moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didn t want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that hearing room. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was a crazy move. hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that s my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the oversig
respiratory symptoms. and jofficials are advising you to put your masks back on to protect you from the smoke. and derek van dam is joining us from the cnn weather whycenter. yesterday the fire alarms went off at school because of the smoke. how will it be today? you ve heard the term you wait a couple minutes and the weather changes. this was literally a 15 minute time lapse and you can see the smoke that inundated new york city, the skyscrapers just becoming a martian landscape. social media was lighting up. it was incredible to see but also very dangerous. and yet another day of the smoke and haze across many of the many populated areas of the east coast. and in new york we still have haze and smoke present, but it is not as bad as it was last night. majority of the thickest has drifted further south. so washington, philadelphia, baltimore, those areas will wake up to almost choking-like air and hazardous air really as this smoke continues to settle in. that stretches ac
is closing in. both sides of the aisle pressuring president biden to do something to stop it and do it now. this is the faulkner focus. i m julie banderas in for harris today. secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary mayorkas were both in mexico yesterday to discuss the border crisis. dhs calls the meeting with the president obrador in mexico and others, quote, very productive. republican congresswoman nancey mace says it s not close to good enough. blinken s visit to mexico is about paying lip service. independ departments, republicans and democrats are angry about what they are seeing at a border. this is a massive problem for the biden administration and they refuse to address it. julie: sanctuary cities are crumbling under the massive weight of the crisis. texas sending bus loads and now planes full of illegals their way. a tiny fraction of what border communities are facing right now. democratic mayors from new york, denver and chicago are
beyond a breaking point. the finger pointing is over. it s always somebody else s faults. the first step to getting out of a hole is stop digging. the border crisis exploding. migrants flooding into the u.s. at a staggering rate draining resources and morale. instead of spending the holidays at home with their families, border patrol agents will face scenes like this. processing those entering the country illegally with no slowdown in sight. good morning and welcome to america s newsroom i m bret baier. bill and dana have much needed time off. good morning, gillian. gillian: i m gillian turner in washington. u.s. border patrol is vastly outnumbered with 200 would be illegal migrants to each single agent on the ground there. southern border governors say it is not at all clear president biden has seen what is happening on his watch. take a listen. has president biden seen photos and videos of people going into the country. has he seen photos and videos of it actually h
biden, on the other hand, he has 1850 boxes. he had boxes sent to chinatown, where they don t speak even english in the chinatown we re talking about. i have to stop you right there. talk about us, just so you understand, i had every right to do it. i didn t make a secret of it. when it comes to your documents, did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right to. by the way, they were what do you mean not really? not that i can think of. let me tell you, i have the absolute right to do what i want with them. i have the right. former president trump facing new legal and political fallout following that cnn town hall. we ll take a look at the comments that may have stood out to prosecutors, as some republicans now voice concern over remarks donald trump made. including those. oh, my gosh. we re following the surge at the southern border as restrictions known as title 42 came to an end just hours ago. we ll have a rep