>> thank you. >> happy new year. >> and "cnn this morning" continues right now. a. breaking news a a deadly plane collision in japan. a passenger jet cleats with a coast guard plane. how those passengers are able to evacuate seconds before the jet burst into flames. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. later stabbed in the neck on camera. he survived and is conscious. what we are learning about the attacker. the fbi joint terrorism task force investigating this deadly crash, you see it on video right here, outside a crowded music venue early on new year's day. officers say the flaming suv was full of gas cans. we begin with breaking news out of tokyo a japanese airlines passenger jet colliding with the japan coast guard aircraft and

bursting into flames. the moment of impact as it landed at tokyo sinead a airport. you see it on security video. that large fireball, the jet barreling down the runway. officials say it collided with the coast guard plane headed to help with earthquake relief efforts. five have died. >> japan airlines says they were evacuated. 17 were reportedly injured. now, this was the chaotic scene inside the jet as smoke killed the cabin and passengers scrambled to find a way out. you can see the plane with emergency slides open. people running out as firefighters tried to put out the flames. >> we have team coverage on this breaking story. pete muntean in washington. cnn aerospace analyst miles o'brien from paris. pete, when you look at this footage given kind of your innate sense of how this

industry works, how airlines work, what is happening here? >> i am seeing a wake-up call here, phil, around the world, also especially here in the u.s. we get to that in a second. you can see the airbus a 350 burning there. what is poignant to me is the video from n hq where you see this airlines flight 516 come in to land on runway 34-left at hin aid a airport. this is telling here. you can see the immediate aftermath of the nose gear on fire of this plane as its it's decelerating down the runway. we don't see what is out of frame on the right, the moment of collision with that japanese coast guard dash 8, a twin turboprop airplane. six people were onboard, five are dead, the captain in critical condition. this happened around 5:47 p.m. local time about 3:47 a.m. here on the east coast as four

runways, there are two power little runways nor north and south and two other parallel run race that buttress that on the north edge and south edge of the airport. the question here is who was in the wrong place at the wrong time? and the question that investigators are looking at is whether or not it was this japan airlines flight or whether it was the japanese coast guard flight. this is something known as a runway incursion and that is immediately apparent to me. this is an issue that has been happening over and over again in the u.s. in 2023, we saw about sen of these incidents right serious, is serious enough to get kicked to the national transportation safety board. it was an issue from coast to coast. jfk, austin, boston, burbank. austin, a fedex flight almost landed on a departing southwest airlines flight. to me it sounds similar and of course the aviation community

around the world will be looking at this incident to see if that was this. if this was indeed a runway incursion and that will really change things potentially. the federal aviation administration here of course has to watch this closely and we will see if there will be any international help from the national transportation safety board here in the u.s. when it comes to this investigation. the first thing they will listen to whether or not there was con faugs on the radio, the pilots were getting the proper instruction from air traffic control or whether or not the pilots were confused where they were on this complicated airport with four different runways. >> miles, over to you. when you kind of watch the -- it's been striking watching the video and the pictures throughout the course of the morning of the landing where you see kind of a fireball to somehow from inside the plane you can see the smoke, but people are relatively calm given kind of a horrifying moment and then shortly after they are out of the plane it is completely

engulfed and looks to crack in half at one point. how much time in an emergency situation like this does the crew have to get the people off the plane? >> it's a matter of seconds, phil. this is a carbon fiber aircraft. it burned pretty quickly, as you saw. hat off to the flight crew that, obviously, did a very successful evacuation. i'm actually stunned that everybody got off that airbus a 350 alive. it's amazing when you see it. let's not forget. it's a tragedy inside a big disaster that coast guard crew, four of the five of them have passed away and the pilot is hurt. and they were just doing their duty, trying to get relief supplies in the wake of that earthquake. i am amaze thd at how orderly t evacuation out of that airbus a

350. >> i want to bring in will ripley in tokyo as we have been following the story all morning and getting eyewitness accounts. will, so far what else have you heard? >> reporter: so, we are hearing from some of these passengers who have to be kind of at this point just thinking about what they experienced. i mean, we can see from the social media videos, imagine if you are on a flight, you have just been, you know, it's just been the new year celebration, you are up in a ski town, you know, you are landing, transiting home, and then all of a sudden this crash. the engine is on fire, black smoke fills the cabin and probably what feels like either an eternity or just a heartbeat, you're safely outside the plane and you're standing and you're looking looking at this how did i survive this? how did this happen? that's what around 400 people,

although some of them are so young, they are not going to remember, eight children under the age of 2 on the plane, that's what they went through and as i said they are starting to tell their stories. listen to this passenger and what they said. >> we heard a big bang and i saw the flames making a trace and then we saw the flames by the time we go like that, i hear the plane. a few minutes later we saw two big firefighter trucks coming and fighting the fire and then controlling the fire. >> reporter: there was a mother who was speaking on television here, national television, holding her young child saying she honestly didn't think she was going to make it out but she

was -- the only thing that was on this mother's mind was to keep her child safe somehow and do what she could. this is something everybody who flies thinks about. what happens if your plane is in an emergency situation? what happens if the plane is involved in an incident? a lot of people wouldn't expect that after something so dramatic they would be able to be standing and talking about it. and it's got to be just a mix of emotions that one could only understand if they have been through it themselves and more stories from the passengers i am sure we will be hearing about in the coming hours and days. truly extraordinary and truly heartbreaking to think about the five families of those coast guard crew members who are now, you know, grieving along with the dozens of families across japan that are mourning after just what's been a really horrible start to 2024. just hours after ringing in the new year, a massive 7.5

magnitude earthquake, homes devastated, roads washed away if by the tsunami waves. they were big enough to cause serious damage. it then this plane, you know, with coast guard crew members who were supposed to help deliver relief is involved in this incident and now these families are here, you know, what was a time of celebration, now joining the people here in japan who are grieving and have lost. >> yeah, a clear draj that goes kind of hand in hand with the miracle in the commercial flight mile. clearly, the earthquake relief efforts are urgent at this point in time. this is a very busy time at any airport, particularlily hanada. how much do those dynamics play in to an accident like this happening? >> this is a opiece that investigators will be looking at. this is not the busiest airport in the pacific rim, it's the top

two or three for sure. every day is a busy day. however, in the midst of a crisis, which is going on right now in japan, frankly, there is a lot of adrenaline flowing as the crews are attempting to get relief supplies, urgently needed to, to that stricken region. and did that in some way cloud judgments in either the cockpits involved or in the control tower? that is going to be at the very focus of this investigation. clearly, those two planes, one of those planes was in the wrong place. no question. was it the flight crews? was it air traffic control? was there some fundamental confusion and that is as asser bai exacerbate bid the coast guard true do something to help in a crisis? >> thank you. and happening today donald trump is expected to fight the decisions to boot him off the ballots in colorado and maine.

that's next. and the fbi joint terrorism task force investigating this deadly crash outside a crowded music venue early on new year's day. officers say that flaming you suvs was full ofof gas cans.s. new detatails comingng in. tp

is expected to file appeals to the decisions in colorado and

maine disqualifying him from the republican primary ballot. it comes after both states ruled trump is ineligible under section 3 of the 14th amendment which bars insurrectionists from holding office. trump will appeal the colorado decision to the supreme court and the maine decision to maine's superior court. zachary cohen joins us now. help us understand the arguments being made in the appeals. what are the former president's chances? >> yeah, first it's important to know that the looming political calendar is creating a sense of urgency here and it's one the reasons why there is mounting pressure on the u.s. supreme court to weigh in on this issue, this 14th amendment issue that we've seen come up in colorado and again in maine where they say that under the 14th amendment section 3 trump should be removed from the primary ballot because he engaged in an insurrection. now, that is already going -- i mean, the stage is set -- sorry -- to go before the supreme court when trump appeals this decision. he is going to ask the supreme court to essentially overturn

the colorado supreme court state level court's ruling he should be removed from the ballot that would effectively put him back on the ballot for the primary. the supreme court has to choose whether or not to wants to take up this case but at least this appeal will at least at the stage for that possibility to happen. we also expect trump to appeal a similar decision in maine where the secretary of state ruled he should be removed from the ballot. that goes through state level courts and both decisions are on hold until the courts weigh in and this gets worked out through the legal system. listen to what colorado's secretary of state said yesterday when asked about the urgency of this situation and the need for the courts to weigh in and weigh in quickly. >> i certified the names on to the ballot for the presidential primary this friday. so we do hope that court understands that presidential primaries are rapidly approaching and gives us a definitive answer whether or not

the former president is disqualified from the ballot. >> so much uncertainty asking the supreme court to provide clarity. we will have to see if they take up this issue. it is unprecedented. >> thank you. >> and joining us tim parlatore, former trump attorney. on the colorado case with the appeal expected as soon as this morning to the supreme court, when you think through the defenses of the trump team in that appeal, what is the most effective at this point? >> i think the most effective is that the state courts don't have the power to enforce this. the 14th amendment specifically does have a clause that congress shall have the power to enforce and congress has exercised that power in multiple ways. they passed a statute, 18 u.s.c. 2383, which is they actually expanded, you know, the reach of the insurrectionist ban beyond just, you know, the previously

elected officials to basically anybody that would be barred from holding office, but that has to be done through a judicial proceeding in the federal court. and congress has also acted through impeaching. they impeached donald trump for insurrection and he was acquitted there. so this case is in some ways already been litigated using the provisions of the 14th amendment section 5 provided. >> could i ask you about the impeachment point? i was struck over the course of the last couple of the days that there has been signal that the trump team is going to utilize that, maybe not just for colorado, but also for the jack smith indictment as well on election subversion. my question is, i was sitting in the senate chamber listening to senate leader mitch mcconnell talk about how the legal process -- this doesn't do anything to change the legal process that's going to come ahead. the senate is not going to act on this. the courts still can. he wasn't the only republican to

say that. were they wrong? >> so, my personal belief on this is that while the impeachment does control as regards to the 14th amendment litigation, it does not invoke double jeopardy as to criminal litigation. and so i don't think that that is go going to be necessarily a winning argument of the double jeopardy to bar the january 6th prosecution. but i do think it is going to be effective related to the 14th amendment cases. >> it's an important point, particularly as we await the appeal. on that federal election subversion case, the special counsel pushed back on trump's claim that he should have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. part of the argument, threatens to license presidents to commit crimes in offense. i guess the question right now is there is not a lot of precedent here, which you could say that about a lot of things happening right now. are we in unchartered legal territory or is there an

argument that they can -- trump's team can pull on to make their point? >> you know, it's definitely unchartered territory. i think that the idea of a blanket immunity is labour too broad and i don't see the courts buying that. a more limited very targeted immunity for certain acts, that i do see as being something that could win. but that's not something that really can be litigated at this stage. they would have to take this case to trial and show during the trial that what he was doing was within the scope of his duties as the chief executive. and i expect that that will be one of the things that they, you know, can and should present to the jury, is that he was acting based on the information, you know, that he had, that he reasonably believed there would be fraud and that as the chief executive charged with ensuring that laws of the united states are followed he was pushing for investigations. and if they make that argument

credibly, then i think immunity could apply at that stage, but not here. >> and it seems like they are on the path to making that argument whether it's credible or not is still to be determined. but in that defense itself when there is a list of dozens of people who have made very clear they told the president explicitly there was no fraud or his theories were inaccurate, some said they felt he acknowledged that was the case at various points, doesn't that undercut that point? >> sure, and that's why it's something that has to go to a jury. and it's the last point that you raised there about whether he acknowledged it that's going to be key. and so that's -- when you have disputed issues of fact like that, it's not something that can be decided by a judge at a motion stage. it must be presented to a jury because the juries are the arbiters of fact. >> it is a very busy day ahead and busy year ahead. tim parlatore, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you.

this just in. a deadly and fiery car crash outside a new year's eve concert in rochester is now being investigated as domestic terrorism a source tells cnn the fbi joint terrorism task force joined the probe. an suvs you full of gas cans plowed through a car. you can see some of the red gas cans on the ground outside that burnt out suv. a source tells cnn the driver allegedly left a suicide note and journal in his hotel room. the crash killed at least two people and we're told the suspect is fighting for his life in the hospital. we are going to bring in brynn to tell us more about what you learned. >> a lot more detail. we have learned the identity of that person driving that ford expedition that plowed into the crowd of people. a source tell us michael avery is from the syracuse, new york, area and staying in rochester a

source saying that they found a suicide note and a journal in a hotel room where he was actually staying. so those items coupled with the fact that there were gas cans at the scene of this crash along with the fact that this car is plowing through a crowd of people outside a busy area and also the fact that source says that investigators have spoken to off are you's family member. put that together and that's why authorities can say this is an investigation involving domestic terrorism. whether or not it is domestic terrorism early in the investigation. but this is the questions it that they are asking as they sort of comb through the profile of this person. let's back up just a little bit and explain exactly what happened though. this was really only an hour into the new year's day in rochester right outside the kodak center, a facility having a new year's eve event. about 1,000 people attended this event. as they were leaving even one witness said they could smell gasoline in the air.

authorities were actually -- police rather on the scene trying to get people across a crosswalk when this ford expedition with the gas cans plowed into a mitsubishi outlander leaving the venue. in that car two people am were killed. several other people were injured in the crosswalk and the person driving that ford expedition, michael oavery as identified by a source, he is still in the hospital we are hearing with life-threatening injuries but we are continuing to get an update on that. so a lot here to digest that we've learned within the last couple of hours but domestic terrorism is a question. something that is being vest gatds in this incident and as we talked about, audi, you know, authorities on the lookout for these incidents, have been keeping a head on a swivel because of this heightened threat environment now. this is an example how the fbi gets involved very quickly with the investigation and we will continue to look for more answer, but two people killed.

the israeli supreme court narrowly striking down benjamin netanyahu's overall han. and a missing student in utah found alive in the mountains after he was reportedly cyber kidnapped. more details on what that means aheaead. new morning the lea

south korea's main opposition party in the hospital after he was stab inside the neck during a branz atime attack. he was walking through a crowd of journalist. a man suddenly strikes him in the left side of his neck.

you can see it there, collapsing to the ground, eyes closed, looking pale. doctors say the wound is not life-threatening. the midst of a war against hamas, israel facing a constitutional crisis after a ruling by the nation's high court. yesterday the israeli supreme court narrowly struck down part of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's controversial judicial overhaul plan. the long question had placed severe limitations on the supreme court's oversight of the government. the law passed last summer after months of massive protests netanyahu smoke to cnn's wolf blitzer in july about this exact scenario. >> if the court does strike this down, will you abide by that ruling? >> it's a potential situation where in american terms the united states supreme court would take a constitutional amendment and say that it's unconstitutional. that's the kind of -- the kind

of spiral that you're talking about and i hope we don't get to that. >> joining us is the senior advisor to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and former israeli ambassador to the united kingdom. i want to start with what we just heard. netanyahu saying that he hoped it wouldn't come to this. now that you are here, does he plan to respond to this and abide by this ruling? >> so, so far, we haven't had a public comment from the prime minister. i think he is waiting for the right time to comment about this decision. as you said, it was eight justices against seven. it was a narrow decision and it reflects -- i think there is a debate in israeli society about this issue. i can tell you what there is no debate about, that this issue needs to be put aside and we have to focus on winning this war against hamas because the debate about judicial reform is a divisive factor and this is not a time for divisive

political issues. this is a time to focus on what needs to be done, dealing with this existential threat to israel. hamas. we have to end this terror enslave on our southern border. >> you know a member of netanyahu's party, the former diplomacy minister issued an apology over her role in the bill. she connects it to the october 7th attacks. she says, quote, i was one of those people that caused the state to be weakened, that harmed people, i created a pilot, i created a rift and i created tension and this tension brought weakness and this weakness in many ways brought massacre. can you talk about this apology and whether you think it is time for this administration to start addressing these concerns? >> so it's clear that during the very, very forceful vibrant

polemics, things were said that better would not have been said. i think the debate was at times overly passionate. one of the things i think we learned on october 7th is when hamas stormed the border and started massacring our people, they didn't ask what is our position on judicial reform f we like or don't like the prime minister, if we were left of center or right of center. they killed everyone randomly. and today fighting in gaza, in the same tank, you have people who like the prime minister and who don't like the prime minister. you have people who support judicial reform and people are opposed to judicial reform. but i think he october 7th showed us that we are facing external threats that really cast a shadow over any sort of internal debate over judicial reform. there will be a right time in the future once the war is over to discuss the ins and outs of judicial reform. at the moment crucial we focus

on winning this war against hamas. >> do you think netanyahu has the public support he needs to pursue the conflict to the end? meaning there have been concerns, protests about his focus on the hostages. there is this judicial issue which people see as part of the existential conversation about government checks and bams and policy in israel and policy is that is affecting gaza. so do you think that support will continue so that he can, as you said, finish this war? >> so, it's exactly very interesting because the goals that netanyahu has articulated. the destruction of hamas' military machine, end of rule in gaza, bringing all the hostages home, those goals are supported widely in israel across the political spectrum from the left through to the right. on these issues, there is a strong national consensus in israel. in fact, the government since october 7th has been expanded.

one of the major center parties that was previously in opposition moved into the government because they wanted a broader coalition that was needed to fight this war. >> but that doesn't mean they haven't been without criticism, correct? and certainly the hostages families' have become a potent political force in israel because it's not the goal, it's the path to it and whether they think netanyahu is accomplishing that. >> 100%. and israel we are a free country and people speak their minds. when one talks about the hostage families of course we listen to them because we can only sort of start to understand the pain that they are going through. think about this for a moment. it's 80 plus days. their loved ones have been in gaza, held by hamas, and we all know that sort of brutality, horrific brutality hamas is capable of. added to that, the first group of hostages that are released after 50 some days in november, what we hear from them, i mean,

i heard that chief psychiatrist of the children's hospital treating the children that kbaj, there were 2-year-olds, 4-year-olds, 9-year-olds taken hostage by hamas, she talked about, this psychologist, they were forced to take psychiatric drugs, forced to watch their mothers being sexually abused by hamas terrorists, forced to watch video of the hamas massacre and of people being killed and behead and so forth. one has to have empathy and support the hostage families. they are going through living hell. >> to give an example of frustrations, there has been reporting that hasent israel a proposal on sunday. it was rejected. why? >> so, i mean, there is a lot of reporting that is, obviously, disinformation. and i know for a fact if there is a serious opportunity to release hostages, it will be taken. the government won't let it

stand is a -- go away. >> are there specific terms you are looking for in order to accept? >> i can't negotiate here with you on cnn. i apologize. but we did it in november. we can do it in january. one thing has to be clear. hamas isn't going to suddenly release hostages because they have become humanitarians. these are brutal, bloody, extreme terrorists. they will only release the hostages if they are under pressure. joe biden said, your president, hamas only understands pressure. and we are applying that pressure now. the israeli military campaign is applying pressure on hamas that very same pressure can expedite we believe the release of hostages. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. 17-year-old foreign exchange student found after he was the victim of what authorities describe as a cyber-kidnapped. the student was reported missing last week and found alone in a tent in utah. david culver is tracking this

story for us. what is cyber-kidnapped? >> reporter: yeah, phil, this is disturbing. scammers manipulate add and controlled this young exchange student more than a week threatening his family in china and convincing the 17-year-old to leave his host family in utah and camp out alone in what you are seeing there, in the snow and below-freezing temperatures. police in riverdale city, utah, found him sunday. he was cold, scared, alive. with him several cellphones. that's how police say the virtual captors manipulate added and controlled him likely from thousands of miles away. they call this cyber-kidnapped. they warn that the scammers are targeting foreign exchange students, threatening him and his loved ones in china. here is what the police say, that the scammers tell the victims to isolate themselves and they monitor them through facetime calls and/or skype. they convince the victim to take photos of themselves that make

it appear they are being held captive and send the photos this to their parents. in china his parents terrified, they can't reach their son, reportedly receiving ransom letters and call police in utah to report their son missing not after transferring $80,000 in chinese bank accounts. >> how unusual is this? >> yeah, i mean, this is what is interesting across china. police there are warning international students that the scammers are impersonating officials. we have seen this in shanghai a. they are claiming they are under investigation. that scares them to want to comply. there have been similar cases across the u.s. in recent years. the fbi is warning that scammers are becoming more and more con since. all of this thanks to technology. a.i. allowing some to impersonate the voices of loved

ones. as for the man, they found him sunday, they say he wanted two things. talk to his mom and dad in china, make sure they are okay, and he asked if he could have a warm cheeseburger. he got both of those. but, yeah, terrifying to think that the scammers took advantage of the family in different countries, different time zones and coercing them into handing over so much money. >> the critical question ringing through my head, this is wild. david culver, thank you. >> thanks, guys. now ron desantis and nikki haley take questions directly from iowa voters in back-to-back events. cnn republican presidential town hall moderated by kaitlan collins and erin burnett thursday night starting at 9:00 eastern. the migrant surge at the border breaking record numbers to end 2023. congressman tony gonzalez joins us next to discuss.

. the weekend several buses transporting migrants to new york city stopped at new jersey

train sayings ises instead of going to new york city following a new order by eric adams to provide dropoff time and locations at least 32 hours in advance. this week house speaker mike johnson will be descending on eagle pass, texas, as mayors across the country plead for action on the border crisis. december saw the largest migrant surge at the southern border in more than two decades. preliminary data from the homeland security department shows border authorities ep countered more than 225,000 migrants in one month. this guest represents a portion of the border and his district, republican congressman from texas tony gonzalez represents the state's 23rd district which includes eagle pass. i appreciate your time this morning. what do you want the speaker and your colleagues that are coming to visit to take away from that visit as negotiations are ongoing for a bipartisan immigration deal? >> good morning. thank you for having me. today i will host speaker

johnson and i'm expecting at least 60 of my republican colleagues in a two-day border trip which starts today in san antonio where we will hear from border patrol's number two in charge and give us kind of an update on what's happening in the del rio sector and also along the border. tomorrow we go to eagle pass, meet with sheriffs, meet with judges, meet with ranchers, commissioners, kind of on the ground folks seeing it every day. mayors as well will visit a couple of border patrol facilities, meet with dps. the goal is for house republicans to be focused on solutions for the border as we get into the '24 year and we start to get -- tackle some of these legislative priorities. >> house republicans have and have passed their border legislation. you need 60 votes in the united states senate where democrats control the majority.

do you believe members of your conference are willing to negotiate for less than r 2 for something that gets those votes snrlts i won't speak for my colleagues. having 42% of the southern border, over 800 miles, i spoke yesterday with a republican senator. i spoke the day before with a democratic senator. i'm literally working every single day to come up with real tangible solutions. i think if the senate can get to 60 in a meaningful way, that would send a powerful message that the house couldn't just set aside. but to be clear, there has to be meaningful border solutions. it didn't be window dressing. so i think there is an opportunity to get something passed. and i think that the american public demand it. you are seeing the fentanyl crisis. you are seeing the crisis not only in new york city and chicago and other places. it is starting to spread and you wait until this year. it is going to go to other cities as well. >> would you seek or have you

gotten a commitment from speaker mike johnson if the senate pass as bill with real tangible solutions that gets republican and democratic support he will put it on the floor? >> i speak with speaker johnson literally weekly on this topic. it was the first conversation we had when he was running for speaker and him showing up to the border, the very beginning, the very first trip that he takes is very important. i think that shows that house republicans are committed to a border package that makes sense. i'd like to see my democratic colleagues show that level of support. we are a ways from getting to a framework and we are a ways to getting to more specifics on it, and the devil is always in the details. >> yeah, particularly on this issue, which is, i think, befuddled both parties for the better part of several decades. to that point, we heard the white house press secretary last hour say that there had been

productive conversations. she thought something could get done when lawmakers get back to washington. you have spoken to a democratic senator, republican senator. do you agree there have been productive conversations? >> i am just always cautious because, you know, immigration and border security is such a lightning rod, a political lori lightfoot rod. it's lucrative for both parties to throw kind of -- point fingers at one another and blame each other. i feel this is different. i feel america is starting to be impacted far more than just communities like mine on the border. it's everywhere. and until something changes, you are going to see more of the same. so i do think there is an opportunity. i think you do have a legitimate actors that want to solve this. there are going to be a whole lot of people in washington as usual that want nothing, you know. i call them do nothings. you have to get them out of the way in order to tackle the problem. >> the justice department is

starting to sue texas governor greg abbott over the immigration law, which gives local law enforcement the power it arrest migrants. looking towards tangible legislative solutions, not the bath and forth between doj and the state of texas but the question i have, your district i believe is roughly 70% hispanic. are you concerned about what advocates have said that this could lead to profiling, that police could wrongfully go after people in the district because of how it's structured, because of lack of training? >> we are in this really tough spot where people are tired and they are done with the chaos. they just want to get back to normal. and so you have got that element that you're dealing with. then you got the element of people just want change. we want real solutions and so, you know, when the governor says i am going to d x, y or z, people are welcome to it. there is no other option. you are not hearing things from the federal government. i have been pushing for the federal government to deport

people here illegally. i have also been pushing for legal immigration and increasing immigration judges and getting the cases heard. these are tangible solutions that i think, you know, enough of the finger-pointing. i'd like to see more real solution. if you are having the local government enforce federal law, it's a bad idea. >> do you think it will withstand constitutional scrutiny in the courts? >> i mean, who knows today? i mean, everything is turned upside down. seems like every week there is another supreme court case that we are looking to see how they are going to go. i don't know. i don't know how it's going to turn out. but i try not look at that. i have got my hands full in washington trying to corral all of the stray cats to get in line with border security package >> congressman, very busy week, a couple months of trying to corral the cats. appreciate your time.

the college football national championship is set is. washington vs. michigan. big blue vs. purple rainin, we' break downwn the big g game, ne.

we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of japan. a commercial airliner collided with a coast guard plane. you see on the right of the screen a press conference from japan airlines that is underway. we'll keep you posted on any new details or news we learn out of that. on the left is the pictures we have been looking at throughout the course of the morning. the commercial airliner completely engulfed in flames. no one was killed that was on the airliner. five individuals were killed on the coast gashd flight. the captain is still in the hospital. we'll keep you posted. for the first time since 199, the michigan wolverines are headed to the national championship. >> three michigan tight ends, they hand it off, first down. scores! it puts michigan on top in overtime. >> michigan's star running back with a touchdown in overtime to punch his team's ticket to the

big game. the top seeded wolverines defense stopping alabama on a critical fourth down play to secure a 27-20 comeback win over the criminson tide in the 110th rose bowl. >> the team up north, will square off. they beat texas in the sugar bowl. 400 yards, 3 touchdowns, it was an insane performance. joining us now to talk about it is host of the show, cary champion. let's start with why this is a difficult morpg for me. >> she also has to be awake. had when s.c. was dominant, is that what this feels like for me? the pap you had had to feel watching it. >> i said this has to be awful.

however, this is something, and forgive me for saying this, i was so prized michigan was able to pull this off. i i feel like i can get it right. i did not pick either one of these teams to move on. i thought it was going to be texas and alabama. so what that says is this. for michigan, after all they have been through, i'll call that team in terms of story line the accused. harbaugh served three-game suspension for being vinvolved n sign-steal ing allegations. his entire team and they still went undefeated. they came here and were the underdogs. everyone assumed alabama would win. and they showed up in such a big way. their defense was other worldly. ask then you have on the other side, as we talked about, washington and texas. everyone assumed coach, who had another story, if you will, in terms of the fair ri tale dream in coming back to win it all. everyone thought they would win

in texas because they had had done so well and beat alabama. and here for washington, arguably one of the biggest, brightest stars in college football, and they were so determined to win because they have been underrated, not talked about as much all season long. so we have a national championship where we have the accused playing the underrated. i think this is going to be great. i am so surprised, as i know you are, and my condolences is michigan is in the biggest game of their lives. >> it's the worst. >> permit me to nerd out for a second. this is a season is happening after the name, image, and likeness policy is change. it means being a big star as a college athlete is something you can monetize. how is this play ing out for these teams? >> that's a really great question. i talk about it a lot because it's changing the face of the college sport. we are noticing that these

players, especially if they are really, really wanted and coveted, they can make millions of dollars in maim, image and likeness. i have always thought these players needed to be played. i felt the ncaa was always m making so much money off of these athletes. however, it's becoming more and more like a business. what we're going to see, and i'll just take a moment to talk about fsu, that was a horrible showing. kids are like there's no need to play. i'm going on to the nfl. i'll transfer and get more money else the where. we're seeing the business side. it's the wild, wild west right now. they need to really structure it. that's what's happening with these college players. >> i i am the desperate to do a ten-hour series on this story. we have to ask. who are you picking to win? and is it u www.?

>>. >> let me talk for a second. i don't know if i can come back on the show if i pick michigan. so i'm going to tell you. i do believe that michigan has been through so much. unfortunately -- >> they are not victims. >> i will say this. they don't -- they really don't care. the goal and the message has always been win all win now. they believe it. but if i had to lean a certain way, i'm going to go with washington. michael is unbelievable. and i feel their defense showed up in a huge way. i think it's going to be washington. there you go. >> i love it. you're allowed back. appreciate it. ank you all for joining us. "cnn news central" starts right now.