molly: president biden is offering up some new year s optimism. and he climbs we are now in the best position to lead the world. the president left out a few important details. namely the ongoing crisis at our southern border, the wave of crime that is sweeping through big cities and a lagging economic agenda. welcome to a special edition of fox news live. i m molly line. mike: i m mike emanuel. president biden s economic agenda has been a key talking point during his reelection campaign. lingering inflation and high costs have kept his message from resonating with american voters. the president into the economy during his new year s message last night. buys my hope is that everyone has a healthy, happy, and safe new year. i hope they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world. and we are coming back and it is about time. people are in a position to make a living now and they have created a lot of jobs. and i guess i just feel good that th
red sea as the risk to u.s. troops grows by the day. the u.s. navy helicopters destroy three iranian-backed houthi boats after they attacked yet another shipping vessel sunday. this marks the latest of roughly two dozen houthi attacks on international shipping since november. the u.s. navy because the ongoing assaults reckless, but says there are no signs of them slowing down. happy new year, and welcome to a special edition of fox news live. i m rich edson in new york. and i m anita vogel in los angeles. happy new year to you. the white house says the u.s. was acting in self-defense when it fired upon those houthi-operated boats. they say it s an all out effort aimed at preventing a wider war, that critics warn it is not the time to be on defense. this idea that we are just going to play defense, waste all our missiles, which is the benefit of the chinese and iranians, let the houthis fire at will not stop without any consequence, that s got to and now. anita: retire
hostage actually died in the october 7th attack, and his body is still in gaza. newly uncovered recordings reveal then-president trump pressured michigan election officials not to certify results in the 2020 election. it seems to be a lot higher, a lot faster, earlier in the season. major: the cdc warning of an increase in flu cases. how you can protect yourself and your family this holiday season. and we are on the road, with one man giving the gift of compassion. this is all for you, bro. [laughs] what? that was the best feeling. that surprise joy, it was just amazing. i never felt it before. major: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin with that powerful storm system bringing heavy rain from southern california into the desert southwest. it s complicating the holiday rush on one of the busiest travel days of the year. 26 million people were under flood watches today, with some areas already hit with a month s wort
a.m. pacific, i m josé diaz-balart. right now on msnbc, a michigan newspaper revealing details of never before heard audio of donald trump appearing to pressure officials in one county not to certify the 2020 election results. plus, who else the paper says was on that call. we re also following extreme weather, the storm drenching the west coast and how it could impact holiday travel across the country. also ahead, terror in prague, what more we know about a rare deadly mass shooting at a university in europe. and later, the new calls for a cease fire in the israel-hamas war, including the tense negotiations at the united nations to reach a resolution demanding a new pause in fighting. we begin this morning with new reporting about another instance of former president donald trump pressuring local officials to overturn the 2020 election results. the detroit news revealing there is an audio recording of then president donald trump and rnc chair ronna mcdaniel talking to
he answered the questions you all asked and i think that s an opportunity for the american people to hear directly from him. a week ago today he sat down and had a one-on-1, 1-on-one interview with one of your one of your colleagues here, not here, but clearly in one of the networks here, and talked was asked about title 42. so the american people have heard from the president when we when we, again, when we were in new york and again right when, after the meeting you heard directly from the president after the meeting he had with the big four, if you will. and he gave remarks and then took questions. so the american people have heard directly from him, especially when he laid out how that conversation went with the big four. you described the discussions this week between white house officials and congressional staff as productive. what from those talks do you believe is pointing to the signs of progress? i m not going to get into details of private conversations.