are classified briefings on capitol hill, top republicans demanding answers from the pentagon and director of national intelligence to fill in the blanks on this timeline. senators want to know when the spycraft was picked up on radar. since the odyssey across the united states, are countries are reporting in india, philippine, taiwan and u.s. territory of guam. the one that crashed off hawaii a month ago, other recent sightings in the u.s., washington post says it is part of chinese espionage arsenal. chinese have taken old technology and married it with modern communication and observation capabilities to glean intelligence on other nation s militaries, it is a massive effort. americans want to know why the spycraft was not shot down sooner, especially if there are explosives onboard. president biden defended his actions. president biden: i told the military to shoot it down when safe to do it, they said it was unsafe over land and they could learn a lot watch being it
bill: it s four key races remaining locked in a dead heat. inflation, crime and border security is driving voters to the polls. voters trust republicans way more to handle all of them. republican senator tim scott details how important your vote is. there s no doubt when you look at the midterms in my lifetime. there s not a more important midterm for america s future than this year. we are just days away from putting america back on the right track. we can change the course of american history starting in georgia, starting with herschel by returning common sense insanity to the u.s. senate. it is that important. bill: saw that from last night. watching the closely raced house in ohio. kevin mccarthy is standing by. alexandra hoff is live this d.c. what did we find? good morning, just as interesting we re seeing in the house week to week. in the senate these four tossups remains. comes down to arizona, nevada, and pennsylvania. republicans need 51 to take the majori
otherwise it s out the window. el paso, which has seen an uptick with the policy in place is preparing for the worst. border patrol setting up a massive tent city just outside of downtown. the new york post cover this morning calls the tents a welcome mat for illegal immigration. newly-erected processing center is for the overflow in addition to the permanent one they already have there. the state s governor greg abbott still doing his best to send a border message to the biden administration on christmas eve he dropped three bus loads of illegal immigrants outside of the vice president s home. not the first time he has done this. those on the bus willingly chose to go to the nation s capital. democrats were quick to call him out as heartless. one guest not holding back. why republicans would love to say they re pro-life they only care about children and families when it comes to babies that are in the womb. when they are outside of the womb look at what happened. republi
this line from an op-ed might be most telling, not a word president biden said will pardon his party from a reckoning next week. this afternoon he will deliver remarks on student debt relief and heads to mexico to no word on whether he will visit the southern border. carley: brooke singman has more fallout from biden s speech, brooke. brooke: president biden will avoid the main battleground straights as he heads to new mexico and california, this trip after he blasted maga republicans in a dramatic speech last night. listen. president biden: we the people must decide if rule of law will prevail or if we will allow the dark forces to thirst for power put ahead of principles that have long guided us. american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election. brooke: biden attacking trump supporters. the president also tying the attack on nancy pelosi s husband to january 6. president biden:
carley: all up from this time a year ago. take a look at the price of gas this morning. the national average $3.90 a gal on. on inauguration, it was $2.90. kevin has more details on that. kevin: great to be back with you. there is a saying, if you don t like what they are saying about you, be sure to change the topic, the smart thing to do. for the biden white house, that is the thing, especially when it comes to talking about the economy. the latest cpi is out, up 8.2% year over year, massive jump. the president says it could be worse, but he swears things are getting better. president biden: today s report shows progress, overall inflation was 2% over last three months, down from 11% the past three months, that is progress. republicans win, inflation will get worse, that simple. kevin: tough to imagine getting much worse than things are right now. speaking of worse, national average for gallon of regular unleaded gas almost $4, incredible, that is bad, this is wor