podcast, all two hours sitting there lick our big delicious cheeseburger. our coverage continues in the situation room with wolf blitzer. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. donald trump appeals colorado s decision to remove him from the state s republican primary ballot. he s asking the u.s. supreme court to decide disputes about eligibility for his office under the u.s. s constitution insurrectionist ban. also tonight, iran is warning of a harsh response to deadly explosions near the tomb of a top iranian general exactly four years after he was killed in a u.s. air strike. cnn is in the region with an update on the blast and the rising most tensions. and house speaker mike johnson and dozens of gop lawmakers visit the southern border turning up the pressure on president biden to cut a deal on immigration. this hour i ll discuss the migrant crisis with new york s democratic mayor eric adams. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around t
thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin today. it s a busy final day of 2023. just hours before the ball drops, the security is tight in new york s times square. celebrations are set to get underway, despite the heightened threat environment, following the october 7th attack on israel. we are live on the scene with the latest. of course, in many parts of the world, it is already 2024. we will show you the sights and sounds and the hopes so many have for the new year. meanwhile, tensions are high across the red sea at this hour, as the u.s. navy sinks three houthi boats and downed ballistic missiles fired from houthi controlled areas. we will have more on that. legal action in donald trump s world is not stopping. we will reveal that question special counsel jack smith has for an appeals court that took more than 80 pages to ask. and we begin this hour with a countdown to the new year. up to 1 million people are flocking to times square to witness new yor
we had left even a little late. passengers themselves receiving praise from safety experts. had the passengers, for instance, not followed instructions and tried to take overhead luggage with them or tried to, you know, pick up this stuff that they had left under their seats, people would have died. now so far, japanese officials have said they have recovered the flat data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder from the coast guard plane but have not yet recovered those devices from the japan airlines passenger plane. wolf, those devices are going to be very critical in this investigation. we ll be learning a lot more in the days to come to be sure, brian todd. thank you very much. there s breaking news coming in right now. the u.s. justice department, listen to this, has just filed suit against the state of texas over the state s controversial new immigration enforcement law this. as the house speaker mike johnson visits the southern border. cnn s ed lavandera was more.
one of the people who voted against sb 62. the bill who protect businesses and individuals and other entities from discrimination lawsuits if they refuse service based on their religious beliefs. but supporters deny it targets the lgbt community. people should be able to live and work according to their faith. i don t see this as an attack insofar as you re protecting your right to, a, practice a religion and. the controversial immigration enforcement law that was signed. it s sending a message to progressive global companies that this is not a friendly environment to work within or to have a business within. to me what this says is phoenix and tucson and flagstaff have nondiscrimination
unnecessary and unprecedented. but does the obama administration s claim of executive privilege hold up. dang, you are fat. you re so fat. you take up the whole dang seat. laura: liberal columnists compares bullies on the bus to some prominent republicans. what? we ll debate it. laura: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. laura: hi, everyone. i m laura ingraham in for bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. a huge ruling today handed down by the justices on sb 1070. arizona s immigration enforcement law. that is the subject of this eeps talking points memo. already president obama and governor romney are using it to stoke up their bases, no surprise there. now, to recap, the law had four main components.