very good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. overnight president joe biden arriving in mexico this ahead of his one-on-one meeting with mexican president obrador this afternoon. the president also making a brief visit, it is his first since taking office to the u.s. southern border on sunday where he spoke with border enforcement in el paso, talking about the rising surge of migrants and the growing fentanyl crisis. plus in brazil a spectacle all too, sadly, familiar here in the u.s. after false stolen election claims, supporters of brazil s former president bolsonaro laid siege to the capital. they smashed windows, clashed with police, they broke into congress, the presidential palace and the supreme court. officials say at least 400 people have been arrested. sadly familiar images there. in washington kevin mccarthy now face has critical test after finally being elected speaker of the house, a major vote expected today on the rules package tha
around trump to over turn the 2020 election results in that state. we do not yet know the results of this special grand jury s findings but with do know there is a hearing on the books. the judge has scheduled it for later this month to decide whether the grand jury s report should be made public. the final decision on whether to bring any charges against trump or anyone for that matter will be made by the fulton county district attorney fannie willis. and sarah, what are you hearing about this? what is this judge saying? well we knew they were working on this final report and now the judge is saying their work is completed, that the special grand jury has been resolved. they were seated in may of 2022. they had the power to subpoena witnesses, and they the power to gather evidence, they have been doing this and they have now completed this final report. but again, prosecutors will get to see, but it is an open question whether the public will get to see it. that is somethi
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thanks for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield. joe biden is on his way to the southern border ahead of the north american leader summit in mexico city. moments ago, he boarded air force one and departed for el paso, texas, where he will eventually assess the situation along the border for himself. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. his administration is under fire from republicans and some democrats over the migrant crisis along the southern border. el paso, texas, had seen a record level of migrants and asylum seekers arriving in recent weeks, hoping a trump era law blocking border crossings would be lifted. cnn s correspondent is at the white house for us. so this trip comes just days after biden unveiled a new immigration plan. what more can you tell us about the president s visit and his goals? reporter: joe biden will spend roughly three hours in el paso, texas, a city that s been at the center of the immigration debate for years now. it
shootings at the homes of local democratic officials. solomon pena faces a slew of charges including conspiracy, attempted aggravated battery for the attempted attacks. he lost by a margin of more than 50%. police say he visited the homes of at least three of the officials before the shootings. some of those visits were caught on doorbell cameras. cnn s josh campbell joins us now. what do we expect at the hearing? reporter: this hearing is starting just minutes from now there in new mexico. this will be the suspects a first appearance in court since he was arrested by albuquerque s.w.a.t. officers on monday. look it a these charges. they re obviously very serious. he s been charged with felony possession of a firearm, aggravated attempt with a deadly weapon, as well as conspiracy. we ve reached out to pena s attorney, but what police allege he was the ringleader in this conspiracy to target democratic officials in new mexico, shooting at four homes. this came after pena a