a new phase-in israel s ground offensive in gaza. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we ll go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. also ahead, a look at the very long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight time line to rule on the most consequential case involving the presidency since the year 2000 decision that sent george w. bush to the white house. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 2, 2024. happy new year, everyone. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day, week, and yes year with us. it is going to be an extraordinarily busy year. we re so grateful that you re with us. we begin this morning overseas where the israeli military is planning to withdraw some of its troops from gaza. reservists from at least two brigades will be sent home t
more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolina s camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinson s disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well. we re following all of these stories all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin the hour with the war in ukraine. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he s been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine s counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facin
town sweet 16 party. fox defamation trial delayed just hours before opening statements . is this a sign a settlement could be near. and spacex boss elon musk, downplaying expectations with his company about to launch the most powerful rocket ever built. good monday morning to you welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with carnage at a sweet 16 birthday party in a small southern town. four people were killed, nine injured, some critically in this rampage saturday night. indeed ville alabama so far, authorities have not released details about a suspect or a motive. but overnight we did learn the name of one of those killed kiki smith, who was a student athlete athletic manager on the high school s track team. for more on another of the victims. a star athlete, let s go to cnn s isabel rizal is indeed ville. i spoke with michael taylor, who is the assistant football coach over a day ville high school. and he says th
the collision was not intentional and that the russian pilots, they were justeurs.an pilots, they were ma and incompetent. amateurs, make no mistakke ne, t was no accident. and i can guarantee you that vladimir putin personally signed off on this military aggression. now, here s our very owngenn jennifer griffin with senator mike rounds. take a look. t i just like to geto what hap your reaction to what happened today in the black sea.d . sec i mean, let s just be honeston about this for a second.omin the report coming out of our government is that this was an unperfects act in environmentally unsound. i m sorry, folks. folks. they shot down a unitedrplane. states war plane. ey took they took it out of actr and that s the response wees get back. it. so, yeah, not very happy about it. and the cannote bottom line is . cannot allow that to happen. we can allow that to happen. that s right. we can t allow t this to happen russia and putin s hostility and aggression against our c
courage to do the right thing. and so, i wanted to bring you my daughter, my daughter is a two-time cancer survivor at nine years old. can you do it? would you like to go to disneyland today? okay, let s go to disneyland! oh, yeah! are you coming? i m coming to. she earned all these beads during her cancer treatment program. each bead represents something different. for example, red represents when she had black when she got booked with a needle, yellow for inpatient state, white for chemotherapy. this is what you earned the first month. i d like to share with you what she s earned over the last two times fighting cancer. a few of the photos, i just wanna fly through real quick. to some of them that we ve met, the women who are local, they kept with us last weekend. he s about to lose a second i. his little boy has leukemia. he s doing all right. we ve had several who passed away. we need you to step in and protect us, and protect our children, do the right thin