plus, israel is barring refugee camps as part of new efforts to find hostages. the head of the idf insists the war will go on for months but some critics think that will not be enough time to wipe out hamas. and jack smith calling on the d.c. court to do something that sounds almost unthinkable. stop donald trump from injecting politics into his election interference trial. we re going to start with secretary of state blinken. all right. we re going to start with blinken and dhs secretary set to meet with mexico s president as we speak. the two countries grappling with what the u.s. is calling quote unprecedented levels of migration as well as security challenges on both sides of the southern border. now, these discussions taking on even more urgency as a massive new caravan of roughly 8,000 mie migrants or more are making their way to the united states. the u.s. is already struggling to deal with a record number of migrants. nearly 50,000 arriving last week alone, overwhel
the democratic side, james lane on the republican side, and kyrsten sinema, of course, an independent from arizona, who is trying to bridge both sides while staying in communication with house members. remember, that s where she came from, she has those relationships and those bonds, including what speaker mike johnson, who she told me she has spoken to, and she has kept at least somewhat of the contours are looking like right here. what s on the table here is certainly overhaul of the current status quo, immigration system, as we continue to see these record numbers on the border. it s things that progresses progressives antisemitic lawmakers are certainly called about. they re calling it unimaginably cool, and in response to that, sinema told me just yesterday they are saying that because they are not the ones at the table, in the room, trying to get what would be a historic deal in immigration, something we haven t done in four decades in congress. passed through the s
democrats, senate republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort to reach a framework agreement. our republican colleagues who have said action on the border is so urgent should have no problem with continuing to work next week. senate majority leader chuck schumer calling republicans bluff on border security. he s delaying the upper chamber s recess in hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid, which includes critical funding on ukraine. meanwhile, the biden administration put more pressure on the israeli prime minister to scale back the country s ground war in gaza. we ll have the latest developments from the middle east. also ahead how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. hey, everybody. good morning to you. and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 15th. i m yasmin vossoughian, in for jonathan lemire. there are signs this morning on a potential deal on immigration reform, which could pa
off. just ahead our countries stand together and we stand stronger. and i believe the whole world is s safer when we do. we haven t degreed to anything yet, but i see the path. they should have held them accountable for the war crimes that they committed and most importantly for the war crimes he is still committing. probably my last year on the professional tour. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 19th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 a.m. in japan where the g7 superintendent summit will soon be welcoming volodymyr zelenskyy. he is expected to attend according to cnn sources. the war in ukraine is already making headlines in japan. a source tells cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies who want to send f-16 fighter jets to kyiv and uk and european union is taking aim at moscow s funding for the war with new restrictions on russia diamond sales. salma abdelaziz is in london and kevin liptak also. kevi
issue could be as early as june. the good, news staff for the president congressional leaders are meeting this weekend. they re all trying to make progress resolving the crisis as the june 1st deadline nears. also breaking today, customs and border patrol is reporting a drop in the number of migrants crossing the border following the lifting of title 42 restrictions. officials from coast to coast have been mobilizing to prepare for more migrants to arrive, the two dhs officials tell nbc news, between 75 and 8000 migrants compare that to 10,000 thursday, 11,000 on wednesday, another 11,000 on tuesday. we re gonna have live reports in just a moment. meanwhile, before talking about the debt ceiling, the president addressed graduates at howard university today, telling them this. today i got to howard, to continue the work to deem the soul of this nation. i see the future. that s not a hyperbole. we can finally resolve the ongoing question about who we are as a nation. and pu