few hours after she quit that she claimed to be the victim. claudine gay resigned after all that wildly controversial capitol hill testimony on anti-semitism on the harvard campus and a pile of mounting plagiarism claims against her. the republican lawmaker who fired off the questions that sparked the controversy for claudine gay, actually her answers did that. anyway, that congresswoman says two down, one to go talking about presidents in ivy league colleges where anti-semitism has been raging. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the new york post cover today claudine gay, playing the victim in her resignation letter. a victim who refused to answer whether students calling for the genocide of jews should be disciplined. here is a refresher. it s a yes or no question. let me ask you this. you are president of harvard so i assume you are familiar with the term intifada. bill: i ve heard that term. do you believe that type of hateful speech is contr
thanks, jesse. jesse: see ya. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. following two major stories president trump has filed appeal with the colorado supreme court with the decision to keep his name off the primary ballot. we will have that plus analysis with brit hume and shannon bream in just moments. but we begin with the crisis at the southern border. more than 50 house republicans are in eagle pass, texas tonight meeting with border officials. getting a first-hand look at the migrant crisis that is forcing the biden administration to go on the offense. the white house placing blame on the house g.o.p. saying members are obstructing progress, even as president biden faces mounting criticism from democrats. correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight in eagle pass, texas again. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. today s congressional delegation was the largest one to ever visit the southern border. and these house republicans came here after decembe
going to happen. dana: that s true. jesse: what did he say? bret: good evening. i m bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now
violence in the middle east exploding literally. reports of more than 100 dead as explosions rock a ceremony for a slain rainian general killed four years ago today, a top hamas leader taken out in beirut. containerships come under attack in the red sea and many companies say good-bye, we don t even want to be near the red sea. who leon panetta says we need to do to stop it. we are all over it. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with jennifer griffin with the very latest at the pentagon keeping track of these developments and boy, they came fast and furious. well, absolutely, neil. the u.s. has pushed back on the allegations from iranian officials that they were involved in the twin bombings that killed more than 100 iranians making their way to the grave of general soleimani. the united states was not involved in any way. any suggestion to the contrary is ridiculous. we have no reason to believe that israel was involved in this explosion. today marks the fourt
out with a bang as we prepare to ring in the new year in times square. the marketst posting big gains for 2023. the dow up 14%. the nasdaq surging more than 40% and the s&p 500 up more than 24%. but will it continue in 2024? our market experts will weigh-in. with stocks soaring despite high interest rates to bring down inflation, what impact will that have on the 2024 presidential race? we ll ask presidential candidate ron desantis. he s here. a busy your world starts right now. edward: welcome. i m edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is your world. first to madison alworth with a banner year for stocks. madison? the last trading day of 2023 has come to a close. the end of the year saw a strong rally. major indices were up business. s&p finishing up 24%. the dow joins up 13% and the nasdaq also seeing those big gains up over 43%. a huge success there. the nasdaq soaring thanks to artificial intelligence. that boom really had an impact on that sector. big tech sto