christine, it s friday. it is friday. i m christine romans. march 5th, everybody. it s 5 a.m. in new york. we begin with covid relief as millions of american families wait desperately for relief. what they re getting in washington is political theater. on the senate floor almost 11 hours and a few sore throats later the clerks are finally done reading all 628 pages of the $1.9 trillion covid relief package to a mostly empty chamber. theater without an audience. ron johnson forcing the clerks to read the entire bill aloud before the debate resumes this morning all in a doomed effort to slow relief to the many who desperately need it. cnn s daniella diaz is live on capitol hill. senator johnson s tactic didn t sink the bill. what happens now? reporter: it was a super late night here in the senate. they wrapped the reading of this bill around 2 a.m. we started early afternoon. this was more than 10 hours that they spent reading this bill on the senate floor. democrats are
new day continues right now. all right. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, february 3rd. we do have breaking news from overnight. u.s. special forces conducted a significant counterterror operation in northwest syria. that s the first video of the operation that we have had a chance to look at just into cnn. and we re getting the first still images from the scene. this shows the aftermath of the mission. you can see the destruction of the structure of the main building there. now, up until this point, the pentagon really hasn t given many details about what they were targeting, what exactly happened except to say, and this is their words, they say it was successful. now, in the past the u.s. targeted al qaeda in the idlib province. they are saying this claimed 13 lives, including six children. we are tracking the very latest developments live from abu dhabi. what can you tell us? reporter: well, brianna, j
address the nation in just moments. we re going to bring you those comments as they begin. we have a team of reporters and experts covering this from all angles. let s begin with barbara starr at the pentagon. and, barbara, we re now hearing that it was the target himself who detonated a bomb that killed members of his own family. what more are you hearing on this front? well, several sources, administration officials are telling cnn that the initial assessment they have from the ground is in fact the leader of isis al qurayshi blew himself up as u.s. troops were approaching or entering the building where they thought he was. and that these 13 people were killed, including 6 children, when that happened. of course, the military will look at this and review it as part of the standard after action review. there are always concerns about civilian casualties. that said, this mission was one of the most dangerous the u.s. military can undertake, special operations forces went
quote. call 877 cash now. thanks, j. g wentworth. this is cnn. the world s news network. we have breaking news. a ground stop just lifted after a nationwide halt of southwest airlines flights, the airline dealing with what they re calling a major technical issue . we re getting new reporting in for the thousands and thousands of people affected by this it may happen any moment the supreme court could determine the fate of a commonly used abortion drugs as soon as today . we re outside the court with the very latest, a jury has just been selected in the historic defamation lawsuit against fox news, the latest from inside the courtroom, including what we re learning about the jurors, these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. alright the breaking news a nationwide ground stop for southwest airlines was lifted just moments ago. now the federal aviation administration had issued that stopped after southwest reported intermittent technology issues.
latest. and mitch mcconnell hospitalized after a trip and fall. death toll rising in california. the historic snowstorm blamed for more bodies being found and now a new warning to residents, prepare for floods. nba ledgegend arrested, shawn k in connection with a drive by shooting. and president biden going bick. seeking to cut the deficit by $3 trillion. details on his plan to do it. why republicans say it will never happen. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning with the war in ukraine. russia launching a barrage of missiles overnight. power knocked out. innocent civilians killed. the russians struck several major cities including the capitol of kyiv. ukrainian officials say a russian missile obliterated homes and killed five people in the western city which is right on nato s doorstep. this is a photo of russian missiles rising up into the sky in the predawn hours. ukraine s military says russia lau launched more than 80 missiles in all. and the lar