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now. ♪ ♪ ♪ steve good morning, everybody. it is monday, january 8th, 2024. we start this monday morning with a focus on joe bidens 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 migra...

Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Don jr. And it goes on to say this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics. It is done frequently in politics when everyone involved is an american citizen. It is much more treacherous if there are any foreign nationals who are part of a meeting like that because t...

>> john: while americans are keeping a nervous eye on their cash, congress is facing questions over giving staffers free peloton memberships. the details live on capitol hill, whats this all about? >> news of these free peloton memberships for house staff and capitol police is even making some house lawmakers heads spin. >> i dont have one of those, you know, i go, do walks or do exercise, i dont think, im not for giving free peloton memberships. >> you know, its unnecessary. thats the first ive...

Yesterday. joining me now isjohn burn—murdoch, data journalist at the financial times. these statistics are making some of our heads spin. hoping you could help us out with some of them. we are told scientific advisers believe omicron is the dominant variant now in this country and that cases of it are, or it will be, doubling sooner. yet we saw about 10,000 on the growing cases yesterday, 12,000 today. out of the total number of cases, 90,000 yesterday and 88,000 today. can you explain who is...

And transparency in terms of what the intel is seeing. and look i still think january 6th wasnt a failure of intel. all the intel was there. its just the failure to act on it. >> youre absolutely right. even i was hearing -- everyone was hearing and trump said its going to be wild. everyone who can read twitter understood what was coming. great new book. i hope everybody checks it out. its really, really good. its called race against time. appreciate you all. and meanwhile the ongoing debate ove...

It makes all of our heads spin. he has made a better decision putting them back in, and ultimately, to protect them against the islamic state who at one time generated a lot of revenue from those fields. >> even though they potentially face military clashes. but you think its incumbent upon the russians to have cooler heads prevail here? >> i do. and i think that secretary esper is in communication with his counterpart, the minister of defense of russia. i think its highly unlikely well get to t...

>> its better than the house. >> how hot does it feel like in the house? youre obviously not in there for a reason. >> its worse. outside a little bit of breeze. inside you dont get that breeze. you dont even get the cool air. with no electricity, theres no fans, no ac, no nothing. >> con edison, they have thousands fanned out working out now. >> they are working trying to get something out. lets say hopefully we wish for the best. >> were hoping forhe best for you, too. you stay saif in these c...

1:00 p.m. tomorrow. you have the midterms, you have melania coming out with some statements about lebron james. you have his attacks on the media and then you have list the items that seem to come together, an intersection that would make most journalists heads spin. is this perhaps an indication that hes brooding and perhaps hitting a low point? >> i dont know about low points or brooding because i feel like every few weeks there is another story about the president is very upset and he cant ge...

The other contenders, as well. and these guys have spent their lives in politics, and theyre frustrated. theyve got this candidate who is zigging when everybody else is zagging and its making their heads spin. and in some ways, its making some folks look desperate. according to mark cuban. he says if donald trump attacks gop contenders while theyre in the debate tomorrow night, going on the attack back is not necessarily the right move. >> i think what these candidates need to do, theyre going t...

Or will they really care about his knowledge of foreign policy? >> i think for now its the former. that they care about his success, his brash words, hes willing to speak plainly and simply. as the campaign goes on and especially if donald trump were to become the nominee and we get to a general election, world affairs, how somebody handles the international stage becomes much more important the farther towards the general election we get. >> how does the trash talk work with world leaders? >> i...