some 2.2 million people move to the southeast and over two years roughly the population of houston. according to a new report in bloomberg, six fast-growing states in the south have now added more to the national gdp than the northeast. those six states, florida, texas, georgia, the carolinas, tennessee are in a middle of a $100 million wealth migration. the u.s. economic center moves south. according to the irs, the south adds $100 billion in wealth, the northeast has lost $60 billion. president joe biden spent time in south carolina celebrating his green energy and money printing economic approach to politics and he said this is why there is growth in the south. we made a commitment. i ll be president for all americans, whether the elected officials voted for them or not. whoever you voted for. i ve kept my promise. in fact, some analysis to have said the laws i ve signed will do more to help run america than blue america. if that s okay with me because we are all america
now. steve good morning, everybody. it is monday, january 8th, 2024. we start this monday morning with a focus on joe biden s 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 migrants have been released into our country under the biden administration. brian: co-host lawrence jones is live in eagle pass this morning. is he getting a look at the border by air, land and sea. lawrence? hey, good morning, family. yeah. we are live out here. yesterday we went into the air to really see exactly what s happening on the ground, on the day-to-day basis. today we re going to go from land and take a boat out as well to see what border agents are having to deal with also the texas depar
through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: good morning. welcome to fox and friends, live this morning from the american rodeo, part of the american western weekend in arlington, texas which i am holding down the fort in texas. along with rachel and pete hegseth back in new york. rachel: we are a little jealous, we wanted to be at the rodeo too but i m disappointed. i thought you were going to come into the show on a horse carrying a flag and you are just sitting there with a hat. pete: i m looking at the packet, it says will rides in on a horse, that s what it says. i was expecting, and i know you know how to ride. i saw you yesterday, it was impressive. will: the horse slept in an
in afghanistan as a child, made it to the uk and is now a doctor running his own medical charity. his is an extraordinary story. what should we all take from it? waheed arian, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me and for having me here. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder, how much distance do you feel today as a distinguished doctor in the united kingdom? how much distance do you feel from your childhood and from your homeland, afghanistan? my family is still in afghanistan. my father, my sisters, five, six sisters are in afghanistan. one sister is newly displaced to sweden and two brothers are displaced as refugees to the united states. so i am all over the world when it comes to my heart, when it comes to my story, it s not finished that i m here in the uk. i m very proud to be an afghan british citizen both, and i ve got my cultural heritage from afghanistan and i m very proud of that as well. but on the other hand, it
he s also told the uk media that he never intended to hurt his family by writing a memoir. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. war and extreme poverty drive millions of people from their homes every year. some of those desperate people try to reach the rich western world where such inward migration routinely prompts fear and draconian countermeasures. do perceptions change when the story of migration is personalised? well, my guest today is waheed arian, who fled war in afghanistan as a child, made it to the uk and is now a doctor running his own medical charity. his is an extraordinary story. what should we all take from it? waheed arian, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me and for having me here. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder, how much distance do you feel today as a distinguished doctor in the united kingdom, how much distance do you feel from your childhood and from your homel