starts right now. michelle obama s as she is terrified about what 2024 election results will bring. the lead starts now. a crucial week before the caucuses in iowa and trump is not there. he is in court. he is falsely calling january 6 criminals hostages. plus, a cnn correspondent embedded with migrants trying to get across the u.s. border from mexico, a desperate journey but they are not from latin america. these migrants are from china. and it could be the smoking gun in the investigation as to what went wrong in a the alaska airlines flight. a missing door found in an alaska backyard. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. only seven days until the first of voters get their say in the 2024 election. next monday republicans will gather across iowa and they will caucus for their favorite candidates. the latest contenders, once again, they are off the campaign trail because of his legal issues. trump is expected to be in court as his lawyers face off against special couns
it was difficult to support myself. some employers refused to pay him after working. even if they say the chinese economy is strong, it is about the upper class. i wish i was never born. living feels so exhausting. [ speaking non-english language ] reporter: after saving up enough to restart his trip, he heads to a bus station where people hold up signs like these in chinese. this one says to the colombian border. more than a dozen migrants ride the bus north and we go with them for the ride. they plan their next moves during the ride. california. that is the ultimate goal. reporter: junk plans to stay here for two nights and then plans to hire a taxi to take them over. many can pay a taxi to get
Consumers are shouldering more of their healthcare costs and looking for alternatives. The last thing we need is a regulatory proposal that could leave many uninsured.
cracking down on junk fees for health insurance plans that are like the ones that are inexpensive, but too often stick consumers with hidden fees. as cory just talked about, junk fee plans are short-term health insurances that are supposed to provide a few months of coverage for people moving from one plant to another. the prior administration wanted to decide to let insurance companies make more money by selling junk plans that are up to three years long. americans thought they were buying temporary insurance that provides real coverage on those plans. instead, many have been saddled with thousands of dollars of medical bills and junk fees that they don t cover. and i think it is outrageous. there are two main ways junk fees stick you with a high bill. one way you just heard from corey, you need emergency surgery to get your appendix removed, but hidden in the fine print his plan said it would
in an insulting way. other than confirming judges, i don t know actually know what the senate does right now. well, it s not insulting to me at all. i mean mitch mcconnell has probably called himself the grim reaper and said that none of what the house has sent us will pass. and he is laser focused only on judges, preferably very young. it doesn t matter if they ve ever practiced in front of any court let alone federal court, but he wants to pack the court. what we re doing as democrats, we are very focused. and we last week brought up seven different motions on election security, on different bills that were objected to protect our vote, protect us from foreign interference. this week again it s health care, protecting people with pre-existing conditions and trying to protect people from being sold junk plans. two weeks ago it was pensions.