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Pictures coming in from that the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories. All of which will have wideranging impacts on the 2024 election and moments from now and florida, former President Donald Trump will welcome the House Speaker mike johnson. To his maralago resort. The two men are holding a Press Conference in which they will discuss. They say election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue they worked to try to undermine the 2020 election. So skepticism may be warranted. We are told the two Republican Leaders are expected to highlight the issue of non in citizens voting in federal elections. And if youre thinking, doesnt federal law already van, noncitizens from voting in federal elections, you would be correct. It is true but some municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in some local elections, like the mayor of tacoma park, maryland.
joe biden, thank you for everything, joe biden. the border is overwhelmed. yesterday s numbers over 9,000. add 1500 got-aways, plus the thousand through the port of entry, it s not slowing down a bit. arizona can t do this alone, nor should we have to. the reality, help is not on the way. sandra: outnumbered and outresource, migrants on the border each and every day. the flow of people is constant day after day after day, and unprecedented levels. live pictures from arizona screen right, and on the left that, is texas. these are checkpoints showing large groups of migrants that have already crossed over and they are waiting to be processed before they come on in. hello, well come, everyone. sandra smith in new york. great to begin another hour with you. john: i m john roberts in washington as we kick off hour two of america reports . lukeville, arizona, quickly becoming a hot bed for smugglers. fox has learned more than 600 migrants arrived there overnight, some
Girl. Girl, girl, boy, boy and boy. A couple celebrates the births of sextuplets. The mysterious object that just zoomed by earth. Why some believe its an alien spaceship. And in force. Fans rushing to theaters overnight. The new star wars officially opened today, friday, december 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. What a beautiful shot of rockefeller plaza. More importantly, are you busting for star wars . Those are my people. Lets see you at the theater tonight, guys. We start with politics and the new hurdles that suddenly have the republican tax bill back on morning. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the very latest. Kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The high stakes fight for tax reform will enter a new phase today with republicans set to unveil their final version of the bill in just a