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
the northern ireland of hokkaido. the coastguard said it was on its way to deliver aid to the earthquake hit peninsular. let s go live to john strickland, an error aviation consultant. we were talking earlier about the scale of the fire and it does seem as though the fire crews have started to get it under control, they are a bit closer to the plane now. control, they are a bit closer to the plane ow- control, they are a bit closer to the plane now. that s right. my ictures the plane now. that s right. my pictures are the plane now. that s right. my pictures are not the plane now. that s right. my pictures are not quite the plane now. that s right. my pictures are not quite as - the plane now. that s right. my - pictures are not quite as up-to-date pictures are not quite as up to date asjurors, but it pictures are not quite as up to date as jurors, but it seems they are able to get closer to the aircraft. they have 75 vehicles on the scene, thatis they have 75 vehicle
nothing has happened. the far right national party was the winner of eu election and predicted to win about 30% of the vote, an historic high. he called for elections after the victory became clear, arguing mr macron s legitimacy needs to be put to the test. the leader in the national assembly welcomed emmanuel macron s decision to call a snap vote. translation: these european| elections confirm our movement is the major force for change in france and we are ready to exercise power over the french people placing their trust in us. that his vision elections. we are ready to turn the country around, ready to defend the interest of the french, ready to put an end to mass immigration and ready to make the purchasing power of the french a priority. we are ready to start the re industrialisation of the country, in short, ready to turn the country around, ready to revive france. the overall winner of the elections was the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, a
Credibility with the iranian population given the travel ban and the decertification of that bill. The second thing they can do is put regime on notice, and put a regime notices that theyre cracking down. Like singling people out . Singling people out. Making sure that apps used to communicate in iran based in the u. S. , not shutting them down. Not shutting them down. What effect do you think that would have . As much as iranian leaders say they dont Pay Attention to what the u. S. Administration says or western europe, they absolutely do, because the people do. The people look to it. They look to it for moral support. So, i think putting people on notice to say, listen, the world is watching you has a huge effect. Is there a risk, that if the americans and this administration embrace these protests too much, that it kind of feeds the narrative that
youre hearing from Senior Leaders in iran that are starting to say this is westerndriven . Yes. Foreign enemies are using this opportunit