brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that s another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. maine s democratic secretary of state following colorado s lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. mike: colorado s ban is on home after the state gop appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first election
Enjoy it. Thank you. You too. Thanks to athome for joining me this hour. So, in north georgia, in the city of augusta, near four door with south carolina, theres business called anytime bail bonding. Heres their sales pitch. If someone you know is arrested and charged with a crime, please contact augusta bail bonds. Augusta bail bonding can help you get your loved one out of jail quickly. Apparently, it is a good slogan, because augusta has done brisk business in the state of georgia. According to the washington post. Since its founding, the company has executed more than 200,000 bonds, with a total liability of over 800 and 34 million. Now, it seems that one of the owners of augusta bail bonding, is a man named scott hall. Hall has reportedly done wall for himself. Because of that, he knows a fair number of state hes also reportedly a relative of david dawsey. Donald trumps 2016 Deputy Campaign chairman. According, again, to the washington post, mr. Hall became enthusiastic about trum
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the country by force and you cannot by force what happened in 2008 and 2014. senator, before you go, when you look at the geopolitical context and perspective here, how concerned are you in the role china is playing or not playing right now? well, you know, china had that join press conference with putin during the olympic games about pushing back on the world the world s actions in terms of what russia was threatening to do. i don t know if it really wants to embrace the invasion of another country. i also think that having these strong actions that the president announced in the first tranche i hope will further continue sends a clear message to china there are consequences as well as it looks at, for example, taiwan. and i think there are global actors authoritarian in nature, who are looking for the response of the united states that s why it needs to be strong, powerful,
i want to read you what liz cheney said. she s one of the two republicans who voted for the select committee. adam kinzinger went so far as to say that if speaker pelosi asked him to serve on it as one of her picks he would serve if asked. here s liz cheney s statement. our nation and the families of the brave law enforcement officers who were injured defending us or died following the attack deserve answers. i believe this select committee is our only remaining option. i will vote to support it. there is this thing that s taken hold, matt dowd, and it s from the sort of success and sort of well ironed out propaganda machine on the right that i m ashamed to say i was a part of for some of my career in republican politics. but they have, i think, gotten into democrats heads that this is going to be partisan and, therefore, not credible. the benghazi committee is not the right historical parallel because it was the 12th or 13th investigation and the committee was appointed in 2014. sena