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Dec 2023
42m 39s

Pivotal meeting about border crisis

CNN
About this episode

First: President Biden is sending two top cabinet officials to Mexico City to meet with the Mexican president. Will a new plan emerge to stop the unprecedented number of illegal border crossings? 

Plus: A new survey shows voters associate Donald Trump with words like "revenge" and "dictatorship." And the GOP frontrunner seems to be bragging about it. 

And: It's time to say good-bye to 2023. We have a countdown of the biggest political stories of the year. 

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