people limiting outside activity especially for anyone with underlying medical conditions who might have trouble breathing. video from the space station 240 miles up showing the extent of the smoke from wildfires billowing in the atmosphere. the mostly cloudy smoke is expected to stick around and the possible danger for many. listen. the levels that people if they were to be outside especially if they are exercising breathing faster, they are going to be inhaling particulates at concentrations the normal smokers would inhale. dana: dr. saphier joining us in a moment with more on the hazards to your health and what you need to know. our meteorologist is reporting from new york city time square. good morning. over 9 million acres on fire in canada. many of those fires uncontrolled right now. it has really prompted a lot of the smoke to continue to billow over the border. a blocked weather pattern in place across the country right now. big ridge of high pressure out to t
alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: by the time the boom was felt and heard, this plane traveled for hundreds of miles on auto pilot. it was close to long island destination when the recession made 180-degree turn and began flying in the other direction and reached washington, d.c. restricted airspace. norad granted permission to two jets to fly at super sonic speed causing the boom. civilian aircraft was intercepted at 3:20 eastern time. the pilot was norad attempted to establish contact with the pilot until the aircraft crashed. virginia state police followed up, 3:50 p.m., virginia state notified of crash in stanton blue ridge region. search by the sheriff office and augusta fire rescue got underway by ground and air across the region shortly before 8 p.m. first responders reached the aircraft. no survivors were located. speaking to new york times, john rumple, the plane owner said his daughter, his granddaughter and a nanny were onboard. mr. rumple said he had lit
classes resume at a virginia elementary school for the first time since a first grader shot his teacher. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans this monday morning, secretary of state antony blinken in egypt this morning, the first leg of his three-day tour of the middle east. his visit coming at a time when violence is flaring between israelis and palestinians. iran and ukraine also high on the agenda as blinken prepares to leave cairo for israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu new right wing government is causing turbulence at home and abroad. nic robertson has the latest from jerusalem. what is blinken hoping to accomplish on this visit? reporter: i think the best hope here of people on both sides, palestinians and israelis is that he can lower the tensions at the moment. how does he do that? well, he s very likely to appeal to prime minister netanyahu to reconsider some of his cabinet s decisions over the weekend o
kids and communities all across the world who need it the most and that s always been my dream. i couldn t do this without any of the support and the love and i can t wait to continue to take y all on this journey with me. fans raised more than $9 million for damar hamlin s charity, which helps kids, american heart association. 356,000 people suffer out of hospital corrections each year. nearly 1,000 per day. 90% don t make it. damar hamlin clearly taking nothing for granted on his opportunity here to create positive change. i love that moment to raise awareness as well. i love that you used the world gnarly in your report. back to my cali not that i surfed. that was a gnarly report. [ laughter ] i just like being near the surf. next hour the cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. buenos dias. welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. i m amara walker. permanently disbanded. a major change at the memphis police department after the beating de
i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in today for fredicka whitfield. a major move by the memphis police department. less than 24 hours after the release of the video showing the brutal building of tyre nichols, the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit will be disbanded. this move coming after nichols family and protesters around the country demanded the unit be dissolved. cnn s isabelle rosales has more on these developments. what are you learning? reporter: the police chief cerelyn davis, in a statement she put out, talking about how it was disbanded, she touted the quality work of this unit. clearly there s been tensions between the community and this s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what happened here is the police chief, she met with members that were not involved in the beating of tyre nichols and determined it was in the best interest of the community to disband. this goes to the direct wis activists and the family attorney as well. here is what we know about the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. this