Scene. Crisis at home and abroad, threatening to upend the race for the White House as we look into Southern Lebanon there overseas. Good morning, everybody. Bill hemmer. We have a ton to get to on this tuesday. Thank you for being with us today. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. Well take you through the breaking news. Israel launching a limited Ground Invasion to fight hezbollah in lebanon. At home american Dock Workers beginning to strike which could send ports and the economy reeling. Recovery efforts from a catastrophic storm still underway in the southeast. The stories are evolving by the minute and all three could impact the election. Bill 35 days until america votes and despite these major developments at home and abroad the Vice President , Kamala Harris, still has yet to hold a formal news conference. Rnc cochair Michael Whatley is with us today. Steve harrigan reports on the Recovery Efforts in North Carolina. First to Brooke Taylor covering the Port Strike
Between israel and an arab neighbor. Katy tur picks up our breaking News Coverage right now. Good to be with you. Im Katy Tur in for chris jansing. We are watching israel and waiting for a Damage Assessment after iran sent dozens, perhaps more, of ballistic missiles at the country, including tel aviv. This is what it looked like and sounded like add it was happening. [ sirens ] in a statement, iran says the missiles were in honor of hezbollah leader nasrallah where the israelis killed with a 2,000 Pound Bunker busting bomb In Beirut last friday. If israel responds, iran says it will face crushing attacks. So will israel respond . Theyre already indicating, yes, they will. The u. S. And allies have been trying to convince all the parties involved to work toward a Cease Fire worried the continued escalation of attacks between Hezbollah And Israel and now iran could lead to all out war. Meanwhile, as the Iron Dome was trying to intercept these missiles, israeli News Outlets were reporting
Did on five federal charges facing intense pressure from democrats to step aside new Yorks Governor could decide his fate plus huge explosions, Rock Beirut as israels Prime Minister has, says, he has every right to fight hezbollah and israeli official telling cnn, Hezbollahs Leader was the target, were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central right now, helene is battering the southeast with potentially catastrophic rainfall flash, flood, emergency his stretching from tennessee to North Carolina and virginia damaging winds, tornadoes, mudslides. They are also a threat in some areas. We do have some new video of the destruction that helene left behind after making landfall as a category four hurricane in floridas big Bend Region last night authorities saying that at least 23 people have died across four states and millions are without power and take a look at a dramatic rescue. An amazing one here the Coast Guard says a man and
tonight, straight from the source, it s been called an epic fail for republicans is another critical bill goes down. nikki haley is calling it total chaos. donald trump is celebrating. president biden is saying it s time for republicans to decide who they serve. also, history in the making at the supreme court. nine justices will give their first indication of where they lean in the fight over removing trump from the ballot ahead of the election from what he did after the last one. we have new updates tonight as the u.s. striking back the against the deaths of three americans in the middle east. the commission commander did tonight internet dramatic images. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. in the words of one republican senator tonight, quote, i m just based off. lisa murkowski is hardly the only one in her party who feels that way right now and is completely exasperated by what s been happening on capitol hill. in just the last 24 hours her party lined up to si
morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there going