International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
Student loan safety net. Under the plan which was first announced an august, federal loan borrowers would see a long lower monthly payment, have an easier path to forgiveness and unpaid interest would not be added to a borrowers loan balance. The plan would also reduce payments to zero dollars for borrowers who make less than 30,000 a year. And right now, there are about 8. 5 million federal Student Loan Borrowers already enrolled in a number of repayment plants. This proposal is a path towards a single simplified option. But, it is still unclear when the new plan will be up and running. It has to go through a 30day Public Comment period, and the administration will consider feedback before the plan is finalized. This is all taken shape as Biden Student loan Debt Cancellation plan remains stalled, awaiting the Supreme Court decision. Moral arguments for their case are slated for the end of her. Coming up on the second hour of ayman, some Backroom Deals, with the Kevin Mccarthy agreed t
Dangerous humanitarian crisis getting even worse. We cant continue going to way were going. The drug cartels will get richer and the criminals will embolden themselves more and well have complete disregard for the laws of our country at all. Fox Team Coverage begins with former Acting Dhs Secretary Chad Wolf Standing by. But first to matt finn live in los angeles. Matt . Hi, guys. I was at the border last week. When youre there in person, the humanitarian crisis is undeniable. In the summer in the extreme heat, men, Women And Children arrive in the United States pleading for water and on the verge of heat stroke. We see migrants just collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. The migrants tell us about graphic stories of rape and robbery. Some say they have their money taken along the routes by police and criminals. Migrants tell us about walking through thick jungles and exposed to wild animals and bugs. Once the migrants make it here, they have no guarantee of roof over their head. Child
for access into even greater doubt. we ll explain all that and more. i m ayman, let s get started. election denialism and conspiracies have a stranglehold on republicans. sitting politicians, party activists, everyday registered republicans. the idea that elections, multiple elections, plural here, have been stolen and that it s only republican elections that have been stolen is now common wisdom from many corners of the gop. just last night, the michigan republican party elected christina karamo as their new chair. here s a quick refresher for you. she s a 2020 election denier. he lost her race for secretary of state by 14 points in last year s midterms. she has refused to concede her race, making countless baseless claims of election fraud. instead, in arizona, kari lake is still fighting the results of her gubernatorial election, and late this week, the arizona court of appeals rejected lake s challenge of her loss to now governor katie hobbs. it s the second court rulin