Hello. From CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, January 2nd.

It's going to be a busy start to the year for Donald Trump.

The former president is expected to appeal decisions in Colorado and Maine

that have disqualified him from the 2024 primary ballots there. That's after Colorado's Supreme Court

and Maine's Secretary of State ruled that Trump couldn't run because he took part in an insurrection on January 6th, 2021.

And this all comes with less than two weeks to go until the Iowa Caucasus and the 2024

election just 11 months away.

CNN's Kristen Holmes has more.

It is officially that final sprint and really going into it when you look at the poll

numbers you still see that Donald Trump according to these polls has a very

substantial lead now whatever happens in Iowa is really going to set the tone for the rest of the primary and caucus season.

Right now, Donald Trump is leading in most states, but there are several Republican

operatives who believe that if Donald Trump has slowed

down in Iowa, if that margin is not as big as those polls show, it's possible that

someone else could take the leave.

Rescuers are still racing to reach survivors trapped under the rubble in Japan after a major earthquake hit the country's west coast on New Year's day.

Authorities say dozens of people have died and the death toll is rising.

Journalist Manisha Tank has more. We're now getting into late afternoon

early evening. Prime Minister Kishida saying that rescue efforts are a battle against time, especially for

victims of collapsed buildings, they have to be saved as soon as possible.

There have been power outages.

More than 45,000 homes reported without power. This is a cold time of year.

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