Speaker of the U.S. House Mike Johnson is expected to travel to Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday to visit the border. Johnson and House Republicans plan to hold a press conference there to highlight what they say are the failures of the Biden administration to enforce border policy.

Dr. Navin Bapat, a professor of political science and chair of UNC Chapel Hill's curriculum of peace, war and defense, joins us with more on how border policy may impact the 2024 elections.

Two political science professors, Dr. Michael Bitzer of Catawba College and Dr. Chris Cooper of Western Carolina University, stop by to discuss what we can expect from the upcoming elections.

Dr. John Connaughton of UNC Charlotte and Dr. Michael Walden of N.C. State, two economists, predict what's in the cards for our economy this year.