congress is back in session. but rather than being in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy is taking his battle to wall street , the list of demands he now has for democrats as the high stakes fight heats up new reporting coming in from the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama, at least four people killed 28. others, many of them teenagers injured. police are now saying about this investigation. moments from now the most powerful rocket ever built is expected to launch into space. the mission eventually take people to mars. these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch and just about 20 minutes, the spacex starship is set to take off the rocket is nearly 400 ft . tall and has 33 engines and this launch will mark spacex s first attempt to launch the fully assembled starship vehicle . after years of testing. it s the first step in elon musk s vision to send humans back to the moon and mars. it s also somethin
morning continues right now. done. my nephew is alive. yes healing. it is not the story that that individual intended for us to tell you that right? there is a lot of hate. yeah right. here is a lot of love. love versus hate . disappoint they were making good morning, everyone. we re so glad you re here. caitlin is off protests and outrage in kansas city after a homeowner shot a black teenager. police say the team went to the wrong house by mistake when he was just trying to pick up his younger brothers to talk to you about the fox news to many in trial, it is delayed. there s new reporting. the network is trying to settle out of court with dominion voting systems. we re live outside the courthouse for you. brand new cnn reporting this morning. we re learning supreme court justice clarence thomas is going to make some changes to his financial disclosure forms after a real estate deal with the gop mega donor came to light this morning calls for justice across the country after
congress all about it. that s where we start on thursday morning as we get rolling here. i m bill hemmer live in new york. dana: good morning, i m dana perino. there is a lot of news. bombshell allegations come from an unnamed i.r.s. supervisor asking congress for whistleblower protection so he can tell them how the administration is mishandling the hunter biden tax probe. bill: that investigation started back in 2018. white house repeatedly promising to stay out of it. this agent says it has done anything but. according to his lawyer, he has receipts to prove it. my client wants to come forward to congress. he is ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. would you find any evidence or allegation of a political agenda? no. to him the truth is one truth. he wants to come forward with it. the things he has been through are very well documented in emails and other communications with the department of justice
and there, as you saw, as we promised an exciting end to the starship inaugural integrated test flight. [cheering] everyone here is pumped to clear the pad and make it this far into the test flight. the first integrated flight of the booster and starship vehicle. our control center at star base which is referred to as star command. as we said before, we wanted to make it all the way through, but to get this far honestly is amazing. if you are just joining us,