rnc dropping a plan to pronounce donald trump the nominee. and also president biden s campaign reportedly closely watching the bitter feud and many even enjoying it. will it help the incumbent president come november. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, january 26. happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington. and it is also 5:00 a.m. in new york. that is where donald trump is expected back in federal court this morning for closing a arguments in the civil defamation case brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. he closed out the trial with just three minutes of testimony thursday. he was admonished several times by the judge. his comments stricken from the record after he repeated the original defamation against carroll. trump s lawyer asked, quote, did you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an accusation trump responded yes, she said something i considered a false accusation. totally false. that is when the judge interrupted and sai
ybefore to know before you head out. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this morning reaction pouring in after the supreme court ruled to gut affirmative action, a move that will transform college admissions beiacross the countr. justices rules that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as part of their address missions process. the supermajority all voting to reverse decades of prez department. republicans praising the decide. kevin mccarthy said that it will leave to fairer admissions. but democrats are slamming the ruling. vice president kamala harris calling it a step backward that will make the nation s colleges less diverse. jessica schneider reports. reporter: the supreme court stirring up protests with its decision gutting affirmative action saying colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process. but prospective students are still allowed to talk about how the
maria: suddenly, joe biden gets religion, claiming change is needed at the southern border because it is just not secure. you said the border is secure? no, it s not. i haven t believed it for the last ten years. i ve said it give me the money. maria: coming up, live from the southern border this morning house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul on why republicans caved on a continuing resolution with no new security at the border. then, the deadly impacts from a woman who lost her daughter to an illegal immigrant and must still battle with democrat congressman dan goldman if. so you re saying that you re upset because the border patrol is not doing, is making sandwiches i think you said, so you don t think it would be helpful to have more border or patrol officers who are charged with stopping the fentanyl trade? i would like the border patrol to be able to do the job that they were hired to do. well, one every border patrol officer that i have
[ grunt ] stay connected when the power goes out, with storm ready wifi from xfinity. and see migration in theaters now. . four days until the vote in new hampshire, why the outcome there could be quite different from iowa. plus. she would not be able to handle that position. she would not be able to handle the onslaught. donald trump worried about nikki haley? could she turn third place into something bigger on tuesday? and. he doesn t want to be the next herbert hoover, as i he would him, he s already hoover. joe biden on the attack, taking the former president to task for saying he wants the stock market to crash. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt, it s friday, january 19th. happy friday. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington, and 5:00 a.m. in new hampshire, where donald trump, nikki haley, and ron desantis are all on the ground today trying to make the most of the four days that are left until the state s first in t
desperate hours in the search for the missing titanic sub. still no sign of the craft as oxygen quickly runs out. plus a deadly tornado strike, three people killed in north texas, the state s second fatal storm in less than a week. and president biden is welcoming narendra modi for a state dinner even though some of his policies may be a little tough to swallow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with just hours remaining until the air runs out on that titan submersible. the sub went missing sunday morning less than two hours after its launch to tour the rec of the titan . they had a 96 hour supply of oxygen and that is due to run out this morning. if they are still alive, and we re looking at dwindling oxygen, that the decrease in oxygen getting to the brain and that increase in carbon dioxide is a very panicky situation. you feel your world closing in. paula newton is live in halifax. what is going o