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good morning it our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 2, 2024 and we begin with breaking news. japan airlines plane bursting into flames as it touched down at haneda airport according to nhk. cnn s will ripley is live for us in tokyo. will, this just happened. information still coming in. what can you tell us at this hour? reporter: the headline here is that all nearly 400 people on board this plane, as horrific as the pictures look, they walked away. they evacuated safely after what appears to be some sort of a collision between two planes on the runway. this airport sits right next to a japan coast guard base. it is right in the same area right along the bay. and what nhk is reporting and cnn working to confirm independently is that as this japan airliner from a very, very popular tourist destination especially this time of year, especially on a holiday weekend, that is why the plane was packed with 367 passeng ....
We re told that the people on a japanese coast guard plane that they collided with may not have gotten out. we ll have much more on the latest on this on cnn this morning in a few minutes. we want to get now to this, israeli s military announcing that they will begin pulling thousands of troops out of gaza this week in preparation for a new phase of the conflict. senior u.s. official says this indicates a gradual shift to a lower intensity military campaign and it could also mean that thousands of israelis forced to leave their homes near the gaza border could soon be allowed to return. translator: in accordance with the recommendations given by the idf and the defense establishment, we will soon be able to return communities home in areas within a range of 4 to 7 kilometers north of the gaza strip. jim bittermann is joining us now from paris with the latest. jim, good morning to you. this drawdown announcement comes after the military said they ....
finally, going back to the afghanistan drawdown announcement. your thoughts on that and how it plays? well, look, if you are going to take the troops out of afghanistan, why do you need to announce that? why would you need to let the enemy know that you are going to be leaving or how much of your force you are going to draw down? there s no need to do that until the need is political in some way. i mean, other than that, strategically it makes no sense, tactically it makes no sense. the only level i can see which makes any sense is as critics have fairly said, politics. thank you. up next, an ultimatum from ukraine s government to pro russia separatists, first here s what some of our fox affiliates across the country. santa barbara with a day of mourning from the victims of friday s rampage. a special service begins at the top of the hour. a makeshift tribute has been set ....
In iowa ahead of tonight s candidate forum in des moines, among them is congresswoman michele bachmann facing uphill battles in the first two states on the primary calendar. peter doocy, good to see you, what s going on with the bachmann camp. university of iowa says congresswoman bachmann has 4% support. but she s trying to convince they re not over and the entire new hampshire staff quit yesterday. she s saying now that two staffers in new hampshire did quit without telling the campaign. advisors say they do have some staff in new hampshire and plan on spending most of the time and resources and energy in iowa anyway and it s not a big deal they say. national front runner, mitt romney, the only inge ma playing know the in iowa and making news with the reaction to the president s drawdown announcement. saying, quote, president obama s astonishing failure ....
The cliff and blow up the economy, that is good for their job. the new stimulus suggested by senator reid, sources familiar with the debt talk say negotiators are not in that room, talk iting about new ways to spend money. bret: amazing. we are hearing now that house democratic lawmakers will meet thursday with the president at the white house. thanks. now back to afghanistan and the drawdown announcement. fox team coverage. dominic di-natale to tell us what he is hearing but we begin with wendell goler who reports that even before the speech has been delivered there is negative reaction to the president s plan. reporter: sources say the president will announce return of 10,000 troops from gans this year and the rest of his 30,000 troop surge by september of 2012. aides say it s not a political decision but politically it s a loser. not enough troops this year for barbara lee. i must say that 10 to 15,000 troops that is not ....