news alert. president biden starting day two of the new year with a slog uphill to try to convince american voters, especially those of color, that he actually can do the job of solving their toughest issues. two days into the new year, three years into his presidency. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president took a new year s message out for a spin. president biden: my hope is that everybody has a healthy, happy and safe new year. beyond that, i hope that they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world. we re coming back and it is about time. harris: he is currently navigating around two foreign wars, dismal poll numbers, one poll after another. and a biden border crisis that just won t quit. republicans have some thoughts on that very last one. if we cannot secure our own borders what does it say about our country? this is very dangerous. i think democrats are realizing that the border is
red sea as the risk to u.s. troops grows by the day. the u.s. navy helicopters destroy three iranian-backed houthi boats after they attacked yet another shipping vessel sunday. this marks the latest of roughly two dozen houthi attacks on international shipping since november. the u.s. navy because the ongoing assaults reckless, but says there are no signs of them slowing down. happy new year, and welcome to a special edition of fox news live. i m rich edson in new york. and i m anita vogel in los angeles. happy new year to you. the white house says the u.s. was acting in self-defense when it fired upon those houthi-operated boats. they say it s an all out effort aimed at preventing a wider war, that critics warn it is not the time to be on defense. this idea that we are just going to play defense, waste all our missiles, which is the benefit of the chinese and iranians, let the houthis fire at will not stop without any consequence, that s got to and now. anita: retire
In an influence peddling scheme. Its a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. Who is the whistleblower making this claim . Is that person credible . And what are authorities doing about it . The white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. Senior National Correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. Good evening, rich. Rich good evening, bret. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged Criminal Activity involving then Vice President joe biden. Comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. He and senator Chuck Grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. They sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general Merrick Garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote a highly credible whistleblower maintains the Justice Department and fbi likely have a form that, quote describes an alleged Crimi
praising compromise and declaring victory after reaching tentative agreement on the debt ceiling and out comes the tough part. selling the build to the lawmakers about to vote on it. welcome to the special memorial day of fox news live, hello, bill. great to be with you bill melugin we thank you for joining us memorial day, house speaker kevin mccarthy on a deal with u.s. default, the full text of the 99 page bill is a bill in the house wednesday and senate vote days after that. party leaders are busy ripping folks but some members both sides of the aisle are now loudly sounding off against the deal. the political panel standing by to debate it all in just a moment but we began with peter doocy live at the white house, peter, or both sides taking a victory lap here? kind of an officials are pleased with the way things are shaking out but they say their part is done and it s up to speaker mccarthy to sell this debt limit increase for free through 2025 to his people. sp
a new era at the southern border with title 42, the covid policy that blocked migrants at the border expiring just hours ago, but the legal limbo isn t over. a new ruling overnight injecting new uncertainty into the situation, so what s the plan now? and did officials do enough to prevent chaos? our system has been broken for more than two decades. everyone agrees about that. it s time not to criticize, it s time to act. also breaking this morning, the man accused of killing jordan neely in a new york city subway surrendering to police moments ago. the former marine now facing a manslaughter charge. we ve got a live report outside the courthouse. plus, extreme weather, tornados touching down in oklahoma and elsewhere causing widespread damage. we ll tell you where this system is heading next. let s begin with the breaking news on the southern border where the covid restrictions known as title 42 expired overnight. in the early morning hours, this is yuma port of entry