administration is responding to it. we begin with matt. edward, day after day, we watch as so many of those migrants cross in to the united states right here in eagle pass, texas. we re seeing something unprecedented. the state of texas is bolstering its border here. these cargo containers were brought in before christmas and now over the past two days, we have watched as the national guard has put razor wire on top of those shipping containers. governor greg abbott s office tells us that its taking unprecedented action to enhance its border safety strategies. that s something that we re witnessing in real time here in eagle pass and also to the northwest in el paso where the national guard installed two miles of fencing along the border there. we have new video of yet another large smuggling bust. texas dps says 18 illegal migrants including a child were being smuggled inside of a tractor trailered. the driver was arrested for human smuggling. texas dps says people from al
voters pause. bill: john fetterman giving a disqualifying performance in tuesday night s debate. without that seat the party will have a harder time holding onto the chamber of congress. that now prompting some major damage control from the white house. the president has found him to be impressive, incredibly bright and talented person who is just as capable as always to carry out his office the duties of his office as he is lieutenant governor currently and great ability and heartfelt concern for the people of the commonwealth and that s what the president has observed himself. bill: peter doocy reports from the white house. analysis from matt gorman. bryan llenas from philly and that s where we begin on this thursday morning. good morning. as anxious democrats express concerns lieutenant governor fetterman s tough debate performance appearance was a mistake, the fetterman campaign is doing all it can to shift the focus back to the issue of abortion. fetterman s
in a 5-4 vote the supreme court blocked the biden administration from repealing the trump-era policy letting border agents turn away migrants over health concerns. the high court will hear oral arguments in february. rich: president biden has no plan to secure the border. images of large groups of migrants crossing into the country illegally every single day. leaders there are getting frustrated with the lack of action from washington. we re asking the biden administration to come down here, visit our border, talk to our border patrol agents, and to the cities around here. we re talking 10, 12,000 people crossing our borders at one time. they have not put any policy nor any plan in place. rich: big numbers. three days border patrol encountered nearly 15,000 migrants, plus 500 pounds of marijuana, one gang member, one murder suspect and the list goes on. julie: we re covering the crisis from every angle. council president brandon judd joins us in a moment but first mat
another day of travel chaos with thousands more flight delays and cancellations. southwest struggles to recover from holiday storms and system-wide operational problems. the u.s. department of transportation says it is launching an investigation. as a wash dog we ll hold them accountable and have to take a deeper look what s going on with their scheduling systems. we all understand you can t control the weather but this is clearly crossing the line from what s on uncontrollable weather situation to something that s the airline s responsibility. julie: president biden dodging the travel chaos and winter weather as he jets off to a tropical vacation. peter doocy is live at the white house. we have a heater right here. it s pretty warm. not that bad. it s not that bad. as we look at some of these images from airports, julie, people who are stranded and looking to the federal government to maybe help them out, help them get home faster are out of luck. and there is really n
candidate who doesn t want to commit. the lead starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizona s next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the u.s. gives support to ukraine. and stopped on a mission to kill. a serial killer suspect in california arrested, what ware learning today about his past and how the police finally got him. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper and we begin with our politics lead. the latest poll of polls shows democrats and republicans in a dead heat for control of the house of representatives. early voting kicked off today in the critical swing state of georgia. democratic s