their final stops in iowa, talking policy and connecting with voters. but the candidates are also targeting each other. donald trump and ron desantis seem to be pivoting attacks toward someone who appears to be climbing in the polls. sandra: and that someone is nikki haley. she s been barnstorming through iowa today, and she will take a stop right there and join us live in moments. first, though, we have fox team coverage for you. lucas tomlinson is live in pennsylvania ahead of president biden s first campaign speech of the year and mark meredith will kick us off from the latest on the gop campaign. mark, is it all coming down to iowa? what do we know? certainly seems that is the case. good afternoon to you. former president trump is going to be crisscrossing iowa over the next 24 hours, holding multiple rallies trying to shore up his lead and trump is clearly focused on the first content ten days out, launching a new attack ad against president biden. under biden your
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good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn. i m amara walker. president biden is expected to visit the border today and what it could mean for migration. and the nfl honors damar hamlin in the game since his collapse. we ve got a look at the tributes. and more than half the people across california are without power as high winds and rain hammer the state. we ve got a look at the forecast including where we could see record flooding. plus, harry tills all. the revelations in his forthcoming memoir coming up on cnn this morning. welcome, everyone. it s sunday, january 8th, a new week. thank you so much for waking up with us here on cnn this morning. a lot of news to get to. up first, president biden heading for the border. while the 118th congress prepares to get down to business. the president stops in el paso, texas, today on his way to a summit in mexico city. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. the administration is under fire from r
you will see there today. well tomorrow, maybe they will pass a rules package. we re glad you re here on fox & friends. emily campano in for rachel. emily: honor to be here as always. pete: will cain, our man on the border this morning in el paso, texas, ahead of joe biden s highly sanitized visit down there will, even just last hour, the interview with residents, it is staggering the quality of life the way in which their quality of life was eroded. you wonder whether joe biden will actually see that. will: i m glad you guys got a chance to here that back in the studio in new york. we ll share with you, i think we have updated numbers throughout this hour, in coming minutes in fact on number of encounters, got-aways, but sometimes numbers don t tell you appropriate context. to sit here listening to the ladies lifelong residents of el paso, legal immigrants right over the border i can see it, juarez, to hear them describe what the difference in their life, to hear change, i
the heavy wind could bring hazardous conditions to the road. they closed at 3:00 p.m., giving employees time to get home safely. the south bay, the oak ridge door closing early because it is prone to flooding and power outages as well. the high winds are having a significant effect on flights at san francisco s airport. flights have been delayed, diverted, canceled outright in many cases. there have been 84 cancellations. any of the short haul to west coast cities. the airport is asking you to check your flight status with your airline. there is minimal impact to oakland and san joseoma county airport at this time, that could change. the biggest effect is on the san francisco airport. let s look at our camera. this is the san mateo bridge tower camera. people are still out there driving. it does not look too bad, taking our time. it is hard to see because it is dark, there is rain, there is wind. we will continue our weber coverage in just a few moments. you are watchin