harris. julie: the floodgates are woad open at the southern border. the speaker of house demanding president biden to take executive action on the crisis. the images we see every day are just simply stunning. i m julie banderas in for harris today. thanks for joining us. president biden spoke directly with mexico s president yesterday sending secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of homeland mayorkas there in the next few days. border patrol sources reporting a record number of migrant encounters, 200,000 so far this month alone. an average of about 10,000 a day. those are just the ones we know about. monday alone that number topping 12,000. border patrol agents outmanned by a 200 to one ratio even. wives of agents speaking out on the hardships suffered by those on the front lines. he is infuriated and heartbroken. he has loved his career up until this administration. and we have literally watched our border be handed over. it has become too much. it is overwhel
hit the campaign trail in iowa today. getting brand new reporting on the former president s strategy there and how it might play nationwide. and we have wild pictures out of iceland, just look at this, when a volcano began erupting overnight. it would be beautiful if it wasn t so destructive and dangerous. an update on what is happening there now. and new law in texas making it a state crime to enter illegally from mexico. the details after the increase in crossing at the attorney border. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan. john is off. this is news central. and today, it is all about iowa. nearly all of the 2024 republican presidential candidates will be in the state. and ready to rumble. they have no time to lose. less than a month until the caucuses. and that is translating into more face time with caucusgoers. more money going to ads, more money going to bolster every campaign s ground game to get iowans to turn out and caucus on january 15th. and this morning cnn ha
fire. intense earthquake activity before this. it is, wow, magnificent to see. thanks very much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. tonight on 360, is the gop okay with their presidential front-runner borrowing a notion and the words from hitler? some answers from 2023 not 1933. keeping them honest. also tonight, breaking news. a legal setback for his former chief of staff, mark meadows and rudy giuliani, who s getting sued again for repeating lies. later, more fallout in the case of the florida republican party chairman, his wife, the accusations of rape, a threesome and hypocrisy. good evening. pamela brown tonight. we begin with a return of the mostly tepid reaction to outrageous statements the former president makes that have slowly been returning within the republican party since the shock of january 6th wore off. specifically reaction to this from over the weekend about undocumented migrants. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve don
indeed. helene cooper, great have you on, thank you very much. great reporting. that is tonight s reidout. inside with jen psaki starts now. inside with jen psaki starts now. well, the four times indicted republican front runner is continuing to echo the language of adolf hitler, and brag about compliments from vladimir putin. so, that is pretty much where we are right now. donald trump said all of that new hampshire just over the weekend, were governor chris sununu just endorsed nikki haley. the governor is going to join me to talk about all of that later in the show. we are going to dig into some pretty wild new reporting about supreme court justice clarence thomas, and concerns that he would resign over his paycheck. we do want to start tonight with what i hope will be a bit of a sober reminder of where the american electorate sits right now. it is important for everyone to hear. this weekend, trump, once again, echoed dictators, praised autocrats, repeated racis
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re keeping a close eye on two developing stories this hour. in texas, the state s attorney general is facing an impeachment vote. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. the conservative republican says it is illegal and being pushed by corrupt politicians. in washington, meantime, house speaker kevin mccarthy says progress is being made in talks to avoid the nation s first-ever debt default. a short time ago a source familiar with the intense discussions says it is now down to one final sticking point between the white house and republican leaders. the issue at issue at this hour is work requirements for social safety net programs. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. manu raju is up on capitol hill for us. manu, just being told it s down to one issue is cold comfort. that could be the one thing that drags this thing out. what are you learning about the state of the negotiations at this