Go for it. Bill makes you think about Election Night more than two months ago when david perdue in georgia fell by 3 10 of a vote to avoid a runoff. This is the payoff. Dana a lot of republicans didnt show up to vote. Thats what happens. More on this with Newt Gingrich in a moment. Griff jenkins live in washington will they go it alone . I think they are. Dana. Happy friday. Looks like a purely partisan path. History was made when Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tiebreaker advancing the 2 trillion relief plan. The yays are 50, nays are 50. The senate equally divided. The Vice President votes in the affirmative and the concurrent resolution as amended is adopted. This after 15 hours of votearama The Republicans forced a majority to add amendments. More than 850 were filed. In the end 41 roll call votes were taken. Among the ones that passed joni ernst to prohibit increasing the minimum wage during the pandemic. Another blocking Illegal Immigrants from getting Stimulus Checks as we
John a live look at the Southern Border where both President Biden and former President Trump will appear this hour. President Will Tour Brownsville Texas where illegal crossings have slowed to just 46 in the past week. Months ago the number was in the thousands. Jacqui Alejandra Mayorkas was asked about that moments ago and gave the Mexican Government credit. Brownsville, texas, provides a very good glimpse of how dynamic and challenging the Migration Phenomenon is. Last year in april and may of 2023 approximately 30 of all encounters across the Southern Border were realized in the Rio Grande Valley sector of Which Brownsville is a part. Now those numbers have been reduced significantly, primarily because of the enhanced Law Enforcement efforts south of our border. John a lot to talk about in the next 60 minutes. John roberts in washington. Great to spend thursday with you. Jacqui Jacqui Heinrich in for sandra smith. This is america reports. Brownsville has just seen 46 migrant encoun
state showdown. we begin with the fox news alert and we are awaiting the white house briefing next hour where karine jean-pierre will be pressed for the president s massive $6.8 trillion tax and spend budget plan. a lot to unpack in america reports in the next two hours. i m john roberts in washington and, s sandra, weather correspondent made it to washington. i m sandra smith, glad to be with you, john. this massive new tax and spend plan as inflation remains stubbornly high and as a brand new jobs report is just released by the labor department. it did show payrolls rising by 311,000 last month. that was higher than expected and as the wall street journal references what they see as evidence of resilient economic economy. the unemployment rate meanwhile ticked up to 3.6%, that s from the record low in january. but there s still a big question on what s coming down the pike as more rate hikes could be on the horizon. so with that in mind, let s get right to it wi
christmas the night before christmas and all throughout the country, good luck for those trying to travel anywhere in the country. more than 11,000 flights cancelled or delayed in the u.s. just today. bad for travelers that can t get off the ground. bad even if you re not traveling because that package you re waiting for might not get to you. fed ex and ups say they are worried and close to 1.5 million americans are without power. fox on top of a country frozen in place with mike tobin in chicago where they re used to flight cancellations but nothing like this. madison alworth in newark, new jersey with a lot of travelers that have had it with this. max gordon in new york where major flooding worries are adding to all of this. fox weather meteorologist steve bender on just how long we re all going to have to deal with this. so forget about who will see a white christmas. the race is on for millions of americans who are having a devil of a time getting anywhere before christma
property. it s essential right now. today is the day to to it. if you wait till tomorrow, it s too late. martha: fox on top of two storms barrelling town. hurricane ian about to wallop the florida coast. and a financial storm walloping folks coast-to-coast. and we have got you covered with will nundley in clearwater. lauren simonetti on a stock market under water. west virginia senator joe manchin on an energy plan that suddenly got him under bipartisan attack. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so many storms, so little time. let s get to it in the sunshine state with will nundley with the latest on the prep work for a big one. will? the mood has shifted here. we ve been covering the past couple days of people taking the preparations, buying gasoline, going to the grocery store. this has been a day of action. i m on clearwater beach, which behind me is clearwater, florida. everything you see under a mandatory evaluation. one of several counties under these orders. we h