latest on all of it. hey, alex. reporter: hey, griff, good to be with you. yeah, this debut re-election rally, this is an appeal to american workers, to union workers in particular. in about an hour, the president will crease this room. this event is hosted by the afl-cio, a powerful collective of about 16 unions, they represent about 12.5 pearl million americans. no surprise that the endorsement went the a democrat as it always has. and while the stage was being set earlier, president biden was actually in the sky surveying the damage of last sunday s deadly tanker crash that led to the closure of i-9 a 5 in northeast philadelphia. the president did provide an update on how his administration will be aiding in that reconstruction effort that has paralyzed one of the most critical roadways. listen. there s no more important project right now in the country as far as i m concerned. i m directing my team, not figuratively but literally, to move heaven and earth to get it do
president biden kicks off his re-election campaign in pennsylvania. a critical battleground. the president getting a bird s eye view of a collapsed section of i-95. tonight, the new timeline for when that area will reopen. and republicans on the campaign trail, nikki haley bids farewell to her husband. deploying with the south carolina national guard to africa. karen travers reporting from philadelphia. new fallout from the death of an 8-year-old migrant girl who was laid to rest today. her family says border patrol officials ignored their pleas for help. the fbi arrests a suspect for allegedly plotting a mass murder at a synagogue. agents saying they found an arsenal of weapons and ammunition at his home. the scare on the tarmac. one plane clipping another plane s tail. passengers on board, one family capturing the moment. after several recent incidents, how federal officials are planning to address these close calls. a 73-year-old diver losing her leg in a shark a
but isn t taylor swift the gift that keeps on giving? we can t stop talking about her. she s the it girl. carolyn manno, thank you. great to see you. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. nancy good morning, everyone. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman. victor blackwell is off. we start with a huge political year. r&b front-runner donald trump faces multiple court decisions that could delay some of his trials. on friday the supreme court handed him a win by rejecting special counsel s request for justices to fast-track his immunity dispute case. but in colorado they re threatening to kick him off the ballot. meanwhile congress is out of office for your the holidays. this is a live picture of capitol hill sorry, we don t have it. again, capitol hill is quiet. congress faces a mountain of problems when they come back in january. they ll have nine days to come up with a plan to avoid a partial shutdown. and there s arguments over funding, migration
at this hour, protests in akron right now. a special grand jury in ohio declined to charge eight officers who fatally shot a 25-year-old black man last year. the city s response and the live report from akron as well as legal analysis plus, caught in the cross fire secretary blinken confirming a u.s. diplomatic convoy was attacked in sudan as two rival militaries fight for control quote, when hell freezes over that s the timing for one republican reogting to the possibility that democrats will try to replace dianne feinstein. plus, with more and more parents saying it s just financially out of reach, any minute now, president biden is set to speak in the rose garden about his administration s plan to make childcare more affordable our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments and i want to start with cnbc s senior white house correspondent. kayla, we are going to hear from the president any minute now he wants to make childcare cheaper. how s he going
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden maiks his argument. he enters the 2024 campaign. his video makes clear he expects to stair down trump in a rematch. the president s election now mirrors his message back then. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we re in a battle for the soul of america. and we still are. plus nikki haley tries to change the conversation about abortion her message calls for more compassion. where she delivered that speech highlights the states that decides the electoral map. and today donald trump on trial. jury selection conducts off on whether the former president defamed a writer who awe accuses had him of rape. the president s four more years bet. this morning joe biden making formal another run at the oval office. the method, 6:00 a.m. video release. flashes of violence from one of the darkest days. that announcement video calls back to his 2020 campaign launched