sandra day trying out a new strategy with less than a month to the iowa caucuses and how the trump campaign may be using this as a test run for the general election. the stronger and stricter border policies could congress get their act together this week? the simple answer from one top republican, no way. in my hope for the holidays here? and remembering a trailblazer, sandra day o connor, the first woman who served on the supreme court starts in an hour. we will go to the washington national cathedral for the service. i m sara sidner alongside kate bolduan. john berman is off today. this is cnn news central. today, nearly every 2024 republican presidential candidate is in one place, iowa, and maybe not surprisingly for some final and truly critical prechristmas campaigning. they are right up against it, folks. january 15th is caucus day, and this morning we are learning more about the donald trump campaign test case. the strategy they are trying to deploy in i
2020 election results. if they are denying about the past while seeking power you can bet they will act on those lies in the future. you can see the quote here from the washington post. they are running in every region of the country and nearly every state. over half, 174, are running for what are called safely republican seats, while another 51 are in tightly contested races. a sobering account from the washington post. the reason those numbers matter is if you follow politics you probably know while we hold these elections across the country, the midterms have every house seat for example up for grabs, the numbers, the way the districts are drawn and other factors mean of the races are all by decided. when they refer to safe seats they re referring to republicans who are vowing in the future to do what they failed to do in the past in some sense, which is act on the lies and say, whether they win or lose, they ll work to keep their party in power. if that lie becomes a
republican gubernatorial race that seen by many as the barometer of former president trump s ongoing influence within the g.o.p. bret baier joins us live. new details tonight on stephen colbert s the late show staffers are arrested for trespassing on capitol hill. the capitol police criticizing the decision on the u.s. attorney s office not to prosecute them. republican on the house judiciary committee weighs in on just a minute. more than a dozen progressive lawmakers, including aoc arrested during an abortion protest at the supreme court. more controversy tonight as it appears she s being handcuffed, then raised her hand. tonight, with the biden administration ticket prices for gas prices edging down with the president just hours away from addressing the climate crisis. white house correspondent kevin corke is the very latest. white house officials are also weighing, as you pointed out, i think very importantly, a narrow public health directive and they say safeguarding n
have a series of reports looking at life in afghanistan. also on the programme: more than 80,000 tourists are stranded in a chinese resort, after a coronavirus outbreak sparks a lockdown. and the icelandic volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, that s become a hit with tourists. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. there were tears ofjoy amongst democrats in the us senate as a landmark bill to tackle climate change was passed. after more than a year of intense wrangling, the sweeping reforms are being seen as a major victory for president biden. republicans had tried to derail the legislation, worth $430 billion, claiming it would undermine economic growth. it also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, shared hisjoy that the bill has passed. 0ur bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing j
and iceland s version of a sound and light show the volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, that s become a hit with tourists. hello, thank you forjoining us. the inflation reduction act may not sound like a landmark in us energy policy, but democrats in the senate have just passed a bill designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with $430 billion committed to cleaner energy. it s taken a year and a half of intense wrangling and much resistance to get here, hence the tears ofjoy amongst some democrats in the senate. republicans had tried to derail the legislation, saying it would undermine economic growth. but the passing of the bill, which also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business, is being seen as a triumph for president biden. here s senate majority leader, chuck schumer. our bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing jobs, enhances our energy security, and is the boldest climate packag