steve: welcome folks, 7:00 a.m. january 25th. this is fox & friends. we made it back from new england. lawrence: texas size showdown with the white house governor greg abbott invoking the founding fathers insisting defending the border his way. plus, third party pressure? with a trunk biden rematch looking more likely could a third party ticket gain more steam? brian: cash for attending class. a new ohio bill pay kindergartens for going to school. about time. the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. remember, your mornings are better because, look around you, you are better with friends. i m on top of the world hey i m on top of the world brian: one of the most under estimated place in this country is upstate new york. i have been there a lot because i had three kids go to college up there. and as i went up there, i said did i not know it was that nice. glen falls also beautiful this time of year. and a special thanks to mother nature for p
a.m. on the east coast. thursday, january 25th. welcome to fox & friends. well, it s a texas-sized showdown with the white house and governor greg abbott invoking the founding fathers insisting on defending the texas, mexico border his way. carley: and new revelations in the mysterious death of those three chiefs friends as a fifth man at the party claims he wasn t the last person to see them alive. we re going to talk to one of the victims brothers about the developments. brian: froze to death. 30 years later hillary clinton still hasn t mastered the macarena. hey m macarena. i thought that was american version of a spanish dance. steve: macarena guy right there. brian: fox & friends starts right there. remember, mornings are better with friends. get dressed. barnes. lawrence: the border battle down in texas intensifies with democrats now calling on the president, joe biden to federalize the state national guard. ainsley: but, governor greg abbott
i m chris jansing live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. intensity and turnout are high in new hampshire right now. and where else could a few hundred thousand voters wield so much influence over the future of 332 million americans? we re in the final hours of 2024 s first primary. the head to head competition between the former president and his u.n. ambassador, nikki haley, now in full swing. we have all angles covered in the next two hours including a conversation with new hampshire secretary of state. i ll ask him about that turnout and the investigation into the fake robocall mimicking joe biden s voice. and with the real president biden and vice president harris heading to a campaign event hundreds of miles from new hampshire, we dig into the push for a write-in campaign that even the strongest supporters are calling weird. but we begin on the ground in new hampshire which brings to mind that old political saying, i iowa picks corn and new hampshire picks pr
weekend. the 119 congress is the least productive in decades. that could cost republicans big come this november. some of them already acknowledging that they had the embarrassment of not having nothing to run on, and a monmouth university poll released last month found only 17% of americans approve of the job congress is doing. this is as crucial issues like taxation, the border, ukraine aid, and government funding remain unresolved. joining us now to discuss it all is the house democratic leader congressman hakeem jeffries of new york. welcome to you, sir, thank you for being here. this is truly one of the most unproductive congresses in decades. what is your take here on the current border fight that is currently happening on funding? this is about ukraine aid at the end of the day, but donald trump seems to be scuttling any potential for a deal that is going to come together. this is a do nothing republican congress of epic proportions, and what we have seen is that the
house to the standoff underway right now at our southern border. today is the deadline for texas governor greg abbott to allow federal agents access to shelby park in eagle pass. a hub for illegal border crossings. the biden administration wants the razor wire fencing there gone. but defiant texas officials now declaring that they will not comply. in fact, the national guard there is putting up more razor wire. matt finn is live on the ground with more. our panel is standing by. matt whitaker, tom homan and tomi lahren. first to peter doocy that was directly out of the white house briefing. peter, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. we know half of this country s governors, 25 of them, all republicans, sent a letter to this president saying that they stand with governor abbott in this effort to secure the border on his own. it doesn t sound like this white house is putting any stock at all in that letter. instead, they keep directing people s attentions to the senate neg