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for the cockpit voice recorder, which could provide crucial clues to what happened. were waiting for comment about cnn reporting that those lights on the runway were not working. could the plane possibly have just moved a little too far on the runway creating this disaster? >> gosh, who knows? but what a miracle and how incredible those flight attendants. holy -- wow. thanks to all of you for being with us. well be back tomorrow live in iowa. iowa. "ac 360" starts now. -- captions by v...

ballot, determining that he had engaged in an insurrection. the new appeal tonight is only raising new pressure on the nine justices that you see here. to settle this matter once and for all, or potentially risk chaos in a presidential election year. with similar battles over the ballot and trump bubbling up in other states as well, were left with the key question tonight. can the former president be disqualified from holding public office again under the constitutions insurrectionist ...

not tolerate an assault on our government. >> with donald trump off another ballot, his rivals rally behind him. >> this should be decided by the voters of the united states. it should not be decided by courts. >> pressure grows on the supreme court. how will the justices shape the 2024 race. >> plus, walk back. >> the cause of the civil war was basically how government was going to run. >> yes, of course, the first thing i should have said was slavery. >> nikki haley stumbles and her ...

an explosion destroys a dam with devastating flooding and now thousands of people are being evacuated as ukraine and russia blame each other for the apparent an damage. and then a flood of a different kind raising more questions about the legaldamage. and then a flood of a different kind raising more questions about the legal enveloping donald trump. how the drained pool and flooded server room could play into the investigation of trumps handling of classified documents as a witness pr...

plagiarism? what we are learning today from harvard insiders. plus, the deadly airport runway inferno. two lanes collide, five on one jet nearly killed, 400 escaped alive. how did the planes and up on the runway in the first place? and the senior member of hamas assassinated at an explosion in beirut. is the situation in the middle east about to get even worse? happy new year, and welcome to the lead. im jake tapper, and we start out with raking news. harvard universitys claudine gay i...

ballot bombshell, the special counsel argues former president trump does not have immunity as another state moves to strike him from the ballot. >> mr. trump engaged in that insurrection. >> could the supreme court buy that argument? >> the constitution could not be any clearer. >> former january 6th committee member jamie rask inis here exclusively. and closing in, two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say -- >> acknowledge ...

reports, president trump lashing out at jack smith today trying to portray the investigation as an attempt to rig the 2024 election calling on his supporters to fight against the justice department and fbi in a series of fiery social media posts. as the potential for indictments grows by the day. despite a direct appeal this week from trumps legal team. the special counsel in new video obtained exclusively by nbc news is not ready to show his cards. >> is an indictment coming soon, sir...

campaign kickoff. republicans take the stage in iowa. >> we have to resist the politics of personality. >> dispense with the culture of leaving. >> leaving the baggage ever negativity behind. >> how many candidates will make the debates and will their strategies to topple the front-runner work? and caught on tape. cnn learns the justice department has audio of the former president talking about a classified document he kept after his term. are charges coming? ill speak to ranking dem...

the election, the lead starts right now. we have a brand-new cnn report revealing how trump operatives drew fake elector ballots to d.c. in a last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election, we will bring you those details and audiotapes delay -- detailing their plot, nikki haley under scrutiny over controversial comments she made on the campaign trail, the exchange she had with one man in new hampshire and how her campaign is responding today, taking you on the road. the house were fo...

children, and as an american, am tired of the fighting. what specific steps would you take as president to bring all parties to the table and bring americans together to end the divisiveness in this great country? >> well, thanks for the question. its something thats very meaningful. i share your aspiration for our country. look, i said before, i think democracy depends on heavy doses of civility. and over the last 20 years of my career, weve always tried to aspire to that ideal. my fa...