JUST STRANGLE THE WHOLE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
STEVE: SEE THAT RIGHT HERE 90
MINUTES.
WE BRING IN CONGRESSMAN LEE
ZELDIN.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
STEVE: GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AS
WELL.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEWS THE
DAY IN A ELEMENT NO.
ACTUALLY, YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US?
>> SO I HAVE SPOKEN TO NEW
YORKERS FROM ALL ACROSS THIS
STATE AND IT DOESN’T MATTER
WHETHER YOU ARE MIDDLE INCOME,
YOU ARE FROM UPSTATE, DOWNSTATE,
YOU ARE GETTING HIT WITH NEW TAX
HIKES NOW.
IT HURT ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CASHLESS BAIL SO AFTER
TALKING TO NEW YORKERS WHO FEEL
LIKE THIS IS A LAST STAND, A
LAST GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE
NEW YORK AND THE FACT THAT TO
SAVE OUR STATE ANDREW CUOMO HAS
GOT TO GO.
I’M ANNOUNCING HERE THIS MORNING
ON YOUR SHOW THAT I’M RUNNING
FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IN 2022
AND WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS
RACE.
I’M ALL IN, WE ARE ALL IN.
LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION AND WE
HAVE TO TURN THINGS AROUND.
BRIAN: CONGRESSMAN, WHAT WAS THE
MOMENT.
WHAT WAS THE FACTOR THAT YOU
SAID I’M GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE
THIS A SHOT?
I MEAN, A YEAR AGO, CUOMO LOOKED
UNBEATABLE.
HE IS GOING TO RUN FOR A FOURTH
TERM.
NOT A DEMOCRAT WOULD CHALLENGE
HIM.
NOW WITH NINE ACCUSERS, NURSING
HOME QUESTIONS, DEBTS AND TOLLS
THAT NOW LOOKS LIKE HE KNEW
ABOUT AHEAD OF TIME WITH AN A.G.
AND FBI LOOKING OVER HIS
SHOULDER, IS THAT WHAT MADE ALL
THIS PLAUSIBLE POSSIBLE?
>>
>> THEN YOU HAVE THIS BUDGET
THIS PAST WEEK WHERE YOU CREATE
THE HIGHEST INCOME TAX RATE IN
THE COUNTRY.
WHY ARE YOU DOING IT THAT TO
CREATE A NEW MULTIBILLION
DOLLARS FUND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT LEGALLY EVEN IN THE COUNTRY
AND THE STATE.
IT’S THE ATTACKS ON OUR WALLETS
AND FREEDOMS AND SAFETY.
IT’S THE DEADLY NURSING HOME
ORDER AND COVER-UP.
JANICE DEAN HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY
FANTASTIC.
YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING IT WELL.
IT’S ALL OF THESE SCANDALS OF
ABUSE.
IT’S THE COVID TESTING
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO HIS
FAMILY AT PRIVATE RESIDENCE WITH
STATE DEPARTMENT HEALTH
OFFICIALS.
FRONT OF LAB PRIORITY ACCESS FOR
GETTING THOSE TESTS DONE.
LISTEN, ON SO MANY DIFFERENT
LEVELS, EVERYONE IS COMING TO
THE CONCLUSION WHETHER YOU ARE
REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, ANYWHERE
IN BETWEEN THAT THIS GUY HAS
BEEN THERE TOO LONG.
IT’S TIME TO GO.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY
ENTIRE LIFE THAT WE HAVE HAD ONE
PARTY DEMOCRATIC RULE IN NEW
YORK CITY, ALBANY AND D.C. AND
THEY’RE ALL DOING THEIR PART TO
DESTROY THEIR LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE TO -- WE CAN’T GET
COMPLACENT.
EVERYONE IS FRUSTRATED.
YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT WHILE PEOPLE FLEE.
LET’S STAY HERE AND FIGHT AND
RETURN NEW YORK TO ITS GLORY BUT
IT’S A COMBINATION OF ALL OF
THESE FACTORS.
AINSLEY: IS THERE A WAY?
WE HAVE SO MANY NEW YORKERS THAT
ARE MOVING TO FLORIDA.
SO MANY PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA
MOVING TO TEXAS, WHY?
BECAUSE THEY DON’T PAY A STATE
INCOME TAX.
AND PEOPLE CAN SAVE MONEY, PUT
MORE MONEY IN THEIR BANK
ACCOUNTS, SEND THEIR KIDS TO
COLLEGE, ARE FEED THEIR KIDS.
STEVE: BETTER WEATHER.
AINSLEY: EXACTLY.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD DO
THAT IN NEW YORK HAVE NO STATE
INCOME TAX?
DO YOU PLAN TO LOWER TAXES AT
LEAST TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES
THAT ARE REALLY HURTING?
>> WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.
PEOPLE ARE FLEEING.
THE GENIUSES UP IN ALBANY THINK
THEY JUST RAISE THE INCOME TAX
RATE FOR NEW YORKERS AND NOW
THEY ARE GOING TO PAY THEIR FAIR
SHARE.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DID FOR MANY
BECAUSE THEY ARE HITTING THEIR
BREAKING POINT AND THEY ARE
FLEEING.
ESSENTIALLY YOU JUST LOWERED
THEIR INCOME TAX RATE TO ZERO
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE
GIVING YOU ANY MONEY WHATSOEVER.
PEOPLE ARE MORE MOBILE THAN
EVER.
IT’S NOT JUST THOSE THAT ARE HIT
WITH THIS TAX INCREASE.
IT’S THE FAMILY THAT HAS TO GET
STARTED EITHER IN THEIR MOM AND
DAD’S BASEMENT ON LONG ISLAND OR
THEY CAN GO BUY A SINGLE FAMILY
HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA.
IT’S THE SENIOR WHO HAS SPENT
THEIR WHOLE LIVES IN NEW YORK.
THEY WANT TO STAY.
THEIR FAMILY IS HERE.
BUT THEN CAN’T AFFORD TO SO THEY
ARE HEADING DOWN SOUTH.
ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS IT’S
THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT’S THE COST OF LIVING AND I
LOVE THIS STATE.
I’M STILL HERE.
YOU ARE STILL HERE.
WE NEED TO TURN IT AROUND AND
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FLEE EVERY
SINGLE DAY UNTIL WE DO.
BRIAN BINE WE HAVE HAD A
REPUBLICAN AS GOVERNOR GEORGE
PATAKI A WHILE AGO.
HAVE TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS
MILITARY BACKGROUND AND TO BE
EXISTING IN NEW YORK YOU HAVE TO
WORK WITH DEMOCRATS.
HAVE YOU DONE ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE WILL SEE IF THERE IS ENOUGH
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, ENOUGH
DEMOCRATIC ANGER TO GET YOU TO
THAT POSITION BUT I KNOW NO ONE
IS GOING TO RUN HARDER.
CONGRESSMAN, CONGRATULATIONS ON
THAT MOVE.
NOW THE REAL WORK STARTS.
CAN WE TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
NEWS.
>> YEAH, LET’S DO IT.
BRIAN: HERE IS GRIFF JENKINS.
HE IS GOING TO BRING US
HEART-BREAKING IMAGES WHAT’S
HAPPENING AT THE BORDER.
REMEMBER, A LOT OF THOSE KIDS AT
THE BORDER END UP ON LONG ISLAND
IN LOWER, WORKING CLASS SCHOOLS
AND THEY NEVER TALK TO A NEW
YORK LAWMAKER.
STEVE: THOSE TWO SMALL CHILDREN
WERE FOUND ABANDONED NEAR THE
BORDER WALL.
WE DON’T KNOW A LOT OF THE
DETAILS BUT THEY WERE THERE, AS
YOU CAN SEE.
THE LITTLE BOY HAS HIS HANDS OUT
AS IF HE WOULD LIKE SOME HELP
FROM SOMEBODY.
THEY ARE CRYING AFTER BEING
DROPPED BY SMUGGLERS.
AINSLEY: 5 AND 6-YEAR-OLD.
GRIFF JENKINS JOINS US WITH MORE
FROM WASHINGTON ON THIS STORY AS
THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IS CALLING
NOW TO SHUT DOWN ONE OF THE
MIGRANT FACILITIES.
GRIFF?
GRIFF GRIFF THAT’S RIGHT,
AINSLEY, BRIAN AND STEVE.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD MORNING.
AND AS WE ALL WAKE UP THIS
MORNING, THERE ARE MORE THAN
20,000 UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN IN
DHS’S CARE AND CUSTODY RIGHT NOW
AND, REMEMBER, THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED MORE
THAN 10 EMERGENCY SHELTERS FROM
SPRINGS TO MIDLAND TO DALLAS TO
HOUSTON TO EL PASO.
AND IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE AT THE
FREEMAN COLISEUM IT IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION NOW AFTER SEXUAL
ABUSE ALLEGATIONS.
THAT PROMPTED TEXAS GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT TO CALL FOR IT TO BE
SHUT DOWN.
WATCH.
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
NOW PRESIDING OVER THE ABUSE OF
CHILDREN.
TO END THIS ABUSE, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION MUST IMMEDIATELY
SHUT DOWN THIS FACILITY.
GRIFF GRIFF RIO GRANDE VALLEY
SECTOR 3111 APPREHENSIONS IN A
24 HOUR PERIOD ON TUESDAY.
THAT’S A 335% UP CREASE FROM
LAST YEAR.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY COAST TO
COAST IN SAN DIEGO’S SECTOR THAT
6-YEAR-OLD BOY AND 5-YEAR-OLD
GIRL RESCUED BY AGENTS.
THEY WERE ALONE AND CRYING.
THEIR MOTHER’S NAME AND NUMBER
WAS WRITTEN ON THEIR ARMS.
NOW, REMEMBER, THAT’S THE SAME
SECTOR WHERE LITERALLY HOURS
LATER AGENTS ARRESTED A KNOWN
MS-13 GANG MEMBER AND IT COMES
AFTER WE SAW THE SECOND YEMENI
MAN ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST
ARRESTED NEAR CALEXICO,
CALIFORNIA.
NOW, FORMER ICE DIRECTOR AND FOX
NEWS CONTRIBUTOR TOM HOMAN WAS
ON "FOX & FRIENDS" EARLIER.
HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> THIS
♪ OUT OF CONTROL.
IT’S A MESS, A CHAOS, BUILT BY
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
BRIAN: RIGHT.
>> THERE IS BY DESIGN.
THIS ISN’T BY ACCIDENT.
THIS ISN’T MISMANAGEMENT.
THIS IS OPEN BORDERS.
GRIFF: TODAY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
WILL TRAVEL TO McALLEN TO SEE
IT FIRSTHAND.
IT’S HIS THIRD TRIP TO THE
BORDER.
BRIAN, AINSLEY, STEVE?
STEVE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET’S DIAL BACK IN NEW YORK
CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK LEE
ZELDIN.
I HAVE BEEN HEARING WITH THE
CRISIS GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING ACROSS
THE BORDER, EVERY STATE IS NOW A
BORDER STATE.
IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK WE SHOWED
PEOPLE OTHER HEART BREAKING
IMAGES THAT WERE HARD TO WATCH
OF THE TWO LITTLE CHILDREN, THE
3 AND 5-YEAR-OLD FROM ECUADOR
WHO WERE DROPPED BY SMUGGLERS ON
THE GROUND OFF THAT 14-FOOT
WALL.
AS IT TURNS OUT, THEIR MOTHER
WAS IN NEW YORK, YOUR STATE.
SO THOSE KIDS ARE HEADING TO
THIS STATE.
THIS IS A PROBLEM TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE ALL
THESE PEOPLE COMING IN.
>> BIG TIME AND I HATE TO SAY IT
BUT IT’SING IT’S GOING TO CONTIN
GET WORSE.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
IS TRYING TO TWO DIFFERENT
NARRATIVES.
ONE IS THEY WANT TO SAY THERE IS
NO CRISIS.
OR, TWO, THEY WANT TO SAY THERE
IS A CRISIS AND IT’S ALL TRUMP’S
FAULT.
AND THE FACT IS THAT THIS
STARTED IN A WAY WITH THE WAY
THAT JOE BIDEN RAN HIS CAMPAIGN
BUT FROM DAY ONE, STOPPING
BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION HALTING
DEPORTATIONS PUTTING FORWARD A
POLICIES TO HAVE A PATH FOR
CITIZENSHIP.
TO RELEASE PEOPLE INTO THE
UNITED STATES WITHOUT DATES TO
REPORT BACK TO COURT.
HOTEL STORY AND THE BIG COST
THAT CAME WITH IT.
SO, ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS,
THE POLICIES ARE INCENTIVIZING
THIS.
I HAVE COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO LEGALLY PURSUE THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
STEVE: SURE.
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CUT
THE LINE AND THEIR FIRST ACT IS
COMING IN ILLEGALLY, I THINK WE
NEED TO HAVE A BACKBONE HAVE A
RULE OF LAW TO STRENGTHEN OUR
BORDERS AND HAVE INTERIOR
ENFORCEMENT AND AS YOU POINTED
OUT WELL ON NETWORK IS THAT WE
HAVE SEEN HERE ON LONG ISLAND
MS-13 MEMBERS COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER, THEY END UP IN NEW YORK,
PEOPLE END UP SUFFERING FROM
VIOLENCE FROM, DRUG TRAFFICKING,
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SEX
TRAFFICKING, IT HAS LIVES,
CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICANS IN SO
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, TOUGH STOP
IT AT THE BORDER.
AINSLEY: REMEMBER THOSE TWO
GIRLS OUT ON LONG ISLAND, THEY
USED A MACHETE TO KILL THESE TWO
GIRLS WALKING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
NANCY PELOSI SHE SAYS WE ARE
HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
THOUGH.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> THE FACT IS THAT WE ARE ON A
GOOD PATH AT THE BORDER UNDER
LEADERSHIP OF JOE BIDEN --
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
WE WERE IN A VERY BAD SITUATION
UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
AINSLEY: WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT
THAT?
SHE IS THE SPEAKER.
SHE IS YOUR COLLEAGUE.
BRIAN: IT’S GOING GREAT.
>> AND IT’S A REMINDER THAT
BETWEEN NANCY PELOSI, STENY
HOYER AND JAMES CLYBURN THE 2022
THREE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP THE TOP
THREE MEMBERS OF HOUSE
LEADERSHIP THEY HAVE BEEN
SERVING IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES FOR OVER 100
YEARS.
IT’S TIME TO GO.
WE NEED TO BRING IN NEW BLOOD,
NEW IDEAS BECAUSE YOU HAVE
PEOPLE LIKE SPEAKER PELOSI WHO
IS JUST A DISHONEST HACK ON
STUFF LIKE THIS.
AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WHAT
WE NEED IS FOR PEOPLE TO BE
HONEST ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING
BECAUSE THE CRISIS WILL ONLY GET
WORSE UNTIL SOMEONE LIKE SPEAKER
PELOSI LISTENS TO SOME OF HER
TEXAS DEMOCRATS IN HER
DELEGATION WHO SAY, HEY, LISTEN,
THERE IS A CRISIS.
I SEE IT IN MY DISTRICT AND YOU
BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
BECAUSE IT’S COMING TO YOUR
DISTRICT IF YOU DON’T STOP IT.
BRIAN: I MEAN, YOU HAVE TWO
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY EXECUTIVES
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THEY SEE THE PROBLEM.
THEY KNOW THAT THESE MS-13 KIDS,
THEY PRETEND TO BE KIDS.
THEY ENROLL IN SCHOOL THAT’S
ALREADY OVERTAXED AND
OVERCROWDED AND THEY WILL GO AND
CREATE HAVOC AND PUT THAT GANG
CULTURE INTO THESE WORKING CLASS
COMMUNITIES AND IT ALL STARTS AT
THE BORDER.
AND IT’S NOT A MATTER OF
DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN.
IT’S PEOPLE REFUSING TO DO
ANYTHING BUT PLAY POLITICS.
WHAT I THINK IS REALLY SCARY IS
THAT THEY DECIDED TO RAISE
TAXES, DESPITE GETTING A
GOVERNMENT HANDOUT HERE IN NEW
YORK.
AND IT’S NOW, IF YOU ACCEPT THIS
MORNTION YOU CANNOT DECREASE
TAXES IN YOUR CITY.
GUESS WHO IS NOT GETTING A BIG
BAILOUT?
BUSINESS OWNERS, 30% OF WHICH
ARE OUT OF BUSINESS FOR GOOD.
THEY CAME ON AND TALKED ABOUT
HOW DISILLUSIONED THEY ARE WITH
WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW AS A
STATE.
LISTEN.
>> $2.1 BILLION GOING TO ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS WHILE ONLY A BILLION
DOLLARS OF RELIEF IS GIVEN TO
HARD-WORKING A SMALL BUSINESS
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HIT THE
HARDEST.
IN THE STATE THAT WAS HIT THE
HARDEST.
IT’S AN EMBARRASSMENT AND WE
SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF WHAT OUR
STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE HERE
IN NEW YORK RECOMMENDATION I
FEEL BETRAYED.
I FEEL BETRAYED BY OUR GOVERNOR
THAT HE HAS LET US DOWN AND HE
HAS TURNED HIS BACK ON US.
HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN
FIRST AND THEN WORRY ABOUT
OTHERS.
SOMETHING HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO
DO.
HE HAS NO RESPECT FOR US.
BRIAN: CONGRESSMAN, YOUR
THOUGHT?
>> YEAH.
YOU ARE HEARING IT FROM PEOPLE
ALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM.
YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEMOCRATS THEY
WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR KIDS
NOT YET FULLY BACK IN SCHOOL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN
NEW YORK CITY COMPLAIN ABOUT
RISING CRIME IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT.
NOT SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
ENOUGH.
PEOPLE UPSET THAT THEIR FAVORITE
RESTAURANT ISN’T YET OPEN, IS
DYING, MAYBE EVEN OUT OF
BUSINESS RIGHT NOW.
SO FROM THE TAX POLICY TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE ATTACKS ON
OUR FREEDOMS, WE’RE SEEING A
WEAKENED GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF ALL
OF THE SCANDALS, THE LOSS OF
LIFE, THE COVER-UP, THE
INVESTIGATIONS, BUT IT’S BEEN
IMPACTING US IN MANY WAYS AND
IT’S TIME FOR US TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
THAT’S WHY I’M RUNNING FOR
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.
MY WEBSITE ZELDIN FOR NEW
YORK.COM.
I JUST POSTED AN ANNOUNCEMENT
VIDEO THERE AS WELL.
EVERYONE EVERYWHERE ACROSS THIS
STATE HAS TO COME TOGETHER AS
NEW YORKERS DON’T JUST GET IN
YOUR CORNERS AND REPUBLICAN ON
DEMOCRAT, RED ON BLUE.
THAT’S NOT HOW TO TURN THINGS
AROUND.
IT’S BY US ALL WORKING TOGETHER
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE WATCHING FROM ALL ACROSS
AMERICA THIS MORNING.
THEY TUNE IN EVERY MORNING.
THEY SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
FLORIDA AND TEXAS, PLACES WHERE
YOU HAVE LOWER TAXES, MORE
FREEDOMS.
YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
MORE PROSPERITY.
AND THEN FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW
YORK, YOU HAVE THESE OTHER
STATES WHERE THESE GOVERNORS,
THE GOVERNMENT CONTROL AND THE
FAR-LEFT AGENDA IS DESTROYING
THESE STATES THAT WERE BEACONS
OF HOPE AND FREEDOM AND THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
IT’S REALLY SAD BUT THAT’S WHY
I’M EXTRA MOTIVATED TO WANT TO
TOO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
HE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE HIS
BUSINESS CARD FROM CONGRESSMAN