hours later, california's secretary of state said that trump will be on that state's primary ballot. this powerful wave in ventura county, california, sent eight people to the hospital on thursday. coastal flood and high surf warnings are in place across the state through the weekend. and the detroit pistons lost their 28th game in a row last night, tying the nba record for longest losing streak. they'll try to avoid breaking it tomorrow night when they host the raptors. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. it's friday, december 29th. in is the "cbs morning news." ballot blocked. another state removes donald trump from its presidential primary ballot. how the former president is responding. dangerous surf. huge waves batter the california

coast sending people running for safety. and forecasters say the worst is yet to come. and lives lost. paying tribute to the notable people who died this year. good morning. good to be with you. i'm carissa lawson in for anne-marie green. we start with big developments in the presidential race. maine is now the second state to remove former president trump from its primary ballot citing the 14th amendment's clause against insurrectionists holding office. meanwhile, his gop rival nikki haley is walking back her controversial comments about the civil war. jarred hill joins us from new york with the fallout. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, a big question here is will any of this matter to the first batch of gop primary voters. the crucial iowa caucuses are now less than three weeks away. this morning the trump campaign is vowing to challenge the decision by maine's secretary of state to remove the former

president from that state's primary ballot. >> i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access, and i'm also mindful that no presidential candidate has ever engaged in insurrection under section 3 of the 14th amendment. >> reporter: the trump campaign slammed the official as a hyper partisan biden supporting democrat accusing her of interfering in the election. last week colorado's supreme court also removed former trump in their ballot citing section 3 of the 14th amendment which disqualifies a person who's engaged in insurrection from holding office. both states have put their decisions on hold pending appeal. overnight another state making a call on trump. california's secretary of state declined demands to remove the former president from that state's primary ballot. >> we really need a decision from the united states supreme court to determine whether or not donald trump is qualified to run for and hold the presidency. >> reporter: one of trump's top gop rivals, his form u.n.

ambassador nikki haley, is trying to clear up remarks she made wednesday not listing slavery when responding to an audience question in new hampshire on what caused the civil war. >> it's a given that it's about slavery. to me it was about freedom. >> reporter: the controversy as the former south carolina governor was rising in the polls just weeks before the first primary voters cast their ballots. it's worth pointing out that while nikki haley has picked up supporters and big-dollar donors since her performances in the debates, former president trump is still polling more than 30 points above her and ron desantis in iowa. haley's closing the gap in new hampshire but still, we're talking about a 20-point difference behind president trump. >> jarred hill in new york. thanks. security is a top concern in cities across the country as they prepare to ring in the new year especially in new york city. one million revelers are expected to fill times square to watch the annual ball drop. a high number of police officers will brace for the possibility

that protesters will crash the party while keeping an eye out for lone actors. there have been nearly 500 protests in the city since the israel-hamas war began. extreme weather wreaking havoc on the california coast. take a look at just how quickly conditions turned dangerous on this beach in the city of ventura. fire officials say this monster wave sent eight people to the hospital. similar scenes played out along the coast as waves up to 40-feet high pounded the shoreline causing flooding and prompting evacuation orders in several areas. the same storm will bring rain and snow to california beginning today. rain will spread from north to south during this afternoon and evening, becoming widespread along the california coast. the storm will then progress inland, dumping up to a foot of snow over the sierra through saturday leaving a dry forecast, though, for new year's eve. overseas now, to the war in gaza. the u.s. military says it shot

down another drone and missile over the red sea fired by iranian-backed houthi rebels in yemen. this as the u.s. imposed sanctions on a group of money exchange services in yemen and turkey that allegedly helped provide the group funding. the israeli military says it regrets killing dozens of civilians during a christmas eve air strike on a refugee camp saying fighter jets struck two additional buildings near the intended target where hamas militants were operating. and mia schem, one of the freed hostages, is speaking publicly for the first time on a tv interview saying her 54 days in captivity was like going through a holocaust. cbs' ian lee reports from tel aviv on news about another hostage that was confirmed dead. >> reporter: judy weinstein haggai was the last of the israeli american women believed to be held by hamas. the 70-year-old english teacher lived in nir oz next to the gaza

border. she was last seen going for a walk with her husband the morning of the october 7th attack. the kibbutz says she was one of the victims murdered by hamas along with her husband. for weeks judy's son believed hamas held his mother hostage. >> my mom was -- is -- my mom is the most gentle human being i know. >> reporter: today's announcement comes as israelis demand their government secure the release of the remaining 129 hostages. their message is pretty simple -- they want all the hostages returned home by any means necessary. avi luppo and roni luppo live in kfar aza, one of the kibitzes attacked in october. as time goes by do you wary some hostages won't come home? >> the time is running out. the situation is very

complicated. we know all that, and still we -- we demand. >> reporter: the war is now in its 83rd day. israel defense forces fighting in khan younis say they discovered a tunnel shaft inside a mosque. while israeli air strikes continue to pummel gaza's south. in rafah, rescuers discovered a child trapped under the rubble. they digged frantically to pull the toddler out. she's alive and quickly taken to a hospital. the fighting is also intensifying on israel's northern border with lebanon. israel intercepted a hezbollah drone before retaliating with punishing air strikes. the idf published its final results from the probe into the mistaken killing of three hostages who tried to surrender to troops while waving a white flag and shirtless saying "we failed in our mission." ian lee, cbs news, tel aviv. battles here at home raging

over the migrant crisis. the feds are sending a warning to texas governor greg abbott over his new state law that allows the arrest and deportation of migrants who enter texas illegally. and in new york city, mayor eric adams is trying to set limits on the bussing of migrants north. cbs' astrid martinez explains. >> reporter: buses are still rolling into new york city hours after u.s. officials met with mexico's president promising to work together to limit record migration. leslie hernandez and her family are from colombia and arrived to new york city by bus. she told cbs news, "we do what we can, and we have to make sacrifices for a better future." yesterday, new york city mayor eric adams signed a new executive order to hold charter bus companies accountable. >> we cannot allow buses with people needing our help to arrive without warning at any hour of day and night. >> reporter: the order requires bus companies give a 32-hour

notice before coming, dropping migrants at designated locations and times and impounding and fines. some say the executive order is causing chaos among advocacy groups. >> we're tasked with people asking us for services. i call this fabricated chaos. >> reporter: new york city saw nearly 15,000 new arrivals this month. but it's not alone. close to 2,000 in chicago and 5,000 in denver. >> we have to look at dramatically reducing the amount of services we offer or dramatically cutting city budgets. >> reporter: the biden administration says it has provided more than $1 billion in grant funding for cities and towns hosting recently arrived migrants. >> i think the u.s. is pitching that this is a regional problem, not just a united states problem. we need to work together on this, and that there are investments we're prepared to make. >> reporter: tonight cbs news has learned that migrant crossings reached a record high in december. custody took into more than

225,000 migrants in the first 27 days of december. astrid martinez, cbs news, new york. coming up, a new clue. a newly released video that could lead police to the killer of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend. and treacherous touchdown. what happened when a plane tried to land during a wicked storm. to land during a wicked storm.

it was a bumpy and frightening landing for passengers on board an american airlines plane at heathrow wednesday. the flight encountered strong crosswinds as the pilot tried to land. it did eventually stop safely. the house where four college students were murdered gets torn down, and a new clue in the killings of a pregnant teen and her boyfriend. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "cbs austin" reports san antonio

police released surveillance video of two persons of interest in the murders of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend. it shows a man getting out of a pickup truck and interacting with a second person exiting the car belonging to savanah soto and the father of her unborn baby, matthew guerra. police believe the couple was killed somewhere else and then taken to the location where they were found. "people" says gypsy rose blanchard, the missouri woman who persuaded her boyfriend to kill her abusive mother, was ready to get out of prison. blanchard was released yesterday after serving nearly eight years of her ten-year sentence. she testified that her mother beat her and forced her to pretend that she had cancer and other illnesses for years. her former boyfriend is serving a life sentence. and the "idaho statesman" says the off-campus house where four university of idaho students were killed was torn down. the students were found stabbed to death last year. bryan kohberger is awaiting trial on murder charges.

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well, hello, thank you for joining us this morning. it is friday, december 29th. >> so let's get started. >> this is just going to set us back a little bit and you know, it just -- mother nature, you can't play with mother nature. >> waking up this morning with a lot of clean-up after intense waves on our coast. but mother nature isn't done. more rain is on the way on this first alert weather day. ♪ a rapper finds himself in the hot