welcome to the lead. how about this for question of the day? fani willis, what are you thinking? exactly parks trisha murphy. murphy is a top opinion writer for the atlanta journal constitution asking that of district attorney fani willis who has yesterday to deny that she has a special relationship with a special prosecutor she hired, the stunning scandal revealed in legal briefs in georgia. donald trump was at the first hearing today since the allegations were revealed. plus inside the iowa caucuses, exactly how does this very american, very bizarre process work and why does iowa opt for this versus the more popular and easy primary process where voters just line up and vote in the polls? leading this hour, what could be a worsening global crisis for president biden, iranian-backed houthi militants warning of retaliation against the u.s. and its allies for strikes against houthis in yemen last night. the white house insists these were self-defense strikes intended to
bill: you have to do something might be the quote of the day. passing the buck on the border. president biden blaming congress as he fights to tear down an emergency barrier in the state of texas. good morning, everybody. can we still say happy new year? i do believe we can. dana: we can. bill: i m bill hemmer live in new york and we ll figure out how we do this all over again right now. good morning. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. i wish president biden s new year s resolution was not try make news while the helicopters blades are whirring. it is driving me up a wall. making significant news in a way and you can t hear it. this is what he said. the biden administration is asking the supreme court to intervene in a dispute with texas. the white house wants permission to cut down 30 miles of razor wire used to block migrants from crossing. this after a record month where agents intercepted more than 300,000 people. bill: 300,000. speaker mike
investigations. mark cuban says almost all 10 market cap companies in the u.s., going woke is a good business model. golfers finding out by media report about the p.g.a. and liv golf league. you want to have faith in manage moon, people feel betrayal. it is about bipartisanship ahead of the congressional baseball game tonight. you re ready to go. put me in, coach. what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaning. whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight. o er the ramp arts we watched were so gallantly streaming. the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o er the land of the free and the home of the brave. [cheering] ainsley: amazing, that is lee greenwood performing the national anthem because today is flag day and thanks the bronx county american legion, holding the flag. if you need a flag, buy from annin, t
principal on this kind of case. that s coming up later. we will learn things. we will fact check. i invite you to stick around for that. that s later. the speech you may have heard about is landing tonight around 7:00 p.m. eastern, inside of an hour. president biden s first ever address from the oval office. we have heard him from the white house before. this is a thing we in journalism and white house junkies keep track of. this is in the views of the biden team, a positive that they are summoning the grandeur of an oval office address, the first several years in to talk about breakthroughs on debt, the economy and the new jobs report. that s 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight in joy s hour. we will cover that. you will see the president and the reaction. we have that. as for this moment, our lead story is what we are learning about the clear lid blowing off a key part of trump s dewith this report that everyone has been talking about all week, that he himself said he knew things
iowa. florida governor taking it to joe biden and his other republican rivals, listen. we must restore sanity to our nation. in the state of florida, held the line one freedom hung in the balance. leadership is not about entertainment, it s not about building a brand, it s not about virtue signaling, it is about results. we get distracted, we allow the election to become a lot other things other than bidens failures. if he s able to hibernate in his basement for the whole campaign and not answer tough questions we may be in danger of seeing a democrat sweep in 2024. jesse: remember when the media compare donald trump to hitler? donald trump is worse. ron desantis unveils his authoritarian manifesto. speak of this model of what this dictator in the making wants to do. look at china, cuba, north north korea, or iran. grievance politics, divisiveness. both antidemocratic candidates they seek to be autocratic. jesse: if you think that s bad, the views host says republ