happening now, donald trump remains on the primary ballot in michigan after the supreme court rejected a bid to disqualify him under the insurrectionist ban. will this ruling have any impact on trump s legal fight in colorado? also this hour, we re standing by for a readout on critical talks that just ended between biden cabinet officials and the president of mexico. did they reach any new agreement on ways to ease the surge of migrants into the u.s. as the problem weighs not only on border cities, but also the white house. also, we re following these disturbing new images out of gaza. palestinian men and at least two boys apparently stripped down to their underwear while being detained by the israeli military. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins and you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, a new ruling in the multistate effort that is underway to disqualify donald trump from running
good morning, everyone. it is christmas. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow. thank you for joining us on this special edition of cnn this morning. we hope you are having a wonderful christmas morning. merry, merry christmas. best day of the year i think for our kids. definitely for the kids. little stressful for the parents. this is the point where you start to relax a little bit hopefully. it was a busy night for santa and the kids. we ll go through his naughty and nice list. it was also a big year for women, the year for barbie, taylor swift, beyonce, any way you spin it, powerful women left a remarkable impression on 2023. we ll take a look at that impact. robert kraft has been spearheading an effort to counter hate. we ll speak to kraft and why he says despite a rise in anti-semetic attacks, americans want to do the right thing. the top stories of the day. good morning. merry christmas. i m danny freeman. this morning israeli prime minister benjamin ne
now. thank you for jumping on with us, our viewers have new seen it, what was your reaction when you learned this happened? well, thank you, sandra and john. thanks for being on with us today. yeah, this is a marine corps town, we were shocked, saddened and disgusted. john: we understand the marines were on leave from camp pendleton, some teens were lighting fireworks and i don t know if it was a simple request, or if it was some sort of pointed request from the marines to stop doing it. what happened then? lay it out for us, mayor. yeah, we understand that we had some local youth gathering down at the beach for the end of the school year, you know, getting kind of excited and then they had this confrontation with the marines, we understand that they were setting off fireworks and the marines did tell them to stop. and at that point these youth really turned on the marines and started attacking them. this is completely unacceptable thankfully we have fired four more dep
away from a major change in this country s immigration policy. it could lead to a large influx of migrants into the united states. at 11:59 pm eastern, just a few minutes from now, the policy known as title expires. it was used during the covid pandemic to quickly expel migrants, even if they requested asylum. tonight there are growing concerns about what could happen once title 42 ends. nbc s tom giannis is on the board border with more. title 42 set to expire. fears of a crush of the border leading to changes, begin small. troops now armed near the rio grande. new fencing going up outside of juarez. and that massive crowd of my migrants by the border wall waiting days to be processed, finally rounded up and put in single file lines. the biden administration trying to calm that but rumors, spreading on social media that the end of title 42 means a free-for-all. i want to be very clear. our borders are not open. people who crossed our border unlawfully and without a legal
migrants crossing the border. and the looming debt ceiling deadline. president biden s meeting with congressional leaders now postponed. why some see this delay as a positive sign. and a lesson from the nyu journalism professor on how the media should handle the twice impeached former president who has no problem constantly lying. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are now less than one hour away from a major change in this country s immigration policy. it could lead to a large influx of migrants into the united states. at 11:59 pm eastern, just a few minutes from now, the policy known as title expires. it was used during the covid pandemic to quickly expel migrants, even if they requested asylum. tonight there are growing concerns about what could happen once title 42 ends. nbc s tom giannis is on the board border with more. title 42 set to expire. fears of a crush of the border leading to changes, begi