what it is? mayhem and meltdowns in midair. why one passenger threw a water bottle during a fight with a flight attendant, and they were not thirsty while another passenger asked an airline for i can t even believe thi. but first, as fox news cameras capture dozens of people as they try to cross our border illegally into texas, one smuggler tells us the border is open for business. [speaking spanish] smugglers, migrants and many republican lawmakers say the border is open, but homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says the border is closed and secure. and in a new interview with the dallas morning news , secretary mayorkas says, quote, the political cry that the border is open is music to the smugglers ears because they take that political rhetoric and market it. but it seems voters trust republicans more than democrats to handle the border. a new fox news poll out this morning show it is the gop has a 21-point lead over dems on the issue, and many republic
it s saturday, december the 9th. i m ali velshi. we begin this hour with a new threat to democracy from donald trump and the active measures that he and his acolytes are taking the follow-through on them. a stolen trump campaigns for second term in the white house while facing dozens of criminal charges that imperil his freedom, he has made it explicitly clear that he intends to bend the american government to his will if he returns to power. the whole political apparatus already exists that is ready to go. its members are even talking about these plans right out on the open. donald trump himself is so emboldened to be throwing around the d word. reporter: you re promising to america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody? except for day one. i love this, guy he says you re not going to be a dictator, are? you know, other than day one. we re closing the border and were drilling, drilling, drilling. after that, i m not a dictator. they trad
place as the first son faces up to 25 years behind bars. we ll watch how it goes. good morning. feels like we were here a week ago. ainsley: court tv. this is america s newsroom, i m dana perino. great to be here no matter what the news is. the jury is seated and opening statements have gun. first lady jill biden is there as well the show of support coming ahead of it could be a rough two weeks for her son. bill: prosecutors expected to call three of hunter s exs. ex wife, ex girlfriend and the widow of his late brother beau. prosecutors try to prove he lied on an application for a gun. dana: let s go to rich edson in wilmington, delaware to get us underway. another strong showing from the first family here as the first lady has arrived. hunter biden arriving as well for the first day of opening statements in this federal gun case. hunter arrived a half hour ago with his attorney abbe lowell. shortly after that jill biden. another s.u.v. showing up with hunter s s
Marker. Their blood type, their d. O. B. , their social, in case the very worst happens. Thats how dire and how broad this storm is on the coast of texas. So obviously, over these next few hours, well be covering this. Were a bit hampered because communications right at this point, after landfall, can often enter into a kind of dark side of the moon phase. Some Satellite Television trucks because of rain fade and high winds lose their ability to broadcast a signal. Even some Satellite Phones cant work. Cellphone service is down along with power. So well bring you reporting from it from our friends at the Weather Channel, from our own meteorologist bill karins, when we can. Now to the other news that is happening tonight. Somewhat under the cover of the first Natural Disaster of his presidency, a category 4 Hurricane Making Landfall in the united states, the president and
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will show our audience this incredible research we have about where people are landing policy-wise. immigration is a big vulnerability for president biden. give you the final word whether you think the executive order today can turn to tide for anyone or if it s telling that those four senate democrats are not going to today s event. they don t want to be seen there. right, it is not enough, dana. you aren t seeing an effort to bring back remain in mexico or catch and release. there are day one policies of president biden that quite frankly he is proud of. a new article that is now time magazine where president biden was asked another of your first acts as president under the banner of value-based leadership was to lift certain trump-era immigration efforts that you said were inhumane. do you think those moves helped drive record illegal border crossing. president biden says no. were you wrong to lift any of