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comer s remarks were short. if he found anything that was, he would have leapt at the chance to say it. you would think that he would have led the entire commentary just a few moments ago with whatever he seems to have found. that was fox news host neil cavuto, not buying what james comer was trying to sell on capitol hill yesterday. we re going to go through hunter biden s closed door testimony to the house oversight committee later in the show here. plus, the end of an era for senate republicans. the party s longest serving leader in the upper chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. we ll take a look at mitch mcconnell s legacy and who might replace him. of course, we re going to talk about the shocking news we all heard yesterday. the death of beloved comedian and actor richard lewis. we ll talk about that and play for you some of joe s interview with him, which happened just several weeks ago. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, ....
i m martha maccallum. this is the story today. it s a big one. a border showdown is brewing in eagle pass, texas right now. a huge hub for illegal border crossings. there s a standoff that is underway between the federal government, which wants the razor wire that texas put in place there to protect its own state, they say it has to go. republican texas governor greg abbott says he will not. the biden administration has given him a deadline of tomorrow to allow border patrol access to the area. it s called shelby park. essentially setting up a confrontation potentially between federal agents and the texas national guard. when asked to the governor, will you comply with this order, here s what the governor said. watch. texas has a right as a state to stop criminals from coming in to our state. to make arrests of those criminals. we have national guard as well as texas department of public safety officers that are there to make those arrests and to deny illegal entry. ....
harris: welcome to new hampshire where voters are at the polls right now in the two-person race for the gop nomination. donald trump versus nikki haley. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. live from majestic bedford, new hampshire. after the iowa caucuses, this is the first primary where people will choose which republican they want to see to try to beat democrats all the way to the white house. former president trump looking for a decisive blow after his big win in iowa last week. he was joined on stage by many people last night. i was there for a few of them. former rivals for the nomination in the big show of unity were on stage speaking with him and nikki haley was there last night, too. we witnessed it along with that crowd. she was trying to explain how she is going to upset and change the course of the presidential race. keeping with tradition, voting here kicked off at midnight with a six-vote sweep for haley in dicksville, notch. her camp ....
[laughter] dana: if you do, i hear it counts for two votes. bret: two votes, all right. thank you bret: good evening. i m bret baier, we are coming to you live from bedford, new hampshire for the second voting and first primary of the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will set the stage tonight for the now two candidate race in tomorrow s primary election in just a moment. first breaking tonight, federal agents can begin removing razor wire southern border in an area texas has taken over. 5-4 decision seen as a big win for the biden administration and comes as texas officials officials are refusing to back down installing new barbed wire fencing in that area. immigration and border patrol officers, the border issues actually were top issues for voters during the iowa caucuses. they are trending issues here new hampshire. bret, the decision that came down just hours ago, really does effect what happens here in shelby park. can i tell you border patrol from wha ....
the story is here in new hampshire on the eve of the first in the nation primary. my interviews state from the campaign trail with the final two, donald trump and nikki haley. that s coming up. we ll also hear from the people that make it happen, the voters. we ll speak with some of those crucial undecided one days left for them to make up their minds. we ll see what they re thinking from my stop at the bookery, which is a great place to talk to voters in new hampshire. so senator tim scott is also here today. we re going to ask him about his endorsement of president trump and is he on the short list for v.p. as well. also, he just got engaged. a lot to talk to senator scott about. first, let s bring in bret baier, the chief political anchor, anchor of special report. good to see you this afternoon. one day to go. you ve been out on the campaign trail a lot. what are you picking up out there? listen, new hampshire takes it seriously just like iowa, all of these fo ....