Presidential debate, adding new pressure, new polling showing this Race Neck and neck. And as the two political rivals prepare to faceoff, trump makes an alarming new threat, suggesting he would throw out opponents, election officials, donors, even voters behind bars. Also ahead, intensifying wildfires out west. Evacuations in Southern California as a blaze explodes in size. Plus, armed and dangerous. The urgent manhunt for a suspected shooter, accused of Spraying Bullets at random on a Kentucky Highway. Great to have you with us, thanks for being here. It is 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. One day to go before what could be a Make Or Break meeting between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on the Debate Stage. Today the former president is focusing on what his team calls policy time at maralago and the Vice President is putting in her final day of Debate Prep in pittsburgh where she took some Time Out yesterday for a stroll with her husband and p
a new phase-in israel s ground offensive in gaza. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we ll go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. also ahead, a look at the very long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight time line to rule on the most consequential case involving the presidency since the year 2000 decision that sent george w. bush to the white house. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 2, 2024. happy new year, everyone. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day, week, and yes year with us. it is going to be an extraordinarily busy year. we re so grateful that you re with us. we begin this morning overseas where the israeli military is planning to withdraw some of its troops from gaza. reservists from at least two brigades will be sent home t
external challenge. the third-party candidate question hangs in the air, but they think they have this in terms of the democratic side locked up, and they ll slowly ramp up this contrast question. that is the key. we ve also been asked ad nauseam, i m sure, about how this will shake out. biden s people are looking for a contrast between him and donald trump. joe biden says, don t compare me to the almighty. compare me to the alternative, who they expect to be donald trump. that ll help them focus their messaging. we ve already seen it, even last month. that i essentially treating trump as the nominee already and hoping biden will get a boost from that. this comes together. they want the jobs numbers to stay strong. they want consumer sentiment to improve, in other words, people s moods to improve, and they want donald trump to be the contrast. of course, biden says trump is the reason he ran in the first place. the contrast key for the swing voters. give us a brief sense of biden s p
former president like this or a candidate for the presidency. it s kind of a place we ve never been before. to this candidate question, whether you charge donald trump with a kcrime today or tomorrow after he s announced as a candidate for presidency, he s still the most famous person on the planet after, i think, the rock and justin bieber. literally, nothing changes when he s a candidate for office. it s just a question of whether you think you have the facts and the law to charge him. he gin undes up his people b saying it s another witch hunt. i m trying to save america, i m trying to be your president. that s his argument, which he has used effectively to keep his base. they had to pause at the justice department, they don t stop but they get more quiet around election season. we re almost out of election season. i don t know where they restart the clock. we haven t called the house yet. maybe it takes a week or two. when you look at the classified documents investigation, did