sexual offender, died in jail while awaiting a trial. the lead, with jake tapper, starts right now. an horrific terrorist attack goes more than 100 iranians. who was behind it? the lead starts right now. four years to the bay since the killing of iran s commander, twin bombings near the grave site. the blast, one day after an airstrike in lebanon killed a senior leader. the conflict is feared to be potentially erupting into a larger war. naming names beyond john doe, exposing nearly 200 names on a list tied to pedophile jeffrey epstein. mike johnson will be here live from the texas-mexican border. that is ahead of a face-off with president biden on the border crisis. from iran to lebanon to the red sea and gaza, death, chaos, and fear of an all-out multi country conflict. in iran, a suitcase bomb, and a top iranian general s grave, tilling more than 100 people. that general was killed in an airstrike ordered by former president trump four years ago today. and there we
sky scrapers serve as the centerpiece. and this was the scene in taipei, taiwan where the celebration features fireworks shot from the tallest high-rise. and in new york crowds are already forming in times square, the celebration is returning to full capacity after two years of scaled back celebrations. gloria joins us now with the latest. how is it looking, gloria? reporter: the rain just let up for a minute and people here are excited. they re trying to get their hands on one of these free hats. we have this family here from erie, pennsylvania, who is in town to celebrate the new year. tell me how long you ve been standing here. we got here about 10:00 this morning. reporter: why do you want to do this? first in a lifetime experience. first and last time for sure. reporter: how is it going with the little guy? he s going to hold up? he s doing good. he s doing really good, huh, jeremy? yeah. you excited for the new year? yeah. reporter: cool. so list
on, and sat down. you know the breaking news beckons. yeah when, the breaking news beckons. thank you, victor, i ll see you tomorrow. this is don lemon tonight, and won t be long now, because it s got to happen before midnight, any minute now we re expecting the doj s response to team trump s request for a special master to drop. and this is not just some routine paperwork, it s going to get a lot here. it s gonna be a, doozy so you want to stay tuned. again, it s supposed to happen before midnight, so it s supposed to happen in the hours that were on. now the justice department got special permission from the judge to submit an extra long response, up to 40 pages, twice as long as a usual 20-page lemon. the doj says they need to quote, adequately address the legal and factual issues raised by trump s filings. what is in those 40 something pages? we should know soon. but those factual issues, it certainly sounds intriguing, doesn t it? so remember, this is all about tru
in support of the request for a search warrant that gave the fbi legal license to enter mrara lag on. on one side of this dispute the doj strenuously opposing the release and on the other side donald trump and a media of organizations including nbc news urging that the affidavit be made public. there was little to no chance that the judge reinhart would approve the release of the affidavit and at the conclusion of today s hearing that judge reinhart was, in fact, open to releasing a redacted version of it and asked the department of justice to submit a proposal for what a redacted version might look like by next thursday at which point he will make his ruling and it will feature counterintelligence jay brat and he attended the team deeply involved in this case. he told the court that the investigation is still in its early stages and that the affidavit needed to be contained under wraps because it contained sensitive information in a unique case with national security overton
has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. as the conflict in ukraine continues the new head of the british army tells his troops they should be prepared to fight in europe once again . it s two hours until voting closes in the final round of parliamentary elections in france, with president emmanuel macron facing an alliance of left wing parties. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt, saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm . the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammatic