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
congressman arthur davis says he s voting for mitt romney this time around. he s going to tell us why. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the cold war is long over, but a chill has settled in in the relations right now. the key shoous, moscow s support in the regime for syria. it may help fuel a brutal crackdown. president obama is addressing that issue headon at the g-20 summit in mexico. dan lothian is joining us right now. dan, what s the latest on this tension between the u.s. and russia? the two leaders met for about two hours. president obama saying the meeting was candid and thorough. i have to tell you, you take a look at the body language, and it gives you a sense of what the meeting was like. they did not sit close together. president obama was leaning towards president putin. president putin was leaning away. you didn t see any smiles at the end of the remarks. they had a quick handshake. sort of half a smile. president obama patting him briefly on