vivek go to trump. i think that's why we've seen both of them raise their level almost equally and still double digit lead now with trump. >> bill: dana has a question. >> dana: a lot of people think what will happen in 2028? could ron desantis make a run for that? do you think based on what's going on we the media and politicians will be here in 2028, does new hampshire maintain the position as the first primary in the nation? >> i absolutely do. this is a state-run election and we have a lot of -- more than that, it is a great testing ground. we don't want to tell the rest of the country what to do. we want to test candidates and see how they are good. if they're good it's better for the party in the long run. you get a better candidate. >> bill: wonder if democratic voters hold it against him. i guess that's the underlying -- that's the undertow here. quick answer. >> on the other side of that is donald trump who most democrats,

despite the fact they were snubbed in new hampshire, they don't like him and motivated to vote against him. >> bill: you are saying new hampshire is not dead. >> dana: it's very much alive and we love it here and your place here in new hampshire. fox news alert. iran raising the risk of wider violence after several u.s. troops were injured in a missile attack by iran-backed militants in iraq. i'm dana perino. good morning again. >> bill: good morning. i'm bill hemmer live in new hampshire. the latest attacks from over the weekend are targeting u.s. military personnel at the air base. they came close about a week ago. a lot of questions whether or not they initiated this anti-missile defense system. there are some questions whether or not it was initiated this time. the bottom line is some got through and some americans are injured. houthis in yemen launching more attacks targeting ships in the

red sea. general nicholson served in iraq telling us iran is at the center of all the escalation for the violence in the middle east. >> one common denominator to all of these are the iranian influence. the axis that they are creating with hezbollah, with not only hamas, but with the houthis, with the iraqi militias that shot at our guys. >> bill: trey yengst brings us up to date in israel. there is a lot to cover there today. hello. >> good morning. over the weekend there was a large scale attack against the all saad air base in western iraq that houses american troops. multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were fired at the base. some were intercepted by the bases air defense system. others slammed into the compound. reports do indicate there are u.s. service members undergoing evaluation for traumatic brain injuries and one iraqi service

member was injured. the attack by shia militia members comes as american forces remain on high alert fearing further escalation by iran and proxies. they confirmed the deaths of two missing navy seals off the coast of somalia on a mission to intercept missile components headed for rebels in janelli. it comes as israel marks day 108 of the war against hamas in gaza. over the weekend we visited the front lines with israeli forces in gaza's second largest city. some estimates say 50% of buildings here have been damaged or destroyed since the israeli air and ground campaign began. in the distance you can hear small arms fire. israeli forces are still fighting hamas militants blocks away. using drones and air force to help infantry troops on the ground.

we've been speaking with sources across the region who indicate conversations are ongoing to cut a cease-fire deal that could end the fighting inside gaza amid broader concerns that the fighting there could spark a larger regional war. bill. >> bill: keep an eye on it. trey yengst live in tel aviv, israel. >> we started with 13 people. i had 2% in the polls. we finished iowa with 20%. we want to be stronger in new humbly -- new hampshire. they are saying everybody needs to get behind trump. this is not a coronation. >> dana: nikki haley with a message for voters after desantis dropped out of the republican presidential race days before the new hampshire primary making it a two-person contest. brit hume is here. great to have you. have you ever covered a new hampshire primary when there were only two candidates? >> not that i can recall.

sometimes there are effectively only two but usually there is still a lot still in the race. people said iowa didn't amount to much but it did what it usually does. winnow the field. it has really been winnowed. >> bill: cnn says as of today trump is at 50, haley 39. desantis six. want to ask you about that in a minute. another one from the same poll. desantis voters second choice 62% for trump, haley 30. 2-one split there. you have been thinking about desantis for the last 18 hours. what happened in his campaign with such a burst of steam and money a year ago? >> a great deal being said how he ran a bad campaign and he didn't do this and that and he had a bad launch and so on. i don't think any of that had much to do with what happened to him. i think what happened his campaign was based on a flawed premise, a premise that looked good in the polls a year ago which was that republican voters

angry with trump about a host of things from the turbulence of his presidency to the behavior after the lost the election in 2020, to the losses the party suffered while he was president and leading the party, all of that had turned them to where they were looking for somebody else. somebody with a similar issue profile but without the baggage. desantis thought he could be that person and at the time he decided to get in the race it was a reasonable scenario. the party wasn't ready to turn away from donald trump. once he got indicted by bragg on the flawed indictment. the loyalty they felt to trump came to the surface and i don't think desantis had a chance or anybody did. >> dana: the polls show that on that date of that first indictment it was never -- a slow growth but growth president trump had. >> you know, that indictment was flawed and almost laughable since it was a victimless crime. alleged fraud. everybody who loaned trump money

got paid and -- but i think the later indictments were more credible but i think that bragg indictment stained the whole project and the rest of the charges ended up losing credibility because of what he did and also because of the way he was pursued while president by investigators, by the justice department and the rest of it. >> bill: interesting you point that out. you look at some of the polling in the battleground states, not all of them. there is a pattern going back ten months. it is biden and then october in some of these states it flipped. we went back last week and what happened in october? that wasn't the alvin bragg case. it was the civil fraud trial that james brought against trump for all the real estate transactions going back throughout his career. >> i don't really think that case amounts to much, either. i think people could see that. the truth is when you get down

to it, the republican party is still enthralled with donald trump. it didn't take much to wake up the sentiment again. any other time, any other candidate desantis would have done fine. his campaign was just fine. all this stuff he wasn't cuddly and all that i don't think that had much to do with it. >> dana: people told desantis if trump wasn't in the race i would be their guy. >> i think that's true. >> dana: want to ask you what the white house might be thinking. one of the things you hear over and over again is biden is too old and i admire the deputy campaign manager doing his best to try to explain why it isn't a problem. listen to him. >> when it comes to the president's age we have a simple farm la for that. results. age equals wisdom equals results and experience. president biden because of his age has brought people together from both sides of the aisle to deliver results for the american people. >> dana: will that cut it, britt? >> i don't think so.

the age issue is a serious problem for the president and the fact is people can see that. see his fragility, his feebleness just even by the way he walks. i don't think there is any getting around it. trump is nearly as old but trump seems vigorous and robust and strong. >> bill: like britt. nikki haley said she is not getting out no matter the results tomorrow night. >> that's what desantis said a week ago. >> bill: you are right about that. do you get a sense that by wednesday morning we are diving into a general election campaign? >> it could happen depending on the margin here. look, don't forget. new hampshire is a state almost designed for a candidate like nikki haley because it used to be new hampshire was once really reliably red and through and through republican. that's not true anymore. southern tier of the state is

populated by people who work in boston. a different political profile in the state. a good state for a moderate. the independent vote is huge here. majority largest number of voters are independents. this is a state where someone like nikki haley should really have a chance. she might do something here to give us a semblance of a race for a while at least. >> bill: we're here to see what happens. >> dana: great to sigh. >> bill: want to get to gillian turner now. the secretary of state antony blinken praising mexico for what he calls a key role in stopping fentanyl from flowing across the southern border. some critics say that shout-out is not deserved. gillian turner is live from the state department. blinken was in mexico city three weeks ago. the foreign minister was in washington a few days ago. is something going on on this? >> it turns out secretary of state blinken is crediting mexico with taking what he is calling a leading role in fighting the fentanyl crisis

that, as you know, is killing tens of thousands of americans here at home every single year. take a listen. >> mexico is now playing an increasingly leading role in this. engaged in the globe ole coalition we put together and engaged with us every day and trying to take down a criminal enterprises engaged in this. with mexico. >> despite the persistently high death rates of young americans in particular suffering fentanyl overdoses, president biden says he deserves a lot of credit. >> president biden: by the way, i worked with china and mexico to slow the flow of fentanyl in the united states. as i speak it's way down. >> blinken acknowledges there is a lot of progress that needs to be made. >> two years ago, we seized -- that doesn't mean we got everything -- we seized enough fentanyl to kill every single american citizens. that's the scope of the problem. >> republicans on capitol hill are emphasizing the real world

consequences of loose trafficking restrictions along the southern border. >> sadly, we had two mothers testify before our committee who lost their loved ones, one to fentanyl, another daughter got raped by an ms-13 gang banger from honduras. this is the real life tragedy that we're seeing on the ground. it is tearing apart the fabric of this nation and it is a human tragedy. >> this just into us a moment ago. turns out next month in february u.s. officials will travel to mexico city again for the third round of negotiations with the mexican government about the southern border crisis. >> they're working on something. they got a lot to figure out. breaking news now. talking about your frequent flier miles. from manchester new hampshire to new york city 50 minutes max. donald trump really is on the

shuttle right now. he is back in new york today. set to be in court and we're just hearing moments ago, dana, that trump's lead attorney, her parents were exposed to covid. now she has tested negative but asked for a day-long adjournment from judge kaplan and we'll see whether or not that will be granted. a lot have been denied. this is the carroll case. >> dana: as the world turns, there we go. former president donald trump and nikki haley vying for supports of their formal rival ron desantis. how voters are reacting to that. we have a panel you'll want to see. >> bill: border crisis spilling to u.s. airports and fueling security concerns along way. >> 8 million encounters on the border. 300 on the terror watch list.

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>> bill: a little more information what's happening in the courtroom in new york city. juror number three, dana, reported that he is feeling ill. the jury has been sent home for the day. haba, the trump attorney doesn't feel well. one or both of her parents have covid. she had a fever for 48 hours and tested negative. trump asked his attorney to remind the judge that tomorrow is the new hampshire primary so the judge, judge kaplan, is taking that under consideration.

no decision made just yet. there will not be a courtroom proceeding today on the e. jean carroll case in new york. the president can come back to new hampshire at his choosing and he has a final rally tonight in new hampshire. i imagine that will be rather well attended. >> dana: i imagine so. there is the update from manhattan. fox news alert. tsa is facing immense backlash for allowing migrants through security checkpoints without having i.d. or their picture taken. william is checking into it. >> after tsa posted this sign at the miami airport saying illegal immigrants who use the cbp1 app can board planes without a photo i.d. and operate out of having their picture taken. critics cried foul. everyone else needs a drivers

license, passport and must have the photo taken to authenticate their i.d. >> if you are a foreign born national it should be mandatory your photo gets taken before you get on the aircraft and not be able to opt out. >> tsa says anyone can opt out. they don't say it. if you lose your i.d. you can still fly after additional screening. dhs has allowed migrants to fly without an i.d. since 2019. it's defended the policy ever since and issued the statement to us on friday saying recent reports that non-citizens have lower security bars for traveling on domestic flights are false. >> before they can get on the aircraft, they go through a full pat down, they go through a full bag search in addition to the regular screening process. we have mitigated risk substantially in that process. >> the bigger issue is accuracy of the underlying document. alien i.d. number and nta that

many migrants discard their i.d.s at the border in hopes of staying in the u.s. problem is, the u.s. often can't authenticate that name or place of birth because we don't have access to that country's database. >> we have many foreign nationals we don't know who they are. if we figure out someone is here for a nefarious reason we should have an updated photo. >> we went to seven other airports and could not find a similar sign like in miami. most migrants don't have a photo i.d. and they are allowed this process because of efficiency. back to you. >> dana: william la jeunesse. thank you. >> bill: we tried to figure it out. dave rubin in here to help us out. you took a picture last week. we put the tweet from x on the air. snapped this pick, the state of insanity. migrants don't need an i.d. to get through security and their

choice whether they want their picture taken. there was a plan to destroy america. we went out and did our own survey. we found it in some airports, and we did not find it in others. what is your take as of today? >> you will find it interesting. i was on my way to visit your buddy greg gutfeld, the reason why i was heading to new york. that is already a spilthed line to be in tsa line. the pre-tsa clearance. i don't know why migrants would be in that line. i don't know how long that note was up there. but i'm just in this case i happened to be a private citizen who saw something that alarmed me and posted that picture and i'm glad it has escalated this issue. first off, people shouldn't be in this country illegally in the first place. that's the first time they've broken the law. then there are several things as you laid out in the piece in terms of we have to take pictures. they can tell you you don't

stère to take a picture. try not to take a picture. two months ago i left my wallet at home when i was trying to fly. i am a public person and traveling with a team of people. i was stopped by tsa. i had people recognizing me saying hey, dave. i still had to wait two hours. i suspect that if i was a migrant it wouldn't have been that difficult. why are we allowing these people to be in the country in the first place and fly wherever they want, take our services, etc. part of the tweet i editorialized saying it was an invasion is becoming more fact than opinion. it is one of the few jobs of the federal government to protect the border and if we are not going to do that and then we let people go anywhere, sure, come in through texas, go live in san diego or chicago, it doesn't matter. we will not have a country and i think that's actually fueling a lot of the resurgence of trump right now. >> dana: president biden was at

an 18% approval rate for immigration and the border in particular. i wonder, dave, just in your observations, your talking to people, do they take the border issue and include things like this in terms of getting around inside the country once they're here. >> this is the first time in my life -- you guys know i was a liberal for most of my life. i hear from liberals oh my god, the border actually matters. i think some of that is in relation to what happened in israel on 10/seven. the state of people's realizing bad things can happen has been ramped up in their mind. it is also the videos that fortunately you guys on fox are the only mainstream network showing the videos of migrants flooding in every day. they aren't migrants. that implies they are only here for work. we have no idea what these people are here for. we just don't know why is it they all appear to be 25 to 35 year old generally men.

where are the women, children, these aren't the pictures of ellis island of our grand parents and great grand parents coming with nothing. look around. most of these people are fairly well dressed. again, even if they were all coming here for quote, unquote, the right reasons we're allowed to protect our border. i would say something is shifting right now politically where good, decent people and liberals in this case who normally don't care about the border or don't think about it suddenly they realize this is a problem. >> bill: it was issue one in iowa a week ago. i would say eight out of ten people i talked to last night at the trump rally listed the border and immigration as their number one issue. thank you for your time, dave rubin. >> if there is a conviction in the trial between now and the election. would it change things for you? >> absolutely not. i will always stand by trump.

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>> nope. maybe fires me up more. >> i feel like it's a witch hunt so doesn't change my vote for trump at all. >> that is nothing but a smear campaign against donald trump because they are in fear of him. >> i'm looking out for myself and my family and i just want a better life for that. he will do things. >> he has a proven track record. i like his policies. i'm sticking with trump. >> dana: trump supporters in new hampshire saying a possible federal conviction wouldn't sway them from voting. polls show a guilty verdict could hurt the former president in the again election. >> it was a trump rally. a lot of people in line for eight hours and knew where they loyalty was lying. call for number two, the reuters poll from three weeks ago. if there is a conviction of a felony by a jury look at column right. among republicans, would you

still support donald trump? and 28% said no. hence the reason for the back and forth. >> dana: let's get to talking about this. you talked to the president this morning. you want to listen to that? call for number one. lawrence and donald trump this morning. >> what's a day one like of a trump presidency part two? >> number one, we will have the same border, even stronger if possible. get rid of inflation very quickly. we'll drill like you have never seen before. we will start paying down debt. we have so many great things we're going to be doing. >> dana: he seems like he has it mapped out. >> lawrence: he is in a good mood. wants to unify the country. that's his message now. the system is going against him back to that last topic that you were talking about of the people voting for him if he is prosecuted. i was talking to this woman in the diner today and she is a nikki haley -- former nikki haley supporter you will say.

she goes, she is right that chaos follows donald trump and she made that same argument today on "america's newsroom." but the thing she doesn't talk about is that the system is against him. after reflection, that's why i have to support him because i don't support him because of them going after him and the illegal prosecutions and two-tiered justice system then i say it's okay for me. there is a lot of republicans that feel that way that may not like the tone and tenor and his argument is like they've been coming after me since before i declared. that's why i fight the way i fight. >> bill: interesting. harvard law here. what do you think? >> look, i think there is an argument to be made it's improbable a conviction could happen. the judge issued a six page decision that said jack smith, stop filing motions while this is appealed. time does not count against the seven months. that's pushing back the march timeline. to underscore the point of

lawrence jones here, a lot of voters look at this and say "the new york times" surveyed election officials in the "new york times" found that in all van bragg's case no one had ever brought a case new york prosecutors in a civil election. no one could find that about a victim prosecuted in the civil real pal and then you go to ballot removal. that's the animating feeling among republicans. however, donald trump has to win independents and why the vp pick is so important. having someone to litigate these cases going on i is credibly received by independents and suburban women. >> dana: there were voters who went from obama to trump and back to biden. how does president trump plan to get those voters again to switch and go with him? >> lawrence: if you look at that pew poll -- gallup poll done

after the election and right before the election. 52% of americans said they were better off with trump. they didn't vote for biden -- but the tone and tenor. you have the convenience to talk about tone and tenor when everything is going well and you aren't going to the grocery store and inflation is not here and the border is not out of control and crime is not out of control. you can make those type of arguments. what we hear from voters is different. i tell people from the very beginning of this republican primary process, these candidates are wasting their time. they deserve the right to run but i've been talking with dinners all over the countries and they all say the same thing. we want to return to life being better for us. >> bill: interesting. there will be a fundamental question at some point this week. we might as well crack it open right now. how many of these issues that you are talking to among diners

across america, how many of these issues, problems, scenarios, crises, can joe biden make better in the next ten months? >> that's the fundamental question. it is all the border and economy. economists would say the economic outlook is looking better. interest rates will likely come down. the fed has indicated that. that makes cars and housing more affordable. is there enough time for voters to feel the change? donald trump what a powerful message to say when i was president of the united states we had wages going up for black and latino and black americans. the economy was robust until covid hit. the feeling that voters feel. >> lawrence: to that quickly. the president as well as the white house have not conceded on the point of feelings. they explain away. i think he would have a great opportunity because when you get

him off the cuff sometimes he can be very personable. they haven't conceded on that point. until they concede on that. >> dana: get to the rope line. >> lawrence: i'll talk to him and set up at the white house if peter doocy allows it. >> bill: no matter what happens in new hampshire it's warmer than iowa. >> not much. >> bill: a stalker got swift justice in the big apple over the weekend. stand by. the nypd arrested a man who witnesses say was trying to break into swift's apartment building. she was in buffalo to watch her boyfriend compete in the play office. kelce had a big game and paid tribute to taylor swift by making a heart with his hands after scoring one of his two touchdowns. it was travis's older brother who appeared to be hammered. jason in the box with no shirt on in the family. beer chug one after another

after his brother's touchdowns. he had a blast and i'm sure folks in buffalo are pleased. >> dana: nothing like watching the romance bloom in america. >> bill: what do you think t. swifty was thinking? >> dana: i think she is having a blast. >> bill: mahomes wife grabbed her and practically lifted her out of her seat. >> dana: tomorrow here in new hampshire. which candidate picks up desantis votes after the governor dropped out of the race yesterday. some granite state voters will tell us they're here next. >> we have so many great things we'll be doing. >> there is a reason i defeat biden in every swing state and in every election. i bring americans in because that's the only way we heel and the only way we'll be strong again.

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>> bill: then there were two. two on the republican side, florida governor ron desantis dropping out midday yesterday leaving voters in the granite state to choose between former president trump and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley. they supposed to work together. want to welcome trump voter bill. we have anne marie saying she is undecided. we'll dig deeper on that one and ross, who was for ron desantis, which puts him in a bit of a pickle now. ladies first. >> dana: i understand you were going to vote for desantis and now undecided. how did that feel yesterday, the news broke and --

>> very deflating, i have to say. i felt like the balloon was there and pop. >> dana: it with as a big surprise? >> yes, it was. >> dana: what do you think happened with his campaign? >> i'm not sure what happened with his campaign. sometimes you wonder did they run out of money? was there a deal struck? i don't know. >> dana: he couldn't get a foothold in new hampshire. >> right. we're a blue, purple state here. i'm not surprised that it is difficult for two conservatives to try to win. i feel like nikki haley is appealing to the old bush kind of crony people and then the other two were fighting for that -- >> bill: at the end of the segment you have to give us an answer. is that a deal? >> i will try. >> bill: billy, economy is your issue. you voted for trump before and plan on voting for him again. >> yes, i do. >> bill: why? >> because we went through four years and we had a great

economy. for what we paid for groceries and gas and everything, it's what we know. to be able to see president trump come in again hopefully as strong as he is and promising exactly what he wants to do again for the next four years. i got to go with that. i would lean if for some reason he wasn't in i probably would have gone toward desantis myself. all the candidates are saying wonderful things. they are saying exactly what we want to hear, which is great. i'm going with a track record that president trump had from before. it's what i know. >> dana: ross, you were a desantis verity and now what? >> still a desantis voter. he is on the ballot and i'm sticking with him. >> dana: because that means nothing, right? it means something to you. right. >> it's the same reason i liked ron to begin with. he is a man of principle. he does what he said he will do. i said i was going to support him, on the ballot and sticking

with my principles because he sticks with his. i pray he runs again in 2028. >> bill: next to me is fergus. >> i am a never trump republican. how come? >> i don't think he is fit for office and should be given that opportunity again. in this campaign i vacillated between chris christie and nikki haley. i don't have any other choices, i guess i will be with haley tomorrow. >> bill: you will vote for haley. >> i will. >> bill: if it comes to the point haley is forced to drop out. next november what will you do? >> i've written in john castic before. something might happen. i'm a never trump republican and i take that seriously. >> dana: top issues to new hampshire voters number one border at 40%. then you had winning the general election at 17%. electability question. for you is the border your number one issue? >> not the number one issue but

the top three for sure. i look at education seriously. that's why i supported ron desantis. and then certainly the economy. but the border is very important. some people might not understand that in new hampshire because we don't deal with it so much. when you look at just how they are bringing people in, supposedly for cheap labor, big corporations, the democrats have abandoned the middle class. democrats have abandoned working families and so that is a very important issue, i think, when you look at it from the broad perspective. >> bill: back to billy. you say we are the wimpy kid on the block. what do you mean by that? >> it seems since president trump ended his presidency and then biden came in it seems like now it is like so many things are happening in the world, bad things everywhere between russia invading ukraine, our border, china, we're like what's going on there.

the invasion of taiwan possibly in the near future. nobody respects the united states anymore like they used to. >> bill: do you feel the same? >> no, i don't. i think in fact a lot of our countries feel emboldened by the idea they have a free hand with donald trump against america's traditional role as a leader abroad and in international affairs. in europe, for example rick what's going on in ukraine our nato allies must be terrified of what a trump administration might mean for them. >> dana: we'll come to you, anne marie. you don't have to answer if you don't want to. your top issue? >> the economy. >> i'm a small business owner. my wife and i own a childcare center together. you know, we deal with working families on a daily basis and they have really, really been crushed by this inflation, which is a hangover from the trump administration and joe biden has

poured gasoline on it. my wife and i deal with parents crying not knowing how they will pay their bill. it is devastating to watch. people can't afford groceries. it is all because of this reckless d.c. spending agenda that's going on. >> dana: glad you brought up childcare. major issue. >> it's down to trump or possibly doing what ross is doing, i just -- i'm a never nikki person. i don't want to be backwards. >> bill: thank you for being here. thank you, guys. in a moment our coverage continues live in new hampshire and we've got something special for you before we wrap things up. come on back. veteran homeowners are calling newday to pay off credit card debt that's been piling up. many were shocked to learn they've been paying 22% on their credit card balances.

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>> harris: and then there were two. nikki haley, donald trump vying for the gop presidential nomination. you can tell they spent a fortune on ads when you watch tv here. i'm in new hampshire. president biden's campaign is trying to convince black voters don't quit me, bro. former white house speech writer m marc -- "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> bill: this is donald trump going back to trump tower after court was adjourned for the day because of covid concerns. one of the jurors didn't feel well, maybe his attorney, she said she had a temperature. >> dana: she has a fever for 48 hours and parents had been exposed to covid. the judge granting a day of let's take a break and asked for another day. president trump asked his lawyer

to remind the judge that tomorrow is the new hampshire primary. >> bill: he has his final rally tonight. we'll cover that later this evening in the granite state. >> dana: in israel we saw this happen. the israeli families who have hostages being held by hamas stormed the government committee meeting to demand action. i can imagine that they are frustrated. they are probably not sleeping and they want more action to happen and they want it now. certainly the members of that committee want it as well. they are dealing with hamas and nobody is able to get -- break the log jam there. >> bill: credit for them for the pressure they are exerting. their efforts will not stop. that's from israel a moment ago. we have ice storm warnings across the heartland. drivers facing dangerous

commutes, up to half an inch of ice in some places. not what we want. power outages alikely across the plains and great lakes. tune into fox weather, your winter weather headquarters. >> dana: before we go. >> bill: tee it up. >> dana: so not only did senator tim scott endorse former president trump in the 2024 election, he got engaged. he proposed to his girlfriend, mindy. saying he didn't want the day to be disturbed by anything political. that might not last long. tim scott may get his own proposal in the vp stakes. they're very happy. congratulations to both of them. she has children and tim scott dotes on. congratulations to them. harris faulkner will take you through the next hour. here she is.