just hear those sleigh bells jingling come on it s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. outside the snow is falling and friends are calling. brian: this is how great and tuned in our listeners and viewers are. they pointed out there is only six reindeer. what s going on. add in rudolph some biblical scholars say rudolph didn t happen. if you add in rudolph 9. carley: do you know all their names? [laughter] brian: donner. carley: con comet, cupid blitzen. brian: amazing those names haven t gotten more popular. lawrence: i don t think we should go down down this road after your last biblical lesson last week dry line. brian: the drummer boy. because you can t find the drummer boy. lawrence: no scripture on that. carley: i read on instagram about the little drummer boy. after somebody gives birth that s what everybody would want a solo drum performance from a little boy. i never thought about it. brian: get the child with the snare drum b
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
potentially deadly fungus being found at hospitals across the nation. what s being done about it? a new battle front. we speak with a paver experts increasing threats developing in outer space. but, breaking tonight, day two of the high stakes summit between chinese president xi jinping and russian president vladimir putin. fears over the leader s cooperation growing today as the pair signed an agreement expanding their economic ties. the duo also touting china s supposed peace plan to end the war in ukraine. a plan ukraine says is a nonstarter. it comes amid heightened criticism over president biden s lack of communication and confronting of president xi and a perceived lack of strength from the biden administration. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off with that story live on the north lawn. peter, good evening. good evening, trace. as white house officials try to read the tea leaves from russia to figure out how this putin xi meeting is going to effect t
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ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. fema shooting down the governor s request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the first time. on the scene yesterday ohio senator j.d. vance. it is like chemicals coming out of the ground. let me show this to people. watch this. you can see the chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestine. sandra: health officials insist the water is safe to drink. but people who live there are concerned. i haven t s