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in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, ....
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensit ....
than anybody else. people come to the border and try to get in without the necessary legal basis to do so, they will be sent away. talk to the migrants coming across the border, what do they say, we are here because of your president, here because of president biden and that s why we keep coming. i ve made a call to our president, our vice president, we need action. united states of america does not care about the safety, security of the border. border state officials fire back at the administration, as the migrant crisis could get work to start the new year. rich edson in new york. jonathan: jonathan hunt in los angeles. a fresh wave of 15,000 migrants head straight for the southern border, alejandro mayorkas and sent of state antony blinken are set to meet face-to-face later this hour with the president of mexico to discuss the migrant crisis. rich: chris clem is standing by whether the meeting will lead to policy change, but first to our team of reporters ....
ballot. appeal means he will remain on the ballot for now until the justices decide whether to take the case. hello, everyone, i m anita vogel in los angeles. hi, bryan. bryan: i m bryan in new york, sandra and john are off, this is america reports . the former president is facing a dozen challenges to eligibility to office, but caucus next month in iowa and new hampshire, and today at least two of his rivals are barnstorming the state. anita: chad, how are trump s republican rivals responding to his legal issues? chad: vivek ramaswamy wants gop candidates to withdraw from states who refuse to place mr. trump on the ballot. republicans can protect ourselves, i ve led the way in doing it, by saying any state that removes donald trump from the ballot, none of us should be on the ballot because that then takes states like colorado out of the gop primary which stops them from engaging in this kind of election interference. chad: the colorado gop is appealing the ....
rachel: that was the edwards that is the edwards waters university triple threat marching band, performing live at the speedway at the daytona 500 which by the way starts at 2:30 p.m. today and they are a triple threat. they ve got dancers, the band, two different types of dancers, they re amazing. they re amazing. i felt like i could pull off the shades. i need to take them off. it looks ridiculous. richard petty can do it. i can t do it. rachel: remember when i flew the f-16, my one regret was i didn t have off yatesers. aviators. i should have bought them before i did it. i made fun of him. those sunglasses lasted i looked at myself, i said you could do it. rachel: i would have looked so much cooler in the flight suit and this. that was a once in a lifetime you look cooler in those than i do. rachel: thanks, pete. just a fact. i m looking a at the monitor. >.rachel: i need the air forceo send me back the flight suit. i want a picture with this. it ....