on msnbc, the tsunami warning in japan after a series of powerful earthquakes erupted off the country s coast. fires breaking out, collapsed homes, tremors felt even in the capital city of tokyo. we ll have a live report with the latest in israel, a barrage of rockets fired toward tel aviv with prime minister netanyahu saying the war is expected to go on for many more months. what that will look like. the rising tensions in the region after a u.s. helicopter sunk three houthi rebel ships. just two weeks left before the caucuses. candidates barnstorming the states. who will come out on top. happy new year to you, it is 10:00 a.m., i m frances rivera reporting from new york city. we begin with the breaking news out of japan. overnight a series of strong earthquakes in the sea of japan prompting a tsunami warning among the nation s western and coastal regions. one quake reaching a magnitude of 7.6 grounding commercial flights and halting rail services for the affected
off. donald trump takes on rhonda scent this and the florida governor seems to be crumbling it s his presidential campaign over before it even begins then, judicial ethics, the cal to investigate clarence thomas are growing. i ll speak with congressma hank johnson, one of the democrats leading the charge t try to hold thomas accountable and or start the week, it s battle for the most tone tha the campaign announcements you will want to stick aroun for these once i am ayman mohyeldin, let s ge started. all right, so in politics, lik in life, the little things matter most. great politicians like joe biden, nancy pelosi, barac obama, they have an almost innate ability to appreciate the little things. think about bill clinton snack for remembering the names of voters he met years earlier or even ronald reagan s habit o enjoying a jog at the end of the day with then speaker ti o neill. it was those small gesture that mean a great deal to th people on the receiving end of the
offender of the year, george santos he s definitely in th running, when we come back i december for the final segment he s on pace daniel, who you got? i don t know which george say george santos. with $25,000 and the bank, 800 of which he already has to pay back to his donors, he has n money. i am really not sure where h is running, but yeah, him by a country mile jason, you got the final on at this restaurant, who are yo going with, i had to flee goin with shorts and difficult winter santos as a new yorker, it makes me sick that he s running for reelection but as a comedian, i am very excited that he is running for reelection i look forward to attendin some of his campaign event right here in new york, but thought that we should look at him like a politician. we should look at him like a grandparent he will just milk this for a
general election in three years. i ll be back tomorrow morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern for cnn coverage of colin powell s funeral at the national cathedral in washington. i ll be reporting from the national cathedral. i m wolf bliltzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, nancy pelosi twisting arms for the national spending bill tonight. but there are major sticking points like what is actually in the bill? plus one state s investigation into trump over the trump investigation. and the fight to get 1 million people vaccinated. breaking news, they still don t have the votes. house speaker nancy pelosi pushing hard all day because she
they violated texas voting laws. this comes as georgia is learning donald trump s investigation into election claims is now expanding. sara murray is out front. reporter: as donald trump fired off a september letter demanding raffensperger defy the election, they took notice. the fulton county district told staffers she wanted that letter, the original copy, envelope and all formal her investigation, according to a person familiar. while trump continues to bell low about 2020 and inserts himself into peach day politics, his public rants are bringing new fodder to elections as they discuss whether his actions were criminal. in front of georgia candidates,