good morning it our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 2, 2024 and we begin with breaking news. japan airlines plane bursting into flames as it touched down at haneda airport according to nhk. cnn s will ripley is live for us in tokyo. will, this just happened. information still coming in. what can you tell us at this hour? reporter: the headline here is that all nearly 400 people on board this plane, as horrific as the pictures look, they walked away. they evacuated safely after what appears to be some sort of a collision between two planes on the runway. this airport sits right next to a japan coast guard base. it is right in the same area right along the bay. and what nhk is reporting and cnn working to confirm independently is that as this japan airliner from a very, very popular tourist destination especially this time of year, especially on a holiday weekend, that is why the plane was packed with 367 passengers an
tested twice at home, and so you can test and test until you figure it out. glad you are healthy, my friend. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. good morning, and happy new year. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i am andrea mitchell in for joée diaz-balart today. overnight a national coast guard plane collides with a passenger jet. in the middle east, israel s cabinet meeting hours from now to discuss its plans for gaza after the war, which are dramatically different than the biden white house s demand for a two-state solution. back here at home, we re watching the supreme court which could soon take up two major challenges, a challenge to colorado s decision to disqualify former president trump from its primary ballot, as well as maine s. texas sends hundreds of more migrants to big cities, as the number of border crossings last month shattered previous records. where the border negotiations stand on capitol hill. good day. we begin with th
and it s very clear there s been some planning. he got to the area around wednesday, he was in a hotel, he then rented a car. he drove his own car, but then he went ahead and rented a car. this suv that he used in this attack. he bought gas, these gasoline canisters and he filled them with gas. so he spent several days planning this. but it s not entirely clear yet to authorities why he was targeting this theater, where this concert was going on. why this area? family members of this individual, they ve been cooperating with police. they say that he s been suffering from some mental illness, so perhaps there s some motive there. but certainly there still a lot more work for authorities to do here. but it certainly raise a lot of concern and fears of terrorism coming into the new years eve night. so far, authorities say they have no indication that this is any kind of terrorism. what do we know about the victims? the victims are best
people and injured nine more as a crowd was leaving a concert in upstate new york. the 35-year-old suspect who caused the deadly crash has died. police and fbi are investigating a possible motive. tonight this photo of the girlfriend and boyfriend who died was released. 28-year-old justina hughes and 29-year-old joshua orr. where does the investigation stand? it s a big mystery, the motive here. a lot of questions as to why this individual chose this area. it is 90 minutes from syracuse. and it s clear there was some planning. he got to the area around wednesday. he was in a hotel. he then went a car. he drove his own car, this suv that he used in this attack. he bought gas. gasoline canisters and he filled them with gas. he spent several days kang this. it is not entirely clear to authorities why he was targeting this theater where this concert was going on.
left two dead, and a large number of gasoline canisters were found inside one of the vehicles. the suspect is now dead. joining us now, tom winter. thanks for joining us today. what have we learned. that much gasoline and canisters is suggestive of something sinister, but they don t have a motive and they don t know what it is, and is the fbi involved in the investigation? they are. it s not unusual, because as you eluded to, the presence of the gas canisters. a dozen or so found in the car, and we are looking at the fire that occurred after the crash, and it took firefighters almost a an hour to put it out, and it s important for people to know the presence of gas canisters doesn t imply a bomb.