this is america reports . vivek ramaswamy and asa hutchinson dropping out of the race after donald trump s historic win in iowa and now it s up to desantis and haley to improve they have a path forward. she has made an aggressive play for new hampshire, republicans tend to be more moderate and independents play an out sized role. sandra: the number 2 and 3 candidates from last night trying to close the gap with the former president. alexis mcadams is live in bedford, new hampshire, on to the next one, alexis. what is the latest polling telling us on the ground there as we do see the snowflakes coming down. hi, sandra and john. yeah, it s a snowy day here in new hampshire, but the temperatures are much warmer than what the candidates were dealing with in iowa. all eyes are now on the granite state and the polling numbers, the latest ones, sandra, show it could be a much tighter race here in new hampshire than it was in iowa. that s because they have different issues at th
the republican president of caucuses in iowa. the candidates are making closing arguments this weekend, donald trump is still the overwhelming favorite to win on that day, ron desantis and nikki haley are in a tight battle for second place. the candidate squaring off wednesday in their final vote making is the case for why they should be the trump alternative. i don t have vengeance or vendettas or take things personally. for me it is about no drama, no whining, getting results, and getting them done. i don t think donald trump is the right president to go forward. it s time for new generational leader who will make america proud again. i appreciated what donald trump did but he said he was going to have a wall and have mexico pay for it, he said he was going to drain the swamp, he did not deliver that. he said he will hold hillary accountable and let her off the hook. he said he was going to laminate the debt and added $7.8 trillion to the debt. we need to get this stuff
brian: we begin the third and final hour with a focus on president biden s border crisis. homeland security secretary mayorkas heads to eagle pass, texas today to get a first-hand look at the caogs and he can feel the hes. more than 2.3 million migrants have been released in the united states on joe biden s watch. ainsley: our co-host lawrence jones is live in eagle pass this morning. good morning, lawrence. lawrence: the secretary will be down here and see what is happening at the border. my home town of texas is epicenter of this crisis and last line of defense. if you look behind me, there is a migrant jumping the fence right now. i talked to him. he paid the cartel 20 to 30,000 dollars to cross the border. steve: lawrence, that is razor wire. lawrence: that is right. he came from honduras and he was waiting for the national guard to cross. he took his clothes off and jumped across the razor wire. he will be processed and meet his wife in california. just a liv
pass, texas, new december records as house speaker mike johnson says the crisis at the border is an unmitigated disaster. welcome to fox news live, i m alicia acuna. hi, griff. griff: hour two, here we go. the house homeland security committee is set to hold its first impeachment hearing against dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas next week. casey stegall is live in eagle pass, texas, where mayorkas will be traveling, i believe, on monday. casey, what s the latest? reporter: yeah, griff, he will. we ll get to that in a second, but first, illegal crossings have slowed dramatically at least in this spot. it has been a relatively quiet morning here in eagle pass. with yesterday it was a little busier. we saw a group of about 200 migrants cross the rio grande river and turn themselves over to border patrol agents. you re looking at drone video of that now. as the state of texas continues to assist doing what it can through operation lone star to mitigate the problems. that has l
championship. maybe we can eat the mascot there. thanks for being here. as i chew this pop-tart. second hour of fox & friends starts right now. ainsley: we begin the second hourly of fox & friends with a fox news alert. right now firefighters are still working to put out that raging fire after a japan airlines flight collided with a coast guard plane. the passenger plane bursting into flames on the runway at kyoto international airport. a spokesperson confirming that five of the coast guard members on board their aircraft are now dead. steve: those are live pictures right there. look at this. this video capturing the exact moment the commercial plane erupted in flames as it apparently clipped the coast guard s plane. then, next thing you know they are on the runway shortly after that. thankfully, they were on the run way and all 367 passengers on board that flight were safely evacuated. one local news outlet reports that the coast guard plane was on a mission to del