new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
julie: thousands and thousands of migrants are currently trekking through mexico headed for the southern border right now as we speak. it is the largest caravan in over a year and it comes as law enforcement at the border is struggling to process a record number of crossers. i m julie banderas in for harris today and you are watching a special edition of the faulkner focus. this migrant march north comes ahead of secretary of state antony blinken s trip south tomorrow. he will sit down with the mexican president and identify ways both countries will address border security challenges. but the new york post editorial board is not so hopeful calling out the president s lack of action writing this, i quote. biden can stop migrant caravan heading to the border if he cared. the administration s inaction can be seen in the historic numbers at the border. more than 241,000 migrant encounters so far this month alone. approximately 79,000 known gotaways. republican congresswoman
about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what we re looking at in this week s show, starting here in belgium. the african museum in tervuren, just outside of brussels, is marking its 125th anniversary. and along with a range of events associated with that, the museum s taken the opportunity to reflect on its colonial past. five years ago, the museum underwent a massive renovation, removing problematic statues, changing the labelling around objects, anything that created a negative stereotype about africa. though some things couldn t be changed, like the enduring presence of the monarch who established this place. so here, this hall represents really the two discourses that are taking place in the museum. and you can see, if you lift your head, the name of the late king leopold ii encrypted in everyone s hall. but also, here you actually have an inscription that says in french, la belgique apportant la civilis
afternoon. until tomorrow, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. a stunning decision that could end up the 2024 presidential race. colorado s highest court rules former president donald trump should be taken off the state s primary ballot. how trump is responding this morning. at the southern border, record-breaking numbers of newly arrived migrants. we re live on the ground in eagle pass, texas, where an open field is now being used to process what could be as many as 2,000 migrants. and an nbc news exclusive, the blunt warning chinese leader xi jinping gave to president biden just weeks ago. we re also keeping an eye on the state department now where secretary antony blinken is about to give his year end news conference. we begin this hour with a historic court decision that could have a major impact on the 2024 race for the white
crash near the white house. a u-haul van smashes into a security barrier near the president s home. disturbing items inside the truck include a flag with a swastika on it. the 19-year-old driver charged with threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or family member. surveillance video capturing harrowing moments and what came next as first responders trying to help a boy say they were met with gunfire forcing everyone to take cover. the latest on how all of this unfolded. and prince harry losing a legal battle over his personal security in the uk. just days after being pursued by paparazzi in manhattan with his wife, meghan markle. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a 19-year-old man accused of intentionally ramming a truck into security barriers outside the white house is expected to appear in court this afternoon. cnn has learned new details about his arrest last night. authoriti