of the border still very much out of control and a bipartisan senate deal trying like heck to get it under control, but tom emmer says that a deal is dead on arrival thiess in the house. he s here and so is south carolina governor henry mcmaster on what he and two cousin other republican governors are doing to help texas in its legal border battle with the white house. and peek of legal battles, donald trump vowing to appeal that a whopping $83 million jury verdict the in his defamation trial. does he have a case to reverse it? if we are on it. all over it, actually. good morning, everybody. happy to have you. i m neil cavuto. there s a lot going if on with the border patrol just now announcing that a new record high migrant encounters were noted in december, better than 300,000. president biden saying he is ready to sign a senate bipartisan deal on the border, and the day he does shut down the boarder in so doing. a lot of people aren t convinced that will be the case. lucas
this legal pressure that is engulfing donald trump to a degree he s clearly aware of. his former white house lawyer made waves and concerned people by ricking trump will go to jail over white house documents. now we have this short but unusual letter from donald trump s lawyers, signed by them, publicized by donald trump that reads like a cry for help or some sort of freakout. i can tell you straight up it s not a normal legal proceeding. it s addressed to attorney general merrick garland. the wall street journal made waves that the quays may be nearing the intend although no one can say what happened, it clearly had bad news in there at a minimum for trump with insiders bracing for a possible indictment. again, that s not news you can go to the bank with, but it s wall street journal, which is own by the murdoch empire, and that may among other things may have led trump to write this letter. it basically tries to shake down the attorney general of the united states, whic
backed tournament. and they re doing it for the money. wait till you hear much. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, they are going to go nuts. that s a direct quote from a republican congresswoman, talking about trump supporters the day before the january 6th riots. saying she was very concerned about what was to happen the next day and she asked the house republican leader kevin mccarthy to come up with a safety plan. i m not just giving these quotes from somebody said she said. no, it s all on tape. and part of new audio just released from new york times reporters alex burns and jonathan martin. here is congresswoman lasco on january 5th, 2021. i also asked leadership to come one a safety plan for members. i m actually very concerned about this, because we have who knows how many hundreds of thousands of people coming here. we have antifa. we also have, quite honestly trump supporters, who actually believe that we are going to overturn the elect
this legal pressure that is engulfing donald trump to a degree he s clearly aware of. his former white house lawyer made waves and concerned people by ricking trump will go to jail over white house documents. now we have this short but unusual letter from donald trump s lawyers, signed by them, publicized by donald trump that reads like a cry for help or some sort of freakout. i can tell you straight up it s not a normal legal proceeding. it s addressed to attorney general merrick garland. the wall street journal made waves that the quays may be nearing the intend although no one can say what happened, it clearly had bad news in there at a minimum for trump with insiders bracing for a possible indictment. again, that s not news you can go to the bank with, but it s wall street journal, which is own by the murdoch empire, and that may among other things may have led trump to write this
tonight, president biden calling on states to invest more money in police departments, as one of the most liberal cities in the country delivers a clear rejection of progressive policies. voters in san francisco recalling district attorney chesa chesa boudin, who made waves throughout his tenure, ending cash bail, and trying to reduce the number of people sent to prison. i think the voters sent a clear message last night. both parties have to step up and do something about crime as well as gun violence. outfront now, harry inton, cnn data reporter. obviously the president trying to make this about both sides and lengthy gun reform. this is a progressive d.a. who sort of is emblematic of where some of the progressive left are