These aircraft come in close proximity to one another. All right, ryan brown reporting from the pentagon. Thanks very much. Remember, important programming note. Stay with cnn later tonight for a very timely debate on tax reform. Thats coming up, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Thats it for me. Thanks for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news. North korea firing what could be its most powerful missile yet, one that could reach washington, d. C. Plus, the president s reality show. Today, trump staging a white house meeting like an episode of The Apprentice playing roulette with a Government Shutdown. And trump going after senator Elizabeth Warren, raising questions about what he said about his own heritage. Why did he say hes of swedish descent when he actually isnt . Lets go outfront. Good afternoon. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. North korea with a record breaking Missile Launch that potentially puts washington,
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Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Chased the plane. So that addresses what Josh Campbell was telling us a second ago. Two f15s chased the plane but were not involved in the crash. So, again, if this is to be believed, the f15s did not shoot that down that play. Lets bring in zack helm. He sat the Seatac Airport right new and joins me on the phone. Zack, i understand you saw this plane while it was airborne . I did not see the plane airborne, but i was this the terminal where it supposedly came out of. Okay. Tell me a little bit what you know, what you saw. Anything you can tell us. Well, i was in the plane, about to take off in the time that it was hijacked. In that very plane . I was not in the plane that was hijacked. I was in another plane in the Alaska Airline industry. And i did not see it take off. But i was told to get out of my plane because if there has been a hijacking. In other words, how long before departure was this . H
Some type of compromise, but dang it, they need to get the job done. Washington locked in a sequester showdown. 85 billion in acrosstheboard spending cuts have to start kicking in as late as this week. As many as 40,000 teachers can lose their jobs. There has to be some type of furlough to air Traffic Controllers. My advice to the president. Roll up your sleeves and do the hard work of governing. And the oscar goes to argo. I want to thank my wife who i dont normally associate with iran. And the oscar goes to jessica lawrence. You guys are standing up because you feel bad that i fell. Daniel daylewis. Three years ago i had actually been committed to play margaret thatcher. For the second time the daytona 500 goes to Jimmie Johnson. Danica patrick finished eighth on record for a woman at daytona. I send my thoughts and prayers out to everybody who was injured in the grandstand. You have to realize the motor was sitting in the stands, a wheel with a brake arm and everything flying over y
Postrevolutionary iran. The story was so top secret the films director is unknown to the academy. Welcome to cbs this morning. Congress and the white house have just four days to stop 85 billion in automatic spending cuts. What happens next could have far reaching implications from classrooms to hospitals to airports. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. The white house says these 85 billion in cuts to basic government functions could jeopardize the economy, undermine safety in the skies, and delay food inspections. Republicans call this a lot of political hype. Still it appears pink slips will, in fact, go out. The Education Department has already put some teachers on notice. Spending cuts mean your jobs could disappear. Is there a sky is falling aspect to any of the things youre talking about . What it does it creates tremendous instability. There are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips or doing notices they
White house. Good evening. Great evening to you. If the white house striking a major deal here to release Chelsea Manning after more than six years behind bars. Expected to be released on may may 17th, 2017. Dramatic reduction of the 35 year prison sentence. Part of a big day here at the white house as the president announces a number of commutations. Let me tell you about Chelsea Manning. Formerly bradley manning, accused of a major leak, a 2010 leak to wikileaks that revealed American Military and diplomatic activities across the world. Manning spending less than seven years behind bars, down from 35. Not on the list of commutations and pardons today, infamous nsa leak or edward snowden. Snowden has been holed up in russia. He has tweeted his support for manning, writing mr. President , if you grant only one active, c. Please free Chelsea Manning. You alone can save her life. Its ironic that five days ago wikileaks tweeted that if manning were granted clemency, Julian Assange would a