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
dramatic developing story, leader of south korea s main opposition party is in the hospital with suspected damage to his jugular vein after he was stabbed in the neck during a news conference. we want to warn you this video is disturbing. [ speaking in a non-english language ] officials say that lee was bloody but conscious after the attack which happened during a tour of a construction airport for a new airport. marc stewart is live for us at south korea seoul national university hospital. marc, good morning to you. the opposition leader set to undergo surgery to repair the damage from the attack? reporter: a bit of a mystery right now. we were told by hospital officials that there would be a news conference once lee wrapped upsurgery and was recovering. but now that news conference has
been canceled. we don t know what that means. as you mentioned, there was concern about the jugular vein and bleeding, but at this point we don t know the specific circumstances as to why this news briefing has been canceled. but as you have seen, this video is very dramatic. mr. lee is a very well-known politician here in south korea. he is a household name. although at times controversial. he is now the target of an investigation. but he is the leader of the opposition party, the liberal democratic party. he has been on the campaign trail helping other politicians gain prominence as south korea enters its general election. as we have seen in this video, he was walking with a group of people, some reporters nearby, when a man in his 60s went up beside him and asked for an autograph and then he was attacked with a knife. we saw one image of him lying on the ground with someone applying what appeared to be a h