pay them but to stop lying about them. texas governor signing a bill that makes entering texas illegally a state crime w. why do we have to carry our passports around. governor abbott said we also welcome a supreme court decision that would overturn the precedent set in the arizona case. massive volcano erupting on iceland s peninsula. the haze of fire. it seems that the lava flows are changing direction away from the town. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. donald trump and his top rivals for the gop presidential nomination all hitting the campaign trail there today. nikki haley, ron desantis about to kick off a busy day of campaign events across the state and trump is set to speak there at a rally tonight. the big push in iowa comes less than four weeks before the caucuses. tonight, we ll see if trump keeps amping up that dark, anti-immigrant rhetoric we heard during his campaign rallies over the last several days, la
at this hour, a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland. what we know about the most powerful eruption to hit the area in years, next. and appeals court has just shutdown mark meadows bid to move his case into federal court. the major blow to trump s former chief of staff and the big win for fani willis. plus, a new report on the january 6th rally outside the capitol. the text messages showing the organizers purposely misled authorities about their intentions that day. and a blue and green christmas. despite how some americans feel about the economy, a new survey says it isn t stopping them from spending big this holiday season. and just how much more may surprise you. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc s molly hunter on the eruption in iceland, spewing lava 300 feet into the air. what s happening, molly? yeah, of course iceland, no stranger to massive eruptions, but the pictures we have seen overnight like nothing we ha
no mention of europe in mr. trump s list. he uses the term poisoning the blood of our country. if you were to open up a copy of hitler s mein kampf, you would find the leader mixing non-germans with germans as poisoning. the jew, hitler wrote, poisons the blood of others. this, according to hitler, posed an existential threat to germany because according to him, the race died out from blood poisoning. unquote. there s no other way to say it. donald trump s language mirrors this directly. this wasn t a one-off. trump then went to nevada on sunday and used the same scare tactic with zero evidence that migrants are largely coming to the united states from prisons and from mental institutions. he made the campaign promise to begin the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in american history. we must use any and all resources needed to stop the invasion of our country including moving thousands of troops currently stationed overseas in countries that don t like us
texas governor greg abbott, about to sign a controversial bill that makes it a state crime to enter the state illegally. this, while the white house and senate negotiators are urgently trying to reach an agreement on border policy before the year is over and we are live at the border. republican presidential front-runner donald trump, unleashing a familiar play from his old campaign book, targeting migrants in his campaign speeches, but his rhetoric, darker than ever. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin, in israel right now presently display the protections of civilians in gaza , as global calls for a cease- fire mount. we re following these major developing stories and more coming in right here on cnn news central. right now, chaos at the southern border, really the focus in washington, texas, and the campaign trail. here in the nation s capital, senators worked through the weekend to still negotiate trying to get republican backed border security measures in excha
so, how is that weaponization committee going? you know, the house republicans big jim jordan, matt gates project, the special select subcommittee that was going to expose what exactly? it seems like jim jordan doesn t even know. now one republican s trashing the subcommittees process as, quote, very much amateur hour. speaking to rolling stone on the condition of anonymity they added that airing this quote, stuff on live television would make us look like morons. [laughter] here is congressman dan goldman, a democratic member of the subcommittee in an actual former prosecutor who has actually worked on actually vest geishas. when they come and testify, you ll have exit access to the transcript like everyone. you mean your staff isn t gonna turn it over to our staff? we re just in the dark? when the transcript is done where going to give you the transcript. i mean the dozens of whistleblowers we ve already talked to you or staff. what you want me to do with th