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war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine s two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear s defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state s primary ballot. later in the program, we ll be joined by maine s secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? we ll get the answer along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent to bbc news, katty kay, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us. willie, we are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands, and then we ll get to all the big major news breaking overnight. we have a ....
his death now raising fears of a potential escalation in the region which could expand into a wider war israel has eso far avoided. plus, three years after rioters stormed the capitol, donald trump further cements his dominance over republicans. what brand new polling is revealing about the gop s increasing loyalty to trump and their thoughts about the legitimacy of president joe biden s election win. and also ahead hours from now house speaker mike johnson and 60 republicans will head to the southern border as senate negotiations resume. we llbri you the latest on where those talks now stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning. we ll begin overseas where hamas is now blaming israel for the death of one of its leaders, who was killed in an explosion in lebanon yesterday. what appeared to be a drone strike happened in a den ....
the appeal that they made? well, anderson, one of the first things that the president s lawyers take on is the idea that he is an insurrectionist, which is something that the colorado supreme court had ruled. they say he is not, that the january 6th attack was not an insurrection, and that the former president did not engage in insurrection. they also say that the congress, not state courts, should be the ones that determine the eligibility for the presidency. they also say that the 14th amendment, the letter, if you read the 14th amendment, section three, it doesn t mention the office of the presidency and it doesn t apply, they say, to the former president. i will read you a little more of what they argue. they say that this colorado ruling, if allowed to stand, will mark the first time in the history of the united states the judiciary has prevented voters from casting ballots for the leading major party presidential candidate. and obviously, that is what is at sta ....
for the cockpit voice recorder, which could provide crucial clues to what happened. we re waiting for comment about cnn reporting that those lights on the runway were not working. could the plane possibly have just moved a little too far on the runway creating this disaster? gosh, who knows? but what a miracle and how incredible those flight attendants. holy wow. thanks to all of you for being with us. we ll be back tomorrow live in iowa. iowa. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, there s breaking news. the former president tells the supreme court there s no 14th amendment case for keeping him off colorado s ballot and says the capitol attack was no insurrection. also breaking tonight, we ve just gotten court documents expecting to reveal the names of nearly 200 people connected to the late sex trafficker, jeffrey epstein. and what u.s. officials are saying tonight about who might be responsible for the bomb blasts in iran ....
my gosh, this is my husband s worst nightmare, how did you do it? my husband absolutely just i mean, he stepped in and did what needed to be done. we are just we re grateful we were able to figure it out and have support from the best out there. so did you mama. you get a lot of credit, too. this is the last time we re going to call you for many months. enjoy this precious time. we will see you soon, friend. thanks, guys. told you, best morning moment. thank you for being with us this monday, we will see you tomorrow. cnn newsroom is now. good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. hello, erica. good morning, jim. nice to see you this morning. good to have all of you with us as well. happening now, officials are investigating after a southwest flight was forced to make an emergency landing, this as smoke filled the cabin. look at these images here. [ speaking non-english ] an engine failure just moments after takeoff. cover your nose, i don t know i ....