president joe biden set to kickoff his campaign formally this weekend. and talk to republican miami mayor francis suarez who just kicked off his today. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with mark meredith in washington in the fuss over the third party. there s a lot of people trying to read the tea leaves of what will happen the next several months, this weekend, it s about president biden. he relaunched his campaign two months ago. we haven t seen any events until now. tomorrow he will be in philadelphia rallying with union members. today he won the support of two of the major unions. he was in connecticut the next hour for a fund raiser. the president scored the endorsements of the american federation of teachers and the aflcio. these endorse meants are not shocking. they ve been in lock step with the president s agenda these past 2 1/2 years. it certainly will give the biden harris campaign something to celebrate. the aflcio writing we have never seen
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the white house is lamb basting members of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s cabinet. specifically two right wing extremists who are calling for the ethnic cleansing of tony bl some are wondering if the netanyahu administration will have to choose between extremists and the biden administration. and a federal appeals court, a closer look at abortion since roe v. wade was overturned. we have a brand new court filing from donald trump. this time he s going to the u.s. supreme court to try to appeal the decision made by the colorado supreme court to remove him from its 2024 ballot for engaging in insurrection. let s get right to cnn s paula reed who is here with me. paula, i know you have a big stack of papers that you just printed out, but what can you tell us about this appeal? two weeks ago, the colorado supreme court removed trump from the ballot. that decision is on hold, because previously, the republican p
right now on msnbc, we re following several breaking news stories. any moment now we re expecting police in rochester, new york, to give an update on a deadly crash yesterday outside a concert. the concerns it could have been an act of terror. plus, dramatic video out of japan, terrifying moments as a passenger jet bursts into flames. take a look at that after colliding with a coast guard aircraft on the runway. and miraculously hundreds escaped alive. also ahead, new year, new legal challenges for the former president. the high stakes hearing one week from today as he tries to claim presidential immunity. there is now just 13 days until iowa caucuses. we re live as republicans barnstorm the state ahead of the first in the nation contest. hey, everybody. good morning to you. happy new year. it is 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. we bring with dramatic video out of japan, showing a passenger jet engulfed in flames after colliding with a
joey: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. a senior red cross official reportedly telling sky news he is not confident a third the round of hostage releases will happen today. however, an israeli diplomat says he expects hostages to be freed. rachel: 13 more israelis were released yesterday bringing the total so far to 26. todd: trey yingst on the ground in tel aviv with the very latest. trey? reporter: yeah, hey, guys, look, good morning. this is an incredibly delicate ceasefire and one that will have a lot of ups and downs. but system more good news to report from oversight, 13 additional israeli hostages release ared bringing the total to 26 since the ceasefire went into effect. i want to just show you hostage square here where so many have gathered to really bring attention to the situation and call for all of the hostages to come home. we do know that that report is out there indicating today there could be some more trouble, but israeli officials say this is goin
former deputy director of national intelligence. what do you make of it? do you think netanyahu has already decided, you know what? i m with these two, and biden, you can take a hike? or do you think this is still a delicate balancing act that he hasn t fully decided yet? i think netanyahu has decided that netanyahu is for netanyahu. right. which means siding with those two. which means right now siding with those two, and it s hard to see how that turns out somehow differently. right now, he can govern without these two. as long as the war cabinet is in place right, the war cabinet put into place after october 7th. those two don t get a vote in that. exactly. once that disbands, then he s back to relying on these two parties, and these two individuals to stay in power. and why does he need that?