andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary blinken. right now, countdown to the caucuses. just one week today as the republican candidates for president make their final push in iowa. meanwhile, president biden is on the trail in south carolina where he ll be speaking at mother emanuel church, the scene of the horrific hate crime in 2015. his message today, the hate that fueled the killing of nine worshippers still rages. at the pentagon, demand for answers grows after lloyd austin failed to tell the white house for days that he had been admitted to the icu. and a critical piece of the alaskan airlines flight has been found as it blasted off the plane mid flight, taking passengers belongings with it. we begin this very busy hour with the race for the white house. we are now just seven days away from the very first primary contest of this high stakes election year. the republican iowa caucuses. while there is still time, so far, it s shaping up to be a 2020
there are eight rose bowls full of illegal immigrants that came across the border just since october 1st, mr. secretary. bret, the numbers are historic. the numbers are extraordinarily large. this is something that is not specific to the united states southern border. bret: but you think it is a crisis now? bret, it is a challenge that we have been addressing vigorously with all the tools and resources we have been provided. bill: a challenge, not a crisis. his hands are tied, don t blame us. those were the answers from secretary mayorkas saying there is nothing more he can do on the border. illegal migrants totally unchecked one after the other. good morning, it s friday. you ve almost made it. 9:00 a.m. in new york. i m bill hemmer. dana: can i say one thing about that interview? peter and i watched it last night. peter is from europe. when mayorkas mayorkas said this is not a problem not unique to america. he is talking about the scope and scale. it is so differe
attend a big fund raiser tonight ahead of the president s first official campaign rally in philadelphia on saturday. now republican florida governor ron desantis is daring democrat california governor gavin newsome to quit throwing zingers are the cheap seats and enter the race himself. brace yourself, but the stit have hit the fan. i practiced that. oklahoma republican governor kevin stit for announcing that he s not backing the former president, but wait till you hear who he is backing. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. boy, a fast and furious. that pretty much describes what is happening in the presidential race. mark meredith is here to break it down in washington. hi, mark. maybe i should be in florida. that s where the action is right now. three florida men seeking the republican presidential nomination. miami s mayor, francis suarez launched his campaign. he put out a video explaining why he s running. i m growing to run for president. i m going to run for your
it is not a simple question, and anyone who argues it is isn t thinking hard enough about what is in front of the supreme court. late last summer, a bunch of legal scholars, including some prominent conservatives said, wait, don t print the ballots for the 2024 primary season too soon because the candidates might not all be qualified. specifically the front runner for the gop nomination, donald trump. trump, these scholars argue, violated the 14th amendment, section 3, which says if you engage in insurrection or give aid or comfort to those who have, you cannot hold elected office in this country. essentially you can t swear an oath to the constitution after you tried to overturn that same constitution. looking at what donald trump did on january 6th, the scholars argue it is not even close. trump absolutely violated amendment 14, section 3, and that the secretaries of state across the country are duty-bound to bar him from the ballot. if not them, then voters or perhaps anot
presidential candidate ron desantis plans to campaign next week. big announcement. and policer he called 911 for help. his family says they want justice. ahead, details on the boy s condition and a planned protest in mississippi. new research suggests the pill form of drugs like ozempic would work as well and obviously without the shot. what that could mean for this whole new world of weight loss drugs. this is cnn news central . this morning, if a tree falls in the woods on twitter but twitter doesn t work, does it make a sound? that is the question swirling around the political world as the big campaign announcement from florida governor ron desantis glitched. we have new reporting on how husband campaign is dealing with all this this morning. yes, he got into the race in a way no one has, yes, he raised a million bucks in an hour but also earned tough reviews when his conversation with elon musk on twitter wouldn t start for 25 minutes. the complete failure to launc