his death now raising fears of a potential escalation in the region which could expand into a wider war israel has eso far avoided. plus, three years after rioters stormed the capitol, donald trump further cements his dominance over republicans. what brand new polling is revealing about the gop s increasing loyalty to trump and their thoughts about the legitimacy of president joe biden s election win. and also ahead hours from now house speaker mike johnson and 60 republicans will head to the southern border as senate negotiations resume. we llbri you the latest on where those talks now stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning. we ll begin overseas where hamas is now blaming israel for the death of one of its leaders, who was killed in an explosion in lebanon yesterday. what appeared to be a drone strike happened in a densely p
i m raymond arroyo in for laura ingraham. this is a special of the ingraham angle from new york city tonight. efforts underway in severali states to remove formerdo president donald trump fromght, the ballot. we ll get to that in a moment. tonight, the vacuu vivekm swamy is here with his reaction. plus, gary sinise with a heartwarming, inspiring story that you have to hear. but first, william faulkner famously said the past isn t dead. we it isn t even pase sat. as we say farewell to 2023, there are important lessonsr. that we may have missed. lessons we need in the new yea g . you know, we tend to focus so intently on the crisis or the outrage heee of the momentie that we miss the larger trends. this hour, wpo e will reportthey breaking news. look at the big stories shape ho the year and how they will shape our 2024. it will be an important and fuin hour. i want to start with the narrative that has sounded all year long and it slond g mae a major theme in the new
80 years on, they still feel they want answers. the royal navy said the creation of a mass unmarked grave would run counter to admiralty policy on the burial of wartime casualties, but mary says she won t stop asking questions. well, it makes me very sad, and 80 years is a long time, and by the time 100 years comes i won t be here, so i ve got a limited time to find these men. dame mary richardson, ending that report, from hugh pym. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. hello, clive. a decent deal of weather today. most of us had lots of sunshine alone and the sunny spot was glasgow, managing a little over 11 hours of sunshine under the air felt a little cool there was someone in that late march sunshine. the fine weather was bright thanks to this area of high pressure, the first one i reckon we have had a little over three weeks. a shame it only lasted one day because tomorrow we re back into the same kind of weather we have had for much of the month and that
against the world cup semi finalists as they take on latvia in cardiff. tomos daffyd reports. no wonder they re in a good mood. their campaign is off to a great start thanks to this man, nathan broadhead brilliant on his debut, according to the captain. aaron ramsey said the new players are showing players are showing they re ready to make their mark after some high profile retirements. players are making their own history, so for nate to come in and win in the last minute was brilliant in his debut. these moments are what we live for, and you could see that with the celebrations with the fans at the end. this was the moment wales rescued a point in croatia shot on target in the last seconds of the game. at 2a, nathan broadhead had to be patient for this opportunity. after the bonus of picking up a point in croatia, latvia tomorrow already feels like a must win match. latvia are the weakest side in their group latvia are the weaker side in their group more than 100 plac
this is it. the final big push to the first name right, because the casting of ballots is almost over. the counting of ballots, that s getting ready to start in most places. in some places, they re doing it, but you ve got control of congress, the direction of the country on the line. the five things we have to be watching for over the next hours and days, plural, with our campaign reporters live across the country. we re also live in washington with the mood inside the white house. publicly confident, privately, maybe not so much. also this hour, our team is watching the polls. lawsuits popping up. some precincts reporting issues counting. we ve got our team standing by with that. i m hallie jackson from election headquarters here in new york with our reporters out covering races including in pennsylvania. a lot of talk about there where dasha burns is. guad is in nevada. jesse in youngstown, ohio. there are some question on everybody s minds, right, as we are getting close