problems for president biden, the border and the economy both seen as obstacles to his reelection. but despite all of that, he is finding reasons for optimism. good morning. i m molly line. mike: great to be with you. i m mike emanuel. welcome to a special edition of fox news live. the border and the economy are two of the issues are expected to haunt the president in 2024 but the president is choosing to remain upbeat, claiming americans have plenty to be hopeful about. president biden: my hope is everyone has a healthy, happy, and safe new year. i hope that they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world. and we are coming back and it is about time. mike: lucas tomlinson is live in st. croix river, the president is celebrating the new year. lucas? reporter: mike, president biden was also asked about his diet in the interview and also to share some memories from last year. here s more with the interview with ryan seacrest. president
more testimony from the indicted leader of the oath keepers jason rhodes. we begin tonight with trump summoning the mob, a memorable line from liz cheney laid out exactly what happened. president trump assembled the mob and lit the flame of this abeing at all. today s hearing spelled out exactly how the mob was summoned that day and as with most things donald trump can be traced back to a tweet. in this case on december 19, 2020. as the committee showed it s important to note what happened in the frantic final weeks of the trump administration leading up to that tweet. today s hearing filled in those blanks focusing on everything that happened after december 14th, the critical date when the electors meet and the election is finally over. in fact, here s what mitch mcconnell said the very next morning. yesterday electors met in all 50 states, so as of this morning our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect. many millions of us had hoped the pre
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president, i decide what is and is not classified. and he can try, as he s done in many situations, as we ve seen in this presidency, the way president trump and his administration test the limits of constitutionality is just do and deal with what happens after you do. to jump first and then litigate afterwards. i want you to stand by because i want to just discuss this a little bit more given that the white house did state their reasoning for doing this but i want to bring ken dilanian in on the phone, nbc s intelligence and national security reporter. ken, i just want to read to you what sarah huckabee sanders said. she said first at this point my, my meaning the president, at this point my administration any benefits that senior officials might glean from consultations with mr. brennan are now outweighed by the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. second, that conduct and behavior has tested and far exceeded the limits of any professional courtesy that may have been du