Judging by his comments, he clearly wants to campaign on this issue.

Have you spoken to him about the Senate proposal and are you simply trying to kill this to help him out of the campaign?

No, Manu, that's absurd. We have a responsibility here to do our duty. Our duty is to do right by the American people to protect the people.

The first and most important job of the federal government is protected citizens.

I have talked to former President Trump about this issue at length, and he understands that.

He understands that we have a responsibility to do here.

The president, of course, President Trump wants to secure the country.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, with a pretty weak denial yesterday on Donald Trump's very clear desire to kill any border deal.

We'll bring you the latest from Capitol Hill on the bipartisan Senate measure and its future in the House.

Plus, President Joe Biden says he has decided how United

States forces will retaliate for the drone strike that killed three service members and injured

dozens of others. We'll go through some of the possible military actions. And we'll show you the

new comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that are now bringing even more

uncertainty to a possible hostage deal with Hamas.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, January 31st.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us.

We begin here. President Biden says he has made a decision regarding how the United States

will respond to the drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers a few days

ago. While departing the White House yesterday, the president told the reporters on the South

lawn that he's not looking for a wider war in the Middle East. However, Biden did not elaborate

on how exactly the U.S. will respond. Later, White House National Security Council spokesperson

John Kirby told reporters that the response might involve multiple actions sustained over an

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