Closeness race. This, as Donald Trump is trying to boost his flagging support among women by promising to be there, quote protector, were breaking down his remarks and the backlash also also tonight, independent senator Joe Manchin declares he wont endorse Kamala Harris slamming your call to gut the senate, filibuster for a national abortion Rights Bill will get reaction from democratic Senator Mark kelly of arizona. Plus, as Israel And Hezbollah trade new Attacks President biden says peace in the region is possible in his Farewell Speech to the Un General Assembly, will discuss the conflict with the head of the u. S. Agency for international Development Samantha Power welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im Wolf Blitzer. A, youre, in the Situation Room with the razor close battle for the White House. Cnns exclusive new national poll showing Kamala Harris have Donald Trump running Neck And Neck with only six weeks weeks left in the campaign as cnns Kris
crisis at the border. they are on pace for more than 300,000 migrant encounters in just the month of december. about that, welcome back. i m john roberts. welcome back to you. jacqui: good to be with you for a second hour. sandra smith has the day off. i m jacqui heinrich. president biden spoke with his mexican counterpart as it threatens hundreds in millions facility, biden administration is choosing not to send migrants to ice detention centers that are sitting completely empty. what is the reason for that. jacqui: complete coverage now, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick responds, but first, william in the los angeles newsroom. why aren t the ice facilities being used? jacqui, the president has said he does not want to use them. otherwise, does it make sense to be releasing thousands of migrants a day with a slip of paper, while thousands of detention beds taxpayers paid for daily go empty. take the center in california. 2000 beds, fully staffed, and operational t
hackers out number cyber personnel, at least 50 to one. and inching toward disaster, growing concerns across the midwest as people watch flood waters inch closer and closer to their homes and businesses. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments for you. we re going to begin with major flooding tormenting the midwest now as the national weather service says we are still days away from the mississippi river cresting. let s go to maggie vespa, joining us from davenport, iowa. we can see evidence of the mess behind you, maggie. the usda is reporting that barge traffic, that has been halted across the upper mississippi river for likely weeks, and this flooding is only expected to get worse, so how are folks there preparing? reporter: first and foremost, what you highlighted, that is a rare move. it s unclear at this point how and or if that might trickle down to consumers but definitely something to watch and something officials say to be worried about. a
military talks. listen. china has a history of falling victim of foreign aggression, even today the u.s. and several of its side kicks grocery ininterfere in our internal affairs from time to time. china is not the old china of 120 years ago and we re not iraq, syria or afghanistan. we will not allow any foreign force to bully, suppress or enslave us. whoever wants to do so will be on a collision course with the great wall of seal forged by the 1.4 billion chinese people. we ll get the white house response from john kirby in just a moment. first, we go to greg palkot. he joins us from london this afternoon. hi, greg. hi, gillian. yeah, some tough talk from china and more tough action as the exercises around taiwan continue. first the action. taiwan air force jets scrambled as chinese war planes crossed the median line in the strait separating china and taiwan. it s a key buffer zone. that was pounded by chinese artillery yesterday in addition to the dozen misses that ch
america reports on this friday. white house getting good news on the jobs market but will a massive spending plan send the economy into another tailspin, making an already bad inflation problem even worse? hello, everyone. i am sandra smith in new york. jon: i am jon scott info john roberts. the labor department says the u.s. added 528,000 jobs last month. the on employment rate also falling slightly to 3.5%. both numbers beating expectations. wages are still largely out of step with the rising inflation. now more than 200 economists, 230 to be exact, warning democrats their social spending bill will make high prices in this country even worse. jon: senior economic advisor jared bernstein joins us. first, congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest on the spending bill. good afternoon. democrats say this bill will help with inflation. more than 200 economists warn congressional leaders that the u.s. is in a dangerous crossroads. they argue the bill incre