beyond a breaking point. the finger pointing is over. it s always somebody else s faults. the first step to getting out of a hole is stop digging. the border crisis exploding. migrants flooding into the u.s. at a staggering rate draining resources and morale. instead of spending the holidays at home with their families, border patrol agents will face scenes like this. processing those entering the country illegally with no slowdown in sight. good morning and welcome to america s newsroom i m bret baier. bill and dana have much needed time off. good morning, gillian. gillian: i m gillian turner in washington. u.s. border patrol is vastly outnumbered with 200 would be illegal migrants to each single agent on the ground there. southern border governors say it is not at all clear president biden has seen what is happening on his watch. take a listen. has president biden seen photos and videos of people going into the country. has he seen photos and videos of it actually h
election. here s why this is so crucial, especially right now. the efforts to overturn michigan s election results are a significant part of the special counsel jack smith s federal elections aversion case. smith is now pushing the supreme court to decide immediately whether trump has presidential immunity from alleged crimes committed while he was in office. the high court could decide whether to take up that case as soon as today. the united states is now ready to support a united nations resolution to provide aid to gaza. the vote was delayed several times over the course of the week. it s now scheduled for today, as israel has proposed a new hostage release to hamas. aaa is expecting record holiday travel numbers. cnn this morning starts right now. we do begin with a new trump tape, this time in michigan. it could be powerful evidence for special counsel jack smith as pursues felony charges against the former president for efforts to overturn the election. the det
the supreme court for more than two decades and was at the center of some of the most impactful decisions impacting the lives of all americans. thank you for joining us. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. team trump just took out its first new hampshire ad against nikki haley. the lead starts now. by this time, next month, we will know if the polls are right. do you hear that sound? that s the sound of us surging. this hour i will speak with haley s biggest supporter in new hampshire where she has got to stop trump if she wants to be president, plus democratic senator john fetterman from pennsylvania will be here taking headlines and waves in his party for backing israel wholeheartedly, pushing border security, and saying he s not a progressive. what is going on? and the volcanic eruption creating warnings and wonder around the world. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. off the top are live images of that incredible volcanic eruption in iceland. the largest
hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici
i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunda