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monica alba is reporting from the white house, also with us, david drucker, senior writer at "the dispatch" and elise jordan, former white house aide under president george w. bush and an msnbc political analyst. so guad, customs and border protection literally moments ago announced the border saw a very slight dip in crossings yesterday. what are those numbers like? >> reporter: chris, so these new numbers say they saw 11,000 migrants cross the border on thursday, so that's about a thousand less than what we had seen monday, tuesday, and wednesday. it's a small dip, and it reflects what we've seen here. we still have large groups arriving near eagle pass but the crowds are a little smaller. customs and border protection has been working around the clock to try to process these migrants. we've seen a lot of buses and vans take them to the processing centers, which by the way, in this sector, the real sector that eagle pass is a part of, they say they're at three times capacity. so it could be that they're moving them faster, but if these numbers that were shared, 11,000 say, it's a little

joining me is ryan patella, seen i don't fellow at the drucker school of management at clairmont graduate university. so good to see you given. what to make of the year that passed? many thought that the fight against inflation would lead to a recession, but that didn't happen. why did so many experts get so many things wrong? >> i think it was bazillions. the economic conditions, they could not believe the inflation would stay high with unemployment needing to actually increase. unemployment stayed low. i think the other thing too, many businesses have become more resilient during covid, and part of that, we see people plan out to that degree. consumer spending was actually -- didn't decrease very much, either. i think that kind of shocked some of the numbers. but obviously we're still not out of the woods, but definitely, when you talk about 2023 and double-digit growth for the market, that is not something that many would predict. it turns out to be a good year for those in the market, and still through all the instability, you know. it's a win. >> yeah. throughout all these so-called

let's check in with lindsay drucker, the global cfo of oddity tech about the business. he can't give specifics because they are in the quiet time before earnings. welcome to mad money. >> thank you for having me here. >> you've got a tremendous business model. it's incredible. you basically said, our success is based on our outsider approach, we are a technology company seeking to reinvent every aspect of a massive industry. tell me what this means. >> oddity tech is transforming beauty and wellness industry with technology by and liking unlocking online and delivering consumers the best in class products that solve their pain points. in the five years since we launched in the u.s. we built the largest direct to consumer platform within the industry and have two of the most successful direct consumer brands across any vertical of all time. we are just beginning. we continue to grow our market share with the existing brands that we want new brands and products and categories. we are already winning and beauty, in skin, and hair. effectively, we are re-creating with the b

earlier, i spoke with a senior fellow at the druckers school of management and asked him what the experts missed in their economic expectations for 2023. here he is. >> i think it was a resilience. i think the economic conditions that they could not believe that the inflation would stay high with unemployment needing to actually increase and unemployment stayed low. and i think the other thing, too, is many businesses have become more resilient during covid, and i think part of that we see people kind of plan out to that degree. and consumer spending was actually -- didn't decrease very much either. so i think that kind of shock with some of the numbers. obviously, we're still not out of the woods, but definitely, when you talk about 2023, and double-digit growth for the market, that, that is not something that many would predict and turns out to be a good year for those on the market and still throw all of the instability something you -- it's a win. >> throughout all of these bad times, it didn't stop people from spending, that's for sure. last time you and i spoke, it was in the wake o

to do it because they think it will backfire and make things worse than they already are. >> david druckertalking to you again soon. >> thanks, guys. >> by the way, david is right, if you look at donald trump's approval rating in the republican party, it goes up. >> she's a billionaire icon, producer, now taylor swift was just named "time's" 2023 person of the year. next, we'll speak to "time's" editor in chief how the magazine made that decision. as we go to break a quick look at what's making headlines across the country this morning. "the los angeles times" how covid, the flu, and rsv are all on the rise in california. the olympian highlights how washington's governor is seeking $50 million to fight the opioid crisis. and "the detroit free press" looks into how general motors is increasing the pressure on over 43,000 workers to return to the office. "morning joe" will be right back. back ♪ we worked hard to build up the shop, save for college and our retirement. but we got there, thanks to our advisor and vanguard. now i see who all that hard work was for... it was always for you. seein