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This is Cnn News Central this morning, we are stating he by for a potentially major Supreme Court ruling to drop. It is Super Tuesday eve as well. And right now, voters in colorado still do not know how the high court field also about donald trump being on their states primary ballot tomorrow. That could all change very soon with the decision that could not only provide clarity in colorado, but also tell us whether trumps name can appear on general election ballots in november overnight, the Supreme Court announced it would issue at least one decision at ten a. M. Eastern. Thats this morning. Less than 24 hours before millions of voters across more than a dozen states head to the polls for Super Tuesday, including maine, which like colorado and illinois, successfully disqualify donald trump do the 14th Amendments ban on insurrectionists. Cnn senior Supreme Court court analyst, Joan Biskupic is leading us off this morning. Joan Supreme Court. This morning will not decide whether or not donald trump engaged in insurrection. But the ruling potentially this morning, as i understand, it, will set a historic standard not only in this president ial race, but in elections to come, correct . Correct. And its great to see you, sara, first, let me tell our audience why we think its coming today. The Supreme Court, it closed its business on friday with no notice of any opinion, but then suddenly yesterday afternoon around one eastern time put up a notice saying that it would likely issue an opinion which indicates that they were racing to finish something and the something has to be a decision that likely would affect what would happen on Super Tuesday because colorado, the state thats in dispute here, actually finishes its the primary voting tomorrow along with as you say, more than a dozen states. So this is the opinion that we expect and to your question about insurrection, the 14th Amendments Section Three, which is in dispute here, bars anyone who took an oath to uphold the constitution and then engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding future office. And the colorado Supreme Court had used that text to disqualify donald trump from state ballots. But during oral arguments on february 8th, sara, the justices indicated by their questions that they probably wouldnt never even get to the question of whether donald trump engaged in an insurrection as the Lower Colorado judges found, it looked like they were going to decide, first of all, that this provision of the constitution would need some sort of congressional authorization before it could be used. At this point, obviously, were just speculating some three hours before well see the decision. But it looked like from justices on the right and the left, across political and ideological lines were all thinking that this is not the kind of thing that individual states should be able to do, bar a candidate from the ballot now, well see what happens at 10 00 eastern but this is only the start of several chapters of the Supreme Courts outsized involvement in this years president ial election. As you probably remember, theyre also about to hear a case that will decide whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for actions that the government alleges amount to election subversion for the 2020 race. Now we will look, well see how the court rules on that one. But all chances the chances are that the court is not going to give a decision that would require donald trump did go to trial before the 2024 election qin in november, sara all right. Joan biskupic is always lovely to see you. Thank you for breaking that all down for us, kate, and joining us now for more on this is former federal prosecutor tim heaphy. He was the chief investigative counsel for the january 6 congressional committee. Its good to see you again, tim. Lets talk about the here and now on what we could be learning from the justices in just a couple hours this morning. Lets assume lets go through assuming a couple of things. Just play along with me. Assume that the justices decide that donald trump stays on the ballot. What is the Ripple Effect of that . Yeah its a question of law, not fact as joan just just accurately laid out, that is the court is not winning in if assuming that hypothetical, kate is correct on whether or not the president engaged in insurrection, they would be deciding that Section Three of the 14th Amendment hes not selfexecuting. It requires some kind of congressional impetus. So it would be sort of a legal ruling that essentially keeps him on the ballot in colorado and all of the other states. Thats what most people expect given the tenor of the argument. Absolutely lets assume the opposite now, as were just trying to play this out, assumed that they decide something short of donald trump stays on the ballot. What is the Ripple Effect of that . Does that change your view here . I mean, look, anytime that the former president has some sort of victory the political narrative will be one of defiance and it will reinforce his view that a lot of these cases, either in the civil process with respect to Ballot Access or the criminal process us are misguided. So it may have an effect on public opinion. It wont have much of an effect though, on his ultimate legal position that the criminal cases are much more significant, those are still in the pipeline. The Supreme Court will decide the immunity case, and this doesnt touch the possible trajectory of that at any other criminal cases yeah, lets talk about all of it together and lets put up the wording of the 14th Amendment, Section Three. Thats in question. Thats under examination here. The january the january 6 congressional committee, which you are lead lead investigative counsel on, it found that donald trump assisted or aided in insurrection if he stays on the ballot in colorado and other states. Does that Say Something about the 14th Amendment . It says something about the 14th Amendment, but again, it does not say that the Supreme Court rejects the factual display of engaged in insurrection we found, as is articulated in our hearings in our report, that theres ample evidence that the former president incited an insurrection aided and abetted and gave comfort to insurrectionists the Supreme Court, if president is successful today, former president as successful today will probably not touch that core factual question. Theyll say it doesnt even matter because Section Three of the 14th Amendment is not appropriately triggered by an individual state chief Justice Roberts its kate during the hearing sort of made the historical point that the 14th Amendment was really implemented as a check on states power to essentially sort of rein in states that might want to do things inconsistent with the constitution. This decision then suggested, that suggests that giving states power to essentially the unilaterally exclude candidates from the ballot and a federal election would be inconsistent with that historical perspective. So again, it seems like theyre going to answer the question of law 14th Amendment doesnt apply here, but they wont touch the underwriting factual finding of the Colorado Court that the former president engaged in insurrection were a quick and what do you think of the Immunity Question before the justices i think theres no way the Supreme Court finds that a former president has complete immunity. It is not a close case. I was surprised that they decided to take the case given how Resounding The Dc Circuit Opinion was, i think they may have taken it because it is such a significant question. And for posterity, they want to be the definitive voice on that question. But i think the Special Counsel has the much stronger argument. I hope that they reach the question quickly and issue a ruling quickly because the trial wont take place until the Supreme Court weighs in. Tim heaphy, its always great to see you and thanks for coming in. John. New reporting this morning and all the ways the Trump Campaign is looking to save money, handmedown furniture, maybe take the cheaper uber without the Water Bottles in the back and now, just this morning, you x or small Rare Oval Office interview with President Biden. What the hell he asks about trumps comments about being a dictator . A treacherous whiteout conditions. The snowfall just continue. Some areas already counting more than seven feet were here to get your side of the store. Why do we keep ending up here . You cant write this stuff. United states of scandal with jake tapper next sunday night on stone. Abandon me. A second term. We can all agree on i legally have to read whats in prompter so here we go. Have a new post Comedy Centrals the daily show. Tonight. 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Next sunday at ten on cnn new this morning assessing the strongest call yet from the white house for a ceasefire in gaza. Vice president Kamala Harris will meet with the israeli War Cabinet Minister benny gantz at the white house. This after she specifically called for an immediate ceasefire in gaza that lasts at least six weeks and she said, israel must do more to increase the flow of a, lets get to the white house now, or let signs. Is there interesting to hear this from the Vice President in advance of this big meeting, Arlette Yeah John Vice President Kamala Harriss comments were quite significant as they really were one of the administrations most forceful cases that theyve made in pushing for this ceasefire, which is currently still under negotiation, the Vice President spoke down in selma, alabama on the anniversary of bloody sunday, and it comes as the us has been pushing for a six weeks ceasefire as they tried to get hostages out and more humanitarian aid in those talks are still continuing in egypt between all the parties over the weekend, though, israel notably did not attend those conversations. On sunday saying that hamas has not answered some questions on key demands that the israelis are making. But really the us over the past a week, two weeks has really been making this forceful push to have a temporary ceasefire in place. And that is something that Vice President harris spoke to just yesterday. Take a listen the threats of hamas poses to the people of israel must be eliminated and given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire and the Vice President really spoke in very stark terms about the situation on the ground in gaza, saying that people were starving there and facing inhumane conditions. She said that its incumbent on the Israeli Government to allow the facilitation of more aid into the gaza strip. That is something that President Biden also called for on over the weekend, saying that they needed to push israel to facilitate more trucks, open up more routes to get this aid into the people of gaza. Now, the over the weekend, the us also airdropped food about 38,000 meals into southwest gaza. But really that is just one small fix and not a whole solution to the dire humanitarian situation on the ground there that is likely something that will come up when Vice President harris meets today with benny gantz and israeli War Cabinet Minister, who is also netanyahus one of his lead political rivals. So the white house at this moment is really trying to once again push for this temporary ceasefire to get those hostages because out, but also calling on israel to do more to get humanitarian aid in as so many people are suffering in that region. Ill also note this is an issue that President Biden has struggled with with some democrats in his party, wanting him to take a more forceful stance against israels actions in gaza. Trying to alleviate the humanitarian suffering that is ongoing there. So the administration trying to show that they are taking some steps to try to alleviate some of these issues. 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Cnn, the Georgia Bureau of investigation says that it is now investigating an officerinvolved shooting outside six flags Amusement Park or teenager was shot and what really he became a chaotic scene on saturday investigators say that Cobb County Police, they were called to help park police with crowd control, more than 500 people were running through and fighting in park. And then it all ended in gunfire. Cnns rafael romo has the very latest on this. Hes joining us now. Rafael, what happened here . Okay. Good morning to you. Thats right. The Georgia Bureau of investigation is now looking into the shooting that happened here outside six flags, the Amusement Park behind me and kate, according to police, Cobb County Police were called by a security here at the park who are trying to eschar out the crowd and root and unruly crowds and say between 500 people that they were running through the park, getting it into fights the Georgia Bureau of investigation also said that as these people werent getting out of the park, even more fights broke out and then the situation get even more chaotic. Kate Cobb County Police say that as they were trying to lead the people out, clear the scene, an unknown number of people started shooting at the police officers, and thats one thats when one officer shot back hitting a 15yearold who is now listed in Critical Condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in a planta a police also say that they found a handgun near the minor. We have also heard from a six flags has spokesperson said the following in a statement about what happened here. She said it is incredibly disappointing that our community is disrupted. A Public Events throughout the region by groups of andres youth. There was Police Activity involving gunshots. We want to confirm there was no shooting at our property or parking lot. This took place on selfservice road that is not owned or operated by six flags and kate, earlier we had an opportunity to talk to a young man and who decided to spend his sunday here at six flags. This is what he had to say about the shooting that doesnt impact how i feel about it. Crime happens everywhere. I dont think its going to happen youre more likely in one place, in another you know, its just the chance of where youre going to be at that day and kate, unfortunately, this is not the first time Something Like this happened last year several people were kicked out because they also got into fights inside six flags. 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Allen weisselberg, the former chief Financial Officer for the Trump Organization. He is expected to plead guilty to Perjury Charges this morning. Lets get straight to cnns kara scannell, who has more detail on this kara, what is this all about . What is this meaningful . Weisselberg and what does this mean for donald trump yeah, good morning, kate. So allen weisselberg, who is a longtime confident of donald trump, just arrived at them and hattan district attorneys office, we caught him on video as he walked in this morning and he hes expected to plead guilty today, according to sources. Now, weisselberg has been under investigation for testimony he had given in the new York Attorney generals civil Fraud Investigation into the Trump Organization and into donald trump himself. He testified during their investigation, which has been ongoing for several years, and he also testified at the trial last year and some of the testimony that people have raised questions about the accuracy involved and we know that prosecutors have been looking at involved his what he said about his dealings with an Insurance Agent and also about what he said about the size of the trump triplex apartment at trump tower, that was one of the issues in the case. So he is expected to plead guilty today. He had been in talks for several weeks to do so. This is a blow for him, but this is not a blow for donald trump. He is not expected to cooperate in Donald Trumps criminal investigation involving the repayment and reimbursement of hush money payments. That he is facing trial on later this month. So weisselberg was is that the center of these Financial Transactions . But he is not cooperating against donald trump. As a result of this guilty plea. So it will not change the dynamic for trump as hes heading into trial, weisselberg is not expected to be called as a witness by the Manhattan District Attorneys Office or by donald trump. Of course. Now this will be the second time he has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. In this case, Perjury Charges would make him a difficult witness, even if someone were to change their mind and decide to call him, it would put some taint on that, but weisselberg here, hes expected to plead guilty later this morning, then we will learn more details about the specific crimes that hes pleading guilty to, but they are Perjury Charges related to the new York Attorney general civil Fraud Investigation. Really important context. Youre Offering Care as you followed all of the ins and outs of this very closely. Were going to have much more detail on this today. Hopefully, well bring it to john, right. New this morning, a deeply revealing new interview with President Biden. Biden tells evan osnos of the new yorker that donald trump will quote do anything to try to win in november, he says he does not think trump will concede if he loses, quote, losers, who are losers are never graceful this as the Trump Campaign is being forced to learn how to be a little more frugal. The campaign is trying to cut costs with Donald Trumps mounting legal fees that is proving to be a difficult proposition. Cnns Alayna Treene is in washington with the details here, you know, maybe fewer trips to starbucks make the coffee in the office i mean, there are some great anecdotes in this story, john, but it all stems from really, you know, donald trump is gearing up for a very costly general Election Campaign against joe biden, while also facing the enormous legal costs of all of the legal problems that he is facing. And because of that, his campaign in his really trying to rein in spending. Now, we have one anecdote about how staff on the campaign often refer to susie wiles, one of the Campaign Managers, as a miser, something that she agrees with. We have one story about how a staffer had been telling others to make sure to tell others, i should say that he was only taking uber x is one of them more less costly . Ubers because if he didnt, susie would quote kill me. Now we also know that chris lacivita, he is another Campaign Manager for the trump operation. He is privately grumbled on multiple occasions about how expensive Donald Trumps rallies are. And hes made a very concerted effort to try and host these large rallies at smaller venues to try and save some money. We also have some great color about how in the trump headquarters across the country theyve been pulling furniture from yard sales. They its all mismatch as one Senior Advisor described it, they dont have mahogany desk. If they do, theyre falling apart. That just gives you an example. Ample of really how they look at this. Now i do want to share with you a quote from lacivita who remarked on some of this. He said, quote, any organization that is concerned, or at least puts that level of concern at the forefront. Youre gonna get better bids for business he added, if youre not spending the majority of your money on touching voters and pushing your candidate, then youre not running a Good Campaign now, john, i can tell you that this frugal approach is something that many of Donald Trumps top staff and aides do take pride in, but it also has been a point of frustration for many as you look at past campaigns, they were able to spend a lot more money. They were a little bit more free with their expenses this time around and theyre very much to keeping a tight leash on it. Yeah, every campaign ive covered, theyd like to brag about how frugal they are, whats different about this one is the candidate running its got like a ton of legal bills. How much is that factoring into this . Its a huge part of it. And the way that ive heard from my conversations with Donald Trumps campaign about this as they look at it as twofold. One is about, they recognize that in 2020 when donald trump was still the incumbent and money was supposed to be one of the big assets of his campaign. They actually spent and burned through hundreds of million scenes of dollars in just a matter of months. And that left them in a really dire financial situation in the leadup to the 2020 election. And so thats something that his top advisers very much fear, but youre right, one of the bigger and i think driving concerns of this frugal approach is the legal bills and they recognize that thats been putting them at a disadvantage. We know that at the Biden Campaign has fundraised far more than than they have way more Money In The Bank than donald trump does. And theres a few ways they look at paying for this. One is the Trump Campaign is still planning to rely on save america, his main Leadership Pac to underwrite his legal bills, except they had actually spent 50 million or more than 50 million last year. And so theyre in their own dire financial situation. But one way that this is new reporting, john, that theyre also planning to pay for. This is donald trump himself has been putting forth his own money to underwrite his own legal bills. And this is from amanda, we know as long loathed paying lawyers, he stuffed his lawyers in the past. And so this is a departure for the former president the departure is using his own money to pay his own legal bills. What should tell you something in and of itself, Alayna Treene. Thank you very much for that. Sara all right. Thank you. John, was what do you use your legal bill . I mean, im going to handle legal bills what i do, i pay well, i would like to use your money. Your money John Nikki Haley is celebrating her first big primary win. Cnn projects. She will win the republican president ial primary in washington, dc. This victory comes on the eve of what could be a doer die moment for her campaign today, 29 gop delegates in north dakota are up for grabs tomorrow. Its of course the big one, Super Tuesday, 865 republican delegates will be doled out over 16 states and territories. Cnns kylie atwood is on the Campaign Trial traveling with nikki haleys team. Kiley. Is this the momentum haley needed or is it just not . Nuff when you look at the polling well, listen, its certainly significant that she has now won a single contest. This part of this republican primary process, but it is just that sorry, it is one single contest. Its 19 delegates in dc. Its not necessarily enough to boost her to the top the pack with the former president. Now, one interesting thing that were looking at today is the fact that over the weekend, she very clearly said that she doesnt feel that she its still bound by her commitment that she made last year to support the eventual republican nominee for president. Listened to what she said on nbc i mean, at the time of the debate, we had to take it to where would you support the nominee and you had to in order to get on that debate stage, you said yes. The rnc is now not the same rnc. Now its so youre no longer bound by that pledge now, i think ill make what decision i want to make, but thats not something im thinking about now. Listen, nikki haley, just a few weeks ago, did say that she would uphold that pledge. So this is a key change for her and she is saying, obviously that she will make the decision that she wants to make. That comes as we have seen, her criticism a former President Trump become sharper and sharper and sharper over the last few months as the two of them have battled it out also comes, as you said, on the eve of Super Tuesday what are more than a dozen states that are going to be voting . It could very well determine the fate of nikki haleys campaign. She has said shes not looking past Super Tuesday at this point and were here in texas today where she will have two events. Her final events ahead of that major event tomorrow as she watches, those states vote, sara all right . Hey, kylie and youre looking at the states that will be voting on Super Tuesday. We are very close to that point in time, john. All right. Happening now, a new crew is headed to the International Space station, but just minutes before lift a small crack raised big concerns in the first overthecounter Birth Control pill ever approved in the United States is now on its way to pharmacies across the country. 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The latest New York Times siena poll shows that emotions may be overriding the numbers more than half of registered voters say the us is poor thats nearly double the number of voters who say it is excellent or good seen in Global Economic analyst and financial times, Associate Editor and Global Business columnist, Run A Ferrari joins me now. Run in your latest column, you talk about the gdp being up. Inflation is down. Job markets solid, good numbers but voters not feeling good about the economy. When you say as someone whos not an economist, not looking at all the big numbers. I dont think the us has good. Are you really saying my Economic Conditions are not good . You just nailed it. Its all about that felt experience. How do we feel when worrying the groceries . Door when were paying our rent, when were filling our car, and that gets to where people live, how theyre going about their daily lives, what theyre feeling in their wallets, which frankly doesnt really reflect those big numbers. On the one hand, if you look at the headline on data, i mean, this economy is roaring, right . Gdp is up, the jobs market could hardly be better inflation, which we know has been a problem. Weve all felt that is actually moderating, but what did people feel . They actually feel that, hey, over the last two or three years, the price for food, the price for rent, the price for what im paying for my car has gone up maybe 20 in some cases. So theyre angry, you know, thats one thing that im really taking away from my coverage and talking to voters. They are very, very angry about those prices and they dont feel, even though the numbers are getting there, they dont really feel it in their pocketbook. When youre already down. Yeah, youre in debt. You view, we know Credit Card Debt is up under for senate, then it feels like punishment, even if the prices stay the same or lower just a bit thats right. All right. Let me ask you about about this. Something else that you put in your article, which is really interesting for the first time in several years, americans believed that immigration is the top issue. Yeah, the number one issue. Thats according to gallup a gallup poll how does immigration though affect inflation . Because you argue there is an effect there. What is it . Well, its fascinating immigration. The numbers are showing is actually one of the reasons we havent seen more inflation, particularly in labor markets. So if you think about whos working in restaurants, whos in the care economy, whos taking care of your grandmother, your a child . A lot of that labor is immigrant labor. Now, whats fascinating is theres some new research to show that both legal immigration, but also illegal immigration has been part of that lower Inflation Story. Now this is a very controversial issue, right . Because if you look at illegal immigration, for example, you see a lot of folks coming in to sanctuary cities. I mean, we see this in new york a lot of them are not working, but some of them that are working are in the informal sector. Theyre working maybe off the books in restaurants and the care economy that actually does have a dampening effect on inflation. Now, whats fascinating is you could argue if there was a way to fasttrack these folks into legal positions, get them work permits. Weve seen some exemptions with venezuelans, et cetera that could be a good thing, right . For the Inflation Story overall. But most americans, 61 of americans believe that illegal immigration in particular is a huge problem. 91 Senate Republicans think that no matter what immigrants are doing for our Inflation Story, there is still a sense that hey, were concerned about the border. Were concerned about security, illegal immigration, huge issue shell all right. This is also interesting. It probably surprising to know what Party Affiliation has a lot to do with how americans see the the economy. You just ride this as cognitive, political divide and its something you said has been going on for decades what is this . What did you noticed this sort of biden, its widening, correct . It is widening. And i mean, look, we know that were in a partisan world, right . I mean, things are more polarized than theyve been for decades. But whats fascinating is you can literally show the same piece of data, the same number, two, a democrat and republican. And how they see it will be completely Black And White now that divide has been growing radically over the last two decades. If you look at say, 1999 versus today, much, much bigger partisan divide and another thing thats quite interesting to me is that, that divide widens in periods of recovery like what were in right now. And why is that . Because if were in a great depression, were all feeling bad, right . But if were going to recovery theres a lot of data. Its changing and weve seen Inflation Hit hard in the last couple of years. Weve also seen inflation dampen and get a little bit better in recent years. So you can look at that in two different and and if youre republican, maybe youre saying, i think inflation is terrible. Bidens done a terrible job if youre democrat, you might be saying, hey, things are getting better. Maybe this bidenomics is actually working. Its all about Party Affiliation now, even when youre looking at numbers, that is terribly disturbing center being its. And i think its going to drive a lot of what happens in remember, and Super Tuesday, well be watching. Thats coming up a really vast are running for our thank you so much for being here. Thanks. So asum this morning, the first overthecounter Birth Control pill approved in the United States is now being shipped to stores and pharmacies across also the country. Its called opill and its a huge moment and it also comes as some us states, as we know, have sought to restrict access to Birth Control and abortion. Cnns jacqueline howard, she has much more on this and shes joining us now. Jacqueline, tell us more what happens today well, kate, this is a huge milestone starting today, shipments of opill are heading to major Retail Pharmacies it will be Available Online. And what we know about opill, its a mini pill, it contains progestin only to help prevent pregnancy. And if its taken as instructed. So at the same time, every day, it can be up to 98 effective and as for the cost, we know that it has the manufacturers suggested report tail price of 19. 99 for one months supply, 49, 99 for a threemonth pack and 89, 99 for a six month pack. But kate, as you said, at a time when there has been a lot of debates and concern really around womens access to Reproductive Health services. This rollout of the nations first ever overthecounter Birth Control pill to stores. Its a major milestone, kd where can people find it so some of the major Retail Pharmacies that will carry it include cvs and walgreens. Again, it will be Available Online at opill. Com and other online retailers. And if you do walk into a store later this month, you can expect to see it in the Family Planning section of major pharmacies and again, we should expect with shipments starting today, we should expect it to be in stores in the coming days and weeks and online as well. Kate first over approved, overthecounter Birth Control pill. Now, where people can preorder it this week, its good to see you, jacqueline, thanks for the update, john, are happening now, a new nasa space x crew is on his way to the International Base station, but there was concern over a small crack minutes before launch and just full power and lift knaflic crew aid, go falcon, go to space acting, go naphtha going acid despite the crack that was in a seal on the capsule side hatch. But engineers decided it would not be an issue for the mission. Now the three three nasa astronauts and one russian cosmonaut are expected to dock at the Space Station early tomorrow morning. Cnns tom foreman is with us now. Small crack doesnt seem to be the type of thing you want to see before liftoff. Theyre small, talk and they were giving it a very, very close look. Ill tell you those. It was so small, john, that they debated for a while whether not was actually hair, not a crack, they determined that even if it was a crack, that it would be tightened by reentry, by the heat and that it did not pose a real threat. So they were confident enough to go ahead with launcher. That was right down to take off. Take off really beautiful picture. Perfect. There burning about 700 gallons of fuel a second as they took off and got up into orbit and started chasing down the International Space station to catch up with it tomorrow. And dr. Theyre gonna do a lot of important work while theyre there about 200 different experiments, many of them are aimed really at sustainability in space, about how people deal with things like the impact of micro and uv radiation stem cell study and test pressure cuffs. In this case are looking at circulation that might be happening in the legs, the arms of the astronauts when theyre up there, three astronauts, nasa astronauts, one cosmonaut from roscosmos so in three of them flying for the very first time, only one has been up there before, and that is the pilot. In any event, one of the real reasons theres so much focus on human health and radiation and all this is, this is all becoming more and more a precursor for this return to the moon and a potential trip to mars maybe in the 2030s, 2040s, depending on when that might happen, when humans sustainability in that moment is really going to the matter. And one of the nicest things that happened yesterday was they havent antigravity are zero gravity indicator that each crew takes long as you basically something to just float around and show that theyve reached zero gravity. What they took this time was a small stuffed toy in this case, a little dog. You can see it just there to the left. He sort of playing within, bouncing around. That was chosen by one of the astronauts children to represent the sacrifice of families and kids when people have to go to their work, whether other astronauts or anybody else really a nice choice . Yes. I was going to make front of it, but the kid gave the stuffed animal this show that occasionally, you know, everyones got to give a little bit oh, tom, melt my heart this early morning. Amazing mission and when we go to mars or to the moon these people are gonna be up there for about six months. We think. And for a few days ill have 11 people on the International Space station thats a lot of people even though its about a big as six, a sixbedroom house. But the further we go along or theyre gonna be out there 11 people and one stuffed dog, tom foreman. Thank you very much for being with does 11 people in a sixbedroom house, i guess people are bunking. This what can you brother hours. That would be good. The end is insight for a monster blizzard on the west coast, california, Sierra Nevada, is still getting hit with snow this morning with some areas reporting more than seven feet of snowfall right now, one ski resort posted this video showing cruz getting hit with strong winds as they tried to clear away the snow on the roads. That has left some people stranded. Cnns Derek Van Dam is joining us now man snow all weekend, you all predicted this . Yeah. People didnt listen. They gotten their cars. I saw cars buried and its still snowing and its still snowing Snowfall Totals so far above seven feet, like you mentioned, this has been a fiveday blizzard. I want you to look at the Disappearing Act that this vehicle in lake tahoe went through yesterday. I mean, poof right before your eyes. It disappears because of the low visibility. I mean, this is what people were dealing with and contending with when will it end . Well, it is wrapping up now, but still a consequential and very impactful storm. And one of the major reasons is not just the amount of snow. Yes, weve the accumulated more than Shaquille Oneals height. Hes seven foot one. We had seven andahalf foot total so far. And just look at this 145 mile per hour he wins. You dont even need that much snow on the ground to lift it up into the air reduce the visibility and all of a sudden becomes extremely difficult. Whiteout conditions, by the way, that is equivalent to a category four atlantic hurricane. Those types of winds that is impressive, 89 inches recorded at sugar bowl. The storms not done just yet, daughter peak, also around 87 inches and yes, it was stranding vehicles, people getting pulled out. I mean that is impressive. So we still have our Winter Weather alerts, blotting the landscape here across the western half of the us because of this ongoing storm. But the good news is just within the past our the blizzard warnings have been lifted for lake tahoe and the Sierra Nevada region. So thats good news. We do have some precipitation north of there, but thats really not going to impact the hardest hit areas. So maybe just maybe well get just a few moments are a few days to dig out of this recent snowstorm, but wow, how impactful is that . Snow above Shaquille Oneals head. And you saw the Disappearing Act there right on your tv screens. So thats something if youve ever seen him in person, you just realize how high that really it yeah. Exactly. Right Derek Van Dam. Thank you very, very much the Supreme Court jumping into the president ial race like we havent seen in two decades, the historic ruling could be coming in the next two hours here on cnn, we are