and moved and pushed forward immediately and continuously toward the threat until the room was entered and the threat was eliminated. that did not occur. cnn has been leading the way on the story, exposing details the authorities tried very hard to keep quiet. that is all thanks to cnn s shimon prokupecz and his team, who spent well over a year reporting on so many of the failures that are laid out now in this very government report. shimon, you are there, back in uvalde at this news conference, waiting for merrick garland to begin. this is all shocking to once again read. but again, it is all information that you pried out of officials right there on the ground in uvalde. reporter: yeah, it s different when you get to see it in such, as you say, a government report way. and the way it s laid out. and just how disturbing everything was here on that day. just from top to bottom, the mistakes from the response to the communication to the way they treated the victims who were
good morning it our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 2, 2024 and we begin with breaking news. japan airlines plane bursting into flames as it touched down at haneda airport according to nhk. cnn s will ripley is live for us in tokyo. will, this just happened. information still coming in. what can you tell us at this hour? reporter: the headline here is that all nearly 400 people on board this plane, as horrific as the pictures look, they walked away. they evacuated safely after what appears to be some sort of a collision between two planes on the runway. this airport sits right next to a japan coast guard base. it is right in the same area right along the bay. and what nhk is reporting and cnn working to confirm independently is that as this japan airliner from a very, very popular tourist destination especially this time of year, especially on a holiday weekend, that is why the plane was packed with 367 passengers an
neighbors wandering around this neighborhood that was so so hard hit, really just in disbelief. they can t believe what has happened to the place that they call home. you can see behind me trees uprooted, the roofs of houses that have been torn apart. and over here you can see this power pole snapped into multiple pieces, just incredible behind this power pole you can see the wall of this garage torn apart. all the con ends inside visible [audio difficulty] on the street to see. now, this tornado hit around 2:30 in the afternoon. even the national weather service s little rock office had to shelter in place so that they could be safe. they had to change over the duties to the memphis office while they took shelter, essentially. you know, after the tornado hit, there were, you know, first responders out in the streets, you know, rescuing folks, just a harrowing scene here in little rock. arkansas governor, sarah huckabee sanders, declaring a state of emergency here. she is
the breaking news at this hour, 24 hostages have been released by hamas terrorists. 13 israelis, 10 thai citizens, 1 filipino citizen. they were moved from inside gaza over the rafah crossing into egypt. a short time ago, we got our first look at some of these hos hostages. we have video. it includes pictures of a little girl in a yellow shirt. 1 of the 13 israeli hostages release d. we have other video to show you as well. different vantage points where you can see some of the people, including that girl, who was released and then a number of people boarding a bus from a holding facility inside rafah. a number of these people now on a bus on the move, presumably, back into israel. this is the first part of this pause in fight fighting agreed to by israel, by hamas, to aa low for the release of some 50 hostages over the next several days in exchange for the release of 150 palestinian prisoners in a pause in the fight ing, and breaking moments ago, the identity of two hostage
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