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war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine's two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear's defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state's primary ballot. later in the program, we'll be joined by maine's secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? ...

viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead, a u.s. official says israel was responsible for the strike in lebanon that killed a senior hamas leader. donald trump appeals the decision to remove him from maine's presidential primary ballot, accusing the state's top election official of bias. and investigators begin their search into what caused that fiery runway collision in japan. >> live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. >> thanks for joinings us. a top hamas leader has been assassinated, and a u.s. ...

on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what may have taken place and who is behind it? >> reporter: hey, yasmin, so we know there were two explos...

from actual voters and caucusgoers instead of faceless polling percentages. what will they say and how much say will they have? there's so much swirling around the republican primary this year. so much that could change everything and yet so much that could change nothing. let me explain. the accepted wisdom right now is that donald trump will be the nominee. but what happens if he can't get on the ballot? there are two states, maine and colorado, saying someone who incited an insurrection can't run for federal office. will other states follow? and if they do, will the supreme court ...

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. i'm jake tapper, and we start out with raking news. harvard university's claudine gay is stepping down as president, resigning after just about six months on the job. the student journa...