at this hour, breaking news, the senate is now voting on a doomed border deal. can critical aid for ukraine and israel, though, still be saved? democrats will make a move to find out. a stinging defeat for nikki haley in nevada, trump wasn t on the ballot, but she still lost by double digits to an option labeled none of these candidates. fani willis s fight, the new support for the fulton county d.a. as trump tries to have her disqualified from his georgia election case. and a big map costs how much? the growing backlash as fast food prices take a bigger bite out of your wallet. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we want to begin with all of the dysfunction on capitol hill. nbc s ryan nobles is following that. a couple of horrible, terrible votes for the republicans last night. but now another vote. tell us what s happening and how this all fits together? reporter: yeah, chris, what we re expecting is actually a series of votes in
[laughter] dana: if you do, i hear it counts for two votes. bret: two votes, all right. thank you bret: good evening. i m bret baier, we are coming to you live from bedford, new hampshire for the second voting and first primary of the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will set the stage tonight for the now two candidate race in tomorrow s primary election in just a moment. first breaking tonight, federal agents can begin removing razor wire southern border in an area texas has taken over. 5-4 decision seen as a big win for the biden administration and comes as texas officials officials are refusing to back down installing new barbed wire fencing in that area. immigration and border patrol officers, the border issues actually were top issues for voters during the iowa caucuses. they are trending issues here new hampshire. bret, the decision that came down just hours ago, really does effect what happens here in shelby park. can i tell you border patrol from what i co
during the visit assuring that u.s. and china don t veer into conflict. lucas tomlinson is ticking things off for us, hey, lucas. ahead of the trip to china, proib president biden appearing to downplay the chinese balloon on the week long odyssey across the country. including flying over american nuclear missile bases. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. and as aishah mentioned, antony blinken departing last night for beijing months after canceled abruptly after the spy balloon. the first visit by a secretary of state to china in more than five years. intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to assure that competition does not veer into confrontation or conflict and that s what the world expects of united states and china. blinken s trip to china comes after recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. remember the air force jet tha
stabilize. i ve had the same job 34 years. i m good. where the economy sits might determine what the next chapter will look like for the country. i m going to work hard, pay off my bills. have a new car in sight. i m going to do it. i m optimistic about 2024 and all it will bring to the world, to the economy. neil: investors have high hopes for a new year and a new stock market. let s say for the first trading day, not the most magnificent of starts. last year s so-called m magnificent big tech stocks were big duds. so we record, you decide if 2024 is still big. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. happy new year to you as well. to lydia hu on the bumpy start to what ken fisher says is going to be another banner year. but again, not quite starting out that way. yeah, hi, neil. you said it best. today was a bumpy start for the first day of trading in this new year. of course, it s coming on the heels of a blockbuster close at the end of 2023. al
we fail to pay our bills. we re going to come together because there s no alternative. we have to do the right thing for the country. we have to move on. those were president biden s comments on the debt ceiling negotiations just before he took off for the g7 summit in japan. we ll have the very latest on the budget talks and the president s trip overseas. he has arrived. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. because right now these are indeed live pictures from hiroshima, japan, where president biden is meeting with japanese prime minister kishida ahead of their bilateral meeting. g7 leaders are gathering there where they will likely focus on the war in ukraine and tensions in asia. the president, of course, had announced he was cutting short his planned trip to the pacific, no longer visiting papau new guinea or australia in order to get back on sunday to continue those debt ceiling negotiate asians. we ll bring you