cars and factories but turns out the buildings we live and work in every day are a big contributor as well. the question now is how will this ruling impact other challenges around the country where cities are phasing out natural gas. mandating electrical appliances. in berkeley, the home builders and restaurants still have a choice. until there is something else that is not electric that could work, and that is efficient and is not costly, and so forth, i would say that they have to allow it. once the most liberal appeals court in the u.s., ninth circuit has 13 judges appointed by republicans, 16 by democrats, 11 sided about berkeley. could it end up in the supreme court, yes, if another court reaches a different conclusion but not likely any time soon. keep your gas stove. sandra: for now. william, thank you. all right, here we go, any moment now, the white house will hold its first briefing of the new year as we learn when we will see the first impeachment hearing f
we begin this hour with the urgent and dangerous situations that are unfolding today as we begin this new year here on the southern border and in the middle east. a memorial for kassam soleimani is the scene where hundreds are dead and over a hundred injuries that as hezbollah warns that they have their finger on the trigger following the killing of a senior hamas leader in beirut. pete hegseth and trey yingst are standing by with more. first, there are dozens of house republicans, you have seen them in the moments, getting off the buses. they re at the southern border right now. fox has confirmed that next week the much-discussed impeachment hearing for alejandro mayorkas who is in charge of our border with the homeland security under his watch, that hearing for his impeachment will get underway. moments ago, karine jean-pierre blamed republicans for the record surge every day, every month is a new record in the numbers of people that cross our border. we re about to hear fr
history. you can see how it compares to recent decembers in past years including a couple of trump years. trump s worst december was in 2020 when he had 74,000 migrant encounters. we have quadrupled that this last december. back out here live. the guys from venezuela still trying to get in right now. we ll pan off to the right. the republican delegation now getting a briefing and a tour from texas dps, all about 60 of them again led by speaker mike johnson. they just got a taste of what happens in eagle pass every day. most of the people crossing are venezuelans. for now, they can t get in because of this texas dps razor wire which the biden administration is fighting in court right now to try to have border agents rip the wire out. back to you. martha: incredible. a lot on the border right now. bill melugin, thank you very much. so back to the border life. when the presser gets underway, we ll listen to the speaker, mike johnson. it s extraordinary that this group is touring this ar