widening war in the middle east after president biden orders retaliatory iron strikes on a group in iraq. plus chaos at the border. america s top diplomat is heading to mexico where thousands of migrants are making the trek to an already overwhelmed u.s. border. local law enforcement are begging for help to deal with the ongoing surge. and lashing out, donald trump spent christmas day attacking his enemies including president biden, counsel jack smith, his christmas message to him, rot in h ell. i m phil mattingly. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with the 2024 race where republican candidates are gearing up for their final campaign push in iowa. 20 days, less than 3 weeks until the caucuses, his rivals will be crisscrossing the state trying to chip away at the front runner status. who can we expect to see in iowa? how are they going to make a difference in what has been a race that trump has led by far and away over the course of the
Jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. Thats a record. That sounds to most folks like a crisis. Well, look, its way down now. Weve now gotten control. Howard and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of Illegal Migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. When it comes to illegal migration, youve seen it come down by more than 90 , and thats because of the actions that this president has taken. Howard after the pundits pounced, Karine Jeanpierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. At this point, i dont care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz.
jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. that s a record. that sounds to most folks like a crisis. well, look, it s way down now. we ve now gotten control. howard: and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of illegal migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. when it comes to illegal migration, you ve seen it come down by more than 90%, and that s because of the actions that this president has taken. howard: after the pundits pounced, karine jean-pierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. at this point, i don t care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. i m howard kur
details. brooke: gunned down wednesday afternoon by a suspect wanted in an earlier deadly shooting at the scene. the slain journalist dillon lyons had been with the station for just under a year. two others were hurt including a photographer and the mother of that girl. yesterday authorities found a 20-year-old girl shot dead. two news reporters were at the scene reporting on the crime, authorities believe the same suspect opened fire on them around 4:05 p.m. the suspect then walk into a nearby resident, killing a little girl and injuring her mother. news 13 reporter and photographer were on the scene to cover the homicide from this morning. on harrington street, a woman and her nine-year-old girl were shot inside of a home temperature is unclear why the suspect entered that home. ashley: authorities arrested keith moses. moses has gun charges, assault with a deadly weapon and battery. authorities knew the first victim, but had no connection to the rest of them. it is u
up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we d get up here. ing. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present. since they weren t nos, the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressman matt gaetz. the victory came after that,s just one more round later. i may not know al