arming missiles to taiwan for their fighter jet. there s concerns that they may be planning to arm russia now. in a moment, what former director of national tell john ratcliffe thinks the u.s. should be doing to address this and democratic senator joe manchin on if we are risking war with china over all of this. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto on a very busy news day. let s get to it with the latest from the pentagon. we ll find jennifer griffin. jennifer? neil, the state department has approved the sale of f-16 munitions worth $619 million for taiwan. since 2010, the u.s. has september $37 billion in foreign military sales. taipei has requested to buy 100 harm missiles along with various missile launches that can be used by the f-16 fleet. we don t believe an invasion is imminent. we re going to continue to work closely with our allies and partners to deter potential aggression. we re ininterested in the status quo, to preserve the peace that has been there a very lo
just ahead, california s governor declares a state of emergency in 13 counties after a week of heavy snow. till you re actually physically walking on the street you don t understand it. i mean look at my window. and fears are growing that many residents may be stranded. plus demanding answers in greece as the death toll from the train collision continues to rise. we ll bring you the latest on the investigation. ohio s governor visits the east palestine cleanup operation where nearly 2 million gallons of liquid waste have already been removed and now reports of rail workers getting sick. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. snowstorms, tornadoes and floods, it s all in the forecast for the u.s. as severe weather looms across the country. parts of the west coast are trying to thaw out from a massive snowstorm moving east now. areas in california have seen more than 100 inches of snow in the last week prompting the governor to declare a
just ahead you have an individual try to get a bag on a plane and may have tried to put the bag in the plane without actually traveling. anything explosive or flammable in the luggage can be extremely dangerous in the cargo hold and could bring down the plane. and robust severe weather outbreak is possible across the deep south that could include tornadoes and large hail. everyone who thought they knew who he was, he has fooled them all for his own storm when would mean consequences for maggie and paul. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, march 2, 4:00 a.m. in pennsylvania where a man is now in federal custody after he allegedly tried to bring explosives on a flight to florida. authorities say that the man was arrested at his home monday night after his luggage triggered an alarm at a checkpoint earlier in the day. he was seen leaving the airport after he had been paged by security. a section of the airport
explosives. more now from evan perez. reporter: according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in routine screening happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap, they found fuses. powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this. the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that, something obviously that the fbi was focused on the last couple of days. nothing like that appears to have emerged in that investigation. this is a very serious thing obviously. if you read the court documents, the fbi says that this powder that was included in this
airport. the suspect arrested by the fbi. what we re learning about the device that was found hidden in his luggage. also, university of georgia football player who turned himself in on charges related to a deadly car crash that killed a teammate and staff member after the team s national championship victory. also, u.s. intelligence with a new report on what is known as havana syndrome. for years american diplomats and spies around the world have been complaining of mysterious symptoms. they re oftentimes debilitating. what s a foreign adversary to blame? we have the answer. lot to get to. we ll begin with this. the tsa intercepting a suitcase packed with an explosive device before loaded ton a plane. it happened at the airport in it allentown, pennsylvania. the bomb squad rushing into the scene there. and the fbi later arresting this man seen on surveillance video. here s the breakdown of what happened. the fbi saying the suspect arrived at the airport monday morning