john: we are awaiting the first white house briefing of 2024 as president biden begins the new year blaming congress for the chaos happening at our southern border. and while the white house takes to the podium, house republicans are in texas in what is expected to be the largest congressional delegation to visit the border. welcome back, hope you had a great holiday. sandra: good to be back with you. house speaker mike johnson and more than 50 republicans will be in eagle pass, where they have been sidelined by failed policies. instead of the president pivoting on those policies, his team is setting up a potential showdown in the courts. john: biden administration asking the supreme court to allow border agents to get rid of nearly 30 miles of razor wire that the state of texas used to prevent migrant crossings. it comes after more than 300,000 migrants crossed illegally in december. marking the highest single month ever recorded. bill melugin has been covering it sinc
biden, on the other hand, he has 1850 boxes. he had boxes sent to chinatown, where they don t speak even english in the chinatown we re talking about. i have to stop you right there. talk about us, just so you understand, i had every right to do it. i didn t make a secret of it. when it comes to your documents, did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right to. by the way, they were what do you mean not really? not that i can think of. let me tell you, i have the absolute right to do what i want with them. i have the right. former president trump facing new legal and political fallout following that cnn town hall. we ll take a look at the comments that may have stood out to prosecutors, as some republicans now voice concern over remarks donald trump made. including those. oh, my gosh. we re following the surge at the southern border as restrictions known as title 42 came to an end just hours ago. we ll have a rep
for donald trump. we ll get into that. plus, some of the week s other top stories. take a look. in the city, jerry finding donald trump liable for a sexual abuse and defamation. the unanimous decision was handed down after less than three hours of deliberation. trump now must pay $5 million in damages to rider e. jean carroll. and e. jean carroll joins us now along with her attorney roberta kaplan. good morning to you both. how are you feeling this morning? on top of the world. yesterday was the happiest day of my life. was it? how come? [laughter] what was the feeling? because the former president had smeared me so badly and so evenly, and was such malice and such despite that it wasn t until yesterday that i got back on my feet. and so, my name is back, and robbie kaplan got it back for me. there are a lot of people who wondered why you would bring this case, not just because of the time, but because you know, you are from new york. you understand who donald tru
yes, your honor. is the defense ready to proceed. yes, your honor. let s have the jury come in, please. while the jurors are being brought in, i d like to indicate this matter is being live streamed on the court s youtube channel in addition the court s existing conduct order is in effect and everybody needs to comply with the conduct order. this verdict has several counts. the court will require that all in attendance abstain for any sort of loud outbursts or sounds that could affect the proceedings in this matter as the counts are read in the verdict. i expect to maintain order and decorum as has been the case throughout this trial. with that in mind, if the jurors are ready, they can be seated. all rise, please. please be seated. all right. the court will note that we had alternate jurors that were excused upon deliberations. the remaining 12 jurors that have deliberated are here and appear to be properly seated. will counsel stipulate that the jury is all pres