Good morning. Can a lie be criminal fraud if nobody loses money? The Supreme Court pondered the

principle and how far it might apply. What about the family that says it's very important to me to have

a Christian babysitter and someone comes and they purport to have this characteristic, but they don't.

That's ahead today on Legal Docket.

Also today, the Monday Money Beat David Bonson standing by, and the World History Book today

The Problem of Government Debt, going all the way back to the seventh president.

He was, even by the standards of his own day.

He was at the deficit hot.

It's Monday, January 6th.

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Good morning.

Time now for the news with Kent Covington.

The newly re-elected speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, says Republicans have a lot of work to do between now and Donald Trump's inauguration on the 20th.

We want to make sure that we're jump-starting

the agenda now over the next two weeks so that he's prepared and ready on day one. He says

the president elect wants Congress to get to work on one massive policy package covering everything

from border security to tax cuts. Johnson concedes that even though the GOP controls both chambers of Congress now,

their majorities are slim and moving big legislation will not be easy. Some Democratic members,

like Congressman Jake Alkencloss, are already signaling opposition to planned Republican tax

cuts. I don't know how their fiscal hawks are going to be able to justify at a time when the

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