head south to mexico, a migrant caravan is making its way north. the lead starts right now. senior u.s. officials are urging the counterparts to do a lot more to drive down the number of border encounters. a record number of migrants is overwhelming both sides of them order, they are facing a barrage of complaints from elected officials who were usually on his side. we will explain. talking 2024, the latest development to keep trumps name off state primary ballot. they responded to a challenge of trump s eligibility, why is it the merit and their spending so confidently yet so many do not think the economy is doing well? we will investigate the finances and feeling heading into the new year. welcome to the lead, i am beyond got in for tapper. top officials are in mexico looking for help in slowing the surge of migrants at the u.s. border. the pictures show how urgent the crisis has become, we have 6000 migrants around the u.s./mexico border yesterday, that s a drop from wha
hello, everybody. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy day in the republican race for president. in the next two hours, two new candidates as the field grows to ten. that s ankeney, iowa, where mike pence will announce his candidacy for the republican normination next hour. and in fargo, north dakota, the first lady is about to introduce the government nor. he, too, will enter the republican race for president. that will bring the field to ten. we believe these are likely the final two entries in the crowded republican field. we have reporters to bringout latest. let s start in iowa where mike pence will make it official next hour. what are we going to see? reporter: you re going to see in about an hour this official in-person rally for mike pence. this is the kickoff for his iowa campaign, where his campaign says they have to lean all in. this is where they will make their mark or be allowed to continue. and they plan on try too good that by go
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
efforts to keep donald trump in office. recordings detailing how trump operatives scrambled to get fake elector ballots to washington in time for january 6th. also this hour, republican presidential candidate nikki haley trying to clarify her comments about the civil war after she failed to mention slavery as a cause for the conflict. the backlash to benight is grow as our republican opponents are pouncing. also tonight, paul whelan speaking exclusively with cnn as he marks five years of being wrongfully detained in russia. he s now pleading for the president to do more for his release as if he were the president s own son. i m kaitlan collins and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and i want to get right to the breaking news tonight because we have extraordinary behind the scenes details of the trump team s efforts to carry out a fake elector scheme as then president trump was trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and hold on to the white
erin burnett out front starts right now. the michigan supreme court handing donald trump a win, keeping him on the ballot in that state. that s not stopping challenges in other states. i will speak with someone at the center of it all. biden s border problem. the president s top diplomat wrapping up his meeting with mexico s president. will it change anything at the border? before and after satellite images of a russian warship ukraine says it destroyed. let s go out front. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. donald trump with a win in michigan where the state supreme court rejected a bid to remove him from the primary ballot. trump quick to hail that on social media today. the fight is really just beginning. michigan is the fourth state to reject efforts to keep trump off the primary ballot. similar efforts continue in a number of other states. a ruling in maine is expected any day now. trump is actually now demanding that maine s democratic secretary of state, who w