war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine s two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear s defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state s primary ballot. later in the program, we ll be joined by maine s secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? we ll get the answer along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent to bbc news, katty kay, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us. willie, we are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands, and then we ll get to all the big major news breaking overnight. we have a lot to
davis, time winding down. they re going to get the ball up in time. clark for the win! she does it again, just a casual stepback logo game-winning three from the great caitlin clark, the iowa superstar, hitting that impossible shot, not for her but for the rest of us, at the buzzer, giving her 40 points for the game. iowa women s basketball team wins 76-73 over michigan state. the hawkeyes extend their winning streak to 11 games. she is one of the most exciting athletes in all of sports, men or women. meanwhile in louisiana, wow, grambling state got off to a historic start to the new year beating the college of biblical studies 159-18.