square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
former president donald trump s name is taken off the ballot in a second state this. time in maine where the unprecedented decision is now threatening the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. hello, everyone, i m anita vogel in los angeles and bryan, as john roberts likes to say, happy friday to you. bryan: i m in new york, sandra and john are off today. 34-page ruling, maine s secretary of state says her unilateral decision to remove trump from the primary ballot is because he engaged in an insurrection. the trump campaign firing back with plans to appeal and calling it a hostile assault on american democracy. anita: the decision follows colorado s historic ruling last week and similar cases are playing out in more than a dozen states across the country. joe concha is standing by with reaction on this. bryan: lucas tomlinson is travelling with the president in st. croix. lucas, any reaction from the white house? bryan, no reaction from the whi
it was just a violent shake, i mean, violent shaking. major: search and rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped in the rubble, thousands tried to evacuate. aerial assaults on gaza intensify as israel prepares to withdraw some troops from the territory. unprecedented border crisis: 300,000 migrants were processed at the border with mexico in december, putting pressure on the white house to step in. tonight s eye on america,how one aerospace company is working to get more pilots in the cockpit. we need people to be able to get on the airplane, see someone who looks like them and say i could do that too. major: and finally, a class on media literacy showing students that seeing isn t always believing. reporter: is there any part fake, what s actually real?s- yes, all the time. major: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us on this first day of 2024. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin tonight with a powerful 7.5 magnitu
about slavery? major: nikki haley faces backlash. her defense, she claims the question came from a democrat plant. you grow up in the south, it s a given it s about slavery. major: and breaking news, another state removes president trump from its primary ballot. the decision just in. fighting and air strikes continuing in gaza as we learn an american was killed by hamas. tonight s eyes on america. you don t normally think of cotton as being high-tech, so now they are using dna, so we know exactly where our clothes and our sheets are being made. make 2023 disappear! major: and say goodbye to 2023 on this good riddance day. get rid of all the bad stuff and just have a good happy new year. major: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin on the campaign trail for the 2024 republican nomination. nikki haley is facing a barrage of criticism, not for something she said during a new hampshire t
busiest travel days with new year s eve just two days away. rob marciano with the forecast. here in new york and across the country police on high alert for new year s eve. ramping up security in times square for what it calls a heightened and dynamic risk environment, deploying thousands of officers for an expected crowd of 1 million people. one day after being banned from the ballot in maine, former president trump fighting another legal battle, saying it disenfranchises our voters. our jonathan karl with three former staffers and their warning about a second trump term. dozens killed, the massive barrage of missiles and drones simultaneously targeting civilians in six major cities hitting apartment buildings, a shopping mall and a maternity hospital. attacks escalating in the red sea, the u.s. shooting down a drone and a ballistic missile fired by iranian-backed militants. the urgent manhunt for a mother wanted for allegedly killing two of her own children and woundi