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that s where you would normally see a famous bridge there, but we re going to go right now to nbc s jesse kirsch, who s in grand rapids for us. welcome, chevy. how bad is it where you are? how much worse is it going to get, not only there, but across the nation as well? yeah, alex. i don t know if you could hear it, but it is the wind that s hitting us hard right now. we are in grand rapids, michigan. the western part of this state. this part of michigan, as well as western new york and the buffalo area, could be seeing a lot more snow over the next couple of days. there s a possibility in the buffalo area, because of lake effect snow bands, that we could be seeing three more feet of snow in the buffalo area in some parts, stretching into monday. the bills were supposed to have a big game this weekend. that game has been postponed because of the weather conditions that are expected in that parts of western new york. over the next couple of days. it s just these wind g ....
11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now in new york city, former president donald trump inside the courtroom at closing arguments in his $250 million civil fraud trial. just hours after police responded to a bomb threat at the judge s home. meanwhile, on the campaign trail, nikki haley and ron desantis traded insults during last night s gop debate in the battle for second place. you re invisible in new hampshire. you re invisible in south carolina. you re in fifth place. she s got this problem with ballistic podiatry, shooting herself in the foot every other day. this as chris christie is caught on a hot mic talking about haley and desantis right before he dropped out of the race. and in california, presidential son hunter biden is due to face tax charges in court this afternoon, a day after his surprise appearance on capitol hill. and we begin with breaking news from new york city, where cloing arguments are under way in former pr ....
iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. here s politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive it s become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assured. and that view has spread to television. we ve been talking about this as if it s a real race, but so far we haven t seen evidence that there is anyone who s going to be able to steal this mantel from trump. donald trump is still the front-runner among republicans. and any attempt by his rivals to sell themselves as reasonable alternatives are going even further down the tubes. she does not have a strong performance, that could spell trouble for the end of her campaign. and onc ....
bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here ....
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 d ....