croix.order air force one now shaking hands with a few officials before departing. as you mentioned that "wall street journal" piece saying biden regrets dropping out of the race and now says he thinks he could have won the 2024 election, which brings up this memorable exchange he had with mark meredith. >> will you reconsider dropping out of the race? >> president biden was not kidding there, brian. what many people called biden's disastrous debate in june. it sounded the alarm that change was needed and in came kamala harris. ford said in 1976 there was no soviet domination in eastern europe. carter only won that election by 5.1% of the vote. americans are still held in gaza today. biden in days following the debate said he was staying in the race. >> president biden: unless they came back and said there is no way you can win. me. no one is saying that. no poll says that. >> over 1,000 percent see you on the ballot in december? >> if you get in in a year and a half or two you would look to

croix after five days. waking up on the island, giving what many call that disastrous debate performance in june. some wonder how he could have stayed in the race. the debate had shades of gerald ford's debate blunder -- "no soviet domination in eastern europe." both of them dealt with hostage crisises of course, a reminder that americans are still being held captive in gaza today. recalling the days following his debate, biden said he was staying in the race. >> unless they came back and said there's no way you can win. me. no one is saying that. no poll says that. >> 1000%, in your words, see you on the ballot this november? >> unless i get hit by a train. >> if you get and perhaps in a year and a half or two, you would look to come in your words, a very capable vice president to carry it over the finish line? >> only if i was told there were some medical condition i had. but that's not the case. >> air force one is not the only military jet launching today. u.s. central command says that the u.s. navy su

croix.trip comes as biden is trying to cement his legacy on the way out the door. lucas tomlinson is live from st. lucas, another great background for you. any 11th hour surprises we can expect from the president? what do you think? >> that's a good question, anita, perhaps some more pardons. the epa has announced their swing to be $1.6 billion spent on "environmental justice" programs, carrying that out to dozens of different entities, and one of the things president biden said back in washington earlier this month is he is daring president-elect donald trump to undo some of his green energy policies, particularly in states that are controlled by republicans. >> next present stop a new electric battery factory in liberty north carolina that treats thousands of jobs, shut down a new solar factory being built in carterville, georgia? think he will do that? >> now president-elect donald trump has vowed to boost fossil fuel production wants to renew lng exports on his first day back, he says we

and president biden arriving in it's croix for his -- st. croix for his last vacation as president. he's reportedly getting another freebie again, this time staying at the hem of a wealthy couple and raising ethics questions about his failure to report gifts. all right. let's take a look at these markets. futures right now all pointing lower. it's the same story as yesterday, but we came back marginally yesterday. the dow off 193, the s&p and nasdaq also down about half a percent. take a looked at the 10-year treasury yield, it's been floating around 4.6%, and that's exactly wheres it is right now. up slightly at 4.60. the 2-year yield also has been right around 4.33, and that's where it is now. unchanged. what about bitcoin? made a run for $100,000. bounced back and now it's the up $460 at $96,z 295. taking a look at the price of gold, i think gold was headed lower, yes, it is, down $20 at $263 3 per troy ounce. and what about oil? has been stuck at the $700 a barrel range -- 70 barrel range, and it's the up 2 cents. by the way, gas price across the country averaging $3.03. that's

croix.was just spotted leaving church alongside his recently pardoned son hunter. >> should putin take responsibility for the plane crash? [inaudible] on friday texas and judge ruled the biden administration would stop selling off pieces of the unused board heard from matt president-elect trump responded to that untruth social saying quote in a major crucial win for america our national security a federal judge in texas based on papers we filed a few days ago hasn't prohibited the biden administration from selling any materials designated for the border wall tom home and present like chimes borders are reacted to that news earlier. >> right now we've got it stopped it is insulting they wait for years just before we take control to sell a main piece of our plan to secure the border. >> texas attorney general ken paxson weighing in saying we have successfully blocked the biden administration from disposing of any further border wall materials before president trump takes office. the biden admi

croix with the best assignment of any of our reporters.ource with knowledge confirms your reporting now in a recent speech in washington president biden dared his republican successor to climate-proof his agenda saying in a recent speech that he wants to see these green energy and climate projects go forward including in republican-led states. some climate activists say president biden should be doing more to add insulation, if you will, to his climate agenda saying there is a lot that biden can still do in his remaining six weeks in office to stop the expansion of fossil fuels and send a powerful signal to distance himself from the incoming trump administration and its fossil fuel cronies. donald trump has vowed to boost fossil fuel projections and renew lng exports on his first day in office. the biden administration put a hold on new licenses at the beginning of the year. president biden and first lady arrived in st. croix yesterday and staying at the home of bill and connie nerve el who own a software company. that's the home he stayed

virgin islands, the bidens arriving in saint croix just about an hour ago. of course, as he is winding down his final 25 days in office. cnn's julia benbrook is traveling with the president, joining us now live from saint croix. so in terms of the president closing out the last three plus weeks of his presidency, a lot of reflection happening, i would imagine. >> absolutely. i think this is really a bittersweet moment. with just 25 days left, he's saying goodbye not only to his time as president, but his more than several decades long career in political office and president joe biden and first lady jill biden arrived here in saint croix just about an hour ago, as you mentioned, and this holiday trip has really become a tradition for them. and erica, i can see why they like it here. you can see behind me you've got beaches. the temperature since we arrived have been between the 70s and the 80s the whole time. but this trip looked a lot different for biden. just about a year ago, he was preparing for the election and seeking another four years in the white ho

croix. said these photos are old news. >> rich: lucas tomlinson in st. croix.nese sponsored hackers remotely accessed several work stations and and unclassified documents after compromising a third party service provider. calls the major cybersecurity incident. the revelation comes after a massive chinese espionage campaign known as salt typhoon that gave officials in beijing access to private text and phone conversations of an unknown number of americans. breaking tonight, south korean officials say they will conduct safety inspections on all boeing 737-800 aircraft in the country's fleet as they work to find the cause of the plane crash that killed 179 people on sunday. it comes as the south korean government grapples with a major political crisis, senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has the story but a warning some of the videos you are about to see are graphic. >> investigators sorting through the deadliest air accident ever on south korean soil. south korea's airline, jay jew air's bowing plane on the way from bangkok made a crash landing. its

croix. have had 66 new federal judgeships in a sign he wants to deny the incoming trump white house from making those judicial appointments. he's going to be huddling with his national security team after that friendly fire incident early sunday in the red sea when a u.s. guided missile cruiser shot down an f-18 super hornet. thankfully, the pilot and the backseat weapons system officer ejected safely and recovered. but it's notable, ashley, there have not been any more strikes against the houthi rebels in yemen since that incident. ash? ashley: all right. lucas, thank you very much for that very thorough report. >>> now this, the state department's global engagement center which was accused of censoring u.s. citizens has shut its doors because of lack of money. elon musk had deemed the gec the worst offender in u.s. government censorship and media manipulation. david webb joins me now. i know david wants to jump in on this. david, is this the the beginning, perhaps, of some government agenc

croix after five days on the island.y took off just a few minutes ago, we saw air force one leaving the island and flying north, heading back to wilmington where he'll be spending new year's eve. in recent years hes has spent new year's here on the island are. what many call after a disastrous debate performance, that sent democrats to general quarters and a change was needed, they said. the debate blunder against jimmy carter in '76 when gerald forward said there was no middle eastern domination if in europe. what they both had in common, they both dealt with an american hostage crisis. back to that debate, ashley, biden in the days following had said he was still committed the staying in the race. this is what he said to reporters just days after the debate. >> unless they came a back and said there's no way you can win. me. no one's saying that. >> we will 1,000%, if your words, see you on the ballot this november? >> unless i get hit by a train. >> if you get in, perhaps in a year and a half or two you would like to,

croix.iden to drop out of the race. "washington post" says that a aides to president biden said he did not want to drop out of the race. >> biden and his aides may have very well believed they could have defeated donald trump, that is not what data suggests, the data suggests that joe biden never led over the course of better part of a year into the campaign. reporter: david biden reportedly has another regret. he said he should have picked some someone other than merrick garland as attorney general complaining about slowness in prosecuting president trump and aggressiveness in prosecuting his son hunter biden. and that bull not have helped. biden with his son with xi jinping biden long denied any involvement in his son's overseas dealings, the white house reacting to the photo saying this trip is an old news. pastime to call to a day. >> and speaking of hunter biden he was spotted over weekend here in st. croix, he and president biden walking out of mass, together on saturday. notable that

after he leaves saint croix, he will spend new year's eve in delaware. and then in early january, in the early part of the new year, he will have a foreign trip to rome and the vatican, where he'll speak with pope francis about global peace efforts. and we don't expect a lot of policy advancement in these next few weeks. white house officials believe that most of what they would get done in this final sprint toward january 20th could be overturned by the incoming administration. so, again, the focus on protecting his key accomplishments and preserving his legacy over these next 20 some days traveling with the president in saint croix, julia benbrook, cnn political turmoil is gripping south korea. >> the nation's parliament has voted to impeach the acting president, prime minister han duck soo, less than week, two weeks ago, president yoon suk yeol was stripped of his powers after his brief martial law declaration earlier this month. we'll go live to tokyo and cnn's hanako montgomery. so tenneco, uh, the country embroiled in chaos yet again. so take us th

croix. yesterday the present was spotted leaving church alongside his recently pardoned son hu hunter. president biden spoke briefly to the press. >> should put in take responsibility for the plane crash? [inaudible] white house is taking steps so-called trump prove biden's agenda. including setting new ambitious climate goals, something he dared his successor to scrap. >> this can be politically costly and economically on sound for the next president to disrupt records of the part of the agenda taken a hit. the biden administration could not sell unused border wall material. the incoming president called the decision a major crucial win for america. president-elect trump borders are criticized the white house for selling components needed to finish the wall. >> they wait for ears just before he take control to sell a main piece of our border. >> it much as a possible with the four massive spending packages he helped push through congress. also vetoed a bill that would have added 6060 federa

croix with the latest on that.>> we have not seen a president biden much since he began his vacation here in st. croix pretty did pop up yesterday and went to church along with this recently pardoned son hunter. >> should put and take responsibility for the plane crash? [inaudible] there are newly released photos in the national archives showing biden vice president shaking and posing chinese businessmen during a december 2013 official trip to beijing along with his son biden hunter. there's a chinese state which sought to extract natural resources such as cobalt from china. abide in his long denied any involvement in his s son's overseas business dealings. >> i have never discussed it might business or their business, my sons or daughters picture that i've never consulted with my son overseas. >> have never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else anything to do with their businesses. >> many republicans have accused biden of not being truthful in the matter james comer spoke earlier on "sunday morning f

lucas tomlinson is now joining us from saint croix. lucas, some presidential reaction to jimmy carter's death. what can you tell us? >> that's right. rich, just in the last few seconds, we've now heard from president biden. of course, president biden was one of the first senators in congress to endorse jimmy carter for president. i'm going to read president biden's statement for you right now. it's quite lengthy. it says today, america and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian over six decades. we had the honor of calling jimmy carter a dear friend. but what's extraordinary about jimmy carter, though, is that millions of people throughout america and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well. with his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, and house the homeless, and always advocate for at least the least among us. he saved, lifted and changed the lives of people all across t

croix we wait to see if more air strikes against the houthi rebels in yemen. it is notable that since the friendly fire incident on sunday the last air strikes against the houthis not any strikes and recall the super hornet got blasted out of the skies. another super hornet was targeted and had to take evasive maneuvers. >> julie: thank you so much. we have the power panel now. samantha, former trump administration official and senior counsel at the epa and david carlucci former new york state senator. thank you for talking to us. samantha, do you think that biden is doing good or bad? is this damaging to the country to set a precedent that i want to try to tie the future president's hands behind his back so he basically can't get anything done? is that what he is doing? >> well, it is not going to work, julie. let's remember the voters resoundingly rejected biden's agenda in november including his so-called climate agenda where he spent trillions of dollars on projects that may or may not work. this administration has a bad track record when it comes to spend

croix. we will be back with more on the death of former president jimmy carter.also getting reaction from president elect donald trump on the passing of president jimmy carter. we have a match up in an west palm beach, florida with the latest on this. >> this the past week present elected trump and his team have been holding some high-profile meetings at mar-a-lago. today, not too many movements from present elective trump. our understanding is that he arrived at trump international golf course around 9:30 a.m. and departed from 3:30 p.m. he posted to truth social a few times today including a recent post honoring the life of president jimmy carter posting on allian client i just heard ts about the passing those of us have been fortunate understand this is an exclusive club. we can relate to the enormous of leading the grace and history the challenges jimmy faced as a president came at a pivotal time for our country we owe him a debt of gratitude. melania you and i are thinking warmly during this difficult time. we urge everyone to keep them in their hearts and t

croix. president biden will be. he has done this by the way for more than a decade. he closes out the year in tropical paradise on the beach. maybe some golfing. here is some of his message saying, quote: for the last time as your president, it's my honor to wish all of america a very, merry christmas. my hope for our nation today and always is that we continue to seek the light of liberty and love. kindness and compassion. dig any and he and decency may god bless you all. >> nice message. poorest member of the senate. beach houses. there is a lot of traditions he and his family have. most americans wouldn't identify with. i don't think democrats are -- they are all that sad about him leaving. i don't think there is a lot of fanfare. one democratic lobbyists admit tout hill there is such a great level of sort of disappointment on the way. this presidency is ending. it's almost like resignation at this point. among democrats nobody is looking forward to donald trump being president, but everybody is ready for biden's presidency to be done. so maybe just hang out there

we go now to lucas tomlinson in saint croix, the u.s. virgin islands, where president biden is on vacation. hello, lucas. >> hello, shannon. and president biden and his family have been enjoying a leisurely vacation here in saint croix. yesterday, the president was spotted leaving church alongside his recently pardoned son, hunter. and president biden spoke briefly to the press. should putin take responsibility for the plane crash? i haven't spoken yet. white house has taken steps to so-called trump proof biden's agenda, including setting new, ambitious climate goals, something he dared his successor to scrap. >> it's going to be politically costly and economically unsound for the next president to disrupt, to cut or cut. >> other parts of the biden agenda have taken a hit. a texas judge ruled friday the biden administration cannot sell unused border wall material. the incoming president called the decision a major, crucial win for america. president elect trump's border czar criticized the white house for selling components needed to fi

croix hads with more, really, lucas, he regrets? reporter: well, david, that's the reporting from the washington post. recalling the summer of 202275% of democrats wanted biden to dropout of the race and wanted another democratic nominee. today biden's approval rating is hovering around 39% despite that, the washington post says that aids to president biden say he did not want to dropout of the race. here is reaction to that from the national review earlier. >> biden and his aids may very well believe that they could have defeated donald trump. that's not what the data suggests. the data suggests that joe biden never led over the course of the year into the campaign. reporter: and david, biden reportedly has another regret as well. biden also said he should have picked someone other than merrick garland as attorney general complaining about the justice department slowness under garland and prosecuting trump and its aggressiveness in prosecuting biden's son hunter. what would have not likely helped biden's re-election chances are the

croix. thanks a lot. great to see you. >>> trouble with one of the united states' key security and economic allies in asia. south korean legislators voting today to impeach their acting president less than two weeks after parliament voted to remove the former president, yoon suk-yeol. now chaos erupting as the votes to oust han were cast earlier today. the opposition parties accused him of refusing to complete yoon's impeachment process. the former president is awaiting trial after putting the country under martial law for the first time in decades. the former deputy prime minister was ushered in as the country's second acting president as concerns deepen in the region about security and the economy. >>> up next, breaking news about what happened right before a doomed airplane went down on christmas day. on christmas day. narrator: at this very moment, children at st. jude are fighting to survive. with a gift right now, you can join the battle to save lives. katy: without saint jude, i don't

croix. tough job. thanks, joe biden.find very interesting, lisa, this argument he could have won which is exclusively the statement about kamala harris. that's a statement about her. oh, he doesn't want to make a statement about her. that's the thing that does. it's interesting in that they believe that tesco and i believe he would have been better. that's how bad she was. and yet he doesn't -- it doesn't mean he would have won. they are still putting the trump victory in this context as an accident because of the decision they made. what's your take on an? >> he won the popular votes of the american people were on his side. if executives listening, if lucas needs a break, i will gladly fly there and cover for him in st. croix. the american people, i have been saying this. this was a rejection of joe biden, kamala harris, the left but it was a choice for donald trump. the most important defining dates in the election cycle were june 27th and july 13th. june 27th was when donald trump ended joe biden square on the debate

croix and his son hunter tagging along.e duck will be there until the new year and will have plenty of time to clear his mind or whatever is left of it, leaving office in 25 days, his legacy in shambles. joe hitting his lowest approval rating since taking office, and he is hated by his own party who blame him for kamala's bruising loss in november. and yet, despite it all, there is very little that joe biden regrets. according to "the new york times," the president does not regret debating mr. trump in june which led to his campaign imploding. he has no regrets on naming his economic plan bidenomics, and he does not regret moving forward with his disastrous afghanistan withdrawal. really, joe? >> any other regrets that you have, anything you wish he would have done differently? >> well, i guess if i thought about it, there would be something, specifically, but not generically. i set out to do two things. restore america's leadership in the world, i think i've done that, and two, to generate opportunity for ordinary people.

croix. keep up the good, hard work, lucas.y appreciate it. >> little busier yesterday. >> jason: enjoy your time. happy new year. for more on all this let's welcome main street columnist for the "wall street journal" bill mcgurn. joe biden, he still thinks he would have won if he had run. what do you think of that? >> well that's the reason he was dilutional, but i think in his mind, in a way the outcome pleased him, because he can still say he's the only democrat that beat donald trump and they took him out. what he ignores in that is that at the time he left the race, people were seeing and his candidacy through the filter of that disastrous debate, where he was incoherent, looking confused like he didn't know where he was and he would never have caught up with him and i think democrats are mad, not because he lost, lost in the election. i think what they're really mad is that the debate exposed him. many of the same people, including nancy pelosi, that now say biden should have left earlier and that he cost us the white hou

croix. he posted a holiday note saying, for the last time as your president it's my honor to wish you a very merry christmas. we continue to seek the light of dignity and decency. some seeing biden's words as a political dig at president elect don't trump but it's biden's free stay at the beach again this week making headlines. the "new york post" citing consistent freebies and failures to report the gifts as raising eyebrows including from a former white house ethics lawyer who says, "the problem is the not disclosing" when referring to democratic presidents as the party of the people yet frequently staying in the homes of millionaires. the post pointing to four biden thanksgiving spent at a billionaire's nantucket compound among other free trips, over the years, all this on top of the mounting criticism aimed to target biden's legacy in his final days in office with many pointing to this viral "wall street journal" piece on biden's mental decline and to blow back from the president's in th

croix. >> if i were him i wouldn't come back until february. i would just say. why not? than impeach you at this point and make kamala president and they don't like her anymore either in. politics there is always someone or something to blame. when you start questioning him about his legacy, it wasn't that he had a bad debate performance, it wasn't his message or his legacy, he had a cold. it's not his fault. in afghanistan, withdrawal in afghanistan want his fault. he didn't order it against the general's advice to take gents out the way they did. that was trump's fault because of the agreement he made with the taliban a year before. he didn't kill the economy's resurgence with regulation and inflation. no, that was covid's fault. covid is this convenient thing that sometimes is the problem and sometimes isn't. that's what politicians do. the problem is he's had an exceptionally and acutely bad result from so many of his policies, that i don't think he gets the do the disappear and come back in a few years and everybody likes him again. part of it is, he's older than mo

he's on vacation in saint croix. we're about to hear from the current president about the late president momentarily. we'll have live coverage of that. david axelrod, as usual, thank you very much. and our breaking news coverage will continue when we come back. jimmy carter, the oldest living president, has died at the age of 100. once again, we're waiting for president biden to speak, and we'll be joined by ambassador andrew young, a friend to the former president, jimmy carter i can't fool myself. >> it was the most exciting time in the world. >> his life had extremely joyful moments and some really difficult moments. >> you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> luther. never too much new year's day on cnn this holiday season. kevin. catherine. all aboard the freedom unlimited. >> kevin. kevin. kevin. >> kevin and kevin. i mean macaulay. take a very special trip to the mall where anything can get your little kid. >> is cash. a ball? >> really? yeah. anything is cash. >> bankable? i'

croix. he should be speaking in the next few minutes. but in the meantime, we do have that paper statement issued from the white house. i'll read earlier from president biden. it says in part, quote, today, america and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian over six decades. we had the honor of calling jimmy carter a dear friend. but what's extraordinary about jimmy carter, though, is that millions of people throughout america and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well, with his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, and house the homeless, and always advocate for the least among us. he saved. he lifted and changed the lives of people all across the globe. he was a man of great character and courage, hope and optimism. we will always cherish seeing him in roseland together. the love shared between jimmy and rosalynn carter is the

croix. eggs a lot. for more, let's bring in today's political panel.man under president trump. ceo of arc initiatives. gentlemen, welcome. >> let's start with the speaker 's race. we have a boat coming on friday and the question is whether we will get speaker drama. here is the house oversight chairman on that. >> i strongly encouraged donald trump to get on the phone with those five or six members who will not commit to voting for mike johnson. all this will do is delay. it will delay the certification of president trump's election. it will delay the start of his first hundred days in office which is the most important timeframe of his old presidency. >> dan, is that wise for the president-elect to jump into this. >> it might be. whether it is the election certification or the agenda pieces. i am not sure donald trump will weigh in right away. his son does not use political capital lightly. this is a fight for mike johnson mike johnson is his guys long as he produces useful agenda. it is a caucus of one over there if trump sees he is fighting or flail

croix virldz. do you know where we got the virgin islands we bought den denmark.greenland, why not? >> some people saying there will be an invasion by the u.s. i think that there are a lot of people saying this is about trade deals and deals to be made. how do you see it? how is capitol hill seeing it, do you think? >> i mean, listen. you know, president trump always is negotiating. there are tolls, being paid in n. a very transparent way. but he wants the u.s. to get the best deal. we have the largest economy. we have the most export-import going back and forth in shows shipping leans between the my preference is he focuses on the middle east and the ukraine-russia as opposed to greenland and china. but, not china i mean greenland and the panama. but he must see something going on with the chinese in panama brought this front and center. i would like to see where this is really going. >> bret: i think is he going it walk and chew gum on a lot of international fronts. here is kevin o'leary on the canada part of that equation. >> think about the power of combining

croix saying at the hotel in downtown.brought 31 family members with him, aishah. >> aishah: lucas tomlinson, thank you. former republican congressional candidate of new jersey, citigroup vice president of federal government relations and barbara shrek, and fred hicks. just a couple of minutes with you both. i want to get to fred, to you first. i wonder what's going on in your head right now. do you believe this "washington post" report? is the president not getting the same numbers we're seeing? >> i think it's normal for someone to live with a bit of regret particularly given he was ushered out of the race in july of 2024 this year. but the reality is this. he is limiting decisions, reflecting but what he is not doing is calling on people to storm the capitol. he is encouraging democrats to be part of a peaceful transition. he plans to attend the inauguration january 20th. something that president-elect trump did not do. something that is normal and we watched it play out publicly over the last four years. >> aishah: sho

croix. mike, with the clock ticking to the end of his term, we are expecting some key moves in the coming administration. tell us about that and a report on the biden presidency. what say you, my friend? >> reporter: we are only seeing a brief glimpse of president biden so far during his stay in st. croix as he was attending church services last night. he commented briefly on russian president vladimir putin's seeming acknowledgment of that responsibility of the jet. if you look at his weeks before he leaves office, it is foreign policy that is among the highest priority of his to do list. you will see the president take new actions to provide more assistance to ukraine and fortify them in their war against russian aggression to try to support them ahead of a major policy shift likely to come with the incoming trump administration. and you will see the president closely managing the situation in syria with the fall of the assad regime. the national security advisor saying his biggest fear is

croix. >> good evening, we have received the first reaction from the current president, joe biden whot. croix for the new year holiday, the president saying in a lengthy statement, in which he makes several points, first america today has lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian, the president talking about jimmy carter as a dear friend but, as he says, what is extraordinary that jimmy carter is the millions of people throughout america and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well with his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless and always advocate for the least among us. he lifted and changed the lives of people all across the globe, the president continuing this statement to reflect on the personal and the close relationship that he enjoyed with carter over decades, he said that he and the first lady will always cherish seeing him and rosalynn together, the love they shared is the definition of partnership and the hu

croix with his father when they left church. it is also -- hunter's lawyer, saying it's not new despite the photos. griff. >> it's notable, lucas, you have a picture-perfect island paradise backed off. thank you. >> no big waves for you though, griff. >> julie? >> leo terrel is a fox news contributor and civil rights attorney. he joins me now. first of all, i don't know if this is a delusional standpoint, but considering president biden's approval rating which is at an all-time low -- 33% -- even members of his own democratic party question his ability to do the job given his cognitive decline. if he had hypothetically run, do you think he would have any chance of beating drum, and how do you think biden would have fared against trump compared to kamala harris? >> could he have defeated president trump? given the data we had since afghanistan, absolutely not. i think he would've lost greater numbers -- i think it would have been a blowout if he were able in lieu of kamala harris. what's happening is simple periods insiders, the

croix where he is traveling with the president who is on vacation.hat you heard from the president's inner circle post-election. what has he publicly said that he would have done differently? >> well, alex, as i was reporting this report from tyler pager from "the washington post" a few things stuck out with me from my own conversations with the president's team. the question of phasis as farra the campaign message. i sat down with someone right before he announced he would run for a second term and the economic case he would be making to the american people of accomplishments, but what the official stressed back then was because this was the first national election after the january 6th insurrection, the election in so many ways would be in their view a refer end up referendum, the threats to demg democrat see being posed bay a second trump term front and center with the economic messaging and this is one of the things that the post is looking back on it. something they should have focused differently. another is the questions that they raise in thi

croix the lame duck president has been reflecting on his last four years in office.doesn't know what did him in. or he's beginning to suspect it could be the economy. >> you know, the worst part of all this, for 36 years i was listed as the poorest man in congress. what a foolish man. i also learned something from donald trump. he signed cheques for people, $74,030 -- $7,400 because we passed the plan and i didn't. stupid. >> i guess he's figuring something out slowly. while biden may have a couple of regrets, even "the new york times" says there should be a few more things on the list. they wrote, the president does not regret debating mr. trump in june. an appears pa create add slow bleed in his support among democrats and ended with his ouster as the presidential nominee. while his administration has acknowledged mistakes during the chaotic and deadly troop pull out in afghanistan in 2021, mr. biden does not regret pushing forward with that withdrawal. now, this is the perfect time for joe to seek penance and redemption as he prepares to headover sees for his visi

croix and planning trips to italy as he makes record-setting acts of column, city.. we'll discuss with trump's incoming white house counselor alina habba. plus, president-elect trump needs help from congress to hit the ground running, so how will republicans help advance his america first agenda both at home and abroad? and will mike johnson remain as house speaker when members of congress start voting on friday? if we'll discuss with two key republicans in charge of house committees, congressman james comer on the oversight committee and the incoming chairman of house foreign affairs, congressman brian mast. and we'll hear from ambassador robert o'brien who was trump's former national security adviser on the threats around the world that trump will face in his second term. it's t all right here, right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ jay jay we begin -- jason: we begin with the 119th congress which opens on friday. up first, voting for a house speaker. mike johnson needs at least 218 members to vote for him when congress starts. it will be 219 republicans to 21

croix the president was just seen walking into church in downtown.hat is where young alexander hamilton clerked as a young man before running that incredible essay which cause people to pass the hat around sending to the counties the rest in history. i digress a little bit. there's been a lot of talk about president biden trump proofing his agenda. i should mention off the top that took a hit when the judge in texas said the by administration should not be auctioning off or selling off parts of the unused border wall. president elect trump taking to social media after that ruling taking a bit of a victory lap saying quote, and the major crucial win for america and our national security federal judge in texas, based on papers we found a few days ago prohibit divide menstruation from selling any materials designate for the border wall. present electronic incoming borders or had this to say earl. >> right now i think we've got it stopped. what is insulting they wait for years, just before to control to sell a main piece to secure the border. >> texas at

croix.s the first lawmaker from outside the state of georgia who endorsed then former governor carter in his 1976 campaign. biden was then himself young senator in his 30s saw in carter a like-minded spirit. bringing a breath of fresh air to politics in the wake of watergate. biden calling carter a statesman. talking about the work he did to eradicate disease and strives towards world peace and held him up as an example of the good life as president biden called it. biden, in that statement also making it official that there will be, he is ordering, a state funeral for the former president in washington. i think it is really fitting in some ways, jonathan, that the president who just over three weeks left in office will see one of his final acts in leading this country in mourning for the 39th president of the united states. this is somebody in joe biden who i have seen deliver so many eulogies over the years. has done so for political rivals and some of his closest friends. and, in this it

croix and offer words to the american people. guys.: lucas thank you he was mentionings a friendship that he enjoyed with former president jimmy carter with us now, is our colleague here at fox news justice correspondent david spunt and david good evening to you it is my understanding that you knew former president carter on a personal level. tell us about that. and how you believe carter will be remembered -- >> hi guy it is good to be with you i did know president carter i knew him because i was a reporter my first job was in columbus, georgia 20 years ago and plains georgia where he lived his entire life even after he left the white house. was in that market and used to watch our television station so he would call in and ask football scores on friday nights for local high schools, and give football scores that he had been to games and whatnot. i got to know him almost 20 years ago -- interviewed him several times, just a gentlemen someone that -- you know after he became president could have gone anywhere he wanted in the world but

croix. yesterday he was spotted leaving church alongside his recently pardoned son hunter.ident biden spoke briefly with the press. >> should couldn't take responsibility for the plane crash? >> 's the white house taking steps to so-called trump proof biden's agenda including setting new ambitious climate goals something he dared successor to scrap. >> it'll be politically costly and economically unsound the nest -- >> reporter: other parts of the agenda have taken a hit. a texas judge ruled friday the biden administration cannot sell unused border wall material peer the incoming president called the decision a major crucial win for america peer president-elect trump's borders are criticized the white house for selling components needed for finishing the walls. >> they wait for a u.s. before we take controlled to sell a main piece of our plan to secure the border with mack biden has 12 days to spend as much as possible from the four massive packages he pushed through congress. the president also vetoed a bill that would've added 66 new federal judges. he wants to do the nig

croix president biden could have issued that paper statement on his way to give parts tonight.isa. lisa: thank you lucas appreciate it. joining us now by phone is executive anchor of "special report" bret baier. hi bret jimmy carter leaves behind a complicated legacy known to be a good man as we heard humanitarian loved god loved his wife. but his presidency is marred by, you know, foreign policy and economic failures. how should we remember jimmy carter? >> well, good evening, i think -- his most memorable moments for post presidency happened in all that he did to serve. and in his life is service. so maybe remembrance of service. obviously, his post presidency is a different tinge to look at and habitat for humanity he built 4,000 homes on four different continents. he wrote 32 different books, and was prolific author, obviously, went from peanut farmer but also a baptist preacher of who continued doing sunday school with his church down in georgia in late into his 90s. obviously, he's the oldest u.s. president, and dying at 100, his wife rosalynn dying at 96 in 2023. so his

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decency. >> president biden last night emerged from his vacation in saint croix to emphasize what herter's strongest quality. the two shared a deep and lasting bond. >> i was the first national figure to endorse him in 1976 when he ran for president. it was an overwhelming reason for it. his character. >> carter's greatest triumph as president became known as the camp david accords between israel and egypt, a recession at home and the u.s. hostage crisis in iran would ultimately cost him his bid for a second term and a resounding loss to ronald reagan. but after leaving office, carter would go on to outlive two of his successors, becoming an advocate for democracy and human rights abroad while building houses as part of habitat for humanity and regularly teaching sunday school in georgia. he would win the nobel peace prize and battle cancer. his wife, rosalynn, died just last year. >> him and rosalynn, both as two of the greatest humanitarians and peacemakers of their era. >> carter's funeral will be at the national cathedral on january 9th, after he lies in state here at the u.s. ca

president biden, vacationing in saint croix, remembered his longtime colleague and friend and reflected on his legacy. jimmy carter lived a life measured not by words but by his deeds. he forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promote a free and fair elections around the world. my name is jimmy carter, and i'm running for president. biden, then a senator, was the first politician outside georgia to endorse jimmy carter's bid for president in 1976. he sometimes called america's greatest former president a nod to his life of diplomacy and service. after his one term in the white house. i say peace and human rights and treating everybody the same has been what i hope will be my legacy. president biden said the thing that convinced him to endorse jimmy carter for president is the same quality that endeared him to generations of americans over the last 50 years. jimmy carter is an example of it. just simple decency. simple decency. and i think that's what the rest of the world looks to america for. while pointing out their many differences, president elect trump said on social me

traveling with the president in saint croix, julia benbrook, cnn. >> sabato joins me now.is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. good to talk to you, larry. as we continue really to cover this extraordinary life. you know, you as an academic from the university of virginia, perhaps come from it from from a different point of view. many people have remarked that, look, in his era, in this time, the fact that was extraordinary, that he even won as president, but he won as someone who was from georgia, someone from the new south, someone who looked at things like race relations in a completely different way. >> he really did. and many people commented at the time, he was the first president from the deep south since 1848. so this was really a big thing for the south. and he carried every southern state except for virginia, which he lost very narrowly, and oklahoma, border state. he swept the south. if he had not swept the south, he wouldn't have won, because, frankly, a lot of the rest of the country had doubts about him, mainly because of hi

croix. any reaction from the president or his cabinet?owledgment that the likelihood of some sort of negotiated settlement is increasingly likely in the future, especially as we see the transition of power to a trump administration here. but as it relates to the surprise offer from if slovakia's prime minister delivered in person this week to president vladimir putin to host potential peace talks, it is interesting. i was able to ask john kirby about that this morning. he reacted on two fronts. first president putin's comments, saying that putin's comments were vacuous, no one should take anything president putin says seriously about a negotiated settlement because of his actions on the battlefield. kirby pointing to increasingly desperate tactics russia is taking, including with north korean soldiers who are seeing deaths in the ranks of a new per beak in the kursk region. but then the other way in which administration officials are throwing cold water on this specific offer from slovakia, listen to what kirby said about what is essentia