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Address this issue. you haven't heard the vice president who is supposed to be in charge of the border address this issue in the kind of meaningful way that you would expect given the volume of people who are sitting there at the border ready to come over, trying to come over every single day. the want vice president famously said the border was secure just a little while ago. that earned her a lot of criticism. . . it's going to be a problem for the administration. they are going to immediately trig the a trigger a lot of republican backlash for not being prepared for this crisis. there's alr...

Resistant to that idea at this point? >> hallie, the reality is how much masks can protect us from catching these virus, but the same time, the masks tend to be a hot button. so, the mandates, i don't think you're going to see mandates happening. you're going to see strong recommendations of people saying, now that the numbers are up, especially for covid and flu, let's put masks on. and you have to look at kind of the combination of everything. like here in colorado, covid cases could be low, which they are, but flu cases, we're at a very high level. so, i wasn't to make sure i'm masking when...

Case. >> i was struck yesterday. yesterday was thanksgiving day and it was also six months since the massacre in uvalde, the 24th of may. jonathan, could these new comments by the president actually have a political effect on, for example, georgia where the issue of guns and the second amendment is a big issue? >> certainly, jose, this is not a new position for the president. but any time there are fresh remarks made about an issue like this, it's a hot-button one that gets voters excited, there's certainly the possibility that we're going to hear those replayed in the georgia senate race. i t...

During the trump presidency. congress has a legitimate interest, even though president trump tried to basically break that interest. and, so, i think the biden white house understands that even if they're not going to be very comfortable with it. they assume not participate in what they consider to be show trial hearings that are aimed at scoring political points. you saw kevin mccarthy who's trying to shore up his conservative base to win the speakership, talking about impeaching the secretary of homeland secretary, mayorkas. just to say that is to throw meat to his caucus. and even legitimat...

Relationships over hot button issues including taiwan. christine? >> will, nice to see you this morning. thank you. college football rivals, central michigan and western michigan facing off in the middle of a snowstorm last night. andy scholes has this morning's bleacher report. hey there, andy. >> more fun to watch than be there. this game was in mount pleasant last night. they got about four inches of snow. this storm is heading east and they're expecting up to 4 feet of snow in buffalo this weekend for the bills/browns game. they are monitoring the conditions. the game remains on for now....