live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it s not something we say very often, but congress appears on the verge of actually accomplishing something. more than 350 house members, even speaker johnson himself have signed on to a multibillion dollar deal that could give a tax break to millions of families and businesses, but will senate republicans end up sinking it? for the first time in a long time, we heard from defense secretary lloyd austin pinning the blame directly on iran for the deadly attack on u.s. service members and insisting they ll pay the price. we ve not described what our response is going to be, but we look to hold the people that are responsible for this accountable. but the question is when and is the delay getting iranian backed militants time to get away. and the government is gearing up for a price war with big pharma, with billions of your dollars at stake. hhs secretary xavier becerra will join me later in the show to talk about how it coul
i ll be back with special live coverage of the new hampshire primary. until then, thanks for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, hours away from first votes in new hampshire can nikki haley stop trump s march to the nomination as they re lining up behind the former president, republicans that forgot that they used to hate him. breaking news, israel proposing a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the hostages and the reporter who broke this story is out front and biden scoring a major victory in his border battle with texas. the democratic mayor of denver, he calls his city ground zero for the migrant crisis and why he thinks he has a solution everyone can agree on. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett and the first primary of 2024 at midnight and the first voters of new hampshire get to go in and cast their votes and this is where it will happen in dixville notch. it is the first town to vote in the republican primary thi
retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militant groups. the latest on the rising tensions in the region, plus, trump s christmas message lashing out at special counsel jack smith as the former president tries to get his election interference case thrown out. so, is the former commander in chief immune from criminal prosecution? we ll see. we ll talk about that coming up. and later on, the presents opened and the cookies devoured, millions of americans set to travel today in the post christmas rush. i m going to speak to a travel expert about some travel tips to help you survive the misery. hey, everybody. good morning to you. merry post christmas. we begin this hour with the breaking news out of the middle east. president biden ordering retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militia groups in iraq after three u.s. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern iraq on monday. since october 17th, there have now been at least 103 separate attacks on u.s.
a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamas s attack on israel hasn t hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvard s president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoiding calls for her to resign over her testimony on antisemitism. can she survive another controversy? following these major stories and many, more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the special counsel prosecuting donald trump wants to fast-track a key dispute in the case right to the supreme court. today, jack smith again urged justices to weigh in now on whether a former president can be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed while in office. it is an issue that has never been test
[bleep] [bleep] [bleep] sandra: viral video showing a woman and her boyfriend swept up in a mob of violent teens surrounded, taunted, beaten, and robbed. john: the terrified victim now speaking in a fox news exclusive about the crime crisis plaguing the city she loves and the stranger in the crowd who she wants to find and thank. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. good to be with you again. sandra: and you as well on this tuesday afternoon. live from new york city and washington, i m sandra smith. that interview just ahead. but first this fox news alert. these bad men, they have me, help me, help me, call anybody, call the police, i m going to pop her full of drugs, have my way with her. john: a mother s worst nightmare turning out to be nothing more than just a scam. her daughter s cries for help were created using artificial intelligence. the terror it created could not have felt more real. alicia is live in denver with more. this is hap