removal from the republican primary ballot in maine. the secretary of state who made the decision to ban trump joins us with her reaction this hour. also breaking, another federal indictment of senator bob menendez, accusing the democrat of accepting bribes from a second foreign country. stand by for details on the new charges tied to an alleged corruption scheme that prosecutors say lasted for years. plus there s new audio of air traffic controllers giving instructions shortly before the fiery crash at a tokyo airport. what the recording reveals as the investigation gets under way. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. donald trump formally challenging the to remove him from the primary pal lot in maine based on the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll speak live with maine s secretary of state, shen that bellows,
outside the u.s. district court building in south florida with the latest. good morning to you, jonathan. good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. security is always tight around federal courthouses. buff you can only imagine it rises to a much higher level when the defendant is a former u.s. president. the washington post is reporting law enforcement are actively monitoring online threats from extremists groups. monitoring their plans for rallies in the miami area. one of them reportedly planned for outside the courthouse tomorrow. also bringing in additional officers. mr. trump has been indicted on 37 counts, related to the alleged mishandling of classified white house documents stored in various locations around his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida. the charges include 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information with other charges related to mr. trump s alleged efforts to conceal the documents from federal investigators. south carolina senator
we re all excited the gang is back together this wednesday morning after a christmas holiday. a christmas break for each of us. it was a wonderful time. makes us all grateful for this job and we are all back together. feels good. steve: feels great. welcome back, brian. before yesterday. we were here, and griff jenkins was here as well through the entire holiday. hats off to him and everybody else who filled in the chair. brian: must have been tough for him to not surf. griff prefers to surf. steve: i was talking to griff yesterday because is he going to go down today to south florida to go surfing. and i told him the beaches are gone because of beach erosion over the last month. brian: you are kidding. steve: beaches are pretty much shot. lawrence: finally gets to celebrate and there is no beach. ainsley: still waves. brian: waves crash into land. just send you. steve: just smooths out. no roll. ainsley: y all, before christmas we saw the presiden
jesse watters primetime. tonight this is an attack on diversity. you can hear and see the racism. jesse: democrats defend plagiarism. i didn t see that coming. i ain t say [bleep] about trans people. maybe three or four times a night, but that s it. jesse: dave chappelle, doc on tour, having a ball. $2,000. $3,000. done. holy [bleep]! jesse: that is one sticky honeypot. plus. fox news alert, a huge batch of epstein documents were just released by a judge. a thousand pages naming epstein s fixers, employees, associates, and accusers. our team is digging through them right now and we will have a report for you in a few moments. but first. for as long as there have been words, there have been plagiarists. the first known case of plagiarism came in the first century, when roman poet marshall accused another poet of kidnapping his verses. how dare you kidnap my versus! throughout the years we have seen plagiarism everywhere, from music to politics.
your dvr. america reports now. this has done nothing but helped donald trump which is ironic given the nature of the people filing the actions in the states. they hate donald trump and yet they are helping him ee enormously. to impeach me for doing my job is wrong. the story is wrong, just dead wrong and hoping the court will put it to bed. john: the ballot battle on all sides await challenges from former president trump s legal team could come as early as today. two states booted trump from their primary ballots and several more consider taking similar action. and with that, welcome back to america reports this tuesday of the new year. i m john roberts. good to spend it with you. gillian: you too, john, gillian turner in for sandra. this is america reports . the former president is set to appeal the colorado decision up to the supreme court and also under maine. they claim he engaged in insurrection during the january 6th riot. john: it could have implicat