This acutely. They understand the catastrophe at the border is affecting everyone, and it is top of mind for all the American People for that reason. Again, the First Priority of the country is our border and making sure its secure. I believe the president can take Executive Authority right now today to change that, and ive told him that again today in person as ive said to him many times publicly and privately over the last several weeks. Its time for action. So that was Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday following an Oval Office Meeting with the president and other congressional leaders. But in reality it is johnson, hes the one standing in the way of action on the border by blocking a bipartisan deal passed by the senate. Well bring you more about that meeting including the pressure on the speaker to avoid the looming Government Shutdown. Plus, well go through the primary results out of michigan and look ahead to Super Tuesday which is just around the corner and the latest on ceasefire
United states is on to the Knockout Round. The game ended a few minutes ago. Man, by the skin of their teeth. They were inches away from their tournament being over in a flash. We knew, the u. S. Is twotime defending champions, and this is a historic run by this squad. Going into the tournament, we knew this was a bit of a transition year. Its sort of the last gasp, if you will, from some of the stalwarts weve gotten to know from the last couple runs. Theyre older now, and there is a young and Impressive Group of players coming through. At times, its been an uneasy mix. They, frankly, havent looked very good so far. They beat vietnam 30 when expectations were seven, eight, nine or more, then a pair of draws. It cant be said enough, if this is a couple inches to the left, they go home. Theyre fortunate to advance here. They have a couple days off. Hopefully they get things going in the right direction before the knockout stage. Twotime defending champions, the womens team are on to the
Fox news alert. Right now two very different president s going to two very different border towns. The president ial election is exactly 250 days away from now. And the illegal entries at the border and dangers that come with that are now voters top issues. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Just a few minutes ago, President Biden boarded Air Force One, thats marine one there but he boarded Air Force One on his way to brownsville, texas. Former President Donald Trump will depart today as well for eagle pass, texas. Let me tell you how different these places are right now. In the past five days, more than 2,000 illegals were picked up by u. S. Border patrol as they broke our laws to enter america. Eagle pass, they have two checkpoints, no one is using them apparently. They are going around as they have. This area remains a hot spot we have watched for over a year. Bidens destination, well, its a bit of a mystery. He should have gone last may when the lines were like t
take action on supplemental national security legislation that finally meet those challenges head on. that was minority leader mitch mcconnell publicly supporting the senate bipartisan border deal yesterday, but just hours later the republican leader would change his message in a private meeting of his senate colleagues and the fate of the bill now very much in doubt. meanwhile, the gop led house is moving forward with its efforts to impeach the homeland security secretary. we ll go through the partisan politics playing out on capitol hill. plus, donald trump is dismissing nikki haley and issuing a challenge straight to president joe biden. we ll explain that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. and we begin this morning on capitol hill. and in a striking turn of events senate republicans now appear poised to block the bipartisan border bill they themselves asked for an
so whatever means there are to enforce it would suggest that they have to be federal national means. no, your honor, because ultimately it s this court that s going to decide that question of federal constitutional eligibility and settle the issue for the nation. sandra: all right, so any moment now we are expecting to hear directly from the white house. its first reaction to the landmark oral arguments at the supreme court that we all just heard moments ago that could alter the course of the country. hello, welcome everyone, a lot at stake. i m sandra smith in new york and yes, i did make it up to studio k. john: did you take the elevator or the stairs? sandra: i did, next time the stairs for sure, that would be a better idea. john: good to see you, sandra, john roberts in washington. this is america reports . court likes to say it s above politics but their interpretation over whether colorado can keep former president trump off the presidential ballot will have