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"cnn this morning" starts right now. well, good morning, everyone, i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. a lot to get to. specifically politics. pre-christmas campaign push lands in iowa today. donald trump, ron desantis and nikki haley all holding events there, sharpening their closing messages and attacks against one another this morning. a new signal the trump campaign is concerned about one candcand candidate's growing momentum. abbott signing a controversial bill making illegal immigration a state crime that will allow texas police to make mass arrests. the prote...

ukraine stands and democracy stands. a vital message delivered by president joe biden today. made more significant when he delivered the words from kyiv itself. he walks side-by-side with president zelenskyy and the ukrainian capital. it's a moment filled with symbolism with an american president ineffectively a war zone with daily bombardment from russia's forces. two presidents who visit war zones like iraq or afghanistan. president biden delivered a message not just to president zelenskyy and the ukrainian people but to western allies as well as the russians. the message is that a...

on ron desantis kicking a off his world tour. we begin with jacqui. hi, jacqui. >> hi, sandra. there's questions about whether this announcement will be for lack of a better word kind of a rush job. we have not seen any recent blitz across the states to tout his achievements like we were told would happen with the president. there's reports that campaign staffing decisions haven't been made yet. and there's not any major announcement. no event for that announcement anyway that we know of. instead, we're told to expect an announcement over social media according to reports. that is th...

ukraine. he warned the west that he is not bluffing. >> if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened with a without doubt use whatever means to protect russian our people. this is not a bluff. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds could also blow in their direction. speak up body reacted moments ago. >> let us put speak plainly, a prominent member the united nations security council invaded its neighbor. attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map. russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the united n...

mar-a-lago than it initially on. review trump records. >> highly political. never happened before. >> president biden is expected to announce $10,000 in student loan debt cancellation. >> forgiving federal college student loan debt will cost between 300 million and a trillion dollars. >> a blatant attempt to buy votes. >> cost savvy couples pitching nights out cheap rental trucks. one celebrating one year anniversary rented a u-haul. >> brian: ocean city, new jersey, up until 4:00 in the morning. someone left the lights on. bill is going to be through the roof. you are looking at wha...