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good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new years day edition of "morning joe." were on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trumps increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. >> we pledge to you ...

national security advisory jake sullivan at any moment from the white house. and the terror investigation underway after a deadly attack with a knife and a hammer near the eiffel tower. what police are saying about the islamic radical that is under arrest. >> and here at home, is it real or revenge? the move by republicans that the white house says will be throwing red meat to the right flank of the house. plus, the vote happening right now over the deal reached between actors and ...

house sent him packing. the supreme court hearing arguments in a high-stakes case on perdue pharma and the opioid crisis. could scotus unravel a deal that protected the sackler family from civil lawsuits? hi, everybody. good morning to you. im yasmin vossoughian. its 10:00 a.m. in the east, in for ana cabrera. we begin with breaking news out of the israel-hamas war. israel expanding its assault to include the entire gaza strip. the idf dropping leaflets overnight telling civilians ...

>> reporter: underscoring the high stakes of air traffic control, thursdays near collision involving two passenger jets at reagan national airport in washington. >> 2937, stop. >> reporter: the faa now investigating whether controller error played a role. it comes after a series of high-profile close calls and a national controller shortage. many controllers complain theyre exhausted working mandatory overtime and alternating between day and overnight shifts. today, the faa ordered changes. cont...

This time a pair of united airlines airbus a-320s came within 400 feet of one another taking off from houstons bush international continental airport. passengers didnt notice anything but the sound from the cockpit shows how close these planes came to disaster. >> 601, do you know what happened there? >> basically cross directly over the top of each other. thats what it looked like from my perspective. i have no idea what was going on up there in the tower. it was pretty narly looking. >> its th...

from the presidential election and at a turning point in the campaign. considered a boxing match, today was the day political equivalent of when the referee brings the fighters into the middle and says, shake hands, come out fighting. the president phoned mitt romney congratulating him on clinching the republican nomination. governor romney went over the top in delegates last night. both campaigns described the conversation as cordial and brief. gloria borger is here as we start the co...

president obama telephones mitt romney, congratulates him for going over the top in the republican delegate count and over the top comments with supporter donald trump has created a distraction. youve heard trump question the birthplace in "the situation room," now romney is trying to move on. heres our national political correspondent, jim acosta. >> wolf, mitt romney has left las vegas, but donald trump is refusing to leave the campaign stage. >> americans are tired of being tired. >...

This thursday morning. the head of the imf, dominique strauss-kahn, has officially stepped down. he will be back in court with a deal to get out of jail. we will tell you what he is putting on the bargaining table. also coming up later, a story that hits home for parents of newborns. can actually your ipad help make your baby smarter? an interesting story. maybe dont want to get the ipad for yourself, what about your the 6-month-old? >> todays version of the etch-a-sketch. >> more expensive. >...

Emergency communication from that plane about 40 minutes into the flight. also, witnesses report seeing an explosion in the sky. and the ntsb is investigating a close call at chicagos busy ohare airport, two united express commuter jets, one landing and the other taking off, nearly collided monday. it happened minutes after vice president bidens plane landed. controller error reportedly put the planes on a collision course bringing them within 300 feet of each other. however, a supervisor did ...

To texas. golf ball-sized hail fell across the dallas-ft. worth area. unfortunately, the storm system is not expected to have much effect on 20 wildfires burning in texas. most of them are west of the dallas-ft. worth area. at least 1.5 million acres have burned. a little bit ago, authorities ordered a complete evacuation for the small town of palo pinto. stay with cnn throughout the evening for storm updates. thats it for us tonight. "in the arena" starts right. good evening. im eliot spitzer...