jansing. iran suffers its deadliest attack in decades. more than 100 people are dead after twin bombs exploded during a memorial for a revered general. we ll have the latest on that stunning scene and the implications for the entire region and the hostages. plus, with less than two weeks before the first votes are cast for 2024, donald trump s ability to stay on the ballot is still an open question in 19 states. the latest on the uncertainty surrounding critical court cases in colorado and maine. when will the supreme court step in and decide things once and for all? and a surprise at the southern border, just as house republicans show up to spotlight how bad they say things are, illegal crossings plummet to less than half what they were at the end of december. but relief both for president biden and authorities at the border may be short lived. lots to get to today, but we start with the intensity surrounding two hugely consequential legal cases that will have a major im
that will hold, and the president was asked about this and acknowledged there is work to do. he responded when he returned from his holiday time talking to reporters on the south lawn. are you going to do anything about the southern border, mr. president? about what? the southern border, are you going to do anything about it, the record number of migrants? we ve got to do something. so acknowledging there are problems there. there is work to do there, and even taking that question given all of the, as you know so well, chris, it s difficult to hear. it was late at night, but he knew a border question is one that he wanted to comment on knowing the speaker would be making that trip today, knowing negotiations are ongoing, and that it is a persistent issue, one that has been very difficult for his ais set a policy and enforcement that they feel comfortable with and that
supplemental package that has all three of these planks associated with it, but house republicans really haven t been involved in that process, and part of the reason that they re going to the border is because they want to emphasize how bad they think the situation is there and that they don t believe that the proposals presented by the biden administration will be enough to stem the tide of migrants coming into the united states. now, we caught up with the senate majority leader chuck schumer earlier today. he said that he believes the negotiations are making real progress and that he believes a bipartisan deal can get done. schumer also did throw a little bit of shade at the speaker saying it was nice that they went down there for essentially a photo op but that the real negotiating has to take place here in washington between republicans and democrats and that the only way that policy changes are actually going to happen is if they re done through a bipartisan process. he s calling
it s consistent and written by this administration. we ve got to take control of our border. we shouldn t be funding the biden administration s prerogatives until they start taking care of making our borders secure. it s slow tonight compared to how it s been over the recent weeks because they knew that members of congress, republican members of congress were coming here. that was andy biggs you heard from first and then bob good of virginia. they re parroting what you saw from the speaker in terms of the biden administration controlling the flow because they believe that the house republicans were going to be there along the border. but they really do lay a lot of this blame at the feet of alejandro mayorkas, and that s why they re going through with this. in many ways this became a situation where the speaker, mike johnson was almost forced to take this step, the conservative flank of his party was insistent upon it, and that s why it was necessary to take this step. of course it
i m wondering all the things the justices are likely to consider particularly deciing when to take up this case, particularly at this intense time line in colorado where the ballots have been to be printed on friday. is that part of their consideration? for sure. right now he remains on. a stay is in place, what colorado supreme court said once a petition is filed, you know, everything freezes. they have their next conference, chris, on friday, and they now have a petition in front of them, but it doesn t include trump. you could imagine, it gets trickier every day. what s not so tricky, ashley is we know what the battleground states are. when we look at maine and