right now, the wrath of don. former president now threatening to black list donors who give to his primary opponent. plus bring it, donald. show me what you got. nikki haley not backing down. she s taunting trump amid calls for her to quit the race. and this wall street didn t build america, middle class build america. and president biden trying to convince voters that the economy is better than it feels. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is thursday, january 25, 5:00 a.m. in washington, also 5:00 a.m. in south carolina where nikki haley is refusing to drop out. instead taunting the former president during a speech in her home state. i continue to push for mental competency test for anyone over the age of 75. and so he got upset and he said that he would take one and he d challenge these one and that he would beat me. maybe he would, maybe he wouldn t. but what i said is okay, if that is the case, then ge
on msnbc, the tsunami warning in japan after a series of powerful earthquakes erupted off the country s coast. fires breaking out, collapsed homes, tremors felt even in the capital city of tokyo. we ll have a live report with the latest in israel, a barrage of rockets fired toward tel aviv with prime minister netanyahu saying the war is expected to go on for many more months. what that will look like. the rising tensions in the region after a u.s. helicopter sunk three houthi rebel ships. just two weeks left before the caucuses. candidates barnstorming the states. who will come out on top. happy new year to you, it is 10:00 a.m., i m frances rivera reporting from new york city. we begin with the breaking news out of japan. overnight a series of strong earthquakes in the sea of japan prompting a tsunami warning among the nation s western and coastal regions. one quake reaching a magnitude of 7.6 grounding commercial flights and halting rail services for the affected
rick: all right. it s 9:00 here in new york city. you re looking at times square. that is going to be packed tonight. with some very brave souls who don t mind being cold or crowded or not going to the bathroom or going to the bathroom in their diapers. tonight rick reichmuth, he s been there all morning, getting the view from there. but boy, not where i want to be. it just happens to be around the wore near. the centerpiece of new year s but not somewhere you want to be. .rachel: i . it s a nice view before i guess the diaper clad storm. we re glad you re with us. thanks n for joining us on fox& friends weekend on this sunday morning, december 31st, if last day of the year of our lord 2023. we re glad to see it in the rear view. buckle, 24 is going to be crazy. we ve been sharing our new year s resolutions. and we ve been asking you to let us know about yours and you have filled up our in box. here s an e-mail from raymond, he said spending more time trav
432 elected congressmen or calling them congressmen-elect. he needs three more to close the deal. republicans are hoping at 10:00 p.m. time when they reconvene, he will have the three. that is a stubborn six that is left over. let s get the details from chad pergram with the very latest. chad? neil, the speakership is a game of inches. today for the first time since tuesday, kevin mccarthy finally showed he was gaining ground towards securing the votes to become speaker. i think you saw we made very good progress. we ll come back tonight and i believe tonight we ll have the votes to finish this once and for all. just remind me of what my father always told me. it s not how you start, it s how you finish. we have to finish for the american public. this is now the fifth longest speaker election in house history. mccarthy lacks the votes, however 15 house republicans who oppose mccarthy are now in his camp. i know you re all wondering what changed the vote. i think i can
we begin this hour with these incredible images from all around our country. today, thousands of protesters took to streets at more than 450 rallies, from washington, the sea to parkland, florida, austin, texas, new york city, all to push congress to take action on gun violence. one party, and only one party has heard the calls for those actions. this week, the house oversight committee held a hearing on gun violence, where members heard from survivors of recent mass shutting s, including maya cerrillo, a fourth grader at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. he shot my friend, and i thought that he would come back to the room, so i covered myself in blood and put it on me. maya, who is just 11 years old, speared her classmates blood on her face to protect herself from a gunmen. also this week, the house passed a series of petrol bills that would raise the age to buy most semi automatic rifles to 21. it would ban high capacity ammunition magazines and create a federal red fla