you on mondays anymore. how come you re here? you know, there is stuff going on. thought it would be good to be in the chair today. can i say i listened to your debut deja news today which i loved. thank you very much. fantastic stuff. i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today calle
i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes. i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today called rachel maddow presents deja news. the whole idea of the podcast is deja vu like something is going on in the news today. doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does. something that might seem unprecedented like we ve never fac
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead, a u.s. official says israel was responsible for the strike in lebanon that killed a senior hamas leader. donald trump appeals the decision to remove him from maine s presidential primary ballot, accusing the state s top election official of bias. and investigators begin their search into what caused that fiery runway collision in japan. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joinings us. a top hamas leader has been assassinated, and a u.s. official told cnn that israel carried out the hit. senior hamas leader saleh al arouri was killed in the suburbs of lebanon on tuesday. lebanese media report the strike targeted an office belonging to hamas, and several others were also killed, including leaders from the hamas military wing. earlier, an israeli government spokesperson issued this statement about the incident. israel has not taken
removal from the republican primary ballot in maine. the secretary of state who made the decision to ban trump joins us with her reaction this hour. also breaking, another federal indictment of senator bob menendez, accusing the democrat of accepting bribes from a second foreign country. stand by for details on the new charges tied to an alleged corruption scheme that prosecutors say lasted for years. plus there s new audio of air traffic controllers giving instructions shortly before the fiery crash at a tokyo airport. what the recording reveals as the investigation gets under way. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. donald trump formally challenging the to remove him from the primary pal lot in maine based on the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll speak live with maine s secretary of state, shen that bellows,
themselves. bill: bill ackman is going after the head of m.i.t. i wish we had more time today. see you in iowa very soon. thank you, governor. bundle up, it s cold out here. bill: thanks for the warning. dana: breaking news out of iran. back-to-back explosions at a cemetery. soleimani was killed in a drone strike in 2020. no word on who is behind it. no one has claimed responsibility. we ll bring you any updates as we get them. -out going harvard university president claudine gay may no longer have a top job but still on the payroll and raking in the big bucks. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. first hour. we called this reentry day. but your reentry was yesterday. my reentry is today. dana: like walking on a high wire without a net. you know what you are doing. bill: once the first hour is done we re back. good morning, everybody i m bill hemmer. controversy has been clogging claudine gay for weeks