good morning, everyone. it is christmas. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow. thank you for joining us on this special edition of cnn this morning. we hope you are having a wonderful christmas morning. merry, merry christmas. best day of the year i think for our kids. definitely for the kids. little stressful for the parents. this is the point where you start to relax a little bit hopefully. it was a busy night for santa and the kids. we ll go through his naughty and nice list. it was also a big year for women, the year for barbie, taylor swift, beyonce, any way you spin it, powerful women left a remarkable impression on 2023. we ll take a look at that impact. robert kraft has been spearheading an effort to counter hate. we ll speak to kraft and why he says despite a rise in anti-semetic attacks, americans want to do the right thing. the top stories of the day. good morning. merry christmas. i m danny freeman. this morning israeli prime minister benjamin ne
the jailed russian opposition leader has been missing for two weeks and suddenly turns up. what his legal team is saying this morning. new video this morning of thousands of migrants starting their trek from southern mexico to the u.s. border. secretary of state tony blinken is headed to mexico city this week to address the crisis. a ground breaking surgery helping a young girl find her voice for the first time and opening up a whole new world to this 9-year-old and her family. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner, john berman is off today. this is a very christmas cnn news central. new this morning, russian opposition critic alexei navalny has been found. the head of his russian foundation says navalny is in a penal colony in the far reaches of northwestern siberia. his team has been trying to locate him for at least two weeks after he was suddenly and without warning moved from detention near moscow. cnn s nada bashir is following all the developments for us. what ar
a new era of immigration is underway this weekend after the lifting of title 42. the biden administration putting in place new asylum rules and legal pathways as it turns the page on a pandemic era program that quickly expelled migrants. officials were bracing for an unprecedented influx of migrants, but officials say crossings appear to remain steady. a border town told msnbc told us how they re handling the situation. i m a big leader in prevention, and temporary infrastructure shelters and the age of consistencies. migrants, however, it s been manageable till now. i ve been in constant communication with border patrol and mayors from border towns, border cities, to get updates as well. the clock is ticking in washington for a plan to avoid defaulting on the country s death. staff are meeting this weekend, trying to make progress resolving the coaches as a june 1st deadline years. earlier today, democratic or really told msnbc, she doesn t think speaker mccart
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