hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster joining you live from london. just ahead -- >> former president trump asking the nation's highest court to keep him on the ballot in colorado. >> we need the high court to weigh in and give clarity to all 50 states. >> allegations regarding him and his relationship to epstein surfaced almost two decades ago. obviously that statement that he is referencing underage girls, that would be incredibly troubling. >> what we see here is absolute mayhem. this is not a republican or democrat issue. it affects every american and every citizen along here. live from london, this is

"cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is thursday, january 4, 9:00 a.m. in london, 2:00 a.m. in colorado where donald trump is fighting to stay on the ballot asking the u.s. supreme court to overturn colorado's ruling disqualifying him in the state's republican primary. >> and election officials have come to different conclusions on the former president's eligibility to run again with colorado and maine removing will him from the ballot after legal challenges accusing him of ininciting thehe j january 6 c ririot. >> the u.s. supreme e court is fafacing mountnting pressurere decide once and for all whether trump can be disqualified from holding public office. paula reid has the details. >> reporter: so the way the trump team has framed this, they are asking the supreme court to return to voters the ability to choose the candidate they want. they argue that the colorado supreme court's decision to remove trump from the ballot was

the first time in this country's history that the judiciary has prevented voters from selecting a party's primary candidate. then they go on to advocate for their interpretation of the constitution, specifically section 3 of the 14th amendment, that is the part that has been litigated now across multiple states and it says if you engage in an insurrection, you cannot hold a future office. they insist that it doesn't apply to presidents because it doesn't explicitly say that it does. they argue to the high court that if you believe that this applies to presidents, you have to believe that the drafters decided to bury the most visible and prominent national office in a catch-all term, they insist that this reading defies common sense and is not correct. this divided the courts even in colorado. so this is a question right for the supreme court. and they argue that the mechanism for determining eligibility, that it congress not the states and taattacked t

secretary of state antony bli blinken -- colorado of colorado to assess the candidates s fully i qualifications. and so now 234increasing the pressure on the high court. >> trump's attorneys say that the ban is not relevant because only officer is mentioned and they say that doesn't apply to the president. elliott william takes a look at how the clause could impaction the 2024 election.impaction the 2024 election. >> sort of preposterous saying that the president is not an officer of the united states is ludicrous. however read the language. and it is quite clear that they say frankly there is another provision in the constitution that says the president comma vice president comma and officers of the united states suggesting that the term officer of the united states does not

intend to apply to the president. again, it is one of the many areas of the law in which our understanding of what terms mean and what the framers ps put on paper are completely different. this is why we have a supreme court, it exists for the purpose of sorting out these complicated legal questions. frankly precipitated by the mess that the framers left us. in their wisdom, there are ambiguities and they have to be sorted out and this is precisely one of them. bill clinton, donald trump and prince andrew are among the names appearing in newly unsealed documents in the jeffrey epstein case. he is of course the multimillionaire accused of sex trafficking before the suicide in prison. >> most of the information has already been made public. and important to note inclusion of someone's name is not be a indication of wrongdoing. more from shimon prokupecz. >> reporter: the documents released by the court stem from

a lawsuit brought back in 2015 against ghislaine maxwell who is the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein, a civil lawsuit for defamation. eventually they settled the case. but finally after years, the documents have been released. and some specific and pretty important information coming from depositions that were taken by the lawyers from an associate of jeffrey epstein, a woman who used to work for him, where she says that jeffrey epstein told her that former president bill clinton liked them young, referring to girls isshe says, d they had a conversation about the former president. the former president has denied any wrongdoing. there are no accusations in the court filings of any kind of wrongdoing. or any kind of criminal activity on the part of the former president. a spokesperson for the former president said that along as he did in 2019 that he denies doing

anything wrong. he does admit to being on jeffrey epstein's plane, but he says that it has been nearly 20 years since the former president had any contact with epstein and of course that clinton has not been accused of any crimes or wrongdoing related to epstein. and also in that same deposition from the former employee, we learn that -- she says according to her deposition that jeffrey epstein, they were on a plane together on one of epstein's planes heading to new york city and they couldn't land in new york, so they had to go to atlantic city. and she says while on that plane, jeffrey epstein told her that we'll call trump and we'll go to atlantic city. and she says they wound up going to a casino. she doesn't remember what that casino was. and again the significance of this is that we're seeing, you know, two former presidents' names here being mentioned. the names being mentioned are not necessarily new.

certainly something that we expected. and then now, you know, in the coming days, we do expect to see more documents as the court and attorneys work through more of the filings and plan to release more information in the coming days. >> shimon prokupecz reporting there. donald trump also we should note is not accused of wrongdoing. >> cnn spoke earlier with areva martin and she plainedexplained the documents could mean for bill clinton, donald trump and others. >> important to note that bill clinton was in fair of the release of the documents, allegations regarding him and jeffrey epstein surfaced almost two decades ago. so nothing really new about clinton other than the comment in the deposition where he likes them young or something to that effect.

and if true, could be a very troubling statement if he is making reference to young girls. obviously that statement if he is referencing underage girls, that would be incredibly troubling. but i think that it is important to note that donald trump is also mentioned in these documents and unlike bill clinton, donald trump is running for president. yes, it is very clear that he had a relationship with epstein. there is also something in the documents that said that one of the victims would stop with epstein at one of the trump's casinos in atlantic city. so there are mentions of two former presidents it is important to note in these documents. more dead ly fighting in gaza. we're told the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza was the site of a substantial explosion with a number of civilian

casualties. gaza health ministry says that the palestinian death toll since the october 7 terror attacks now exceeds 22,300. >> meanwhile a key water line in central gaza that has been out of service for days has been repaired and many neighborhoods once again have access to clean water according to a local municipality. >> sources tell cnn that hamas issued an ultimatum, permanent cease fire for release of all hostages. israel rejected it. >> and sources familiar with the taunk talks say there has been little progress of late. hamas is still believed to be holding more than 100 hostages in gaza and rallies continue to be held in israel demanding their safe return. in saudi arabia the netherlands joining the u.s. in condemning remarks by two far right members of israeli prime minister netanyahu's government. >> both national security

minister and also the israeli finance minister in recent days publicly pushed the idea of making palestinians leave gaza, saying israelis could then, quote, make the decesert bloom. >> the u.s. state department has called the comments about resettling palestinians inflammatory and irresponsible and white house national security council spokesperson added this -- >> that statement does speak for the united states government and for this administration in terms of our complete refusal and rebuke of any forced displacement outside of gaza of any palestinians. we have made that clear to our counterparts in private sessions and certainly publicly. and that won't change. >> there has been some pushback over the rebuke, saying on social media very appreciate tip of the united states of america but with all due respect, we're not just another star in the american flag.

>> elliott gotkine is following this live from tel aviv. we're obviously talking about statements made by two politicians. how widespread is that sentiment perhaps more privately among israeli politicians or the country at large? tell us more about the global reaction to all of this. >> reporter: it is important to understand these are the two extremist in the government and they don't make policy. even before israel removed its settlement, moved all of its security personnel out of gaza strip, so with no presence on the ground, they were against that disengagement from the gaza strip and even before october 7 and those hamas terrorist attack, they have been advocating for israel to resettle the gaza strip. so their comments are nothing new. it is also important to note that they are advocating for voluntary immigration rather than forced. and finally the most important

point is they don't make policy and even if it were israeli government policy, all opinion polls suggest that were elections held tomorrow, this government would be out on its ear. that said as you say, there has been condemnation from saudi arabia, from the european union, from the united states as well. and while there are people, you hear this from, you know, people in -- whether tel aviv or outside of tel aviv inside of israel remarking as one of the freed hostages did that there are no good palestinians in the gaza strip, and there are certainly concerns as to what happens the day after this war ends. i don't think that there is widespread support for, you know, forcing -- certainly not forcing palestinians to leave the gaza strip and understanding that something needs to happen after this war to ensure that hamas cannot again repeat those attacks of october 7 as it has vowed do. and to ensure that israelis

living around the gaza strip and beyond can live in security. there is not really anything on the table right now that would square those two seemingly opposing objectives, but as i say, important to bear in mind that those comments by those two ministers are not government policy and indeed the u.s. state department spokesman has said that he has been repeatedly assured by the israeli government that this is not government policy. >> some sounds that seem to be positive for the families of hostages as well, possibly getting back to negotiations to getting them out. >> reporter: that certainly was the hope as we moved into 2024. prime minister netanyahu just a couple days ago meeting again with families of those hostages, more than 100 believed to be alive held in captivity. there was hope that negotiations were happening. netanyahu suggested that talks were beginning to happen.

and i suppose one of the proposals that we understood was on the table was that hamas, israelis had been told by gqata mediator, in principal agreed to resume talks on the basis of something like 40 of those 100 hostages being released in exchange for releases of palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails and ceasefire of up to a month in length. but there is nothing solid on the table that we are aware of. and streets unclear as to whether the presumed assassination of one of the founding members of hamas' military wing, saleh al-arouri in southern beirut, will impact those talks. but as i say, certainly the families of those hostages still being held in captivity in the gaza strip are hopeful and certainly putting pressure on the government to do some kind of deal. that would lead to another kind of truce and those remaining hostages freed. but as i say, nothing solid on the table yet. and unclear if and when a truce

and an exchange of hostages for palestinian prisoners will take place. >> elliott, thank you so much. and if you would like to know how to help humanitarian relief efforts for gaza and israel, please do go to cnn.com/impact. there you will find a list of vetted organizations providing assistance. southern england having more rain. >> breaking news. england has more rain. forecasters say it will not nearly be as severe as storm hank that brought out strong winds that knocked out power and interrupted train service. there is now a new severe weather warning for heavy rain in the next few hours. forecasters expect up to 50 millimeters or about 2 inches of new rain across southern england which could cause more flooding and travel disruption. looking forward to going home. storm hank also caused

trouble in northern france this which is dealing with flooding. tuesday rescue crews scrambled to evacuate people from inundated homes. severe weather also affecting belgium and scandinavia. >> and the storms in france are expected to move into northern germany in the coming day. emergency crews are setting up a temporary dam made of large containers filled with water before more heavy rain moves in. iran warns of a harsh response after twin blasts killed dozens of people. we'll have the latest developments for you ahead. plus investigators in japan have plenty of new evidence to work with in the deadly plane collision on a runway in tokyo. and fighting for the number two spot, strategies of the republican presidential hopefuls as any try to close the gap on donald trump.

iran now marking a day of public mourning and threatening retaliation for a pair of deadly explosions.

>> iranian state media has revised the number of those killed to 84 with more than 280 injured in wednesday's twin blasts near the gravesite of the late iranian military commander soleimani. crowds are gathered to honor the general who was killed four years ago. >> so far no claim of responsibility. the u.s. says it was not involved and has no reason to believe that israel was either. but iran's presidentnt p put t blamame squarerely on israel wag the country willll pay a heaeav pricice. >> thehe blast is just a dayay r a senioror hamas leader was kild in an n attack in beirutut agag fueling g fears thatat t the la viviolence could lead d to wire regional war. a concern lebanon's foreign minister addressed in an interview with cnn. >> we don't want an escalation in the war. we don't want what is happening in the south to be spread over lebanon. we don't like a regional war

because it is dangerous to everybody. dangerous to lebanon, dangerous to israel, and to the scountrie surrounding israel. >> paula hancocks is following develops from abu dhabi and is joining us live. a lot of different things happening right now. and there is a concern that it does suggest a wider conflict. but how are you reading it? >> reporter: well, max, this couldn't have come at a worse time. there is already very high tensions across the region. and there are concerns that this could just add to concerns, that it spreads even wired. when it comes to the deadly twin blasts in iran, no one has claimed responsibility yet. we have heard though from the iranian side from the iranian president specifically that he blames israel. listen to what he said.

>> translator: i warn the zionist regime, don't doubt it, you will pay the price for this crime. this crimes that have been committed, you will deeply regret. >> no comment from israel. we've heard from the u.s. state department saying that the u.s. was not involved. there is no reason to believe that israel was involved. and cnn has also heard from another u.s. official saying that they believe that this has all the hallmarks of an isis kind of attack believing that they or a similar group could be responsible. something we've heard from analysts as well. but iranian officials are saying that there will be a heavy price for this. now, what we know of what exactly happened, it all started at about 3:00 in the afternoon when many were going to commemorate the four year anniversary of the death of sole m

qassem soleimani. it is believed that it was put inside a suitcase, a bomb planted there, and then put in a car and appeared to be detonated remotely. and then the second we are being told the far more deadly blast happened just 20 minutes later, that of course was when those responsible knew that many would be in that area, that happened about a kilometer away from the grave. that is when many were going into try to help those that had been injured in the first blast. now, it has been widely condemned across the region including by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, many saying that it simply should be condemned. but of course the question is who was responsible and what the motive was? that is a question that is going to be asked. but it does come at a time of heightened tensions. as you say, just a day after a hamas leader was assassinated in

southern beirut. and just several days after another member of the iranian military was killed on christmas day as well. so certainly tensions heightened even more. >> paula, thank you. the fight over immigration boiling over in the u.s. congress. house speaker pushes a hard line bill during a visit to the southern border, but does it have a chance in the senate. and plus a new world darts champion, but everyone seems more interested in the runner up. we'll tell you more about the 16-year-old taking the sport by storm.

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and there's no catch. it's fre. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm beeianca nobilo. >> and i'm max foster. let me bring you up-to-date with the top stories. donald trump is asking the u.s. supreme court to overturn the colorado ruling that removed him from the state's 2024 primary ballot, in part his attorney says that the constitution's so-called insurrectionist ban does not apply to the presidency. former u.s. president bill clinton and donald trump and along with prince andrew are among the names appearing in newly unsealed documents in the jeffrey epstein defamation case but neither clinton nor trump

have been accused of any wrongdoing related to the convicted sex offender. and prince andrew denied allegations made against him. u.s. house speaker mike johnson and dozens of house republicans visited texas' border to put pressure on the border policies. tens of thousands of migrants have been crossing into the united states. >> johnson is pushing for a hard line immigration bill called hr 2. it would renew construction of the wall and raise the bar on who is eligible for asylum in the u.s. >> but the white house and democratic leaders call it draconian and a nonstarter. the house speaker shared with cnn what he heard from local officials in texas. >> what the produces iposing is money to process and allow more illegals into the country. we need to do the opposite of it. listen to the deputy chief of the u.s. border patrol who was with us last night and he told us in his own words, he said it

is as if i'm at an open fire hydrant. i don't need more buckets, i need to turn the flow off. >> ed lavendera has the latest from eagle pass, texas. >> reporter: migrants cross the rio grande into the united states as speaker of the house mike johnson looks on. during the republican's tour of the southern border. to highlight a crisis he says the biden administration is doing nothing to fix. migrants have crossed into the united states by the thousands, more than 225,000 alone in december. the highest monthly surge recorded since the year 2000. >> america is at a breaking point with record levels of illegal immigration. and today we got a firsthand look at the damage and the chaos the border catastrophe is causing. >> we have a broken immigration system that is the one single fact about which everyone agrees. >> reporter: droves of migrants have come through this crossing in eagle pass, texas despite the

miles of razor wire, shipping karns a containers and other barriers. former state lawmaker says republicans' efforts to deter migration aren't working either. >> anyone that has ridden a train car 3,000 miles and robbed, beaten and raped to make it to that side right there, you think that this will stop them? and the answer as we know is a big no. >> reporter: the white house is increasingly facing pressure from both republicans and democratic mayors and governors on the need for real solutions to the immigration crisis. and the republican governor of texas keeps ramping up the pressure as well transporting tens of thousands of migrants unannounced to urban cities in blue states straining their resources. most migrants say they are just trying to escape hardships they left behind. like this man from ecuador who says his country is plagued by

violence and sx t extortion. and this man says he paid $15,000 to reach the border. >> it is estimated nearly 170 countries have people coming in in flowing across this border. >> reporter: and in washington, d.c., senate leaders arere workg towardrd a possible deal to chae current immigration law. including the possibility of expedited removals of migrants who kro cross illegally and tightening the rules. they say problem can't be solved with more money. >> these are policy choices that got us in this situation. and we're demanding the policies change. >> reporter: what you did not hear from house republicans in eagle pass is a willingness to negotiate on immigration reform, many saying that they are not necessarily willing to sign on to the senate border security bill compromise and that they are willing to shut down the government to get what they want in terms of border security.

ed lavendera, cnn, eagle pass. the biden administration is suing the state of texas over the state's controversial immigration law set to go into effect in march. the law gives local authorities the power to arrest and order deportation of migrants. >> but enforcement of immigration law is a federal responsibility. and the biden administration argues the new texas measure is unconstitutional. >> it is one of several controversial actions taken by governor abbott who has made it a practice to send asylum seekers to democratic led states and cities. >> new york city has received thousands of migrants sent from texas. we are on the cusp of the first nominating contest in the republican race for the white house. the iowa caucuses, which are now less than two weeks away. >> and december polling shows trump still has a commanding

lead over all his challengers. but refusing to take part in any debates. jeff zeleny picks up this story. >> reporter: time is running short in the race for second place. florida governor ron desantis -- >> what you are able to in iowa will reverberate all across the country. >> reporter: and nikki haley -- >> they don't see the momentum we have on the ground. we've got it in iowa, we've got it in new hampshire. >> reporter: not only locked in a birth fight for the republican nomination, fwout but for the ro confront donald trump head-on. their collision course has left trump in a frontrunner el's lanf his own. >> i think that he needs to go after trump and i don't see him doing it. >> reporter: garcia asked desantis why he had gone soft on trump, a question the governor took issue with. >> i've articulated all the differences time and time again on the campaign trail. >> reporter: when we caught up with garcia, he told us he wanted to see desantis fight

harder. >> he's going after nikki haley quite a bit in ads. >> that is fine, but nikki haley isn't the leader. donald trump is. so that is where it needs to be. >> reporter: 12 days before iowa opens the voting, trump holds a commanding lead yet emerged nearly unscathed at least in the onslaught of attack ads. and desantis and two allied groups spent $7.6 million targeting haley last year in iowa alone compared to less than 500,000 aimed at trump. for haley, they spent nearly $10 million targeting desantis and only $1.5 million at trump. a dizzying back and forth with allies of haley mocking desantis. >> you can't beat trump by trying to be trump. >> reporter: and belittling the management of his campaign. >> in a world of chaos the last thing america needs is another dumpster fire. >> reporter: supporters of desantis casting haley as a flip-flopper.

>> don't believe a thing nikki haley says. she doesn't. >> reporter: and falsely tying her to big name democrats. >> just like hillary clinton, nikki haley shouldn't be president. >> reporter: has trump been the beneficiary of this back and forth between haley and desantis? >> i think he's been the beneficiary at some point because obviously the former president has gone after governor desantis a lot, spent millions against him. he's called him names. and now the same thing with nikki haley as well. >> reporter: this christian leader endorsed sdaegaens desan said it is a delicate dance in how to confront the former president. >> you want the trump voter to come to you, so you can't alienate them. >> reporter: haley is closing strong raising $24 million in the final quarter of last year. more than double her previous quarter. >> i've decided we need a governor as a republican nominee. >> reporter: doug stout is still torn between desantis and haley. >> it is bad that it has

devolved in to something where they both seem to be fighting for second. but they are not fighting for second, they are fighting for president. >> reporter: haley entering the final stretch with a stronger financial footing than she expected possible. certainly reversion of fortunes between her and ron desantis who has led the fund raising throughout the course of last year. but for all of that, the race for second is still the undercard. jeff zeleny, cnn, des moines. >> stay with cnn tonight for back to back down halls live from des moines, iowa. ron desantis will go first followed by nikki haley. it all starts tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. a nevada man is due in court today after a violent outburst caught on video.

[ bleep ]. >> probation was denied on charges of attempted battery. >> the court says the judge in one of the marshals who came to her defense were injured. the 30-year-old defendant is now facing three additional counts of battery on a protected person. >> extraordinary. >> it really is staggering how he thought that would end up in a better situation. >> just ahead, runway lights reportedly out of service for two days before two planes collided in tokyo. the latest on the investigation next.

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search continues for survivors. officials say at least 79 people are still missing from ishikawa prefecture. >> bad weather, impassable roads and frequent aftershocks are making the search more difficult. extent of the damage is still unknown and officials feel time is running out to save any remaining survivors who would been trapped for three days now. investigators in japan have new clues about what may have caused the deadly collision at a tokyo airport. according to nhk, the pilots on the japan airlines passenger jet say they didn't see the smaller coast guard plane on the runway before the collision. >> and records show run way warning lights had been out of service for several days. brian todd reports. >> reporter: as investigators sift through the charred wreckage, new information on what may have caused this horrific deadly accident when a japan airlines passenger plane collided on the run way at

haneda airport with the coast guard plane. records show red warning lights embedded in the tarmac were broken at haneda airport for seven days leading up to the accident. and on the day of the accident. five crew members aboard the coast guard plane were killed, one injured. and another possible clue to the tragedy, japanese officials have just released a transcript covering over four minutes of communications between air traffic control and the two planes involved. just moments before the collision, the control tower says to the coast guard plane, referring to its tail number, quote, ja 722 a, tokyo tower, good evening, number one, taxi to holding point c 5. cnn's analysis indicates that that is likely a command to tax to a point short of the ra runw. but an l analysts say it is usu

more specific. >> if they were holding short, they should not have been on the on runway. >> reporter: according to the transcript the coast guard plane seems to acknowledge the command. the coast guard crew responding, quote, taxi to holding point c 5. ja 722 a number 1. thank you. we've also learned from japan airlines that the in-delight announcement system on the passenger plane malfunctioned during the evacuation. so the cabin crew used a megaphone and their own voices to direct people off the burning aircraft. everyone on board, nearly 400 people, survived. >> a lot of us were skeptical on these big wide bodied aircraft where it was practical to get a group that large out of an aircraft in that much time. and here we have a real life demonstration that it can be done. >> reporter: the passengers giving new accounts of their ordeal. >> translator: i heard an explosion about ten minutes after we all got o off the plan. we would h have e been in troubf we had left evenen a little lat.

>> reporter: passengers themselves receiving praise from safety experts. >> had the passengers for instance not followed instructions and tried to take overhead luggage with them or tried to, you know, pick up the stuff that they had left under their seats, people would have died. >> reporter: safety experts are also pointing to other factors which could have saved lives. factors of aircraft design. they say the airbus like other modern passenger planes now has less toxic, less flammable materials inside the cabin and they say the actual skin of many of these aircraft is now more fire resistant. brian todd, cnn, washington. marc stewart is joining us now. marc, often with tragic aircraft accidents, it is a confluence of circumstances that contribute to the disaster. is that the sense that you are getting from the evidence that is emerging? >> reporter: absolutely. when investigators sit down at the table, they will look at a

number of things. they will look at the transcripts that brian todd was talking about from air traffic control. they will also look at this runway light issue and see if the warnings there were sufficient. but a big piece of this pie, if you will, is going to be the black boxes of the different aircraft. so far the black box of the japan coast guard plane has been found, but the one from the japan airlines airbus a-350 still a has not been located. and the black box will tell us two things. one, it will tell us exactly what was said in the cockpit moments up to the impact, what was said from the moments and minutes really up to that moment of impact. it will also tell us things about how high each aircraft was flying and the different speeds. so that will be very critical. even though we have seen this horrible scene of wreckage and destruction, these black boxes are made to withstand the most

intense impact and flames. so that has been a priority today and will be in to the future until it is located. i should also point out that even though the scene seems to be pretty calm right now, there is an investigation taking place that has -- is having an impact on operations at the haneda airport which is the busiest airport in tokyo. so we're seeing some flight delays and cancellations. in addition, this is pretty extra ordinary, but japan airlines recognized that people may simply not want to fly at this time. they may feel very unsettled. so they are offering passengers the chance to cancel their flights or delay their flights until they feel more comfortable. but if there is one thing to look for in the days and hours ahead, it will be the locating, the location of the plaque box from that japan airlines airbus. >> mark stewart, thank you for joining us. coming up, how a kid from

oklahoma making history in the game.

there is a new world darts champion, and you missed it. >> i did. did you watch? >> i watched most of it and then i had to go to bed to do this show. but i think most of the uk were watching who don't normally. 28-year-old like humphries took the crown at the end of the tournament, but he is not the center of the attention. fans are more interested in the 16-year-old who stole the show taking second place after a sensational run up to the

championship. even humphries praised his young rival. >> honestly, in the back of my mind, i'm thinking get this one now because he's going to dominate world darts soon. he is an incredible player. when i was on the brink of winning there, he just showed relentless. and i was proud of the performance. got a bit tired in between a little bit. but he is an incredible talent and i had to win this one tonight. and he is going win i'm sure. >> it has been unbelievable. the one negative is i lost too many to break me, hold, and then two down. and so that is the only negative. couldn't hold my own throw. but every game has been good. so keep it going, that is what the crowd wanted. but luke deserves it. >> very magnanimous and sports manly exchange from both. luke littler was relatively unknown before the event but

recently won a youth darts championship. fans dub him luke the nuke. >> he has nuke written across his back. >> so it wouldn't help the winner since they both have the same first name. >> and the crowd was unbelievable. stories in the spotlight, they said it was not possible, but after 34 year, somebody has finally beaten tetras and it was a 13-year-old. >> oh, my god! >> so infectious when you see someone getting that excited. it took him 38 minutes to reach a level that no human has ever reached before. and to play the game until it glitched out and hit its kill screen. so far the only other player to beat the game was ai, which got to level 236 by manipulating the game parameters.

>> the beauty of being able to film yourself as well. if that wasn't filmed, we would never have known. >> worried about ai manipulating the game parameters. two new baby panda twins are making their debut at a zoo in south korea this is a far cuddlier. >> they are six months old and youngest members of the panda family at the zoo. >> and they will only be released to the public? released to the public? hope not. for a few hours every morning with their mother while they get used to the exposure. obviously in a pen. thanks for joining us here. pretty black and white, that story. >> hilarious. >> brilliant. >> so cute. i'm bianca nobilo. next to this skjokester over he, max foster, "early start" is up next. we'll see you tomorrow.

the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem.