did not get the merry christmas citizens wanted this year. for some , it was a downright scary christmas. there were many cities where santa stayed in the air. he was afraid of getting sleigh jacked. i think we report isolated crime events throughout the year, particularly in l.a. and new york. but the national crime picture often gets ignored. and when you look at the year it was, it takes your breath away, or at least it should. this is video of linda frickey, a seventy three year old grandmother from new orleans. who was in her car when four teens rushed it, pushing her out. frickey got caught in a safety belt and they dragged her for about a block, severing her arm from her body. she bled to death in the street. at least they captured her for tackers. but so many times these cases go unsolved. this is just one of the more than two hundred and sixty homicide in new orleans since the start of the year. my hometown of new orleans is set to become the murder capital of
and even the border restrictions remain in place. one group even tried to break into a rancher s home in texas 50 miles from the border. the video shared with fox news shows the moment the suspected illegal immigrants to pry open the windows to use a two by four as a battering ram. this is not the first time this has happen on this owner s property. thankfully, upgrades made to the security after previous break-in attempts stop the suspects this time he was still, other migrants vowing we will get in. one telling the new york post we have hopes of crossing in the u.s. we want to cross legally but we will cross illegally if that is our only choice. with all the mayor and el paso has so many beds and medicine. we don t know if that applies to us but many people are growing desperate and crossing illegally. others say, we are here waiting, trying to do things legally but you see others sneak in illegally, and it makes you wonder if you are the dumb one for waiting. you know,
measures ahead of his visit to el paso this weekend. before he travels, it appears the needs to study up on specifics. we re going to have to use title nine title eight am i right? we begin in washington where 11 rounds of votes over three days, the house of representativeses have failed to elect a speaker. a deal might be coming to move more support to kevin mccarthy. kevin cork is live in d.c. with the latest on this. good evening, kevin. the house has gavelled out tonight and will come back again friday at noon. as it stands, the majority of republicans, some 200 of them, want kevin mccarthy to become the speaker of the house. the other 20 have backed everyone from florida republican byron donalds to even former donald trump. they don t seem to be budging. this isn t chaos. this is a constitutional republic at work. i m a mom of four boys. i know what chaos and dysfunction looks like. mccarthy, meanwhile, said all he needs to do is flip at least 11 votes. ton
supreme court is keeping title 42 in place against the white house s wishes for now. griff: if title 42 is dropped, we could see 14,000 encounters every single day at the border which would add up to over 5 million illegal crossings each year. joey: live from washington and he s got the latest on this, lucas. good morning. the supreme court says title 42 will remain in place for now after 19 states as to the high court to give it around. one of the courts conservative justices sided with his liberal colleagues in the 5-4 ruling. the dissenting opinion, saying the current border crisis is not a covid crisis. court should not be in the business of perpetuating atex design for one emergency only. elected officials have failed to address a different emergency where a court of law not the policymakers of last resort. dhs gave the candidate mission, we will continue to manage the border. we will do so within the constraints of a decades-old immigration system that everyone