Iranianlinked group amid a rise of attacks targeting u. S. Service members. All this as a top israeli official arrives in washington, d. C. The latest on the escalating tensions just ahead. Plus, holiday returns. The latest from the roads and the air as millions of americans head back home, while shoppers rush to bring back those not so great gifts before time runs out to make their returns. Thanks for being here. We begin this hour with the expected visit tomorrow to mexico. By Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Both are set to meet tomorrow with mexicos president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and first on the agenda will likely be the socalled caravan of migrants heading toward americas Southern Border. Organizers say 8,000 people, including thousands of children under the age of 14, have started the more than 3,000 mile journey from Southern Mexico to the United States and they are walking. Sam brock is following this for us. Sam, goo
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
iranian-linked group amid a rise of attacks targeting u.s. service members. all this as a top israeli official arrives in washington, d.c. the latest on the escalating tensions just ahead. plus, holiday returns. the latest from the roads and the air as millions of americans head back home, while shoppers rush to bring back those not so great gifts before time runs out to make their returns. thanks for being here. we begin this hour with the expected visit tomorrow to mexico. by secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. both are set to meet tomorrow with mexico s president andres manuel lopez obrador and first on the agenda will likely be the so-called caravan of migrants heading toward america s southern border. organizers say 8,000 people, including thousands of children under the age of 14, have started the more than 3,000 mile journey from southern mexico to the united states and they are walking. sam brock is following this
publicizing what the state deemedukraine. that the government decides, you know, if this journalistic account about russia s war in ukraine is false or not, and if they think it s false, they put you in jail. so it s a joke, frankly, jo journ journalistically, it s sad for russia and for russians what vladimir putin is doing here and how much he s discrediting russia. many journalists for major os have gone through training, what will you do if you re kidnapped. i went through it. very different situation than actually living it, which you did. what is evan facing right now? he it s a funny, you know, thing. he feels terrible for his family i know that might sound strange, but you know, he loves reporting. i was reporting afghanistan many years ago and the taliban held me for seven months, and you know, he s like telling the truth. he s actually trying to i think help the russian people by reporting on the ground there and taking a risk, but showing how much th
turmoil is spreading. credit suisse will borrow almost $54 billion from swiss bank. the bank stock surging in the first few minutes of trading today in europe as shares plunged to a record low on wednesday after getting cut off by its biggest shareholder. anna stewart is live in london. markets are now open there. what is the latest? reporter: i think that we re seeing a bit of relief now on the european indices particularly with the banking stocks. let me show you how the european market opened. all the major indices are higher by around a percentage point led by the smi in switzerland. credit suisse closed down yesterday 24%. and today you will see share price is now up around 23%. i think some investors saw a little bit of value early this morning as a result of what the swiss central bank has decided which is that they would provide liquidity back stop and credit suisse have taken them up on that offer, $53 billion in terms of the loan. and they will be buying back arou