of our country. they re trying to block the system. this looks like a celebration, there is no celebration yet. the flow of migrants into the u.s. is slower than expected. a 50% drop in the number of encounters versus earlier in the week. this week has seen more crossings than any week in our history. we re still on high alert. governor ron desantis was back in iowa trying to get his 2024 groove back. we must reject the culture of losing the time for excuses is over. for many republicans, they view the next election as important. can ron desantis bring it? white house officials say talks have continued. we need an outline in hand by the end of the week. i really think the desire on their part as well as ours is disagreement. it s time to bring spending levels back to pre-covid and then talk about raising the debt ceiling. tatum knocks done another! incredible! the tornado continues. 51 for jayson tatum in game seven. i had to put on a special p
local teachers union. they had made her the poster child of a secret meeting on threats to public education. her offense? asking about the curriculum. sandra: welcome back. as america reports rolls into a second hour, i am sandra smith in new york and john, great to be back with you. john: good to have you, sandra, i am john roberts in washington. we will talk to that mom who says the union harassed her for asking basic questions. she is now fighting for air know my parents rights in education. we begin with this fox news alert. many of the breadcrumbs lead to the lab where very few actually lead to nature, if any. if we don t do it, no one will. sandra: that was the chairman of the house covid origin committee, he joined us last hour, right after the committee s first hearing wrap. he says it looks like all roads lead to a lab leak but some democrats, including the white house, are not buying it. they say the evidence remains inconclusive. john: that hearing come
at the way the administration has handled the investigation into classified documents, with the wall street journal now reporting the fbi is set to search mike pence s home in indiana. the reporter behind that scoop and our hill team standing by live. also happening, we re watching the white house where president biden is about to host a group of congressional lawmakers trying to get some momentum behind police reform. plus, one of the president s top economic advisers stepping away from that role. an exclusive live interview this hour with brian deese and our own steph ruhle, why he s leaving as tensions growing over the recession. i m hallie jackson, i want to bring in ali vitali, and vaughn hillyard. ali, let me start with you, senator mark warner, and senator marco rubio sending a letter to the biden administration today with frustration about the way these investigation into classified documents have unfolded. talk us through it. reporter: frustration has been the
in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand what s happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. and good morning. it s out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, try, try 14 more times until you do. that s the attitude kevin mccarthy is bringing with him into the new year as he was finally declared the new speaker of the house after four days and 15 attempts. republicans appeared optimistic as the house reconvened at 10 pm last night for the 14th ballot. things quickly devolved as that vote appeared headed for failure, which led to a lot of scrambling and conversations on the republican side. tensions spilled o
182 billion dollars 182 billion dollars and remain the second richest man in the world. that says it all. one doesn t need which tells you that he had too much in the first place and no human beings should have that much even on paper. it s ridiculous. i m glad, though, about your segment about how people are getting more worried about the gas stoves and you are talking about the culture wars and dr. seuss. and i remember don trump talking about not enough water coming into the shower and asked to flush several times to get it to work. but i m glad about that because what they re missing is the actual subversion going on in america tonight with two brown muslim guys anchoring primetime back-to-back on a major american network. i mean, go crazy. don t say it out loud. they re worried a bass about gas stoves. they re not worried about us, mehdi hassan. have a good weekend, my friend. i ll see you sunday night. you too. all right, buddy. breaking now, we now