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right now on "early start," the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue hes immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. im omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to...

>> our current situation is the outcome of congress leaving a broken, outdated immigration system in place for over two decades. >> the white house has two years to plan for the end of title 42. we we all knew the deadline. but the white house produced no plan, missed the deadline and bum with bled into another crisis telephone bumbled into another crisis. paul: lets bring in "wall street journal"ist columnists -- journal column itselfs dan dan henninger kim strassel and jace isen rile...

footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way -- he hopes -- to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. its where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, gar...

county were breeched by a team working on donald trumps bee half. they were led into the office by a trump supporting local official. they were there to look for evidence of election fraud. they made copies of every voting machine hardev drive and every ballot. you have to admit it is brazen move to go breaching election systems in support of his lies literally the day after the election lies sparked the violent assault. but there they were. doing justth that. obviously, we talk a lot ...

Is his campaign or do you get a sense they are concerned about this die namic of bouncing between courtrooms and the campaign trail, especially as folks like nikki haley appear to be gaining some ground in places like new hampshire? >> theres definitely concern, especially as we get closer and closer to primary dates and once were into the general election, i think his team still feels very confident that he will end up with the republican nomination here. i think once were in that general elect...

Could see some action in congress and what do you think of the blame congress strategy? >> well, look, hes right that this is partly congress feet, but you are right as well. when biden came in his first week in office, he put forward a far-left immigration bill, okay? it wasnt a reasonable bill, it was a bill designed to please his progressive bases and enrage republicans, and it did it very, very well. and what weve got now is, you know, even a few years ago, paul, remember, there was a debate...

Is in a recession. you wont know until nine or ten months after the fact. for example, in 1970, back then the u.s. economy was in a recession. we only heard it was in recession from the nber eight to nine months later. in fact in the most latest downturn from 2007 to 2009, we basically, that was called, that recession was called in 2010. so you may hear after the fact that the u.s. economy was in a recession and its not just two consecutive quarters of negative gdp growth. the nber, the national...

Fearful that the iranians may take some comfort in the u.s. position and may use the u.s. position to buy more time, possibly to build a nuclear bomb. martha? martha: that is troublesome. also syria, of course is such a part of this whole die namic. that is on the agenda at the u.n. what do we expect there? >> reporter: thats right. there will be a meeting today sort of on the sidelines of the general assembly. it will be hosted by secretary of state hillary clinton. it is a meeting of the frien...

Romney down 1% according to latest numbers. how do they change the die namic in florida and talk to seniors to convince them of their perspective on it? >> marco rubio provides the road map here. marco rubio ran for senator in 2010 and emphasized the fact that social security and medicare are going broke and that fundamental reform are needed to keep the great social safety nets in place. no changes for people at or near retirement. 55 years or older no changes whatsoever. for younger workers yo...