version of little drummer boy. so successful and for good reason. that voice. she has the voice of an angel. >> that's my favorite christmas song. what about you? >> carley: silent night. you can't beat that. mary, did you know? >> the theme music to christmas vacation. it puts me in the christmas mood. it's christmas vacation time. >> i want to spend more time with my family. i have a job that wants me to travel and travel for amazing things. >> carley: mine seems stupid. i'm bad at remembering people's names. i want to get better at it. that's my resolution every year. >> spend more time with my dog and go surfing more often. >> carley: have a great day. happy new year, love you, bye. >> mike: the crisis at the southern border setting more records as the year winds down.

brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that's another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i'm mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. >> molly: i'm molly line in for dana perino. maine's democratic secretary of state following colorado's lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. >> mike: colorado's ban is on home after the state gop

appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first election official to unilaterally remove mr. trump from the ballot. >> my oath to the constitution and obligation to the constitution and rule of law come before any other consideration. no other factors could weigh on that decision and did not. the record demonstrates that the events of january 6, 2021, which were unprecedented and tragic were an insurrection in the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. >> molly: alexandria hoff is live in washington to untangle this for us. >> remember in colorado the decision to remove trump from the ballot was made by the state skourts. the ruling out of main came from the secretary of state schenn with a bellows.

he used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election. she is basing her ruling on a civil war era clause in the constitution. section three of the 14th amendment originally designed to prohibit former confederates for holding office. trump's campaign is appealing maine's decision writing make no mistake, these partisan election interference efforts are a hostile assault on american democracy. biden and the democrats do not trust the american voter in a free and fair election. secretary of state bellows has suspended her ruling until maine state courts can rule on that appeal. similar efforts to bar president trump from the ballot are being pursued in 13 other states. trump will appear on colorado's primary ballot unless the supreme court affirms colorado's decision to remove him. dave williams, chair of

colorado's republican party weighed in this morning. >> it's an act of desperation. they are afraid donald trump is going to win against joe biden. by hook or crook they are doing whatever they can to stop him. i'm afraid that other states will follow suit if the supreme court doesn't step in and overturn it. >> mic california will keep president trump on the ballot. >> molly: i want to talk about maine himself. they have electoral college votes. this could have a national impact on a count that is very important. >> you're right. most of the 13 that we're watching right now aren't states that by and large trump would be expected to win in a general but a state like maine that splits

the votes when one could mean a lot for an election, this matters. we're awaiting the u.s. supreme court to weigh in on all of this. that's what they do when states are in disagreement on something that has federal implications. >> mike: mike here. in terms of the supreme court, this feels like this could be a biggest election-related decision by the supreme court since bush versus gore 2000. your thoughts on the high court jumping into this? >> it's a timing issue right now. there are states trying to print out their ballots. they had to certify who was on it in california. it's a timing issue. we hope to hear something soon from the supreme court. in terms of former president trump it will be interesting. if you look back last week now, i'm losing track of my days during the holidays. last week they decided not to fast track a portion of his case involving the special counsel that was seen as a win for trump. i would imagine now the trump

team wants the supreme court to weigh in sooner rather than later on this. >> mike: alex, thank you very much. the man who allegedly stabbed two teen tourists in grand central terminal accused of slashing a fellow inmate at ryker's island. he has at least 17 prior arrests. the attacks raising concerns about liberal policies putting criminals back on the streets. new york congressman mike lawler joins in moments on the city's lacks crime laws. nate foye with more on the accused grand central stabber. >> the man accused of stabbing two teenage sisters while yelling he wanted all white people dead is now accused of stabbing his fello ryker's island jail. he is already facing charges of attempted murder and assault as hate crimes for that christmas day attack. according to the department of

corrections, he slashed an inmate in the face and head several times yesterday morning. he has an extensive criminal history. he has been arrested over a dozen times including twice in recent months. you may be asking why wasn't he locked up before speaking some of his previous arrests, the bronx district attorney's office said three cases were resolved via please receiving 15 days in jail and in one case the court delivered a sentence of a conditional discharge. new york city mayor eric adams addressed the grand central incident and talked about crime in the city. >> it sends the feeling of people don't feel safe and that's why we have to make sure we make the arrest as soon as possible and make sure we get the repeat offenders off our streets. >> mayor adams also said this week that new york city needs to monitor possible agitators at rallies across the city. police arrested at least 26 people at an anti-israel march

at jfk airport on wednesday and just last night hundreds of pro-palestinian protestors marched on times square and at the world trade center. now as we head into new year's eve celebrations the threat of agitators and criminals is in full focus. according to nypd overall crime is down in new york city compared to last year. felony assaults are up 6%. that's what this man was arrested for one month before police say he attacked those two girls on christmas day. mike. >> mike: nate foye, thanks a lot. for more on public safety in new york city let's bring in new york republican congressman mike lawler. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: let's start with polling from the folks at quinnipiac. do you approve or disapprove of the way mayor adams is handling crime? 60% disapprove. in general how serious a problem do you think crime is in new york city? very serious 58%.

somewhat serious 33%. congressman, should those numbers get the mayor's attention? >> they should get everyone's attention. the reality is we do have a crime problem in new york. new york is the only state that does not have a dangerousness standard. when you see a judge release this gentleman, for instance, it's in part because they aren't allowed to take prior bad acts into account. they aren't allowed to hold people in jail based on the threat that they pose to the public. if they did, this man never would have been released. he threatened to shoot someone just a few weeks ago because they quote, unquote, were working for a white person. you look at what is going on in major cities across the country, the lawlessness, the grand larceny. we had stores in new york state lose $4 billion -- $4 billion

from theft. it is a major crisis and violent crimes are up. so for anyone to say crime is down, people are being physically assaulted and that continues to go on the rise. that is a problem. >> mike: another big issue homelessness up significantly in new york city. 90,578 this october compared to 65,633 a year prior. what about the homeless crisis in new york city? >> the homeless crisis continues to be a major challenge. part of that and why the homeless shelter numbers have risen so much is because of the sanctuary city policies as well as its right to shelter. they are putting migrants into the homeless shelter system as a result of their right to shelter policy and the sanctuary city policy. that needs to change. that needs to change. you cannot sustain this level of

influx into the system. we were down to almost 50,000 people in the homeless system. now back up to over 90,000. this is unsustainable for new york taxpayers paying to the tune of $4 billion just this year to deal with this migrant crisis. a crisis of the democrats' own making. >> mike: there is the issue of people leaving high tax blue states like new york and california and a political price to pay for that. the political consequences california, new york, minnesota rhode island and oregon would lose a combined 12 house seats, florida, georgia, texas, tennessee, north carolina, utah and idaho would gain 12 house seats. as a new york congressman, how concerning is that to you? >> well, it's disconcerting to say the least but it continues the trend of decades. new york continues to lead the nation in out migration. another 100,000 new yorkers left

over the last year. it's costing us, obviously, electoral seats and power in washington because we're losing representation. this is a result of failed policies in new york. it has nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with disastrous policies like cashless bail, like sanctuary cities, like high taxes and high spending that are crippling our economy here in new york. if governor hochul and eric adams continue down this path, the consequences will be far greater than losing electoral votes and congressional seats. >> mike: congressman mike lawlor of the great state of new york. thank you for your time and have a wonderful day. >> molly: heading the new year on high alert. the u.s. faces threats from adversaries across the globe. dan hoffman on that threat level the u.s. is facing in 2024. plus.

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>> mike: the u.s. targeting tear ohr on the high seas taking action against yemen's houthi rebels. the treasury department issued sanctions to slow the flow of money to the iran-backed houthis whose attacks threaten the global supply chain. grady trimble with more. >> the new sanctions came on the same day as yet another attempted attack on container

ships in the red sea. the navy shot down a drone and anti-ship ballistic missiles the houthis fired yesterday. the sanctions will hit three exchange houses and one person who helped facilitate the flow of money between iran and houthi rebels. the sanctions freeze any u.s. assets belonging to them and prevent them from doing business with americans. in making the announcement a treasury official says the action underscores our resolve to restrict the illicit flow of funds to the houthis who continue to conduct dangerous attacks on international shipping and risk further destabilizing the region. some experts say it won't be enough. >> these actions merely chip away at the edges of the problem. iran has the ability just as russia has by passed sanctions with relation to ukraine and its production, the iranians have other means of funneling money

to the houthis in yemen as well as other terrorist organizations. >> even as some shipping companies have started to resume operations through the suez canal and the red sea, others still fear it is just not safe. in fact, the supply chain company flex port tells us about half of all container ships that normally go through the red sea are taking the long way around africa. it comes as some european countries appear to be distancing themselves from operation prosperity guardian, which the u.s. launched, to protect ships in the region. by the way, yesterday's attempted attack on ships in the red sea brings the total number to 22. mike. >> mike: grady trimble, many thanks. molly. >> molly: yemen and the red sea the latest global trouble spot sending off u.s. alarms from the wars in gaza and ukraine to china's aggression towards

taiwan. the threat level is looking dire. danhof man says the u.s. needs stronger intelligence. thank you for joining us on the cusp of a new year. i want to get your thoughts as we look at 2024. do you have any predictions or assessment of the threat level? >> well, listen, the threat level is extraordinarily high. we have a war in gaza and we've got the war in ukraine, and the potential for war between china and taiwan. so the lights are blinking red as it seems like they always are. even more intensely now. perhaps than ever before. we've also got the threat of trans national terrorism where iran and our enemies china and russia i think deliberately trying to use an information war against us to incite terrorist violence against us by portraying the united states complicit in any attacks on -- or any of the attacks in gaza that have resulted in collateral

damage where civilians have died. blame the united states and incite terrorists worldwide to attack us. the intelligence community has to be on high alert. the biden administration needs to make the right policies to keep us safe. not enough just to collect intelligence. we have to make the right decisions as well. >> molly: the hamas invasion in october was seen as a big intelligence failure for israel and u.s. being surprised as well. world leaders must act upon credible information you say. >> it's a three-stage process. it starts with human intelligence. sources who tell us the details what our adversaries are plotting and planning against us and add that to whatever else we have from signals intelligence to overhead reconnaissance and open source information to produce analysis with some level of confidence. the third stage is that some

executive decisions have to be made. we ran the equivalent of a live twitter feed about russia's intention to invade ukraine. we offered president zelenskyy a flight out when it began. we could have offered artillery, tanks, javelin weapons to try to deter the invasion or prepare ukraine for the invasion once it again. israel was warned there was analysis of hamas plans to attack and israel was unprepared. those are failures of executive decision making. it requires all three of those stages collection, analysis and decision making to avoid an intelligence failure. we need to be focused on that heading into 2024. >> molly: you raise a great point. we watched the russian troops amass at the border and world leaders were holding meetings and it shifted from no longer

talking about russia moving in but what do you do in the after math and getting to the forefront of some of these things developing. we have china making significant bold outright plans claiming they will be reuniting with taiwan. so what should the u.s. be doing on that front? >> they are not hiding that. xi told president biden at their summit in san francisco that's exactly what he plans on doing. director of cia bill burns warned that china wants to be ready militarily by 2027. what are china's plans? we need to provide taiwan with the assistance they need. maritime coastal defense among other things and need to collect intelligence on reflections in the chinese government to determine whether that deterrent is actually working. then if it's not, to raise more awareness within our own government and provide

additional counter measures to taiwan so that we can establish deterrence. we don't have deterrence around the world now. you talked about the houthi attacks on our shipping in the red sea. sanctions aren't going to do anything about that. if we targeted the networks and those who are launching those strikes preemptively that might do something. sanctions won't. the key is deterrents. i don't think now we have established that in those particular areas. >> molly: the key is deterrents, thank you very much as we head into a new year, happy new year to you. >> thanks, same to you. >> they repeatedly cited the 14th amendment section three. under bellows new standard you could argue president biden be barred due to section three with the statement of giving aid or comfort to the enemies there of. >> mike: at maine kicks former president trump off the ballot

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>> mike: president biden ringing in the new year on vacation in the virgin islands turning in dark poll numbers for bright sunshine and leaving behind the crises piling up here at home and overseas. lucas tomlinson is live from the u.s. virgin islands. >> good morning, mike. president biden is facing the lowest poll numbers of his presidency. now the president recently said people are reading the wrong polls. here is house oversight committee james comer reacting to that. >> poll after poll shows americans believe his policies are bad and even worse for joe

biden he is a crook. so i think that the democrats are trying to do everything they can in a last-ditch effort to disrupt the republican momentum right now heading into the presidential election. i think this is another example of that. >> president biden's year end approval rating is worse than any other modern-day president seeking re-election at this point in a re-election campaign. president trump sat at 45% in 2019 and former president obama was at 43% in 2011. now president biden also continuing to deal with foreign policy challenges. last night the u.s. navy was busy in the red sea, u.s.s. mason shot down a drone and ballistic missile. the second time in history any warship has ever shot down a ballistic missile in combat. the first time was three days ago. there have been over 20 attacks against commercial shipping in the red sea over the past two

months where 10% of the world's oil flows. russia launched the largest missile strike on ukraine in two years. the foreign minister said 110 russian missiles and numerous drones were fired at civilians. a maternity ward, schools, hospitals, residential buildings and commercial facilities all hit. president biden is going to have to handle a host of foreign policy challenges next year including his challenges here at home while running for re-election in 2024, mike. >> mike: lucas, many thanks. >> in is not how we should not to win. as a republican candidate i will remove myself from any gop primary ballot where one of my competitors, donald trump included, is forcibly removed through this unconstitutional maneuver. >> it opens up pandora's box.

can you let a republican secretary of state keep biden off the ballot for the illegal immigration? >> mike: maine's secretary of state barring former president trump from the 2024 ballot arguing that trump contributed to an insurrection on january 6th and tlf disqualified under the constitution. let's bring in our power panel. thank you, gentlemen, for joining me on the cusp of a new year. a very interesting election year as we head into 2024. this makes things all the more interesting and perhaps high stakes. jose, i want to start with you. do you agree with what the maine secretary of state has done? >> i do. i think the number one the government and legal system is to protect democracy. we cannot allow a presidential

candidate or former president to engage in insurrection like donald trump tried to agree. i agree but at the end of the day i understand this will end up in the supreme court and respect whatever the decision comes by the supreme court whenever that time comes. >> molly: president trump was not charged with insurrection or convicted. he hasn't been jailed. how can she unilaterally say that via her determination she says she looked at the record make that call? >> well, it's not just maine. we know that the colorado supreme court -- came to a similar finding. this will be a battle with every single state. it's a beautiful thing about democracy. every state will come to their own conclusion. we need to wait until the supreme court makes a decision. before republicans jump and say we -- democrats can't beat donald trump at the ballot box. we beat him once and we'll beat him again.

if it ends up being in the supreme court and he continues to be run for office, that's okay. we'll beat him again. we'll beat him once again and it is not an issue. >> molly: the voters go to the polls and make decisions who is electsed. in maine in the second congressional -- there is a history of maine voters saying we want donald trump from the northern rural congressional district. so what could this potentially mean? there are actual electoral college ramifications potentially, steven? >> this is the most sacred right that americans have and made at the ballot box, not in the courtroom. this is a very slippery slope for democrats. it will go before the supreme court. it is a slippery slope for them. if we have secretary of state deciding who gets to be on the

presidential ballot. i would argue governor abbott in texas has far more grounds to kick joe biden off the ballot for letting in 8 million illegal immigrants into our country. look, at the end of the day we have to have a candidate as a party that is focused on the issues. if this election is a litigation of 2020 and courtroom drama and grievances of the past, i don't think we'll be successful. if we have a candidate focused on the issues, focused on a referendum about this president and his failed agenda and the future, i think we'll be successful. that's what we have to stay focused on. >> molly: steven talking about what essentially as desantis mentioned a pandora's box argument. what comes around goes around. creativity could one day be used against a democratic candidate in some state somewhere. your thoughts. >> go ahead, jose.

>> what i say, i agree with what desantis that we have to be careful and it could be used against democrats, you know, later down the road. look, if it's used for other reasons meaning we're protecting democracy i'm against any presidential candidate, any political official whether democrat or republican from engaging in an insurrection. it is an american issue. that's the argument, that's it. i don't think it's okay for anybody in the united states trying to attack the capitol and trying to attack or bury sacred institutions. at the end of the day let it run its course. let me say something quickly on the american voter. it's ironic you see the trump campaign and trump himself saying it is the attack on the american voter. trump himself hasn't recognized the election in 2020. i advise the trump campaign and

former president to be careful what they are arguing. it is starting not to make sense and it shows. >> molly: senator collins said the secretary of state's decision would deny thousand of mainers the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice and it should be overturned. do you agree with the senator from maine defeated the current secretary of state by a landslide when she ran against senator collins in 2014. senator collins won with 68% of the vote. your thoughts, steven. >> absolutely. look, i think it has the potential to disenfranchise millions of voters. this is an issue decided at the ballot box. we need to let voters make this choice. if the former president is charged with something, that certainly should be taken into account. but again, i think we've got to have a candidate that is talking about kitchen table issues, about the future of our country and about the failures of this administration, not litigating things in courtrooms and the

2020 election. >> molly: thank you both so much for joining me this morning on what's the last friday of the old year soon to be. thank you. >> mike: the migrant crisis setting new records at the southern border. no end in sight to the unprecedented surge as a new caravan inches closer to the u.s. customs and border protection reporting more than 276,000 border encounters this month alone. yet another record high. plus a quick check on the stock market as wall street hopes to end 2023 on a high note. ♪ hi, i'll have the avocado toast... minus the avocado. so, toast? yeah. everything is so expensive these days. hey, chevy gets it. that's why they're keeping prices down to earth. like on the most affordable ev in america.

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>> mike: one of the only bowl games in the northeast came down to the wire as miami recovered an on side kick with 25 seconds left. the hurricanes were stopped short on fourth down. rutgers won by a touchdown 31-24. the scarlet knights have their first winning season in almost a decade and their first-ever win over the university of miami. so we'll take it and molly, i have to tell you, when i was a student at rutgers university i was a radio play-by-play guy we didn't win a lot of games and no bowl games. proud of the coach, staff and student athletes for the big win. >> molly: congratulations to you. there was no mayo dumping. a little disappointing.

it's all right. >> mike: thank fully no mayo. >> and lift off. >> molly: spacex launched its fall one heavy rocket from the space center with a second ratty military spacecraft on board. it is sparking a lot of speculation, how secret? we're live in miami with more. >> the military's x37b is really a mystery for space enthusiasts out there. information about where it's going or how long it will be in orbit is not being released. it's launched successfully on spacex. one of the most powerful rockets. it is going deeper in space than any other space mystery mission.

>> three, two, one. full power and lift-off. >> the seventh flight made by the u.s. space force experimental orbit test vehicles officials say this mission will help the u.s. military carry out cutting edge research. massive experiment will expose plant seeds to the harsh radiation environment of a long flight. learning how to grow food could help sustain astronauts on future deep space missions. >> this is three fallon nine rockets strapped together. it can carry bigger payloads. >> the diagram is a breakdown of the spacecraft. the individual components of the rocket, the side boosters. one of the many parts that fell off after lift-off. it then returned to earth and safely touched down.

now, the last x37b mission lasted about 900 days and now we're just waiting to see how long this mission will last. molly. >> molly: a lot of exciting breakthroughs happening on the space front. thank you very much. mike. >> mike: small business owner in phoenix is regaining hope after a homeless encampment with more than 1,000 residents is cleared from outside his sandwich shop. my next guest wasn't sure his business would survive and fought a long legal battle to clear the area. he says the difference is night and day. let's bring in joe, the owner of old stations subs in phoenix. good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: you won your lawsuit. do you feel like it's a permanent fix or is this just a band-aid at the moment? >> well, i think it's a permanent fix. actually the police are across the way just watching my restaurant so there is

definitely more police presence. and this was the first time that i can remember that i came down to my restaurant and there was just nobody around, nobody walking around, nobody doing anything just it was just clear. it was nice, really, really nice. >> mike: there in the phoenix area almost 10,000 people are homeless. according to the latest official count. 72% increase since 2017. what's been the impact around town and specifically in your neighborhood? >> well, i think that's one of the reasons why we won the case was because it has just gotten out of control. the pee, the poop, the deaf indication, fornication, the deaths. a fetus left in the street one day. somebody murdered somebody, threw them in a dumpster. it was insane, you know?

and it took "the new york times" guy coming down here and talking to me for four days to make me realize how bad it really was. you have to get up, you have to go to work and make a living. you want to survive because i'm 70 years old and it was just him saying joe, this is crazy. you know, i said yeah, you're right. it took you being down here to make me realize how crazy it really was. >> mike: what more should local leaders in the phoenix area do about this problem? >> well, they just need to change their mindset. i think they are starting to because like i said, it is just not in the zone anymore, it is all over the city, you know? and that's why i think we won the case just because it's just not in one particular area. there is homeless everywhere now. >> mike: amazing. joe, congratulations on your victory. glad things are getting better for your small business, the

backbone of the american economy. grateful for your time today, sir. happy new year to you. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> molly: 2023 marked a revolution for weight loss treatments and the trend could continue into 2024. researchers are hoping this new vibrating pill could be the next big breakthrough. we'll tell you why. plus big waves battering california beach towns and sending some people to the hospital. how long that very dangerous surf could last.

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keep people employed even if their business was in trouble so they came up with something called the employee retention credit. it was part of the cares act. you remember that in march of 2020. it was a bipartisan effort, 2 trillion in spending. president trump signed it. the employee retention credit is if you lost 50% of your sales or the government ordered your business shut down, you could get a tax refund. but it ballooned. not enough people were taking care of it. congress expanded it to $26,000 an employee. companies helped multiple employers to apply for this sort of thing. companies like innovation refunds and wonder trust. those were two of the reputable companies helping to get people refunds. a lot of bad actors got involved, too. a government program that was supposed to cost $55 billion, that's a lot of money there anyway, now has cost $220

billion with another 120 billion in the pipeline. the possibilities are it could cost $340 billion with a b dollars. what's everybody doing about it? the i.r.s. can't do a whole lot. congress passed the bill. they do-they have put a moratorium on claims and opened fraud invisions into 3 1/2 billions of claims, disallowed others and issued new guidance what is legally possible. the deadline for applying for this extends until april of 2025. we could be paying money out until then unless congress were to act. i won't hold my breath. >> molly: there was an awful lot of economic relief being offered during the course of covid. >> i didn't get any. i don't know about you. >> molly: it's amazing. years ahead of us. who knows. that was very interesting. appreciate it. mike. >> mike: molly, google's most

searched words of 2023. hamas attack in israel, the war in gaza topped the list followed by the titan sub and turkey earthquake. hurricane. most searched people. damar hamlin who made a remarkable comeback after his heart stopped on the field during a game in january. then actor jeremy renner who suffered a terrible injury in a snowplowing incident. scoring a place in the top five travis kelce not on the list, taylor swift. my thought is, the swifties were checking out kelsey to see what the deal is with him. >> molly: i think you nailed that one for sure. the most likely thing for travis kelce, that's for sure. yet another record