heavy rain from seattle to san francisco. the california coast bracing for more big waves. the system then moving into the east by the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. the images coming in of the deadly earthquake rocking japan just hours into 2024. the magnitude 7.5 quake destroying homes and businesses. maggie rulli reporting. the migrant crisis expanding. buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city s mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare for extended fighting, despite global pressure to scale back at
storm to start the new year. heavy rain from seattle to san francisco. the california coast bracing for more big waves. the system then moving into the east by the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. the images coming in from the deadly earthquake rocking japan just hours into 2024. the magnitude 7.5 quake destroying homes and businesses. tsunami warnings now in effect. maggie rulli reporting. the migrant crisis expanding. buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city s mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare fo
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