surge. fewer and fewer asylum seekers are trying to cross in, but the officials warn that it may not last. what is maybe a telling setback for russia with four military aircraft down over russian territory, and what it is saying about the ukrainian capabilities. a florida teacher is showing a disney movie to her students, and now she is under investigation by the state. these stories and more are coming into cnn news central. the intense surge of migrants at the u.s./mexican border at the end of the covid era title 42 has not happened. the secretary of homeland security warned of the surge, but the surge was in the days before title 42 ended when the crossings were topping 10,000 a day, and now just over 4,000. what has not slowed down is the bitter politics surrounding immigration. the texas governor did it again, sending migrants to be dropped off out of vice president s kamala harris s home. we go to pablo sandoval who is live outside of the vice president presiden
norah:so es for dangerous weather. multiple rounds of severe and heavy rain. new developments in the case of natalee holloway. joran van der sloot is being extradited to the u.s., nearly 20 years after the high school girl went missing in aruba. tens of thousands of acres of farm land here in central california are flooded. what this means for farmers and for your next trip to the supermarket. what is the value on that pain? 15 million. an experimental skin patch may help people with peanut allergies, viaskin peanut patch holds 1/1000th of a peanut to help build tolerance. norah: and our moms in focus series, we celebrate a family of dedicated mothers and honor all of yours. it s just a natural response that we care for each other and are very close and loving with each other. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. we begin tonight with a crisis at the southern border. th
the yellow mendoza was in the fourth, her sister sophie was a second grader. rays of sunshine, that s how they re school principal describe them in a letter to other parents, their mom was critically wounded. it s not a good evening when this woman s family is now making plans to return her family to india for a funeral. her name was aishwarya thatikonda, she came here some five years ago to pursue a masters degree and she was at the mall with a friend who is also wounded. nor is it a good evening when a security guard christian lacour is remembered in death as the kind of person who would light up the room instead of celebrating life for him. and, all eight people were murdered saturday. the killer wounded seven others before he was shot dead. 128 years into the year, it was the country s to 122nd mass shooting. 222 incidents where people were wounded or killed. 222 opportunities as a society to actually do something to honor the victims of gun violence to make them the last
don t think 2022 was all that great. a recent fox poll shows that just 23% think this last trip around the sun was a good year. as critics point to biden s broken promises. president biden: without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. no progress. extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate and division. it s a bill that will cut your cost of living and reduce inflation. take time to get inflation back to normal levels. a more humane policy based on family yoonfication. don t come. don t leave your town or city or community. molly: the white house is looking at 2022 as a success and making promises for the new year. after building the most significant legislative record we will deliver more for the american people. we ll talk to ronna mcdaniel in a moment. jacque heinrich is live in the virgin islands with the president. 67% of americans say that 2022 was not a good year. a bad year. granted that is down
it could cause catastrophic flooding. aishah: i m in for sandra smith. state and local officials are telling more than 2 million to leave their homes and get out of the way of the massive storm. ian strengthening to a category 3, ripping through western cuba, 125 mile per hour winds and heavy rains slamming the island and causing heavy flooding. john: i said good wednesday, only tuesday, wednesday is when it s go time in florida, just hours to go now until the storm makes landfall, many are attempting to avoid the storm-packed highways, and those hunkering down have been clearing supermarket shelves and emptying the gas pumps. aishah: and charles watson and max gordon are live in the tampa bay area, where officials are bracing for what could be the first direct hit on the region from a hurricane in more than a century, john. john: looking ugly there in the next 36 hours. first to steve bender tracking ian for us. where is it headed, how strong is it going to be? we