good evening welcome to washington, i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. border crossings set another record. officials report the highest monthly total ever recorded for december. with the new year comes new laws. we ll tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier looks at the reece of internet use and how they re impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country s in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid a year of low approval numbers criticism of the us handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family s scheduled to return to, wa ton tomorrow after a week-long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike, the wh
tell joe biden to keep working for more jobs and less pollution. welcome to the next level. this is the lexus nx with intuitive tech safety radar detector: watch for traffic. and our most advanced safety system ever. there are challenges at the border, something the president has taken seriously since day one. the president would like to do more. he s using the tools in front of him. congress refuses to act. many want to make a political case out of this. john: the white house reacting moments ago to the crisis at the border and fears that it is about to get a lot worse when title 42 ends less than two days now. the pentagon set to address reporters minutes from now, this may come up. sandra: and we will be monitoring to see if the pentagon weighs in on the migrant emergency now that troops have been deployed to assist in the expected surge of migrants once title 42 is lifted. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. it s a busy one so far, sandr
Im anna foster. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza border, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas, which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa, has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northern and central gaza. There has also been rocket fire from the territory into Southern Israel. This is the scene live in gaza. The United Nations has warned of what it described as an unprecedented avalanche of Human Suffering there and the Un General Assembly called fo
Across eastern areas of scotland. A cold northerly wind. Very blustery conditions for northern scotland. Sunshine and showers again for much of england and wales throughout the day. Temperatures here, 11 to 15 degrees celsius. Theyre not due to move very much. Now, low pressure stays close by as we head into the start of next week, so more bands of showers spiralling around, certainly a lot more wet weather. Heres the outlook for our Capital Cities as we head through the week possibly stormy conditions again on wednesday into thursday. Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Explosions light up the sky over gaza, as the Israeli Military announces its ramping up its air and Ground Operations. Ground forces are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully in all dimensions to achieve the goals of the war. Straight to the live feeds here in the bbc. This is the darkness of the gaza and it is facing tonight and intensification of air strikes from
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