former january 6th committee member adam kinzinger here to wee in. a flight attendant attacked by an unruly passenger. federal investigators say this man tried to open the emergency exit door during a flight from los angeles to boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon. other passengers tackled him to the ground and he was zip-tied until the plane landed. cnn s pete muntean with more on this. good morning to you. he told investigators he wanted to jump out of the plane? reporter: yeah, good morning, don. this is the second high-profile incident of an unruly passenger we have seen in as many weeks. department of justice now looking into this. you know, it s really interesting here is that the number of unruly passengers went down by half over last year, but this has to be one of the most dramatic we have seen recently. the flight crew became alerted to this when this passenger tried to open the emergency exit door and they got a
joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom they screwed up our town, they will fix it. it has been two weeks now and we have no plans of going back to our house. xw a key witness to a lot of the things donald trump was doing. if jack smith wants mark meadows testimony, jack smith will get mark meadows testimony. they have just unloaded the tents here. they is one of the hardest hit areas in the quake zone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is february 16, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in east palestine, ohio where in a few hours the air will be tested. this was the scene three days after the train derailed. federal investigators are reviewing numerous videos and data from the so-called black box and despite ohio s governor saying it is safe to return home, many residents have evacuated their homes and businesses out of concern for their safety from the toxic chemic
no, sir, i cannot. norah: tonight, 100 million americans face heavy snow, high winds, and tornado threats. paducah, kentucky, to alexandria, louisiana, and memphis, solidly in the heart of that risk zone. nikki haley speaks for the first time since announcing her run for the white house. we are more than ready for a new generation to lead us into the future. norah: and parade of champions. the kansas city chiefs celebrate their super bowl win. kansas city, how we feeling today, baby? chiefs kingdom, let me hear you! [cheers and applause] norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. ahead, the news we are just getting in about an american icon. actress and international sex symbol raquel welch has died at the age of 82. the start of the 1960s and 70s appeared in nearly 100 films and tv shows, including one million years b.c. also tonight, the holocaust-era musical instruments that were saved af
state university as police are still trying to piece together the gunman s motive. this hour, i ll ask the michigan attorney general about the many unanswered questions in this investigation. also today, former vice president mike pence is speaking out for the first time about his plans to fight a new subpoena from the u.s. justice department. he s arguing that his effort to avoid testifying in the special counsel probe of donald trump is about the separation of powers. republican nike y haley kic off her 2024 presidential campaign. she says it s time for new leadership, taking veils swiped at former president trump. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with tonight s vigil for the victims of the michigan state university mass shooting. the pain and grief still very raw two days after the attack. miguel marquez is on the scene for us there. miguel, tell us more about this vigil and t
welcome to our viewers in the united states and watching around the world. i m jake tapper. the fact she grew up as an immigrant child. her parents emigrated to the united states from india. she grew up in a situation where she did face challenges because she was different in her words in a video she will put out yesterday and talk about her time leading this state of south carolina as the first female governor, two-time governor in this state, what she did to bring people together after the awful shooting at mother emmanuel ame church that happened in 2014 while she was governor. that s just blocks from here. she will likely talk about her time as ambassador to the united nations and told that in the context of having worked with trump in the trump administration, she will raise the former president, but what she s not expected to do is really take him on or criticize him in this speech. that is in line with what we ve seen from her in recent comments where she s talked abou