Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is a busy afternoon on the story. We are about to hear from President Trump at the border. Were also waiting for an update on President Bidens travel to brownsville, texas. So weve got a lot of activity, a lot of things popping. These two individuals obviously very serious about this issue with regard to the campaign. They both want to win the 2024 president ial election. Former President Donald Trump would like to be president again. President joe biden wants to keep his job. Theyll have to find their way through this issue in order to do it. Its a big issue on voters minds in this country. Its a crisis as we heard from the former Homeland Security secretary this morning on Fox And Friends. Obviously all of this has a huge impact on cities across the country and small towns as well as migrants have flooded in to all of these areas. For example, athens. Athens, georgia. The tragic death of laken riley at the alleged hands of this man who was he
two: take out an average of $70,000. three: pay off your credit cards all indications are this bill won t even move forward to the senate floor. why? simple reason. donald trump. he would rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it. john: president biden in the last hour accusing his likely 2024 republican rival of trying to weaponize the border issue for the campaign trail. this as we wait to hear from the white house minutes from now in the briefing as an out of control migrant crisis spirals in blue cities. welcome back to america reports . i m john roberts in washington. i hope you had your seatbelt on nice and tight last hour, sandra. sandra: i m always ready for it. we always get the breaking news. watching for more to break in the coming hour as the president made the speech, the white house press briefing a short time from now. the big apple is one of the cities struggling with a massive influx of illegal migrants, they are unveiling a program for reload
that s what motivates me. it would be disastrous for us to decouple from china. antony blinken travel to china as chinese counterparts continue to publicly criticize the u.s. there is no reason to talk with china right now. the congressional baseball game brings together republicans, democrats, and fans of all ages. know that by the steube deep into left field and bouncing into the bullpen. republicans took it 16-6. brian: straight to a fox news alert now. marine veteran danny penny is indicted on second degree manslaughter charge connected to jordan neely s death on a new york city subway train. mr. penny says he acted in self-defense and to protect those people around him on that car. after neely said reportedly he was going to kill him. ainsley: todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: that indictment under seal right now. the manhattan d.a. is expected to formally announce 24-year-old daniel penny s indictment later this morning. new york city mayor e
awards from rockefeller center. here is your host, al sharpton. good evening, and welcome to politicsnation s 14th annual revvie awards. it s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2023, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing you some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year, and what a year in his been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel this year. jen psaki. i m so proud to have her with us, host of inside with jen psaki. right here, an msnbc. republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, susan del percio, who i would say is my favorite republican. [laughter] and ali velshi, host of velshi, also here on msnbc weekends. and he s wearing his i thought it was a clergy caller at first. [laughter] people were accessing for some blessings, so. let s get right to our first revvie. of 2023.est political headline i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. my first top news story,
a another four years in the white house. in just a few moments you are going to hear him tell me why he wants to continue leading the nation, and why he is the best person for the job. this afternoon i sat down with the president at the white house and we talked about where he wants to take the country next, since taking office a major focus of biden s has been the economy, and rebuilding our infrastructure, he pushed through the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the science act along with the inflation reduction act, with all that biden s economic plan improves his investing america agenda, to make all that legislation absolute reality. today s jobs report showed the economy is still going strong, but the question is, is all of this enough to send biden back to the white house? we talked about that and a whole lot more in this first interview since officially announcing that he is running for reelection. mister president, there is a lot we can cover, but i want to start with