necessary legal basis to do so, they will be sent away. bryan: biden administration closing out 2023 with a record breaking surge at the southern border. cbp sources tell fox there have been more than 276,000 migrant encounters since december 1st. that s equivalent to the entire city of buffalo, new york, or reno, nevada, and there s no signs of stopping as we head into a new year. hello, hello, everyone, the last hour of america reports of 2023. anita: hard to believe we made it, it is friday. anita vogel in los angeles. john and sandra are off. iran national with ties to terrorism was arrested by border patrol after he was caught crossing illegally right near niagara falls. bryan: according to ice, his second attempt trying to enter from canada, authorities sending him back to canada where he is a permanent resident and wanted for assault charges. anita: meanwhile, sanctuary cities far from the border like new york, chicago and denver, they are just struggling to
republican rivals are crisscrossing early voting states, attempting to cut into his support in the new year. but they are battling their own conflicts. backlash grows for nikki haley over her response to a question on the civil war. we will dig into the latest on the race. new developments in gaza. israel is accused of hitting the same area they told people to seek refuge. they are facing allegations of firing on an aid convoy. as we gear up for the ball to drop in times square to ring in 2024, we are taking a look back at the biggest stories of 2023, the entire year, and what a year it has been. we begin the hour with the big pre-new year s push on the campaign trail. the republican presidential candidates are spread out across the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire today, as they try to find enough support to turn the tide against frontrunner donald trump. the clock is kicking as we are just 17 days away from the iowa caucus, and 25 days from the new ham
friends starts right now. good morning, welcome to the second hour of fox & friends. looking there at times square. looking for a ball drop 48, 72 hours. i don t know how many hours until the 31st. 72 hours see ball drop and welcome in 2024 which griff says travis and taylor will be getting married. griff: i m telling you she wouldn t let them be so public and go to so many games if the love wasn t real. by the way real quick did you know right away that that was times square before it said new york city? joey: i didn t have a and which to look at it before you told me. as soon as i knew as soon as you told me i looked up. carley: before the identifier of the city popped on the screen i always try and guess the city. and i have never gotten one right. so producer anthony goes carley, let s see if you can get this one. i did. i knew it was new york city. because it s the city i live. in so if i couldn t get that, then there is no hope for me. griff: billboards
ballot bombshell. the special counsel argues that former president trump does not have immunity. mr. trump was engaged in that insurrection. would the supreme court buy that argument. former january 6th committee member jamie raskin is here, and closing in. two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, american epidemic. this holiday season, there s a new public health crisis, isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023, and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we are 15 days from the iowa caucuses, closing out a seismic week in an already extraordinary republican primary. in a new filing last n
democrat governor kathy hochul bolstering security after weeks of protests targeting key transportation hubs. much more on what officials are bracing for. but first, fox on top of the over the top numbers to close out 2023 at the border. migrant encounters hitting an all-time high. and on wall street, stocks hitting a series of highs, and on the campaign trail where tensions on both sides couldn t be higher. donald trump getting banned from another tate ballot. state ballot. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is here on that as the first big contest in two key states closes in. many. david: and good saturday morning to everyone. i m david asman in for neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. first to the record-breaking number ifs at the border. griff jenkins is here to break it down for us. good to have you in new york, but you ve got new numbers from the border. yeah, david, it s really remark remarkable, we re going to end the year with the south