December 2 86 a. M. Eastern time. Today the crisis at the southern border too big to ignore, President Biden does just that when questioned about it when he boarded a plane to st. Croix the Administration Officials meeting with the mexican president who warned them that the problem was going to intensify. All this as a massive Migrant Caravan began its way to our southern border. Working at the latest all morning long. Meanwhile the content to the new year is on, features as you can see our mixed, the dow is down by 64, nasdaq up by 63 and s p down one point and change, two trading days left for 2023 theyre down that sheen a new alltime high yesterday investors putting faith in the fed expectation to cut Interest Rates next year which is fueling this year end rally. Take a look at european markets this morning as you can see slightly higher, the cac 40 and the daxs are lower and into asia overnight, markets mostly higher. James comer and jim jordan shifting the impeachment inquiry focu
trump s intent. the new york times reports that prosecutors have questioned multiple witnesses over the past few weeks, including jared kushner, and questioned them about whether trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 2020 election that he had actually lost. the line of questioning suggests that prosecutors are trying to establish whether trump was acting with corrupt intent. remember, kushner also spoke to the january 6th committee last year. jared, are you aware of instances where pat cipollone threatened to resign? i kind of like i said, my interest at that time was on trying to get as many pardons done, and i know that, you know, he was always him and the team were always saying, oh, we re going to resign. we re not going to be here if this happens, as that happens. so i took it up to just be whining, to be honest with you. we also just learned moments ago special counsel jack smith requested a reply memo by trump and nauta to delay the documen
Erin burnett out front starts right now. The Michigan Supreme Court handing donald trump a win, keeping him on the ballot in that state. Thats not stopping challenges in other states. I will speak with someone at the center of it all. Bidens border problem. The president s top diplomat wrapping up his meeting with mexicos president. Will it change anything at the border . Before and after Satellite Images of a russian warship ukraine says it destroyed. Lets go out front. Im erica hill in for erin burnett. Donald trump with a win in michigan where the state Supreme Court rejected a bid to remove him from the Primary Ballot. Trump quick to hail that on social media today. The fight is really just beginning. Michigan is the fourth state to reject efforts to keep trump off the Primary Ballot. Similar efforts continue in a number of other states. A ruling in maine is expected any day now. Trump is actually now demanding that maines democratic Secretary Of State, who would decide that ballot
Japanese we should be able to beat the houthis. Secretary austin and the Biden Administration is failing our troops in the field. I admire him, he is a patriot, but he is not doing a good job protecting the soldiers. Without iran there are no houthis. The houthis are completely backed by iran. Molly forces in israel are expanding their Ground Operation in gaza. Trey yengst is live in tel aviv with the latest on these escalations. Trey, to you. Good morning. Threats from iran and its proxies are increasing amid concerns about the possibility of a broader regional conflict. Yesterday alone we understand that 12 attack drones, three antiship Ballistic Missiles and two Cruise Missiles were shot down by the american Eisenhower Carrier Strike group from the houthis and lasted for ten hours. An American Service member remains in Critical Condition following a drone attack against the Erbil Air Base that drew an american response. Zooming in on the ground, israeli Chief Of Staff announced tues
From the 2024 primary ballot under the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban. It is a decision that differs from the one that was reached by the Colorado Supreme Court last week. Trump responding in an interview he was not surprised by the ruling. It is very bad for colorado, very, very bad for colorado, but we just had the big win in michigan today and that was a good one. And we have 33 wins and this isnt a loss because well have to see what happens. This is not a final determination. So trump also demanded wednesday that the Secretary Of State in maine recuse herself from a similar Ballot Eligibility Case over her past statements about the january 6 riot. She is said to issue a decision in the coming days. This is all as doj prosecutors in the Subversion Case moved to block him from using the court as a forum to sow disinformation. Lets bring in eugene scott. Good morning to you. Hope youve had a wonderful holiday week. So lets talk about these dueling decisions about trumps eligibili