showdown. texas governor greg abbott refusing to remove razor wire and half of the nation s governors are standing behind him as he actually adds more razor wire. how the white house is responding. carley: plus, vice president kamala harris says biden is doing a good job, you just don t know it. do a better job of getting the word out about what we have accomplished. it is incumbent on us to let people [inaudible] [laughter] will: and finally, i caught up with dwayne johnson this week. could a presidential run be in his future? stick around for his answer. the second hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. don t you dare look back just keep your eyes on me. i said, you re holding back. she said, shut up and dance we me. this woman is my destiny. he said, shut up and dance with me carley: welcome to fox & friends. looking live at i believe it s ocean city, maryland. [laughter] ox on hill. i wasn t even close. i saw an o, but it was teeny, tiny
bret: good evening, welcome to washington i m bret baier and two big stories featuring big numbers. customs and border protection say within 300,000 people illegal immigrants and countered by border patrol attempting to enter the u.s. illegally across the southern border and just the month of december. we will head to the border to report on the major showdown between texas and the biden administration. but first the other big numbers tonight. we begin in new york, a jury or during former president donald trump to pay more than $83 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by e. jean carroll. a jury found previously sexually assaulted by a trump in the 1990s. the former president vigorously denied the allegations and wondered how he did that is the subject of the defamation case. alexis mcadams outside of the federal courthouse in manhattan with the latest tonight. good evening, alexis. good evening, bret. huge numbers in the courtroom in manhattan. e.g. harrell said dona
defied expectations, at least from the polls, but she did not made donald trump. 11 minutes after polls close tonight, nbc news projected trump would win new hampshire the primary and make it two and a row after his resounding victory in iowa just last week. here is what members looked like at this hour. it was a result that gave the biden campaign and, opening with the president saying tonight regardless of what nikki haley does from here, the general election race has begun. and yet, nikki haley is promising to stay in the race as of tonight. now you have all heard the chatter among the political class. they re falling all over themselves saying this race is over. [applause] well, i have news for all of them. new hampshire it is for in the nation. it is not last in the nation. [applause] she s right, it s not the last inclination. and in that pretty defiant speech, she made pretty clear she has ever intention to carry on and she has every right to carry on. for what it
iowa countdown. with a week to go, gop candidates barnstorm iowa. there is a new day in america. without chaos. i m running for your issues. pretend we re one point down. and battle for democracy. facing political head winds, president biden hits the campaign trail with an allout focus on donald trump. democracy is on the ballot. as trump tried to flip the script. joe biden is a threat to democracy. will the strategy work. mike pence will join me from tel aviv, israel. and then congressman james clyburn. plus health scare. lloyd austin facing criticism for waiting days to tell the president and the public he s in the intensive care unit. how serious was his illness and why was it kept secret? hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again just shaking our heads. we re eight days from the iowa caucus, one day past the january 6 attack on the capitol and donald trump is dominating the political conversation in the only way he
iowa countdown. with a week to go, gop candidates barn storm iowa. there will be a new day in america without chaos. i m running for your issues. one point down. is this race more fluid than it seems? and battle for democracy. facing political head winds, president biden hits the campaign trail with an all out focus on donald trump. democracy is on the ballot. as trump tries to flip the script. will biden s strategy work. three years after the january 6 attack, mike pence will join me from tel aviv, israel. and then south carolina democratic congressman jim clyburn. plus health scare, defense secretary lloyd austin facing criticism for waiting days to tell the public he is in the intensive care unit. how serious was it and why was it kept secret. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again just shaking our heads. eight days from the iowa caucuses, one day past the third anniversary of the january 6 attack on the capitol. and donald tru