ave two times the impact. >> all right. the border is a mess. that's an understatement and probably not news, but the fact that 10,000 in the 24 area were able to cross the border and half of them, you know, without so much of any resistance

because they can't keep up with them and track them once they're here. it's gotten to be alarming. so much so in arizona the governor there is sending the national guard to police the whole situation. we'll be talking to the leader of that effort in a second. first, alexandria hoff, how this got so out of hand. alexandria. >> yeah, certainly got out of hand and now congress feels they have to act particularly on the republican side. emergency aid funding and for taiwan it's contingent on u.s. border policy agreements. it's unclear if it's enough and if there is enough time. homeland security secretary mayorkas arrived on the hill and senators delayed holiday recess to give more time to give framework toward a national security supplemental funding package. >> i think it was one of the most important things that we're going to decide in this

congress and you know, spending a few extra days before the holidays seems a pretty good investment if we can make progress. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer says yesterday he plans to hold a vote next week. no matter what, some republicans are skeptical about additional aid to ukraine and tying enhanced border security to a deal. although the president has recent signaled he's opened to policy changes, the southern border has become a problem and senator fetterman acknowledged that. >> and it's not ideal to deal with this before the holidays, but here is where we're at. so, it's not xenophobic to have a conversation about border security. >> house members have gone home for the holiday break, even if a deal is reached, it appears it's unlikely they'll take up the package before the new

year. neil: thank you, alexandria. to the captain, a national aff affairs, and i know you've got a crazy schedule. if you could describe it, what is it like? >> i can describe what it's like for the planning phase. the important piece that we're in. we're in an extreme planning mode. working with partners to determine what they need and how we can best support. neil: what are you hearing back? what are folks recommending? >> at this point we're looking at the logistical and administrative options for support. what we're willing to do, be enhancements, be that law enforcement support so they can do their job throughout southern arizona. neil: so, captain, we were told that it wasn't that many hears ago just a few countries that would try to, you know, see migrants get through and into the united states and now we're

up to north of 160, i think the last time i checked. what's happening? >> so, i want to start off by saying this isn't a new mission for arizona, throughout the years, back to 2000 we've been conducting support for southern border. border patrol can talk about specifics what they're handling. neil: sure. >> as far as the arizona national guard it's not new to us. what we're expecting now, we've concluded the support to southern law enforcement mission, which was concluded this past september and that was a 30-month mission and doing similar things to what we're looking at doing now. neil: normally when people hear the national guard is coming in, it's because things are getting overwhelming. would you characterize what you're seeing at the border, despite this is not new to arizona, but these numbers and this crisis, and the way it

seems to be growing is? >> well, we're definitely seeing an increase and i think that's apparent, not just in the state of arizona, but it's being vocalized everywhere. when we did the mission on southern law enforcement, our support was very well received and i believe this is just another way we can support our state. what kind of reaction are your folks getting? >> at the end of the day, our guardsmen are always ready, always there. i mean, that's our motto, but in reality, our guardsmen are a volunteer force, that's the reaction of wanting to serve, wanting to be there and wanting to be a part of a mission for our state, our nation and really our communities. from our side we're looking to support in any way possible and i know our guardsmen are ready and able. neil: captain, thank you very much for taking the time, we appreciate it. >> absolutely, thank you. neil: i want to go to chris,

the texas department of public safety. lieutenant, always good to see you. you know what's happening at the arizona border and you're dealing with the texas border as you've told me and reminded me, the numbers don't lie, they are what they are and they're out of control. so what's next? >> well, good morning, neil. of course, what's next, that's the biggest question, going into the new year, you know, we continue to see this historic influx, especially for the month of december when historically december has always seen a decrease in apprehensions across the southwest border, that's not the case with the current border situation, this is not your ordinary border crisis. i think we need to move past a border crisis, we know from the numbers and events taken place, increased human smuggling, drug smuggling, children smuggled and exploited and victimized, we know this is deliberate, a deliberate inaction by the federal government to secure our border and to enact

policies that were working that was slowing the flow, that was preventing illegal immigrants crossing the dangerous river or desert or placing their lives in the hands of dangerous criminals, but that's not the case and i think we need to get out of this reactive posture and be proactive. we need consequences, catch and release, and abuse the process, send the message you cannot enter the united states without having some type of credible or legitimate asylum claim and those that do not meet that criteria, send them back to their country. that will send the message and the flow. in texas we've been taking on the responsibility for the last three years. neil: something changes, we got scary, we learned from the mexican government that the military there discovered at least 10ied's on some cartel members near the border and reignites concerns that nefarious elements are getting through with no good intentions. can you update us what we've

learned about that and what we're discovering now? >> absolutely, of course, that's nothing new as far as the threats that we see across the southwest border, especially when it involves the mexican drug cartels. that's why in texas in october, there was a piece of land in south texas, 170-acre piece of land that was designated as the most dangerous area along the southwest border because we constantly were seeing cartel fighting between rival cartels and mexican military. finding explosives and cartel members on the island in the united states, heavily armed with tactical gear, long rifles, with explosives, so we took that piece of land over, thanks to the leadership from governor-- i mean, of course, governor abbott and with the commissioner of the texas land office, which is don buckingham that gave us complete access of the island. these are threats across the border. it's important for border security because border security is national security. until we secure that border we'll continue to see these

threats and puts the lives of our agents, border patrol agents, troopers, national gadz guardsmen put their lives at risk. neil: chris, you're used to my dumb questions and oftentimes when we're talking we're seeing the live drone shots, this is in eagle pass and invariably dozens, hundreds, sometimes thousands processed. there's a structure to this, i guess, and maybe you can explain what we're watching and what that process is. obviously, migrants get to the border, you just can't walk through, invariably there's a process to it. some do slip through, but what are we watching and what happens when this happens? >> well, you know, first off, neil, this border situation started predominantly we were seeing families and children the ones voluntarily surrendering to border patrol agents and now it's pretty much a ticket into the united states if you're a family or had a child and now through the

course of the situation on the border now we're seeing single adult men from across the globe making their way across the border and surrendering themselves to border patrol agents that in itself should tell you and the viewers, there are no consequences. when you have single men coming across the border from across the globe, they surrender they know they'll get released into the country with a notice to appear, they will not show up two to five years from now and that process is going to build up and back up the system, it's going to overwhelm the system and none of these individuals will make it to the court hearing and they will get lost as millions cross the border, that's a broken system, it's deliberate by design and you see the migrants aboard the trains making its way through mexico, that's another you shall issue in texas trying to work with the mexican government to stop some of the trains transporting migrants

across the border. so there are so many challenges in place, at the end of the day, neil, it's all about consequences. you've got to have consequences, send a message that you have to follow the rule of law. there's many migrants that are here in the country right now that have been here for years trying to do it the right way, they're paying money, getting attorneys and working and then you have all of these individuals, thousands, millions at the end of the year, that are coming across illegally. it's not fair to those people that are here right now trying to do is the right way. until we put a stop to the situation, we are going to continue to see this flow, unfortunately, especially going into the new year. neil: it's scary stuff and thanks for explaining that. people forget that this country takes in legally better than a million from all over the world each year and every year. democratic administration, republican administrations, there is a process here and we're generous with that process, no other country admits as many from other countries on earth, but that process must be honored and when it's not you've got mayhem

like you're seeing at the border. chris, merry christmas, my friend. >> merry christmas, neil, thank you. neil: and passing along the news that you've probably been hearing the houthi attacks on ships coming through the red sea. 14 held off today and i think we've had 40 in the past week. what to do about that as more and more shipping companies to msm and others, say we're av avoiding these waters. abundance of caution. what's next after this. hellooo new apartment. one bank for now. for later. for life. chase. make more of what's yours. lowe's knows the best deals are the ones... that keep on giving. so don't miss our 25 days of deals... where you can discover these last-minute offers. buy now, pay later with lowe's pay.

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>> all right. more houthi rebel attacks largely on u.s. vessels in the red sea. not exclusively u.s. vessels. they were all repelled, but better than 14 in the past hours, north of 40 the past week. that prompt add number of big container ship companies like

marsk and others to avoid the waters for shipping and commerce. that's the means by which a lot of them move around the area and trade well beyond the area, not exclusively to israel. iran is already threatening those that are making their way to israel, but again, a good many of the vehicles have no plans to go on to israel. they're just there, and the threat is that they shouldn't be. what do we do? because we have not responded to the latest wave of attacks that are occurring at 10 times the rate our response is. and lieutenant general joins us. good to have you, what do you make of the growing frequency of these attacks? >> well, neil, i think that a strong u.s. response could have prevented this situation, but the biden administration's been hesitant to answer the group's attacks over concern that might result in a broader regional

conflict. and what's happened is that the united states now is the one being deterred by the houthis actions, not the other way around. i think it's important to dig in just a little bit more into this whole notion of deterrents and it's the product of three factors, capability, times will, times adversary perception of the capabilities and will. if the first two of those factors are missing, or inordinately low. they don't believe that the u.s. has the will, then frankly, this is the current situation and the proofs in the action that commercial shipping as you just reported has taken and halting their transit of the red sea. you know what's weird about it iran knows know the to take it to the level of attacking iran

itself. and you're the military expert, not me, of escalating something, i guess, people fear could be world war iii. if iran knows that, it's going to keep doing that, it's going to keep funding proxies that continue doing that, right? >> oh, absolutely. and the point here is, look, i understand people throw around this world war iii thing, but that's really part of the information operations that are imposed to try to deter the united states and unfortunately some in the united states have bought into that. common, if you want to stop attacks against the shipping, take out the source of the attacks in yemen. we can do this. that's not going to start world war iii. the fact of the matter is that iran and proxies are affected by the use of force. they don't respond to rhetoric or pinprick attacks. >> because they continue. and the only thing that serves

me right we took out, you know, houthi site or houthi sympathetic site, a proxy site in iraq, that's as close as we get. i'm wondering, what would happen in your mind if we did that? if we went into yemen, if we took out, let's say, a position in iran? >> well, then the iranians and the houthis start paying attention. there's in my humble opinion, slow probability if we took out the launch sites inside yemen that the houthis and iranians supporters are using to attack shipping. it's the logical thing to do. but the deterrent effect of the iranians on this administration is just encouraging to continue. and like you mentioned, this is the same situation we face as

our military forces come under attack in iraq and syria. iranian backed militia groups attacked 100 times in just the last two months and, yeah, we've responded to some of the attacks, but not in sufficient intensity to halt their continua conti continuance. neil: you're right, the attacks only pick up steam. your observations are brilliant, general. >> take care. neil: they continue 14 in the last 24 hours, 44 in the last seven days, they escalate, they don't cease. in the meantime, there's something this time of year with endorsements of presidential candidates, governor of iowa endorsing ron desantis and the governor of new hampshire, endorsing nikki haley, a lot on the republican side want this guy's

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>> you want to do it now? >> i'd love to do it now. >> stand your butt up. >> you stand your butt up. >> stop it! >> it's one of my favorite media moments here, i feel after i've seen that, you're going down, brother. they didn't come to blows and i hoped that it was a chance for john o'brien and mullin to.

i wanted apprised of where he's standing politically because he isn't endorsing any candidate just yet. i thought that would be a gimme with joe biden that's largely where the teamsters go to the democrat, but he's meeting with them all and that's going to continue for a little while now. take a look. >> we're open to support any candidate, whether there's a d, i, or r next to their name and one of the reasons we're going through the historical process. the teamsters inviting and any all, not only myself, but our members, we should be yetting out the best candidates to represent our members and restore a strong middle class in america. >> so you're saying that donald trump could be among those you're consider supporting. >> that's why we're going to bring them in, is ask the tough questions, and there's a lot of

rhetoric and inconsistencies and we want to make sure to drill down and let our members know what that conversation was and is going to be, let them know what the questions are asked and ultimately we will make a determination. we have a lot of great dialog, we talked about issues that are important to us, like ai, automation, right to work and a lot of boxes to be checked off. if candidates don't get those checked off, our members vote, and our members can move elections. >> and you're inviting them in, has donald trump responded? >> donald trump responded, was scheduled for thursday, but due to conflicts, early january he'll come in and address myself, our general secretary treasurer and rank and file members around a round table and chris christie said the same thing, nikki haley has not

responded and president biden hasn't confirmed a date either. neil: all right. now, the typical, in the past, sean, has been that the teamsters would support the democratic nominee whoever that is. so, is that not a given? joe biden not a given? >> president biden has done a great job for working people as far as fixing pensions, he did a lot of great work for unions and this is not a-- this is not a coup against president biden, this is actually doing what we're supposed to be doing on behalf of our members, drilling down and seeing who is going to be the best candidate for our members. we have an obligation to do due diligence and recommend and make the best decision. we're not suggesting because you have a d, an r, an i, and we've endorsed republican presidents in the past. look, i think there's a lot of discontent on capitol hill. i think there's a lot of lost focus who built this middle

class in this country, and i think we need to refocus and reclaim the person who is going to actually do what's right by workers and do what's right by the american public. neil: so it's not a given that it's going to be joe biden. you talk about where we are in this election cycle. some would argue it's a little late and for joe biden, that's a bit of a dangerous signal. am i overinterpreting it? >> no, it's never too late. look, decisions like this are very important and they shouldn't be made his hastily. we have an obligation to our leaders, to our members, to vet out everybody and look, like i stated earlier, we're a very powerful organization and mobilize our members very quick. if a decision isn't as soon as people think it should be, we're not concerned about that, whatever decision we make we'll mobilize and support and get out there and get that person elected. neil: in the past, not only in the case of your union, but unions in general you always

hear this discussion among the rank and file there's a great deal more support for republican candidates than there is at the high muckity muck end, your end, for example, that a lot of union members are quite fond of donald trump. are they? >> well, you know, polling suggests that a lot of our members vote republican, but you know, at the end of the day, this is the reason why we're having these meetings because we can actually give true testimonies, accounts to what these candidates, not just only trump, but all the candidates support, and we will get a lot of information. for instance, if donald trump supports national right to work, we will let our members know that's what he supports. if he doesn't support collective bargaining, or any candidate in the public sector, we'll let our members know. these are the regents that we're having the meetings. all too often decisions are made up top with total disregard to the rank and file

who built this middle class and continue to build this middle class, their opinions don't matter. we want to make sure our members opinions matter. >> as you know, and on the economy and everything else, they're on fire and a lot of your members are benefitting from the stronger economy, delivery, ups, all of this other stuff, a good deal that you orchestrated and joe biden and the white house, that's the wind at their back, yet another reason to have confidence come next november that it's a democratic victory. do you agree with that? >> i don't think that anything is guaranteed. there are a lot of workers out there hurting. in my union, particularly, yeah, we've done very well in the possible delivery business and done very well in any and all negotiations and in tough negotiations with anheuser-busch. what we're focused on, getting our members the most amounts to buy their kids homes and retire with respect and dignity. we can't just hold onto statistics, we've got to get out and see what's going on.

there are a lot of american workers that are hurting. neil: got it. thank you very much. we don't talk again, hope you have a merry and a safe christmas. >> you, too, my friend. thank you. neil: we're looking at way way he goes as far as the candidates and again, he's meeting with the republican ones and we'll see how it goes. impact of an endorsement if you're a popular governor in a crucial state. we know what chris sununu decided and he's coming up and we know what kim reynolds in iowa decided and the limited impact of the endorsement. how far does this go? after this. - bye, bye cough. - later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night.

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>> came out and supported nikki haley. i thought it wasn't a dramatic profile in courage. she's the one who is soaring in the polls right now. you must have assessed governor desantis or governor chris christie was very disappointed and said this is the safe bet from there? >> she's the most qualified. when you look-- let's start here. >> before this decision you said they were all super qualified. >> chris and ron are good governors and good friends. what's happening in the world, you want a governor. great, they all qualify what she did in south carolina, as an accountant not just a lawyer, accountant someone fiscally responsible. neil: so did chris christie and ron desantis. >> true, but international experience. neil: that she was the one soaring in the polls presently. >> it's the connection she has with voters.

when she's in new hampshire and doing the down halls and all that, not just telling where she is, she does that and allowing folks to ask questions and earning trust and that's why her numbers why soaring before i got involved folks are gathering around that and the international experience, none have. and expertise and live free or die thing, we want someone who believes in not government solutions and a little of that with the other two. neil: chris christie was among those disappointed and he didn't like the way you did it, he learned about it on line and everyone has to represent integrity and what doesn't. >> i couldn't tell chris and ron beforehand and the press would call them for something that i hadn't said i wasn't going to put them in that position. ier this' friends and they're disappointed. i had to pick someone and i

picked the best. neil: so that was the thinking behind that decision. whatever you think of chris sununu he's a very popular governor in new hampshire. and kim reynolds is popular, and debatable whether they're succeeding in their respective picks in respective states. mark, what's the fallout from this. >> you're right, it's a big question whether or not there will be fallout from the endorsement. i thought it was a great interview with the governor yesterday, but it opens the door for the possibility if haley is the nominee, maybe a sununu ticket. we're in durham, and we'll see former president trump here, and dominated among the new hampshire primary and the polls still look to be the case that he will dominate again, but as you mentioned there is some competition here in the granite state. with governor sununu's endorsement of nikki haley, this was highly sought after. we saw that from the other candidates out there, haley

very thankful for the support and seen her making multiple stops with the governor at a diner this week. as for florida governor ron desantis he was in new hampshire and kept his comments fairly civil about the sununu endorsement instead saying while he's disappointed not getting that endorsement personally he believes he's friends with the governor and excited to see what he believes will be a two-man race between he and trump. and we'll look and see how the others react. chris christie is beating everything on new hampshire and launching the first ad of the cycle, a $3 million ad from one of the super pacs. christy is not likely going to perform in iowa and then comes to new hampshire. trump posted new hampshire doesn't like the sloppy rhino dog, he's referring to christie and they don't like ron, mag ga. >> and focused on the g.o.p.

competition or focus ahead to next november? where we are right here, again, a hockey arena. people are lining up to hear from him and should have a fairly strong crowd when he comes out later on. neil: trying to write that down. sloppy rino dog. >> politics, quite a career. neil: always a gentleman, mark meredith following that. i've been called a lot worse, what the heck. we've got doug schone. >> this nation of republican governor, a popular one at that putting his support behind nikki haley. i'm sure that's something that she is very happy to have, and i'm sure the other candidates, minus donald trump, are very upset that they don't have it. but what impact will it have?

>> so, it's a good question because sometimes you see that endorsements have little impact. and other times a huge impact. if you think back to 2020 when joe biden went to south carolina he wasn't doing well and then the endorsement of jim cliburn and 70% said that's the reason they chose him and catapulted his candidacy. when you have a popular governor, somewhat of an institution in that state, it can have a huge impact. i think this new hampshire, there's a chance that could push nikki haley over the edge and she's got the momentum going right now. only 18% of the vote compared to 44% of trump so it's going to have to be significant, if it's going to do, if it's going to do a good job, but it could have a big impact and give her the momentum she needs to start getting, you know, getting what she's looking for, but it's a long climb where she is now and where she needs to go to beat donald trump. neil: iowa is a unique case if

you think about it, doug. so i can understand the importance of m reynolds and support behind ron desantis and it seems like the pressure is on ron desantis to win iowa, he just might, but the polls look daunting as they do for nikki haley and the others in new hampshire. handicap the way you see iowa going. >> sure. well, in iowa we are basically in a situation where desantis, strange as it might see, is actually trump's best asset because he's a solid second, he's spent untold millions there and with the governor's endorsement, there's a block of votes he's going to get. my hypothesis, if desantis wasn't in the race most of that vote would go to nikki haley, but since desantis is staking everything on iowa, a split result there with the 50% that are not voting for trump or

there about only benefits the former president. i think where an endorsement could make a difference, neil, is new hampshire because unlike iowa, there is a much greater both history, tradition and opportunity for independents to vote in the republican primary. and i think there sununu's endorsement of nikki haley, particularly if desantis is out of the race, is dispositive and makes it closer than it appears to be. >> speaking early with sean o'brien who's weighing supporting a number of candidates, it stands out that the teamsters haven't rallied around the president yet and maybe it's later than know erm and they end up doing. the union vote we learned from ronald reagan wasn't monolithic, he captured it in 1980 and 1984 and i understand

there's a difference between the chiefs and indians and in other words, those who head unions typically favoring democrats and those who are union members, who increasingly look to people like donald trump, for example, recently. how do you weigh that vote right now, that union vote? >> the union vote has been extremely progressive the last couple of years. if you think about all the issues in the retail sector, starbucks, target, driven by the far left progressive side of things. it would be very surprising to me if the unions went somewhere else. that said we've seen increasing amount of progressive dissatisfied with this administration. we see people splintering off. and especially when it comes to donald trump. so, anything is possible. but i would be surprised if they were to endorse a republican candidate rather than the president. neil: what about you, doug? >> you know, i think i see it a

little differently, neil. there's a history with the teamsters, i think in '72 if my memory is correct, endorsed richard nixon for reelection when he was in a strong position. i think now we're seeing biden's position eroding. the teamsters, i think, rank and file, who's probably at this point for trump so i think sean o'brien is going to have a tough decision to make, particularly if biden's poll numbers stay as weak as they continue to be. neil: interesting. doug, i didn't know you're so old. you look so young going back to '72. >> thank you, neil, you look longer, too. neil: and i covered the 1872. >> we've talked about the lincoln race. neil: have a wonderful holiday. good seeing the both of you. if you're flying out anywhere, they say pack your patience, between the storm and the

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>> all right. getting ready to travel this holiday week. it starts really in earnest in the days to come. a lot of people tell me, neil, it's already on. of course, you have the nasty weather that's going to be sort of gripping the east coast and the hours ahead. then you have the average problems that have been legendary, almost iconic this entire year. and alexis mcadams from new york. >> well, u.s. airlines and their passengers had another rough year, which is not a surprise if you're watching this. thousands of complaints pouring in and it continues here, more than double the amount of complaints filed this year

compared to last year against u.s. airlines. take a look at your screen. this is some of the new numbers pouring in and just the first five months of 2023, more than 38,000 complaints were filed against u.s. and foreign airlines, travel agents and adding in tour ops, too. that's up nearly 78% compared to plastic year and against the u.s. airlines, the airline with the most complaints, frontier, followed by spirit, hawaiian, jetblue and united. here are how things are going. overall, less consolations and more delays. people missing their connections and stuck for ours and days, which is frustrating. passengers say they show up, no, expecting problems, watch. >> today, actually, we've had a delay, but it's only about 30 minutes, i think the main thing that kind of is concerning is if you're on a connecting

flight and you end up missing your connecting flight. >> we mostly just fly american, but i would certainly give it a "b", but that's my personal experience. i've heard other people say to me, i never fly american, i go delta or-- but i mean, i've had a good experience. >> adding to the frustration, while the department of transportation rules because they don't have a lot of specifics around delays. it's unclear. there's no official requirement for passengers to get a refund and all airlines have different rules. so to get you in the holiday spirit, just expect some of the problems out here at the airports, no matter where you're travelling to or from and check with the d.o.t. website to see if you get delays or canceled and triple-a expecting airports to be busier than ever, neil. neil: lovely, alexis. thank you, at laguardia international airport. you haven't done all of your shopping yet? we have some ideas for you and

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