Resolved. Biden will also ask to streamline the naturalization process. The president S Immigration changes, as new data shows migrant encounters of the border have shot up 178 since last year. Going from nearly 65,000 in fiscal year 2020 to well over 180,000 in fiscal year 2021. Jesse, we are in the land of Executive Orders. Congress hasnt been able to pass a bill on this in decades really. So now you have the undoing of the Previous Administrations work and its really a confusing mess. Jesse if you listen closely, you can hear the cartels cheering. Now the coyotes can come over and bring a body to our soil and joe is not going to do a thing. You killed the remained in mexico deal that trump struck with the mexican president where they have to stay there and await a silo. You get rid of that, youre bringing back catch and release. Catch and release his back now. What is joes plan . He says we will send millions to Central America. How has that worked out for the last couple decades .
i m martha maccallum. back in new york at fox news headquarters today. this is the story. john kirby, mike pompeo, clay travis all here on the big stories of today. but first, former president trump s big win in new hampshire has team biden claiming that the race is on. from politco today, biden s re-election team took trump s win as the starting gun for what will now be the longest and most grueling general election campaign in modern american political history. with that, we bring in marc thiessen, former speechwriter for george w. bush and lisa boothe, host of the truth with lisa boothe, which i m having trouble saying. that s okay. a long few days. exactly. martha: great to have you here. both fox news contributors. thanks for joining us. mark, let s start with you. the longest and most grueling presidential race, if it s a head-to-head between biden and trump. do you agree? yes. though, you know, the primary is not over yet. nikki haley hasn t conceded. he has to
alicia menendez. we bake in by marking three years since violent insurrectionists stormed the u.s. capitol with threats to u.s. democracy that still poses a clear and dangerous presence today. president biden lay that out in a fiery speech laying out what is at stake. now, these maga voices who know the truth about trump on january six, and the man of truth is a man of democracy. they made their choice. now, the rest of us, democrats, independents, mainstream republicans, we have to make our choice. america. but as we begin our selection here, we must be clear, democracy is on the ballot. earlier today, vice president kamala harris echoing biden sentiments, calling out president trump, for referring to the insurrectionists as, quote, patriots. on that day, we saw violence, chaos and lawlessness. but some so-called leaders still try to mislead and gaslight by claiming it was a peaceful protests. can you imagine, like we were not watching? these extremist leaders say that
a new phase-in israel s ground offensive in gaza. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we ll go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. also ahead, a look at the very long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight time line to rule on the most consequential case involving the presidency since the year 2000 decision that sent george w. bush to the white house. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 2, 2024. happy new year, everyone. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day, week, and yes year with us. it is going to be an extraordinarily busy year. we re so grateful that you re with us. we begin this morning overseas where the israeli military is planning to withdraw some of its troops from gaza. reservists from at least two brigades will be sent home t
loive at the southern borde as the u.s. and mexico hold crisis talks of the surge into the united states. we ll get an update of the meetings still underway, and the growing pressure on joe biden to take action. also this hour, the michigan supreme court rejecting a bid to remove donald trump from the primary ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll break down the decision and how it differs from the colorado high court ruling that did bar trump from that state s ballot. plus, cnn investigating the shadowy world of dogfighting. our crew rode along for a federal crackdown on the blood sport that s thriving across the country. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins, and you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with those urgent border security talks underway in mexico at this hour. secretary of state antony ball blinking are pressing the mexican president to stem the su