joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom they screwed up our town, they will fix it. it has been two weeks now and we have no plans of going back to our house. xw a key witness to a lot of the things donald trump was doing. if jack smith wants mark meadows testimony, jack smith will get mark meadows testimony. they have just unloaded the tents here. they is one of the hardest hit areas in the quake zone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is february 16, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in east palestine, ohio where in a few hours the air will be tested. this was the scene three days after the train derailed. federal investigators are reviewing numerous videos and data from the so-called black box and despite ohio s governor saying it is safe to return home, many residents have evacuated their homes and businesses out of concern for their safety from the toxic chemic
potential presidential campaign just ahead plus what we re learning about donald trump s deposition yesterday in new york after spending eight hours at the attorney general s office. and we ll have the latest on the arrest of the young air national guardsman suspected of leaking classified documents all right, good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 14th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire we begin in florida where ahead of a likely presidential run governor ron desantis signed a six-week abortion ban into law yesterday, a move that underscores just how controversial the move is. the typically boisterous desantis announced the decision with little fanfare last night, putting out this tweet just after 11:00, hours after the ban was approved by the gop controlled state legislature just two out of the 28 republicans in the florida senate voted against the bill, which makes exceptions for pregnancies involving rape or incest up until 15 weeks thosexes
maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
however to interpret it. lori lightfoot, the chicago mayor who has days left in office is now complaining that prosecutors are going easy on criminals. they re making it tough for the police. listen closely to her and to these other mayors. this is enlightening. if we say yeah, the police department is spending this time to put a case on and the judges and the prosecutors say we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. if somebody musters the courage to come forward and identify the person that just shot up their neighborhood and sees them walking bold as day back on the street two days later, what does that say to them? you can t just allow our law enforcement agencies to decrease. we know what the consequences of that will be. we have about 2,000. they get out monday. they re doing the stickup on tuesday. and they snub their nose at the criminal justice system. they re violent. they re dangerous. some of them are dealing with real mental
and one thing democrats and republicans can agree on, the classified briefings for bind intelligence officials from them landed with a thud with the intel community unable to provide clearance absences oo that 21-year-old was able to leak top secrets to his chat group. certainly wasn t satisfied with any plans that they have for the future too many people with access to too much information without safe guards. and i was left with more questions than answers i m andrea mitchell. with the legal future of the most widely used abortion pill still in limbo the supreme court has pushed back its self imposed deadline until midnight tomorrow on whether or not to extend the stay on lower court rulings that will severely limit access to the pill if the court fails to act or denies the stay, every dose would be pulled off the market because the labels would be misbranded adding to the legal problems ahead and battles, the drug maker behind a generic version has filed its own laws