but it s far from clear the measure can pass either chamber. the u.s. carrying out strikes on iranian-backed groups in syria and iraq as the white house warns it s just the beginning. and california face ing the threat of historic deadly mud slides from a risky weather event. this is a live look at lax. delays and cancellations already piling up. check your flights. stay off the freeways. we ll have much more. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s monday, february 5th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in washington. we now know the details of the long awaited border deal and foreign aid package that senators have been negotiating for months. the $118 billion package would give the president powers to significantly restrict illegal migrant crossings and curb asylum at the border. that would break with decades long protocols. the deal includes more than $20 billion for border security, roughly there are 60 billion for ukraine and $
mystery in how much she is getting under his skin. plus trump is back at a regular campaign stop, the courtroom as a jury weighs how much he has to pay in damages after being found liable for defamation and sexual abuse. the question everyone is asking is will he take the stand. still pushing bidenomics. president biden is hitting a key swing state to convince voters the economy is strong and his policies are why. i m dana bash let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first up, donald trump wants nikki haley out of the republican race for president. she said she s not going anywhere. so trump is using a familiar tactic. bullying. the former president is insulting his last rival standing threatening to blacklist her donors it came after she announced her campaign raised more than a million dollars after her new hampshire loss and trump s election night speech. last night haley was back in her home state of south carolina which votes four weeks from now and sh
on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what may have taken place and who is behind it? reporter: hey, yasmin, so we know there were two explosions about 15 minutes apart from each other at 3:00 local. the death toll keeps rising. right now saying at least 103 people have been killed, and over 210 people have now been confirmed injured at that blast, went off near a cemetery in iran where that ceremony was being held to mark the death of soleimani in 2020 by a u.s. drone attack. state media saying there was one explosion and second one du
paul: welcome to this special edition of the journal editorial report as we look back at the highs and lows of 2023. president biden s poll numbers sink as the year comes to a end. gallup s final poll of 2023 find 39% of americans approve of the job he is doing. the lowest of the last 7 presidents in their first term. the president has become frustrated with his low approval rating and polls that show him trailing donald trump nationality. can he turn those numbers around in the new year? let s ask fox news contributor karl rove. these numbers have been persisting for a while, the president is going down. s it too early to conclude that americans have made a judgment that this has not been a successful presidency? they have made that judgment and they made that judgment about the president himself three quarters, more than three quarters of the american people think he is too world to seek a second term. two thirds of the american people think he lacks the stamina and ment
afternoon. until tomorrow, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. a stunning decision that could end up the 2024 presidential race. colorado s highest court rules former president donald trump should be taken off the state s primary ballot. how trump is responding this morning. at the southern border, record-breaking numbers of newly arrived migrants. we re live on the ground in eagle pass, texas, where an open field is now being used to process what could be as many as 2,000 migrants. and an nbc news exclusive, the blunt warning chinese leader xi jinping gave to president biden just weeks ago. we re also keeping an eye on the state department now where secretary antony blinken is about to give his year end news conference. we begin this hour with a historic court decision that could have a major impact on the 2024 race for the white