head south to mexico, a migrant caravan is making its way north. the lead starts right now. senior u.s. officials are urging the counterparts to do a lot more to drive down the number of border encounters. a record number of migrants is overwhelming both sides of them order, they are facing a barrage of complaints from elected officials who were usually on his side. we will explain. talking 2024, the latest development to keep trumps name off state primary ballot. they responded to a challenge of trump s eligibility, why is it the merit and their spending so confidently yet so many do not think the economy is doing well? we will investigate the finances and feeling heading into the new year. welcome to the lead, i am beyond got in for tapper. top officials are in mexico looking for help in slowing the surge of migrants at the u.s. border. the pictures show how urgent the crisis has become, we have 6000 migrants around the u.s./mexico border yesterday, that s a drop from wha
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
freed and why president biden made the tough call to release the venezuelan president s alleged moneyman from u.s. custody. donald trump back on the campaign trail after the bombshell court decision that could remove him from colorado s primary ballot. his g.o.p. rivals criticizing the move. this is a flagrant violation of the rule of law. margaret: renewed hope for another cease-fire between israel and hamas in exchange for the release of more hostages. the new warning about lithium-ion batteries. what you need to know for your holiday shopping. so pretty. margaret: and a hospital s holiday tradition is making spirits bright. i love it! [laughter] margaret: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. we begin tonight with new details about a major prisoner swap between the u.s. and venezuela. ten americans, including several the u.s. considered wrongfully detained, were released from that south american country today,
new details about the americans freed and why president biden made the tough call to release the venezuelan president alleged moneyman from u.s. custody. donald trump back on the campaign trail after the bombshell court decision that could remove him from colorado s primary ballot. his g.o.p. rivals criticizing the move. this is a flagrant violation of the rule of law. spiegelman renewed hope for another cease-fire between israel and hamas in exchange for the release of more host hostages. the new warning about lithium-ion batteries. what you need to know for your holiday shopping. so pretty. margaret: at a hospital s holiday tradition is making spirits bright. i love it! margaret: good evening. i m margaret brennan infra norah o donnell. we begin tonight with new details about a major prisoner swap between the u.s. and venezuela. ten americans including several in the u.s. considered wrongfully detained for a release from south american country today, in ex
alexey navalny found, the jailed russian opposition leader who had been missing for two weeks suddenly turns up. we ll show you where he is, and what his legal team is saying without the siberian penal colony where he sing with kept. and migrants are making their way to the uv index and antony blinken with his comments. and many are skipping their drugs to indulge in their holiday favorites. we ll talk to an expert if that s a good idea. and we re following these developing stories all coming in here to cnn news central. vladimir putin s most favorite critic is found alive in a siberian critic after the questions of his whereabouts. he missed two court appearances but nalvany s lawyers saw him in a remote penal colony and he s doing quote, quite well. known as the polar wolf, the prison is some 2,000 miles from where nalvany had been held before. his year long s protest of putin was a film and hbo documentary that won an oscar. and we have the latest now from london.