his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is now concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, we ll dig into house speaker mike johnson and the 60 other republicans and their visit to the southern border. their new ultimatum, and what they re prepared to do with the government if democrats don t agree to their demands. and also ahead we ll show you the confrontation between governor ron desantis and one of his own supporters who accuses the presidential candidate of going soft on trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with this news. former president donald trump s legal team has officially petitioned the supreme court asking it to overturn the colorado ruling that found him ineligible to run for president. last month colorado became the first state to rule that trump engaged in an i
pocket and it cracks. well you just need a protective cover, that s clear. in the days before friday s incident, the pressurization system went off three times pumping the airline to restrict the plane from flying long-haul flights over water, the ntsb says it s unclear if those warnings were related to the door plug that broke off, midflight, they re trying to figure out if there s an association, joining us now, cnn safety analyst and former fah safety inspector, david susie, but first go to mike valerio in portland who has the latest. mike, the public playing a big role, not only bob, who found the plane part but also the folks that found the cell phone? reporter: that is right, i think that s the understatement of the day, we will start with bob first and foremost and go to our other heroes of this investigation, our civilian heroes but as we push and beyond this runway here, this is the aircraft in question, flight 1282, a little bit windswept in our position.
runway 34 right. the smaller japan coast guard aircraft had permission to taxi but not to take off. the coast guard acknowledging that call from the tower in its last transmission before the crash, and tonight a flight operations document shows that the red stop lights meant to alert pilots not to taxi onto the runway where the crash occurred were not in service at the time. people inside the airbus a350 were calling the impact. you felt the impact was and position was coming from the front. reporter: all 379 passengers and crew safely evacuating the burning aircraft in less than 90 seconds. it s a tragedy for japan s coast guard. five of six crew members killed in the collision. the plane part of the effort to get supplies to japan s western coast, devastated by earthquakes on new year s day. government officials confirming at least 73 people have died. japan s prime minister
aircraft had permission to taxi but not to take off. the coast guard acknowledging that call from the tower in its last transmission before the crash. and a flight operations document shows that the red stoplights meant to alert pilots not to taxi onto the runway where the crash occurred were out of service at the time. people inside the airbus ay350 recalling the impact. yes, we felt the airplane was not in a normal position, buzz like bending on the front. all 379 passengers and crew safely evacuating the burning aircraft in less than 90 seconds. it s a tragedy for japan s ghost guard, five of six crew members killed in the collision. the plane part of the effort to get supplies to japan s western coast, devastated by earthquakes on new year s day. government officials confirming at least 73 people have died. japan s prime minister saying we are at a crucial stage.