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
broken. i think my recommendation, my feeling that we should make referrals, but we will get to a decision as a committee. it may be the last investigative public hearing where we re going to try to round out the factual narrative. i m alex marquart in washington in tonight for pamela brown. thank you so much for joining me. you re live in the cnn newsroom. tropical storm ian on the cusp of becoming a hurricane. the storm is swirling toward the warm waters of the gulf where it s expected to explode into an intensity intensely powerful category 4. then ian will likely weaken a bit before charging ashore somewhere in florida. florida s governor saying that the storm s massive size means that the entire state will be impacted, and he has activated the national guard. just moments ago the national hurricane center issued its latest advisory. cnn meteorologist in the weather center. tom, what are we expecting from ian? let me tell you like it is here, alex. this infrared
It was December Of 2022 when the Justice Department first announced the historic indictment of a wellknown billionaire and politica sam mangmanfried now under arrest and facing multiple charges. Reporter today Sam Bankmanfried founder and ceo of Crypto Exchange ftx is facing criminal indictments and a wave of civil complaints. The Sam Bankmanfried indictment complicated financial instruments, International Currency s,exchanges, and a who lot more. Ng it was a first of its kind case for the Justice Department and for the judicial system that would hear that case, and it took ten months for that case with all its myriad complexities to go to trial. Sam bankmanfried was indicted infr the month of december. By the following october he was sitting in a courtroom. As it turns out that is a fair lestandard amount of time for major cases. In October Of 2017 former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort was arrested and charged by Robert Mueller in washington, d. C. For Money Laundering and faili
reporter for politico and lead writer for the huddle news let, daniela diaz. let s start with this deal trying to be hashed out about border security connected to aid with ukraine and israel. give us the latest where things stand and whether they think a deal can be reached. democrats and republicans still have not been able to find a sort of middle ground when it comes to parole, detention, asylum, that is really the sticking points, jonathan, happening right now when it comes to these negotiations taking place on border security measures. and remember, let s, you know, remind people that republicans will not support ukraine aid or israel aid, a supplemental funding package without any sort of immigration changes, border security changes in that package, so that s why democratserize at the negotiating table with republicans to figure that out. but really they haven t been
say, look, we ve won every presidential race dating back to 2008. but keep in mind in each of the last three presidential elections in the state of nevada, the state has trended more republican. so this is a state although democrats tend to win there, it was so close, just a 2.4 win for biden back in 2020. so this is a israi ll definitely be watching. and what about pennsylvania? the flip side pennsylvania, this is probably the best chance for a democratic flip. you can see my estimate in this race. john fetterman, 50%, mehmet oz, 43. i was on the ground today doing a little reporting. no, i was just picking up a friend from the hotel. this is a race if the republicans can win here, if they can win here, then i think they ll probably be able to take back the united states senate, but this is a race that if nevada flips that pennsylvania could be the state that, in fact, if democratserize able to