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
countdown to the lifting of title 42. at 11:59 p.m. eastern, that s 9:59 p.m. here in el paso, the pandemic era border restrictions that allowed the u.s. to expel millions of migrants without allowing them to make asylum claims will go away. i am right here in the central part of el paso, on oregon street, sacred heart church is right beside me. i want to kind of give you perspective using our drone and this extraordinary team we have here on msnbc just where and how close we are to the mexican side. this is the church. this is oregon street. this goes right into downtown el paso and take a look at just maybe a block from where we are. that s the bridge, the international bridge that connects el paso to juarez where for generations thousands and thousands of people have used that bridge to cross through el paso and juarez. it s almost like one city divided by the border. people come and go to school on one side. they do their shopping on the other. they live in the other. it
House of representatives is hereby declared vacant. And with that, Kevin Mccarthys nine month term as speaker was over. The final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. He didnt hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. Look, you all know matt gaetz. You know, it was personal. It had nothing to do about spending. The unprecedented removal of the speaker has Left Congress in chaos. So much so, theyve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. One rebel, though, was unrepentant. This was the right call. The American People deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. They need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and wont go back on their word. With republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. It does worry me. And.
And with that, Kevin Mccarthys nine month term as speaker was over. The final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. He didnt hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. Look, you all know matt gaetz. You know, it was personal. It had nothing to do about spending. The unprecedented removal of the speaker has Left Congress in chaos. So much so, theyve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. One rebel, though, was unrepentant. This was the right call. The American People deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. They need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and wont go back on their word. With republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. It does worry me. But i know there are a majority of members of the house
Road and bus projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. The speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister To Revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Political editor chris mason reports. Manchester this lunchtime, and the Prime Ministers warm up act his wife. Rishi and i are each others best friends, and i could not imagine being anywhere else to show my support to him. Rishi sunak began by thanking her, his daughters, his parents as he drew a link between himself and margaret thatcher. This conservative party, the party of the grocer s daughter and the pharmacist s son, will always be the party of enterprise, the party of small business. He said hes taken a look at how Government Works since he became Prime Minister, and not liked what hes seen. It isnt anger, its an exhaustion with politics. Weve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. As for taxes, they will come down,