martha maccallum. later this hour, mike rowe is here on a story you probably won t see anywhere else. right now top biden officials including secretary state blinken and alejandro mayorkas meeting with the mexican president. a caravan up to 10,000 migrants makes its way to the u.s. sources telling fox the past three months have seen some 730,000 migrant encounters at the border. that is bigger than the populations of major cities like denver, nashville, and boston. let s bring in k.t. mcfarland and robert charles, former assistant secretary of state under president george w. bush. welcome, merry christmas, happy new year. k.t., to you first. it s interesting because we have been covering this on fox news channel since the border crisis, since the day president biden took office, right? and you look up at all the other networks are not covering it. i look up today, everybody is covering the border. everybody has people down there. that is bad news for president biden. yeah,
kayleigh: welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime, i kayleigh mcenany. true for trump, desantis. town hall event yesterday, haley asked an odd question about cause of war. what was the cause of united states civil war? i think the cause of the civil war basically how government was going to run. freedoms what people could and couldn t do. what do you think the cause of the civil war was? i am not running for president. it is a good thing. comes down to the roll of government and rights of the people. i will always stand by the fact that i think government was intended to secure rights of the freedoms of people. thank you. in the year 2023, astonishing to me you answered that question without mentioning the word slavery? what do you want me to say about slavery? you have answered my question, thank you kayleigh: she clarified this morning. i think everybody thinks the civil war is about slavery. it is more what is the bigger issue? we
groups of migrants still crossing the border. top biden officials crossing south of the border to try to get mexico s help. the numbers are not lying. this crisis is intensifying. now the largest migrant caravan of the year is approaching. where is all this heading? your world starts right now. charles: welcome. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. first to mexico. a failed root cause strategy and a border less secure than ever before, today president biden turned to mexico for help. secretaries blinken and mayorkas urgently met with president obrador to focus on a problem the administration has ignored. agents apprehending 1,000 immigrants today. in lukeville, another 1,000 last night. thousands are more are on their way including this caravan of 15,000. so what exactly does the u.s. want? one, resume deportations buses and flights to central america. the u.s. wants the migrants detained before they reach the u.s. number 2, resume policing the railroads. the beast as
have a great day. julie: senior defense official sounding the alarm on a significant escalation in the middle east. u.s. navy using an anti-ship ballistic missile for the first time to stop incoming missile fire from houthis in the red sea. iran problem front and center stoking major fears of a wider war. good afternoon, everyone. the faulkner focus , i m julie banderas in for harris. thank you for joining us today. a lot of news to cover for you. we ll begin with more than 100 attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east since october 17th. iran proxies going after our men and women overseas. one top senate republican not happy with president biden s lack of action. listen. weakness. is there a red line? would you tell our enemies publicly if we tell an american we re coming after you? the houthis are completely backed by iran. i ve been saying for six months now hit iran. they have oil fields in the open. they have the revolutionary guard headquarters you can see from spa
and fair like we saw two years ago? well, joe biden got more votes than any president ever, 81 million, at least. every single one of those is entirely real. no cheating of any kind. every male in ballot belong to a real person. no dro dropbox stuffed, nobody coached dementia patients devote the democratic line, even vladimir putin decided to stay out of that election. mark zuckerberg spent $400 million to control the mechanics of the election, but for the very best reasons. he wants to keep voters say from the deadly coronavirus. his reward is in heaven. and in case you re wondering, voting machines around the country reported on the legitimate result with flawless precision. machines counting each candidate and doing so accordingly. can you see the software that would prove that that happened? well, no, you can t. as from the body camera footage, you don t have necessary clearance to see it, but you can know that they are 100% safe and reliable, that is why government offic