away from a major change in this country s immigration policy. it could lead to a large influx of migrants into the united states. at 11:59 pm eastern, just a few minutes from now, the policy known as title expires. it was used during the covid pandemic to quickly expel migrants, even if they requested asylum. tonight there are growing concerns about what could happen once title 42 ends. nbc s tom giannis is on the board border with more. title 42 set to expire. fears of a crush of the border leading to changes, begin small. troops now armed near the rio grande. new fencing going up outside of juarez. and that massive crowd of my migrants by the border wall waiting days to be processed, finally rounded up and put in single file lines. the biden administration trying to calm that but rumors, spreading on social media that the end of title 42 means a free-for-all. i want to be very clear. our borders are not open. people who crossed our border unlawfully and without a legal
endangering our democracy. plus, crickets from the republican field who should want to defeat donald trump. and fox news fires up the outrage machine over a human crisis invented by trump republicans. you can t survive with the money one makes even to have food. one day, one day we will be able to see each other again. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. last night, let s talk about last night. last night at this time, the man that led the insurrection against our democracy was spewing vile nonsense on another network. of course, i was here hosting this very television show, hopefully with many of you watching. i did not see the whole thing play out live. but i ve seen enough. i ve seen enough to have to have the same visceral reaction as many others. that it was disgraceful, despicable, gross. if you had that reaction as well, i will just say i think that is the correct response. i don t think you really need to second gues
office in new york is now looking into lies told by republican congressman elect george santos. this as cnn is uncovering even more false claims that he s made. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. one of the biggest airline debacles in recent memory has stranded even more passengers this hour. we re following all the new cancellations and the delays by southwest airlines and efforts to get the airline back on track. cnn s reporter is over at bwi airport. this meltdown appears to be far from over, gabe. give us the latest, what are you learning? reporter: look, wolf, just another brutal day for these travelers. southwest canceling 2500 flights, more than 60% of its schedule. as you mentioned, it looks like tomorrow is just going to be more of the same. behind me, just a few of the passengers still searching for their lost luggage. some of them never got out for the holidays. others are
And abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays good judgment in a crisis is shocking. And he lost 8 points on the is he a strong and decisive leader question. Now, on these same questions, trump is up a point or flat from 2020. And this poll isnt the only warning sign for biden. The trump trials have not moved the needle for biden at all. The border story keeps getting worse. And inflation remains, as jamie dimon said yesterday sticky. That means its bad. Voters just are not happy. Plus, even in blue states like nevada, democrat incumbents may be in trouble. And while the official reaction from the democrats, kind of cool as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Su
68yearold woman attacked on the steps of her church on the way to mass, yeah. Thats america tonight. Well, her nephew will join us with an update. Plus, senator marco rubio is here on bidens smear and fear campaign. But, first, Kicking Sonia to the curb. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Now, there was some nugget that got lost last week in the new gallup poll that are key to the 2024 campaign. In the president ial character and abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays the democral as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia sotomayor the bumps rush. As usual, ideas are advanced by liberal senators and then by pressure gas. Republicans