good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, tragedy in iowa. three people shot at a high school on the first day back from winter break. law enforcement sources telling nbc that the suspect is dead. we are live at the scene. plus, the battle down in texas, the department of justice taking on the state for its brand new law allowing police to arrest migrants. also, a florida man arrested after threats against congressman eric swalwell, the chilling voice mails he left for the california democrat saying he would kill him and his family. that s next. plus, a miracle in the rubble, dramatic new video of a man being rescued three days after that devastating earthquake in japan. the 44-hour long heroic endeavor to get him out alive. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with nbc s ali vitali who is on the ground for us in perry, iowa, where later this afternoon we do expect an update from poli
news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announces-able here at case on trump s ballot eligibility under the 14th and that meant. as president biden plays out the stakes of this election in the starkest terms to date. jamie raskin is here with his reaction and he s coming up first. plus, maine secretary of state, shannon ballot, joins me after in her state. a decision that is pulled once these appeals play out. also today, with eight days until the iowa caucus, i m gonna talk to someone who spends a lot of time in focus groups with voters. and later, we love player steps down from a top nra, as his corruption trial gets underway in new york. we ll take a look at the damage that he did and the future of americas okay, i really believe that sometimes we all just need to acknowledge how insane this moment we re living in really is. think about it this way, friday was of course january 5th, one day before the third anniversary of the january 6th insur
the world on january 15th. seven days left before iowa, and the gop field is warning voters, your first chance could be your last chance. i don t think donald trump ultimately can win an election. these polls are garbage. if donald trump wins iowa and new hampshire, it s over, guys. reminding iowans, they set the pace. iowa knows how to do this. you tell the country where we should go. but did those warnings come too late to knock out the runaway favorite? we are leading by a lot, but you have to go out and vote. we have to put big numbers up, really big numbers. no one knows until the first ballots are cast, so with the days dwindling, now is the time for closing arguments. we have reporters all over iowa with what voters are thinking and the sharpest campaign minds on what the candidates are promising. what will work? this is how to win 2024. good to be with you, i m katy tur in for chris jansing, the iowa caucuses are one week from today. let us remind yo
supreme. bill: well done. dana: critical crisis along our country s unsecured southern border is getting worse month after month after month. today homeland security secretary mayorkas mayorkas will make an appearance in eagle pass, texas, he will look at the record number of migrants flooding into the united states. welcome. i have to go with michigan. bill: i ll go washington. we ll decide tomorrow. dana: are you over or under? i will go with the under obviously? i ll go with the over. $1 bet. secretary mayorkas visiting the border today days before the house homeland security committee holds its first impeachment hearing against him. the border crisis becoming a central campaign issue. watch it throughout the year as democrats wake up to the political consequences at the southern border is having on their chances. and on president biden s campaign. this graph telling the story with the migrant surge repeatedly setting monthly records. more than 300,000 encounters i
the migrant surge in democratic run city spurring a blue city backlash. president biden is no stranger to republicans criticizing the border and now democratic mayors are piling on. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. a fraction of what s coming across the border every day. enough to make sanctuary cities sound the alarm, plead for more help, beg for help from the federal government and the white house. the chaos becoming impossible to ignore. even thousands of miles away from the border as the crisis makes its way into big cities. now the mayors from democratic strongholds say the white house has left them to fend for themselves. the federal government must take responsibility and lead on this humanitarian crisis. cities have reached a point where we are either close to capacity or nearly out of room. it will cramp city budgets around the country. $160 million of cost in next year s budget. 10% of our e