and his top republican rivals are swarming the campaign trail tonight with 2024 almost here. we re getting a new read on the former president s confidence heading into the iowa caucuses. his campaign already predicting when he ll clinch the gop nomination. also tonight, a major legal challenge to a strict and sweeping new immigration law in texas. will civil rights groups be able to block the measure that authorizes police in texas to arrest migrants? a stunning explosion of red-hot lava as a volcano erupts in iceland. cnn is right near the danger zone getting updates on the threat from the oozing inferno and the toxic gases spewing into the air? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with presidential politics at an all-out push for votes in iowa tonight. the top three republican candidates are getting ready to hold events in the lead-off caucus state. front-runner donald trump i
mexico. there s more long lines because of its closure. now the biden administration has decided to close the reports of injury and reassign those agents to process migrants. i want you to look over my shoulder because you will see there are thousands of migrants waiting to be transported for immigration processing. i can tell you from here, i can see women and children last check from sources on the ground and from the sheriff about 5000 migrants were waiting in eagle pass, texas. in the last 24 hours, 12,600 migrants were apprehended. just to give you a sense on december 8th, i interviewed jason owens. he said at that point in time, 7000 migrants had been apprehended within a 24 hour time period. that gives you a sense of the overwhelming number of migrants that have crossed who are waiting to be processed now, you are talking about the bottleneck when it comes to the number of migrants who are actually in custody. when you talk about these custody numbers. your not includi
memorize in five seconds, where the boys, we take a little bit more time. the competition is going to be fierce. the expertise is going to be fierce. in a couple of months, the girls have gotten exponentially better. the nfl and each of the 32 teams are investing into women s flag football from supporting local youth leagues to scholarship programs. so just think moms and dads out there, your daughters could win a gold medal in the olympics. no more soccer, no more tennis. she is going to do flag football. thank you. next hour of cnn this morning starts now. good morning to you. cnn this morning. it is sunday, november 5 ath. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for being with us this morning. and we begin in the west bank. secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit meat with the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas. this is blinken s first visit to ramallah since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. he and ma