in america now. there s an extremist movement, does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. the maga movement. they are willing to violate the u.s. constitutions at levels never seen before in order to win this election. we must be stronger, more determined and more committed to saving american democracy and maga republicans are destroying american democracy. no, i m not a threat. i will save democracy, the threat is crooked joe biden. john: any moment now, more than a dozen states could join colorado in removing biden s rival from the presidential ballot. jacqui: i m jacqui heinrich, in for sandra smith. the battle for the white house quickly a race to stay on the ballot as democrats across the country push to block americans from having the opportunity to vote for former president trump. president biden says there s no question donald trump supported an insurrection, his administration is refusing to weigh in on the legal aspect saying we are not involved i
crisis at the border. they are on pace for more than 300,000 migrant encounters in just the month of december. about that, welcome back. i m john roberts. welcome back to you. jacqui: good to be with you for a second hour. sandra smith has the day off. i m jacqui heinrich. president biden spoke with his mexican counterpart as it threatens hundreds in millions facility, biden administration is choosing not to send migrants to ice detention centers that are sitting completely empty. what is the reason for that. jacqui: complete coverage now, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick responds, but first, william in the los angeles newsroom. why aren t the ice facilities being used? jacqui, the president has said he does not want to use them. otherwise, does it make sense to be releasing thousands of migrants a day with a slip of paper, while thousands of detention beds taxpayers paid for daily go empty. take the center in california. 2000 beds, fully staffed, and operational t
over the continental united states. the public has the ability to look up in the sky and see why the balloon is. john: look up and smile, that was the pentagon, moments ago senator roger marshall announcing the balloon is over his state, hovering over northeast kansas. gillian: for years we have been following beijing s spra spra sprawling apparatus, and now it s hanging over the heads of millions of americans. telling fox it s intentional and calling it a violation of u.s. sovereignty. the balloon is about the size of two school busses head to tail. pentagon says it will linger over the country a few more days. john: the president was briefed on tuesday. is he going to take any action? i m john roberts in washington. of all the things you never thought you would talk about, would this be near the top of your list? gillian: no, but interesting, makes for good discussion points, a whole range of issues. gillian turner in for sandra smith. that balloon is one of a whole
we come on the air with new demands for answers from the head of intel, airlines scrambling to get planes back in the air and the congressman being put on the back burner, let s start with what is going down in the senate where key leaders are asking the director of national intelligence for more information on the classified documents found at president biden s former office, with the white house press secretary, and what she is saying now in the first comments from the podium, just in the last couple of minutes as we re learning more this afternoon on the republicans in the house who could be involved in any investigation into this. also this hour, the afternoon after the morning meltdown. new reporting on what is going down at the faa and with what is being done to prevent a runway repeat. the top democrat on house transportation live. congressman george santos promising to stay in congress but he may not have much to do, what republican leaders are saying about possib
this coming into the u.s., they saw it coming across the pacific, so the white house has been dithering for days over what to do and you know, the question is, what if another one comes across. this is a really unprecedented act, the pentagon made clear it s a violation and i m shocked and horrified the biden administration would let this big giant balloon drift over our nuclear bases and now heading across missouri, that s where our stealth bomber base is, the b-two base and now just heading to the east coast across a lot more military air space. it s really the wrong thing to do. general kellogg told me a few minutes ago the problem with it allowing to stay, even if it poses no imminent military threat to americans as the pentagon has said, this thing is continuing to collect the longer, every minute that, every moment it remains operational. take a listen.