been fired from a previous movie after a crew member was injured in a gun incident. hello. welcome to the lead. we begin with our tech lead. and the damning fallout from the facebook papers. a vast trove of newly leaked documents from inside the social media giant. these records were provided to journalists by facebook whistleblower frances haugan and provided alarming new insights into how the company has repeatedly failed to stop the spread of extremism or hate speech or illegal activities on its platforms. the documents suggest facebook executives care far more about keeping you engaged and addicted to scrolling. as one expert calls it, an addiction engine. cnn s donie o sullivan joins me. one of facebook s high-profile failures was the stop the steal rally which ultimately became, of course, the deadly january 6th insurrection. that s right, jake. and we are learning from the documents that there are so many missed signals, really missed warnings when it came to the
now. steve good morning, everybody. it is monday, january 8th, 2024. we start this monday morning with a focus on joe biden s border crisis. you have heard all about it. well, today, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is going to head to eagle pass, texas to get a firsthand look at the chaos that border agents are dealing with day in, day out. thanks to this administration. ainsley: well, his trip comes as the new dhs report reveals more than 2.3 million migrants have been released into our country under the biden administration. brian: co-host lawrence jones is live in eagle pass this morning. is he getting a look at the border by air, land and sea. lawrence? hey, good morning, family. yeah. we are live out here. yesterday we went into the air to really see exactly what s happening on the ground, on the day-to-day basis. today we re going to go from land and take a boat out as well to see what border agents are having to deal with also the texas depar
rate and imposing a 25% minimum tax on wealthy americans. here with a look at the coming showdown in congress our wall street journal columnists khan henninger and mary anastasia o grady and editorial board member kyle peterson. so, dan, i couldn t help but notice that the new york times this week portrayed the president s budget as moving to the center. is that how you see it? [laughter] whoa. well, it may be where the new york times describes the center. no, that budget moves smartly to the left. i mean, senator elizabeth warren was beside herself over all the tax increases on the wealthy. she just thought it was great. you know, this is really a peter pan judgment, paul. you just spread pixie dust everywhere, and the economy takes off. we could make fun of it, we say it s not going to happen because of the republican house. i could make a couple points about in this. one, if perchance, this is a campaign speech concern a campaign budget, there s no question about it, a
a big war going on between gavi newsom and ron desantis. needless to say, liberals are seething with rage especially failed california governor gavi newsom. that is all coming up. the governor will respond to th attacks from the media mob, joe biden and of course the desperate presidential wannabe gavin newsom. we will analyze the phenomenon of why so many americans are moving to sunny florida to escape the dystopian hell scape that california sadly has become . my exclusive interview with the 45th president of the united states, donald trump, is straight ahead. we will play trump s best moments from his powerful speec this weekend at sea pack. a busy night. first a breaking news report from our southern border. after two record-setting years of illegal immigration is getting worse and worse by the day. so far this year alone we are o pace for another record with 100 66 apprehensions are basically admissions in january alone. one of those illegals brutally attacked a female b
frontrunners for the 2024 republican nomination, even though only one of them is officially in the race. ahead, a veteran gop strategist explains why desantis is stealing some of trump s thunder. meanwhile, election deniers are celebrating after three states pulled out of a program to protect voter rolls with two more states considering joining them. we ll explain this latest development. plus, we ll go through the changes norfolk southern is making following the derailment of two of its trains in ohio. and we ll ask transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the federal response to the disaster and how to prevent another one from happening when he joins us later this morning. and good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, march 7th. we are live in abu dhabi, the crossroads of the world. it truly is, with our 30/50 summit, forbes and know your value has come together to create an incredible, cross-cultural, multi-generational summit that, really, t