remember seeing before. different types of aircraft were used by strategic, long range, mig 31. there were 81 missile launches. wow. we wake up and we re shocked to hear about it. folks there in ukraine are right in the middle of it. and there are people that have died. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. russian missiles raining down across ukraine. knocking out power, killing civilians and striking cities like kyiv which are far away from the actual fighting. we re going to go there live. also this morning, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell hospitalized after tripping and following at a washington, d.c., hotel. and no relief for california after deadly blizzards trapped people for more than a week and the snow as you can see here, the state is bracing for heavy snow and flooding. we have the latest. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning, this hour with russia unleashing a massive barrage of missiles across ukraine. the strikes
29 holes and guys resume at 9 00 a. M. This morning. Like i said, busy day for tiger. Be out there all day and hopefully the back holds up. Thank you, andy. Okay. This is new day weekend. With Victor Blackwell and christi paul. So glad to have you here. Breaking news overnight. A Regional Airline employee steals an empty plane and takes off and starts doing these aerial maneuvers. This happened just after 8 00 seattle time. Within minutes military jets were right behind him. He flew the plane for an hour and then crash under ed into a area 40 miles from the airport. This is not terrorism. This is not a terroristic incident. Were learning more about the man, though, who apparently stole that plane. The Pierce County sheriffs
A morning newscast featuring breaking news and weather reports. Familiar with that and may even be a pilot himself. Well find that out later. He clearly wasnt of right mind and his flying and where he was going, but he did have command of the aircraft. Clarify that.
familiar with that and may even be a pilot himself. we ll find that out later. he clearly wasn t of right mind and his flying and where he was going, but he did have command of the aircraft. clarify that. because early on the sheriff referred to this man as a mechanic and then we got the clarification that it was a ground service agent. you re saying that he could be both a ground service agent and a mechanic. is that what you re saying? the term ground service agent is an airport term that identifies anyone who has access to particular areas. whether his job was to carry baggage. whether his job was to be a mechanic. he s saying anything to do with ground service is that category who has access to the aircraft. he has access to the tarmac, he has access to the baggage area and this is one of our most vulnerable areas, as with all airports across the country right now is these ground service agent passes. got it.