widening war in the middle east after president biden orders retaliatory iron strikes on a group in iraq. plus chaos at the border. america s top diplomat is heading to mexico where thousands of migrants are making the trek to an already overwhelmed u.s. border. local law enforcement are begging for help to deal with the ongoing surge. and lashing out, donald trump spent christmas day attacking his enemies including president biden, counsel jack smith, his christmas message to him, rot in h ell. i m phil mattingly. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with the 2024 race where republican candidates are gearing up for their final campaign push in iowa. 20 days, less than 3 weeks until the caucuses, his rivals will be crisscrossing the state trying to chip away at the front runner status. who can we expect to see in iowa? how are they going to make a difference in what has been a race that trump has led by far and away over the course of the
global markets are eagerly waiting for the latest us inflation numbers and whether they will give any indication the rate has peaked. last week there was unexpectedly strong us jobs data which added to expectations the world s biggest economy is able to withstand a sharp interest rate rise by the federal reserve. but if inflation continues to soar it could change the likelihood of an aggressive big hike by the central bank. here s our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. after yea rs of no after years of no or at least hardly any inflation in the us, the past 12 months have seen consumer prices bugging sharply. the annual headline rate was 9.1%, the highest level for a0 years. economies expect the rate to call slightly to 8.7%. if that is the case that was ignored some welcome relief for us consumers and there are signs that americans do not expect inflation to continue at these levels for long. in addition, congress is about to pass the inflation reduction a
duty that day under the constitution and the laws of country. one lawman said if given the chance, members of the proud boys were willing to kill pence on january 6th. in just a few minutes we re expected to hear from former president trump speaking to the faith and freedom coalition in nashville, tennis is. earlier he released a statement that said in part i never suggested to vice president pence that he overturn the election. all this coming, as we said, the latest hearing that provided vivid new details about the former president s pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and pence s consistent refusal to go along with that. luke is a congressional reporter, elise jordan worked in the george bush administration, and barbara mcquade is a former u.s. attorney and law professor and vaughn hillyard is with me. he will be watching the former president s remarks. he s about an hour late in is the faith and freedom coalition, the ralph reed-led organization that
another it s like a whole new version of the guy that lives in the apartment, your bank in the maroon can be quiet all right. on that note. thanks to you guys. i appreciate you being here. thanks to all of you for watching. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now it all comes down to this seven men, five women are about to start deliberating and are about to decide the fate of a former president and current presidential candidate. a senior exclusive sean diddy combs under new scrutiny right now, sources tell cnn federal investigators are working to bring his accusers before a grand jury and people in texas could be in the dark 40 days is the latest word, the already deadly storms now leaving nearly half million texans without power and more bad weather is on the way. i m kate bolduan with john berman, sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central good morning for the manhattan criminal court, where as soon as today history will be made, t
summer. hey, do you work? what do you do? usually when an 81-year-old does that much traveling through europe, it s on a viking river cruise. [ laughter ] good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, june 13th. we re going to bring you the very latest from the g7 summit in italy. president biden is there meeting with world leaders and also talking support for ukraine. that s a top priority there. meanwhile, there s a lot happening today on capitol hill. donald trump will be in washington to meet with lawmakers from both chambers, setting up his first face-to-face with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell in more than three years. it comes a day after a partisan vote in the house, holding merrick garland in contempt of congress. we re going to dig into all of that straight ahead. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former treasury official and economic analyst steve rattn