Underway in a matter of hours and while donald trump himself is not expected to attend, his behavior will be at the center of things, because judge Tanya Chutkan will hear arguments about are opposed protective order that would limit what trump can do with the evidence. The judge will consider those arguments while she is surrounded physically by u. S. Marshals. That new Security Detail was retained after the former president complained about her on his social media site. A sad State Of Affairs to see the judge have to be a full time Security Detail. Nbc news reported this was spotted even if she was inside her own courthouse grabbing coffee in the cafeteria. Thats where we are today, and look, we have to extend the threat concern to of Course Witnesses who are already being targeted by trump and his cohorts in the prosecutors, of course, and the jury, of course, the many jurors, all of this in a high threat environment. Complained about her, more like railed against her and a reminder
that florida governor ron desantis will challenge donald trump for the republican presidential nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. i ll have more on what disney just announced shortly. but on desantis run, sources are telling cnn he ll be filing the paperwork next week. he had a call late today with donors and supporters, and a new york times reporter listened in. i m going to read a quote from that new york times story which begins with something desantis said on the call. you basically have three people credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis said on the call, organized by the superpac supporting him, biden, trump and me. of the two, two have a chance to be elected, biden and me. the times said he is basing that on swing state data which he describes as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable because people aren t going to change their view of him. which is
His firsthand account of what happened that dark day. Plus, well take you through the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. Including what the wife of Clarence Thomas had to say about her texts with the former chief of staff. And well take a look at what is ahead for President Biden in the new year and his looming decision on whether to run again in 2024. 2024. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, january 2nd. Happy new year. Thank you for starting your day and 2023 with us. The u. S. Capitol police chief during the january 6 insurrection is sharing new details about the alleged Government Failures he says allowed the attack to happen. In a new book that is out tomorrow which has already been reviewed by the Washington Post, stephen son give his firsthand account. In the book, he writes that top leaders from the fbi, dhs and even the capitol polices own Intelligence Division were tipped off about the attack weeks before it happened. Those warnings were
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the escalating crisis in sudan and the emergency evacuation of u. s government personnel and their families about 100. us special operations forces carried out the overnight mission today. the u. s embassy in khartoum is closed. the decision to evacuate personnel comes after a week of heavy fighting between sudan s military and a rival paramilitary group more than 400. people have been killed, including one american state department estimates estimates there are about 16,000 americans in sudan. most are dual nationals, our correspondents, our position here and around the world to bring you all the angles of this developing story. let s begin with cnn s am kylie live from djibouti. sam djibouti s international airport is struggling to keep up with the sudden increase in flight volume. do this mass exodus from sudan. what more can you tell us about that? well, jim, it s not only the pressure, they say local off
i am josé diaz-balart, and you can reach me on twitter and instagram @jdbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on a special two-hour edition of andrea mitchell reports live at dnc park in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and the key state showdown, and john fetterman and mehmet oz hours away from the debate, and then we will show you the action-packed debate between ron desantis and charlie crist. and then king charles telling the new prime minister, sunak, to start forming his government. good day, everybody. i am andrea mitchell live in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. tonight democrat, john fetterman, and republican, mehmet oz, facing off in their only debate for control of a seat in the senate. and fetterman s memo says the tv studio is oz s comfort zone. this guy is a media savvy performer that literally built his career and fortune by playing to the cameras as a daytime tv host. john is going to win this rac