emily: unending tidal wave of border entries with no sign of slowing down. stunning images like the ones on the screen now speak to record-breaking pace of migrants entering the united states everyday. but the white houses this is not unusual. this is outnumbered, i m emily compagno, joining me today carley shimkus, lisa boothe and fox news contributor janette nesheiwat and ranking member and host of the doug collins podcast, doug collins. cbp sources revealing to fox news there have been over 214,000 migrant encounters so far this month, including 11,000 in the last 24 hours. the speaker of the house johnson is urging biden administration to take immediate action to curb the crisis, warning that the southern border of our nation is being overrun and u.s. customings and border protect is at a breaking point. take immediate action available under immigration laws to stem the record of tie of illegal immigration. he s calling on the biden administration to use executive a
chris jansing reports. at this hour, donald trump s republican rivals not sounding much like rivals after he s kicked off the ballot in colorado. what they re saying including the candidate pledging to withdraw from the state s contest if trump can t compete too. pressure mounting on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his tense meetings with the families of hostages and where negotiations stand right now to bring them home. plus, the threat is far from over as a volcano continues erupting in iceland, what it means for thousands of people forced to evacuate right before the holiday. and it s the most wonderful time of the year, unless maybe you re headed to the airport. the record-breaking travel as families head home for the holidays. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with donald trump s republican opponents rallying around after the colorado ruling. nbc s vaughn hillyard is following that for us. what are they sayin
politicsnation. tonight s lead, a christmas blizzard. right now, americans are preparing to celebrate christmas in the midst of a blizzard of legal developments surrounding donald trump. in just the last five days, the supreme has blocked special counsel jack smith s request to expedite a ruling on whether trump has legal immunity over his january 6th conduct. earlier, new recordings published by the detroit news reportedly showed trump pressing republican electors in michigan not to certify joe biden s victory in the state. three years ago. the state supreme court justices in colorado have been reporting death threats all week since they ruled that trump could not run for office in the state. all that plus what to expect when the senate comes back to washington next month. in new york governor kathy hochul joins me shortly as the empire state officially takes up the question of reparations for its black residents. i had a firsthand view this week as head of the national acti
in gaza can end the war. the latest on the israel leader s prerequisites for peace. plus, the u.s. firing back after u.s. soldiers are hit by a christmas day drone strike in iraq even as a new attack is reported in syria. what the biden administration is doing to punish those responsible and stop more attacks from coming. then to politics. volunteers for desantis, they re going door to door more than two million times as they try to build support for the governor in early voting states. what s at stake? particularly in iowa. and with christmas rush coming to end, it s been so far so good weather wise. we ve got tips for holiday travelers who still have places to go and people to see, but we re going to start in d.c. u.s. and israel officials holding new meetings to grapple with war strategy even as israel strikes close to multiple refugee camps. palestinian authorities say at least 70 people were killed in those attacks. the w.h.o. reporting the main hospital in the area has
hamas war escalating just days after the u.n. approved a watered down resolution calling for aid to the embattled region as the toll of the war caused christmas celebrations to be canceled in bethlehem. and getting down to the wire in iowa where a gop presidential candidate spent the holiday weekend trying win over voters. did he make any headway? we re going to find out. and if you ve been dreaming of a white christmas, you re probably going to be disappointed. we re going to tell you why most people around the country will just have to keep dreaming. we begin this hour with the growing fight over whether former president trump can claim immunity to election interference charges. trump s legal team filed a brief with a federal appeals court in washington over the weekend asking it to toss out the federal election interference case against him. his lawyers arguing quote this. president trump has absolute immunity from prosecution for his official acts as president. so, they s