griff: you are looking live there on the surf line cam at deerfield beach, place i have surfed dozens of times. you can see the waves are flat and outlook very poor with winds 5 knots. carley: that looks like low tide, is that safe assumption or just low wind? griff: low tide, another couple hours because o but it will not matter, there is no swell in the water. just a few days after christmas, there were 15 foot waves in new jersey. carley: i didn t know what to say except low tide. joey: i live in hawaii and california, i am afraid of the water griff: i saw you wake boarding. joey: it doesn t mean i won t do it. it was a good time. carley: week between christmas and new year is my favorite. most people get hahang out, that is what president biden is doing, going to saint croix. only problem with that, there is a lot go og in this country. griff: there is, there are issues at the southern border and he is facing impeachment inquiry and now a situation
shatters more members top members of the biden administration are en route to mexico for high state talks. i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. this is america s newsroom. mike, wonderful to be with you. hope you had a wonderful christmas and we re looking forward to a new year. mike: i hope santa was good to you are kids and you. molly: santa pulled it off once again. a record christmas at the border. more than 35,000 migrants crossed illegally into our country over the four-day holiday weekend and now a new caravan is heading our way but in just a few hours, secretaries blinkern and mayorkas will meet with mexico s president. i have 0 confidence in anything blinken does. everything he negotiates is actually not in the best interests of the united states. the first thing he has to do is say we ll shut down the border. anybody that comes into the united states send them back to your country. good luck with 700,000 immigrants
meanwhile the doj investigation is heating up tonight. the lawyer who told then president trump that mike pence could single handedly block certification of the election, spoiler alert, he could not, that lawyer john east man says the fbi seized his phone and got access to his e-mail account. here s the video. and it happened the same day the feds raided the home of jeffrey clark the former doj official who pushed trump s false election fraud claim. more to come on all of that. plus chaos and confusion across the country in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. more and more states rushing to ban abortion. the latest, south carolina. a federal judge today allowing the state to ban abortions beginning around six weeks. that makes at least ten states with bans or severe restrictions. another 14 where bans and severe restrictions are certain or likely. so in nearly half the country, nearly half the country, a right that americans have had for 50 years is vanis
they just decided to do it. they are worried about security? they recently obtained evidence. what does the committee know now that they didn t know before? meanwhile, the doj investigation is heating up to. the lawyer that told then president trump that michael parents can block the election, spoiler alert, they could not. the lawyer, john eastman says, they sees his phone and got access to his account. here is a video. it happened the same day the day rated joseph clark s home. more to come on all of that. plus, chaos on the views of all of this country. in the wake of the roe v wade reversal, the latest, south carolina. a federal judge allowing the state to ban abortions beginning around six weeks. that makes at least 10 states that will band or have severe restrictions. another fort teen were banned with certain or likely. nearly half of this country, a right that americans have had for almost 50 years, is vanishing. outrage is growing over a court that seems to be ou
developments and changes overnight on capitol hill. this afternoon, the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection will call a special witness in this surprise public hearing. that is former white house chief of staff mark meadows aide, former aide, cassidy hutchinson. she s expected to testify starting at 1:00 eastern today. last week in videotaped testimony, she revealed the names of several republican lawmakers who sought blanket pardons. so, let s begin with that, with our own correspondent jessica schneider. jess, there wasn t going to be a hearing this week at all. then when one was announced, didn t know who the witness would be. very similar in the leadup. why? yeah, last-minute announcement, possibly, poppy, to try to keep things secret because of concerns about security. the committee concerned about the security of cassidy hutchinson and other possible witnesses. that may be why it was kept under wraps to this point. cassidy hutchinson in her hearing tod