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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...

along with analysts chuck rosenberg and lisa rubin. what can we expect based on arguments put forward in advance by both sides? >> reporter: to set the scene, because donald trump is here in person the security has really been ramped up. theres a much greater police presence. in terms of in the courtroom, this is a long shot for donald trump, this idea that a former president cant be prosecuted for any acts whited while serving in offense, its belied by the fact that gerald ford pardon...

and countries around the world to address that. post counterisis campaign you know, the active operations when isis was defeated essentially in syria, what weve seen is isis essentially look to -- >> we have been watching a news conference at the pentagon regarding defense secretary lloyd austin. the pentagon said moments ago the defense secretary has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that was the surgery he had in december and it was why he was back in the hospital for complicat...

historical rate hiking campaign hours the time to take a break and give the time to adjust to its actions that have pushed up the cost of borrowing for things like mortgages, business loans, and credit cards. the decision left the feds benchmark at between 5% and 525%. for companies and consumers alike the pain may not be over. as fed chair jerome powell meekly during his press conference, with us inflation running above the banks 2% target its job is not yet done. i banks 2% target it...

investment officer at advises capital management explained. the fed has tightened policy dramatically and quickly, basically a five percentage point increase over a little more than a year. that is huge, historically its an enormous increase and i think there is one view that the fed should wait to see the impact of what they have done stop any break may be short—lived, us inflation running above the 2% target of the fed so the pain from higher borrowing costs to companies and consum...

juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that were abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is...

the white house claim on the only people that are harmed in transgender athletes are the people that question it. well show you more. first, president biden laughing off claims that audio tapes might exist of a discussion he had with a foreign national bribing him potentially when he was vice president. >> are there tapes that you accepted bribes, president biden? is that true? >> so republican senators not finding it as funny as the president did. >> do you have those 17 recordings? >...

31—year—old man about the fatal stabbing of two university students and a 65—year—old man early on tuesday. officers have revealed what they believe to be the sequence of events. they say the first victims were 19—year—old students barnaby webber and grace kumar. officers say a man thought to be the suspect then tried to get into a homeless hostel in the city. this is a still of the cctv footage seen by the bbc which shows a man in a black hoodie trying to climb into a wind...

derail the special counsel probe of donald trump. president biden tells the dnc and his campaign team to stay quiet about trumps indictment inside his 2024 strategy. plus, fierce fighting in ukraine as vladimir putin tries to claim kyivs counter offensive is failing. were live with an update on whats happening on the front lines. and breaking right now, what investors have been waiting for, a key decision from the federal reserve on interest rates. our nbc news reporters are followin...

joining the crowded field. is there room for another candidate from the sunshine statesome with him there are three of them. well can him. welcome, everybody, im neil cavuto, and this is "cavuto live." i hope for dads tomorrows a great day. in the meantime, fast-moving political developments. lucas tomlinson. >> reporter: good morning, neil. president biden departed for philadelphia for his first re-election campaign rally, as you mentioned. hopefully, the traffic situation is okay aft...