good evening. welcome to los angeles.e cri m trace gallagher intro bret baier. the crisis at the southern border now spreading beyond major cities. we will look at hohow businesses are impacted by the record surge, plus, whatever happened to the w russian military contractor, the wegner group?on anald bret baier explains what additional infrastructure of tha u.s. may need to meet the biden administration s electric vehiclt,e goals. but first. breaking tonight, president joe biden prepares to win over voters after what many say was a tough year. the president is on a family vacation in the caribbean amid the expanding conflict in the middle east, the war in ukrainet and as the crisis at the bordere swells to record numbers, theses challenges remain flash points in 2024.vo as a new fox poll shows how voters think this year has gone. just 24% think 2023 was a good year, while that number has steadily risen since 2020, stilo 13 percentage points lower than in 2019. fromluca
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