coming in right here to cnn news, central. what a morning. this has been things you almost never see the huge starship from space x the rocket it did successfully lift off from the launch pad off the coast of texas. that part went well, not so much after that. what was going on in space, it seemed the rocket could not separate from its booster. the spaceship could not separate from its booster and right there. it just exploded. after a few minutes in the air. cnn s ed lavandera is on south padre island in texas, where the launch took place. the good part took place the bad part ed miles above you explain what happened. well as you can see, the launch pad of smoke from the launch has finally been blown back inland, but that launched cleared the launch pad and this area erupted in cheers as the rocket ship cleared the launch pad and we saw it go straight up for several minutes. and so that was a spectacular sight, and it was about that three minute mark where we started anticip
By as trumpappointed judge Aileen Cannon is expected to hold two hearings where she will consider motions to dismiss the case is from what defendant walt nauta including from codefendants. Walt nauta, trump aide. This comes as never before seen photos have been revealed from june 2022 to showing nauta moving boxes around maralago. Prosecutors say the nauta move the boxes shortly before a trump attorney was going to look through them after getting a subpoena to turn over classified material. Cnns evan perez is in fort pierce, florida today to watch these hearings as they develop. Ivan, what to expect to see well, john, look, i mean, a lot of these motions that the defendants are making are usually handled by by briefings by the lawyers in this case, a judge, Aileen Cannon is having hearings are pretty much every single motion, which is why this case is moving so slowly. What today, were going to here, emotions from walt nauta this morning. This is a codefendant of the former president s
objects that defy the known laws of physics. but part of the reason this is so important is one of the big questions is how much of a threat are these two national security and is it possible vis our advanced technology from a foreign adversary like china or russia being used to spy on the united states, and that s also a quick question here, kirkpatrick said , a small number that they re looking at maybe of sort of type of foreign intelligence. that s still what they re working to figure out. sarah one of the great challenges about many of these cases, as you get a small snippet of video, or a little bit of data about this not nearly enough to clearly and concisely figure out what these are. it s fascinating or in labor, man. thank you so much. joining us from the pentagon. i m obsessed. i will be honest with you. i do. look in the skies all the time for potential odd things older and scully say the truth is out there. the truth is out there. alright more than 50. million people are u
i checked my phone and i looked on my phone and it just said flight canceled. reporter: the rapid spread of the omicron variant debilitating airlines and airports. how long should folks expect these cancellations? i don t think there is any reason to think that these cancellations are going to stop before the holiday travel period ends. reporter: the number of tsa agents out tripled in the last week. now more than 1,700 off the job with covid. and the faa today in a statement saying traffic volume at some facilities could be reduced, noting an increase in the number of its employees testing positive all this as a massive winter storm system sweeps across the country. snow and sleet making its way to the midwest overnight, expected to barrel down on key airport hubs from denver to dallas and chicago. look, expect the worst but hope for the best you will likely find delays you will likely have your flight canceled. reporter: a rocky start to the new year
at night is the bigger safety risk. president trump is getting updates from his chief of staff. rick? and our prayers with the families of those missing marines. allison, thank you. indeed. a possible tornado injuring several people in tulsa, oklahoma, as powerful storms tore through the midwest overnight, doing major damage to buildings and leaving thousands without power. meanwhile, parts of kansas city, missouri and new orleans, dealing with the after effects of flash floods over the weekend. let s begin in new orleans, where torrential downpours dumped up to 10 inches of rain in some spots in just three hours. reports of up to 2 to 3 feet of standing water in parts of new orleans. the rain overwhelmed the city s pumping systems. the pumping system is designed to handle 1 inch of rain in the