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for shannon bream. report card in for a tumultuous 2023, 2020 for promising to be a year of surprises and a history making election. ♪ fireworks usher in the new year down under. america awaits 10 nights, wall street celebrates a hot streak for stockholders. mortgage rates drop, inflation slows. but most americans still feel the pinch. we were less economic council of advisors chair jared bernstein about the disconnect in an exclusive interview. plus spirit clicks are at a time of the year we are seeing more at the border. it is not unusual but this is an immigration system that has been broken for decades request migrant encounters for the year crash records as congress remains split on security talks. we will get reaction from to two

border state congressmen. texas democrat henry cuellar texas republican tony gonzalez. then. lexa came to the conclusion that i could not unfortunately or fortunately, wait for the united states supreme court perplexed at main it becomes the second state to try to block her president trump from the 2024 primary ballots. >> it opens up pandora's box for quick to say this is someone who is riding in the same race as donald trump. this is not how we should want to win. lexis should be decided by the voters of the united states should not be decided by courts request republican slam the move as the race for the white house heats up on the campaign trail. we will get reaction from our sunday panel and get their take on some of the biggest legal battles ahead for both president trump and a president biden's son hunter. i'll write now on a special new year's eve edition of "fox news sunday."

♪ hello from foxnews in washington impaired this last day of 2023 you begin with news out of the middle east. u.s. navy helicopter sunk three iranian backed trance or gunboats in the red sea after coming under attack when responding to a distress call from a danish owned cargo ship. a fourth gun but managed to escape. a running back forces struck the same cargo ship to set it with them i as a bright u.s. navy destroyer shot out to more ballistic missiles filed from a houthis controlled area of yemen while responding to that attack for the been more than 20 attacks by houthis on international shipping since november 19. all of this admits to heighten tension in the region over that israel/gaza war let's turn to lucas tomlinson live from st. croix where the president is spending his holiday with reaction. >> mike, it is the first time u.s. forces have come under direct attack in the red sea forcing them to return fire in self-defense but u.s. military central command says helicopters

in the aircraft carrier uss dwight d eisenhower destroyer greatly returned fire sinking three of the gunboats killing all crewmembers aboard. one managed to escape. both helicopters returned to the ships unharmed. >> lucas turning to the economy in the new year they were encouraging numbers but they do not seem to be resonating with main street or the voters. majority have a negative opinion of president biden's handling of the economy. what can you tell us? >> mike, the economist on the reasons president biden's approval rating have plummeted, having the lowest approval rating of any president running for reelection since the end of world war ii. a majority of democrats do not want him to seek reelection. a vast majority of americans think he is too old for the job. >> president biden ended the year feeling upbeat about the economy. >> it is all good. take a look. a recent fox news poll says a majority of his own party

disagrees. 61% of democrats say the economy is in bad shape 85% of independents agree. and only 14% of voters say the president's economic policies have helped them. about half say they have hurt them in st. croix the president boasted one more great year in the books and listed a number of what he called his major accomplishments. sankey tackled inflation and lower costs and created good jobs. he did not mention the big year on wall street. the doll finishing up nearly 14% higher the s&p 500 increased by 24% over the past year. >> it has been a petty or no question about it. inflation hasn't come down from 9% now we're down to 3.5% inflation. that is still too high for people per. >> the rate of inflation has dropped from its 40 year high many americans are still feeling the pain of high prices. a recent report said americans seem to make an extra $11000 a

year to keep up with inflation. to pay the bills americans have racked up over $1 trillion in credit card debt. >> every average american is in the stick their hand in their pocket in the bite administration you have far less of a header in the trump administration. >> president biden returns to washington he faces a grueling reelection campaign in 2024. >> lucas tomlinson reporting from st. croix at many thanks. joining us now council of economic advisors chair jared bernstein. welcome. >> thank you, mike. a happy and prosperous new year to you and all of our viewers. from the fox pole in the next year 22% say get better, 44% said they expect the economy to get worse. how troubling is that heading into an election year? >> new year's day a good place to start is let's look at what folks were saying last new year's assuring us was

inevitable. and that the unemployment rate would have to rise have many points in order to get inflation down. go back a year end a half and it was north of $5 a gallon. there is no recession. has been below for 22 months in a row. the price of gas this morning at $3.11 on average. and below in 28 states. this combination of lowering inflation and inflation is a solid glide path to the pre-pandemic rates. this combination of tight labor markets and easing prices had led to real wage gains. on a yearly basis nine months in a row. that's a trend not a blip. why isn't that reaching more

americans? the two most closely watched measures of consumer sentiment and consumer sentiment they rose big time in december. up 10% and other whopping 14%. that is one month that certain suggestive the relief to families like the one he grew up in our working and people are starting to feel it. >> more fennec fox pole only 14% say they've been helped by president biden 46% that helped number has dipped from december 21 and 22. i do think they're upset? >> people have been through a lot over the past few years a 100 year pandemic, a global supply chain that led to geopolitical conflict and so on.

some of that is definitely in the mix. you have to look at what people say. i pay a lot of attention to that. they are the best arbiters of their views of the economy. we also have to look at what people do. if you look at the last couple of months from november 1 to christmas eve we saw spending at restaurants go up 8%. that is less than two months. we saw spending online sales go up 6%. overall retail spending very strong christmas season. huge gains people of color. we don't start businesses at this rate i'm conference where were going the trend and the economy. real wage gains for nine months in a row year over year for mid-level workers i think you see some real momentum in the

good start for the new year. that may reference to spending the set up piece was talk about the ballooning credit card debt in this country. is that a potential trouble spot down the road? >> it's obviously something we want to look at. one of things we want to see has been very important middle and lower income people as well. in fact for people and communities of color we have seen a record numbers of increase in wealth. that's one of the reasons why households balance sheets have actually been in very good shape this time of year. some of what you're calling ballooning is really a return to normal levels of credit card delinquencies or debt levels. but if you actually look at how much it costs even as interest rates have gone up there and quite good shape. in fact if you look at after-tax or disposable income, that is up

3.7% over the past year. that is on the tailwinds it's helping support consumer spending. now remember, we are in economy at 70% consumer spending. with the strong tail wind of this job market behind consumers, with easing inflation coming back to where it was pre-pandemic, with lowered prices and eggs, tvs, toys, airfare, used cars, that is really starting to make a difference to families. some of that is showing up in confidence measures we saw that this month. let's be forward-looking as we are about to start a new year. what's the president's plan with the economy if elected to second term? >> two words for you, lowering costs. lowering the cost of insulin. make sure the measure is this a president legislated to keep down the price of prescription drugs, of health care coverage, to continue fighting against junk fees whether they are at concert events, airfares, banks,

hotels, to continue to build on the progress we have made great not just lower inflation but actual lower costs in key areas of consumer spending. it's very important to look at a contrast between who this president is fighting for it looks to us like their economic agenda going into 24 is to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires to repeal this president's legislative measures to lower the cost of lint insulin. to lower the cost of prescription drugs for you to lower the cost of clean energy and health coverage and defend the irs so millionaires and billionaires will continue to evade hundreds of the billions of dollars in taxes. if you look at who is fighting for home i think it is pretty clear. >> what about the debt? 33.9 trillion and growing is not sustainable. >> totally a fair point and a big issue for the coming year when we'll have our budget out in a couple of years i'm sorry in a couple of months. that budget will show deficit

reduction under this president. he has a proposal on time at the last budget now to reduce by 2.5 trillion over 10 years we need congress to work with us. by returning fairness to the tax code nobody under $400,000 would pay a dime in taxes. many of whom i just suggested have been debating hundreds of billions of dollars of taxes. we know republicans are trying to cut back the irs funding that would help to reduce the tax evasion and close the tax gap. our idea is to lower the cost it is not just high end it tax increases it is to lower the cost of prescription drugs cost at insulin, healthcare coverage again measures that look to us like the opposition wants to repeal. that is going the wrong way it raises the budget deficit, we

saw that this year end some of their proposals parade that raises the budget deficit. it raises costs for middle-class families. it raises costs for seniors. that is not what you will see in our budget. c4 r8 jared bernstein thank you very much and happy new year break time for the send a group they helped national potable reporter juliet manchester. mollie hemingway editor in chief and fox news contribute a foxy senior political analyst juan williams and reuters white house correspondent jeff mason. welcome to you all. so what you're white house correspondent on duty how alarm is the president and his team with those economic numbers? >> they want to emphasize what they see as success as you hurt gerrit do that in the interview just conducted. they want to emphasize prices have together want to talk about the low unemployment. but the truth is the important piece of politically is what your bolshevik americans are not feeling it. despite what they may be saying publicly i think there is concern and the west wing and in the campaign in delaware about

how do we make americans realize the biting economy is actually pretty strong. americans just don't see it that way. mike: julia help vulnerable to these make the president of the upcoming election? >> and make them very vulnerable by the economy is one of the top priorities both voters tend to vote on if this is a trump versus bite in a matchup in polling would seem to suggest that trump can easily look back on his pre-pandemic economic numbers and point to low inflation and a low unemployment throughout that. that makes biden vulnerable. i've the biting campaign the trumps economy during the pandemic. but i think at the end of the day it still about issue for president biden. mike: it was a rabbit or the clinton era it's the economy, stupid breed of voters do not be like the economy is strong, i know what wall street is heading up, mortgage rates are coming down but if people do not feel it, is the president in trouble? >> yes if people have to feel there is some improvement. and in the poll numbers we've

gone over this morning, the poll numbers from box of the good news for biden is that it is headed in the right direction people fill better about 2023 then they do about 2022 and way better than they did about 2020. the numbers are still low. but again if you look at some of the real world experiences that we have every day at the gas pump or buying eggs and bread, you start to see these prices going down and americans have reason to think things are getting a little better. the other part of this conversation is, julia touched on it pre-pandemic. people understand we went through something that was pretty horrible that had damage done. biden has on them to work with here. all the numbers that jared bernstein went through this morning are what you're going to hear on the campaign trail. and he is right's consumer confidence, consumer sentiment is up and december. holiday spending is up. and he is going to talk not just

about the economy he is also going to talk about chaos on capitol hill in the last year end h is going to talk about a t of the issues regarding donald trump regards how do you assess the president's chances exceed biden administration is extremely rosy when they talk about the economy pray they seem to think every thing is going incredibly well but it sounds like for jared bernstein things are going well for him personally. the problem for the biden administration is the american people do not share that rosy outlook. by a two -- one margin they neee economy is going to get worse with hearing the biden administration the prices are going down. it makes a lot of voters feel the biden administration just has no relationship to reality. and what it's like to go to the grocery store but the same items in the cart and have the prices skyrocket. this is a problem for american voters for they want to feel

like someone understands how difficult it is or how difficult it years to buy a house. they are real issues they're not getting the feeling from the bite administration that they don't understand how difficult the economy is for the american average american. mike: were off to fast start thanks panel putting forth you later in the chauffeured life in pictures of the border at eagle pass, texas for hundreds of thousands of migrants have been pouring into the united states during the last three years of the biden administration pray there is no clear and insights. at this very moment thousands of central american migrants are making their way up through southern mexico to reach the u.s. next we will speak to to texas border congressmen, one a democrat the other a republican about the crisis right after this. aded without fingersticks. manage your diabetes with more confidence and lower your a1c. it's covered by medicare for those who qualify. ask your doctor about the

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mike: a live look at the capitol dome here in washington but congress is still up on holiday break this week the senate and house return the second week of generate with a jam packed to do list in a generate 19th deadline to fund the government or face a shut down for it foxy senior congressional correspondent chad pergram lays it all out for us. >> legislative lift. a rush to secure a border deal in order to unlock aid for ukraine and israel. all in the shadow of not one but two potential government shutdowns. >> the winter recess will be a busy and important few weeks for the u.s. senate projects bipartisan border talks resume after christmas. >> i am planning on staying at the negotiating table forever long it takes to get this done for. >> it is doubtful the sides can forge an agreement right away.

>> this is not easy. >> a collision with a generate 19th government funding deadline could pulverize border negotiations for. >> the shutdown clock is ticking now for. >> house speaker mike johnson opposes a band-aid spending plan called acr. that could be the only option to avoid a shut down. >> it will save tens of billions of dollars but won't achieve the policy goals and many of us have been fighting for progress mcconnell's is a temporary bill is quote devastating for the military that is because interim bills squeeze the pentagon the most. >> acr is simply unacceptable. >> then there is impeachment. republicans believe the holiday recess could persuade skeptical gop members to impeach the president after talking with people back home. >> constituents want to know what's going on here. they want to know is our president for sale? >> house is considering holding hunter biden in contempt of congress. he ducked a subpoena for a deposition in september. the border could overshadow everything. especially as local officials

feel the heat to deal with the waves of illegal migrants. >> a chad pergram thanks very much. staggering figures in the southern border since the beginning of december there have been more than 286,000 migrants encounters they are. since the new fiscal year began october 1 there have been more than 770,000 encounters with more than 83500 known got a ways, migrants seen or detected but not apprehended by joy to me not to texas congressman's district touch the mexican border republican tony gonzalez and democrat henry cuellar. some eye-popping numbers of the illegal immigrants coming to the united stents. congressman cuellar if he's watching right now what would you tell them to do? >> he needs to look at the factor right now is that as long

as people are coming to the border and they feel they're hitting a speed bump they are being released and waiting for five or six years for an adjudication they are going to keep coming. it is the factor if we do not address that by addressing detention, giving them the quick and then deporting most of them are going to be deported because asylum cases if you look at the last 25 years 87% are going to be rejected so why are we allowing one 100% when he ought to be looking at smaller point it is the full effect you got to have detention and deportation. >> congressman you invaded speaker mike johnson and lady repuladyrepublicans to the boars week. he had democrats coming as well. >> was to get on board. i have posted democrats as well and i love to host anyone who is willing to come to the border

that's exactly what the speaker will seat next week. i believe in illegal immigration i believe most of america believes and illegal immigration. aside to deport those you could watch and lose the next president enforce those policies that are on the books. hosting speaker at johnson next week is very critical to getting house republicans on board. i'm expecting at least 60 of my republican colleagues to join us on that visit. we are going to be at eagle pass. we'll be hearing directly from people on the ground. the stories are going to rest ignite it's going to lead house republicans into 2024 as we try to tackle these issues. >> the justice department going up to your governor greg abbott find to sue over the texas anti- immigration law threatening

appropriate legal remedies to ensure it texas does not interfere with the functions of the federal government. do you support them congressman cuellar? there's a federal law to it's a misdemeanor you keep doing it it becomes a felony. there's already something there my only concern is and i understand the state of texas there is a frustration and i joined them in that frustration. the only ones who are trained to do immigration law are border patrol. it is not the military. it is not the texas dps or the local officials. that is it my concern is the training part of it but i joined them in the frustration. there is a federal law that says if you come here illegally misdemeanor or felony. the federal government starts enforcing the books including title hb.

>> congressman your thoughts on the d.o.j. going after the government? >> fate sue us, we sue them and round and round we go. meanwhile henry and i we are the one seeing every single day. enough with the finger-pointing we want tangible border security there will be no border package butdoes it include henry cuellar and to tony's consent or input n making sure there are real tangible solutions because we live it every single day. mike: secretary of state at homeland security secretary traveled to mexico this week for there is a joint statement basically talking about a variety of issues. house speaker mike johnson is furious about what came out of that saying quote secretaries mayorkas and blanca discussed with the president amnesty for

illegal immigrants for do you worry about amnesty talk attracting people and not deterring them congressman? >> and no. look the last time we had amnesty was in 1986 you had a democratic congress and you had a republican president, ronald reagan that is the last time. what tony and i are trying to do is trying to figure out how do we stop large numbers of people coming in. tony tony and i were down there senator and other members we spent about five hours with the president of mexico we've just got to make sure we understand each other but we do not want mexico to interfere with our foreign policy earth hour laws. but we want them to do their job. the more we stop people on their 20-yard line which is in mexico and guatemala, the better it is for us. then we enforce title eight deportation and of course detention also very. >> congressman was the visit to

mexico by the cabinet secretary a photo op? within a photo op. the secretary of state doing his job. and i thank him for doing his job and visiting some of these countries. for too long the administration has raid on dhs secretary blinken. but i'm going to be very clear there will be no amnesty in any national security package. i will make sure of that. i'm looking for tangible solutions that is a dog whistle to the left that essentially tries to get them on board. i'm not worried about the politics edits. i am seeing americans do not feel safe in their homes and their own homes. i am seeing fentanyl killing americans. i'm seeing cities all over the country but right now we are talking about new york city and chicago but next year we'll talk about denver and l.a. and philadelphia. there is no end to this border crisis until there are real tangible solutions that starts with enforcing those that come

over illegally and our country you deport them back to the country of origin. >> and you gentlemen return to capitol hill funding will be a critical issue facing and generally 19th deadline after a ccouple short-term punts. will you guys get a deal through september the 30th congressman cuellar? >> both at tony and i are appropriators we certainly want to make sure we found that the appropriations bill especially homeland appropriations bills. we do have a january 19 and we have february 2 and in between there we've got to see we've got to work out a deal on the border and of course ukraine and the ie other areas. those are the things we need to look at. as appropriators we need to make sure we do not have a shut down. we need to make sure we fund the government appropriate. >> congressman do you worry about another short-term funny extension? >> ideal. if you thought the politics in

2023 were fun wait until 2024. it is going to be a lightning is going to beat nonstop. once again henry and i sit on the appropriations committee i have been pushing to pass these conservative appropriation packages that have gone to the house, work with the senate come up with a deal i voted against the last continuous resolution i voted against the previous continuing resolution before that and i will vote against the next continuing resolution unless there are meaningful border solutions in there you can count me as a no on any continuing resolution for. >> congressman gonzalez, congressman cuellar thank you so much. >> thank you so much happy new year. up next followed after decisions in colorado to keep president trump up the ballot next november. as even some democrats joined republicans collect unfair and undemocratic but we will bring down our sunday panel with their thoughts on this hot button topic, next.

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>> there is of course a criticism after maine and followed colorado pushing to remove president trump the 2024 presidential ballot on constitutional grounds this is several other states have lawsuits calling for their own band. alexandria hoff has more. greg's hi mike. colorado main rulings removed from from the ballot have effectively put on pause pending

appeals. the trump legal team plans to file their appeals against the two states on tuesday. >> my first and foremost obligation is my oath to uphold the constitution and the rule of law. >> the already groundbreaking effort by some states to challenge for president trump some ballot eligibility, maine's decision stands out to read secretary of state unilaterally ruled to disqualify trump in colorado the decision came from the state supreme court. according to the trump campaign quote we are witnessing in real time the attempted theft of an election the disenfranchisement of the american voter. there are currently 13 states with lawsuit seeking to bar trump from the gop primary ballots. they all lead on eight single war era provision in the constitution that bans a person engaged in insurrection from holding public office. an appeal by colorado republican party leaves interpreting the 155-year-old claws up to the u.s. supreme court's.

for now trump's name will appear on colorado's primary ballots unless the high court sides with colorado's earlier decision to kick him off. >> i think the court will see this for what it is which is a distinctly antidemocratic effort to win this election and the courts rather than polling places for. >> california secretary of state shirley weber declined efforts to have trump's name will move from ballots this week. telling the los angeles times quote i have to basically continue to abide by the rule of law. and for me not to do that than i am no better than trump. >> this is interesting if you total up the states were trump has been disqualified from the ballot or efforts to do so are pending it comes out to 171 electoral votes that is out of 5:30 eight. >> thanks very much. we'll bring back our channel and molly this action places like colorado and maintenance at risk of this backfiring on democrats

and only helping former president trump? >> clearly it is already backfiring. there is a general democrat strategy to bring criminal or civil charges against the president who tried to steal his family business. try to remove his name from the ballots. this is viewed by a lot of americans as completely unfair and antidemocratic. in the united states we complain about other countries not practicing free and fair elections usually that means they have removed the opposition party from the ballot for they have tried to improve the opposition party members but the idea americans won't be able to vote for the candidate of their choice does not reflect well on the democrat party. or ssuch a player, for a presidential candidate florida governor ron desantis. >> it opens up pandora's box. can you have a republican secretary of state disqualified biden from the bout because he has let in 8 million people illegally a massive invasion. i think we win when we hold

biden accountable and talk about the issues that matter to the american people so they democrats want the election to be about all of these other issues they do not want to face accountability for their failed policies. mike: juan, wearing on the ballot issue? >> the problem here in the case of maine it was right in the law. she has the power as the secretary of state sheet looked at the law and said without a doubt it insurrection took place in this country and generally six, 2021. there is violence at the capitol she saw donald trump as having a key role in that insurrection therefore said he cannot run on the main ballot. there's a similar finding in colorado. the problem for republicans is they said this is a matter of politics. this is like a sum of third world country pushing your political opponents up the ballot. but in reality i cannot think of another country were a political leader would try to overthrow the government and then come back and say i'm running for

president. i think most of them would say put that guy in jail for. >> at this country we call due process if you believe sum has committed a crime you charge them with a crime. you have a trial related to that crime you convict them for it what's happening in the situation you have unelected justices on the colorado supreme court all appointed by democrats in a democrats decorative state. unilaterally deciding to claim a protest is somehow related. >> this constitution. >> us not how our country operates and we talk about due process and cause additional protection for. [inaudible] or quickstart nation of laws that apply to all of us. and in this case the constitution says that someone involved in insurrection assist civil rights after the civil war could not then run for office. that is the law. that is the law. the problem for trump and the republicans as they cannot get away from the stink of january6 and donald trump lies about generally six trump is not even saying he's not guilty he is

saying you can't ask me about it because i was president that is what he is saying. mike: we've got more to get into you guys are doing great job president trump as many other court cases deal with in the new year president biden's son hunter is also facing legal troubles in 2024. david spent has more. >> 2020 for a year marked by an intense presidential campaign and one filled with trips to the courtroom. if your name is hunter biden or donald trump. the former president facing before it state and federal prosecutions. with the possible trials. >> dab in the middle of the election year. trump is taking his fight to a federal appeals court on januar. hoping the judges will throw out charges relating to his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. his attorneys argue president trump has absolute immunity from prosecution for his official acts as a president. the indictment alleges only official acts so it must be

dismissed. the filing comes a day after the supreme court declined to fast-track the case. a temporary blow for special counsel jack smith who want to take trump to trial on march 4. one month before super tuesday that date is expected to slide and regrets his strategies to run up the clock for. >> trump attorney general barr tells fox news absolute immunity may not extend to the former president picasso was a function he was performing when he was doing these things after the election? and the government's position is going to be that he was eight candidate he was acting as a candidate not as president provokes legal challenges also played the biden family as the president's son prepares for next month's arraignment on federal tax charges. including three felonies hunter biden also faces felony gun charges in delaware. president biden faces a separate special counsel probe into his handling of classified documents

while vice president. as well as a possible congressional impeachment. >> david thank you very much for jeff, you covered for president trump what about the points of a ofher running out the clock to basically win reelection and make these cases go away? >> that is certainly something his critics and perhaps even his supporters think he is doing. it is part of the strategy. i was counting up in my head the number of elections i have covered i think this is number five. 2024 so unprecedented because of the dual action of the campaign's the primaries, the general election once we get there. and that these legal battles. it will underpin the entire race. and going back a little bit to the debate on the other side of the table, i think one thing we can all agree on ... to the legal cases and the politics is generally six is a big part of the 2024 election. regardless of what side you're

on about what happened that day this election is not just going to about the economy it's not just going to be about israel and the foreign policy. it's going to be about what happened at the end of former president trump's term in office. mike: of ucd evidence of these legal cases have any drag on the former president's campaign? >> no. fax it seems to have made him stronger in the republican primary. he is leading in iowa, new hampshire, at the national level. he's the victim of a legal and political establishment in this country. if he's the nominee i'm curious to see if voters look at that more noise from inside of washington it is an interesting position when you have trump going through his own legal issues and the sitting president sonic going through other legal issues. i'm curious to see whether voters at the end of the day think is is noise or something to look into for. >> what about the hunter biden

impact on the biden campaign going forward. house republicans considering going after the president in terms of impeachment. >> hunter biden is the president son he is not the president. and clearly he is a very troubled person, even to the point of addiction and trouble you can see online if you have eight lurid interests. it seems to me so far i am open to see what is going on. he is a tax cheat go get him i say and i say that from either side of the political aisle. when you look at what they are suggesting is the basis for impeaching the president of the united states i think the republicans so far are looking for smoke because they believe there is a fire. but so far they do not even have smoke. they do not have anything. i think in large part that looks like they are acting as if they are political extensions of the trump campaign and trying to create an equivalence between what is going on with all the

legal troubles that afflicted president trump, rudy giuliani being found guilty of a hundred $40 million i believe, sidney powell, janet ellis, all on the trump site and saying that similar to us going out the democrats. but so far there is no evidence. >> the problem for present pioneers to problems. one is the biden family business for the biden family business traded on the name of joe biden, the president they got a a lot of money from foreign oligarchs and foreign entities. i would not exist about joe but it mutes that he is intimately involved you now have receipts showing some money from this business didn't make it to the biden family. more troubling is this other issue that every step of the way when official start looking into the family business they were obstructed and shut down. even quite recently you had president biden admitting he knew hunter biden plan to object

obstruct congress in their investigation of the biden family business. foreign oligarchs give a lot of money to the biden family in exchange for access to joe biden. he says that he knew -- the white house knew hunter biden plan to obstruct congress. and they did not do anything to encourage him to follow the law and testify in front of congress. when you look at recent impeachment site president trump, president bill clinton this one is much more serious than either of those. >> there is evidence of a president trump trying to extort the ukrainian president to get evidence against a political opponent for there is no evidence here for. >> looks different now. you look back and think president trump wanted to look into some of the corruption that has been revealed and ukraine with the biden family. >> there is not. i am really shocked at this but it is really nothing. scivil right panel stay with us. [laughter] up next were a little over two weeks into the iowa caucuses for this time the first cycle of these americans with their voices heard on who they want to

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seems like we are headed toward a trump versus biden rematch. that being said though, i really have my eye on new hampshire. i know we are talking about iowa because it is first. but new hampshire is still interesting to me because you have trump and haley in second place for the hill decision desk average shows about 17 points behind trump. that is still eight lots but you have christie at 10%. so if christie were to drop out he's given no indication he will that would bump haley much closer to trump. now before the drama and the fallout from her comments about slavery and the civil war, i think we were talking a lot about the possibility. but christie sort of dug into that. he's given no indication is dropping out. i think we are going toward a race for second place. but new hampshire is one to watch free. >> jeff, how do you see it? >> it's been a race for second place the entire year for former president trump has been ahead in the polls and all of these places it is not shown up in the

debates for a reason he is not needed to. there might be surprises pretty think it's important to remind all of us that polls have been wrong. we certainly saw them wrong in 2016 and there could be some voters who are saying what they're going to do or have not decided. the polling largely -- the difference between these candidates is so huge. it is pretty hard to imagine is not a trump and biden 2024 race. mike: what about some of the pressure on the republican candidates to get out to make it a 2% race on the republican side? >> to the point that was just made it would help nikki haley of chris christie got out. it does not really seemed like it would change everything altogether that much anyway. even if ron desantis pulled out a miracle and got close in iowa and if nikki haley wins in new hampshire it does not change the contours of the race that much. the american voter, the republican party voter remix seems to have committed to

president trump. he is essentially going to run this in incumbents. and if anything it would seem there is more support for donald trump being the nominee of the republican party then there is for joe biden to be the nominee of the democrat party. cocook swan, our democrat's rigt to be worried about potential third-party candidates? >> they certainly are. they would drain his support from president biden formoso them president trump. you look at joe kennedy ex- rfk junior excuse me. that might be a little different. but, you look at the history of this and you look at people going back to john anderson. you think about ross perot he got 19%. john anderson about 7%. in more recent years you think about gary johnson. they are all done in single digits these people are spoilers they are not winners and the idea is they would spoil it and most likely spoil for joe biden. mike: a right panel great job happy new year.

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epstein. some of the names may be familiar to you. this week some high profile friends and associateses of of the late jeffrey end teen are expected to be outed. a federal judge allowed time for any of the more than 150 people mentioned to appeal her ruling. the list of jane does and john does includes former epstein employees and sexual abuse victims. the victims are expected to remain anonymous. the unsealed court documents are related to a defamation case brought by virginia roberts in new york against ghislaine maxwell. roberts claims maxwell defamed her by alleging roberts was lying by being sex trafficked by epstein. prince ann true paid a settlement to -- andrew paid a settlement to roberts last year. march a black burn has been pushing for release. >> we feed e to know who was on that plane, who was participates in this -- participating in this.

they've redacted those records in the ghislaine maxwell trial, but getting to the bottom of this is important. mike: congressman tim burchett, also a tennessee republic, has suggested the fright logs haven't been made public because too many of his colleagues could be compromised. epstein killed himself in 2019 while behind bars awaiting trial on sex abuse charges. presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. says the records should be released to the public and talked about his own two flights on epstein's plane. >> i was on it in 1993, and i was on it in -- and i went to florida with my wife and two children to visit my mom over easter. mike: it is expected those high profile names could be are released any day now, a story we will track this week. that's it for today. thank you for joining us. i'm mike emmanuel in for shannon

bream. happy new year, have a great week. and we will see you next "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ if. >> morning. pete: go to church, everybody. rachel: absolutely. ♪ ♪ >> good sunday morning