i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. we just heard the kind of conversations that a lot of us are having at our own dinner tables. bill maher talk to jake tapper about politics and race and cancel culture and wokeness. how do you define wokeness? because i hear people use the term all the time. and it means something different to everybody. well, again, i think it s this collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism, but very often undoing it. i mean, five years ago, abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. [laughter] now they take his name of schools and turned down his statues. really, lincoln is not good enough for you? are we all having conversations also where we accidentally step in it? and what conversations do we now feel uncomfortable having because we re afraid to get it wrong? so, our panel is going to tackle all that in just a moment. also, the supreme court hearing challenges to president biden s student
airlines 777 jet crossed a runway as a smaller cargo plane was landing. and then days before that, an american airlines flight at jfk crossed in front of a delta plane trying to take off. and then there is the near miss in austin, where a fedex plane almost landed on top of a southwest flight. i want to bring in our aviation expert david soucie, who has tried to make me feel better about these things. but david, i m starting to think these are not all anomalies. it s going to feel like there s one of these a week that we report on. it seems like they are a lot more often. and that s only because they are more often right now. if you look at the traffic that s going on in boston right now, boston is at 12,000 flights in january 2021. and now it s come up to 29,000 into january 2023. so, it s nearly three times as much traffic. and they re spacing the airplanes a lot closer together to try to get them out faster. this particular one, alisyn, to make you feel more comfortable
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
attorney general wants tech giants to flag you. the lead starts right now. attorney general merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today from classified documents to abortion rights, fentanyl to rising crime. the wide-ranging topics have put garland on the spot. and five close calls in 2023 and it s only march 1st. the latest, a private plane came 565 feet from a jetblue flight loaded with passengers at boston logan. are these frightening encounters happening more often or just being reported more often? plus, protests turning violent. the faceoff between police and anti-netanyahu demonstrators in israel as crowds there call for a national day of disruption. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with two high-profile hearings in capitol hill. one room joe biden sen battled pick to lead embattled pick to lead the administration finally had a confirmation hearing after being picked nearly eight months ago. republicans pressed phil washington, a 24-year a