hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. oand i m max foster. happy 2024. just ahead on cnn newsroom in their filing, the trump team attacking maine secretary of state sheena bellows. i did my duty and we await the court reviewing the matter. the leader of hamas is condemning the attack describing it as cowardly assassination carried out in his words by israel. israel s official line is no comment. fireball on the tarmac of haneda airport. the collision of the passenger plane with a japanese coast guard aircraft. this accident will go down as a bench mark and will be studied extensively going forward. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, january 3, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in maine where former u.s. president trump is asking a court to overturn a decision removing him from the state s 2024 primary ballot. maine secretary o
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead, a u.s. official says israel was responsible for the strike in lebanon that killed a senior hamas leader. donald trump appeals the decision to remove him from maine s presidential primary ballot, accusing the state s top election official of bias. and investigators begin their search into what caused that fiery runway collision in japan. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joinings us. a top hamas leader has been assassinated, and a u.s. official told cnn that israel carried out the hit. senior hamas leader saleh al arouri was killed in the suburbs of lebanon on tuesday. lebanese media report the strike targeted an office belonging to hamas, and several others were also killed, including leaders from the hamas military wing. earlier, an israeli government spokesperson issued this statement about the incident. israel has not taken
issued. it struck at about 4:00 p.m. local time. a series of strong aftershocks have already been recorded. and tsunami waves of 1.2 meters have hit a number of areas along the western coast. japan s prime minister is urging residents in tsunami areas to evacuate as soon as possible. the u.s. geological survey and japan meteorological office as well have been making similar warnings. hanako montgomery is joining us live from tokyo. tell us what information you ve got right now, that knyou have w hanako. reporter: this was a large and powerful, 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit around 4:10 p.m. local time, a time when many people are celebrating new year s day with their familiesnd loved ones. and it was a shallow earthquake with depths of around 10 kilometers or about 6 miles. this is significant to note because with shallow earthquakes, we know that they could potentially be more powerful and more destructive and essentially trigger tsunamis that could really devastate cer
this new year s day. evacuations and tsunami warnings triggered after a massive earthquake, this is video of the tremors rocking a train sdags in cen station in central japan. tsunami waves could be as high as 16 feet. here you can see people hiding under tables at a bowling alley as the earthquake shook that building. japan s weather agency says that powerful aftershocks could continue the next three days with potential building collapses and landslides. this is video of the aftermath in some buildings that have already been destroyed. let s go to hanako montgomery in tokyo. and we re only getting a rough picture here because the communications are really bad and the power stations had to be closed down because they were under threat. reporter: yeah, max, as you said, this was a very powerful earthquake and already a tsunami warning triggered for the entire west coast of japan. we also know it was a shallow earthquake. and this is significant because with shallow earthquak
good morning. i m victor blackwell. you will see amara walker later this afternoon. it is the last day of 2023 in the u.s. but look at this. it s 2024 already in new zealand. fireworks there at the sky tower lighting up auckland. let s take a break and listen to what s happening there. happy new year! woo! you hear the oh ohs and aahs. fiji is up next. then australia coming. so we will see the fireworks in sydney at 8:00 eastern. of course, we are 18 hours away on the east coast from 2024. we will be together for the next three. let s go through the news now. new court filing special counsel jack smith is laying out one of his first goals of the new year, to get donald trump s immunity claims thrown out for good. he is asking an appeals court to move quickly. he writes that the arguments the former president has been making threaten to undermine democracy. cnn s zachery cohen picks it up from here. reporter: special counsel jack smith is arguing that the former pr