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i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. we begin this hour with breaking news. a passenger aboard an american eagle flight is in custody tonight after forcing an emergency landing at laguardia airport in new york. one person aboard the flight says as soon as the plane came to a halt the pilots and flight attendants began shouting for everyone to evacuate. cnn s paolo sandoval is gathering the latest information. what have you learned tonight? reporter: the key detail here, all the passengers and crew aboard that flight that made the emergency landing at laguardia earlier this afternoon are okay as the investigation gets started here. that plane actually touched down at about the time that it was scheduled to. however, the landing when you look at these pictures, it was anything but routine because the crew aboard american flight 4817 initially reported that emergency or at least declared that emergency after several people aboar ....
things are hard to find. that s because they are. we ll look at the chaos. welcome here in the united states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. encouraging developments in the u.s. critical numbers for covid likes cases, deaths and hospitalizations seem to be trending downward. there s been an unprecedented demand for covid booster shots in recent days. more than 7 million people have gotten an extra dose of vaccine so far. it s now outpacing the number of people getting their first and second shots. and experts warn the pandemic is far from over. cnn s amara walker has wore. reporter: there s good reason could be cause ofly optimistic. we certainly turned the corner. we have passed the peak. hospitalization it s and deaths are trailing off. these are very, very good signs sflp in the next couple of weeks, we ll see the surge ending. reporter: health officia ....
the subpoena from the january 6th committee in congress. however do lawmakers have to go to get the truth? covid hospitalizations are down but experts warn this battle is not over yet. plus, a former navy s.e.a.l. going to sky high heights to help gold star families. and he s taking on mt. everest to help the children of fallen service members. you ll hear from him, live. we appreciate you sharing part of your weekend with us. it is saturday, october 9th. laura, the alarm going off a little later this month. it was a treat. such a treat. an hour later. i could get used to this. this is great. a lot to get to but up first here, executive privilege and the search for answers about the january 6th insurrection. donald trump is trying, trying to claim executive privilege to block the special house committee investigating the riots from getting documents. yeah, we should note. he s no longer the exec 2i6. former trump adviser steve bannon now trying to defy a subpo ....
presidential election set against the backdrop of that war. live in paris with the latest. welcome to the show. it is 10:00 a.m. here in ukraine. orthodox christians across this country are celebrating easter sunday, or at least trying to amid the ongoing russian shelling. in the past hour we have received the latest intelligence assessment of the war from the british defense ministry. they say that numerous russian assaults in the donbas have been repelled this week. the intelligence update shows some russian gains. but at, quote, significant cost. because of course, strong ukrainian resistance. it really underscores an anticipated visit to kyiv today by u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin. that was announced earlier by the ukrainian president. would be the first high-level american delegation to kyiv since the war began, though no confirmation has been provided by the u.s. side so far. russia s no holds barred assault is now ent ....