is focused on legal appeals, not campaign promises. plus joe biden, what he plans to say to voters but where he will go to say it. and with time running out for nikki haley and ron desantis to take down trump, why won t either of them hit the former president where it could hurt? good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is wednesday, january 3. 5:00 a.m. here in washingtonen a also 5:00 a.m. up in maine where donald trump s legal team just struck back on their battle to stay on the ballot. they appealed the ruling by sheena bellows that disqualified him for maine s gop ballot under the 14th amendment insurrection ban. trump s lawyers arguing that bellows was a biassed decision maker with no legal authority. here is bellows late last night on cnn. i think it is important to note my sole obligation is the oath i swore to up hold the constitution and follow maine election laws. i was duty bound by maine election laws which require this process of holding a hearing and issuing a de
The families of American hostages have called on the Biden administration to ramp up pressure on Qatar to in turn increase pressure on Hamas leadership to accept a deal.
for what hamas is now calling an assassination? reporter: no signs yet. i suppose the big concern is not so much that hamas will reta retaliate, let s not forge rget hamas and israel have engaged in a war. so i don t think the fear is so much retaliation from hamas, but more so from hezbollah. let s not forget that the attack which israel is not fishery claiming responsibility for took place in southern beirut in lebanon which is usually where with have flare-ups between israel and hezbollah, iranian proxy based in southern lebanon and firing rockets and drones towards israel since october 7 and to which israel has been responding in kind. so i think that the concern is that this could escalate what is already a simmering war on the border between israel and lebanon, between israel and hezbollah and turn it into an all out war. of course the question is does hezbollah which is backed by