transportation secretary pete buttigieg and breaking down tr ch transcripts from the january 6th investigation. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. > let s get to the breaking news. significant developments involving the united states supreme court decision and impact on the migrant surge at the border. cnn priscilla alvarez is following the story here the situation room. tell me more about this important ruling. the supreme court shar sayin title 42 in effect since march 2020 will e remain in effect including the court hearing arg mtds in the next session in february of 2023. now, this is a order that summit mittly a victory for republican led states to stop the termination of the authority. what it means on the ground, border officials will be able to continue to expel migrants back to mexico or their native countries for the next several months. the administration has been preparing for this
court will take on the case or pass and let this trump era public health policy expire. if that is the question at the heart of this and there are big implications depending on which way the supreme court goes i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent, julie. it s become an immigration policy, but the question is if the supreme court decides to pass and title 42 is lifted, the concern is this surge of migrants at the border there s a political context and backdrop to this as well talk us through it i ve been tracking bipartisan negotiations over comprehensive immigration reform on capitol hill for the better part of last year, but even with democrats in control of the house and senate, obviously not those 60 votes they need, they were not able to get that done. so what will make the next congress different with republicans in control of the house? that s where the fear comes down to here. and not only do you have this surge on the border potentially going forwa
happening every single day here. that is the often under reported truth. that s when you hear ukraine s president describing the situation on the front lines as painful. every family losing someone over the holidays in particular or any day in this war is in such pain and this is a sacrifice people are making over and over and the lines don t move. you have around 9 million people suffering from blackouts across this country and wolf, the number of cyber attacks by russia increased threefold. from the ukrainian point of view, they think they are doing everything they can to ukraine except nuclear at this stage. it horrific to see. thanks for your truly excellent reporting. coming up, the ringleader of a plot leader to capture michigan s mayor is sentenced but not as long as prosecutors wanted. ieve financial freedom. we re investing f for our cliens in the projects that power our economy.
about all these losses thank you appreciate it. we ve got to get to developing news this afternoon out of michigan where a federal judge as just sentenced a 39-year-old man to 16 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping plot in 2020. adam fox convicted by a jury in august on conspiracy to commit kidnapping i want to bring in detroit free press reporter, teresa so 16 and a half years is that about what we thought it would be you know, i know that fox is upset about the sentence i think he was hoping for a shorter one but it s definitely a blow to the government they were seeking a life sentence in this case and in the end, the judge concluded today that listen, what this man did was very serious he agreed he was the plot leader and that there was no
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