business. that gives you enough time to make it all the way over to this studio, which is it s like a conan toss, in a way. it s not a baseball. it s like a coin toss. i have time for one cocktail to be right back. but rachel, i have a couple of news things about what s gonna happen tomorrow. number one, you would really like this, donald trump rehearsed his plea on a boston radio show tonight. and we are gonna bring you that, what he is gonna say, when he is asked how he pleads. but there is this from the magistrate who s handling up tomorrow, who was the one who issued the first warrant in the first place, judge cannon doesn t come into it yet. and he is basically saying that he s just gonna live by the local rules of how what contains the media in these situations. he doesn t feel he is in a position to change that tomorrow. so what that means is he is gonna follow the local rule there in the federal court in miami that prohibits all forms of photographing, audio,
oversight committee of the house of representatives has discovered corruption of foreign influence pedaling by a president of the united states. a startling i should scare every american and quite frankly shows the illegal grift that donald trump and his family have put on this country. you ll see that we used very conservative accounting methods here and the republicans have not been able to find one thing wrong with this report. they ve basically accepted the facts. house democrats saying that donald trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments during his presidency. the dozens of countries he accepted payments from and what else was uncovered in that report. plus, israel s defense minister has outlined a new phase-in the country s war against hamas. the targeted approach that s now on the table as the nation still tries to free hostages. and also ahead, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is addressing the backlash over her comments about t
here are the top stories we re covering this hour. israel says its war effort to eliminate hamas is entering a new phase with the new year. but is it going to reduce civilian casualties as the question has been questioning. this as prime minister netanyahu suffers a major political setback from his country s supreme court. i ll teak to ambassador mark regev and the democratic senator. and in tokyo, a five-man crew of air national guard claimed dead but all 400 on board a wide-body passenger plane escaping safely in just minutes after their plane exploded on the runway. and we ll look at the surge of respiratory illnesses over the holiday season. as flu, covid and rsv give families a rough start to 2024. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is starting the new year by launching intense attacks against central and southern gaza, even as the idf begins the process, it says, of bringing the first several thousand of its troops home. that includ
yes, two big football transfer stories, jude bellingham to real madrid in a moment but in the last hour we have heard argentina legend lionel messi willjoin the american side into miami after his exit from paris saint germain. the former barcelona player is certain to reject a more lucrative offer from a saudi arabian side. he wanted to remain in europe for another year but after no satisfactory offers were received he had a choice between into miami and the saudi arabian side, he went with the american team full reasons including lifestyle and to deal with big brands extending beyond football. real madrid have agreed a deal with borussia dortmund to sign england midfielderjude bellingham £a86 million. the 19 year old joined dortmund from birmingham city in july 2020 and was one of england s top performers at the world cup last year. bellingham want the move and will have a medical at the next few days. the midfielder has been linked with some of the top sides in europe and
have the latest on that will come back to verify live. let s return straightaway to our story because both cad and moscow blame each other for the breach of that damn. meanwhile, people downstream of the dam are having to flee advancing floodwaters while those others have lost access to safe drinking water. let me just show you some of the latest pictures that we are getting from the region, because right throughout the day we have been seeing the rising waters. we have also seen in terms of the rescue efforts, multiple rescue efforts of people being plucked from rooftops. we heard that people are actually staying in trees overnight to try and escape all of that that you are seeing on the screen. let s speak to a climate and environmental policy expert from eco action ukraine, the civil society organisation that has been studying environmental impacts of the war in the country. thank you so much for being here on the programme. in terms of your assessment of the impact of wha