Im more than willing to work with him. A senator, a Vice President , and finally President Elect on his third try. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. Tonight, do you see yourself as the Polar Opposite of donald trump . I hope so. A cnn special report. Fight for the white house joe bidens long journey. Its a good night its a good night and it seems to be getting even better. More than 30 years after his first run for the presidency joe biden with a lead tonight and a lead overall in the del inaugurate race. On his third try for the white house. We are very much alive it was the Sweet Super Tuesday that joe biden had always dreamed of, setting a clear path to the nomination finally at age 77. It was like, okay, lets buckle up. Were going to go. It was a really good feeling. It was glorious. Glorious and unusual to say the least. Fact no one has ever come in fourth in iowa and fifth in New Hampshire and gone on to become the democratic president ial nominee. To
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
millions over the holidays as a potential travel nightmare awaits. this is cnn news central. this morning, big news out of russia. opposition leader and chief putin critic alexei navalny has been found after simply disappearing for two weeks. now, the head of his anti-corruption foundation now says this morning that navalny is in a penal colony in the far reaches of northwestern siberia, thousands of miles from the jail where he was last known to be located. he was moved from the detention center near moscow where he was serving a 19-year sentence. cnn is following these developments. what is navalny s team saying about this move, how he is, whatever they ve been able to gather? reporter: look, we re getting more details about the situation that alexei navalny is now facing, as you mentioned, he has been moved according to his lawyer and colleagues to the new penal quality in northwestern siberia. there has been mounting concern around the conditions faced by navaln
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le