news alert. president biden starting day two of the new year with a slog uphill to try to convince american voters, especially those of color, that he actually can do the job of solving their toughest issues. two days into the new year, three years into his presidency. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president took a new year s message out for a spin. president biden: my hope is that everybody has a healthy, happy and safe new year. beyond that, i hope that they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world. we re coming back and it is about time. harris: he is currently navigating around two foreign wars, dismal poll numbers, one poll after another. and a biden border crisis that just won t quit. republicans have some thoughts on that very last one. if we cannot secure our own borders what does it say about our country? this is very dangerous. i think democrats are realizing that the border is
for shannon bream. report card in for a tumultuous 2023, 2020 for promising to be a year of surprises and a history making election. fireworks usher in the new year down under. america awaits 10 nights, wall street celebrates a hot streak for stockholders. mortgage rates drop, inflation slows. but most americans still feel the pinch. we were less economic council of advisors chair jared bernstein about the disconnect in an exclusive interview. plus spirit clicks are at a time of the year we are seeing more at the border. it is not unusual but this is an immigration system that has been broken for decades request migrant encounters for the year crash records as congress remains split on security talks. we will get reaction from to two border state congressmen. texas democrat henry cuellar texas republican tony gonzalez. then. lexa came to the conclusion that i could not unfortunately or fortunately, wait for the united states supreme court perplexed at main it becomes the se
republican governor, governor abbott in texas, a using migrants as the political stunt. that s what he has been doing. you are referring to the busing of migrants to northern cities. the busing of migrants. putting them on flights. it is shameful that s occurring. dhs secretary mayorkas is going back to the border on monday for, quote, an operational visit regarding ongoing southwest border enforcement efforts. that doesn t sound like a new policy is going to be announced by then. house speaker mike johnson also heading south. it s time to deport those that illegally come into the united states. president biden can either do that or he can watch and lose and watch the next president enforce those policies that are on the books. hosting speaker johnson next week is critical to getting house republicans on board. i am expecting at least 60 of my republican colleagues to join us on that visit. officials here like to talk about how president biden put
step one of phase one. the time line will get kicked back a lot. we heard from paul ryan saying they wanted some part of this done by easter recess. i can t see that happening, especially when they re trying to get all house republicans on board. we heard earlier in the day there a couple of senate republican holdouts. they re not close on getting all house republicans on board with this. so they have a long way to go. the other thing i point out, you mentioned the provisions that the conservatives don t like. one of the things in the briefing are the tax credits that they want to give to americans that are not getting health insurance through players. tom price called that an equalizer on a tax treatment. you ll hear that line played over and over again. strict conservatives won t like that language at all. neil: it s interesting. they re splitting hairs on this.
years. so that s going to be the key for getting house republicans on board. ed henry live. thanks. now we have just gotten word today a six-year-old boy has drowned in a swimming pool aboard a cruise ship. a representative for carnival cruise lines said it happened yesterday on the last leg of a four-day trip through the caribbean. cops say passengers noticed the child underwater, pulled him from the pool but could not revive him. the ship arrived at the port of miami this morning. a representative read a statement that says, carnival extends its heartfelt sympathy to the family. the company s care team is providing assistance and support. of course, this is but the late nest a series of recent problems involving carnival cruise line. steve harrigan works the cruise industry and is live on the banks of best cane best cane bay. it s awful.