threats after banning donald trump from the ballot. we ve got the details. also the political fallout. americans freed in a prisoner swap with venezuela arrive in texas. what we know about this deal, and who the u.s. handed over in exchange. also ahead, an estimated 20,000 now believed killed in gaza as fighting between israel and hamas rages on. this as talks to broker another pause in the fighting appear to stall. and today is expected to be the single busiest travel day ahead of christmas, but are the airports ready for the rush? hello, it is friday eve. we are almost there. thank you for joining us at 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. new fallout this morning from that bombshell supreme court in colorado, decision barring donald trump from the ballot. in the 24 hours since that decision was made public, social media sites have been flooded with new and alarming threats against the justices on that court, according to a report obtained by nbc
showdown in iowa. major republican candidates running for the gop nomination are on the trail, their attacks are escalating. the central question remains, can any of them catch up to donald trump? and, the worst attacks and two generations. that is that one senior u.s. official described recent assaults in the red sea. what is happening there could have a big impact on your wallet and supply chains. from what you pay at the pump from up by me missing to store shelves. after weeks of seismic rumbling, a volcano in iceland erupts. rivers of lava and smoke billowing over iceland. could it get bad enough to impact international travel? we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us on new central. i m laura sanchez alongside brian peeler in the nation s capital. all eyes are on the hawkeye state. 2024 presidential primary officially will be underway with the iowa re
new information about how trump will respond today. a typhoon packing wind gusts over 100 miles per hour and it is battering the island, a look at the devastation and the danger as the worst of it hits at this hour. a brain decoder or mind reader? a scientific breakthrough that is remarkable. scientists in texas on the brink of training artificial intelligence to read your mind. this is cnn news central. ron desantis is running for president. not a news flash, exactly. everything he s been doing the last weeks and months have helped position for that. his announcement with elon musk on twitter tonight will be a culmination of that. what is new is information about what the florida governor will say and how he intends to run against donald trump. also new, how his opponents are positioning themselves. this is a video commercial. out just moments ago from former south carolina governor nikki haley. in it, she paints desantis as an echo of trump. whatever i want he
a new era at the southern border with title 42, the covid policy that blocked migrants at the border expiring just hours ago, but the legal limbo isn t over. a new ruling overnight injecting new uncertainty into the situation, so what s the plan now? and did officials do enough to prevent chaos? our system has been broken for more than two decades. everyone agrees about that. it s time not to criticize, it s time to act. also breaking this morning, the man accused of killing jordan neely in a new york city subway surrendering to police moments ago. the former marine now facing a manslaughter charge. we ve got a live report outside the courthouse. plus, extreme weather, tornados touching down in oklahoma and elsewhere causing widespread damage. we ll tell you where this system is heading next. let s begin with the breaking news on the southern border where the covid restrictions known as title 42 expired overnight. in the early morning hours, this is yuma port of entry
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