he met with border officials. he did not see or meet any migrants along the way or residents that live along the boarder that have to deal with the situation there. the migrant camps in the city with cleared from the streets in the days and weeks prior to his announced visit. border farmers and ranchers had this to say about it. you don t come after all the mess has been dealt with and cleaned up. you come when the emergency is happening. everything is picked up and clean. everybody is like on their best behavior. martha: yeah. so monica de la cruz represents texas border district. she has someone she wants you to understand about the president s trip and victor davis hanson weighs in as well. first to jacqui heinrich in mexico city covering this trip of the president of the united states. hi, jacqui. hey, martha. the big question coming out of the summit is whether there is any plan to address the cartels which are driving this human smuggling across the u.s. border
i m here to tell you guys, republicans will not impact defense spending aside from efficiencies, waste. it s the domestic spending that we re going to go after. neil: all right. back to business or are we back to business? you re looking live at the capitol where the next big vote is about to go down on a lot of those promises that kevin mccarthy made as lawmakers set the rules for the new congress. we re all over it with aishah hasnie on what s at stake and bob good who helped lead the fight against kevin mccarthy to get the kind of relief that he wants to see right now. the only question is, will he see it? he s coming up. delighted to have him. welcome. delighted to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it. aishah hasnie on promises made and now whether they can be delivered, i guess, right, aishah? right. hey, good afternoon to you, kneel. i just caught up with representative nancy mace who you know just yesterday was still on the fence on this house rules package
And sense of humor has worked for him. we re so grateful for that as we get ready to watch the road to the super bowl here. thanks, clay. thank you. martha: that s the story for this monday, january 9. the story goes on and we thank you for spending your hour here with us today. look forward to seeing you back tomorrow. your world starts right now. democrats can be outraged but this, but this is the way it s going to be moving forward. the american people are going to get transparency from their government. i think having more voices on more committees is actually going to help the republican conference and congress overall. what i don t support is a small number of people trying to get a deal done or deals done for themselves in private. so i am on the fence right now. i m against the rules for a couple different reasons. one is the cut in defense. i think that s a terrible idea.
Good morning, everyone. it is monday, january 9, and i m alex witt alongside my friend here, mr. bergdorf. flooding runoff from the truckee river is expected to continue today. roads in california were washed out and power was knocked out for much of the area. 49 of 50 states saw known and ice on friday or saturday. across the south, residents in central states were urged to