to meet with the mexican president. will a new plan emerge to stop the unprecedented number of illegal border crossings. plus a new survey shows voters associate donald trump with words like revenge and dictatorship. and the gop front runner seems to be bragging about it. it s time to say good-bye to 2023. we have a countdown of tbiggest political stories of the year. i m phil mattingly. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. at this hour, secretary of state antony blinken and the secretary of homeland security are meeting with the mexican president about the crisis along the southern border. the goal, convince him to action to stop migrants before they reach u.s. territory. cnn s priscilla alvarez leads us off from the white house today. what does the administration hope to get out of this trip from a policy perspective? reporter: simply put, they want help to drive down the number of border crossings. that officials have been seeing creep up over the l
plus, the remarkable story of this 9-year-old and how she s using her own voice for the first time all thanks to a rare and complex surgery. we re following these stories and more all coming right here to cnn central. we begin on the southern/u.s. border where thousands of migrants right now are making a very long trek by foot to the u.s. the caravan is called quote, the exodus of poverty. homeland security. p encounters with migrants at the border is averaging 10,000 nor the month of december alean. and border patrol agents say they ve been 380,000. what s unfolding from eagle pass, texas. what do you know about this caravan and how are officials preparing? jessica, they departed on christmas eve and they have spent their christmas day walking towards the united states. make no mistake about it, it s going to create an even more complicated situation. what we see and hear at the border, and, behind me it s a holding area that was empty when we arrived here this morning a
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venezuela. and by the way, i m not going to rule out a military option. reporter: back at the white house, trump weighing his options to replace justice kennedy on the supreme court as he closes in on his pick. spent the last three days interviewing and thinking about supreme court justices. i think you will be very impressed. reporter: sources telling cnn he s expected to make a final decision tomorrow or friday. after interviewing seven potential nominees this week. we hit a home run there and we ll hit a home run here. reporter: on the short list, two candidates now getting backlash from critics. facing claims one isn t conservative enough while the other is too far to the right. brett kavanaugh is one of the two, a federal appeals court judge favored by white house counsel don mcgann facing skepticism for the votes on health cares and ties to the bush white house. sir, thank you for the privilege of working here. and thank you for the honor of nominating me to the court