and so he got upset and so he said he d take one and he d challenge me to one and he d beat me. maybe he would, maybe he wouldn t. but what i said is, okay, well, if that s the case, then get on a debate stage and let s go. bring it, donald. show me what you got. nikki haley going after donald trump at the very start of her speech in her home state of south carolina. a real shift from previous rallies. we ll have more from the campaign trail and the new polling from the gop front-runner. plus we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill where there are now serious doubts about the possibility of passing a border bill, which includes urgent funding for ukraine. and also ahead, we ll explain the new action by israeli forces inside gaza that could create even more tension with the biden administration. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 25th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin this morning with the race
the uk has struck a deal to join a trans pacific trade pact consisting of 11 countries. together australia, brunei, canada, chile, japan, malaysia, mexico, new zealand, peru, singapore and vietnam account for 13% of global gdp. the pact called the comprehensive progressive agreement for trans pacific partnership aims to cut or reduce 95% of import charges or tariffs. but some will be retained to protect sensitive domestic areas. the initial gains for britain will only be marginal, as it already has free trade deals with 9 of the 11 countries involved, and the government s own estimates show being in the bloc will only add 0.08% to the size of the uk s economy. joining me now is marco forgione, dg of the institute of export and international trade. how big a win is this for britain? victoria, this is a huge achievement to the uk. there are three areas we need to look at whenjudging are three areas we need to look at when judging what s been approved. the first is the e
ice, wind chill alerts. plus, the january 6th committee just released the final report recommending donald trump be barred from ever holding office again. and for the first time in public, vladimir putin says what the world has known all along, he s wagging war on ukraine. it is friday. welcome to our viewers in the you states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with this. a christmas gut punch from mother nature as a once in a generation storm blasts across the country with the worst yet to come. more than half the u.s. population is under some kind of weather alert. from florida west to washington state. more than 200 million people are under wind chill alerts. more than 80 million under winter weather alerts. more than 40 million other bracing for high winds. needles to say it is a mess for holiday travelers. thousands of flights were canceled thursday. nearly 2700 flights already canceled today with hundreds more delayed. and look at power outage
steve harrigan is live in eagle pass, texas with more, hello steve. my, some airboats moving around behind me. just seen some activity. somebody has just been a body pulled from the river behind me. as the first time i have seen it for the boat went out, the radio call went off for the sheriff department, fire trucks came. and a funeral home pickup truck came pulled the body out, put it on a stretcher and put in that pickup truck and drove it away for that s the first time i ve seen that. lorenzo who is shooting for me here sit out the last eight days that happens almost every single day. we have seen migrants cross steadily throughout the last several days at this point. a lot of them children read some seem unaccompanied but some caring smaller children infants as well protect his officials are complaining about the situation they find themselves in here. saying the current policy of dividing administration is inhumane. this is inhumane by encouraging them to make this
for governor. we will talk to him in a few minutes about the frightening alleged attack on as a spectator tried to allegedly stab him with a sharp object. he s blaming cashless bail in new york state for letting that man out. he then was charged federally. this also ahead in the next hour, the migrant surge at our southern border is not slowing down despite the brutal, dangerous, deadly summer heat down south. fox news rode along with the texas department of public safety agents overnight. we will have that report and show you what they found at the border. arthel: but first president biden s physician says his covid symptoms are continuing to improve quite significantly. this as the president s economic advisors weigh in ahead of the report due this week that could show whether the economy is in a recession. we are live at the white house with more. hi, arthel. president biden s runny nose, cough, and body aches have diminished. his main symptom is a sore throat which hi