war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine s two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear s defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state s primary ballot. later in the program, we ll be joined by maine s secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? we ll get the answer along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent to bbc news, katty kay, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us. willie, we are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands, and then we ll get to all the big major news breaking overnight. we have a lot to
his death now raising fears of a potential escalation in the region which could expand into a wider war israel has eso far avoided. plus, three years after rioters stormed the capitol, donald trump further cements his dominance over republicans. what brand new polling is revealing about the gop s increasing loyalty to trump and their thoughts about the legitimacy of president joe biden s election win. and also ahead hours from now house speaker mike johnson and 60 republicans will head to the southern border as senate negotiations resume. we llbri you the latest on where those talks now stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning. we ll begin overseas where hamas is now blaming israel for the death of one of its leaders, who was killed in an explosion in lebanon yesterday. what appeared to be a drone strike happened in a densely p
passengers saw flames outside their windows, smoke rolling through the cabin. swedish tourist anton devo was onboard with his family. i looked to the left and saw flames all over the windows, and the plane starts to shake, and all the lights turn dark and everyone starts screaming in japanese. reporter: once stopped, passengers evacuated down two emergency chutes. as airport firefighters attacked the flames, the plane s tail collapsed to the ground, exactly the kind of worst-case runway incursion the ntsb has warned about in the u.s. after so many close calls in 2023. the crash happened on runway 34-right, precisely where the jal airbus a-350 had been cleared to land. the question for japanese investigators, why was that smaller coast guard plane on the same runway, possibly preparing for takeoff. of the six coast guard crew members on an earthquake relief mission, only the captain survived, now in critical condition. but all 379 people onboard the
u.s. after it saw many close calls in 2023. the crash happened on runway 3-4 right, precisely where the jal airbus a-350 had been cleared to land. the question for japanese investigators, why was that smaller coast guard plane on the same runway, possibly preparing for takeoff. of the six coast guard crewmembers on an earthquake relief mission, only the captain survived, now in critical condition. but all 379 people on board the passenger plane survived, including eight infants. precisely what flight crews in the u.s. and abroad train for. regardless of the size of the aircraft, the faa requires that within 15 seconds of the aircraft stopping for an accident, it must be able to start evacuating. everybody out, through the window, through the doors, in just 90 seconds. that faa rule is the global standard. get out, get out, leave everything! reporter: critical to surviving, leaving everything behind and getting out. when an american airlines plane caught fire in chicago in 2016, som
the ground. exactly the kind of runway incursion the mtsb has warned about in the u.s. after so many close calls in 2023. the crash happened where precisely the jal airbus 350 had been cleared to land. the question for japanese investigators why was that smaller coast guard plane on the same runway, possibly preparing for take off? of the six coast guard crew members on an earthquake relief mission, only the captain survived now in critical condition. but all 379 people onboard the passenger plane survived including eight infants precisely what flight crews in the u.s. and abroad train for. regardless of the size of the aircraft, the faa requires within 15 seconds of aircraft stopping for an accident, it must start evacuating. everybody out through the windows, through the doors in just 90 seconds. that faa rule is the global standard. get out, leave everything. critical to surviving, leaving everything behind and