here, alvarez has created no true linear plot.ully memory the garcia girls own instability and permanence throughout the book. each of the stories focuses on one of the four daughters or the garcia family as a whole, yolanda, the third god or, is ultimately the central focus and she is the pagonis. alvarez policy weaves together the fraught tensions between american teenager and her parents with a complex tensions between the dominican american teenager entered a minute to parents. how the garcia girls last their accent explores themes of identity, assimilation, family, and memory memory. it is an immigrant story. it also has to deal with both women's sexual awakening and sexual assault with a gentle nuance and frank realism,two themes that have led to numerous calls for the books removal senses publication in the early 1990s. right after a quick break, i will bring you my fantastic conversation with the book's author, julie alvarez, don't go anywhere. anywhere >>> okay, without further ado, this is my conversation with the author

y en la marca estÁ Álvarez. y angulo va a ir mÁs atrÁs. como disfrutarlo. ustedes son luchadoras y estÁ eso recompensa.modelo, la marca de los luchadores. josÉ: no fueron suficientes 50, mÁs 54.104 minutos no han sido suficientes para tener un campeÓn. kikin: de das cuenta de lo parejo que estÁn los partidos. de que son equipos que son contundentes a la hora de poder manejar los resultados. asÍ que vamos a ver una larga, a ver quiÉn tiene mejor condiciÓn fÍsica. que va a sobrepasar. josÉ. vamos a repasar lo mejor que ha pasado en este encuentro. esta es muy buena. de cÓrdoba para gignac y el disparo. kikin: iba a ser un golazo de antologÍa.mira como se lamenta. mira cÓmo se acomoda. josÉ:era de antologÍa. y despuÉs de esta que iba a tener el amÉrica. ivÁn: el tridente de amÉrica. donde aparece diego valdÉs en el segundo palo con un buen remate. y aparece la notable atajada de guzmÁn. josÉ: ya nos regalÓ otra con el pie muy difÍcil. y malagÓn con una gran intervenciÓn. que seguramente veremos a continuaciÓn y una pelota el palo de carioca.

dw correspondent benjamin alvarez. goober has been following the vote from bureau in washington, a deduction to us envoy to the united nation sad in new york during this a meeting and off to the vote plus cost. and the draft resolution calling proceeds funding cause it wasn't a quote diverse from reality and would not move the needle forward on the ground in any concrete way. this is not the 1st time that we see this vito and by the united states, we saw it also in october, when it said that a ceasefire would only help from us. and it's quite similar to the view of the israel also has the what's interesting is not just the view of the us, but that the u. k. up stains it, but coming back to the us, let's hit into what the envoy of the united states had to say. no, you're going to result through this rush process wasn't in balance resolution that was divorced from reality, that would not move the needle forward on the ground in any concrete way. and so we regretfully cannot support it. we still cannot comprehend why the resolutions authors decline to include language condemning from us to risk

washington correspondent benjamin alvarez. goobers following this for us from washington. and benjamin to tell us more about what happened with the vote, so that when not enough, those in the senate to pass this bill, the supplemental bill, the president biden, was just mentioning, what is important to you that is not just financial health for ukraine, but also for is rather also for border security and also for taiwan indian, the pacific. and the problem here is that republicans have repeatedly stressed the national security concerns needs to start with a they us as a board as security. they said that more needs to be done. there so it's a really big package, $106000000000.00 us dollars. and a few days ago the white house sat and urge congress to approve it dis package by saying also by stating that the department of defense has use 97 percent of its funds. if you create in the state department has used all the funds that it has that that's something that junk kirby, the spokes person of the national security. and council also said earlier today saying that this will be a

but cooley and alvarez in the right place, right time.— cooley and alvarez in the right place, rightation. the champions of south america trailing _ improvisation. the champions of south america trailing the - improvisation. the champions of - south america trailing the champions of europe, and soon it would be by two goals. a deflection from this phil foden cross, the keeper unable to react. by the break, the england international made his mark on the game once again. city cruising, though victory came at a cost— rodri, or could be their most influential player this season, limping off following this tackle. shortly after alvarez added a fourth ceiling dominant win, manchester city fc, the talk of england, europe, and now the world. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. aston villa look like missing the chance to go top of the premier league. they're losing 1—0 at home to bottom side sheffield united in injury time. a late goal from cameron archer on 86 minutes put sheffield united ahead, and they're heading for three much needed points. villa had an earlier goal disallowed after var found jaco

and now priscilla alvarez in the white house, we know senior officials and the the secretary of state is heading to mexico in the coming days and that president biden has spoken with mexico's president. what are you hearing from the white house about what's happening today and what's going to come in the next few days? >> well, jessica, this has been a top concern for the white house and an issue that officials have had to grapple with under the biden administration amid this record migration across the western hemisphere, and as you mentioned, the situation has become to dire that president biden called the mexican president last week to place pressure on mexico to do more to stem the flow of migration, and during the calls, both leaders agreed that additional enforcement is urgently needed, but this is the situation the white house was hoping to avoid, because border security is not a political issue but a major low just cal challenge as the number of people apprehended a at the u.s./mexico border strains and they are including secretary of state antony blinken and human right secre

he scored, but it was kholian alvarez in the 88th minute who scored city's fourth goal and his second goal in this game with a header. it is over this was the fifth citizens cup in 2023. mohammad meshed, sed and broadcasting news agency. in the following , news from european football and first italy milan he missed the opportunity to close the gap with the leaders. milan last night in the first game of the 17th week of the italian football series against. the second team of rome and yaran sardar azmoun will play against napoli and bologna against atalanta. the 8th week of the english premier league was followed up with one game yesterday, and stan villa was stopped against sheffield united by 1, and with 39 points, saud missed the chance to top the table. continue from 21:00 tonight. and in the most important game, liverpool lost the third place and 38 points to host arsenal, the leader of the table, with 39 points. in other games, west ham and manchester united, luton and newcastle, tottenham and orton and tomorrow, wolverhampton will face chelsea in the last game of the week. and in

marcela: un tremendo susto pasÓ el cantante mexicano julio Álvarez, al quedar entre el fuego cruzadodrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador, inaugurÓ una farmacia con la que esperan almacenar y distribuir medicamento para comunidades de bajos recursos. tenemos informaciÓn de esa iniciativa. >> el propÓsito es, que a ningÚn mexicano le falte las medicinas . reportera: bajo esta promesa el presidente andrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador inaugurÓ la mega farmacia para el bienestar, funcionarÁ como medio de distribuciÓn para sistema de salud publica mexicano. el objetivo es erradicar el desabasto de medicamentos que aquejan a la poblaciÓn que surte sus recetas e instituciones de gobierno, el almacÉn uno de lo mÁs grande del mundo trabarÁ 7 dÍas a la semana se las 24 del dÍa. >> es una forma que hagan algo para las personas que no tienen medicamentos. reportera: pese a lo que firma el presidente la farmacia no surtirÁ las recetas de todos los mexicanos. >> tenemos convenios con estas 3 dependencias. marcela: la atenciÓn es vÍa telefÓnica los afiliados deben marcar y proporcionar un nÚmero que tienen su receta,

it was julián alvarez who sent the ball into the opponent's goal with his chest. twenty-seventh minute, city's lead increased thanks to an own goal from fluminense defender nino, who unsuccessfully interrupted phil fodon's pass from the flank. in the second half of the match, fodon scored himself. using alvarez passed and brought the score to a big one, the same alvarez put the point, thus making a double. 4:0, manchester city wins the cup. there, in saudi arabia, but already in the national championship match, cristiano ronaldo scored. the star portuguese has already scored 51 goals this year, converting a penalty kick in his club's game against al-nasr. but in the 81st minute dusin vlahovic still brought victory to juventus 2:1. bologna hosted the atalanta players and it was heading towards a goalless draw, but in the 86th minute lewis ferguson headed the ball into the visitors' goal. our alexei miranchuk entered the field as a substitute in this match, but was unable to help his team. 1:0 in favor of bologna. to celernitana's rivals on her field. milan was purs

let's go to cnn's, priscilla alvarez, who's at the white house for us. priscilla, what

it was julián alvarez who sent the ball into the opponent's goal with his chest. twenty-seventh minute, city's advantage increased thanks to an own goal by fluminense defender nino, who unsuccessfully interrupted a pass from the flank. in the second half fodan scored himself in the match, using alvarez's pass and brought the score to a big one, the same alvarez put the finishing touches, which ended in the former's victory with a score of 3:1. more. in all official tournaments , only two people scored for the club: khari kane and kylian mbappe, with 52 goals each. in the seventeenth round of the italian championship frosinone, in his first minute, dusin vlahovic still brought victory to juventus 2:1. bologna. hosted the atalanta players and it was heading towards a goalless draw, but in the eighty-sixth minute lewis ferguson headed the ball into the goal guests. our alexei mironchuk entered the field as a substitute in this match, but was unable to help his team. 1:0 in favor of bologna. salernitana's opponent on their field was prisli in their goal in the sevente

use benjamin alvarez group or he is in washington. come bring this force. so been, it looks like we've got a stand off over who gets how much money here. so who is going to blink 1st? is this going to be a matter of either the democrats or the republicans blinking 1st? so we're definitely seeing a stand off and well we can be sure that there will be a show down on the senate and in the house. we can't be so sure of who will blink 1st. but what we can see is that republicans have been quite successful. it for train both ukraine funding and also the board of policy proposed with national security priorities. and that is making some democrats, but also emigration advocates. now there's some fear that the deal will permanently change immigration law and exchange for additional funding for ukraine. currently, the house and the senate are divided all over whether to continue sending age it to ukraine. we have republican lawmakers want to tie funding it to ukraine to type in immigration laws. this package includes 13600000000 to also address security of the us mex

no drama, no vendettas, no wine w, corresponded to benjamin alvarez group in washington content, a small welcome benjamin. so as we had, donald trump reminds that on to bait for the republican nomination of what a thing stands for the number to respond to the last night's debates of the best. so many questions now that need to be honest, we have 66 weeks until the iowa caucus is an open the that open a this whole a 2nd month that we will see in next year. so that the nomination contests. so time is running out it for the candidates, many of seeing nikki haley who was the. b some basset or to the un and florida governor for on desantis taking the lead. so this was the 4th a debate that we saw yesterday. it happened to another bomb. i was the last a debate, big debate of the republican, hopefully the one to go into this. it presidential a come paid one to be the republican candidate. it was the last one of the year. but more interesting than the fact that donald trump, former president in donald trump, was now part of it, is the fact that there was a segment of this to our, a discussion th

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priscilla alvarez is a at the white house. as we wait for the president, what are you hearing about the specifics of what he's going to say? >> he's expected to take an urgent tone and pushing for the supplemental request in making the play he's made from the beginning that this is not just about assisting israel and ukraine, but also is unhertzed for national security of the u.s. he's likely to make the warning that his officials have made over the course of the last few days. the office of management and budget saying that without congressional action, we will run out of resources to procure more weapons and equipment for ukraine and provide equipment for u.s. military stock. we're likely to see an extension of that in the remarks, which are expected momentarily. to refind viewers, the president has come out to push for the supplemental request to push for total breaking it down. it's $61 billion for ukraine and $14 billion for israel. he made a the call for the naugs in october when this was first introduced. he's gone to t

. >> cnn's priscilla alvarez is in washington. this is a strong rebuke from the white house. what will is it appeared the president saying? >> reporter: that's right, fred. the white house saying it's similar to other authoritarian regimes, but the white house slamming the former president for his comments on immigration yesterday. in a statement this morning, a white house spokesperson saying echoing the grotesque rhetoric, and threat then not who disagree with the government are -- and on public safe. it is the opposite of everything we stand for as americans. that has been the resounding message from the white house, and from the biden campaign. in marking the stark contrast between president biden and his predecessor, former president donald trump on the issue of immigration. of course, this is all delicate as border security and immigration have been liabilities for president biden going into the 2024 president y58 election. in opportunities like this one, the white house making it chlorothat what the former president is saying here is dangerous. president biden had actu

julian alvarez, the argentine, right place, right time.s of south america were trailing the champions of europe, and soon it would be by two goals. a deflection from this phil foden cross, the keeper unable to react. and after the break, the england international made his mark on the game once again. phil foden rubs it in. city cruising, although victory came at a cost, rodri, arguably their most influential player this season, limping off following this tackle. shortly after, alvarez added a fourth, sealing a dominant win. manchester city, the talk of england, europe and now the world. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. it's only taken 39 years, but george michael's dream of the christmas number one has finally come true. wham's last christmas is — at last — in the top spot. here's mark savage. for the first ever time in the history of this song, wham and last christmas is your official christmas number one today! # last christmas, i gave you my heart # but the very next day, you gave it away... 13 million. that's how many times last christmas was

no drama, no vendettas, no windy w corresponded to benjamin alvarez group in washington content, a small welcome benjamin. so as we had, donald trump reminds that on to be for the republican nomination of thing stands for the number 2 spots after last night's debate the best. so many questions and all that need to be honest, we have 66 weeks until the iowa caucus is an open the that open a this whole a sacrament that we will see in next year. so that the nomination contests. so time is running out for the candidates, many a seeing nikki haley who was the us ambassador to the un and, and florida governor for on desantis taking the lead. so this was the 4th a debate that we saw yesterday. it happened to another bomb. i was the last a debate, big debate of the republican, hopefully the one to go into this. it presidential a come paid one to be the republican candidate. it was the last one of the year. but more interesting than the fact that donald trump, the former president in donald trump, was now part of it, is the fact that there was a segment of this to our, a discussion that was just

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priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >>> former u.s. president donald trump is once again lashing out at immigrants coming into the u.s. at a campaign event in new hampshire on saturday, he railed against migrant crossings at the u.s./mexico border which hit new highs in september. >> they are poisoning the blood of our country. that's what they have done. they have poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world. not just in south america or the three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world they are coming into our country from africa, from asia, all over the world they are pouring into our country. >> president biden's campaign reacted to that rhetoric saying trump is parroting adolf hitler. trump also quoted russian president vladimir putin and praised hungary's authoritarian leader viktor orban. >>> meanwhile the u.s. is experiencing its highest level of homelessness since the government began conducting its annual point in time count back in 2007. cnn correspondent camila bernal has more on this gr

we're going to begin at the white house with priscilla alvarez. priscilla, you can walk us through the details of this meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and amlo. >> that's right, boris. these are the highest ranking officials engaged in the meetings as the u.s. seeks more help from mexico. and they want to see a series of measures taken by mexico to drive down those numbers. officials tell me that that includes, for example, moving migrants that are in the northern border of mexico further south to did congest the area and controlling railways where migrants use to quickly get to the u.s. southern border and also providing incentives for migrants to remain in mexico and not make their way up to the border. now this all comes as an extension to the call that president biden held with mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador last week where the two agreed that additional enforcement was urgently needed. the u.s. has often leaned on mexico in moments of crisis to stem the flow. that's what they're looking for to provide relief t

priscilla alvarez is in washington with those details for you. >> reporter: senior u.s. officials meeting on tuesday with a close confidant of benjamin netanyahu. the hours long meeting comes as the u.s. looks for israel to move away from its high intensity war. now, ron durmer met with antony blinken and jake sullivan. the big question, what does the next face of the war look like. up until this point israel has assured the u.s. that it plans to transition to a low intensity war with a more precise military strategy, but they haven't offered a time line. so u.s. officials were looking for more information on that again as that death toll continues to rise in gaza. over the course of the day, officials were expressing confidence about the nature of the conversations between the u.s. and israel describing them as good and saying that the u.s. and israel are on the same page. but president biden is under increasing pressure over the destruction and devastation in gaza. and he said earlier this month that israel risks losing support on the international stage if it doesn't

now in some quarters as dw correspondent benjamin alvarez group, i explained to me earlier from washington as it is. we're seeing a shift here in the us. not only with a growing numbers of protests that we've seen, not only here in washington, but have many other us cities calling for a ceasefire. and also a meant to us age to israel, but also with more members of congress that ultimately calling for conditioning a to israel. as you just said, we have congress woman alexandria across your cortez. she said, conditioning a to israel is we do with the best, the, all, all the us allies as a responsible course of action and also by any send us who said that washington's and i quote, blank check approach must and, but also the government, the us government is form of bulk in its criticism a towards israel only last week and secretary of defense load austin said israel risk what he called a strategic defeat if it does not work to protect civilians in gaza. also said that the us will, on one side support is running and also remain focused on ukraine before the government. and that may be possible

police s priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. >>> former u.s.dent donald trump is once again lashing out to immigrants coming into the u.s. at a campaign rally in new hampshire on saturday, he railed against migrant crossing at the u.s./mexico border, cnn has the details. >> reporter: former president donald trump returns to the granite state for the first time in a month, continuing a ramp-up of political activity in the coming week before voters cast ballots in the presidential primary. during those months, president trump continued the dark and what civil rights groups have said about zxenophobia. >> they've poisoned mental institutions and prisons across the world, not just in south america, or the three or four we think about, but all over the world from africa and arab, they're pouring into our country. for former president trump who focused on the campaign visits have convinced his supporters not to be complacent. they know that they're leading in the polls. there's been a lot of coverage how much they're leading in the polls and they don

. >>> cnn's priscilla alvarez is at the white house.omeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas was part of negotiations earlier today on, you know, a package deal that would involve immigration, aid to ukraine, as well as israel. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, these negotiations are still ongoing. the secretary having spent part of his time on the hill this week, including today to try to reach some type of consensus on border policy changes to be attached to this supplemental request. to remind viewers, this is a supplemental request the white house sent to capitol hill in october. it includes, for example, $61 billion for ukraine, $14 billion for israel, as well as funds for border security, among other priorities. and the president has repeatedly said to americans that this aid is critical not only for the security of these countries but also for u.s. national security. saying that without this aid, republicans are essentially kneecapping ukraine at a critical juncture. but what the president has also said is he's open to c

priscilla alvarez joins me now from the white house. what is the white house doing now to try to salvage this and make some kind of deal? is that even possible? >> reporter: put simply, it's trying to find some sort of some promiez, which the president is open torks according to his remarks yesterday. sources tell me that the white house telegraphed to negotiators what they might be open to. that includes two key issues raising the credible fear standard for asylum seekers, but also casting a wider net of undocumented immigrants for a procedure. that latter point being similar to what was attempted under the trump administration. this was unlikely to sit well with allies who see this as reducing the number of migrants who might be eligible for asylum and putting more migrants on track to be deported more quickly. but the reality of the white house is facing here is that the situation on the ground is dire. they are facing more than 10,000 encounters daily. and that alone stresses federal resources. so all of this just puts a very politi

priscilla alvarez, cnn, at the white house. >>> recent polling shows biden is way behind donald trump when it comes to immigration and border security resp, an issue could jeopardize the re-election campaign. a poll conducted shows biden trails trump by 23 points on better handling of immigration. >>> nikki haley held a town hall thursday where she tried to set herself apart from the other republicans running for the white house. including the former president. she was confronted by an iowa voter who called on her to more strongly criticize trump. >> i want to hear from you that you also think that this is not good for the country and not good for the church and i want to support someone who agrees with that. >> i wouldn't be running if i didn't think that he is not the right person at the right time. i have said multiple times i don't think that it is good for the country for donald trump to become president again. i've made that very clear. >> gop presidential candidate ron desantis believes trump's legal woes have done damage to the republican party. the florida governor discussed

our reporter priscilla alvarez is here. what specifically will the secretary asked of the mexican president? >> reporter: u.s. officials prepared a series of measures they want mexicans to take to drive down the number of border crossings at the u.s. southern border. for example, moving migrants out, at the mexico northern border to decongestant area as well as controlling roadways which are often used to more quickly get to the u.s. southern border. providing incentives like visas so that migrants remain in the country, and not travel up to the u.s. southern border. clearly it's an urgent issue not only because of the numbers but also because of who the president is sending to have these talks. this is an extension of the president biden call with mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador. last week both agreed that additional enforcement was urgently needed. eric kay of state antony blinken, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and homeland security advisor liz sherwood-randall in the talks that will happen

dw correspondent benjamin alvarez goober has been following the vote from our bureau in washington, a deduction to us envoy to the united nation sad in new york during this a meeting and off to the vote plus cost. and the draft resolution calling proceeds funding cause it wasn't a quote diverse from reality and would not move the needle forward on the ground in any concrete way. this is not the 1st time that we see this vito, and by the united states, we saw it also in october, when it said that a ceasefire would only help her mazda and it's quite similar to the view of the israel also has the what's interesting is not just the view of the us, but that the u. k. up stains it, but coming back to the us, let's hit into what the envoy of the united states had to say. no, you're going to result through this rush process wasn't in balance resolution. that was divorced from reality, that would not move the needle forward on the ground in any concrete way. and so we regretfully cannot support it. we still cannot comprehend why the resolutions authors decline to include language condemning a

priscilla alvarez is live outside of the white house this morning, and this is something that the bidendministration can do without congress to help fund the war in israel and ukraine at the same time, and so, tell us more about what is actually in the order and how it might work. >> well, as you mentioned there, sara, the focus is on the secondary sanctions to go after the financial institutions, and the resounding message there being to disincentivize the type of behavior that furthering russia's ability in this war in a way that the senior administration official characterized it is that it is going to provide the u.s. a way to target institutions, goods, financial services in a more quote surgical way. so, again, it is strengthening the sanctions, but trying to fine tune them enough to crank it up on russia. the national security adviser jake sullivan said this in a statement. he said that the new sanction authorities will make clear to foreign financial institutions that facilitating significant transactions to the military bases will expose them to the sanctions risk, and we are s

pennsyriscilla alvarez at the w house, thanks very much. one of the border towns hit hardest by the search of migrants is eagle pass, texas. here's what their mayor told cnn can. >> our city here in eagle pass, we have been getting slammed with 2,000 to 3,000 people a day. it's just an unfair, unethical situation what's going on here in eagle pass. we feel i ggnored by the federa government. >> let's discuss with our great panel of political reporters. joining me now is kristen holmes and jessica washington of the root. this is your area of expart tees. you know more about this maybe more than anybody i know. in terms of what the administration officials and their mexican counterparts will be talking about today, is there anything that can have a dramatic effect on what we have seen the last several weeks? >> a dramatic effect, that remains to be seen. for really throughout the biden administration, really the past few administrations, often when you look at the border, officials are discussing sort of short-term plans and solutions to driv

. >> cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us now. heard those words, we feel ignored and you hear that from democrats and republicans who are leaders up and down the border. what is the white house hoping to achieve as their top officials are going to mexico? >> there's no doubt, sara, that this has been an incredibly complicated issue for the white house to navigate as they get heat from both sides. now they are going to mexico to try to get help from mexico to drive down these border numbers and the urgency is clear by who is going. secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas will meet with the mexican president as well as some members of his cabinet. officials tell me they're coming with requests and those include, for example, moving migrants who are at mexico's northern border south to decongest that area, controlling the railways which are often used by migrants to get to the u.s. southern border and providing incentives like visas for migrants to remain in mexico and not to continue up

priscilla alvarez, we understand blinken will be in mexico.t that they're hoping to get out of the leadership of mexico? >> well, they want more help and that's what the u.s. does in moments of crisis. they lean on mexico to get them to help them drive down the number of border crossings into the united states and the urgency is quite clear here given who it is that's doing the meeting. secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas meeting with the mexican president as well as some members of his cabinet. officials tell me that some of the requests that they'll bring to the table include, for example, moving migrants who are on the northern border, as you mentioned, south to decongest that area. controlling the railways which migrants use to the u.s. southern border as well as providing incentives like visas for migrants to remain in mexico and that continue to the u.s.-southern border and all of of this is an extension to the president where both agreed that additional enforcement is needed. over the las

priscilla alvarez, thanks so much for the reporting. appreciate it.ther now with the mayor of laredo, texas. victor trevino. mayor, thank you so much for being with us. first, i want to get your reaction to that news that the u.s. and mexico reached a deal to reopen the border crossings at eagle pass and el paso. do you think that those closures ultimately gave the u.s. leverage for these meetings? >> well, i think all efforts are important and thank you for having me. we are seeing conditions affect humanitarian hurricane here locally in the making because as the largest land port in the u.s., we've been accustomed to see migrants being released in our community. but most of them get in a bus and go to another destination. but now what we are seeing is refugees from all over the world, not precisely from mexico. they come from south america and all over the world, stranded in our community with no money and no idea of where they're going. so, even if 1% of those people who are referred from other border areas be released daily here, 1% would be signi

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we have priscilla alvarez at the white house for us. what is this meeting hoping to accomplish when we know in the background that the biden administration has been pointed with the israeli administration saying that you have to do better when it comes to trying to protect the officials in gaza. >> sara, you can expect it to be a serious point of discussion in the meetings. it is coming at a critical time, because the u.s. does want to see israel move away from the high intensity war that has led to thousands of deaths of innocent civilians. now, as you have mentioned, there ron dermer is going to be meeting with secretary of state antony blinken and national adviser jake sullivan and the confident of benjamin netanyahu of the war cabinet and israel's ambassador to the u.s. up to this point, israel has assured the u.s. that it has moved to a lower intensity war, and targeting hamas leadership, but there is not a time line for when they will move into that phase. and u.s. officials have previously said they will expect the localized oper

priscilla alvarez, thank you for that. let's talk more about this with retired army major journalist. i general, i want to talk to you first. we're going to talk to you about what is on the table with these discussions between the biden administration and this key confident. can they get somewhere, do you think, on having a sense of the next phase of the war being lower intensity and that being sooner as the u.s. wants it to be? >> i think so. look, israel is listening. especially to one party, and that's to the united states and this administration. they admire and respect israel. they admire and respect and are thankful for the support the united states has provided israel in this ongoing support. however, there are limitations, as we've seen. what israel is trying to do, is achieve an objective where they can go forward publicly and say mission accomplished or at least mission accomplished close enough. and then realizing there is work to be done. to stop the campaign that we've seen to date, which is heavy use of air s

he could helpful in a band in our global leadership, not just ukraine, but beyond the w's. benjamin alvarez goober, has been following the developments in washington dc. so that when not enough, those in the senate to pass this bill, the supplemental bill, the president biden was just mentioning, what is important to you that is not just financial help for ukraine, but also for is rather also for border security. and also for taiwan. indian, the pacific and the problem here is that republicans have repeatedly stressed that national security concerns need to start with a us as a board as security. they said that more needs to be done there. so it's a really big package. $106000000000.00 us dollars. and a few days ago the white house sat and urge congress to approve it dis package by saying also by stating that the department of defense has use 97 percent of its funds. if you create in the state department has used all the funds that it has that that's something that junk kirby, the spokes person of the national security. and council also said earlier today saying that this will be a christma

joining me now is priscilla alvarez from the white house. you covered this as closely or closer than anyone i know. you basically have been the one to explain everything to me about what's been going on at the board ere for the better part of several years now. when you talk to administration officials in washington in that building behind you, do they have a sense of anything they can do in the near term to deal with this? >> reporter: a lot of it is shoring up resources. that's the patchwork process they go through. but then in addition to that, it's looking for help from the regional partners. that's been the through line over the course of the biden administration is looking to partners to the south to help stem the flow of migrants, which come from multiple countries. there was a time when we were only talking about migrants coming from guatemala, and el salvador, not anymore. they come from venezuela, colombia, and that creates a lot of difficulty for this administration. so last week president biden called the mexico president to get

let's bring in corresponding to benjamin l alvarez group in washington, dc. now anyone can you explain or rather tell us what the us explanation for vetoing the resolution was of the it was not clear until the boat, how the u. s. would react in october when there was a similar vote that the security council there was a veto by the us, but quickly it, we saw that the us a post this, the t, the out of 50 members were in favor of, of this resolution calling for a cease fire the u. k. upstate in the us voted against it, the deputy us envoy to the you and set the draft resolution calling for a ceasefire and gaza. and i quote diverse from radiology and whatnot. move the needle forward on the ground in any concrete way. and before the vote, robert would told reporters is not an issue about isolation. it's an issue of, of what we think it's best to try to in this conflict as soon as possible. so he's faced a lot of criticism, but before we talk about that and how other countries react to this is how the u. s . envoy to that you and explained the decision that washing

priscilla alvarez joins me now. what's the white house saying about this dark rhetoric. >> reporter: the resounding message is that it's dangerous. we heard that from a white house spokesperson who said, quote, echoing the grotesque rhetoric of fascists and violent white supremacists and threatening to suppress those who disagree with the government are dangerous attacks on democracy. it's the opposite of everything we stand for as americans. president biden in private events with donors has also condemned his predecessor's language as he campaigns and said that his rhetoric is likened to nazi terminology. so we've heard this before from the president himself. and the white house and the biden campaign have repeatedly gone after and blasted the former president for his controversial immigration proposals should he take a second term. so far, the president himself issued his first statement through his re-election campaign condemning trump's travel ban on predominantly muslim countries, calling it, quote, cruel. but,

let's get started with priscilla alvarez on the north lawn of the white house. what more are you learning about the strikes directed by president biden? >> reporter: well, the strikes followed earlier strikes in the day that wounded three americans in northern iraq, one of whom according to the white house is in critical condition. now, the president was immediately briefed following that strike. and later in the day, this was yesterday, the defense secretary presented the president options and that is when the president ordered the strike. now, according to a statement from the white house they said, quote, during that call, the president directed his strikes against three locations, utilized by kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups focused specifically on unmanned aerial drone activities. the statement goes on to say that the president places no higher priority than the protection of american personnel serving in harm's way. the united states will act at a time and in a manner of our choosing, should the attacks continue. now, u.s. central command has since s

ticket, helpful and abandoned our global leadership, not just ukraine, but beyond the w's. benjamin alvarez goober has been following the developments in washington dc. so that when not enough, those in the senate to pass this bill, the supplemental bill, the president biden was just mentioning, what is important to you that is not just financial help for ukraine, but also for is rather also for border security. and also for taiwan in the, in the pacific. and the problem here is that republicans have repeatedly stressed the national security concerns needs to start with a, the us as a board, as security. they said that more needs to be done there. so it's a really big package, $106000000000.00 us dollars. and a few days ago the white house sat and urge congress to approve it this package by saying also by stating that the department of defense has use 97 percent of its funds. if you're creating the state department has used all the funds that it has. and that's something that don't kirby, the spokes person of the national security. and council also said earlier today saying that this will b

dw correspondents benjamin alvarez group has been following the vote from our bureau in washington the deputy to us envoy to the united nation sad in new york during this a meeting and off to the vote bus cost. and the draft resolution calling proceeds funding cause it wasn't a quote diverse from reality and would not move the needle forward on the ground in any concrete way. this is not the 1st time that we see this video and by the united states. we saw it also in october. when it set the ceasefire would only help from us. and it's quite similar to the view of the israel also has the what's interesting is not just the view of the us, but that the u. k. up stains it, but coming back to the us, let's hit into what the envoy of the united states had to say. no, you're going to be a result of this rush process wasn't in balance resolution that was divorced from reality, that would not move the needle forward. on the ground in any concrete way. and so we regretfully cannot support it. we still cannot comprehend why the resolutions authors decline to include language condemning a mazda cer

cnn's priscilla alvarez is at the white house. what's the latest? >> reporter: the devil is really in the details. that is what they are still trying to hammer out. some negotiators, as you said, finishing their in-person meetings, but signaling there some progress. but work still needs to be done. earlier in the day, alejandro mayorkas met with those negotiators to continue to discuss all of that. now, sources tell me that there are main buckets here that they are working on, that includes raising the standard for asylum seekers, and expulsion authority without the chance to seek asylum, mandatory detention, a fast track deportation procedure sk and a parole authority that allows migrants to live in the u.s. temporarily on a case-by-case basis. these are all incredibly complicated issues, and it's a hard sell not only for republicans but also for democrats. members of the president's own party have taken issue with some of these concessions, saying that they echo the trump administration, but they're being pushed to embrace and support these polici

priscilla alvarez. thank you very much, we appreciate it. in the meantime, a new report out this morning is the latest evidence that the feds fight against inflation may be working. let's look at the numbers next. >> wayfair ceo has a holiday message for his workers. maybe they should try working longer hours. the online reaction, not very merry, perhaps? not surprising? >> yeah. not at all. sounds a little bottom but to me. >> sure does. we will have that next. cnn news central. now to other headlines. we're watching the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has missed two more scheduled court hearings according to his team's. it adds to his fears further his health and safety. they're offering an award for information about his whereabouts. the putin critic has been missing for more than two weeks. the kremlin told reporters that they have neither the ability nor intention to monitor the fate of prisoners. prosecutors in idaho have proposed a summer 2024 start date for brian kohberger's murder trial. he's accused of murdering four stu

cnn's priscilla alvarez joins us now.do we expect the president to say potentially as he leaves knowing that some of his cabinet members are in mexico now trying to deal with this unprecedented crisis? >> reporter: well, the president has been coming under increasing pressure from border towns who are simply overwhelmed by this unprecedented surge. his senior u.s. officials will be going down to mexico with specific asks to have them drive down or at least help drive down the numbers at the u.s. southern border. it's clear just how urgent this is by who is going. his highest ranking officials including secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. now, officials tell me that these requests include the following, for example, move migrants in the northern border of mexico further south, also controlling railways used by migrants to more quickly get to the u.s. southern border and also providing incentives like visas for migrants to remain in mexico and not continue to regularly migra

let's get more of a correspondence, benjamin alvarez, that group i in washington. welcome benjamin. so what is the hold up here? president binds accuse republicans applying chicken with americans. national security. that's right, and he's saying that they are taking in funding for ukraine hostage for what he called extreme. it bought a policy. we have mike johnson, who is the speaker of the house of representatives, were republicans have a majority of what he has said by also dismissing this letter, the white house and, and suggesting that we're running out of time. and we need to get this supplemental approved as soon as possible. he dismisses saying that any efforts by the, by and administration when it comes to national security should start with the border. so for them, it's important to stress that to abide and said in this remarks a only recently that the border system indeed and i quote, is it, it's broken, the broken board assistant that more needs to be done. but he also said that it's funding that we actually made it to this fund where we have this differences in a house o

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