good evening, everyone. thanks for tuning in i m alison camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. let s start with the culture wars. in the past 24 hours the battlefield has been noisy. more battles about books in the classroom, drama over drag shows, and gaslighting about gas stoves. here is florida governor ron desantis this morning surrounded by and taking urgent action to protect gas stoves. they are trying to take away your gas stove. they are coming for any little thing in your life that they can do, and i think what they want to be able to do is they ultimately want to control the amount of energy you consume. well, it turns 92% of floridians use electric stoves, but let s not let that get in the way. what is this really about? well, governor sarah huckabee sanders spelled it out. we are under attack in a left wing culture war we didn t start and never wanted to fight. sure seems like some people do want this fight. but what s the truth about culture war rhetoric? we
i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. thank you for starting your week and spending part of your morning with us. there is plenty to get to this sunday. here is what we re watching. i think this is an effort that s ongoing never ending to destroy donald trump, everything around donald trump. politicians on both sides of the aisle reacting to the news that former president trump could be indicted this week. how trump s team and new york officials are preparing for that possibility and potential fallout. also, russian president vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol days ahead of a high stakes meeting with president xi jinping. ivan watson is standing by in ukraine with more. what would you say the weight of the job is? you hold people s lives in your hands. following a series of close calls at the nation s airports, cnn is getting an up close look how the next generation of air traffic controllers are training to keep us safe
. delta 94, cancel takeoff times. tonight, close calls. it would have been catastrophic had a collision taken place. bird strikes. it s really hard to know how long we were going to survive trying to breathe in that. dangerous turbulence. this felt like a roller coaster. it is one of the days you count your blessings. unruly passengers. system meltdowns. we have been delayed three times. there are no more flights today that would get us there on time. america s aviation industry facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passengers and the future of flying. cnn takes you into the air. on the runway and inside the tower to get the answers. flight risk, a cnn prime time special starts right now. good evening. i m kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out what s happening in america s skies and tonight we re getting answers with a visual in depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and fir
rollercoaster. unruly passengers [bleep] get off system meltdowns we have been delayed three times, there are no more flights leaving today that would get us there on time. america s aviation industry, facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passengers and the future of flying. cnn takes you into the air on the runway, and inside the tower to get the answers. flight risk, a cnn primetime special starts right now. good evening, i m kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out what is happening in americas skies. and tonight we are getting answers with a visual in-depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and firsthand accounts. pete muntean, cnn transportation correspondent, and certified pilot even takes us up in a plane. and captain sully sullenberger takes us inside of a flight simulator. first, let s start with all of these near collisions. we are seeing far too many close calls o
debris of that shot down balloon off of the south carolina coast. and now, residents are forced to evacuate from that train derailment that is a massive inferno. that is what we are watching this hour. i m kristen fisher in for kate bolduan, and we are beginning with the story overseas. a power 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 2,300 people in turkey and syria, and the death toll is expected to rise significantly possibly into the tense of of thousands. and this is rescue crews frantically searching to survivors, but the efforts are hampered by big aftershocks. we begin with jomana karadsheh in istanbul, turkey, and bring us up to date with the frantic search for survivors. it is an absolutely devastating situation, kristen, and across the border as well, and we have seen the death toll continue to steadily rise over the past few hours where more than 2,300 people confirmed kill and more than 1,500 of them here in turkey and hundreds killed in syria, both in r