reportedly planned to capture top russian military leaders. back at home, developments in the special counsel probe into former president trump s effort to overturn his 2020 loss. a star witness in georgia s investigation is due to meet with federal prosecutors today. in new york city, the former marine accused in the chokehold death of a homeless subway rider faces a judge today. and are president biden s economic policies working? he s set to deliver what is being called a major speech to try to convince voters of just that. this morning, potentially deadly, catastrophic heat across the country, threatening some 69 million people who are having to deal with those conditions. they re under heat alerts. the national weather service says temperatures today are expected to reach up to 110 degrees in texas. over 112 in louisiana. and a reminder about how dangerous heat like this is. and a medical examiner in webb county, texas, reported nine heat-related deaths in just e
sandra: breaking a few moments ago as we top a new hour, house homeland security committee will move forward with articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas in the coming weeks. comes as record border crossings hit cities across the country and the white house is right now briefing, that s happening wide screen left. we will bring you the latest reaction from there as we get it. john kirby up now, karine jean-pierre will likely take back the microphone in a few moments. hello, welcome, sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you on this fri-yay as shannon bream terms it. a short time from now, president biden will host with many things up for discussion. for many leaders migrant crisis is top of mind. this issue will destroy new york city, destroy new york city. never in my life have i had a problem that i did not see an ending to. i don t see an ending to this. sandra: and now as we brought to you on the program yesterday, denver is hitting a breaking
moments ago, sources tell fox news that south carolina senator and 2024 presidential candidate tim scott will be endorsing former president trump. he s expected to join trump at a rally in new hampshire tonight. sandra: what does this mean for the race, and what does it mean for the candidate from scott s own state, nikki haley? charlie hurt says it could be a huge development, he ll tell us why in just moments. john: as all of this is going on, a white house briefing set to begin minutes from now, the unrelenting border crisis converges on the nation s capital in more ways than one. john roberts in washington. it s pretty sandra, with all the snow coming down. sandra: enjoy the snow in d.c., coming down here in new york as well. this is america reports . holding cabinet level immigration talks with mexican officials as pressure mounts on the president to do something about the historic surge of migrants flowing into the u.s. not only felt in border towns but major c
make. last night we kicked off our town hall series in terms of th election season and the all-important caucus state of iowa, we did it with former president donald j trump, now the president state after the show for a considerable period of time and took a lot of questions from townhome process depends. take a look. and want to talk about issue first because those of the issues that impact people s lives. i want to start with what matters. peace and prosperity in the future of elections in my opinion. we have a border that is out of control, why would they open up the border? do you think this is by design? by the end of this year, joe biden by estimates will of allowed him seven and a half illegal immigrants into this country with no background chec at all. i think there will be 15 million people and these are people coming from prisons, mental institutions, insane asylums, don t use that term place, but there from insane asylums freight i read somethin about three wee
japanese we should be able to beat the houthis. secretary austin and the biden administration is failing our troops in the field. i admire him, he is a patriot, but he is not doing a good job protecting the soldiers. without iran there are no houthis. the houthis are completely backed by iran. molly: forces in israel are expanding their ground operation in gaza. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with the latest on these escalations. trey, to you. good morning. threats from iran and its proxies are increasing amid concerns about the possibility of a broader regional conflict. yesterday alone we understand that 12 attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles were shot down by the american eisenhower carrier strike group from the houthis and lasted for ten hours. an american service member remains in critical condition following a drone attack against the erbil air base that drew an american response. zooming in on the ground, israeli chief of staf