3:00 p.m. eastern and we expect the former president to plead not guilty either today or in a separate formal arraignment. we ll find out. much of the republican party has been rallying behind trump. they are trying to utilize the d.o.j. as an influence operation within the campaigns within elections. america is seeing a double standard. perhaps president trump should have gone after hillary clinton. he didn t. should joe biden be allowed to aggressively go after the former president? i think president trump has not been treated equally like everybody else in this process. harris: 2024 challenger nikki haley has reversed course. two things can be true at the same time. one, the d.o.j. and f.b.i. have lost all credibility with the american people. the second thing can also be true. if this indictment is true, if what it says is actually the case, president trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. harris: so why trump, though? and not biden? plenty
otherwise it s out the window. el paso, which has seen an uptick with the policy in place is preparing for the worst. border patrol setting up a massive tent city just outside of downtown. the new york post cover this morning calls the tents a welcome mat for illegal immigration. newly-erected processing center is for the overflow in addition to the permanent one they already have there. the state s governor greg abbott still doing his best to send a border message to the biden administration on christmas eve he dropped three bus loads of illegal immigrants outside of the vice president s home. not the first time he has done this. those on the bus willingly chose to go to the nation s capital. democrats were quick to call him out as heartless. one guest not holding back. why republicans would love to say they re pro-life they only care about children and families when it comes to babies that are in the womb. when they are outside of the womb look at what happened. republi
border. they made the trip as more of those buses from texas have been arriving in manhattan, including today. texas governor abbott s office giving us a breakdown of the numbers so far. new york city 40 buses carrying 2100 illegal immigrants hoping to stay in the u.s. washington, d.c. 180 buses carrying 8,000. and chicago the newest destination three buses carrying roughly 150. chicago s mayor lori lightfoot is not going to the border but she is going to d.c. it s about cash. the sanctuary cities want lawmakers to give them federal cash to pay for the so-called conditions they re facing on the ground. lightfoot with choice words now for the texas governor. this is entirely within the knowledge of the texas governor who he is putting on buses when they are coming, what their specific conditions and needs are. the same thing he is saying hey, i need more help, so do we. he is treating these human beings like freight. all this is about is a manufactured political crisis. ha
later this hour after republican governor sent a clear message all week. texas governor greg abbott dropping off bus loads of migrant right at kamala harris s doorstep after she said the border was secure. desantis sent migrants to martha s vineyard. they are loud and proud sanctuary en klaifshs. democrats now blasting the governors. the president and white house doubling down on border security. we agree the border is secure but there is still more work to be done. i ve been very clear. it is a political stunt. that s what we re seeing from governors, republican governors in particular. republicans their colleagues should be calling out the cruel way that they are playing and what they are doing with their cruel political games. and again, these are families that are including children, all right? republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is simply wrong, unamerican, reckless. any comments on the migrants dropped off?
poll. his age is the top reason. opinion page publishing this. joe biden is too old to be president again. the white house circling the wagons. we aren t going to pay attention to polls. not what we ll do here. we ll focus on is delivering for the american people. bill: the trend lines for the president heading in the wrong direction. approval rating on a downward slide since last year. the biggest concern among americans inflation. it continues to rise crushing americans every time they head out for groceries or gasoline. dana: former trump advisor kellyanne conway standing by. first mark meredith live at the white house. good morning to you. the white house says it is not focused on polling, interest groups and lawmakers running for reelection sure are. as you talked about the recent polling shows the president is facing political head winds here. he insists the country is in better shape than when he took office. the new york times says it its latest survey 64% o