more than 75 million americans from the south to the midwest. norah: the airport chaos ahead of the holiday weekend. and a scary landing for a delta flight. a wave of fatal drownings in the u.s. how to protect yourself from dangerous rip currents. it will take their lives when you are not used to that type of conditions. norah: new reporting tonight, a senior russian general knew in advance of the armed revolt in russia. what it means for the war in ukraine. breaking news. pop icon madonna rushed to the hospital. new details about her condition. crews have recovered debris from the titan vessel that was headed to the site of the titanic. it is expected to help investigators understand what happened. norah: the dire shortage of life-saving cancer drugs, as it leads to delays in chemo for patients. do you know if the drugs will be available for the rest of your treatment? there is no guarantee. norah: and simone biles to return to gymna
more than 75 million americans o the midwest. norah: the air airport chaos ahead of the holiday week. and a scary landing for a delta flight. a wave of fatal drownings in the u.s. how to protect yourself from dangers rip currents. it will take your life in that type of conditions. new reporting tonight, a senior russian general knew in advance of the armed revolt in russia. what it means for the war in ukraine. breaking news beer pop icon madonna rushed to the hospital. new details about her condition. crews have recovered debris from the titan vessel that was headed to the site of the titanic. it is expected to help investigators understand what happened. norah: the dire shortage of life-saving cancer drugs, as it leads to delays in chemo for patients. do you know if the drugs will be available for the rest of your treatment? there is no guarantee. norah: and simone biles to return to gymnastics, after focusing on her mental health. it
the victims attending a memorial for a top iranian general killed in a u.s. air strike four years ago. martha raddatz with late reporting, she s in the middle east. in the u.s. tonight, those bomb threats targeting multiple state capitals. authorities at this hour investigating who is behind the hoax. outside new york tonight, authorities on the scene, the religious leader shot and killed outside his mosque in newark. witnesses describing the suspect tonight. the passenger plane that collided with another plane while landing in tokyo, bursting into flames. tonight, we have learn what the pilots on that passenger jet had been told just before landing. matt gutman in tokyo. here at home, the crisis at the border. houfs speaker mike johnson and fl low republicans in eagle pass, texas. and tonight, president biden blaming republicans for holding up funding for border security. matt rivers from the border. just in tonight, former president trump asking the supreme court
this is cnn breaking news. we start with breaking news this hour. cnn has learned that donald trump and his legal team are expected to file appeals this tuesday, challenging his removal not just from the ballot in colorado, but also in maine. cnn s paula reid has more reporting on the next steps in these disputes over who is going to be on the ballot. so much at stake for the 2024 election. reporter: the supreme court facing increasing pressure to weigh in on whether states can remove former president trump from the 2024 ballot. after maine became the second state to kick him off based on the 14th amendment s pan on insurrectionists holding public office. new secretary of state has a presidential candidate invalid access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. no presidential candidate has engaged in insurrection and beenis disqualified. in maine, ballot eligibility questions first go to the secretary of state, not the courts. trump has called for democrat shenna
engaging in insurrection. plus explosions across ukraine after what kyiv calls the biggest wave of russian air attacks since the start of the invasion. and the moment people ran for their lives as a rogue wave slammed into the california coast. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, december 29. happy friday. 5:00 a.m. in washington and in maine, 2:00 a.m. out in california. those two states have differing decisions on whether to remove trump from the primary ballot over the 14th amendment insurrectionist ban. in california the secretary of state opted to keep trump on the ballot despite pressure from the lieutenant governor to remove the former president. contrast that with maine where yesterday democratic secretary of state 1450sheena bellows disqualified trump writing that it was an insurrection at the behest of then president trump. it became clear that it was an attack on the rule of law, that it was an insurrection and that the u.s. constitution does not tolera