i m buckling up more on flights before. you didn t buckle up? always. tighter. on a flight. yeah. well, you know, i mean, this is a big problem. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. we have to talk about another alarming close call at one of america s biggest airports between a private jet and a jetblue flight coming in for a landing. that makes five close calls in just two months. that s way too many. i don t think it s normal. we re going to check. the faa have a serious problem on their hands? we ll break it down. also to chicago and the mayoral race there. chicago s mayor lori lightfoot lost re-election. didn t even advance to the runoff. rising crime a dominant issue. what does her defeat mean big picture? and a rare bipartisanship in washington. the new house select committee on china is vowing to investigate beijing s threat to america. is it all talk? can they deliver action here? we ll talk to af de democrat ont committee. lots to co
very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children
will not get the support they need. so for us we are striking because we can ensure the best education possible. at the moment with the funding we are getting, its just not possible. let s turn to the rails now and those fresh strikes announced by train drivers in their long running dispute over pay. one of the strike days will include the day of the fa cup final on the 3rd ofjune according to their union aslef. i m joined now by our business correspondent theo leggett. tell us what the aslef union is saying? tell us what the aslef union is sa in: ? , tell us what the aslef union is sa in: ? ~ , ., tell us what the aslef union is sa in? a ., saying? the aslef union says their latest offer saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it is saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it is sad saying? the aslef union says their latest offer t
self willed island of taiwan. this comes after a meeting between the taiwanese president and the house speaker kevin mccarthy in california last week. the sentence, as the international monetary warns of severe weakness in the global economy over the next half a decor have other decade. the outlook for economic growth in the next five years is the weakest in a while. earlier i spoke with peter mwai, chief executive of xm australia. he told me situations like these are when investors may look to rebalance their portfolios. well, they look at escalation, they look at rhetoric, they look at market interpretation as far as news, and they said there and they say right, are there and they say right, are there other opportunities? are there other opportunities? are there certain sectors of the market to be removed from all other markets only to be looking stronger out, be it gold or retail versus institutional or mindset, so we have a degree of concern and we just need to wear th
it could put alec baldwin behind bars for 5 years. and this interview alec baldwin did is coming back to haunt him. i didn t pull the trigger. you never pulled the trigger? no, i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger. never. the district attorney told judge jeanine that alec baldwin is not being truthful and hutchins would be alive if he had done his job. we believe he pulled the trigger. the fbi lab report confirms that. the trigger was pulled. his statement is not correct under any circumstance. we don t believe it is. mr. baldwin had a duty to never hold a gun and point it at a person while pulling the trigger. he also had a duty as an actor and producer to have the bullets checked. we believe baldwin as a producer knows everything that goes on, on the set. there were a lot of problems. a couple of accidental discharges. there was a lot of safety concerns that were brought to the attention of management. he did nothing about it. this was a