right now on andrea mitchell reports, former president trump back in court after storming out this morning, fuming in the middle of closing arguments in the e. jean carroll defamation and damages case with the jury watching it all. while nikki haley scheduled two south carolina rallies this weekend. donors pour millions into her campaign, defying trump s appeal to write her off. and the u.n. s highest court pressures israel to stem the loss of lives in gaza but does not come down hard on israel, as cia director bill burns crosses the atlantic, trying to pose a deal to free the hostages. and critical funding for border. israel and ukraine. it s all hanging in the balance as mr. trump tries to get senate republicans to scuttle a border compromise that was weeks in the making. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. donald trump back in a manhattan courtroom for closing arguments in the e. jean carroll defamation trial. earlier today, the former president le
one opportunity we have to fix it, and we say we d love to have fixed it but it was election season so i thought i d wait. that s republican senator kevin cramer of north dakota, one of the very few gop lawmakers to go on record in favor of passing the border deal despite donald trump s demands. we ll have more from capitol hill on those negotiations straight ahead. plus a potentially significant development in the hostage negotiations between israel and hamas with the cia director set to travel abroad in hopes of closing a deal. and also ahead, we ll go through donald trump s temper tantrum in court and get legal analysis on what s next in the defamation damages trial. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 26th. we made it to friday. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with this news from the middle east. cia director william burns expected to travel starting in europe in the coming days to help broke
comply with president biden s demand to give federal agents full access to shelby park today, along the rio grande river in eagle pass. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. 10 retired executives at fbi says in modern history u.s. never suffered invasion of the homeland and one is taking place now. military-aged men are landing in waves on our soil by the thousands across a border that has been accurately advertised around the world as largely unprotect with ready-access granted. brooke singman is here with more. brooke: so far governor abbott is showing no sign to caving to biden s demand and installing even more razor wire to crack down on the invasion. watch. this is not just a text issue, it is an american issue. this could affect my state and entire country long after joe biden is gone, we ll be dealing with potential terrorist threats. text has a right as a state to stop criminals from coming into our states, to arr
he pitched a fit. he was insulting, he was doing what he does. but i know that s what he does when he is insecure. i know that s what he does when he is threatened. and he should feel threatened, without a doubt. [ cheers and applause ] hello. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington in for andrea. former president donald trump is back in federal court in new york city at this hour. at any moment, he could take the stand to defend himself in the damages phase of the e. jean carroll defamation trial. her defense team played a video of mr. trump s deposition this morning and wrapped up its case. the former president is fresh off his new hampshire victory and has continued to attack carroll publically and online after clashing with the judge who threatened to remove the former president from court last week. msnbc national correspondent jasmine have a joins us. do we know when and if donald trump will testify today? a couple things have gone on in the las
i m martha maccallum. back in new york at fox news headquarters today. this is the story. john kirby, mike pompeo, clay travis all here on the big stories of today. but first, former president trump s big win in new hampshire has team biden claiming that the race is on. from politco today, biden s re-election team took trump s win as the starting gun for what will now be the longest and most grueling general election campaign in modern american political history. with that, we bring in marc thiessen, former speechwriter for george w. bush and lisa boothe, host of the truth with lisa boothe, which i m having trouble saying. that s okay. a long few days. exactly. martha: great to have you here. both fox news contributors. thanks for joining us. mark, let s start with you. the longest and most grueling presidential race, if it s a head-to-head between biden and trump. do you agree? yes. though, you know, the primary is not over yet. nikki haley hasn t conceded. he has to