good evening welcome to washington, i m mike emanuel in for bret baier. border crossings set another record. officials report the highest monthly total ever recorded for december. with the new year comes new laws. we ll tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier looks at the reece of internet use and how they re impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country s in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid a year of low approval numbers criticism of the us handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family s scheduled to return to, wa ton tomorrow after a week-long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike, the wh
the american people are very unhappy with the state of the economy. we re in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world, we re coming back and it s about time. reporter: president biden leaves st. croix as the most unpopular president running for reelection since the end of world war ii. a majority of democrats don t want him running for reelection and a vast majority of americans think he s too old. mike. lucas tomlinson live in saint crew, lucas many thanks as migrants overwell large cities and suburbs the number arriving at the border is setting new records. dane spunt has details tonight. good evening david. reporter: good evening. 2023 ended on a record note heading into the new year. new numbers from the u.s. border patrol reveal immigration officials processed more than 300,000 migrants along the southern border in december. mike, that is an all-time monthly high. yesterday a plane carrying several hundred migrants from texas arrived north west o