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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 t...

bill? >> neil, good afternoon to you. this week alone here in brownsville, thousands upon thousands of people crossed illegally. as a result of that border patrol here over capacity and they have been conducting mass releases. take a look at this video. a few hours ago in downtown brownsville, migrants walking around a bus terminal. some carrying folders with their dhs paperwork. there's an ngo that helps these migrants out with their travel documents. a lot of them are venezuelans. we caught up with one venezuelan man that was released this morning. here's what he had to say. >> tit...

struggling first republic, the hope is that this massive cash infusion will calm markets and stop a panicky selloff. plus trump special koubl takes sweeping steps to get questions answered. subpoenas for workers from trump's communication handlers to the staff member caught on video helping move boxes in ask out of a storage room. and next week china's president makes a state visit to russia. the trip has consequences for ukraine's war of survival, and it happens the day the hague issues an arrest warrant for the russian president. up first, another bank saved from ruin. 11 ban...

hello and welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing another very busy news day with us. on notice, six more lenders get put on a watch list following the bank intervengs. new inflation numbers today make the challenge even more complicated. the inflation playbook says raise them again. plus the anterior of reagan no more. gop presidential hopeful ron desantis says russia's assault on ukraine and its democracy is not a vital u.s. interest. it's a flip tlop for the governor that puts him in sync with today's gop. and blame mike pence. donald tru...

defending his response to the massacre. he's reportedly denying he prevented officers from breaching the shooting scene and confronting the gunman. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> tonight, the january 6th select committee is expressing a sense of urgency ahead of the next public hearing on monday. members warning over and over again that democracy remains in danger and that former president trump is still fanning the flames. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is covering the...