storm to start the new year. heavy rain from seattle to san francisco. the california coast bracing for more big waves. the system then moving into the east by the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. the images coming in from the deadly earthquake rocking japan just hours into 2024. the magnitude 7.5 quake destroying homes and businesses. tsunami warnings now in effect. maggie rulli reporting. the migrant crisis expanding. buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city s mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare fo
russia launchingets biggest air attack on ukraine. russia unleashing unprecedented missiles and drones across the country. schools, factories, warehouses, hospitals hit. one of the largest air assaults of this war. we ll show you the devastation. and president trump removed from the 2024 primary ballot again. this time in maine. how his rivals are responding. plus, wave causing chaos in california. the terrifying moment it slammed into the coastline and why officials say the threat isn t over. welcome to the lead. we start with our world lead and an attack unlike anything we have seen since the star on the war on ukraine. russian strikes blanketing ukraine from east to west, killing at least 3 at this hour and injuring more than 150. cruise missiles, drones and bombers flood ukraine s air defenses in what ukraine said was the worst attack since russia s full-scale invasion nearly two years ago. russia targeted ukranian airbases, but also hit apartment buildings, a metro sta
expected to give the former president his toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor ron desantis getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. trump used it to pummel the republican field, including marco rubio and jeb bush who he turned into a campaign punching bag. in a moment, randi kaye looks into whether desantis will do better. first, the political waters he is about to jump into. in one way they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval now stands at 40%. new polling out late today shows this. with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that poll shows 34% approve of the way the president is handling the economy. desantis enters a large and growing field. five more are known to be weighing a run, including pence and sununu and chris christie and youngkin. it s the large field that some experts say will favor the former preside
About the unusual Cross Country road trip with his father after the murders. Kayna whitworth reports. And tonight as the northeast begins to warm up, millions across the country are bracing for another crippling winter storm. Severe ice and blizzard conditions are expected to slam the midwest while the south is expecting tornadoes, damaging wind, and flooding. Were timing out the first major storm of the year as millions return home. A deadly new years day missile and Drone Barrage in ukraine. The Russian Military unleashing a brutal attack during ukraines most popular holiday. Plus, the drone with a message written on it from russia. Britt clennett is in kyiv. Preparations under way for the funeral of former Pope Benedict xvi. Ines de la cuetara with his last words. A terrifying ordeal at a florida entertainment park. Dozens of people trapped on a ferris wheel that caught fire. And Anita Pointer, Founding Member of The Pointer Sisters, has lost her battle with cancer. And a special tr
hosted by alex witt will start at 5:00 a.m. eastern. that is going to do it for me. deadline white house begins right now. hi there, everyone. happy friday. it s 4:00 in new york. donald trump s once loyal attorney general bill barr recently said that the classified documents probe was the most threatening to trump, and brand new reporting in the new york times reveals why that may be the case. new york times out with some blockbuster new reporting that shows that special counsel jack smith is leaving no stone unturned in his pursuit of answers to questions about trump s conduct. namely, whether he sought to obstruct efforts by the government to get back classified documents. some of which contained incredibly sensitive national security secrets. from that new times story, quote, federal prosecutors investigating former president trump s handling of classified documents have obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for him at mar-a-lago. it