are so volatile. mike: james freeman from the wall street journal, thanks so much for your time. so, gillian, the national republican campaign committee predicts more democrats will be heading for the exits. they may be thinking it over and over the christmas holidays, but certainly an interesting time looking ahead to midterms next year. gillian: if fund-raising is anything to hang our hats on here, mike, we learned overnight that so far this year the rnc has brought in it i think over a million dollars more than the dnc. mike: follow the money. gillian: coming up next, a harvard professor standing trial today on allegations that he had ties to the chinese communist party. the charges are brought as part of the justice department effort to crack down on chinese espionage. we ve got general jack keane on tap, he will weigh in on that case and the chinese threat. mike: plus, a recent arrest in arizona of two agents described as a potential terrorist. how biden s border crisi