prepaid those credit cards for food that are going to the migrants. we are not giving people american express cards. we found that the food delivery service that we set up during the emergency we could find a better way to do it. steve: why are the migrants getting a better deal than the homeless of new york? that s what people have scratching their heads about. meanwhile, southern california still in the grip of dangerous atmospheric river triggering 500 mud slides leaving at least nine people dead as they pick up the pieces in has enda li heights. lawrence: remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: developing story, the house republicans are they are pushed to impeach dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas blew up last night. they didn t have enough votes. ainsley: he isn t out of the woods yet. second vote today. it s already in the works. lawrence: jacqui heinrich at the white house. big defeat for house speaker mike johnson who had been building
Happy holidays. We begin the Special Edition of the readout with a look back at what has been a monumental year for the democrats historic performance in the midterm elections, to the january six hearings, to the Supreme Court overturning roe v. Wade. The fbi rating the home of a former president , and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for and politics. I hear thats left us rights as human beings, and whether you have more of those rights if, say, youre a former president. Or if you are if you have a uterus and live in a red state. Well, 2023 maybe the air we finally got some answers. To start, well learn who exactly will be running for president in 2024, and, who if any in the Republican Party, will stand up to donald trump. Though, maybe dont hold your breath on that one. Speaking of which, we could find out if the twice impeached disgraced former president will actually be held accountable and any of the laundry list of investigations that he is under. Th
world. i m laila harrak. thousands of people ordered to evacuate their homes in california as the storm-battered state endures another round of heavy rain and flooding. donald trump facing new legal woes. the former u.s. president now weighing whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. plus, a major step for the middle east as iran and saudi arabia strike a deal to restore diplomatic ties. the surprise agreement helped along by beijing. we ll break down what it all means. announcer: from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we start this hour in california, where residents are getting battered by more storms, the result of yet another atmospheric river. at least two people are dead and nearly 10,000 people are under evacuation orders. more than 40,000 homes and businesses currently without power according to poweroutage.us. the central coast has been the hardest hit with creeks being turned into raging rivers
we are now seeing another guy from florida make moves. ron desantis is reportedly telling people in his circle he is set on running. sources tell the washington post he is going to declare in may or june. desantis has 70 mill in the back left over from run for governor. and desantis super pacs are coming alive. i don t know how it could be more obvious but ron desantis is in iowa today. if you talk to floridians, there s no drama in our administration. there s no palace intrigue. they basically just sit back and say okay, what s the governor going to do next and we roll out and we execute and we do things and we get things done. and, in the process, we beat the left day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. [applause] jesse: no drama ron. that s a clear shot at the former president. no drama and execute. we re going to see those themes repeated from the desantis camp. desantis winning the iowa caucus would be very big. trump didn t win iowa in
joe weekend! there was a lot to talk abou this way let s get right to some of the top stories. we re gonna begin with th new york times reported that the manhattan district attorney s office has signaled two attorneys for former president trump. he could face criminal charges the paper sites for people wit knowledge of the matter. it all stems from th investigation by manhattan da, alvin bragg s office and trump s role of the hush money to adult film actress, storm daniels ahead of the 201 election prosecutors now offered th former president the chance to testify next week before the grand jury, that has bee hearing evidence and the potential case the times reports it would b unusual for a da to notify a potential defendant withou ultimately seeking charges against them, but trump is likely to declined that offe according to the paper, former presidents lawyers also coul meet privately with prosecutor in an attempt to fend of criminal charges two of trump s defense attorney