a mosque was destroyed in a city called ayodhya. the situation evokes painful memories for muslims a 16th century mosque originally stood on the site. this was the mosque, as it appeared in 1990. but in 1992 it was illegally torn down, triggering religious violence across the country in which 2000 people were killed. and this is the hindu temple which now stands there today. the inauguration of the temple is seen by many as the unofficial start of prime minister modi s election campaign. millions of hindus are celebrating the temple opening, saying it s a long standing dream come true. many accuse mr modi of violating india s secular constitution by opening the temple. from ayodhya, our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. a grand opening for one of hinduism most revered deities. india s prime minister performing rituals for the consecration of an idol of lord ram. hundreds of people, holy men, actors, politicians attended the ceremony. but it wasn t just them
and three european champions cups. there was plenty of drama on day nine of the australian open. sixth seed alexander zverev had to win a fifth set tie break in his match against britain s cameron norrie to make the quarter finals. the german will face number two seed carlos alcaraz who lost just eight games as he beat miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. a shock at the africa cup of nations on the cards, as the hosts ivory coast could be heading out following their 4 0 hammering at the hands of equatorial guinea. emilio nsue s double helped them to a famous win that saw them top group a and qualify for the knockouts. ivory coast need other results elsewhere to go their way. earlier, nigeria had to rely on an own goal to beat guinea bissau 1 0
supreme. bill: well done. dana: critical crisis along our country s unsecured southern border is getting worse month after month after month. today homeland security secretary mayorkas mayorkas will make an appearance in eagle pass, texas, he will look at the record number of migrants flooding into the united states. welcome. i have to go with michigan. bill: i ll go washington. we ll decide tomorrow. dana: are you over or under? i will go with the under obviously? i ll go with the over. $1 bet. secretary mayorkas visiting the border today days before the house homeland security committee holds its first impeachment hearing against him. the border crisis becoming a central campaign issue. watch it throughout the year as democrats wake up to the political consequences at the southern border is having on their chances. and on president biden s campaign. this graph telling the story with the migrant surge repeatedly setting monthly records. more than 300,000 encounters i
there s no possible way he could do this on purpose. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. she was crying and crying. i said, what s wrong? and she says, that he s dead. we all wanted to believe that it was an accident. a dark house, a husband with a gun. a wife dead on the floor. make sure that she is still breathing. oh, i don t think she is, damn it. there was no question who killed her. the mystery was why. i hear the door squeaking. and i hear a grumbling. and i hear the dog rolling. how could you not tell that s your wife? it was dark. i did he just kept seeing it was an accident and he didn t do anything wrong. others disagreed. we never for a second believed that he didn t know who that was that he was threatening. was it a tragic mistake? he was broken. or cold-blooded murder? he has fits of emotion, they re only down in front of the detective. a room too dark to see. turn the light off. or a story too hard to believe?
busiest travel days with new year s eve just two days away. rob marciano with the forecast. here in new york and across the country police on high alert for new year s eve. ramping up security in times square for what it calls a heightened and dynamic risk environment, deploying thousands of officers for an expected crowd of 1 million people. one day after being banned from the ballot in maine, former president trump fighting another legal battle, saying it disenfranchises our voters. our jonathan karl with three former staffers and their warning about a second trump term. dozens killed, the massive barrage of missiles and drones simultaneously targeting civilians in six major cities hitting apartment buildings, a shopping mall and a maternity hospital. attacks escalating in the red sea, the u.s. shooting down a drone and a ballistic missile fired by iranian-backed militants. the urgent manhunt for a mother wanted for allegedly killing two of her own children and woundi