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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. ...

>> additionally we have not uncovered any information, leading us to believe that the actions of michael avery on new year's eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases. >> reporter: avery's family telling authorities they believe he suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness. >> i think for us, as we go into the new year is to remember the victims of this horrific accident. they were expecting to be able to ring in the new year and have a good time. but instead, we have individuals that are now going to be burying family members, and we have people who have now life altering...

Most influential people in america. the same style of controversy led to him losing his job. after he described the rutgers women's basketball team as nappiheaded hoes, one that he regretted up to his death. and connell mcshane shared this last hour. >> did he say a lot of things he shouldn't say, absolutely. did he hurt some people along the way, yeah, he did, but could he also, but was he one of the smartest people i know? absolutely was. and one of the most talented and most importantly, he was one of the most generous, both publicly in the work that he and his wife deirdre did, the imus ra...

Was the result of, quote, a perfect storm, this is what we now know. neither of the guards checked on epstein for eight hours the night he died. epstein was required by psychologists, and his cellmate was moved in a prearranged -- the indictment says no new cellmate was assigned to epstein's cell. most importantly despite early reports from cameras in the jail were not working the night he died federal prosecutors have enough surveillance video to definitively say no one entered the area in which epstein was housed the entire night. even william barr said he checked the footage himself. >> the...