the southern border is near a breaking point with thousands of migrants there waiting to be processed. federal authorities are reporting a seven-day average of more than 9600 migrant encounters at the border this month, which is among the highest ever recorded. republican tony gonzalez says the resources of border towns already are stretched thin and are being pushed past their ability to handle the unprecedented surge. when there s large numbers of people that come over, border patrol gets overwhelmed. they have to feed and clothe and house these people. where do they go? they go to the local grocery store. just the other day they bought 8,000 loaves of bread, cheese, food to feed these people. guess what happens when you go shopping at that local grocery store? you don t have groceries. joining me is rafael romo on the southern border in eagle pass, texas. just give us a sense of what you re seeing there today. reporter: let me tell you, in the last few minutes we saw
hi, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, december 23rd. i m amara walker. and i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. great to have you here. the eve of christmas eve. that is correct. there is more legal chaos involving donald trump heading into 2024. the supreme court rejects a request for justices to quickly hear arguments on whether the former president has immunity from federal prosecution. we ll walk you through what that means for his legal cal tar. plus, authorities at the southern border report a record number of migrant encounters every day. cnn is there. finally a cease-fire passes. we ll speak to an official about the humanitarian crisis in gaza. have yourself a healthy little christmas. it feels like i should be singing. does it feel like everyone you know is sick right now? we ll talk to a doctor about how to steer clear of the respiratory viruses that are out there. we re three weeks away from the iowa caucus and donald
league starts right now. terrifying scenes in the czech republic. a gunman s deadly rampage, killing his father and then targeting a school. you see these units left hiding outside on the ledge of a building. what we are learning at this hour about this rare type of attack for europe. , all eyes on the u.s. supreme court as special counsel jack smith pushes back today against a team of trump. will the justices weigh in on whether or not trump has immunity before christmas? first, a new low for rudy giuliani. filing for bankruptcy today. his list of people he is trying to skip out on paying includes, how about this, hunter biden. welcome to the league. we start today with our law and justice league. rudy giuliani facing the stiff cost of his campaign of lies and disinformation in service of donald trump. if you thought mr. giuliani s lowest point came outside for season total landscaping, or perhaps that infamous hair dye drip press conference, i forgot how bad tha