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and i get there early in the morning. i go to a biden witch hunt, and then i come here in the afternoon, and i stop and we make speeches and we get you votes and all that stuff, but nobody s ever had to do this before. that was donald trump in new hampshire last night as he travels back and forth between courtrooms and the campaign trail. we ll have the latest on the race for the republican nomination now just days away for the first primary of the contest. also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the push to pass another short-term funding solution to avoid a government shutdown. and we ll go through the new developments out of the middle east including the escalating attacks from the houthi rebels in the red sea. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 17th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with politics, and former president donald trump is now focusing on the next big contest in the republi ....
one item that made the cut restarting those student loan payments. if they just keep coming back to haunt. does all have all you need to know about the pause ending, and the long term impact that borrowers having to cough up the money again. plus, its pride month and we re talking to chasten buttigieg, his new book i have something to tell you about young of. outside the right-wing campaign to ban lgbtq books and schools and libraries. i m symone d. sanders townsend, and i have something to say. now that the president has signed the debt ceiling bill into law, it s becoming clear just what s in it. and today democrats and republicans are defending how they voted on the bill. now the bill is a far cry from the 843 billion dollars in non-defense discretionary spending initially proposed in the presidents 2024 budget. the steel cap spending at 704 billion dollars. according to the congressional budget office. and now here s an exchange for raising the debt ceiling ....
the school closures - these numbers are greater among kids. what you also find is loneliness affects on our mental health and our society and heart disease and dementia and premature deaths. who would predicted this? the lingering effects of shutting kids out of education, sports and social in interactions without other kids have been horrific. we could not go to our first homecoming. i could not have an eighth grade graduation. you felt if your son were still in school, he would still be alive. do you still feel that way? had he not gone into lockdown, he would still be here. he would have gone into lacrosse practice. he said, mom, i just don t know what to do, that s the last thing he said. it is heartbreaking. we human beings are social beings. we naturally want to be communicating and collaborating with each other. the place that used to bring people together whether churches and synagogue or whether it was volunteer organizations in your community o ....
now that i m not affiliated with any team anymore and have strong ties do i have friends on the dolphins that i really like. steve: we re here at courtside kitchen the famous pickleball restaurant and look who just pulled up during the commercial? of course, you know that star for down here in texas. that is the official team bus for america s team. allow me to cue them. hey, there you go. ladies and gentlemen, it s the dallas cowboy cheerleaders live on fox & friends. hello. anyway, it is great to have you on this friday. we tried to make it as much fun as possible. and it s also really noisy. [cheers] steve: really happy. steve: good morning, everybody. all right. come on down here. katiana how are you. i m good how are you. steve: i know you are up early. do you guys play football. i do play for fun not professionally. steve: no money involved. somebody play from the team. some of us might play a little bit today. we ll see. steve: actua ....
but his administration is pushing forward with a plan that would punish home buyers who have good credit scores. sandra: force those with good credit scores to pay more for their mortgages in order to subsidize high risk borrowers. former president obama s top housing adviser that he brought on board during the financial crisis, david stevens, he is calling the move unprecedented and says the industry is in shock. he s here for an exclusive interview to explain why, and larry kudlow how it could depress the housing market even further. whistleblower allegations a game changer. you know, this is somebody in the irs at a high level who apparently is willing to come forward to tell congress during the investigation of hunter biden there was obstruction. it s another example the irs is a mess. the whistleblower ought to be heard. obstruction of justice and certainly will be pursued in congress. john: begin with the white house set to take questions as an irs speci ....