morning. steve: you think so? starting with president biden mixing up the names of world leaders again on the heels of the scathing special counsel report essentially went tout say i m okay and then he said this. the president of mexico, ceci did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. steve: he is not the president of mexico e is the president of egypt. joe says he knows exactly what he is doing despite what he just did. brian: at least he didn t say mubarak. brian: trump wins nevada and virgin islands. ainsley: bahamas beach resort two kentucky moms say they were assaulted. the hotel says the surveillance footage isn t adding up. lawrence: fox & friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. and on this friday morning, we start with a fox news alert. the special counsel investigating president biden s classified documents case is not going to seek charges against the president and that s partially b
a.m. eastern. polls are open across new hampshire and the first primary of the 2024 republican race for the white house. it s now a one-on-one face-off between donald trump and nikki haley. today say make or break moment for the campaign, in a mission to beat donald trump after she finished third in iowa. but new hampshire marks an entirely different landscape. undeclared voters make up a state that is more suburban and more secular than iowa. past midnight, a bright state for the haley campaign in dixville notch, betweening all six votes that has endured since 1960. trump s opponents rallying around him in a show of force while haley took jabs on her own. so if you want a losing candidate who puts america last, vote for nikki haley. but if you want a president who puts america first every single time, you re going to vote for donald j. trump and you have to get out. so, what i will say to donald trump is, if you have that political elite, you can have them, because that
thursday, january 25th. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the red flags with donald trump s campaign coming out of new hampshire. new exit polls are exposing his weaknesses in a general election. it comes as the haley campaign what a shock, by the way. you mean he s weak in a general election? who would have i don t know. ever seen that in 2017, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, or 23. this is so shocking. who could have seen this? it comes as the haley campaign says it has seen a significant bump in donations since tuesday s primary. look at the orange. okay. we re going to go back. it s a really pretty dress. it is a beautiful dress. gorgeous. we wonder about the makeup, you know, it is caked on orange. i i don t know what s going on there. look. could be i don t want to i don t think it d be right to talk about someone s appearance. it is not presidential. the dress and the orange. exactly. i think i would probably, if
the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
impossible to separate donald trump s political fate from his legal one. trump today not knowing a victory lap over his major win in iowa, but spending the past several hours in a new york city courtroom. though he isn t required to be there at all. he isn t planning who hold a campaign rally in new hampshire until later tonight. why, you might ask? well, an nbc news entrance poll from iowa may provide a big clue. nearly two-thirds of republicans said he would still be fit to serve another term as president even if he s convicted of a crime. just 31% said it would make him unfit. so, the former president has been leaning into his court battles instead of shying away. using them as a platform, including a fund-raising platform. and as a political opportunity to show his supporters he s not afraid to fight. and that brings us to right now. the new trial involving e. jean carroll, the woman who trump was found civilly responsible of sexually abusing more than two decades ago. to