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right now on "early start," the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue he's immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. i'm omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to. let's get going. we want to start with 5:00 a.m. in washington. we have a brand new cnn poll for...

we're live with what all this means for a critical moment in the war. health officials are on their way to ohio following that toxic train derailment. the health concerns residents say they are now liveing with despite assurances from local officials. >> plus funeral services set to be held today for alonso baggily, the man killed by police. we're getting our fist look at the body cam video shows the moments leading up to his shooting. plus taking up arms, how some asian americans are taking steps to protect themselves following an increase in awe tacks on the asian community. th...

i'm ann marie walker. >> i'm alex march quart in for boris sanchez. >> the house of representatives finally elects a speaker. how kevin mccarthy gets the votes. remarkable progress for damar hamlin and the moment he face timed his teammates from his hospital bed. and new details on the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we're learning from a recently released affidavit and the father of one of the victims tells cnn why he believes the group was targeted. plus, the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer's drug. the reported benefits and the concern coming up o...

debated over the last several hours, whether or not a deal to free the israeli hostages has been approved or not. we don't have that information for you quite yet. >> as we await the developments here, obviously very significant. thank you, matthew chance. thank you, all of you for joining us. ac 360 starts now. the waiting must be almost unbearable, but for at least some of the families whose loved ones have been held captive by terrorists for the last 46 days, the waiting could be closer to being over and their loved ones could be that much closer to coming home. john berman here...

>> thank you so much. we're following growing backlash over lloyd austin's sudden hospitalization on new years day. the problem is president biden and others didn't know until days later that austin was even in the hospital. the white house says the president has no plans to fire austin, but there already will be a review of the process and procedure. alex march quart has more. >> reporter: it has been a week since the country's most senior defense official has been in the hospital. very few people were aware. the pentagon now says that secretary of defense lloyd austin was rushed to walter ...