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
the school closures - these numbers are greater among kids. what you also find is loneliness affects on our mental health and our society and heart disease and dementia and premature deaths. who would predicted this? the lingering effects of shutting kids out of education, sports and social in interactions without other kids have been horrific. we could not go to our first homecoming. i could not have an eighth grade graduation. you felt if your son were still in school, he would still be alive. do you still feel that way? had he not gone into lockdown, he would still be here. he would have gone into lacrosse practice. he said, mom, i just don t know what to do, that s the last thing he said. it is heartbreaking. we human beings are social beings. we naturally want to be communicating and collaborating with each other. the place that used to bring people together whether churches and synagogue or whether it was volunteer organizations in your community or whet
nearly a mile wide and stayed on the ground for more than an hour. leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. bill: it touched down near rolling fork, mississippi. a town of 2,000 people. that community is wiped off the map. sandra: houses reduced to rubble. some ripped off their foundations. the storm had winds reaching 170 miles-per-hour. that s strong enough to send cars and power lines flying through the air. bill: satellite images. on the left a picture of rolling before the storm hit. on the right is what happened after ward. an elementary school, trees, homes, cars, all of them are now gone. sandra: leveled. a church left unrecognizable with the steeple blown off. the scope of destruction is hard to fathom even for those who lived through it. it was dark. call for help. it was quiet. to hear those little kids hollering help. it s devastating. i look around town and i m saying i know we can rebuild, but what do you do with the devastation? what do you do w
as they re advised to boil water. details just coming in on a shark attack off southern california. the victim rushed to the hospital with what are being called significant injuries. american voters are divided over donald trump s conviction. the new abc news/ipsos poll that shows half believe the guilty verdict was correct, but nearly the same number of people call it politically motivated. trump lashes out again at his opponents saying they re sick. the former president now warned of a breaking point if he s kept under house arrest. the historic election in mexico. the country all but guaranteed to have its first female president. the campaign marred by political violence with dozens of candidates killed. what the election means for u.s./mexican relations. the pressure building on benjamin netanyahu to accept the gaza cease-fire deal outlined by president biden but he s facing pushback from his coalition. could this cost him his job, and will hamas accept the terms?
as their advice to boil water. details just coming in on a shark attack off southern california. the victim rushed to the hospital with what are being called significant injuries. american voters are divided over donald trump s conviction. the new abc news/ipsos poll that shows half believe the guilty verdict was correct, but nearly the same number of people call it politically motivated. trump lashes out again at his opponents saying they re sick. the former president now warned of a breaking point if he s kept under house arrest. the historic election in mexico. the country all but guaranteed to have its first female president. the campaign marred by political violence with dozens of candidates killed. what the election means for u.s./mexican relations. the pressure building on benjamin netanyahu to accept the gaza cease-fire deal, but he s facing pushback from his coalition. could this cost him his job, and will hamas accept the terms? opec nations agree to exten