plus, the remarkable story of this 9-year-old and how she s using her own voice for the first time all thanks to a rare and complex surgery. we re following these stories and more all coming right here to cnn central. we begin on the southern/u.s. border where thousands of migrants right now are making a very long trek by foot to the u.s. the caravan is called quote, the exodus of poverty. homeland security. p encounters with migrants at the border is averaging 10,000 nor the month of december alean. and border patrol agents say they ve been 380,000. what s unfolding from eagle pass, texas. what do you know about this caravan and how are officials preparing? jessica, they departed on christmas eve and they have spent their christmas day walking towards the united states. make no mistake about it, it s going to create an even more complicated situation. what we see and hear at the border, and, behind me it s a holding area that was empty when we arrived here this morning a
what a story to start our day. thanks, andy. thanks for joining us. i m john avlon. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. there s a lot going on on this monday, december 18th. happening right now defense secretary lloyd austin is back in israel, his visit part of the international pressure campaign for israel to change its tactics in gaza and restart the truce talks, pressure growing after the killing of three hostages by soldiers. republican front runner donald trump using darker more extreme rhetoric in that final sprint, the white house slamming trump for what it calls fascist rhetoric. right now storms gusting up the east coast and the travel delays it could cause this holiday week. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with defense secretary lloyd austin meeting right now with israel s defense min minister. pressure is growing on israel to change its tactics
equal justice under the law? we have equal application, n ths our laws in this country c to our local , state and federal officials. crimes do they investigate crimes or prosecute people? if america s justice system is ever weaponized and politicized? d politibeyond repair? all lov this country that we all love, g we are in big trouble.k at new k now take a look at new york attorney general letitia james . now, today, she filed a lawsuit against donald trump and threetc of his children and other entities claiming that infla they inflated the valuted e of the trump organization. it is nothing short, butun a very obvious political stunt . it is not a criminal case.l e it is a civil case.case but after three years of nonstop obsessive investigations, into every aspect of the president s life. bell, letitia james , she had to do something because during her race for attorney generaace in the state osef new york , she seemed totally, completelyletelh uninterested with inve
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what president trump will say following 34 counts of falsifying records. his team is focusing on next legal steps. the president telling fox news, think about how something like this could have happened to our country. november 5 will be most important day in our country, we will be fighting hard. listen. i predict this will increase t turnout on our side, he will win, he will become next president. he was already crushing joe biden in the polls. i think it will help us and that huge enthusiasm gap will be wider. todd: judge juan merchan set his sentencing july 11th. they will challenge this. because of pretrial publicity, former president could not get a fair trial. and the judge s exclusion of witnesses and the judge did not recuse himself after he donated to president biden s campaign and the judge s lawyer works for a democrat political consulting firm. expect all this to be spoken about at trump tower. steve: thank you very much. he ll be able to talk about pretty