from the floods. and now the new storm set to move in. first tonight, the breaking news just in. chris christie out of the race, five days before the first voting in iowa. tonight, what christie said about his decision, and the most important issue for anyone running for president, he says. and that hot mic moment, right beforehand, what he said about nikki haley. rachel scott in iowa. the search and rescue, the deadly avalanche in california. skiers buried in the snow. search teams battling heavy snow, brutal cold, and winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour to find the victims. the images coming in tonight. in the northeast, the flood emergency playing out. high water rescues. a potential dam breach forcing evacuations. homes surrounded by water. and now, the new storm set to sweep across the country again. it could bring significant snow to some states. rob marciano here to time it out. the stunning moment on capitol hill today. hunter biden arriving unannounced, jus
john: fox news alert, harvard university president claudine gay stepping down, marking an end to the shortest presidency in the university s storied history, plagiarism accusations as well as antisemitism on the campus. gillian: busy breaking news hour, so far. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. so claudine gay confirming the news in the email, she has been mired in scandals, including 50 plagiarism accusations and doubts about her ability to protect jewish students on campus in the wake of october 7th. molly line is live in boston with more details. what can you tell us? her inauguration was in late september and calls for her resignation since october. today harvard president claudine gay making it offering, saying in an email to the university community she made the decision with a heavy heart but adding it s in the best interest of harvard for her to resign, bedrock values to who i am frightening with attacks. and following the attacks on israel and in december
and yes i am sleeping and i feel the plane drop it was like any other turbulence is because that masks came down to that is when i knew oh gosh, this is something way different. its it started freaking out there. how would you like to be flying without happens question of terrifying moments on the alaskan airlines flight over oregon last night a window panel blew off in mid air leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage. that whole was a covered unused door on the side of the plane. the cap and depressurized, boys of tort we sure we are told was sucked right up his backward faa temporarily grounding more than 170 of the boeing 737 max nine jets that are used across the globe. this is a brand-new hour of fox news live on eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello everyone i am arthel neville. passengers on that flight from portland, oregon to ontario california described the chaos as people s phones and other belongings were sucked out of the plane but thankfully the plane did make a
square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
plus, donald trump and the supreme court, the former president asking justices to intervene in the decision banning him from colorado s ballot. the argument his legal team is making this morning. and we are tracking breaking news of a shooting investigation at an iowa high school. the latest from perry, iowa, in just a moment. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, i m chris jansing in for ana cabrera. the list of famous men connected to convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein just got longer as court documents that were kept hidden now go public. more than 900 pages of legal documents were unsealed in federal court, part of a 2015 civil defamation case against the late financier s convicted accomplice ghislaine maxwell accused of grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse. joining me now laura jarrett, and msnbc legal analyst and former prosecutor, kristen gibbons feden. laura, for years, there had been rumors, reports that bill clinton, donald trump, prince andrew, and others were menti