contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the
encounters just in the first three months of fiscal year 2023. but the biden administration continues to maintain that the border is secure. we re looking live at eagle pass, texas. that s where griff jenkins joins us with the late from there. hey, griff. reporter: hey, good afternoon, eric. and if you weren t just watching that drone, we can take you back up to it. the border patrol air boats just passing underneath the bridge here in eagle pass. it is ground zero here in the del rio sector for this crisis is. these agents in texas dps troopers and national guard here are absolutely exhausted from what has been happening, and that is why these december numbers were so startling. take a look at these numbers. let s go into them. 251,000 migrant encounters in december of which 49,405 were title 42. that means that 200,000, eric, were released into the u.s. that is quite a stunning number there in and of itself. but the the second number is what i wanted to show you. the 717,
tea teammates, support, congratulate from his teammates. they were thrilled that he was comfortable enough to make this announcement to the world. good for him. thank you. brand-new hour now on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. i m bianna golodryga. president biden stunning the world with a top-secret surprise visit to ukraine. he was warmly welcomed by president zelenskyy and the first lady. the two leaders walked side by side as air-raid sirens blared. the visit is remarkable and here s why, this is the first time in modern times by a u.s. president to active war zone where the military has no presence, no control, the white house gave russia a head s-up before the president arrived. with the one-year anniversary, the period said he wants to underscore america s unwavering support of ukraine. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. one year later, kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand w
joining us live. but first, this fox news alert. two interviews and a primetime speech, but a week of talk from president biden only serving to raise new questions. one was about the chinese surveillance craft. the president brushing off its significance and risk after it loitered across the nation just last week. john: president biden claiming the violation of u.s. air space was not a major breach of national security, yet it traveled thousands of miles over some military sites and collected information from the ground to above. and capable of collecting communications and sending them straight back to china. sandra: a far cry to portray it as no big deal, just a balloon. a lot to unpack as america reports rolls into a second hour here. another busy news afternoon on a friday. sandra smith in new york. great to be with you. john: john roberts in washington, good to be with you, sandra. the president getting attention for trying to downplay the classified document
citigroup and goldman sachs, no record. graduated from universities, no record of that. blatant lies and calls into question how your constituents and the american people can believe anything you may say when you are standing on the floor of the house of representatives supposedly fighting for them? that s the real issue here. well, look, and i agree with what you re saying, and as i stated and i continue, we can debate my resume and how i worked with firms such as goldman is it debatable or just false? is it debatable or just false? it s not false at all. it s debatable. congressman-elect santos given you a lot of time. i think the time owed is to the people of new york. it 3rd. it s hard to imagine how they could possibly trust your explanations when you re not even willing to admit the depth of your deception to them. thank you so much for being here and joining us. thank you, tulsi. congressman-elect george santos confronted for lying about his resume by tulsi