john: we are awaiting the first white house briefing of 2024 as president biden begins the new year blaming congress for the chaos happening at our southern border. and while the white house takes to the podium, house republicans are in texas in what is expected to be the largest congressional delegation to visit the border. welcome back, hope you had a great holiday. sandra: good to be back with you. house speaker mike johnson and more than 50 republicans will be in eagle pass, where they have been sidelined by failed policies. instead of the president pivoting on those policies, his team is setting up a potential showdown in the courts. john: biden administration asking the supreme court to allow border agents to get rid of nearly 30 miles of razor wire that the state of texas used to prevent migrant crossings. it comes after more than 300,000 migrants crossed illegally in december. marking the highest single month ever recorded. bill melugin has been covering it sinc
Grass. All 70 passengers are okay. Thousands of flights never got a off the ground and more than 4,000 flights canceled. And a messy or freezing literally for a lot of us. Were dealing with snow storms and then the cold arctic outbreak. We have the 29 Million People in the Winter Weather advisory in portions of the northeast. Its mostly interior new england. Southern new england and the big cities from new york city southward. Its still snowing hard Hudson Valley and up through the catskills. Thats where were going to see the additional three to six inches throughout the day today. As far as the boston area, youre just about done. Hartford just about done. Were going to have a lot of School Delays and maybe school cancellations. We g bill, thank you. Breaking news this morning out of louisiana regarding the death of new Orleans Saints star, will smith. Just hours ago a jury capped off a week long trial. They found cardel hayes guilty and found him guilty of attempted manslaughter for w
Flight 724 slid into the snowy grass. All 70 passengers are okay. Thousands of flights never got a off the ground and more than 4,000 flights canceled. And a messy or freezing literally for a lot of us. Were dealing with snow storms and then the cold arctic outbreak. We have the 29 Million People in the Winter Weather advisory in portions of the northeast. Its england. Southern new england and the big cities from new york city southward. Its still snowing hard Hudson Valley and up through the catskills. Thats where were going to see the additional three to six inches throughout the day today. As far as the boston area, youre just about done. Hartford just about done. Were going to have a lot of cancellations. Well give you the details throughout the morning. Bill, thank you. Breaking news this morning out of louisiana regarding the death of new Orleans Saints star, will smith. Just hours ago a jury capped off a week long trial. They found cardel hayes guilty and found him guilty of att
A stinging attack on londons brexit preparations. How close to the mark are his comments . Well talk about all of those issues. Lets talk about where the markets are now. The nikkei out of the gate this morning, playing catch up by 2. 5 . Keep an eye on that. Really interesting story. Were watching whats happening with whole milk. Were talking about whole milk. The reason im talking about that is it has had an impact on the kiwi this morning. The yen is down by. 2 . The others a little bit higher. Were watching the continuation of the story. Plus oil prices. A quick indication where equities are going to go today. We think well see a positive session. Lets get a first word update. Guy, thank you. Britains Prime Minister needs to be told the uncomfortable truth about the difficultiesor negotiating brexit. Thats according to theresa mays former envoy to european union. He quit as the u. K. s permanent representative to the e. U. Yesterday and urged british officials working in brussels t
Embarrassing this country and throwing the election of donald trump. Lets make a deal. Vw shares get a boost after report that german automaker could be nearing a deal with the u. S. Justice department and shares of lufthansa over challenges to Earnings Growth. Good morning everybody. And welcome to the show. Very glad to be back and glad youre all with us for this hour. Still a new year for many of us. The stock share of 600 opening to slightly mix hadded this morning as you would have seen edging just a little bit lower despite the positive data from germany. A 2. 2 rise in the year to november. A 5. 6 rise in exports as well. That was quite a bit better than anticipated. In europe were still just moving a little bit lower. When it examines to some of the sectors and our main markets that trend is reflected in the markets. Autos bucking the trend. With regards to some of the auto sales figures looking quite perky. Basic resources higher and telecoms off by right around 1. 3 . Well be