I'm Mike Emanuel in for Shannon Brem. A new year set to begin at the stroke of midnight.

The report card in for a tumultuous 2023, 2024, promising to be a year of surprises and a history-making election.

Fireworks usher in the new year down under as America waits the ball drop

tonight in Times Square. Wall Street celebrates a hot streak for stockholders

mortgage rates drop inflation slows, but most Americans

still feel the pinch.

We'll ask Economic Council of Advisors Chair Jared Bernstein about the disconnect in an exclusive interview.

Plus, we're at a time of the year where we're seeing more at the border and it's not unusual. This is an immigration system that has been

broken for decades. Migrant encounters for the year crush records as

Congress remains split on security talks. We'll get reaction from two border state congressmen,

Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar and Texas Republican Tony Gonzalez.

Then I came to the conclusion and that I could not unfortunately or fortunately

wait for the United States Supreme Court. Maine becomes the second state to try and block former President Trump from the 2024 primary

ballot.

It opens up Pandora's box.

And I say this is somebody who's running in the same race as Donald Trump. This is not

how we should want to win. This should be decided by the voters of the United

States. It should not be decided by courts. Republican Hopeful slammed the move as the race for the White House heats up on the

campaign trail.

We'll get reaction from our Sunday panel and get their take on some of the biggest legal battles ahead for both President Trump

and President Biden's son Hunter.

All right now on a special New Year's Eve edition of Fox News Sunday.

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