Cornish, Ron Brownstein, kate bedingfield, geoff duncan. Thank you. And thanks to all of you for joining joining us im kasie hunt, Cnn News Central starts right now homes burned in almost every direction. Thats the word from texas as multiple wildfires are burning right now and breaking just moments ago, we just got word that pope francis was taken to the hospital. Were getting new information in on the condition of the 87 yearold pontiff, hunter biden about to take questions face to face with a republican lawmakers trying to impeach his father. Im kate bolduan with john berman. Sara is out today. This is Cnn News Central we are following this Breaking News. People in texas are being forced to flee communities, burn to the ground. There are multiple wildfires burning in the Texas Panhandle right now that is terrifying. If you come upon that, of course, overnight, the fire called the Smokehouse Creek fire became the fifth largest fire in texas state history, scorching over 300,000 acres
campaign is going to be unlike any other. yes, the new hampshire primary was a decisive win for donald trump. the kind of win that squashes any momentum for his one remaining challenger nikki haley. but buried in the results are also some very hard truths about americans views of donald trump, trumpism and the state of our democracy. as the bull work put it today, nikki haley has beaten donald trump in iowa. two groups of voters would be deciding the presidential nomination. the first group is a republican primary and caucus voters who acknowledge that tmp legitimately lost the 2020 presidential election. the second group, which overlaps with the first, is republican primary and caucus voters who accept that if trump were to be convicted of a crime, it would be unfit to serve as president. exit polling from nbc news shows that while the republican base may have stuck with trump, just 13% of hah lee voters said they would be satisfied with trump s winning the gop nomination.
democrat governor kathy hochul bolstering security after weeks of protests targeting key transportation hubs. much more on what officials are bracing for. but first, fox on top of the over the top numbers to close out 2023 at the border. migrant encounters hitting an all-time high. and on wall street, stocks hitting a series of highs, and on the campaign trail where tensions on both sides couldn t be higher. donald trump getting banned from another tate ballot. state ballot. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is here on that as the first big contest in two key states closes in. many. david: and good saturday morning to everyone. i m david asman in for neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. first to the record-breaking number ifs at the border. griff jenkins is here to break it down for us. good to have you in new york, but you ve got new numbers from the border. yeah, david, it s really remark remarkable, we re going to end the year with the south
brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that s another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. maine s democratic secretary of state following colorado s lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. mike: colorado s ban is on home after the state gop appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first election
for ukraine and israel looks like it could be offered may be for a while, republicans insisted not another dollar or until democrats agreed to secure the border, democrats equally adamant republicans are using the border as an excuse because they were never keen on funding ukraine. by texas congressman chip roy says not so but he vows if this border stuff isn t addressed, this aid package isn t happ happening. democratic senator mark warner says if this package isn t happening, vladimir putin isn t only smiling, vladimir putin is winning, they are both here and your world is starting now. welcome everybody, i m neil cavuto. let s get right to capitol hill were both sides are digging in and no solution. we don t have a solution at this hour and we likely won t it the next couple of days but i am told republican negotiator on the senate side of senator lankford has now spoken with democrats negotiator senator chris murphy. they are both swapping papers. langford has handed ov