right now on msnbc, we re following several breaking news stories. any moment now we re expecting police in rochester, new york, to give an update on a deadly crash yesterday outside a concert. the concerns it could have been an act of terror. plus, dramatic video out of japan, terrifying moments as a passenger jet bursts into flames. take a look at that after colliding with a coast guard aircraft on the runway. and miraculously hundreds escaped alive. also ahead, new year, new legal challenges for the former president. the high stakes hearing one week from today as he tries to claim presidential immunity. there is now just 13 days until iowa caucuses. we re live as republicans barnstorm the state ahead of the first in the nation contest. hey, everybody. good morning to you. happy new year. it is 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. we bring with dramatic video out of japan, showing a passenger jet engulfed in flames after colliding with a
will: earlier clashed with worshipers inside the mosque compound. palestinians shooting fireworks at authorities and chanting slogans praising hamas. prime minister ben gentleman minute netanyahu says israel s enemies will pay the price for the attacks on its people. serious events over there in israel. brian: they say it stems over what happened wednesday police in the mosque. that was a response and the israelis know exactly where the fire came from. ainsley: 34 rockets were fired from lebanon. 29 of them were intercepted in israel. israel s response tonight and later will exact a significant price from our enemies says benjamin netanyahu. that s why they attacked back. brian: so about 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday admirable kirby took to the stand took to the podium and i thought okay. why are some of these stations taking admirable kirby in the middle of the day i wonder what s going on. ainsley: turned up the volume. brian: got to it late. he decides that
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. James clapper, brennan was talking about it before. Copper allegedly leaked it to cnn, fake news. Lets not forget the major world of only dossier played with the fisa Warrant Application against trump. The Trump Campaign associate carter page, during and after the campaign, forgo separate warrants, the bulk of information coming from the phony russian dossier that hillary paid for. Wheres the investigation into this collusion . Mr. Mueller, where are you . The Clinton Campaign paid a c former spy and used russian lies to lie to the American People, steal an election, get a warrant to spy on americans, using an unverified, uncorroborated Hillary Clinton bought and paid for political document, nobody sells the fisa court judges ever, and the original obligations, subsequent applications, and disseminated what was false, untrue, propaganda, disinformation to rig an election, a president ial election n given the rampant bias from team
What weve been discussing w today, which involved in a regular channel, was a request that went against u. S. Policy that have have undermined the rule of law and our longstanding policy goals in ukraine, as in other countries in the postsoviet space. Those policies which were indeed championed by ambassador yovanovitch. You also testified on october 15th in the deposition about fundamental reforms necessary for ukraine to fight corruption and to transform the country. And you t cited the importance reforming certain institutions, notably was investigating President Trumps political opponents a part of those necessary reforms . Was it on that list of yours or indeed was it on any list . No, they werent. In fact, historically, is it not true that a major problem in the ukraine has been its misuse
of prosecutors, precisely to conduct investigation of political opponents. Thats a legacy i dare suggest from the soviet era when, as you stated in your testimony, prosecutors like the kgb were
and tried to drive it through theto pedestrian crosswalk. the vehicle is largely in tact. you can see a still picture of it with the doors closed, the roof is in tact, it is not shot through, there has been no large blast in heit. he might have thought that he would get a blast, that s pretty common with aspiring bombers, they think a lotri of gasoline going to explode in some hollywood i fashion, but if the don t it just right, it is not going to work. it can get pretty complicated. itre looks like suicide with intentional homicide right now, but theho underlying motive we don t know. jim cavanaugh for us, thank you. just to reiterate, we re learning from the rochester pd michael avery intentionally drove his vehicle into a pedestrian tocrosswalk. as we get more information on a possible motive, we ll bring it to you. b i want to turn back to the conversation we were having before this news conference, former president trump preparing for a high stakes hearing, one week from today o