killed in lebanon. why the strike is sparking new fears that the war could spill into the wider region. and breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people killed in explosions commemorating an iranian general killed by a u.s. drone strike back in 2020. children amongst the dead and nearly 150 injured. we re going to have the very latest in just a moment as well. good morning, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. good to see you this morning. we re going to begin in iran in the city of care monowhere just within the last couple of hours two explosions killed 100 people and injured nearly 150 people at the memorial site for ha sam soleimani. he was the head of the revolutionary guard corps. i want to bring in ali arouzi in tehran to talk more about this. this morning iran saying more than 100 people were killed in these blasts. what do we know? reporter: yeah, i mean, this just broke a few hours ago, yasmin, as you said. w
sexual offender, died in jail while awaiting a trial. the lead, with jake tapper, starts right now. an horrific terrorist attack goes more than 100 iranians. who was behind it? the lead starts right now. four years to the bay since the killing of iran s commander, twin bombings near the grave site. the blast, one day after an airstrike in lebanon killed a senior leader. the conflict is feared to be potentially erupting into a larger war. naming names beyond john doe, exposing nearly 200 names on a list tied to pedophile jeffrey epstein. mike johnson will be here live from the texas-mexican border. that is ahead of a face-off with president biden on the border crisis. from iran to lebanon to the red sea and gaza, death, chaos, and fear of an all-out multi country conflict. in iran, a suitcase bomb, and a top iranian general s grave, tilling more than 100 people. that general was killed in an airstrike ordered by former president trump four years ago today. and there we
morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there going
not. the car crash and deadly inferno in rochester. multiple people dead. authorities say this was intentional. they say the driver with at least a dozen canisters filled with gas in his rented suv. aaron katersky reporting. tonight, the embattled president of harvard abruptly resigning amid allegations of plagiarism and backlash on her testimony on anti-semitism on campus. a suspect allegedly shooting his way into the colorado supreme court, holding a guard hostage at gunpoint. the migrant crisis in the u.s. hitting the suburbs, after new york city s mayor say you must give us 32 hours notice, buses carrying hundreds of asylum seekers dropping off migrants in the suburbs. tonight, a top hamas official killed in a massive explosion in beirut. late today, former president trump appealing maine s decision to bar him from the primary b ballot there. and tonight, nikki haley saying it s about time trump showed up at the debates. rachel scott in high what. tonight, the
i i m wolf blilitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, trump appeals to the supreme court. the former president asking the nation s highest court to overturn colorado s ruling banning him from the ballot. his legal team says what happened on january 1 was not an inrex. also tonight on the drink of a global war after explosions killmore than 100 people in iran. the president there pointing the fing they are at the united states. is the war in the middle east about to get much bigger? and we are live tonight in iowa as nikki haley and ron desantis face some tough questions about days to go before the caucuses here. who has more momentum? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. we re live from des moines, iowa, where cnn will host back-to-back town halls tomorrow night days away from the republican caucuses. we ll have much more on that in a moment, but we have breaking news tonight at this hour. former presi