and that he is not going to let a filibuster stand in his way. we'll have more coverage of president biden's trip to selma, alabama there tonight on the fox report. eric: thank you for joining us we'll see you next weekend. thank you for picking fox news for your news. thank you. >> we begin with a fox news alert. president biden is in selma, alabama tonight crossing the edmund pettus bridge to mark 58 years since blood descendent for state troopers beat and tear gas to black demonstrators who were trying to cross the bridge in 1965. the moment is considered to be an important one for the civil rights movement. the buzzer on the 2024 presidential. not on the republican side. democrats