right now on early start, the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue he s immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to. let s get going. we want to start with 5:00 a.m. in washington. we have a brand new cnn poll for you all. that poll shows donald trump s lead narrowing as nikki haley surges. the former president now at 39% of likely gop primary voters with haley just 7 points behind at 32%. the rest of the field hovers at least 20 points further back in the poll taken just this week. chris christie is at 12% fo followed by vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis in single digits. now trump is roughly where he was
steve: thank you, carley and todd. good morning everybody, it s tuesday january 9th, 2024. come up this morning on fox & friends. president donald trump is in washington at this hour. three judges later today will hear arguments on whether he has presidential immunity in the federal election interference case that has been brought against him by the federal government. we got a live report in 25 seconds. ainsley: steve, we have a fox & friends exclusive. lawrence is down at our southern border. is he getting a firsthand look at the migrant crisis on the ground there and in the water of the rio grand river. brian: we haven t solved that crisis yet. plus, three s company. job interviews are apparently getting a little bit more crowded. yeah, i m sorry, who s this gentleman sitting behind you? hello, miss lady. miss lady? employers say i want to watch the rest of the movie. employers say gen z job seekers are bringing their mom and dad to job interviews. ains
dana: i was in his hometown over the break. there is a lot of nadal gear around as there should be. check this out here. what we are experiencing at the southern border is not unique to the southern border or to the united states. dana: dhs secretary mayorkas defending his record at the border as house republicans move to impeach him for allowing the crisis at the southern border to spiral out of control. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: busy day today. bill hemmer. good morning. secretary mayorkas passing the buck and blaming congress, accusing lawmakers of failing to make the necessary changes needed to fix the immigration system calling it broken. national border patrol council president brandon judd last hour saying he puts the blame on mayorkas and president biden for the open border policy of the past three years. what he is not telling people is that these individuals nobody has a right to be released into the united sta
with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city, this is the five. president trump back in court as his chief rival cranks up the heat looking to go after him harder. a d.c. appeals court taking up former president trump s claims of immunity from prosecution in the january 6th case. the former president in court, despite not being required to be there, as lawyers and judges way his fate, trumpet slamming what he says is an unfair prose prosecution. i think it s very unfair when a political opponent is prosecuted by the doj, by biden s doj. i think they feel this is the way they will try to win. they feel that as a president, you have to have immunity. as trumpet battles it out in court, team biden thinks it is a political opportunity. the president s campaign leaders have reportedly been meeting with numbers of the media to demand harsher coverage of his rival, donald trump, according to the report of the camp
on a singular message that this election will decide whether american democracies survives. will those words move voters? plus, the u.s. scrambling today to find partners for peace in the middle east, even as the israel-hamas war threatens to spin out of control. will secretary of state antony blinken s fourth trip overseas break new ground. and a new front in the war of transgender rights. the stakes are high whether trans americans can run for office using the names they choose. i ll talk to vanessa joy who says she was kis disqualified from her race in ohio because of a law she believes could put other trans candidates at risk. we start with the president s massive political gamble, betting that voters will rally around him as the defender of democracy and reject donald trump s dystopian vision of america. that message is at the heart of a big speech he ll give near valley forge this afternoon and is expected to be the framework for his campaign going forward. they d