Challenging time, fulfilling your purposes through them. Be exalted, o god, above the highest heaven, as you demonstrate your power to make the crooked places straight. Have mercy upon us and protect us for your unfailing love and faithfulness sustain us. Shine your glory over all the earth as we learn to trust you at all times. And, lord, we thank you that senator grassley has had another wonderful birthday. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley may i speak for one minute in morning business . The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley since the day i was born, ive celebrated constitution day. Thats because the 39 delegates signe
Maria good tuesday morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo. It is tuesday, march 12, you your top stories right now, 6 0. Today inflation on deck. Futures are mixed this morning ahead of the february Consumer Price index out this morning, expectations of a hot reading coming up at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, dow industrials right now down 42 going into the number, the nasdaq is up 62, as all of the democrat spending comes home to roost. The president unveiling five andahalf trillion dollars of new and higher taxes in his massive 7. 3 trillion 2025 budget. Taxpayers get Stuck Holding the bag after all of the president s spending led to 40 year highs. More on the cons m her with consumer with kohlscoming out l take a look at oracle after reporting earnings last night. The stock this morning rallying almost 14 higher on oracle right now. Then bitcoin on fire, touching another alltime high yesterday. Take a look. Bitcoin is pulling back from the record hig
Illegal. Well, technically not supposed to be here. Undocumented person. I shouldnt have used illegal. Undocumented. Dana three days and three different explanations from President Biden as he bends over backwards to apologize to a Migrant Murder Suspect for calling him an illegal. Bill is off today. Good morning to you im dana perino. Sandra im sandra smith. The man is charged with murdering Nursing Student laken riley. Republicans pressured him to mention the case during the State Of The Union address. The president mispronounced lake ens name. Dana it didnt sit well with lakens mother. It speaks to bidens misunderstanding on the border according to the republicans. What the meaning of is, is. To even argue this point in the face of this 22yearold young woman whose whole life was ahead of her, was taken allegedly by this person who crossed the border multiple times with a criminal background to argue whether its undocumented or illegal. Its illegal, mr. President and a slap in the fa
Im bret baier. President biden and his team send mixed messages over whether he has Apentagon Guised for calling Immigrant Murder suspect illegal. Common ground suspect deals with how the Border Crisis is affecting congressional Threat Assessments and another major city contemplates using the National Guard to deal with violence and Public Transportation facilities. Bret but first, breaking tonight, we are getting new information on the dangers of illegal immigration as reports of arrests for Violent Crimes escalate across the country. The director of the fbi was grilled on the subject today during the senates annual worldwide Threat Assessment hearing. You can expect more of the same tomorrow in the house. Some headlines today. Correspondent Gillian Turner has details from the State Department tonight. Good evening, gillian. Gillian good evening, bret. We got a rare glimpse into the Intelligence Communitys thinking about what exactly america is up against in the intel chief did not pa
House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee. I ask unanimous consent the chair be authorized to declare recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I ask unanimous consent of members not on the committee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee and ask questions without objection. If members wish to insert documents into the record please also email documents ti mail. Gov. Several other senators and a press release from senator kramer into the record without objection so ordered. I now recognize myself for the purpose of an Opening Statement for five minutes. Good morning and thank you for being here today. The undersecretary and the administrators before us represents the full scope of the jurisdiction in the subcommittee on highway and transit. However despite the long record of bipartisan oversight efforts, weve not had any administrators before us since 2019. Todays witnesses can help provide clarity on issues related to the Infrastructure Inve