expires. so we ll take you down to the southern border this morning. also, it looks like turkey s presidential election is head for a runoff. we have christiane amanpour here to hear why this race has global implications. and aaa is predicting one of the busiest travel day weekends in decades. an expert with tips on how to beat the rush. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. but here s where we begin this morning. new overnight, a bus of migrants dropped off at the official home of the vice president, kamala harris, in d.c. texas governor greg abbott sent the bus to the naval observatory after title 42, that covid-era immigration policy expired last thursday. many were expecting a surge of migrants over the weekend, but according to the biden administration, that s not what happened. here s president biden sunday after a bike ride. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than much better than y all expected. of course, the con
treated or not treated. there are cries for alvin bragg to file charges against a 24-year-old marine veteran, who put neely in a choke hold after he was acting erratically. this is part of a rigorous investigation and we ll review the medical examiner s report, access all available video and photo footage, identify and interview as many witnesses as possible and obtain medical records. this is being handled by senior experienced prosecutors. here is kathy hochul. it was horrific to view a video of jordan neely being killed for being a passenger on subway trains. i don t care about labeling it, looking at the video, you know it is wrong, no one has the right to take the life of another person. alexandria: kathy hochul and alvin bragg have received backlash. we are investigating this situation. let s let the da conduct his investigation with law enforcement officials to really interfere with that is not the right thing to do and i m going to be responsible and allow them
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
we ll see if it shows up. anderson is now. good evening. so it begins. four years the day after he entered the 2020 race with the video condemning the former president s comments after a white supremacist rally, joe biden is running for a second term. he appeared in a video released saying we still are in a fight for the soul of the nation. he spoke about the need to, in his words, defend democracy. repeatedly spoke of the need to stand up for what he termed personal freedom. this time, not just against the extremism of a former president who hopes to retake the white house, but a republican party, the president believes is enabled by him. we protect our rights, to make sure that everyone in this country is treated equally and everyone is given a fair shot at making it. but, you know, around the country, maga extremists are taking on the bedrock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy, dictating what de
donald trump is claiming authorities will arrest him tomorrow relating to alleged hush money payments made to an adult film start stormy daniels. while a decision from a grand jury not far from right here where i m sitting could still be days away it. would make him the first former president indicted in our nation s history. what we know, what we don t, and the potential political impact here is our lead story. correspondent david spunt joins us now from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. late this afternoon, perhaps the final grand jury witness in a year s long investigation involving alleged hush money payments between the former president and an adult film address. two heavy hitters in manhattan court this afternoon, former trump fixer michael cohen and robert costello, cohen s one time confidante who rebuffed cohen. now is he on the revenge tour. i tonight condone it. i went in there to tell these people the truth about hot real