jeanne moos, cnn, new york. hello again, everybody. thank you so much for joining me. happy new year. i m fredricka whitfield. news just in to cnn, an update on buffalo bills player damar hamlin. he continues to make a remarkable recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during monday s game. hamlin is now breathing on his own after having a breathing tube removed late thursday. the 24-year-old also surprised his teammates in buffalo yesterday, facetiming with them on a phone from his bed in the hospital in cincinnati. cnn has more live from the hospital in cincinnati and new information on his medical update. reporter: yes. from the physicianses here at the hospital where tamar is receiving treatment damar is receiving treatment. he is still in critical condition but continues to make progress. and here s perhaps the line in this tweet the bills just published that sticks out. as he continues to breathe on his own, his neurological function is excellent. a
of the destruction and the ukrainians say they cleared around 8,500 tons of debris from this area in about 72 hours. and still, more bodies were found including children. while others remain missing. this man servie searching for h grandson venting his anger at russia. there is no mercy for them he says. ly i will curse them until the last day of my lives. they struck the buildings with a cruise missile designed to destroy aircraft carriers. she was in an apartment complex. she filmed the chaos and saw the destruction. we thought it was an earthquake or something she says, unclear what happened. when we opened the apartment, we saw smoke and dust and heard screams. the kremlin continues to deny the forces were behind the attack but moscow does say russian fighters are now making gains on the battle fields. meanwhile, ukrainian forces are still shelling russian troops around solidar the russians say is firmly under their control thanks to fighters from a private military com
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. president biden signing a disaster declaration from california as storm after storm rips through the state causing flash flooding and mud slides. and it s not over yet, we re tracking another round of heavy rain that s moving in. also, the death toll continues to climb in dnipro after a ukrainian official says a missile struck an apartment building. live to ukraine this morning. we re following a developing story out of nepal where a passenger jet has crashed shortly after takeoff. we ll break down what we know about the accident and the ongoing response. and days from hitting the debt ceiling, president biden and the new republican-led house could soon be sparring as the country inches closer to defaulting on its debt. how kevin mccarthy s concessions to become speaker could complicate talks. we are so grateful to have you this sunday, january 15th. it is a new week. great
we know 72 people were onboard, including children and search efforts will resume at daylight on monday. video also shows what appears to be the plane moments before it went down, and the aircraft rolling on its side, you see there in midair. i want to get to vetica, who is following this. any word on what might have caused this? no word on that. the focus is trying to find the missing passengers on that plane. 68 bodies have been recovered, four are still missing. as soon as there is daylight in nepal, which is another four hours from now, the rescue teams will be back on the site and looking for the four passengers. for now the death figure stands at 68. we are expecting a report in the next four passengers looks like it would be to find the voice recording box. that will be key on knowing what went wrong. it s important to tell our viewers that this country has faced several accidents in the past, and this is essentially because most of the highest mountains are in this
suffering, and our desperation for his political gain. president biden s first-ever face-to-face meetings with the families of brittney griner and paul whelan since they were detained in russia. i would have done it sooner. still need to deal with the families and explain there are limited things that you can do when you have this kind of a situation going on. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. a kingdom celebrates the life of its queen. a family mourns the loss of its matriarch. the queen s eight grandchildren came together to hold vigil as she lies in state. outside westminster hall, tens of thousands of mourners gather to pay their respects. the line stretching for miles, and the wait at times surpassing an astonishing 24 hours. president biden and the first lady arrived in london not long ago. they will be among heads of state from around the world to attend the queen s funeral on monday. and a short time ago, we learned that the queen