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CNN 5 Things

9 AM ET: High stakes border talks, Middle East conflict concerns, Detroit Piston's record & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Senior US officials are meeting with Mexico's president to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border. There are concerns that Israel's war with Hamas could widen into a regional conflict. Blizzard conditions have cause travel problems in parts of the US. South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, known for his role in Parasite, has died at the age of 48. Plus, why the Detroit Pistons probably aren't happy after breaking an NBA record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello! From CNN, I'm Joe Beck. With the five things you need to know for Wednesday, December 27th.

0:36.5

As pressure mounts over the migrant crisis at the U.S. Mexico border, U.S. officials are heading

0:41.9

to Mexico City for highly anticipated talks.

0:45.6

Secretary of State Anthony Blinckin and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Meyorkus

0:50.8

will meet with Mexico's president today.

0:53.2

This meeting comes just a week after the Mexican president and President Joe Biden spoke

0:58.1

on the phone about the issue, agreeing that more enforcement was urgently needed, so key ports of entry could be reopened.

1:04.5

Federal authorities reported a seven-day average of more than 9.5,000 migrant

1:10.3

encounters along the US Southern border in December.

1:13.4

And CNN has learned some 11,000 people are stuck in camps and shelters in northern Mexico,

1:19.4

waiting on appointments to claim asylum in the U.S.

1:22.3

CNN's Priscilla Alvarez has more on what the US wants to get out of today's talks.

1:27.0

The urgency of the moment is clear by who is heading down to Mexico today.

1:32.0

Now these officials are going down with asks and

1:35.0

officials tell me that they include the following moving migrants south, those

1:38.9

being migrants that are at the northern border now. Also controlling railways which are often used by

1:44.4

migrants to more quickly get to the US southern border and also providing incentives

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