thanks, jesse. jesse: see ya. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. following two major stories president trump has filed appeal with the colorado supreme court with the decision to keep his name off the primary ballot. we will have that plus analysis with brit hume and shannon bream in just moments. but we begin with the crisis at the southern border. more than 50 house republicans are in eagle pass, texas tonight meeting with border officials. getting a first-hand look at the migrant crisis that is forcing the biden administration to go on the offense. the white house placing blame on the house g.o.p. saying members are obstructing progress, even as president biden faces mounting criticism from democrats. correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight in eagle pass, texas again. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. today s congressional delegation was the largest one to ever visit the southern border. and these house republicans came here after decembe
threat to democracy. so they re both sort of playing a tug-of-war with this same line of attack. bret: guy, january 6th, the president is going to deliver the speeches as i mentioned at valley forge. nbc says the biden campaign cast trump as a threat to democracy ahead of this speech the president will cast the former president as a threat to democracy saturday in his speech set to be delivered on the third anniversary of january 6th. insurrection. the biden campaign said this week. the speech is expected to be a key component of the campaign s efforts to highlight the stakes of the presidential election. what about delivering a speech at valley forge and hearkening back to george washington to tie to january 6th to go after your likely opponent and former president trump. as you alluded to bret earlier in the show. it s similar to some of the messaging we saw from the president and his party in 2022. a lot of republicans were derisive and dismissive of it but it actually worked re