groups of migrants still crossing the border. top biden officials crossing south of the border to try to get mexico s help. the numbers are not lying. this crisis is intensifying. now the largest migrant caravan of the year is approaching. where is all this heading? your world starts right now. charles: welcome. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. first to mexico. a failed root cause strategy and a border less secure than ever before, today president biden turned to mexico for help. secretaries blinken and mayorkas urgently met with president obrador to focus on a problem the administration has ignored. agents apprehending 1,000 immigrants today. in lukeville, another 1,000 last night. thousands are more are on their way including this caravan of 15,000. so what exactly does the u.s. want? one, resume deportations buses and flights to central america. the u.s. wants the migrants detained before they reach the u.s. number 2, resume policing the railroads. the beast as
hit the campaign trail in iowa today. getting brand new reporting on the former president s strategy there and how it might play nationwide. and we have wild pictures out of iceland, just look at this, when a volcano began erupting overnight. it would be beautiful if it wasn t so destructive and dangerous. an update on what is happening there now. and new law in texas making it a state crime to enter illegally from mexico. the details after the increase in crossing at the attorney border. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan. john is off. this is news central. and today, it is all about iowa. nearly all of the 2024 republican presidential candidates will be in the state. and ready to rumble. they have no time to lose. less than a month until the caucuses. and that is translating into more face time with caucusgoers. more money going to ads, more money going to bolster every campaign s ground game to get iowans to turn out and caucus on january 15th. and this morning cnn ha
showdown in iowa. major republican candidates running for the gop nomination are on the trail, their attacks are escalating. the central question remains, can any of them catch up to donald trump? and, the worst attacks and two generations. that is that one senior u.s. official described recent assaults in the red sea. what is happening there could have a big impact on your wallet and supply chains. from what you pay at the pump from up by me missing to store shelves. after weeks of seismic rumbling, a volcano in iceland erupts. rivers of lava and smoke billowing over iceland. could it get bad enough to impact international travel? we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us on new central. i m laura sanchez alongside brian peeler in the nation s capital. all eyes are on the hawkeye state. 2024 presidential primary officially will be underway with the iowa re
have stopped passing through here and are now taking the much longer route all the way around africa instead adding costs and delays. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the threats to shipping in the red sea is very real. this was an attack by iranian backed houthi fighters last month, storming a cargo ship registered in britain. the militia from yemen claiming that any vessels owned by allies of israel were legitimate targets. shouting. there have also been drone and missile attacks so many that shipping companies are pulling out of the red sea, sending their vessels around southern africa instead. in response, the us secretary of defence, who s visiting the middle east, has formed an international military coalition to protect ships and ensure freedom of navigation. these attacks are reckless, dangerous, and they violate international law. and so, we re taking action to build an international coalition to address this threat. and i would remind you that
i think they re doing a good job keeping the lines moving. yeah, the holidays. they re waiting for us. get tsa precheck. i m not sponsored with united but get it. it makes everything easier. kansas city. go to kansas city. kansas city here i come. pretty crazy. we sat in the customed line a long time and missed our connecting flight. here early. it s busy right now. neil: all right. they are off. today shaping up to be the busiest day of the holiday season, maybe the entire year. the tsa expecting 2.5 million flyers to be screened each day through the start of the new year. one industry group is saying that will be chump change. it will be busier than that. whether it s by air or road, get ready for a busy your world. we take off now. see what i did there? we take off now. all on basic cable. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to my buddy outside chicago o hare. garrett tenney with what he s seen of the crowds and the build-up. what s going on, garrett? yeah,