dangerous rhetoric. we re talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that s because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. when we re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? there are efforts to stop people from voting. that s not right! this is not russia! this is the united states of america! and i will fight until the death to make sure every citizen, whether they re green party, whether they re freedom party, whether they re democrat, whether they re republican, whoever
this november. our law and order panel will dig into that as well as lenient crime policies and the impact they re having on american cities. plus, despite all of president biden s bragging about the economy, brand-new polling does signal that voters aren t exactly buying it. our panel will weigh in on that as well. the sunshine state bracing for a direct hit from its very first hurricane of the season. we ll check in with the fox extreme weather center that is tracking hurricane ian for us. that is coming up in a bit. first, the white house seemingly dodging questions tonight especially when pressed by our own peter doocy if the president believes america s biggest cities are safe. lucas tomlinson is the very latest on which party voters think is tougher on crime. hey, lucas. good evening. one of the major issues concerning voters in the midterm election: crime. violent spikes across the country countries major cities, president biden s former press secretary jen saki gave
of cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 25th. of course you know, we ve all been waiting for this beautiful morning. i m amara walker. good morning and merry christmas to you as well. thank you for spending part of your holiday morning with us. just ahead this morning, fighting racism from a one horse open sleigh, after getting hate mail for put putting up a black stanta in his yard santa in h yard, one man fights back. and how dollar stars are quickly becoming the go-to destination for shoppers. and we re going to introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year, with a heart warming moment as she accepted her award. first let s get you caught up with this morning s headlines with whitney wilde. good morning and merry christmas to you, if you re celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterda
it is the top of hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. and i m victor blackwell. today two border state republicans are taking their immigration battle up north. but families are stuck in the middle. greg abbott ordered more than 1 100 migrants but bused and dropped off at kamala harris s home at the conservatory. they have already bused thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks and they are said to be used as political pawns. the fact that fox news and not the department of homeland security, the city or local ngo s were alerted about a plan to leave migrants, including children on the side of a busy d.c. street makes clear this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt. and then there is florida governor ron desantis and he s gloating that he chartered two flights to carry migrants to martha s vineyard. including young children who were arriving without any warning to local officials who scrambled to set them up in a nearby church. but here is ho
in 2022 they put his political opponents in jail. steve bannon will join us. first welcome to tucker carlson tonight. it feels like washington has always hated trinity. donald trump. that s not true. for years he was considered a joke in washington, d.c. that was true as the latest 2016 primaries. many professional republicans that were making positive noises about donald trump. it changed in a moment. it changed on february 13th of that year at the republican debate in south carolina which donald trump criticized the iraq war. obviously it was a big fat mistake he said. it was obvious it was a mistake. that doesn t mean you were allowed to admit it in washington. you weren t. thousands of lobbyists and journalists owed their salaries and reputations to perpetuating the lie that american foreign policy was succeeding. no one believed that but everyone had to say it. here was donald trump refusing to play along and giving away the game in public in tv. the reaction in d.c.