strategy. we re going to bring you brand new reporting from inside the campaign. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with breaking news on who qualified for cnn s iowa debate next week. last before the caucuses. the deadline to meet the polling threshold just passed, and our political director david chalian joins me now. david, who made the cut? as you noted, the deadline just passed and actually the window of qualification started way back on october 15th. we now know that for the cnn january 10th debate, the three candidates who have qualified are former president trump, nikki haley and ron desantis. we also know that donald trump has not participated in any debate yet this cycle, and he doesn t intend on participating at the cnn debate on january 10th. that leaves haley and desantis on the stage, and that would be the smallest debate stage that we have seen to date. that means that they were the only candidates to hit 10%
because the iranians are providing the russians with these weapons and they are doing it quite frequently at a high volume. a lot is happening across the world. colonel cedric leighton, we appreciate getting your perspective on all of it. still plenty more news to come on cnn news central. hundreds of people barely escaping with their lives. look at this video. a japanese airliner burst into flames after colliding with another plane on the runway. five people were killed in that smaller plane. what went tragically wrong here? we will break it down. plus, the fbi says there is no evidence of a terror plot in this fiery new year s day crash in upstate new york. we have the latest details on this investigation. after a groundbreaking procedure, doctors say a young patient s new heart valves are growing as he grows. this is a pediatric heart transplant. more on why it is a huge advancement when we come back.