sabotaged that operation, put those agents in danger potentially. that operation was set to begin and the feds pub politicly announced it. why would they do that? border states are now taking matters into their own hands. texas governor greg abbott deploying a tactical border force of more than 500 troops. abbott getting right to the point saying texas is responding to the chaos caused by biden ending title 42. he sent 1500 men and women from the military to the border to do paperwork. i deployed elite trained soldiers to defend texas. he posted this video showing barbed wire installed across gaps in the border wall where a massive group of illegals tried to cross just a few days ago. what did he tweet? wired shut. this hour yesterday we broke the news on the monster-size surge happening even before title 42 expires. more than 26,000 people, nearly 7,500 of them gotaways, which means they are making their way in and we have no idea who at least 7500 people were thereabouts. t
good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city s history. he s on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he s expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorsement of the chicago teachers union, and as you see, just about 20% of the vote going his way. lori lightfoot, meanwhile, who famously tingled with the teachers union, came in third with just more than 16% of the vote. we will have a safe chicago. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [cheers and applause] no matter where you live, no matter what you look like, you deserve to have a bet
it looks pretty. griff: clear skies come i think. lisa: when adam was talking earlier, 73 in miami, although it is not too bad in new york today. griff: it is getting warmer. katy perry, three days away from the new year. joey: that is right. griff: exciting. lisa: very much. we are also seeing chaos play out at the southern border as starting the mic startling new video with migrants to break into a texas ranger s home. it is not the first time this has happened on his property. joey: meanwhile el paso migrant crossings are dropping dramatically. this is why. the national guard put up razor wire fencing. griff: lucas live with more, hey, lucas. illegal border crises plummeting with the mile-long stretch in el paso eight days after the texas national guard reinforced the barbed wire fence. u.s. forces expanding the perimeter after texas governor greg abbott adding more shipping containers to the border. arizona was using the same strategy until sued by the
my time is at hand, i won t make it any other way harris: his hit fire and rain is what was happening in the markets yesterday. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . here is what s happening right now at the corner of wall and broad. it s what world markets are watching and affected by as biden s economy is burning, rome style, rome is burning reference there. we re up just a bit as investors have rebounded a tad. it is early in the day. during the celebration, the president was hosting his so-called inflation reduction act celebration. the dow jones industrial average was a free fall. ended up down more than 1200 points on the day. major news networks pulled away from their coverage of the president s party as things were going south. one critic said biden s bash was a slap in the face. new york post named the president tone deaf joe. we know he doesn t hear or apparently see americans struggling with sky high food prices and everything else going
Bret i want to hear marthas one more thing. Should we stay . Martha 104 years old and took her walk tore this little airport and jumped out of an airplane. You would really like this story, you but, you know. Bret that was my kicker. Thanks a lot. Martha you are welcome. Bret see you. Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. We begin tonight with a stunning reversal from President Biden in his immigration policy. The president has approved the cop be destruction of about 20 miles of new border wall in south texas. This comes African Democrat Biden pledged that not another foot of wall would be built during his administration. And, again today, he said he still does not believe a border wall is effective. So why is he doing it . White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, President Biden often talks about trusting his experts but that is not what is happening here because it appears that he is tak