Closer. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the thirdparty group no labels ended months of speculation about whether it would field a unity ticket for the president ial race in a Virtual Convention with an 800 delegates from all 50 states voted to move forward with the process and on the heels of that news, several outlets are reporting theres a particular candidate. Now under consideration. Geoff duncan, 48 yearold, was a republican Lieutenant Governor of georgia under brian kemp from 2019 to early 2023, is a conservative republican and also a vocal critic of Donald Trumps efforts to over returned the 2020 president ial election. Duncan recently wrote an oped in the Atlanta Journal constitution titled end doesnt justify the means on trump about why he wont support trump for president. Writing quote, trump has become incapable of leading in a respectable or mature way until more of us are willing to acknowledge that pardon, truth, we will be on the outside looking in. The
Right now on cnn this morning Special Counsel, robert hurs set to testify before congress after releasing an explosive report about President Bidens handling of classified documents and alleged cognitive decline plus a developing story out of haiti, the embattled Prime Minister resigning amid rising gang attacks against the government and former President Trumps justin, hes open to cutting Social Security and medicare after vowing repeatedly, he would never do it all, right 05 00 a. M. Here in washington. A live look at capitol hill, lot of action up there today. Good morning to all of you. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us a First Special counsel, robert hur, is set to testify in a matter of hours before the republican led House Judiciary Committee hur investigated President Bidens handling of classified documents last month. He concluded the president did ms handle the material per however, chose not to prosecute still, it was his assessment of bidens mental sharpness
of msnbc, a tsunami warning in japan after earthquakes erupted off the west coast. the 7.6 quake causing mass blackouts and crippling communications. first responders are racing against the clock to locate the injured. plus, the israel-hamas war expected to go on for many more months as the first major drawdown of troops since the war began. what the next phase of the war will look like. former president trump s legal battles in the new year, what his appeal could look like after he was removed from colorado and maine, and the the latest on the slew of high stakes trials set to begin this year. happy new year to you. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m frances rivera reporting from new york city. we start with breaking news out of western japan where a powerful earthquake hit overnight disrupting kplun communications. as tsunami warnings rang up and down japan s western coast. now, japanese officials are warning the aftershocks could continue for up to a week. we want to brin
thank you for wicking up with us. i am amara walker. i m paula reid in for boris sanchez and i am thrilled to be back with you today. thanks for coming back. i am glad we didn t scare you away. well, we are following two top stories this morning. a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. and a raucous welcome for former patient. the conservative political action conference in maryland facing a slew of investigations. the twice impeached republican promised a reckoning with democrats and establishment republicans. in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with priscilla alvarez in delaware with the president. this is president biden s third trip to selma but his fi
hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with another norfolk southern derailment in ohio. two miles away from east palestine, the site of the toxic smil one month ago. 20 cars came off the track early saturday evening. nearby residents wither temporarily asked to shelter in place out of an abundance of caution and that order lifted early this morning. norfolk southern officials say there were no hazardous materials on board. still, hazmat teams from the epa and clark county each independently examining the site to confirm all of that. cnn s paulo sandoval is following the latest developments. another crash and same company and same state, all within a month. what are we learning? reporter: the time is interesting here. but in terms of this specific incident, you mentioned that shelter-in-place order that was lifted. that was done so after authorities on the groundwo worked through the night, and they lifted that. no injuri