Off the cuff, President Biden sticking to a script. But in terms of the level of factual accuracy, i mean, it was scripted in an accurate way this week to hear from the president. The former president said what he wanted to, and much of it was not true. So i dont have any factchecks of President Biden here. But i think thats for an obvious reason remarkable. Daniel dale, glad to have you on standby. Thank you for that. And as we start the top of the new hour here on the lead, you just saw President Biden and donald trump wrapping up those competing very different appearances on the southern border, how their messaging on immigration is playing 1,700 miles away in washington. And speaking of congress, is the job of another House Speaker potentially on the line . Today . Mike johnson helped get a new shortterm Spending Bill passed. But thats really his problem. His conservative rightwing flank wants a longterm solution. Last, i checked the republicans actually have a majority in the hous
Ephemeral legislation. Yeah. That went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. Ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. Its still early. We have a couple hours ahead. Maybe we can find another one. Meanwhile, the Florida Governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third president ial bid. Well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. Is it desantis, is it December Desantis . Did he answer it . He did, and it was unrevealing. Huh. Republicans are still upset with Kevin Mccarthy over the Debt Ceiling Deal. Wah. One calling for a day of reckoning. Are you kidding me . It is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and Kevin Mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the United States economy hostage. They werent able to do it. These guys struck a deal, and struck a deal that passed overwhelmingly.
counterattack. more strikes as the u.s. hits iranian-backed targets in the middle east. can america avoid a wider conflict? i don t think we need a wider war in the middle east. national security advisor jake sullivan is next. sweet carolina. president biden sweeps south carolina and tries to shore up support with a key part of his base. joe knows us. can biden convince voters to turn out this fall? south carolina congressman james clyburn joins me. home turf. three weeks until republicans in south carolina vote. donald trump s team says it s over. as nikki haley ups the ante, what s her end game? i m not going anywhere. gop presidential candidate nikki haley is here exclusively. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the stat state of our uni striking back. biden warns of a dangerous and extreme opposition led by donald trump. biden is facing a growing crisis in the middle east with enormous security and political implications. the u.s. struck a houthi
making his way from the airport here. he s just wrapping up a cross country tour speaking with americans living this day in and day out. they re baring the influx of migrants and in some cases, people part of gangs that are now in this country. they are disturbing a lot in these communities. i will also speak with senator marco rubio on the battle over whether the bill that congress is debating will actually fill what is wrong. i know that s a question on a lot of people s minds as we look at all of this. but first, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, facing reporters just a short time ago and taking responsibility for this secrecy that he put in place over his hospital stay. now also addressing his work at hand. whether the white house s defensive plan in the middle east is ineffective. the message has been deterrence, deterring the attack by the houthis, deterring the attacks by the malitias. has deterrence failed? our goal is to make sure that we contain this crisis in
migrant shelter in boston. lawrence jones is live there this morning. ainsley: plus, all new video this morning showing the kansas city chiefs party host in handcuffs after three of his friends were found frozen to death in his backyard as we learn he has now checked himself into rehab. steve: so much news about that. plus, the house of representatives passing a bill to ban hamas terrorists from entering our country. but two members of the squad voted against it. ainsley: what? steve: those two. fox & friends starts right now for the first day of february and, remember, mornings are better with friends. brian: hashtag. ainsley: we begin with a fox news alert. three people are dead and nine others were hurt in a construction site clasp last night in idaho boise airport. a hangar being built suddenly buckled sending a crane crashing down. steve: five of the injured people. the fire department called it a catastrophic incident. listen to this. we have account