and i m rosemary church. just ahead, moments of terror for passengers on a united airlines flight after a man allegedly attacked a flight attendant and attempted to open an emergency exit. more on this and a string of unsettling article incidents ahead. in ohio, investigators have gun looking into a second norfolk southern train crash, we will discuss what went wrong and what needs to happen to make rail systems safer. plus, kidnapped in mexico, cnn learned the identities of the four americans taken at gunpoint as the fbi asked the public for help finding them. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining iu.s. aviation safety is in the spotlight after a series of near disasters, one man was arrested monday for attempting to open an emergency door on a plane. after he tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck way broken metal spoon. that man francis for res was tack kel by passengers zip tied according to a woman on the flight a
this is the entrance to the park where richard was killed. the gunman laid in white in the secluded dark place at night. one way or another, that s an execution. absolutely. they were a busy married couple, meeting up for a romantic valentines night rendezvous. but that night, someone had other plans. he s been shot? he s been shot! before she even arrived, her husband was there. i just see him laying on the ground. i couldn t think of a soul who would want to harm this man. then, someone let a secret slip. soon, people were questioning a suspect with the motive. he suddenly changed his look. and in fact, when he showed up that morning, he was fearless. there was only one problem, he had a rock solid alibi. where did that leave you? worried about my case. that is when the phone rang. a tip! a tire track! and a case one detective would never forget! there was a shot in the dark but i took it. hello and welcome to dateline. it was valentine s day
this time over canada and alaska. lawmakers are demanding answers one week after a spy balloon sparked this diplomatic crisis. i ll talk to the ranking member of the house committee, jim hines of connecticut. plus, dividing lines. president biden targets the gop on cutting medicare and social security. there s a lot of republicans whose dream is to cut social security and medicare. let me say this if that s your dream, i m your nightmare. republicans argue they are under awac from a left-wing culture war. the dividing line in america is no longer right or left. the choice is between normal or crazy. i ll talk to phil murphy of new jersey and spencer cox of utah, about the challenges of bridging america s deep partisan divide. and investigating trump. i m the only one they go after. the facts warranted prosecution. he says donald trump should face criminal charges and design in protest when the manhattan attorney did not act. the lead attorney who worked on
at least 10 people have now died because of it. four of those deaths in kentucky where the issue have issued including flooding and damaging winds. nearly 1,000,000 1/2 ohms business or power, kentucky, tennessee and michigan now reported the highest number of outages. the northern part of the storm, and the northeast with heavy snow. which is expected to last throughout saturday, parts of new england might see as much as 16 inches of snow. winter storm warnings are now up from michigan to maine, winter storm warnings are up again and parts of the west as a new system moves in, some places in northern california can see more than two places of snow officials say they have had more snow this winter than they have had in two decades, that has been critical in helping replenish some of the states reservoirs, even so the water flow is still well below average, only a year ago, the entire state was in a drought. now thanks to these winter storms it has been cut in half
the u.s. is arming ukraine with more american ammo and rocket launchers. the lead starts right now. stocking up ahead of a likely russian spring offensive. the u.s. deploys another $400 million in military aid to ukraine. can president biden secure even more as russians encircle the strategic town of bakhmut? plus, from prominent attorney to convict, the swift prison sentence today for alex murdaugh after a jury took only a few hours to find him guilty of killing his wife and son. and drag shows shut down. tennessee becomes the first in the nation to put new restrictions on the performances. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper today. we start with our health lead. moments ago, the white house announced a lesion removed from president biden s chest last month was a common type of skin cancer. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now from the white house. tell us more about this diagnosis. reporter: that lesion was removed during the president s annual phy