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
beyond the borders, the nation grapples with a surge of migrants, the battle over immigration reform is playing out in congress and across the country. how this all factors into the 2020 presidential election. and battle on the red seat. the u.s. is creating a new coalition to fight off iranian -backed houthi rebels attacks on commercial ships. attacks that are already threatening the world supply chain. we will have more on the economic fallout ahead. and we have lift off. more than a year after a fiery failure, blue origin launches its new rocket. what is its mission? we are following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are only 11 months out from the 2024 presidential election, and a key issue for both parties is a divisive one. immigration. to put it in perspective, some recent cnn polling, economic concerns far and away are the most prevailing issue for voters, but immigration is second. when it comes to whic
newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. israel is testing the limits of what the united states will tolerate. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. and today a not so gentle nudge from the leader of the free world to the only democracy in the middle east. watch where your bombs drop. i want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives, not stop going after hamas, but be more careful. today s warning from the president to his israeli counterpart makes what he told the world less than two months ago seem, frankly, a world away. i come to israel with a single message. you re not alone. you re not alone. as long as the united states stands, and we will stand forever, we ll not let you ever be alone. right now the two nations are no longer in lockstep. biden administration officials have advised israel that their campaign of overwhelming force needs to end and end soon, within weeks. it s not quite an ultimatum. sources
good. i will take that into my new year. mark, appreciate it, my friend. thank you. take care. and cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. republican candidates crisscrossing iowa. nikki haley, ron desantis and donald trump all holding events in the hawkeye state today and they aren t holding back against each other. defense secretary lloyd austin condemning recent attacks on commercial ships in the red sea by iranian backed u.s. forces. we will dig into what the plans look like ahead. a woman in iowa enduring a heartbreaking miscarriage 22 weeks into her pregnancy. she is facing a criminal probe. she says she was misled by police. and new this morning, donald trump s super pac launching its first attack ad against nikki haley after a recent polling showed her chipping away at his big lead in new hampshire. that s a crucial early voting state. and this that s right. high-tech haley broke
Far as of the aid package would be a major shift and some members of his party are livid. Today does a deal as a House Democrat i say exchange ukrainian lives for Asylum Seekers lives . A member of the committee who says shes a hell no on what the white house is considering is with us. Plus she calls it palestinian rights. A middle School Teacher is being kept out of classroom over an email signature that included a controversial phrase. That teacher is here to explain her intent and her Dis Discrimination complaint. Plus a 10yearold boy arrested for relieving himself in public when he couldnt find a accbathroom. Youll hear from the boy ask his mother who says this wept too far. Im Victor Blackwell. Lets start the show. A growing number offed a vo caughts are furious over concessions that pooud is considering to secure aid for ukraine. The white house urgency to get that money has put democrats in an uncomfortable position. They may have to support policies they once criticize d when p