welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. planes are grounded, flights are canceled after a terrifying midair accident forced a boeing 737 max to make an emergency landing. israel says it s ready for any possible threat, even as washington s top diplomat shuttles through the region hoping to prevent a wider war. plus we re just days away from the start of the 2024 primaries and the first verdict from the voters on the presidential candidates. it s any air passenger s nightmare. a hole bursts suddenly in the side of your plane while you re traveling far above the surface of the earth. that s what happened on alaska airlines flight 1282. a piece of the plane called a door plug came off shortly after takeoff on friday, leaving a hole and causing the cabin to rapidly depressurize. incredibly, the craft landed safely with only minor injuries among 177 passengers and crew. most of the world s boeing 737 max 9s are
hello and welcome. i m laila harrak. ahead on cnn newsroom, the investigation begins into the mid-air scare that left a gaping hole in a boeing 737 at 16,000 feet. three months to the day since hamas staged its deadly attacks, what israel s prime minister says about the war that followed. the polls are open in bangladesh where the main opposition party is boycotting an election they say is a foregone conclusion. it s an air passenger s nightmare. a hole bursts suddenly in the side of your plane while you re traveling far above the surface of the earth. that s what happened on alaska airlines flight 1282 on friday. now most of the world s boeing 737 max 9s are grounded. and the u.s. national transportation safety board is investigating. officials are asking for the public s help finding what they call a door plug, the piece that flew off the plane. they said it came off shortly after takeoff, leaving a large hole in the side of the plane and causing the cabin to ra
killed in an explosion near beirut, lebanon. hezbollah mwarning israelis thi won t be tolerated. and claudine gay is officially out as harvard s president. her controversial testimony on capitol hill about anti-semitism. kaitlyn collins is off tonight. this is the source. i m brianna keeler. tonight donald trump s legal team appealing the decision by maine secretary of state to remove the former president from the state s primary ballot. trump, of course, was booted off the primary ballot in colorado. we re still waiting on that appeal. we will have more on this breaking news in just a moment, but it is all unfolding 13 days from the iowa caucuses, where republican voters will have their first say about who they want the party s nominee to be. if you think those court battles are getting in trump s way, think again. not only did he nail down an endorsement today from the second highest majority leader in the house, majority leader steve scalise, but his base is growing mo
killed in lebanon. why the strike is sparking new fears that the war could spill into the wider region. and breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people killed in explosions commemorating an iranian general killed by a u.s. drone strike back in 2020. children amongst the dead and nearly 150 injured. we re going to have the very latest in just a moment as well. good morning, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. good to see you this morning. we re going to begin in iran in the city of care monowhere just within the last couple of hours two explosions killed 100 people and injured nearly 150 people at the memorial site for ha sam soleimani. he was the head of the revolutionary guard corps. i want to bring in ali arouzi in tehran to talk more about this. this morning iran saying more than 100 people were killed in these blasts. what do we know? reporter: yeah, i mean, this just broke a few hours ago, yasmin, as you said. w
america is at a breaking point. norah: the speaker and more than 60 house republicans traveled to america s southern border. their demands as president biden blames congress for the crisis. guns in america. our look tonight at a family s mission to change gun storage laws. we always taught our kids about gun safety, but there are so many places that kids go where guns are in the home. norah: winter s first major storm heads east, with new york city, philadelphia, and washington bracing for the first significant snow in years. ford recalls over 100,000 vehicles. we will tell you which models are affected. clark for the win! norah: and the amazing caitlin clark s buzzer beater. this is why caitlin clark will go down as one of the best to ever play the game. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night. we want to begin tonight with the southern border, where no matter what part