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newsroom." im jim acosta in washington. we begin with fears of growing escalation in the middle east. the pentagon says an iranian attack drone struck a commercial ship operating in the indian ocean on saturday. a u.s. defense official says a fire broke out on the chemical tanker with nearly two dozen crew members on board, but no one was hurt. it comes as newly declassified u.s. intelligence suggests iran has been deeply involved in a series of attacks by houthi rebels in the red sea....

enormous, four times, 200,000 people. thats just since we got into the christmas month of december, folks. not even over yet this month. many of them taking advantage of places where the border wall is broken or damaged by the cartels. this is my current fascination with this story. because the smugglers and the cartels just go out there and they cut through the fence. theres so many holes in the fence right now that workers work to fix them and theyve done it so many times that "the w...

warm welcome to our viewers all around the world. bianca is off. but just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> the colorado supreme court found that former president trump should be disqualified from being on the ballot in that state. >> weve never had a president inside an insurrection and then tried to run for the presidency again. >> thousands of migrants in eagle pass, texas waiting to be transported for immigration processing. >> congress has not been able to come together and do compreh...

punter president erdogan claiming victory, as yet not officially announced, but to all intents and purposes, that seems to be the case. we have seen the opposition candidate kemal kilicdaroglu also giving a speech and he was strongly worded but he did not explicitly admit defeat. lets speak to arda tunca. hes a columnist and economist at politikyol. we have talked a lot in recent days and weeks about the turkish economy and weeks about the turkish economy and it has been that hot butto...

losing to trump in the polls? >> you have the wrong poll. >> why do you think it is you are trailing trump in all the swing state polls. >> you dont read the polls, ten tolls, eight of them im beating him in those states, eight of them. >> mr. president, whats your message to democrats who dont want you to run again? >> they want me to run. >> two-thirds say they dont. >> read the polls, read the polls, jack. you guys are all the same. >> polls indicate are not happy with the way you a...

watters primetime. tonight -- oh, that was the grossest thing i have ever heard in my life. lets go. democrats shoot a gay porn video in the senate. >> oh. >> all rising inside t-mobile arena to pay their respects. >> trump jumps out to the largest lead a palestinian has had in 20 years. [screams] >> jesse: i feel like going, oh, my finger. just kidding. ♪ >> jesse: the heart senate building has produced some of washingtons biggest fireworks from condoleezza rice testifying in front ...

pass, texas where a record 12,600 migrants have crossed in a single 24-hour period. theres never been more. write it down in pencil. desperate times apparently call for desperate measures. wait till you hear what texas is doing now because it says washington is doing nothing now. we are now. you know, the numbers are staggering. they keep changing day by day. another record, another day. these are numbers heretofore thought impossible to get to. that you couldnt possibly get anywhere n...

in 1952, in the middle of the korean war, the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they, could president truman shocked the nation with a televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address, lawyers for the steal companies had driven to a district court judges home in washington, d. c., and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning. a hearing as to whe...

theres a huge barrage going on overhead just at the moment. yevgeny prigozhin seemed determined to march his men to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, its one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, s...

you still believe them to be true? >> yeah, of course theyll sue me again when i say that, but yeah i do. they want me to lie. basically theyre suing me in order to lie to them. im sorry, i cant do it. and the most important thing it doesnt have to be absolutely true. it has to be supportable. they have to prove i was deliberately lying, which i wasnt. >> rudy giuliani continue said to standby his lies about two former election workers from the state of georgia just days after a federa...