South Korean opposition leader stabbed, attacker arrested as cameras record: The Morning Rundown, Jan. 2, 2024

THE LEADER OF SOUTH KOREA’S OPPOSITION PARTY IS STABBED BY AN ATTACKER DURING A PRESS EVENT

AND — A PLANE WITH NEARLY 400 PEOPLE ON BOARD CATCHES FIRE WHILE LANDING IN JAPAN.

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TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 2ND, 2024.

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I’M KARAH RUCKER.

THE LEADER OF SOUTH KOREA’S OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES TO RECOVER THIS MORNING AFTER BEING WOUNDED  IN A STABBING AS NEWS CAMERAS WERE RECORDING.

WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW VIDEO OF THE CHAOTIC SCENE – SO THIS WARNING — VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

LEE JAE-MYUNG (LEE JAY-MYOUNG) WAS STABBED IN THE NECK DURING A VISIT TO THE COUNTRY’S SOUTHERN CITY OF BUSAN (BOO-SOHN).

LEE WAS TOURING THE SITE OF A PROPOSED AIRPORT WHEN VIDEO SHOWS THE ASSAILANT WEARING A PAPER CROWN WITH LEE’S NAME ON IT APPROACH HIM.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT ASKED LEE FOR AN AUTOGRAPH AND THEN STABBED HIM IN THE NECK WITH A 7-INCH KNIFE.

VIDEO SHOWS THE 66-YEAR-OLD ATTACKER BEING TAKEN DOWN AND RESTRAINED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. HE WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SCENE SHOW LEE ON THE GROUND WITH PEOPLE PRESSING A HANDKERCHIEF AGAINST HIS NECK.

HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT.

HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE HE WILL SURVIVE THE INJURIES.

LEE NARROWLY LOST THE 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO YOON SUK YEOL (YOON SOAK YOLE). THE PRESIDENT CONDEMNED THE ATTACK IN A STATEMENT FROM HIS OFFICE – SAYING

“THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE MUST NEVER BE TOLERATED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.”

LEE IS CURRENTLY ON TRIAL FOR BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS.

HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING.

THE SUSPECT’S MOTIVES REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.

AT LEAST 48 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER A 7.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK JAPAN ON NEW YEAR’S DAY.

RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO REACH ISOLATED AREAS WHERE BUILDINGS WERE TOPPLED AND FIRES ARE BURNING — IN HOPES OF FINDING MORE SURVIVORS.

THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE ARE AROUND 120 CASES OF PEOPLE AWAITING RESCUE.

THE EARTHQUAKE LED TO TSUNAMI WAVES SLAMMING JAPAN’S WESTERN COAST – SENDING PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR HIGHER GROUND.

POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS — RAIL SERVICES ARE DAMAGED– AND AN AIRPORT CLOSED DUE TO CRACKS IN ITS RUNWAY.

ROUGHLY 200 AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN DETECTED — AND OFFICIALS WARN MORE TREMORS COULD STRIKE IN THE COMING DAYS  — FOLLOWING THE COUNTRY’S DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKE SINCE 2016.

ALSO IN JAPAN —

NEW INTENSE VIDEO THIS MORNING SHOWS A PLANE WITH NEARLY 400 PEOPLE ABOARD – CATCHING FIRE AS IT SKIDS DOWN THE RUNWAY –

AFTER LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS IT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WHILE LANDING.

VIDEO SHOWS THE JAPAN AIRLINES PLANE ENGULFED IN FLAMES AT THE AIRPORT IN TOKYO AROUND 6 P.M. TUESDAY LOCAL TIME.

— WITH FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE.

THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD CONFIRMING THE PASSENGER JET COLLIDED WITH ONE OF ITS PLANES.

THE AIRLINE SAYING ALL 379 PASSENGERS AND 12 CREW MEMBERS WERE SAFELY EVACUATED.

ILLEGAL CROSSINGS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER SAW RECORD HIGH NUMBERS LAST MONTH — ACCORDING TO SOURCES WITH THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL.

FOX NEWS REPORTING – SOURCES SAY MORE THAN 302 THOUSAND MIGRANTS WERE DOCUMENTED ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE BORDER IN DECEMBER – MAKING IT THE HIGHEST TOTAL EVER RECORDED FOR A SINGLE MONTH

AS WELL AS THE FIRST TIME THE TOTAL HAS SURPASSED THE 300 THOUSAND MARK.

THE HISTORIC NUMBERS COME AS TEXAS CONTINUES TO SEND MIGRANTS TO CITIES RUN BY DEMOCRATIC MAYORS —

AN INITIATIVE BY THE STATE’S GOVERNOR MEANT TO BRING MORE ATTENTION AND ACTION TO THE BORDER.

OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND —

NEW JERSEY OFFICIALS SAY 13 CHARTER BUSES CARRYING NEARLY 450 MIGRANTS FROM TEXAS ON THEIR WAY TO NEW YORK CITY WERE DETOURED TO NEW JERSEY –

IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO BYPASS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PASSED LAST WEEK BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS – LIMITING WHEN CHARTER BUSES CAN ARRIVE AND REQUIRING A 32-HOUR ADVANCED NOTICE.

OFFICIALS SAY ONCE IN NEW JERSEY – CHAPERONES ON THE BUSES ASSISTED THE MIGRANTS IN TRANSFERRING TO TRAINS OR OTHER BUSES HEADED TO NEW YORK.

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED AFTER A CRASH OUTSIDE OF A CONCERT VENUE IN ROCHESTER NEW YORK IN THE EARLY MORNING OF NEW YEAR’S DAY.

ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT — THE CRASH IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS POSSIBLE TERRORISM.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1-AM MONDAY

POLICE SAY A FORD EXPEDITION BARRELED INTO AN UBER THAT WAS LEAVING A PARKING LOT AT THE KODAK CENTER —

BURSTING INTO FLAMES — KILLING TWO PASSENGERS AND INJURING THE UBER DRIVER.

THE FIERY CRASH SPILLED INTO A NEARBY CROSSWALK —

STRIKING PEDESTRIANS AND TWO OTHER VEHICLES.

ACCORDING TO POLICE — THREE PEOPLE USING THE CROSS WALK WERE HIT — ONE LEFT WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE FORD SUV, A SYRACUSE MAN, WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL — ALSO WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

AFTER FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE — THEY FOUND AT LEAST A DOZEN GAS CANS IN THE S-U-V.

AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING LED BY THE JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE.

FOR THOSE IN THE COPYRIGHT BUSINESS – JANUARY FIRST IS MORE THAN JUST NEW YEAR’S DAY.

IT’S KNOWN AS PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY – WHEN COPYRIGHTS EXPIRE ON CERTAIN SETS OF WORK –

ENTERING THE U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

AND THIS YEAR – THAT AFFECTS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC CARTOON CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY –

MICKEY MOUSE.

OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT SIMONE DEL ROSARIO EXPLAINS.

“IT IS THE DAY DISNEY HAS DREADED FOR DECADES – AND SPENT CONSIDERABLY…LOBBIED CONGRESS HARD TO PUT OFF THIS DAY AS LONG AS IT COULD”

“AS THE MOUSE…LOOKS MORE LIKE A RAT’S.”

YOU CAN FIND SIMONE’S FULL REPORT ON “PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY” NOW AT S-A-N-DOT-COM.

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