you time and writing. that is our show for this evening. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence. good evening,. ali that was a fascinating conversation. whenever you have fascinating conversation through the end of your show, it distracts me. they re always fascinating. that s what i mean, hence, i am always a little confused at the beginning of my show. that s what the viewers. good to see you, my friend. he too, my friend. we got breaking news tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team filed its reply to the special counsel jack smith s requests that united states supreme court decide whether the disgraced former president is entitled to presidential immunity in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the special counsel of donald trump have already filed briefs on the same issue with the d.c. appeals court. jack smith is pushing the supreme court to get involved now and make a final decision on the issue
they rolled out the razor wire and redirected migrants to official points of entry. president biden said this on his bike on sunday. secretary mayokas said the numbers at the border have gone down since title 42 was lifted. are you confident the numbers have peaked and they ll continue to go down? president biden: they have gone down. we have a lot more work to do and we need more help from congress as well. in terms of funding and legislative changes. dana: resources are stretched to the limit. new video shows a holding center jammed full of adult men. facility meant to hold 1,000 right now is housing more than 6,000. the problem goes far beyond the southern border. cities like new york city and washington, d.c. struggling to accommodate daily bus loads of migrants. that is prompting a heated legal battle on where they can stay. team fox coverage, david spunt reports from the white house. let s start at the border where matt finn has been up for hours live in el pa
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
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