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the other two won the races by 50 and 75 points. for months on this show, we have been covering the chaos that ensued when due to a series of unexpected issues, three seats won by democrats in the november elections were left vacant. pennsylvania republicans took that opportunity to in effect, steal their way to a majority in the state house. clearly ignoring the will of the people by pretending that they had a majority while those seats remained unfilled. but now that those special elections have been held and the winner settled, it seems like a more drama free environment will be coming into effect because democrats will now control the commonwealth s legislature for the first time in a dozen years as we mentioned earlier. and it is coupled with the fact that democrat josh shapiro won the governor s race in the midterms. democrats are now on track to get some big things accomplished. access to abortion will likely be safeguarded. a minimum wage hike is also any work. ....
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour, with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. the u.s. fighter jet is taking it down, off the coast of alaska this time, on friday, the pentagon officials say they acted swiftly, after the object, about the size of a small car, crossed into frozen territorile waters. the second time in less than a week a u.s. fighter jet has shot an object out of the sky. following the spy balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. cnn reporter is live in our washington bureau with more on this, so katie, twice, in a week s time, what are we learning about this second object, and who it might belong to? well, at this point, we still really have more questions than answers, and we do know is that on thursday, the u.s. military observed an unknown object in american air space, off o ....
top priority. you heard it just moments ago. he said he would introduce a bill to protect abortion rights if democrats can hold on to congress. it s clearly an effort to motivate voters. his last words were vote, vote, vote. but with economic worries, not abortion top of mind for most americans, the question is, will it work? plus, would you pay more than $1,000 for a hotel room? a new house investigation finds that the secret service had to do just that repeatedly because that s what the trump organization charged them to stay in their hotels. we have details on this alleged scam. breaking it down with a reporter who knows more about trump s finances than almost anyone. the new york times david. no one likes to pay baggage fees at the airport, even worse if you re unfairly charged. that s what happened to customers of one major airline, so they fought back and they won. we ll dig into the details of the settlement by american airlines and how you might get a piece o ....
washington. the death toll grows after a russian missile strike destroys an apartment building in ukraine. the mayor of dnipro says the search for survivors is doubtful. on the eve of martin luther king jr., joe biden tells the church, quote, this is a time of choosing. we begin in ukraine with the devastating missile strike on an apartment building in dnipro. right now the death toll is at 30 and that is expected to keep rising. officials say there could be up to 40 people still under the rubble. cnn is on screen. reporter: we are seeing on the ground complete devastation. obviously a densely populated area. this building here, this residential building was just completely flattened by a cruise missile. people are breaking down in tears at the devastation unfolding in front of them. the ukrainians say they are trying to search for survivors, but, of course, that search is very difficult. the scene, apocalyptic as rescuers sift through the debris searching for sur ....
thank you, everyone, for wat watching. cnn newsroom is now. good morning. i m rerica hill. i m jim sciutto. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin still in critical condition in a cincinnati hospital. the 24-year-old collapsed on the field after a violent collision. players on the field shell shocked as medical staff performed cpr on hamlin for a full nine minutes before they finally restored his heart beat. he was driven out of the stadium in an ambulance. the nfl later suspended that football game. the bills updated that hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after that tackle. we ll be live in cincinnati with the latest on his condition. we ll be talking to a lot of former nfl players about this. important to get their perspective on how all of that happened last night. what it means moving forward. we re monitoring the situation of capitol hill today. a new congress set to begin with republicans in control, but without a speaker. that vote is set for later today. ....