life. evacuations ordered in california as the state faces destructive waves of massive storms. hundreds of thousands without power. and the terrifying lightning strike in houston. rob marciano standing by. for the first time since taking office, president biden at the u.s./mexico border where he faces fierce criticism. biden s new security plan, who gets to stay in the u.s. and who will be turned away. migrants tell us they feel like they re stuck in limbo. mireya is in el paso tonight. chilling video. a restaurant customer shoots and kills a robbery suspect. what we learned about the suspect s weapon. tonight, police are looking to speak with that shooter. he s now the speaker, but can kevin mccarthy keep house republicans in line after scenes like this? one member lunging at another, and that late-night phone call from former president trump. the investigations ahead from the biden family to the fbi. the urgent search for a mother of three in massachusetts. why
house next week, they will hold the administration accountable on this issue. he is here in moments as is jonathan turley with his analysis. first to aishah hasnie who is live for us in washington. aishah, good afternoon. good afternoon to you, trace. as the white house continues to blame republicans in congress for not passing immigration reform, democrat congressman henry cuellar of texas tells mes that an unfair assessment since the administration has the power to change policy today if it wanted to. without due respect to the administration, i agree, we need to do immigration reform. but they can change the policy by having order at the border where they can say they did it for the venezuelans. honestly, i think the homeland security department is struggling with some of the more progressive white house staffers. i hope homeland wins this particular fight. cuellar is responding to republican criticism that there was lack of border funding in that 1.7 trillion omnibu
of cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 25th. of course you know, we ve all been waiting for this beautiful morning. i m amara walker. good morning and merry christmas to you as well. thank you for spending part of your holiday morning with us. just ahead this morning, fighting racism from a one horse open sleigh, after getting hate mail for put putting up a black stanta in his yard santa in h yard, one man fights back. and how dollar stars are quickly becoming the go-to destination for shoppers. and we re going to introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year, with a heart warming moment as she accepted her award. first let s get you caught up with this morning s headlines with whitney wilde. good morning and merry christmas to you, if you re celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterda
also carolers hit the halls for fox news for a festive sing along. i love that. plus, back by popular demand is our naughty and nice list and a brand new segment we re revealing favorite childhood christmas stocking stuffers and annual secret santa gift exchange that will blow your mind. don t miss it. but first, time for a christmas edition of the fastest. first up, holiday get togethers are a prime location for asking embarrassing questions. a new survey says one in three people dread awkward conversations at family gatherings like have you put on weight? have you found a partner yet? when are you going to have a baby? why aren t you married yet? i m always asking these, jesse. glad you came dressed in holiday apparel. guess you come dressed for talk shows. i do. are you the one that asks the awkward question s? jesse: no, everyone is marry is marriedand has babies and tas politics. greg: you re a family of libs. jesse: yeah, it gets awkward. greg: people know not to ta
get gas, like, everything s just more expensive. neil: americans speaking out and freaking out over prices still rising as their 401(k)s keep plummeting and now a new report warning that inflation may be staying and may be much longer than expected. a new fox poll that shows more voters are blaming the guy in the white house. before you run for cover, just know we ve got you covered with lucas tomlinson at the white house as president biden says it s not inevitable we ll have a recession. susan li on the markets indicating we already might be in one. first to susan li, taking stock of stocks just, well, taking a hit and a big hit at that. horrible week. yeah. well, you saw it, neil, the worst week for the stork market in two years stock market and that s after a historic rate hike by the federal reserve, the single sharpest move in 28 years by the central bank, and they re trying to move quickly. as a result, money fast in the markets, the dow jones falling below 30,000