WE'RE BACK TOMORROW WITH MORE "MEET THE PRESS, NOW". OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH "HALLIE JACKSON NOW". >>> WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT DEADLY DISASTER AT A TOKYO AIRPORT WHERE HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS, AS YOU PROBABLY SEEN, ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO, FORCED TO EVACUATE. NEARLY EVERYONE SURVIVED, SO WHY WERE THESE PLANES ON THE SAME RUNWAY AT THE SAME TIME? STOMACH THE SHOCKING BUT PERHAPS NOT SURPRISING RESIGNATION WITH HARVARD'S PRESIDENT NOW OUT. WE HAVE NEW FALLOUT OVER THE CONTROVERSY AROUND HER RESPONSE TO ANTI-SEMITISM ON CAMPUS. >>> AM WILLING TO BET THAT RIGHT NOW YOU ARE WATCHING FOR ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT DO EXPECT. >>> HAS SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY GOT YOUR STOCKING MAY HELP YOU PAY DOWN POST HOLIDAY DEBT. >>> IF YOU ARE GETTING READY TO START THE SHOW WITH US, WE HAVE NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A SITTING SENATOR, CHASING DOWN THE DETAILS WITH THE LATEST AS IT COMES IN IN THE SECOND. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU IN THE NEW YEAR AND WE ARE STARTING WITH NEW DETAILS ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SCARY MOMENTS AT AN AIRPORT IN TOKYO LEADING UP TO THE DEADLY PLANE EXPLOSION. UNBELIEVABLY DRAMATIC VIDEO, A COAST GUARD PLANE HIT A JAPAN AIRLINES COMMERCIAL FLIGHT. THERE IS A HUGE FIREBALL, THREE PEOPLE ON THE SMALLER PLANE DIED. THIS 300+ PEOPLE ON THE OTHER PLANE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT. PEOPLE, SLIDING OUT OF THE PLANE, ONTO THE TARMAC, RUNNING TO GET AWAY. HERE'S A LOOK INSIDE THE PLANE, ONE TEENAGER ON THAT FLIGHT THAT IT WAS HARD TO BREATHE AND EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING. THE WINDOW IS ORANGE BECAUSE OF THE FLAMES OUTSIDE. >> IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. ALL MY STUFF, EVERYTHING. >> THERE IS STILL NO WORD ON HOW THIS HAPPENED IN JAPAN AIRLINES IS THAT THE PLANE GOT ON THE RUNWAY IN A NORMAL MANNER AND THE LANDING PROCEDURE WAS NORMAL. THE COAST GUARD FLIGHT HAD BEEN ON ITS WAY TO BRING SUPPLIES TO JAPAN'S WESTERN COAST AFTER THAT AREA WAS HIT WITH AN EARTHQUAKE. WE ARE ON THE GROUND IN TOKYO FOR THE LATEST ON THAT RESCUE EFFORT BUT LET'S START WITH TOM COSTELLO. THIS IS THE LATEST AND CLEARLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT , NOT JUST IN THE U.S., BUT AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? >> THAT'S RIGHT, ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED, AS WELL, VERY WELL KNOWN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND A GOOD REPUTATION. THE NTSB IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN WARNING ABOUT CLOSE CALLS, RUNWAY INCURSIONS, THIS WAS AN INCURSION OF THE WORST PARTS KIND IN TOKYO. THAT JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLAN , FOR WHATEVER REASON, ON A RUNWAY TO THE PARK, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AN INBOUND JAPAN AIRLINES PASSENGER PLANE THAT IT APPEARS NOW, LITERALLY LANDED ON TOP OF THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE. FIVE OF THE SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE DIED, THE CAPTAIN SURVIVED, BUT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND REMARKABLE STORY, ALL 379 PEOPLE ON BOARD THAT JAPAN AIRLINES PASSENGER PLANE, THE JUMBO JET ON THE DOMESTIC FLIGHT, ALL GOT OUT ALIVE. THEY ALL SURVIVED. THERE IS ONE BIG REASON FOR THAT. THEY LISTENED TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAID DON'T GRAB YOUR OVERHEAD BELONGINGS, DON'T GRAB ANYTHING, GET OUT OF THE PLANE AND TO DRIVE HOME HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, I INTERVIEWED CAPTAIN JOHN COX WHO REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. >> THEY DIDN'T TRY TO GET THEIR LUGGAGE OUT AND THAT SPEEDS UP THE EVACUATION. WHEN YOU HAVE A FULL A 350, ABOUT 380 PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO GET THEM OUT IN SECONDS. THIS IS THE WAY YOU DO IT. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, GO TO THE EXIT, GET ON THE SLIDE AND GET AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THAT IS WHY IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. >> THAT'S THE RULE, EVERYBODY MUST BE OUT OF THE PLANE WITHIN 90 SECONDS. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IN AMERICA, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF PEOPLE GRABBING THEIR BELONGINGS. >> NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR LIFE. CAN YOU HELP A PERSON UNDERSTAND, THE JAPAN AIRLINES PLANE ESSENTIALLY LANDED ON TOP OF THAT COAST GUARD PLANE, HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PILOT OF THAT JUMBO JET MAY BE SAYING. THESE INSTRUMENTS TO FLY, THEY WOULDN'T BE LOOKING FOR THAT, RIGHT? >> THAT'S A QUESTION. ANY PILOT COMING IN FOR A LANDING SHOULD BE SCOPING OUT THE RUNWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IN FACT, IT IS CLEAR, RIGHT? AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MAY TELL YOU YOU ARE CLEAR BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SCREW UPS WORLDWIDE WHERE GUESS WHAT, THERE WAS A MISTAKE AND A COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN AND THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW. WHY WAS THAT COAST GUARD PLANE, JAPANESE COAST GUARD, NOT AMERICAN, WHY WAS THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE LINED UP ON THAT RUNWAY? DID THE PILOT SIMPLY MISHEAR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE TOWER, DID HE MOVE AHEAD DESPITE COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN AND BY THE WAY, ALL AIR TRAFFIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE IN ENGLISH, SO THESE ARE NATIVE JAPANESE SPEAKERS. IF THERE WAS ANY CONCERN OR CONFUSION, PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN IN JAPANESE? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. >> AS FAR AS ANY INTEREST, YOUR ASSESSMENT, GIVEN THIS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WEEKS, MONTHS, RIGHT? >> THIS IS THE JAPANESE NTSB IN CHARGE. IF THIS WERE A U.S. INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD CALL FOR A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IN A FEW WEEKS, ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE FACTORS, AND THEN THEY WOULD ROLL OUT OFFICIAL CAUSE IN 12 TO 15 MONTHS. I THINK IT'S A SIMILAR TIMELINE BUT THEY ARE VERY GOOD AND THOROUGH AS THEY ARE ALSO BEING ASSISTED BY THE BRITISH NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD BECAUSE THIS AIRCRAFT WAS BUILT IN FRANCE, IT'S AN AIRBUS, NOT A BOEING. IF AURORA BOEING, AMERICAN NTSB WOULD BE HELPING OUT. THESE ARE VERY GOOD AGENCIES LOOKING INTO EXACTLY WHAT THE BREAKDOWN WAS AND DID THAT INBOUND JAPAN AIRLINES PILOT HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY OR WERE ANY OF THE UP SCREEN READINGS GETTING IN THE WAY? >> TOM COSTELLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >>> THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE WAS HEADED WEST AND WE ARE GETTING A CLEARER PICTURE OF JUST HOW BAD THE DESTRUCTION WAS, THE POWERFUL AND DEADLY NEW YEAR'S EARTHQUAKE. BUILDINGS, JUST CRUMBLED, 55 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. A COUPLE DOZEN OTHERS ARE SERIOUSLY HURT AND SOME 30,000 PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE POWER. YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF ARMY PERSONNEL, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FROM ACROSS JAPAN GETTING SENT TO THE AREA, RACING ACROSS TIME TO GET ANYBODY TRAPPED IN THE DEBRIS OUT SAFELY. LOOK HOW BAD IT IS. THAT IS MAKING RESCUE EFFORTS HARDER. ROADS ARE BLOCKED, ONE OF THE AIRPORTS HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THE RUNWAY WAS NOT SAFE. NOW, FROM TOKYO. GOOD TO HAVE YOU. A SPOKESPERSON TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT ASIDE FROM POWER OUTAGES, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF HOMES THAT DO NOT HAVE RUNNING WATER. GIVE US A SENSE OF HERE WE ARE, 5:00 EASTERN TIME IN THE U.S., EARLIER WHERE YOU ARE, TALK ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. >> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP IN EVACUATION CENTERS, MANY IN THEIR HOMES DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER, A SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES, SOME FAIRLY STRONG, AFTER THE QUAKE ON MONDAY. AS A JAPANESE PERSON LIVING HERE, YOU GET USED TO EARTHQUAKES. SEVEN ON THE MAGNITUDE SCALE IS BIG AND THE AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY LARGE, AS WELL. EXPERTS ARE SAYING THAT WHEN SOMETHING THIS LARGE HIT, THE CHANCES OF ANOTHER ONE ARE ABOUT 10 TO 20% OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THEY ARE UP AGAINST. THE ROADS ARE BLOCKED BECAUSE, THEY CAN'T ACCESS THEM BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN LANDSLIDES, FISSURES IN THE ROAD, AND THIS IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE THIS STRONG, IT TURNS THE ROADS INTO A WATERY SUBSTANCE SO THAT IS DIFFICULT AS WELL. AS OF NOW, THE DEATH TOLL IS 55, BUT THE FEAR IS THAT THE MEMBERS, OFFICIALS SAY THEY KNOW AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INSIDE THE RUBBLE. THE EPICENTER SEEMS TO BE IN AN AREA CALLED ISHIKAWA ON THE WESTERN COAST AND THERE IS AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN DECIMATED. THERE WAS A FIRE THERE THAT ERUPTED AFTER THE QUAKE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE COMPOUNDED THE PROBLEM. >> THERE'S ALSO, TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT COMPOUND THE PROGRAM -- PROBLEM, THERE IS A TSUNAMI RISK, WHICH IS MOSTLY GONE DOWN BUT THERE'S A QUESTION NOW OF SNOW IN THE AREA AND THEN AFTERSHOCKS. THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE YET ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A PUSH TO REBUILD. >> ABSOLUTELY. SNOW AND RAIN IS FORECASTED FOR TODAY AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SOFT. WHEN YOU HAVE WET CONDITIONS, LANDSLIDES, THE CHANCES INCREASE INCREMENTALLY AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE FACED WITH. WE HAVE AFTERSHOCKS, WHICH IS SCARY, BUT IMAGINE HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THE RUBBLE IN THOSE CONDITIONS. ACCESS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. ONLY NOW, IT'S BEEN THE SECOND MORNING, ARE WE GETTING DETAILS OF FIRST RESPONDERS TRYING TO GET INTO THE REMOTE AREAS. SOME OF THESE ARE VERY SPARSELY POPULATED, HARD TO ACCESS EVEN BEFORE THE QUAKE HITS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH , IN TOKYO. >>> OVERSEAS, WE ARE JUST LEARNING THAT A SENIOR HAMAS LEADER WAS KILLED IN A DRONE STRIKE NEAR BEIRUT. THAT IS RAISING NEW CONCERNS THAT LEBANON COULD GET EVEN MORE INVOLVED IN THIS WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. HAMAS AND LEBANON SAID THAT ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRIKES IN ISRAEL HAS NOT YET COMMENTED ON THE EXPLOSION, BUT THE ISRAELI CABINET IS POSTPONING A KEY MEETING IN THE WAKE OF THIS. TOP LEADERS HAVE BEEN SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT PLANS FOR GAZA AFTER THE WAR IN WHAT THEY ARE CALLING "THE DAY AFTER HAMAS." ACCORDING TO THAT PLAN, ISRAEL WOULD KEEP UP SECURITY OF GAZA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, DISMANTLE THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND REPLACE IT WITH SMALLER, LOCALIZED CLAIMS. THAT COMES IN TANKS AND ROCKETS, INCREASING IN SOUTHERN GAZA AS ISRAEL PLANS TO PULL BACK TROOPS IN A NEW PUSH FOR ISRAEL AND WHAT COULD BE A YEAR-LONG CONFLICT. BRINGING IN JOSH LETTERMAN IN TEL AVIV, GOOD TO HAVE YOU. START WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LETTER -- IN LEBANON. WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHAT DO WE NOT KNOW YET? >> WE KNOW THAT HAMAS SAID THAT THIS SENIOR HAMAS LEADER WAS KILLED IN WHAT THEY SAY WAS A DRONE STRIKE THAT KILLED NOT ONLY THE NUMBER TWO IN THE POLITICAL PART, BUT THAT SAME LEADER IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE MILITANT WING OF HAMAS. THIS IS THE MOST SENIOR HAMAS LEADER KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY ISRAEL, SO FAR, DURING THIS WAR. THE ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN VERY COY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND ARE NOT SAYING IT WAS THEM, NOT SAYING IT WASN'T. WE KNOW THAT ISRAEL HAS LONG VOWED TO HUNT DOWN HAMAS LEADERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND SAID THAT THEY ARE LIVING ON BORROWED TIME. AS YOU ALLUDE TO, THE REAL CONCERN, THE REASON WE ARE ON A NICE EDGE, WONDERING WHAT RETALIATION ISRAEL WILL EXPECT FROM HAS BELLA, -- FROM HEZBOLLAH, FROM YEMEN, BECAUSE OF THIS WAR. THEY ARE THREATENING MORE VIOLENCE IN THIS ASSASSINATION. >> YOU ALSO HAVE REPORTING ON WHAT ISRAEL CALLS A POST HAMAS GAZA. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE GAZA STRIP, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> ISRAEL THINKS IT SHOULD NOT BE HAMAS, AND SHOULD NOT BE A PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. TONIGHT, A U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS THAT ISRAEL WANTS TO SEE ITSELF DEAL WITH SECURITY IN THE GAZA STRIP. THEY DEAL WITH THE BASIC GOVERNING FUNCTION, LIKE DAY-TO- DAY MUNICIPAL ACTIVITIES LIKE DOLING OUT HUMANITARIAN AID. THE ISRAELIS ARE BASICALLY GOING FORWARD WITH WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE GAZA STRIP, BUT THE PALESTINIANS, THE USS, HAS A RIGHT TO SELF- DETERMINATION. >> ON THAT NOTE, WE ARE JUST HEARING A THREAT THAT THE U.S. WILL BE "PUNISHED" FOR THE ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA. WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW? >> THEY ARE SAYING IF THE UNITED STATES THAT IS MILITARIZING THE RED SEA AND BLAMING THE U.S. FOR AND BRING UP TENSIONS, THERE AND THEY, ONE OF THE FASCINATING THINGS IS UNLIKE A LOT OF THESE OTHER MILITANT GROUPS IN THE REGION THAT DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO DRAW IN DIRECT MILITARY CONFLICT WITH THE U.S., THEY SEEM TO BE RELISHING IT BY SHOOTING AT A NAVY HELICOPTER A FEW DAYS AGO, AND THEY SEEM TO BE TRYING TO GO TO THE U.S. INTO DIRECT MILITARY CONFRONTATION WHICH IS SOMETHING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE BUT AT THE SAME TIME SAY THEY HAVE TO PROTECT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT GLOBAL SHIPPING ROUTE. THE NEW THREAT DOES SEEM TO BE THE LATEST INDICATION THAT THESE IRAN BACKED REBELS FROM YEMEN AND THE U.S. MAY BE HEADED FOR AN EVENTUAL CONFRONTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, IN TEL AVIV, APPRECIATE IT. >>> THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS ANNOUNCING SHE WILL STEP DOWN FROM THAT JOB IN WHAT IS A STUNNING TURNAROUND AFTER A MONTH OF CRITICISM OVER AN APPEARANCE HERE IN WASHINGTON THAT SPARKED CLAIMS OF ANTI- SEMITISM AND ALLEGATIONS SHE PLAGIARIZED ACADEMIC WORK. SHE SAID IT'S BEEN DISTRESSING TO HAVE DOUBT CAST ON HER COMMITMENT TO DISPELLING EIGHT AND SCHOLARLY RIGOR BUT THAT IT'S IN THE SCHOOL'S BEST INTEREST TO RESIGN. SHE AND LEADERS OF OTHER COLLEGES SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE SIDESTEPPING PUNISHMENTS FOR STUDENTS WHO SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE CALLING FOR GENOCIDE. HARVARD SEEMINGLY BACKED HER UP FOR THAT AND FOR THE FIRST REPORTS OF PLAGIARISM, BUT NOW AS SHE STEPPED DOWN, SHE WILL RETURN TO HER POSITION AS PART OF THE FACULTY AND THE SCHOOLS PROVOST WILL TAKE OVER FOR NOW. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I AM HOME FROM ISRAEL AFTER SPENDING SOME TIME, COVERING THE WAR IN TEL AVIV, ONE THING I HEARD A LOT, PEOPLE WERE KEYED INTO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S., SPECIFICALLY HARVARD, M.I.T., PENN, I WOULD HEAR OH, YOU ARE FROM AMERICA, WHAT ABOUT HARVARD? NOW, WE HAVE THIS RESIGNATION THAT IS, PERHAPS, UNSURPRISING, GIVEN THE PRESSURE, BUT SHOCKING AND HOW SUDDENLY IT CAME DOWN. TALK US THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW AND HOW IT CHANGED FROM SEEMING LIKE HER JOB WAS SAFE TO HER LEAVING THE POSITION. >> YEAH, THE BOARD OF HARVARD UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED HER RIGHT AFTER THAT APPEARANCE IN FRONT OF CONGRESS. NOW, THAT BOARD HAS UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THAT RESIGNATION AND IT IS BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID, AND THAT IS THE PEERS CRITICISM THAT SHE HAS BEEN UNDER HAS BEEN WITH THE RING AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THREATS OF REVIEWS -- REFUSAL TO MAKE DONATIONS TO HARVARD. IT'S THE WEALTHIEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD AND THE LARGEST, SO THIS HISTORIC APPOINTMENT OF HER AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN PRESIDENT HAS NOW DISINTEGRATED. LOOK AT THE TIMELINE FROM WHEN SHE WAS MADE PRESIDENT IN JUNE AND JULY TO NOW, INAUGURATED IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THAT APPEARANCE BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS PRESIDENT OF PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES AND THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM ON CAMPUS, AND BY DECEMBER 12th, THEY ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WOULD REMAIN IN OFFICE BY THE 15th, SHE IS SUBMITTING CORRECTIONS ARTICLES SHE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF PLAGIARIZING, THE 21st OF SEPTEMBER, MORE CORRECTIONS, AND THEN JANUARY 1st, THEY PUBLISH ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SIX NEW ALLEGATIONS AND TODAY, JANUARY 2nd, SHE RESIGNS FROM HER POSITION. IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR HER, SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE FELT THAT SHE, HERSELF, WAS UNDER A LOT OF CRITICISM AND THERE WERE EVEN THREATS AND SHE WANTED TO TURN THE ATTENTION, SO THAT ATTENTION IS BACK ON THE UNIVERSITY. >> IT'S HARD TO SAY WHETHER THAT WILL HAPPEN, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE CRYSTAL BALLS, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS HAS STRUCK A NERVE, NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THERE ARE SOME WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THERE WERE STARCH CONSERVATIVES PLOTTING THIS, SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU A TWEET FROM THE WOMAN IN CONGRESS WHO SAID BASICALLY, THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DEAL, THAT THE RESIGNATION IS LONG OVERDUE, SAYING THAT SHE'S PATHETIC AND DEVOID OF MORAL LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY REQUIRED OF THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD AND THAT THERE INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE. I SHOULD MENTION THAT PRESIDENT CLAUDINE HAS DENIED ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE IS ANTI SEMITIC. THERE ARE A LOT OF POINTS OF CRITICISM COMING FROM DONORS, INCLUDING ALAN ACKMAN, HEDGE FUND BILLIONAIRE CALLING STRICTLY FOR HER TO COME IN A TWEET, IN REFERENCE TO SALLY KORNBLUTH, PRESIDENT OF M.I.T., IN THAT TRIO, A FEMALE PRESIDENTS OF THESE PROCEDURES UNIVERSITIES, WHO APPEARED BEFORE CONGRESS, AND NONE OF THEIR ANSWERS WERE OF THE KIND THAT CONGRESS WAS LOOKING FOR AND INDEED, SOME PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CONGRESS WERE VERY CRITICAL OF THAT. I SHOULD MENTION THAT THERE IS A PROTEST IN FRONT OF THAT OFFICE IN NEW YORK ON THURSDAY, TO SAY THAT IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE TO CALL FOR RESIGNATION. >> I KNOW YOU WILL BE ON TOP OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> TO ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, WHERE POLICE SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF TERRORISM IN AN INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY NEW YEAR'S DAY CRASH THAT KILLED TWO AND HURT SEVERAL MORE. THE SUSPECTS, FROM AN SUV THAT HAD GAS CANISTERS STASHED IN I , RACING TOWARD PEDESTRIANS AND ANOTHER CAR AS OFFICERS WERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC AFTER A CONCERT LET OUT NEARBY. THE FBI JOINT TASK FORCE IS HELPING LOCAL OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE AND IT'S NOT CLEAR ON MOTIVE BUT THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS ACT "MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM POSSIBLE UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES." TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS SUSPECT, WHAT THEY DID IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE CRASH, AND WHY OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TERRORISM. >> SOME OF HIS MOVEMENTS IN THE DAYS PRIOR HAVE BEEN CAUSE FOR CONCERN. TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, WHICH STARTS DECEMBER 27th. PLEASE IDENTIFIED HIM AS ,35 MICHAEL AVERY IS A HE DROVE FROM SYRACUSE TO THE ROCHESTER AREA AND CHECKED INTO A HOTEL FOR DECEMBER 29th, THEY SAY HE RENTED AN SUV, FORD EXPEDITION, AND THEN APPARENTLY MADE HALF A DOZEN PURCHASES OF GASOLINE AND FUEL CONTAINERS, SOMETHING RECOVERED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH IN AND AROUND THE FORD EXPEDITION. POLICE BELIEVE HE INTENTIONALLY SPED TOWARD THE CROSSWALK WITH PEOPLE, JUST AS PEOPLE HAD FINISHED CELEBRATING RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR, AND HE ACTUALLY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, THAT HAD BEEN PULLING OUT BEFORE THAT CRASH WHICH STILL PUSH TO BOTH OF THE VEHICLES INTO A GROUP OF PEOPLE, INJURING NINE PEDESTRIANS AND KILLING THE TWO PASSENGERS IN THE RIDESHARE VEHICLE. >> EMILY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, IN THE LAST MINUTES. A SITTING SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY, BOB MENENDEZ, FACING MORE ALLEGATIONS WITH A FEDERAL GRAND JURY SLAPPING HIM WITH A SECOND SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT, SAYING HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO HELP HER DEVELOP HER LAND A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT TIED IT TO QATAR. HE'S FACING ALLEGATIONS OF ACCEPTING BRIBES FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND CONSPIRING TO ACT AS A FOREIGN AGENT. HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL OF THESE. TALK US THROUGH WHAT THIS MEANS IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS. >> IT MEANS INVESTIGATORS AND PROSECUTORS WENT BACK TO THE SAME GRAND JURY OR A GRAND JURY THAT HAS BEEN HEARING EVIDENCE IN THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE NEW YORK FBI AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS. THEY WENT BACK TO THE GRAND JURY AND SAID, WITH OUR NEW CONDUCT, WE WANT TO BRING IT TO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INVITE THE SENATOR OR ANYBODY DEPENDING ON THE CASE, ON THE CHARGES? IN FACT, THEY HAVE VOTED TO INDICT HIM AND IS A SERIES OF ALLEGATIONS EFFECTIVELY SAYING THAT THE SENATOR, IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT CASH WE'VE BEEN SHOWING, WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED OF THE ALLEGATIONS COMING DOWN AGAINST THE SENATOR AND HIS FIRST INDICTMENT, SOME OF THAT CASH AND GOLD FROM A NEW JERSEY DEVELOPER IDENTIFIED AS FRED DAVIES, WHO WAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED, WAS IN EXCHANGE FOR BOB MENENDEZ TO INTRODUCE HIM TO A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF QATAR WHO HAPPENS TO WORK FOR AN INVESTMENT FUND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT GOVERNMEN . APPARENTLY, MENENDEZ MADE A NUMBER OF POSITIVE OR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS TO THAT GOVERNMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME WAS HOPING TO GET THEM TO INVEST IN THIS NEW JERSEY DEVELOPER'S LATEST PROJECT OR BUSINESS, AND THAT LED TO THE ALLEGATIONS OF BEING -- BEING THROWN AROUND TODAY. THEY HAVE ENCRYPTED MESSAGES BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND SENATOR AND A SERIES OF MESSAGES, INCLUDING SCREEN GRABS OF WATCHES, SAYING HEY, DO ANY OF THESE WORK FOR YOU AND SOME WERE VALUED IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. BOTTOM LINE, IT'S MORE ALLEGATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY MORE CHARGES, BUT IT'S A TOUGH GAUNTLET FOR THE SENATOR GOING FORWARD. >> THAT'S IMPORTANT. TO BE CLEAR, WE'VE SAID IT, BUT IT'S WORTH UNDERSCORING, MENENDEZ DENIED ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING. >> RIGHT, HE HAS BEEN PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO ALL PRIOR CHARGES AND THE ADDITIONAL INDICTMENTS. >> COME WINTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH . >>> WE ARE LEARNING THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS APPEALING A RULING OUT OF MAINE THAT SAYS HE CANNOT RUN ON THE 2024 PRIMARY BALLOT. THIS APPEAL IS NOT TO THE SUPREME COURT, BUT TO MAINE'S SUPERIOR COURT. TRUMP IS FACING SOMETHING SIMILAR IN COLORADO I'M EXPECTING TO APPEAL THAT AS WELL. ALL OF IT, IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS, ONE CANDIDATE IS CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA, RAMASWAMY. HIS CAMPAIGNS IS BY THE END OF THE DAY HE WILL HAVE VISITED ALL OF IOWA'S COUNTIES TWICE BUT THE REALITY IS THAT EVERYBODY, INCLUDING RAMASWAMY, IS FAR BEHIND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE POLLS RIGHT NOW. IN IOWA, HE HAS A DOMINANT LEA , WHICH IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. HE IS ABOVE 50% ND EXPECT TO SEE HIM IN THAT STATE FRIDAY. VAUGHN HILLYARD IS THERE, LIVE IN DES MOINES. BEFORE WE GET TO THE IOWA DRAMA, THIS ISSUE IN MAINE, THE EXPECTATION HE WOULD APPEAL THIS DECISION, WE HAD A FEELING HE WOULD AND WE THINK YOU'LL DO THE SAME COLORADO. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE TIMING GIVEN THAT PRIMARIES START TO STACK UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS? >> RIGHT. NUMBER ONE, UNDER THE SECRETARY OF STATE ORDER, SHE SAID THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD STILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT IF YOU LEGAL TEAM APPEALS THE RULING WHICH THEY NOW HAVE. UNDER STATE LAW, THE SUPERIOR COURT HAS TO MAKE THE RULING BY JANUARY 17th. WE WILL HAVE A DECISION SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER. MORE LIKELY THAN NOT FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AGREES TO TAKE UP THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT RULING WHICH THEY DETERMINE IF HE SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED. WE HAVE LIKELY TWO STATES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, PENDING APPEALS, COULD MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHER STATES WHO HAVE LAWSUITS WORKING THEIR WAY TO THE COURT SYSTEM SO THIS IS COMING TO A HEAD IN THESE UPCOMING WEEKS. TRUMPS LEGAL TEAM IN THE STATE OF MAINE IS THE LATEST STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. >> OF COURSE, THE ROAD TO THAT STATE INTO COLORADO RUNS FROM IOWA FIRST AND THEN NEW HAMPSHIRE. YOU ARE IN IOWA, NOT INATTENTIVE CANDIDATES ON THE ROAD. THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN CAMPAIGNING AND IT WILL PICK U , TALK US THROUGH THE EXPECTATION AND WHAT YOU ARE HEARING ON THE GROUND. >> THIS IS KIND OF GO TIME, BUT IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. I'M HERE, I'M WAITING FOR CANDIDATE, BUT RON DeSANTIS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW. HE'S HIT ALL 99 COUNTIES AND THIS COULD VERY WELL BE A RACE. DONALD TRUMP IS THE CLEAR FAVORITE IN THIS STATE AND THE CAMPAIGN TELLS ME THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE SOME ROBUST OPERATIONS TO TURN OUT A HUGE WIN IN IOWA BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SECOND PLACE, RON DeSANTIS OVER SEVEN MONTHS HAS HELD MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT NIKKI HALEY HAS AND HAS VISITED MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF COUNTIES THEN NIKKI HALEY HAS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT TV ADVERTISING, YOU SEE A DIFFERENT BALL GAME. RIGHT NOW, NIKKI HALEY IS SAYING, THAT THEY HAVE 4.5 TIMES THE MONEY TOWARD TV ADVERTISING IN THE STATE THEM DONALD TRUMP. SO, NIKKI HALEY IS MAKING A PLAY ON THE TELEVISION AND WE SHOULD EXPECT DONALD TRUMP TO MAKE HIS WAY BACK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. >> VAUGHN HILLYARD, ARE YOU THERE FOR THE DURATION? >> HERE FOR THE ENTIRE SHOW MY FRIEND. >> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL SEE YOU, THANK YOU. >>> FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE WEST COAST WITH A BIG STORM SYSTEM THERE, BEFORE MOVING EAST, PUTTING MILLIONS IN THE NORTHEAST PAST A WEEKEND SNOWSTORM. FOR SOME CITIES, IT'S THE FIRST IN MULTIPLE YEARS. LOOK AT EARLY PROJECTIONS. IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. THE STORM IS HITTING THE I-95 WITH SNOW, RAIN, AND THERE'S A LOT IN THE AIR ABOUT HOW HARD AND WHERE THAT STORM COULD HIT. BILL, YOU KNOW MY MOTTO WITH WEATHER WHICH IS THAT, IT IS WINTER. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOSE OUR MINDS OVER EVERY TIME IT'S COLD. THE INTERESTING PART, WHAT MAKES THIS POTENTIALLY NEWS, D.C., WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN SNOW AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR, MAYBE A COUPLE AND THAT IS WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT. SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT ARE NOT USED TO DEALING WITH THIS ARE GETTING SNOW. IT BE BACK THERE ARE TWO-YEAR- OLDS IN THE D.C. AREA THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN A SNOWSTORM SO THAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE LIKE WHAT, IT SNOWS? I WILL DISAPPOINT YOU, STAY TUNED FOR THE FORECAST, SO THE STORM IS NOW MOVING TO THE WEST COAST AND IT WILL GO COAST-TO- COAST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EXIT OFF THE EAST COAST. WE WILL GO DAY BY DAY. TONIGHT, WE HAVE STILL IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS, IN THE SIERRAS, WHEN DO WE GET SNOW IN NEVADA. IT'S NOT BLOCKBUSTER, BUT NORTHERN ARIZONA, FLAGSTAFF, GRAND CANYON, DOWN TO SOME OF THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. BY THURSDAY, THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO, NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND THEN THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. THIS IS WHERE THE STORM ACCELERATES, THROUGH WICHITA, KANSAS. YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR A DECENT AMOUNT OF SNOW AND FRIDAY IS THE DAY WE GET A BREAK FROM WINTRY WEATHER. IT WILL JUST BE A RAIN EVENT BECAUSE THE STORM MAKES ITS WAY OVER THERE. THE STORM GOES MID-ATLANTIC, WITH SNOW ON THE MAP SATURDAY, LATE IN THE DAY. THIS IS WHERE THAT STORM IS AT THE PEAK FOR WASHINGTON, D.C., RICHMOND, TO PHILADELPHIA. THERE'S HALLIE, RIGHT HERE, TEARS OF DISAPPOINTMENT. WE GO TO PENNSYLVANIA WHERE ALL THE BLUE IS. THE MOUNDS OF VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, NOT GETTING ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOW, SAME WITH THE POCONOS. IT'S NOT BLOCKBUSTER. THE HIGHEST TOTAL WILL BE MAYBE 12 INCHES. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. THE D.C. AREA, I HAVE YOU LIGH , BUT HAD A BAD FEELING IT COULD BE A LITTLE TOO WARM. >> I NEVER REALLY SEEN ANYONE DO A REVERSE TEASE WERE THEY SAY, I WILL GIVE YOU THE BUMMER NEWS BUT AT THE END OF MY TALKING. WE ARE TRYING NEW THINGS. >> IS 2024, RIGHT? >> HAPPY NEW YEAR, GOOD TO SEE. >>> WE HAVE MORE TO GET TO ON THE SHOW INCLUDING SPIKES AND PEOPLE GETTING SICK WITH RESPIRORY VIRUSES RIGHT AS WE COME BACK TO WORK AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THE CDC, WITH WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW AND WHAT DOCTORS SAY TO EXPECT. >>> A CYBER KIDNAPPING VICTIM FOUND ALIVE IN THE WILDERNESS IN UTAH. LOOKING AT WHO IS TARGETED IN THIS GROWING AND >>> THE CDC IS BRACING FOR A NEW SPIKE IN CASES OF THE FLU, RSV, COVID, COLD, NOW THAT HOLIDAY GATHERINGS ARE OVER OR ARE WINDING DOWN. THE CDC SAYS 30 STATES HAVE WHAT THEY CALL VERY HIGH NUMBERS OF RESPIRATORY SICKNESS. THE LATEST FIGURES SHOW THAT DURING THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 23rd, THERE ARE 30,000 PATIENTS WITH COVID, 15,000 WITH THE FLU, THOUSANDS MORE WITH RSV. SOME HOSPITALS HAVE PUT MASK MANDATES BACK IN PLACE. LET'S GET TO BLAYNE ALEXANDER LIVE OUTSIDE THE CDC. LISTEN, THIS HAPPENS, RIGHT? ANY PARENT WITH KIDS KNOWS THAT WHEN THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, WE GET THESE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. IT IS SUCH AN ISSUE AND IS SPIKING PIT TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT DOCTORS SAY TO EXPECT AND THE ROLE OF VACCINATIONS AND SOME OF THIS. >> I WANT TO START WITH THAT. VACCINATION RATE. THE VACCINATION RATE IS LOW, THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN THEY WERE, SO LOW THAT THE CDC IN DECEMBER PUT OUT AN URGENT MESSAGE TO DOCTORS, URGING THEM TO TELL THEIR PATIENTS TO GET THE VACCINE. THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING NOTABLE, THAT WE NEED TO GET THESE RATES HIGHER, LOOK AT HOW LOW THEY ARE, 18% OF ADULTS HAVE GOTTEN THE LATEST COVID BOOSTER, LESS THAN HALF OF AMERICANS HAVE THE FLU SHOT WHICH IS LOWER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT, YOU ARE RIGHT, WE ALWAYS SEE RSV CASES AND FLU CASES GO UP, BUT THE FIRST SEASON WE ARE BEYOND THE COVID PANDEMIC SO COVID IS WRAPPED INTO THE LIST OF NORMAL ILLNESSES WHICH IS LEADING EXPERTS TO SAY THAT AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH JANUARY, THIS WILL PIQUE FOR THE END OF THE MONTH. >> WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT POST HOLIDAY CRUSH? THE PEOPLE WHO COULD GET A COUPLE OF THESE VIRUSES AT ONCE, THE IDEA OF MAYBE YOU HAD HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, NOW COVID AND THE FLU OR RSV AND A REGULAR COLD OR WHATEVER? >> WHEN YOU BRING THAT UP, THAT THE DOCTORS ARE SAYING. WE CAN THINK OKAY, IF I HAVE THIS OR A COUGH, I WILL WRITE IT OUT. I WILL TAKE MEDICINE AND BE FINE BUT DOCTORS SAY YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY GO IN AND GET TESTED AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH. IS IT COVID, RSV, THE FLU? PLEASE SAY THAT TREATMENT IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE CASES ARE GETTING SERIOUS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THERE IS TREATMENT AVAILABLE. YOU MENTIONED PARENTS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESPIRATORY PROMISES IN KIDS, THEY CAN SOMETIMES TAKE ON IT DIFFERENT FORM AND BE MORE SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER KIDS. IF YOU SEE YOUR YOUNG CHILD OR INFANT SNEEZING OR YOU CAN HEAR THEM STRUGGLING TO BREATHE, GET TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY. THE OTHER THING IS THAT STREP THROAT IS ON THE RISE AND GET TESTED FOR THAT. >> OH YEAH, ADD STREP THROAT TO THE MIX. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOTS TO LOOK FOR IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. >>> LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE "FIVE THINGS" YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT. >>> IN RUSSIA, THEY'VE ATTACKED UKRAINE'S TWO BIGGEST CITIES, TODAY. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN 100 OTHERS HURT. UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY DOWNED MISSILES THAT CAN FLY AT 10 TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN SAID THEY PLAN TO STEP UP STRIKES. >>> LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHARK ATTACK IN HAWAII THEY KILLED THE SURFER. OFFICIALS SAY HIS NAME IS JASON CARTER, 39. AN EYEWITNESS SAYS THE SHARK PULLED HIM DOWN INTO THE WATER, AS BIG AS LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK. OFFICIALS SAY IT THE FIRST DEADLY SHARK ENCOUNTER IN HAWAII IN 2023. >>> MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER A WOMAN WITNESSING HER FAMILY SAYS HER REMAINS WERE FOUND IN A POND NEAR DISNEY. A VOLUNTEER GROUP STARTED LOOKING FOR HER MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AND GOT NEW INFO FROM ORLANDO POLICE. >>> POLICE TODAY RESCUED A MAN WHO BROKE INTO THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT BUILDING AND STARTED SHOOTING. THE SUSPECT WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR WRECK NEAR BY. THEY SAY HE POINTED A GUN AT THE OTHER DRIVER AND STARTED SHOOTING INTO THE BUILDING AND NO ONE WAS HURT, FORTUNATELY. >>> IF YOU ARE SAYING, HE MIGHT THE SEVEN RELATED TO THE RULING TO BAN DONALD TRUMP? OFFICIALS SAY THAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE CASE. >>> TESLA SAYS THEY DELIVERED A RECORD NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, HALF 1 MILLION, IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2023 AND SAID THEY SOLD 200 ELECTRIC CARS. TESLA SLASHED PRICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND FACES COMPETITION FROM A FAST-GROWING CHINESE COMPANY. >>> ALL THOSE GIFT CARDS HE MIGHT'VE GONE OVER THE HOLIDAYS COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD. SO THE CREATIVE WAYS YOU CAN CRACKDOWN ON THAT AND BOOST YOUR CREDIT SCORE. STAY WITH US. >>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS OVER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A BIZARRE KIDNAPPING THAT LED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TEENAGE STUDENT. THE POLICE FOUND HIM, HE IS 17, SCARED AND COLD AND ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS IN UTAH. NO FOOD, NO WAY TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF AFTER HIS FAMILY IN CHINA REPORTED HE WAS MISSING. IT'S PART OF A SO-CALLED CYBER KIDNAPPING HOAX WITH THE FAMILY WIRED $80,000 TO THE ALLEGED CAPTORS OF THE TEENAGER AFTER THEY GOT PICTURES WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS BEING HELD CAPTIVE. THE VIRTUAL KIDNAPPERS SAID TO THE STUDENT THAT THEY WOULD HURT HIS FAMILY UNLESS HE RAN INTO THE WILDERNESS AND TOOK PICTURES TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED. THIS COULD BE PART OF WHAT THEY CALL A DISTURBING CRIMINAL TREND , OF VIRTUAL KIDNAPPING, CYBER KIDNAPPING, WHERE CHINESE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT -- STUDENTS ARE BEING TARGETED. THIS IS A BIZARRE TREND. HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THIS PARTICULAR TEENAGER AND MORE BROADLY, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS TREND OVERALL. >> HEY, IT'S A CRAZY STORY AND WE DO KNOW THAT OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE CYBER KIDNAPPERS WHO TARGETED THIS YOUNG MAN WERE BASED IN CHINA. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE OR IF WE EVER WILL, AS FAR AS HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDED, OFFICIALS SAY IT'S BEEN LIKELY WEEKS THAT HE'S BEEN MANIPULATED BY CYBER KIDNAPPERS. GOING BACK ON THE 20th, OFFICIALS IN PROVO, UTAH FOUND HIM ATTEMPTING TO GO CAMPING AND THOUGHT IT WAS SUSPICIOUS SO THEY HELPED HIM GET BACK TO HIS HOST FAMILY. A WEEK LATER ON DECEMBER 28th, THAT'S WHEN HIS FAMILY IN CHINA REPORTED HIM MISSING AND AT THAT POINT THEY HAD ARTIE WIRED ABOUT $80,000 IN RANSOM MONEY AND THAT IS WHEN OFFICIALS BEGAN THEIR SEARCH AND FOUND HIM HOLD UP, COLD AND FRIGID AND ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE OF UTAH ON NEW YEAR'S EVE MORNING. HE IS SAFE AT HOME IN CHINA AND EXPECTED TO BE OKAY BUT IT'S A SCARY INCIDENT AND IS BELIEVED TO BE A TREND ON THE RISE. >> CAN WE CALL IT A TREND? I KNOW THAT WORD GETS TOSSED AROUND, APPARENTLY IT HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S SUPER WIDESPREAD, HELP US UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT BEHIND THESE NUMBERS. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. TREND, IN TERMS OF SEEING THESE SCAMS, NOT NECESSARILY EXACTLY HOW THIS PLAYED OUT, BUT THE USE OF AI IS PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU CAN RE- CREATE VOICES AND THAT IS PART OF HOW THIS IS UNFOLDING. THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR INSTANCES FROM OUT OF MEXICO AND IT SEEMS TO BE EXPANDING OUT OF CHINA. >>> WE COVER HUNDREDS OF STORIES EVERY DAY AND BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T READ, WATCH, OR LISTEN TO IT ALL, OUR BUREAU TEAMS HAVE DONE IT FOR YOU. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING DOWN IN A SEGMENT WE CALL "THE LOCAL." >>> OUT OF THE WESTERN BUREAU, AT THE MORMON CHURCH IN UTAH, 50 PEOPLE REPORT HAVING CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. 20 OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. THIS IS BLAMED ON A MALFUNCTIONING HEATING SYSTEM AND THEY WILL CLOSE DOWN UNTIL THE WHOLE THING IS FIXED. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW THOSE FOLKS ARE DOING. >>> RAPPER, YOUNG THUG WAS BACK IN COURT TODAY. THIS WAS POSITIVE IN DECEMBER AFTER A CO-DEFENDANT WAS STABBED. HE IS ACCUSED OF COFOUNDING A CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A STRING OF VIOLENT CRIMES. >>> PHILADELPHIA JUST INAUGURATED ITS FIRST-EVER FEMALE MAYOR. SHE IS NOW THE CITY'S 100 MAYOR AND SAYS SHE IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT SHE WANTS TO MAKE THE CITY SAFER, CLEANER, AND GREENER. THAT LAST IS PRESUMABLY A REFERENCE TO THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THEM IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE. >>> BACK TO REALITY, WHICH FOR A LOT OF US, IS THAT BECAUSE ALL THE GIFTS YOU BOUGHT, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR, RIGHT? THE AVERAGE FAMILY SPENT $1000 ON PRESENCE, THIS YEAR. BUT, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF PAYING FOR THAT WITH SOME OF YOUR GIFTS, LIKE GIFT CARDS. SHOPPERS ARE EXPECTED TO SPEND $30 MILLION TOTAL ON GIFT CARDS FOR THE SEASON BUT DO YOU USE THE ONES YOU GET? SOME STICK THEM IN A DRAWER, IN A CABINET, YOU FORGET ABOUT IT, AND YOU CAN USE THEM TO PAY YOUR DEBT. LET'S BRING IN CHRISTINE ROMANS. IF I HAD A GIFT CARD TO AMAZON, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT USING IT TO PAY DOWN MY CREDIT CARD. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO AND TRADE IN THOSE CARDS FOR CASH. YOU'LL GET 70 OR $.80 ON THE DOLLAR AND THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE IT'S NOT A GOOD DEAL, BUT HALF OF THESE CARDS ARE NEVER REDEEMED. HALF. THAT MEANS PEOPLE HAVE BASICALLY GOLD IN THEIR DRAWERS THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO USE COMMAS IF YOU CAN GET MONEY AND PAY DOWN THAT CREDIT CARD DEBT, CREDIT CARDS ARE 20%. YOU SHOULD DO THAT. >> IT CAN BE TOUGH FOR FOLKS, YOU FEEL THIS PRESSURE TO BUY STUFF, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PRESENCE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO DEBT. WE KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE. WHAT SHOULD WE KEEP IN MIND FOR THAT? I KNOW YOU ARE VERY PRAGMATIC. >> THIS IS NOT LIKE OTHER YEARS WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THAT BALANCE OF MY GO, AND THEN PAID OFF BY THE SUMMER. YOU'VE GOT 20% INTEREST RATES ON CREDIT CARD AND A PILE OF DEBT THAT IS PASSED $1.02 TRILLION. 20% IS REALLY DANGEROUS AND THAT CAN HAPPEN REALLY FAST. MAKE A PLAN, COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO PAY THIS THINGS DOWN. IF YOU ONLY PAY MINIMUM PAYMENTS, YOU'LL BE IN DEBT FOR YEARS, MINIMUM PAYMENTS ARE REALLY A DANGEROUS THING FOR MOST FAMILIES, PAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND GET OUT OF DEBT AND IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. ALSO, CALL YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY. 76% PEOPLE WHO CALLED THEIR CARD COMPANY AND ASKED FOR A LOWER INTEREST RATE AUDIT BY SIX POINTS. >> AND THAT'S TIME INVESTED, RIGHT? IF YOU CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL. WELCOME BACK. HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> COMING UP, NEW WARNINGS, YOU KNOW I.V. DRIPS, INJECTIONS PEOPLE USE FOR ENERGY OR FOR A HANGOVER? WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE SAFETY, COMING UP. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW. IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEW WARNINGS ABOUT STUFF LIKE I.V. DRIPS AND INJECTIONS AT MED SPAS THAT ARE UNREGULATED. YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THESE PLACES. PEOPLE GO FOR LIKE, A QUICK BOOST OF ENERGY OR THEY ARE HUNG OVER, THEY GO, THEY THINK THEY FEEL BETTER AFTER, MAYBE THEY WANT VITAMINS OR TO TRY TO DISSOLVE FAT. DR. SAY THAT THESE I.V.s CAN MAKE YOU SICK. THE FDA WARNED ABOUT REPORTS THAT SOME PATIENTS DEVELOP SEVERE INFECTIONS AND SKIN DEFORMITIES AFTER GETTING UNAUTHORIZED SHOTS. IT'S PART OF A GROWING WELLNESS INDUSTRY THAT'S WORTH AROUND $15 BILLION RIGHT NOW. ERICA EDWARDS JOINS US NOW. OKAY. GOT CHECK. THESE BECAME POPULAR, PEOPLE WOULD GET AN I.V., THEY SAID THEY FELT BETTER AFTER. WHAT IS A REAL RISK? >> HEY, YEAH, MANY OF THESE DO OPERATE SAFELY AND THOSE THAT DO SHOULD BE WILLING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY. WHO OWNS AND OPERATES THE MED SPA? WHO IS ADMINISTERING YOUR TREATMENT AND WHAT CREDENTIALS DOES THAT PERSON HAVE? DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK TO SEE A LICENSE OR A DIPLOMA AND IF YOU ARE LICENSED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER ON-SITE, JUST IN CASE THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS, AND IT'S FAIR TO ASK WHERE THEY GOT THOSE PRODUCTS. THE FDA WARNED RECENTLY THAT UNLICENSED WORKERS AT SOME OF THESE SPAS ARE USING UNAPPROVED, UNAUTHORIZED TREATMENT FROM THE INTERNET AND AS A RESULT, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ARE ON THE RISE. >> SO, HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING AND WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO ONE BUT WOULD RATHER NOT COME HOME WITH A BACTERIAL INFECTION? >> USUALLY, THOSE INFECTIONS OCCUR AT THE SITE OF THE INJECTION OR THE SHOT, THE I.V., BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN STERILIZED APPROPRIATELY OR THEY WERE USING UNAPPROVED MIXTURES. WE TALKED WITH A WOMAN IN CALIFORNIA WHO DEVELOPED A SEVERE BACTERIAL INFECTION AFTER SHE GOT HUNDREDS OF SHOTS ALL OVER HER BODY AND SAID THAT THE WORKER TOLD HER THAT THE MORE INJECTIONS SHE GOT, THE BETTER, WITHIN 24 HOURS, HER SKIN WAS EXCRUCIATING. THERE ARE NO FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MED SPAS AND I.V. HYDRATION CLINICS. IT'S THE STATES THAT OVERSEE THOSE FACILITIES WITH DIFFERENT ROLES AND WE TALKED TO THE CEO OF THE AMERICAN MED SPA ASSOCIATION AND HE SAID THAT WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE INDUSTRY IS A BASELINE LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL STATES AND EVEN TRAU >>IS OWN DISAPPEARANCE IN UTAH. IT IS PART OF A CRIMINAL TREND. WE WILL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SHOW. HEY THERE, I AM HALLIE. IT IS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ON THIS NEW YEAR. WE ARE STARTING TONIGHT WITH NEW DETAILS AREA IT'S CREW, THEY SAY, WAS CLEARED TO LAND THAT COMMERCIAL PLANE RIGHT BEFORE ADELE EXPLOSION AT AN AIRPORT IN TOKYO. YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THIS. LOOK AT THIS. THAT IS A FIREBALL THERE. IT COMES IN, HITS THE COAST GUARD PLANE. THAT IS THE AFTERMATH OF IT. FIVE PEOPLE ON THE SMALLER PLANE DIED. NO WORD ON HOW THIS HAPPENED. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE ACTUALLY, THE 300 PLUS PEOPLE, THEY ALL GOT OUT. THEY ALL GOT OUT SAFELY. YOU SEE THERE THEY ARE. THEY ARE ON THE RUNWAY, SPRINTING TO GET AWAY. LOOK AT THIS OTHER LOOK FROM INSIDE THE PLANE. ONE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING THINGS WAS RIGHT THERE. IMAGINE IF YOU ARE ON A PLANE LOOK OUT INGESTING ORANGE FLAMES. IT IS A GUT PUNCH THERE. ONE TEEN SAYING IT WAS HARD TO BREATHE. LISTEN. >> I REMEMBER LOOKING BACK, SEEING THIS PLANE. IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE. ALL OF MY THINGS, ALL OF MY LUGGAGE. >> THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD FLIGHT WAS ON ITS WAY TO BRING SUPPLIES TO JAPAN'S WESTERN COAST. THAT AREA GOT HIT WITH A BIG EARTHQUAKE YESTERDAY. TALKING ABOUT THE LATEST ON THE RESCUE PUSH IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT EARTHQUAKE. TOM COSTELLO IS JOINING US NOW. WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS CRASH HAPPENED? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD. NOW WE HAD THIS STATEMENT SAYING THAT THEIR CREW HAD TO CLEAR THE LANDING, RIGHT CLICK >> YES. BY THE WAY, THIS WAS A BIG PLANE LOADED DOWN WITH 379 PASSENGERS. IT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34 RIGHT AND ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN ASIA. IN FACT, ON ITS FINAL APPROACH COMING RIGHT IN LIKE THAT, BUT GUESS WHAT? THERE WAS ANOTHER PLANE RIGHT HELLO. THERE WAS A COAST GUARD PLANE SITTING ON THAT RUNWAY THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE. WHAT HAPPENED? JUST LIKE THAT. IT CAME RIGHT DOWN ON TOP OF THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE AND CREAMED IT. NOBODY SURVIVES OTHER THAN ONE PERSON ON THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE, THE CAPTAIN. HE DID SURVIVE IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT THE OTHER FIVE DIDN'T MAKE IT. AMAZINGLY, EVERYBODY ON BOARD THE MEGA PLANE DID SURVIVE. THEY GOT OUT ABSOLUTELY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS FIRE CONSUMED THE ENTIRE PLANE AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT, HALLIE. >> PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY LISTEN TO THE -- THEY LISTEN TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WHO ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, DON'T TRY TO GRAB THE 18 BAGS WITH YOU, JUST GET OFF. >> IF YOU ARE EVER IN AN EMERGENCY, I HOPE YOU'RE NOT. YOU WILL ALWAYS HEAR FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAY THAT. LEAVE EVERYTHING, GET OFF. THEY REPEAT IT OVER, ND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. WE WERE TOLD THAT MAY HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. LITERALLY SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS, LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND, GET OFF, GET OFF, GET OFF. THAT IS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL. FAA RULES REQUIRE THAT YOU MUST BE ABLE TO EVACUATE A PLANE WITHIN 90 SECONDS WITH HALF OF THE EXITS BLOCKED. BOY, THAT IS A TALL ORDER. ESPECIALLY IN AMERICA WHERE WE HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE WHO MAY BE OBESE, ELDERLY, NOT MOVING PRETTY WELL. EVERYBODY THEY GET OFF. IT DOES NOT APPEAR AT FIRST BLUSH THAT THEY WERE GRABBING THEIR OVERHEAD BAGS, CARRY OUTS. EIGHT INFANTS ALSO ABORT THE PLANE AND THEY ALL GET OFF. I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 17 INJURIES OR SO, MOST CONSIDERED TO BE MINOR. THAT IS THE QUESTION, WHY DID THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD PLANE AND UPON THE WRONG RUNWAY? DID HE MISUNDERSTAND THE COMMUNICATION? DID THE CONTROLLER MAKE A MISTAKE? WE DON'T KNOW. WE DO KNOW THAT THE JAPAN AIRLINE FLIGHT WAS TO LAND. WHAT IS THE INVESTIGATION TO GET SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS LOOK LIKE? TELL US MORE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE FRENCH ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE IT IS A FRENCH MAID PLANE. THEY WILL GO BACK AND THEY WILL LOOK AT EVERY PIECE OF DATA. THEY HAVE RADAR DATA SHOWING THE EXACT PRECISE LOCATION FOR BOTH PLANES. THEY WILL INTERVIEW THE CONTROLLERS, LISTEN TO THE TAPES WITH THE PILOTS. THIS IS ONE CRITICAL QUESTION. WAS THE PILOT FROM THE JAPAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ON THE DIFFERENT FREQUENCY THAN THE PILOT ON THE COAST GUARD FLIGHT? YOU HAVE A GROUND CHANNEL AND AN INBOUND CHANNEL. WAS THERE MISCOMMUNICATION THERE? FAILURE TO CONNECT THE DOTS THERE? THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT. ONE MORE INTERESTING FACTOR, THIS IS A VERY ADVANCED PLANE. THEY'VE GOT THESE POP-UP DISPLAYS IN WHICH THE CRITICAL DATA IS SUPERIMPOSED ON THE SCREEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE WINDSHIELD. DID THAT OBSTRUCT HIS OR HER VIEW AS THEY WERE COMING IN FROM A LANDING? MIGHT THEY HAVE SEEN THE SMALLER COAST GUARD PLANE WITHOUT THAT POP UP DISPLAY? THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE ARE ONLY IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THIS INVESTIGATION. >> TOM, THANK YOU FOR SIFTING FOR ALL OF THAT. HEADING TO THE WESTERN COAST OF THE COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE GETTING A CLEAR PICTURE TONIGHT ON HOW BAD THE DISRUPTION HAS BEEN FROM THOSE POWERFUL AND DEADLY EARTHQUAKES. LOOK AT WHERE THINGS STAND NOW. THEY ARE CRUMBLED. THOSE BUILDINGS, BASICALLY DEBRIS AT THIS POINT. 65 PEOPLE BELIEVED TO BE KILLED. -- HURT. 30,000 PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY. THOUSANDS OF ARMY PERSONNEL, FIREFIGHTERS, AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE RACING TO THIS AREA. THEY ARE REALLY SCRAMBLING AGAINST TIME TO SAVE ANYBODY WHO MIGHT STILL BE TRACKED IN ALL OF THIS. STILL, IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB, GIVEN WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE. ROADS DAMAGED THAT MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH. ONE OF THE AIRPORTS HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THE RUNWAY WASN'T SAFE. JOINING US NOW FROM TOKYO WITH MORE. >>> A GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON TOLD NEW YORK TIMES THAT THERE ARE ALSO A BUNCH OF HOMES, 20,000, THE DON'T HAVE RUNNING WATER. HERE WE ARE 5:00 EASTERN TIME IN THE U.S. TALK ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE U.S. TEAM. >> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP IN EVACUATION CENTERS. AS YOU POINTED OUT, MANY IN THEIR HOMES DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER. REMEMBER, THERE HAS BEEN A SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES. SOME OF THEM VERY STRONG AFTER THE BIG QUAKE HIT ON MONDAY. YOU CAN USE TO EARTHQUAKES. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. SEVEN ON THE MAGNITUDE SCALE IS BIG. THE AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY LARGE, AS WELL. WHEN SOMETHING THIS LARGE HITS, THE CHANCES OF ANOTHER ONE OF US MILLER SKILL ABOUT 10-20% OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THAT IS THE KIND OF THINGS THEY ARE UP AGAINST. THE ROADS ARE BLOCKED. AS YOU POINTED OUT, YOU CAN'T ACCESS THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LANDSLIDES. IT IS KNOWN AS LIQUID VACATION, WHICH IS VERY SCARY. WHEN YOU HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE THIS STRONG, IT TURNS THE ROAD INTO A WATERY SUBSTANCE. THAT IS DIFFICULT, AS WELL. AS OF NOW, THE DEATH TOLL IN THIS IS 55. THE FEAR IS THEY HAVE RISE. OFFICIALS KNOW AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INSIDE THE RUBBLE OF THEM OF THESE BUILDINGS. THE EPICENTER SEEMS TO BE IN AN AREA CALLED -- WHICH IS ON THE WESTERN COAST. THERE IS AN AREA THERE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DECIMATED. THERE WAS A FIRE THERE THAT ERUPTED AFTER THE QUAKE. >> ALSO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ISSUES, THERE IS A FORECAST FOR TSUNAMIS ALONG THE COAST. THAT RISK IS MOSTLY WENT DOWN. NOW THERE'S A QUESTION OF SNOW, AFTERSHOCK. THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE YET. MY ABSOLUTELY. SNOW AND RAIN IS FORECAST LATER FOR TODAY. THAT IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SOLVED. WHEN YOU HAVE WHAT CONDITIONS, THE CHANCE OF A LANDSLIDE INCREASE. OF COURSE, THEY HAD THESE AFTERSHOCKS WHICH CONTINUE VERY IMAGINE HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THE RUBBLE IN THOSE CONDITIONS. AND THE EXCESS ITSELF HAS A DIFFICULT. ARE WE GETTING DETAILS OF FIRST RESPONDERS TRYING TO GET INTO THE SOME OF THE VERY REMOTE AREAS. SOME OF THEM ARE SPARSELY POPULATED, VERY HARD TO ACCESS EVEN WITH THE IK. MY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE FOR US IN TOKYO. THANKS. >> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES TONIGHT. ASKING FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA. A SENIOR HAMAS LEADER WAS KILLED IN A DRONE STRIKE. THAT IS RAISING CONCERNS TONIGHT THAT LEBANON CAN NOW GET EVEN MORE INVOLVED IN THIS WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THEY SAY ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRIKE. ISRAEL IS NOT YET COMMENTING ON THE EXPLOSION. THE CABIN IS NOW POSTPONING THE KEY MEETING. THE LEADERS WERE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT NEW PLANS FOR GAZA AFTER THE WAR ENDS. IT IS CALLED THE DAY AFTER HAMAS, ACCORDING TO -- THEY SAY IT IS THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. IT WOULD DISMANTLE THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. JOSH LETTERMAN IS REPORTING ON ALL OF THIS. LET'S BRING THEM IN FROM TEL AVIV. THESE NEW STRIKES THAT KILLED AND HAMAS LEADER. WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> WE KNOW THAT HAMAS SAYS THAT THE SENIOR LEADER WAS KILLED IN WHAT THEY SAY WAS A DRONE STRIKE THAT KILLED NOT ONLY THE NUMBER TWO IN THE POLITICAL PART OF HAMAS, BUT THAT SAME LEADER IS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS. THIS IS THE MOST SENIOR HAMAS LEADER KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED SO FAR DURING THIS WAR, HALLIE. THE ISRAELI HAVE BEEN FAIRLY QUIET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. THEY ARE NOT THINK IT WAS THEM, OR IT WASN'T THEM. WE KNOW THEY HAVE LONG VOWED TO HUNT DOWN THESE LEADERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, SAYING THAT THEY ARE LIVING ON BORROWED TIME. THE REAL CONCERN, THIS WHOLE REGION IS ON EDGE, WONDERING WHAT KIND OF RETALIATION ISRAEL WILL EXPECT FROM HEZBOLLAH, FROM SYRIA AND ELSEWHERE, WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRETTY AMPED UP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE OF THIS WAR. GROUPS ACROSS THE REGION ALREADY PROCESSED MORE VIOLENCE NOW IN COAL RETALIATION FOR THE ASSASSINATION. MAKE YOU ALSO HAVE REPORTING ON WHAT THEY CALL A POST -- WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE GAZA STRIP. WALK US THROUGH WHAT ISRAEL THINKS IT SHOULD BE. >> ISRAEL THINKS IT SHOULD NOT BE HAMAS, OBVIOUSLY, OR THE PALESTINIAN LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE QUESTION, WHO SHOULD RUN IT? ISRAEL WANTS TO SEE ITSELF IT WITH SECURITY, BUT LET LOCAL TRIBES, ESSENTIALLY CLIENTS CARVE UP DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STRIP AND DEAL WITH THE BASIC GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS. NOW, THE ISRAELI ARE BASICALLY PUTTING FORWARD WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE THERE. THE U.S. HAS MADE CLEAR THAT THE PALESTINIANS HAVE A RIGHT TO DECIDE WHO THEY WANT TO GOVERN THEM GOING FORWARD. >> WE ARE JUST HEARING NOW THAT THEY ARE THREATENING THAT THE U.S. WILL BECOME IN THEIR WORDS, PUNISHED FOR THE ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. >> YEAH, THEY ARE SAYING IT IS THE UNITED STATES THAT IS MILITARY -- MILITARIZING THE RED SEA. THEY SAY FASCINATING THINGS ABOUT THE WHO THESE. THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE WANT TO BE DRAWN IN TO DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. THEY SEEM TO BE RELISHING, SHOOTING AT A NAVY HELICOPTER FEW DAYS AGO. THEY SEEM TO BE TRYING TO BRING THEM INTO DIRECT MILITARY CONFRONTATION. THAT IS SOMETHING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAD TO PROTECT THE SHIPPING ROUTE. DOES THIS SEEM TO BE THE LATEST INDICATION THAT THESE ARE UNBACKED REBELS MAY BE HEADED TOWARD SOME TYPE OF EVENTUAL CONFRONTATION. >> JEFF -- JOSH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WE ARE LEARNING THE FEDERAL PEERS -- APPEALS GROUP HAS BANNED EMERGENCY ABORTION. THE COURT DECIDED THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS OVERSTEPPING ITS AUTHORITY. THIS COMES AFTER WAVE OF LOSSES FOCUSING ON WHEN ABORTIONS CAN BE PERFORMED, HAVING EXCEPTIONS FROM MEDICAL EMERGENCY. HELP US UNDERSTAND THIS. >>> UNDERWROTE UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW, BECOMING THE HOSPITAL WITHIN THE EMERGENCY. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANY TREATMENT, EXPERIMENTAL MEDICATION, CURING AN INCREDIBLE -- AND CURABLE DISEASE. THIS IS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF DEBATE. IN THIS CASE, HHS, FEDERAL AGENCY SAYS, WE INTERPRET THIS FEDERAL LAW TO MEAN THAT STABILIZATION INCLUDES ABORTION. THE COURT USED THE LANGUAGE OF THAT FEDERAL LAW THE ONLY STABILIZATION LANGUAGE RELATED TO ABORTION IS DELIVERY. THE COURT CONCLUDES THAT, WELL, IF CONGRESS HAD INTENDED ABORTION TO BE INCLUDED, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THAT NEXT TO DELIVERY. THEREFORE, THE BIDEN MINISTRATION OVERSTEPPED WHEN IT SAID IT CAN INTERPRET THE FEDERAL LAW TO CONTAIN WHAT IT DOESN'T EXPRESSLY CONTAIN. >> CAN WE READ ANYTHING INTO THIS DECISION AND WHAT IT MIGHT TELL US ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC AS WELL? >> NO, NOT NECESSARILY. ADDITIONALLY, TO AN AGENCY SUPPOSE IT OVERREACHED IN DECIDING WHAT THEY THINK THAT MEANS. OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT MANY STATES ARE ENACTING ANTIABORTION LAWS IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION LAST YEAR. THEY DON'T NEED TO REQUIRE ANY ABORTION EXCEPT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. STATES HAVE DISCRETION NOW TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ALLOW ABORTION AT ALL. >> OUR NBC LEGAL ANALYST, THANK YOU FOR BREAKING IT DOWN. AND CENTER BOB MENENDEZ SAYING THAT HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO HELP A DEVELOPER LANDON INVESTMENT FROM A COMPANY TIED TO THE QATARI GOVERNMENT. ALREADY HAS ACCUSATIONS OF ACCEPTING BRIBES. HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ANY ALLEGATION. TOM WINTERS JOINING US NOW. >> WALK US THROUGH WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS IN PLAIN ENGLISH, AND MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THIS ALLEGATION. TO MAKE SURE. IT MEANS THEY WENT BACK TO THE SAME GRAND JURY WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN ONGOING MISSION. THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HERE. THEY WENT BACK AND SAY, WE FOUND SOME NEW CONDUCT. WE WANT TO BRING IT TO YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INDICT THE SENATOR OR ANYBODY ON THESE CHARGES THEY HAVE VOTED TO INDICT HIM IN CHARGE HIM WITH A SERIES OF ALLEGATIONS EFFECTIVELY SAYING THAT THE SENATOR IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME OF THAT CASH AND GOLD WE'VE BEEN SHOWING OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO WE FIRST LEARNED THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE COMING DOWN AGAINST THE SENATOR. SOME OF THAT CASH AND GOLD FROM A NEW JERSEY DEVELOPER, IDENTIFIED AS FRED DAIBES, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED IN THAT CASE . REDUCING HIM TO A MEMBER OF THE QATARI ROYAL FAMILY WHO HAPPENS TO WORK FOR -- WITH THE GOVERNMENT. HE MADE A NUMBER OF POSITIVE OR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS OF THE QATARI GOVERNMENT AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS HOPING TO GET THEM TO INVEST INTO THIS NEW JERSEY DEVELOPER'S LATEST PROJECT, OR BUSINESS. THAT LED TO THE ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE BEING THROWN AROUND TODAY. THEY APPARENTLY HAVE ENCRYPTING MESSAGES BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER IN THE CENTER. THEY ALSO HAVE A SERIES OF MESSAGES THAT WERE SENT, INCLUDING SCREEN GRABS OF WATCHES THAT THE DEVELOPERS SENT SAYING, HEY, DO ANY OF THESE WORK FOR YOU? AND SOME IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, HALLIE. BOTTOM LINE, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE CHARGES. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN MORE JAIL TIME. IT IS A PRETTY TOUGH GAUNTLET. >> THAT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION, TOM. I THINK IT IS WORTH UNDERSCORING, HE HAS DENIED ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING. >> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. LEADING NOT GUILTY TO ALL PRIOR CHARGES AND THE ADDITIONAL SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT IN THIS CASE. >> TOM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN THE LAST TWO HOURS SAYING SHE WILL STEP DOWN FROM HER POSITION. A PRETTY STUNNING TURNAROUND COMING AFTER A MONTH OF CRITICISM OVER AN APPEARANCE HERE IN WASHINGTON SPARKING CLAIMS OF ANTI-SEMITISM AS WELL AS ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE PLAGIARIZED SOME OF HER WORK. THE NINE THAT IT HAS BEEN -- TO HAVE DOUBT CAST ON MY COMMITMENT TO CONFRONTING HATE AND UPHOLDING SCHOLARLY RIGOR. REMEMBER THIS WHOLE THING STARTED LAST MONTH WENT GAY, AS WELL AS LEADERS , SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE -- CALLING FOR GENOCIDE AGAINST PEOPLE. HARBORS GOVERNING FOR INITIALLY BACKED GAY ON THIS. THE BOARD CHAPTERS UP TO INADEQUATE CITATION. NOW, CLAUDINE GAY SAYS A RETURN TO HER POSITION IS -- THE CONTEXT HERE WITH THE PRESSURE THAT WAS BUILDING ON GAY TO STEP DOWN, STARTING EARLY LAST MONTH AND ENDING LAST NIGHT. IN BETWEEN, IT SEEMS LIKE HER JOB WAS SAFE. WHAT HAPPENED? >> THE CRITICISM JUST KEPT COMING. YOU ARE RIGHT. INITIALLY, THE 11 MEMBER BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT SHE SHOULD STAY ON. TODAY, THEY HER RESIGNATION. IT WAS A VERY SHORT TENURE THAT SHE'S HAD AS PRESIDENT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE. SHE HAS THE SHORTEST TENURE AS PRESIDENT IS HARVARD. SHE WAS ANNOUNCED BACK IN THE SUMMER. IN SEPTEMBER, INAUGURATED FORMALLY. THEN CAME DECEMBER 5th. THAT IS WHEN SHE WENT BEFORE THAT HOUSE COMMITTEE, CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, TALKING ABOUT CAMPUS ANTI- SEMITISM. AS YOU POINTED OUT IN THE INTRO, THEY WERE VERY UNHAPPY WITH HER ANSWER, WE SEEM THAT SHE WOULD QUESTION WHETHER STUDENTS CALLING FOR THE GENOCIDE OF JEWISH PEOPLE SHOULD BE PUBLISHED -- PUNISHED. THEN ON DECEMBER 12, HARVARD BOARD ANNOUNCES THAT SHE WOULD REMAIN. ON THE FIFTH DAY, SHE COMMITS TO CORRECTIONS FOR 2 ARTICLES. ON THE 21st, MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT PLAGIARISM. AND THEN JUST YESTERDAY, WASHINGTON STREET ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT WITH SIX NEW ALLEGATIONS. IT WAS TOO MUCH. SHE COLLAPSED UNDER THIS CRITICISM, SAYING IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO RESIGN. IT WAS TIME TO TAKE THE ATTENTION OFF OF HER AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND FOCUS ON HARVARD AS AN ACADEMIC AND. ENGAGED AND FOCUSED ON ACADEMIC PURSUIT. SHE IS GOING BACK TO TEACHING IN A FACULTY POSITION. ALAN GARBER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT. >> THIS IS PUT HARVARD SQUARELY AT THE CENTER OF BEING DISCOURSE, IF YOU WILL. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT HAS HAPPENED. WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THE HILL, CLAUDINE GAY . AS YOU EXPECT TONIGHT, A LOT OF REACTION COMING INTO ALL OF THAT. >> SOME OF THIS, COMING FROM STUDENTS. THEY CALLED FOR HER RESIGNATION, SAYING SHE HAD TO KNOW THESE KIND OF -- AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE CRITICISM COMING FROM CONGRESS. THAT IS FROM -- SHE SAYS THE RESIGNATION OF HARVARD ANTI- SEMITIC PLAY JURISTIC PRESIDENT IS LONG OVERDUE. HER ANSWERS WERE ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY REQUIRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD. THE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE. TO MOVE FORWARD, WE SHOULD POINT OUT HERE THAT CLAUDINE GAY HAS SAID UNEQUIVOCALLY SHE IS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC. THERE WAS ALSO CRITICISM FROM DONORS. THOSE WHO WERE THREATENING TO WITHHOLD THEIR SUPPORT. THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THE RICHEST UNIVERSITY, NOT JUST IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. THIS COMING FROM BILL, WHO WAS A MILLIONAIRE HEDGE FUND PERSON, HE SAID TO SALLY -- THIS IS TO REFERENCE OF THE M.I.T. PRESIDENT WHO HAS NOT RESIGNED. AS YOU KNOW, LIZ MAGILL, WHO IS A PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, SHE RESIGNED JUST ABOUT FOUR DAYS AFTER THAT HEARING. >> THERE IS SO MUCH TO THIS. I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE THREATS IN THE DAYS TO COME. THANK YOU. >>> WAS TAKE YOU TO ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF TERRORISM IN THE DEADLY CRASH THAT KILLED -- THE SUSPECT DROVE AN SUV THAT HAS GAS CAN'T -- STORED IN IT. THIS WAS AFTER A CONCERT LET OUT NEARBY. ROCHESTER POLICING RIGHT NOW THAT A MOTIVE IS NOT CLEAR. THEY DO SAY THAT THE SUSPECT, I'M QUOTING HERE, MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. LET'S BRING IN EMILIE IKEDA. >> TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS IS THAT, WHAT THEY DID IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THIS, AND WHY OFFICIALS SAY THAT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN ACT OF TERRORISM. >> SOME OF THOSE MOVEMENTS IN THE DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR CONCERN. HIS THOUGHTS ON DECEMBER 27th. POLICE IDENTIFYING HIM AS 35 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL AVERY. HE CHECKS INTO A HOTEL. DECEMBER 20, HE RENTED THE FORD EXPEDITION. THE NEXT DAY, HE MADE HALF A DOZEN PURCHASES OF GASOLINE AND FUEL CONTAINERS, SOMETHING THAT WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH IN AND AROUND THE FORD EXPEDITION. POLICE BELIEVED THAT HE INTENTIONALLY SPREAD -- AS YOU MENTIONED, JUST AS PEOPLE CELEBRATED THE RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR. HE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, A RIDESHARE VEHICLE THAT HAVE BEEN PULLING OUT. THE FORCE OF IT SO POWERFUL THAT IT WILL PUSHED BOTH OF THE VEHICLES INTO A GROUP OF PEOPLE, INJURING NINE PEDESTRIANS AND KILLING THE TWO PASSENGERS IN THE RIDESHARE OF THE, HALLIE. >> EMILIE IKEDA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORTING. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> WE ARE JUST LEARNING THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS APPEALING A RULING THAT HE CANNOT RUN ON THE 2024 VALLEY. THAT GOES NOT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, BUT TO THE STATES SUPERIOR COURT. HE IS FACING A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN COLORADO. ALL OF IT COMING UP WITH LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO THE IOWA CAUCUS. ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IS CAMPAIGNING THERE TODAY, VIVEK RAMASWAMY. HE HAD VISITED ALL OF IOWA'S COUNTIES TWICE. HOWEVER, LOOK AT WHERE HE IS SITTING IN THE POLLS. LOOK AT WHERE RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY ARE IN THE POLL. WELL BEHIND MR. TRUMP, AND HE PLANS TO HEAD TO IOWA FRIDAY. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU THERE. LET'S START WITH MR. TRUMP. WE KNOW THAT DESPITE THESE LEGAL ISSUES, DESPITE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN COLORADO, IT SEEMS TO BE A NONFACTOR FOR FRANKLY REPUBLICANS, DONALD TRUMP LOPEZ -- LOYALISTS. HOUSING NECESSARY BETWEEN THE LEGAL PROBLEMS AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS? >> RIGHT. THE LEGAL IS IN KEEPING DONALD TRUMP AWAY FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, HALLIE. THE ARGUMENTS ARE ON JANUARY 11th. WE ARE TOLD THAT HE WILL GO TO NEW YORK CITY FOR THAT. HE IS A MAR-A-LAGO RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THE NINJA TURTLES WERE PERFORMING AT THE NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY AT MAR-A-LAGO THAT HE ATTENDED. HE'S GOT A BUSY CALENDAR LOOKING AHEAD. FRANKLY, RON DESANTIS IS IN EITHER HERE. NIKKI HALLIE. WE LOOK AT THE POLL, HE IS FAR AND AWAY THE FAVORITE HERE. A YEAR AGO IN NOVEMBER. YET, THAT IS WHERE YOU SEE THE CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING. NIKKI HALEY, HER ALLIES SPENT 4 1/2 TIMES MORE THAN HE AND HIS ALLIES WILL OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. IS IT TOO LATE? WE WILL HAVE MORE CLARITY 14 DAYS FROM NOW AT THE IOWA CAUCUS. >> TALK ABOUT IOWA, RIGHT? AS YOU JUST LAID OUT, THEY ARE NOT THERE NECESSARILY, THEIR AD. IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN POSSIBLY JUST BE NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS. YOU DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, SO WHEN I ASKED TO SAY WHAT WOULD CHANGE. GIVEN WHERE THE MOMENTUM IS, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR OVER THE NEXT 14 DAYS? >> HALLIE, YOU AND I EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN AROUND, AT THE TIME, WE WERE FOLLOWING AROUND TED CRUZ CAMPAIGN. THEIR OPERATION REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ORGANIZATION TELLING FOLKS, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW UP ON THE NIGHT OF THE IOWA CAUCUS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN DID NOT HAVE THAT TYPE OF A -- RON DESANTIS IN HIS OPERATION HAS TRIED TO DO . HOPE THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE SAME OUTCOME. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR. THEY HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY. RON DESANTIS HAS HAD MORE THAN 150 EVENTS HERE. COMPARE THAT TO ABOUT 15 FOR DONALD TRUMP. DOES THAT INVESTMENT ON TIME ON THE GROUND FOR RON DESANTIS. HE SAID THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF EVENTS OF NIKKI HALEY. REALLY GOING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAKE A STRONG PLAY. >> YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT HERE. HE TALKED ABOUT A STRONG SECOND- PLACE. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE IT IS EVEN IN THE VOCABULARY RIGHT NOW FOR THEM TO BE THINKING ABOUT AN OUTRIGHT WIN. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT THE MARGIN WILL BE. I SAY THAT BASED ON WHERE THE POLLING HAS BEEN FOR MONTH. IF HE ONLY LOSES, QUOTE UNQUOTE, BY LIKE FOUR POINTS VERSUS 40. THERE IS A USE EXTRA WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. >> RIGHT. THE ONLY PLACE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COMING IN AS A STRONG SECOND-PLACE. NIKKI HALEY IS TALKING ABOUT CURRENTLY BEING IN A STRONG SECOND-PLACE THERE. ALL THE STATES BEYOND THAT, SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEYOND, DOLD TRUMP IS DOMINATING. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HIM GETTING MORE THAN 50%. THESE ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS ARE RUNNING UP AGAINST . THIS IS A BIG UPHILL BATTLE HERE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. >> WATCHING ALL OF IT FOR US, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE NFL, COMING DOWN ON THE OWNER OF THE PANTHERS FOR THROWING A DRINK DURING A GAME. WHAT IT WILL COST THEM. >>> AND WHAT OFFICIALS THINK OF -- >>> DHS OFFICIALS TODAY TELL NBC NEWS THAT MIGRANT CROSSINGS HIT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. APPROXIMATELY 3000 PEOPLE TELLING THE -- CROSSING THE BORDER LAST MONTH. THAT IS BEING FELT WELL BEYOND JUST THE BORDER. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANT TAKING BUSES AND PLANES TO CITIES LIKE NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. NEW YORK'S MAYOR ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WHEN AND WHERE BUSES CARRYING MIGRANTS CAN LEGALLY ARRIVE IN THE CITY. DROPPING OFF MIGRANTS ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER AT THE TRAIN STATION IN NEW JERSEY. FROM THERE, THEY HOP A TRAIN TO NEW YORK. THE MAYOR ERIC ADAMS HAS TRIED TO DISCOURAGE FOLKS, HE'S PUT SIGNS AT THE BORDER THEN THE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN PLACE. TEXAS PUTTING PEOPLE ON BUSES AND SENDING THEM TO NEW YORK IN BIG NUMBERS. TALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AND HEARING. >> HALLIE, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL ARRIVING EVEN WITH THE NEW RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE . AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE SOME WORKAROUNDS THAT THESE BUS COMPANIES SEEM TO HAVE FIGURED OUT. HERE ARE WHAT THE RULES LOOK LIKE. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE 32 HOURS OF ADVANCE NOTICE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE BETWEEN 8:00 AND 12:00, OTHERWISE, THEY WILL SEIZE YOUR BUS, YOU'LL BE CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR AND FINED. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE SAYING HE DROP IN NEW JERSEY. THE QUESTION IS NOW, WILL OFFICIALS OVER THERE PUT SIMILAR ORDERS IN PLACE? LOCAL OFFICIALS SCRAMBLING TO SOLVE A NATIONAL POLITICAL PROBLEM, ARE REALLY A GLOBAL PROBLEM. TECH LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION I HAVE WITH AN ECUADORIAN. YOU UNDERSTAND WHY SOME OF THIS OR ANOTHER THIS REALLY WILL END ANYTIME SOON. >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> THE FAMILY IS EXPERIENCING DEATH OR THAT IS A PART OF ALL OF THE GANG IN CARTEL VIOLENCE THAT HAS BECOME SO COMMON IN COUNTRIES LIKE ECUADOR, HONDURAS, AND WHILE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. THOSE FAMILIES KNOW THAT LEGALLY COMING HERE IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT, BUT THEY FEEL THERE IS NO OPTION. REALLY WHAT TO LOOK FOR RIGHT NOW IS, WHAT IS BLINKEN ABLE TO DO? >> LISTEN, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A POLITICAL AND EXIT HERE. THE THING PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION HERE? YOU LOOK AT TEXAS, NEW YORK, REPUBLICAN LEADER IN TEXAS, DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN NEW YORK CITY. EVEN TODAY, MORE DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING IN THE CAPITOL NOT FAR FROM WHERE I'M SITTING. HOW MUCH IS YOUR SENSE THAT VOTERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE AND AS IT ALSO IS QUALITY OF LIFE, HUMAN ISSUE? >> WHAT IS INTERESTING, HALLIE, WHEN I SPEAK TO VOTERS HERE, FOR THEM, IT IS A LOCAL POLITICAL ISSUE, BUT NOT QUITE YET A PRESIDENTIAL ISSUE. SOME OF THOSE VOTERS HAVE INCLUDED IN. I DO THINK FOR MORE CONSERVATIVE VOTERS, THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES. I MEAN, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BORDER ALL THE TIME. I THINK THAT IS WHY SEE DEMOCRATS LIKE ERIC ADAMS COMING OUT AND TALKING SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. IN THE COMMUNITY AS DIVERSE AS NEW YORK WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE THEMSELVES THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS WHO BUILT UP THIS CITY, THEY HAVE A NUANCED TAKE. THEY WANT MORE MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT, MORE SUPPORT IN AN ORDERLY PROCESS OPPOSED TO WHERE YOU WILL HEAR OTHER PEOPLE SAY SHUT ALL OF THIS DOWN. THE CONVERSATION HERE FEELS A BIT DIFFERENT. >> ANTONIO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE FIVE THINGS OUR TEAM THINKS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. >>> THE SHARK ATTACK IN HAWAII THEY KILLED THE SURFER. JASON CARTER, WHO OFFICIALS SAY WAS 39 YEARS OLD. AN EYEWITNESS SAYS THE SHARK PULLED THEM INTO THE WATER. AND THE SHARK WAS AS BIG AS A PICKUP TRUCK. IT WAS THE FIRST DEADLY SHARK ENCOUNTER IN HAWAII, THE FIRST ONLY IN -- >>> RESIGNING A LITTLE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. IT WILL OFFICIALLY BE OUT ON JANUARY 21st TO START A NEW JOB AS PRESIDENT OF YOUNGSTOWN STATE. THIS DOES MEAN THAT FOR A BIT, REPUBLICANS THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE WILL GET EVEN SMALLER SOONER. NUMBER THREE, FIREFIGHTERS AND WANTING TO REPORTS OF ALL THE MOTIONS ON THE ISLAND IN NEW YORK CITY, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY. WE SEEM TO HAVE AN ANSWER TONIGHT. THERE WAS A 1.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RIGHT BY PART OF QUEENS AROUND THE SAME TIME. THAT IS AFTER 2.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. >>> THE NFL SAYS THE OWNER OF THE CAROLINA PANTHERS HAS BEEN FINED $300,000 AFTER TOSSING HIS DRINK INTO A STAND. DO YOU SEE IT THERE? YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW? I MEAN, WHATEVER. THE LEAD SPOKESPERSON SAYS HIS CONDUCT WAS NEXT -- UNACCEPTABLE. THE PANTHERS HAVE THE WORST RECORD. >>> REPORTING A NEWS CONFERENCE WISHING HAPPY NEW YEAR IN CHINESE. HE SHOWED HIS LANGUAGE SKILLS. >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> IF YOU ARE LIKE, THAT SOUNDED MORE THAN HAPPY NEW YEAR, YOU ARE RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION. >>> WILL BECOME AT, MISSING 17 YEAR-OLD IS SAFE TONIGHT AFTER A SO-CALLED CYBER KIDNAP. WHAT IT IS AND WHO POLICE SAY IS MOST AT RISK NEXT. >>> KILLING A SPANISH SOCCER. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT OVER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A BIZARRE KIDNAPPING. LEADING TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE 90 CHINESE EXCHANGE STUDENT. HE'S BEEN FOUND SAFELY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. COLD AND ALONE IN THE UTAH MOUNTAINS AFTER HIS FAMILY. THIS IS APPARENTLY PART OF A SO- CALLED VIRTUAL CYBER KIDNAPPING HOAX. AFTER THEY GOT PICTURES WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS BEING HELD, THE VIRTUAL KIDNAPPERS HAD APPARENTLY TOLD THE STUDENT THAT HE WOULD HURT HIS FAMILY IF HE DIDN'T GO OUT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HE WAS GETTING AT. THEY CALL IT IS SERVING CRIMINAL TURNED. THE CHINESE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IS BEING INCREASINGLY TARGETED. WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED IN THIS SITUATION QUICK AND IS THIS REALLY A TREND? HAS IT HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE QUITE AND WHY ARE THEY APPARENTLY BEING TARGETED QUICK >> YES, THIS IS A VERY EXTREME AND UNUSUAL CASE. THIS POOR YOUNG MAN HAD BEEN MANIPULATED AND CONTROLLED BY SOME OF THESE CYBER KIDNAPPERS WERE WE. THEY FIRST MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM ON DECEMBER 20th. THEY HELPED BRING HIM BACK TO HIS WHOLE FAMILY A WEEK LATER ON DECEMBER 28, THAT IS HIS FAMILY REPORTED HIM MISSING EMPLOYEES BEGIN THEIR SEARCH AND FOUND HIM IN THIS PART OF THE. PART OF THE REASON HE WAS THERE WAS THAT THE FARTHER THE LONGER HE WAS AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, HIS FAMILY. THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UNUSUAL TREND, BUT IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE THESE CYBER STANDS, BEING ABLE TO VOICE IS. THEY ARE TARGETING VULNERABLE PEOPLE. OFTEN FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS WHO ARE SCARED, AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LIVE FROM US FROM OUT WEST. COVERING HUNDREDS OF INTERNATIONAL STORIES EVERY DAY. BECAUSE IT CAN BE TOUGH TO READ, WATCH, ARE LISTEN TO THEM ALL, WE'VE DONE IT FOR YOU. THIS IS A SEGMENT WE CALTHE GLOBAL. SHOCKING VIDEO THE MOMENT THE MAN STABBED THE POLITICIAN IN THE NECK. THE SUSPECT APPROACHED THE LEADER AND SAID SHE WANTED AN AUTOGRAPH BEFORE ATTACKING. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, RUSHED THROUGH SURGERY, AND IS REPORTEDLY RECOVERING IN ICU. PLEADING NOT GUILTY TODAY TO CHARGES OF ENDANGERING CHINA'S NATIONAL SECURITY. PROSECUTORS SAY HE CONSPIRED, BREAKING THE COUNTRY'S BIG NATIONAL SECURITY LAW. THE U.S. AND BRITAIN HAVE CALLED THE TRIAL ALLEGEDLY MOTIVATED. A SOCCER FAN DETAINED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, NOW BACK HOME TONIGHT. HE DISAPPEARED IN OCTOBER THAT YEAR. AND WAS ARRESTED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES. AS THE HOLIDAY SEASON WEARS OFF AND YOU GO BACK TO THE REALITY OF OUR DAILY LIVES, THAT REALITY FOR A LOT OF US IS THAT. THE AVERAGE FAMILY SPENT NEARLY $1000 ON HOLIDAY GIFTS THIS YEAR. THE THOUGHT OF PAYING FOR SOME OF THOSE GIFTS WITH YOUR GIFTS, I TO GIVE CARDS YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN. $30 BILLION WORTH OF GIFT CARDS WERE EXPECTED TO BE HANDED OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT? A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T USE THEM. THEY STICK THEM IN A DRAWER AND FORGET ABOUT THEM. WE'VE GOT SINCERE FROM OUR SENIOR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT ON HOW TO USE THEM HELP YOU PAY DOWN DEBT. THIS IS INTERESTING. IF I HAVE A GIFT CARD TO AMAZON, I WASN'T NECESSARILY USING THAT FOR PAY DOWN MY CREDIT CARD. >> THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE YOU CAN TRADE IN THOSE CARDS FORGET -- HAD NEVER SEEN. HAVE. PEOPLE HAVE LEGAL SITTING IN THEIR DRAWERS. GET SOME MONEY OUT OF IT, TURN AROUND, THAT CREDIT CARD. CREDIT CARDS ARE 20% RIGHT NOW. MAKE YOU FEEL IT IS MY PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE OR WHATEVER. WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO DEBT. WHAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MY AND I THINK YOU ARE THE PERFECT PERSON TO ASK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS NOT LIKE OTHER YEARS. YOU'VE GOT 20% INTEREST RATES ON CREDIT CARD AND ALREADY A PILE OF DEBT THAT HAS TOPPED. AT 20%, THAT IS REALLY DANGEROUS. THAT SPIRAL CAN HAPPEN REALLY FAST. YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU WILL COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO PAY THOSE THINGS DOWN. IF YOU ARE ONLY PAYING MINIMUM PAYMENTS, YOU WILL BE IN DEBT FOR YEARS. YEARS, HALLIE. MINIMUM PAYMENTS ARE A DANGEROUS THINGS FOR FAMILIES. PAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. ALSO, CALL YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY. 75th/76% WHO CALL AND ASK FOR LOWER AVERAGES, THEY GOT IT. IT IS WORTH IT. JUST MAKE THAT PHONE CALL. CHRISTINE ROMANS, THANK YOU BACK. HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> OF COURSE, ANYTIME. >> WE GOT A LOT MORE COMING UP, INCLUDING NEW WARNINGS. THE INJECTIONS PEOPLE USE FOR ENERGY OR TO HAVE A HANGOVER. WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT STAYING SAFE. THAT IS COMI >>> TONIGHT, NEW WARNINGS ABOUT F LIKE I.V. DRIPS AND INJECTIONS THAT ARE UNREGULATED. YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THESE PLACES. PEOPLE GO FOR QUICK BOOTHS TO ENERGY, ARE THERE HUNG OVER. THEY THINK THEY FEEL BETTER AFTER. MAYBE THEY JUST WANT VITAMINS, OR EVEN TO TRY AND DISSOLVE THAT. HERE'S THE PROBLEM, DR. SAY THEY CAN MAKE YOU PRETTY SICK. SOME PATIENTS DEVELOP WHAT THEY CALL SEVERE INFECTIONS AND SKIN DEFORMITIES AFTER GETTING UNAUTHORIZED SHOTS. IT IS ALL PART OF THE GROWING WELLNESS INDUSTRY. IT IS WORTH ABOUT $15 BILLION RIGHT NOW. ERICA EDWARDS IS JOINING US NOW. THE SPAS BECAME POPULAR. PEOPLE GO, GET AN I.V., THEY SAY THEY FEEL BETTER AFTERWARDS. WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR? AND WHAT IS THE RISK LEVEL HERE? >> MANY OF THESE DO OPERATE SAFELY. THOSE THAT DO SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY. NUMBER ONE, WHO OWNS AND OPERATES A QUICK NUMBER TWO, WHO IS ADMINISTERING MY TREATMENT? WHAT CREDENTIALS DO THEY HAVE? DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR A LICENSE FOR DIPLOMA. ALSO, IS THERE ONE ON-SITE JUST IN CASE THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS QUICK ALSO YOU CAN ASK WHERE THEY GOT THOSE PRODUCTS. THEY HAVE MENTIONED MORE RECENTLY THAT UNLICENSED WORKERS WERE USING UNAPPROVED, UNAUTHORIZED TREATMENTS THAT THEY GOT OFF THE INTERNET. AS A RESULT, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. >> SO, HOW ARE THEY REST BINDING TO THIS? AND WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO ONE OF THESE PLACES, BUT YOU RATHER NOT COME HOME WITH A BACTERIAL INFECTION QUICK MAC USUALLY, THOSE OCCUR AT THE SITE OF THE INJECTION. GENERALLY, EQUIPMENT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN STERILIZED APPROPRIATELY, ARE THEY WERE USING UNAPPROVED, YOU KNOW, MIXERS. WE TALKED WITH ONE WOMAN IN CALIFORNIA WHO DEVELOP A SEVERE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AFTER SHE GOT HUNDREDS OF SHOTS ALL OVER HER BODY. THE WORKERS TOLD HER THAT THE MORE INJECTIONS THAT SHE GOT, THE BETTER. WITHIN 24 HOURS, HURST AND WAS EXCRUCIATING, SHE FELT LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE. THERE ARE NO FEDERAL STANDARDS. IT IS THE STATE THAT OVERSEE THOSE FACILITIES. THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT RULES. WE TALKED WITH THE CEO OF THE AMERICAN MED SPA ASSOCIATION. HE SAID IT IS A BASELINE LEVEL OF CONSISTENT.LUCKILY HE APPEARS TO BE OKAY ALTHOUGH EMOTIONALLY VERY TRAUMATIZING. >> THANK YOU
