living in this area, it just so happens that my husband, his brother, and their dear friend they opened a restaurant in the city of lewisville two weeks ago and we all watched the images on ring app. inside the restaurants as the flames overtook our business. fortunately everyone got out safe i can tell you it was a matter of minutes for our employees and my family to get out of that restaurant. up the street is my in-law s home. my husband s family, all of their they were all evacuated again minutes to get out, no chance to take anything with them because everything came so fast. and they were able to get out. they are safe, and now we are waiting to be let back in to lewisville to find out if their home still stands as are so many other people. back to you. kayleigh: wow, alicia, i m so
lawrence: not by a long stretch. what we are experiencing right now is the great debate. the progressives are going to be progressive. they have they are going for the big things, build back better infrastructure, defund the police. everything that they want is on the table. the question is: leading into the midterms, what are the republicans going to do? you have opportunity to go for it, the american people are rejecting, you see poll after poll rejecting every part of the biden administration s agenda. they are tired of open borders. they don t like the economic we re going to talk a little bit about kamala harris response to inflation. doesn t seem like she is prepared for the challenges. when you look at every single issue that is on the table, americans are suffering right now. and so, it is incumbent on the republicans to present them a different option. i hope they do that cailee, in the midterms. kayleigh: it s a great point. they need a new contract with america like new
talked about how this affected her family i actually got a picture late last night from my cousin in-law. her and her cousins are nurses out there. nic nurse. back porch life flight nurse. they said they are evacuating her hospital. i don t know the name of it. it may be the same hospital that alicia is talk bsmght as life flight nurse her husband jared has been flying patients all night long to other hospitals because they had to evacuated an entire hospital. i don t know what mindset you put yourself in. they have two small kids. they evacuated to a weekend camp site they have a few cities away. and i haven t had a chance to check in with them today. i can t imagine what they are going through. and they are just two people in hundreds of thousands being affected by this. kayleigh: wow, joey, we are thinking about adrian. i can t imagine evacuate ago hospital during the time of covid. absolutely amazing image you just popped up there. but on to this: so border patrol recently picked u
finally a new year s celebration, unlike other cities which have canceled their new year s new york city is not. thousands will gather right there in times square and our own lawrence jones will be here. i m here with lawrence, here with joey jones and, lawrence, are you ready to get out there? lawrence: kayleigh, i m hearing that it s not going to be as cold. i was a little worried about that at first. i m a texas boy, i m used to the heat. i think i m going to be able to do this. i m looking forward to it, pete, will, and rachel will be in nashville during our all-american new year s coverage tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. i will be in times square with emily compagno, i think, joey. joey: you are not going to sleep at all tonight. going to ride right into 2022. lawrence: what s new though? joey: fair enough. i have a 2-year-old, i don t sleep anyway. happy new year as we call it in georgia game day. we have the georgia bulldog and michigan wolverines. i think everybody will tune in
is so sad. thanks,. kayleigh: you are welcome. joey: making demands in a tense phone call as moscow s military buildup gross near the ukraine s border. the white house is urging deescalation as the kremlin warns the biden administration further u.s. sanctions would be, quote: a colossal mistake. florida congressman michael waltz and green beret just returned from ukraine to see the situation himself. congressman, thanks for joining us. good to be with you, joey. joey: really what i would like to do is have you help our viewers understand some of the nuances here because i have talked to people that are in this country from ukraine. i have seen the reporting on it. and it seems like that russia their motivation may be more to keep ukraine out of nato. can you explain to us, really, what s motivating russia to push in this way and what we can do about it. well, russia and particularly