warm welcome to our viewers all around the world. bianca is off. but just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> the colorado supreme court found that former president trump should be disqualified from being on the ballot in that state. >> we've never had a president inside an insurrection and then tried to run for the presidency again. >> thousands of migrants in eagle pass, texas waiting to be transported for immigration processing. >> congress has not been able to come together and do comprehensive immigration reform which would help prevent a lot of the scenes that you see at the u.s./mexico border. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is wednesday, december 20, 9:00 a.m. in london, 2:00 a.m.

in denver, colorado where the state supreme court has delivered a stunning decision disqualifying donald trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. justices ruled trump is not eligible to be a candidate because of his role in the 2021 insurrection. his campaign issued a statement saying in part the colorado supreme court issued a completely flawed decision and we'll swiftly file an appeal to the u.s. supreme court and a request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision. we'll have full confidence that the u.s. supreme court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unamerican lawsuits. the ruling is on hold pending that appeal. in the meantime, colorado's secretary of state says she has no choice but to follow the court's decision. >> they believe that donald trump incited the insurrection and that it is up to a court to determine whether that incitement disqualifies him from further holding office under the

constitution. this is exactly how colorado law is set up. everyday voters can file a lawsuit to have a court weigh in. this is not such a clear cut case in that we don't have a lot of case law, it is unprecedented. >> more now from paula reid. >> reporter: this is a remarkable case from the colorado supreme court, they acknowledge and write at the top of their opinion the magnitude and the weight of the questions that they are analyzing here. and here this court found that former president trump should be disqualified from being on the ballot in that state because they say not only did he engage in an insurrection, but they believe that the 14th amendment, which bars certain officials from holding office, if they engage this insurrection, applies even to presidents. now, a lower court oversaw a trial in this case, the lower court found that trump engaged in an insurrection, but they

said that presidents are not specifically mentioned in that section three of the 14th amendment, so they said it didn't apply. but here the supreme court looking instead at the intent behind this amendment, looking at the overall objective of what they were trying to do when they were working on the language of this specific section. now, the issue there is that the trump campaign, the trump team made it clear, they will appeal it to the supreme court. this decision will likely be on pause until the supreme court weighs in one way or another. but this decision this is largely based on intent and larger objective is likely headed to a supreme court that is dominated right now by alist judges that look at the literal words. so it may not be the most favorable environment for this supreme court of colorado decision. but again, it is unclear if the supreme court will take it up

about they will likely want to resolve the issue because otherwise you will have it hanging over all 50 states and undecided. if the supreme court weighs in, that decision would be binding across the country. but the trump team says that they will appeal swiftly and as soon as they do, this decision is on hold until the supreme court rules one way or another. and republicans lining up to criticize the colorado supreme court ruling including u.s. house speaker mike johnson who calls it reckless. trump's rivals for the nomination are speaking out as well including his most vocal critic, chris christie. >> i do not believe donald trump should be prevented from being president of the united states by any court. i think that he should be prevented from being president of the united states by the voters of this country. >> i want to see this in the hands of the voters. we'll win this the right way. we'll do what we need to do. but the last thing we want is judges telling us who can and can't be on the ballot. >> immediate impact of the

colorado supreme court decision remains in question. especially since donald trump lost colorado in 2016 and 2020. cnn's senior legal analyst elie honig says more legal challenges could be coming. >> let's get our minds around what the consequences are. if this stands, and there is a legitimate question about if it will, if it stands this means that millions of voters will go to the voting booth in november in colorado and they will have only one major party name there. joe biden. that is it. that is the consequences here. and other states, there are dozens of pending lawsuits. we'll talk about which ones will sort of dictate the outcomes in which, but other states, this will encourage other litigation, other plaintiffs in other states who are going to try to knock him off the ballot as well. >> hoenig also weighed in on the chances of an appeal. >> the supreme court of colorado itself recognizes this almost certainly going up to the supreme court. so they say we'll stay, we'll

put on pause our own ruling until at least january 4. if trump even asks the supreme court to review it, which he certainly will, it is on hold until then. so it is not going to keep him off any ballot unless and until the u.s. supreme court says we agree with the colorado supreme court, which i think is unlikely. israeli official says israel and hamas are not near a final deal at the moment on the release of hostages in gaza. this is after israel's president suggested his country would be willing to agree to a new temporary truce with that has in exchange for more hostages. >> israel is ready for another humanitarian pause and another humanitarian aid in order to enable the release of hostages. >> meanwhile sources say u.n. security council is now expected to vote in the coming hours on a resolution calling for a

suspension of hostilities in gaza, this follows a delay amid negotiations to finalize that resolution which aims to get more humanitarian aid into gaza. clare sebastian is following this for us. first of all on the hostages, hamas had said that they wouldn't release anymore hostages unless there was a ceasefire. but it does seem as though they are sending someone into these negotiations with israel. >> seems that talks are intensifying. we're now hearing from an israeli official that they are not near a deal, but we are getting a sense of what is standing in the way. for example this official telling cnn wednesday that hamas is asking for what they call more heavy duty prisoners. so obviously in return for -- >> men. >> yeah. so a lot of prisoners released from israeli jail, but they were mostly women and children. so we don't know what they mean exactly by more heavy duty, but perhaps people in prison for more severe crimes. israel on the flip side is asking for all remaining hostages to be released as part of this deal.

so clear that there are major sticking points. israel saying that it is willing for a temporary ceasefire to happen as part of this one or two weeks, but look, i think talks are intensifying. we're hearing from hamas that the head of its political bureau who is based in doha is in egypt to talk with officials. they haven't explicitly said that that would be about the hostages, but we know egypt played a key role in brokering the previous hostage deal. so seems like there is a willingness to askdiscuss thing but not close to reaching a deal. >> and the u.n. vote presumably that is an american issue as far as getting the wording into the resolution that they are looking for. >> yeah, this was supposed to happen on tuesday, the vote in security council, and then we heard that it had been delayed, diplomatic source telling cnn that the u.s. was reviewing the text. they are trying to get to a point where the u.s. doesn't veto it, maybe at least abstains instead of voting against it.

because of course we saw before the security council not able to pass a ceasefire resolution. the general assembly did, but it was nonbinding. so they are back to the security council, is tthis is a resoluti brought forward by qatar trying to get something. but the u.s. not in favor of a permanent ceasefire but temporary pauses. >> in terms of the humanitarian situation, the aid agencies are desperate for a pause so they can get more aid in. >> yeah, it is now spiraling. they are saying -- this is from the world food program, that halfgazans are starving, children can't get 90% of their water needs. and this could spiral into a situation where disease kills more people than bombardment does. and of course the hospital situation, something we've been talking about for weeks, that the hospital system is on verge of collapse. and another hospital in gaza out

of service as of tuesday. there was the situation where a 13-year-old girl, this according to the hamas health ministry, was killed while receiving treatment for an amputation. so aid agencies again, humanitarian aid agencies raising the alarm about this. >> clare, thank you so much. the uu.s. warns houthi assa have raised to levels not seen in decades. they have launched at least 100 attacks on a dozen different merchants vessels in the last month. the red sea is one of the most important maritime trade routes in the world. houthis say they are going after ships that in some way support israel's war effort. natasha bertrand has been following this from the pentagon. >> reporter: the u.s. and its allies are scrambling to respond to a series of attacks by the iran backed houthi rebels who have launched over 100 attacks

according to a u.s. military official using missiles and drones on commercial vessels in the southern red sea over the last four weeks alone causing a dramatic impact to international shipping and commerce because of the impact that these attacks have had on these vessels operating there. many companies have said that they are actually pausing their operations in the red sea because of the threat of coming under fire by the houthi mili militants. so the u.s. and allies trying to find a way to respond that does not involve striking the houthis directly, something that the u.s. has been trying to avoid the last several weeks. and as a response to the attacks to date, the u.s. now says that they are going to be setting up an international coalition of maritime forces that will essentially be in the region and in the red sea available to respond and help commercial vessels if they need it. some of the investigation systems or some of the ships i should say, they will be escorting the commercial vessels if the situation warrants it.

and we've seen the u.s. shoot down a number of the missiles and drones that the houthis have launched targeting these commercial ships in recent weeks. but it remains unclear whether the houthis will be deterred by the new maritime coalition. they have said that they are going to continue their attacks on these commercial vessels in solidarity they say with the palestinians and in opposition to the israeli. however it is important to note that many of the ships that they have attacked if not most of them actually have no ties to israel at all and the u.s. says houthis have been attacking these ships on pportunistically and they have been taking advantage of course of the u.s. and allied presence in the area. they want to try to bolster their international reputation and presence there and they think that they will be able to get attention by continuing to target these vessels. so the u.s. facing a very big problem here, growing calls for them to strike the houthis directly, but at this point, this maritime coalition

according to the secretary of defense will hopefully help ease the problem. natasha bertrand, cnn, at the pentagon. some of the shipping giants don't want to worry anymore about attacks and whether the coalition will protect them. they are rerouting. and many going around africa through the cape of good hope. and that longer route is expected to snarl supply chains, push up oil prices and r raise inflation. ukraine's president says he is confident the united states will keep its promise to provide wartime support even as u.s. conservative lawmakers block a new aid package. volodymyr zelenskyy spoke about the state of the war and he says he believes that he, quote, found an understanding with president biden and the senators in his most recent trip to the u.s. and he says that he has faith despite what is happening

in congress. >> translator: talking about financial aid, we are working very hard on this. and i'm certain the united states will not be tray us. and he also addressed his request to draft up to hundreds of thousands of people to join the war. he says it is a complicated issue and needs to be handled with care. >> translator: their position on the general staff meeting was that they propose to have an additional 450,000 to 500,000 people. this is a very serious number. and i said i need more arguments to support this idea. >> president zelenskyy also saying that the challenges his military faces on the battlefield are immense, but he says his country has come a long way since russia's initial invasion nearly two years ago. ukraine won't give up. senate republicans react to

donald trump's inflammatory remarks about immigrants with both encouragement and kept civil. plus civil rights groups sue the state of texas over a new border law, what they say is the problem with the controversial legislation, next.

just days after donald trump told supporters that immigrants are poisoning the blood of the united states he is doubling down saying immigrants are destroying our country. and tommy tuberville said he wished the former u.s. president had taken an even tougher stance against immigration. you will recall that trump's wife is an immigrant and so is elaine chow wife of mitch mcconnell. >> are you comfortable with your party's leading presidential candidate referring to illegal immigrants as people poisoning the blood of our country? >> didn't bother him when he appointed elaine chao as secretary of transportation. and the new immigration law gives states the power to deport

miami grants. >> we're suing to block one of the extreme bills in the country, sb 4. it overrides federal constitutional principles and throughouts law while harming texans, in lawyer brown and black communities. >> in response, texas governor greg abbott says president biden has repeatedly refused to enforce the laws already on the books and do his job to secure the border. texas will take the fight all the way to the u.s. supreme court if necessary. rosa flores reports the legislation is among a rise of migrants at the border. >> reporter: you see behind me thousands of migrantses in eagle pass, texas waiting to be transported for immigration processing. now, heegagle pass, texas is

where it collides with the state who wants to take this issue into its own hands. i want to show you what i'm talking about. if you look over my shoulder, you will see these are men, women, children who are waiting right now out in the cold to be transported for processing. and what you are looking at right now is a federal issue in the united states. it is up to the federal government to apprehend these individuals, process them, and hold them. but texas governor greg abbott has just signed a bill known as sb 4 that would -- that has created a new state law for illegal entry into the united states. and what that means is the images that you are looking at right now could turn into a state issue. i've talked to state leaders all along the border who are very concerned about this. why? because it will cost their communities money. i talked to the sheriff here in maverick county, and he says

that his deputies don't have training in immigration law and that he doesn't have space in his jail to house all of these individuals. his jail can only house 250 individuals, there is already 180 in custody. and there are thousands of people behind me. so why is all this happening and why is there this bottleneck? right now there is about 23,000 migrants in border patrol custody. and holding capacity is only 10,000, so do the math. there is an overwhelming number of migrantses in custody and it has created this bottleneck which raises the question why, what is happening. why is this different. i'll tell you why. there is a few factors. of course the capacity issue, the flow issue, a lot of migrants coming to the united states from all around the world. and then there is this, the biden administration is trying to implement and use legal

consequences for illegal entry into the united states. and what they are doing in certain processing areas along the u.s. southern border is using something called enhanced expedited removal. what that means is that asylum officers make a determination on a migmigrant's indicate while t are in custody, so it means migrants are spending more time in custody. and only holding capacity about 10,000 and already holding 23,000. and so what this is doing, it is testing the infrastructure on the u.s. southern border. rosa flores, cnn, eagle pass, texas. and the state's democratic lawmaker castro says the new law is a dangerous move. >> for the last dozen years or more, people have been frustrated mostly with the fact that congress has not been able to come together and do comprehensive immigration reform which wowould help prevent a lo of scenes that you see at the border now. i think a big problem that many

folks have, including myself, is that we're absolutely willing to sit down and negotiate on these provisions, but you shouldn't be trading border restrictions or bad border policy for foreign aid. that is something that we've not seen before. so if there is going to be negotiation on the border, which there should be, it should be policies related to the border for things like giving dreamers and daca recipients a path to legalization, overhauling the visa system, that has not been part of the conversation on the supplemental aid bill at all. and then when you look at what governor abbott is doing, that is a very dangerous racial profiling bill that really harkens back to the 1950s when you had something called operation wetback that resulted in hundreds of thousands if not more than a million mexican-americans who were american citizens who were deported to mexico back then and

so governor abbott is usurping federal power and has just signed into law a very dangerous bill. >> the french parliament also passed a controversial legislation that tightens rules on immigration as a compromise reached between the ruling party and conservative opposition. among other things the law will delay migrants' access to welfare benefits and make it easier to about spell illegal immigrants and also harder for children to become french citizens. still to come donald trump's team putting a focus on iowa with a highly coordinated strategy to turn out voters for the first in the nation caucuses next month. plus the judge's ruling that could blow the lids off jeffrey epstein's little black book with names of dozens of alleged victims and associates will be made public.

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official, but negotiations are ongoing. supreme court has ruled had he is ineligible for office and won't be on the ballot based on the 14th amendment insurrection ban and trump's team has vowed to swiftly appeal the decision. trump campaign says the colorado judges are biased and that the ruling is part of a larger effort to sway the 2024 election for joe biden. on the campaign trial in iowa shortly after the ruling, trump opted not to address the court's decision choosing instead to double down on his angry anti-immigration rhetoric and the effects he claims undocumented migrants are having on the u.s. >> it is crazy what is going on. they are ruining our country. and it is true. they are destroying the blood of our country. that is what they are doing. they are destroying our country. they don't like it when i said that, and i never read "mein kampf."

they said hitler said that in a much different way. >> trump campaign has a lot riding on iowa as jeff zeleny explains with their battle plan. >> sometimes when you are leading by a lot everyone says why should i go and vote. the margin of victory is so important. >> reporter: donald trump back in iowa with that margin of victory squarely on his mind. but the outcome of the iowa caucuses now less than four weeks away may depend less on trump than the work being done on this makeshift assembly line inside his campaign headquarters. one box at a time, this is how trump's team is trying to build a land slide sending gold stitched hats and carefully curated care packages to nearly 2,000 of their precinct captains. >> look right here. a personalized from the president. >> reporter: brad is a volunteer and one of those precinct captains who speak on trump's behalf and agree to bring in ten new supporters. in 2016, he supported ted cruz

who beat trump with the help of a stronger organization. now he is at trump's operation. >> somebody has to screw the lug nuts on the cadillacs. the little jobs are the most important. >> reporter: while the rhetoric often is the same -- >> when i'm reelected, we'll begin, and we have no choice, the largest deportation operation in america. >> reporter: his organization is dramatically different this time driven by a sophisticated data driven effort to find trump supporters who have never attended a caucus before. in the last three months, trump has visited iowa more than a dozen times hitting all corners of the state in a highly targeted strategy. for a frontrunner not resting on a commanding lead. the moment you walk into a trump event, the organization is apparent. back at the campaign office, these commit to caucus cards are entered in to a database. supporters are called within three days. which advisers say often didn't happen in 2016. >> the polls don't matter. the one that really matters is

caucus night, isn't it. >> reporter: iowa's attorney general and one of trump's top supporters warns against complacency. >> i think people think he might not need their vote. that is not true. we need everybody to vote on caucus night. >> reporter: and an army of trump surrogates is holding small organizing events hammering home the same message. >> my only worry is low turnout. >> reporter: with desantis and haley in a fight for second place, trump is looking to close it down on opening night. >> he wants to run up the score so caucus night looks more like a coronation. >> reporter: jimmy, a veteran of four campaigns, says the trump organization may overwhelm its rivals. >> they are quietly building a very tenacious and robust organization and i think that that will be worth several points on caucus night. >> some of the most important work happens when the former president is not here.

>> that is precisely it. and it has been happening like that for eight years. >> reporter: the trump campaign looking for that decisive victory hoping the iowa caucuses bring an end to the campaign rather than the beginning of it. the reality is the trump ground game is considerably different than it was eight years ago. there in fact is a detailed organization, sophisticated operation. the question is, do all these visits to iowa open the door to more supporters or have they turned off some republicans eager to turn the page. jeff zeleny, cnn, waterloo, iowa. names of more than 150 of jeff cirey epstein associates a victims will be made public next year. he was indicted of:00 abusing dozens of underage girls. he died by suicide. jean casarez has more. >> reporter: this is born out of the civil suit that according to legal documents was settled in

2017. but names have continued to remain redacted until this point. so what names will we now learn? according to the order, and let's show everybody, first of all alleged victims of jeffrey eps epstein. the court says the reason that they will be public now is because they already have been public. people have done interviews, there have been testimony by some of these alleged victims. some of documents have had these names in them. also alleged associates of epstein's that once again have gone public already, testified in the trial, detectives, assistant state attorneys, their names have been redactcted in se documents.s. a public figure who according to the court order is one of many names inin epstein's address bo. that will become public. journalists whose names have been redacted will become public. and an individual who allegedly recruited young women to give

epstein epstein massages will be released. an individual whose role has been w widely repoported in tht media, the court order says that they have been prosecuted overseas for sex trafficking. that name will be released. but the overall theme is that these people have already been named in documents or named in the trial. so there is an unveiling to the public already. who will not become public? victims of jeffrey epsteins who were minors, who have not come forward at all. they will maintain their privacy right. according to the order, there is a number of days that all of the john and jane does will be allowed to appeal it if they want. following that, if no one appeals it, everything will get in order in early 2024 these names will be public along with the documents that previously had all those names redacted.

jean casarez, cnn, new york. google could be cutting you a check, though it might be a pretty smallen wo enone. google has agreed to pay $630 million to roughly 102 million u.s. couplers. and another $70 million to states as well. the settlement resolves allegations that they harmed with app store terms and fees. those i believe will get $2 or more, depending on how much they spent at the app store. rescue workers are scra scrambling to reach survivors after a deadly earthquake. state media says at least 131 people have been killed, and hundreds of others injured. tens of thousands of people had to be evacuated and others spent

the night in temporary shelters. for more, steven jank has the latest for us. >> reporter: yeah, authorities are saying the search and rescue effort is basically over but there might still be some small scale operations going on according to state media reports. folks in remote villages not only hit by the initial quake but also subsequent mudslides because officially still more than a dozen people missing. but the fact that the official death toll as well as casualty figures have been revised up only slightly from tuesday to wednesday is perhaps a reflection of the remoteness of this quake zone, sparsely populated. mostly rural and often mountainous even though the epicenter was just some 60 miles or so from the provincial city. and authorities say their focus is shifting to post-disaster relief including treating the injured. there are nearly 1,000 injured

and also resettling those forced to evacuate from their homes and fo farms. this is no easy task and the harsh winter condition, zero freezing temperature, really hampering the effort as well. and it may also take some convincing for some of them to leave because many of them are very poor farmers and they are not only worried about their lives and safety, but also their livelihood including the fate of their crops and livestocks. but overall the authorities say that they have restored electricity, communication signals and as well as road access to most parts of the quake zone hit by the very powerful tremor. >> steven, thank you. authorities say there is little threat that the volcano in southern iceland will impact international air travel. lava flows are down significantly since monday's eruption, but some areas including the capital may experience gas pollution. fred pleitgen is on the scene.

wrr >> reporter: the arctic night illuminated as the fissure breaks apart. week of earthquakes led to this display of the planet's fire and force. it is never possible to say exactly when or if a volcano like this one near the town of grindavik will erupt. officials took no chances though, evacuating the population after weeks of tremors. thousands of shakes were felt in november and all knew what they could bring. thankfully none were in grind vehicle when the volcano finally did erupt. this crack in the surface of our world close to 4 kilometers or more than two miles long spewing lava. this is as close as the authorities let us to the volcano eruption in the southwest of iceland, the so-called fissure eruption, and that means the eruption is along a crack that can be several

miles long rather than on a volcano cone. one of the good things about these gee eruptions is usually don't spew ash into the atmosphere very high which can and has in the past disrupted air travel internationally. and of course in a place like iceland, that could have massive effect. previous eruptions have lasted weeks or even months. in the town of griwn grof grind lava may follow. >> so if the activity goes on, the big question is will grindavik be inhabitable in the long run. >> reporter: and it dependses on a set of delonlgtdge cam circumstances. fred pleitgen, cnn. and still to come, what you can expect at the ampts ws airports.

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united states. and that is because it has a growth advantage over other variants spreading here and around the world. if you look just back about a month ago this november, it accounted for about 4% of new cases in the ground according to cdc estimates. and now that is up to more than 20% nationally. it is already predominant in the northeastern part of the united states and is expected to become the dominant variant here in the u.s. and worldwide over the coming weeks. jn-1 is a decent scendant of 2. because it had a number of mutations that experts worry would make it better at evading our existing immunity. and it didn't end up taking off with the speed that lot of people feared it would. but jn-1 does seem to have that ability to spread. but good news is that early

research suggests that the currently updated vaccines for covid should protect well against jn-1. and so public health officials especially here in the united states are encouraging folks to get the updated covid vaccines if they haven't already. currently only about 18% of u.s. adults have done so because covid hospitalizations are rising in many parts of the country. they are at immediamedium or ev levels. they have been increasing. and so as we're heading into the winter respiratory season, a lot of folks are traveling, they say protect yourself in any way possible. and more anger is directed at officials at the pitch. how the attacks on the referee could change the game forever.

football in turkey resumed after a shocking attack on a referee. but it didn't last long. the super league match between istanbul was stopped after the istanbul chairman told his players to leave the pitch when the team was denied a penalty. some players seemed reluctant do so. one can be seen pleading with the chairman to reconsider, about you to no avail. the score was 2-1 when the match was suspended. turkish football federation will have to decide if and when the match will resume. the federation has already imposed a permanent ban on the club president after he punched a referee in the face. scott mclean has this report. >> reporter: in this match, the

score 3-1. but the focus for many in football wasn't on highly entertaining match, but on the officials. this was the first game back since professional football was suspended in turkey last week after a club president punched a referee in the face. that incident has prompted a lot of soul searching in this country. aggressor was given a lifetime ban from football, he is also facing criminal charges and possible jail time. turkish football has for years been trying to crack down on bad fan behavior, but now plenty say that crackdown needs to also extend to players, coaches and even team presidents. in this match, ironically the home team manager was not on the touch line. he was suspended after receiving four yellow cards in prior matches. in part for bad behavior toward the referee. the referees were not an insignificant part of this match

either. there were two penalties given and goal called off side was later ruled on side. after the match the losing manager had plenty of criticism for the referees. i asked him whether turkish football culture has a problem when it comes to respect for officials. >> we try to approach all referees with respect and love. sometimes we get angry, but this comes and goes. i hope referees were correct in their decisions because otherwise they will get a reaction from fan. this accumulates, this turns in to anger. >> reporter: and i spoke to the player who scored two goals. and he said that the officiating in this one could have been better. i also asked whether he thinks major changes are needed to prevent violence from happening again. >> i don't think so. i think that we are like humans, football is only emotion. we need to keep calm sometimes

and i think this cannot happen again. >> reporter: the turkish football federation promises tougher penalties. one former referee told me that this is a critical moment for football in this country and that the decisions made by the football federation expected next month will ultimately determine whether any changes will actually be lasting. scott mclean, cnn, istanbul. and stories in the spotlight, jerry seinfeld met with hostages who had been released by hamas. in a social media post the hostages of missing families forums thanked seinfeld and his family for visiting the headquarters in tel aviv on monday. the organization shared that seinfeld spoke to families about his commitment to raising awareness about the hostages in the ongoing conflict. blue origin back in business launching rockets in to space, it successfully launched an uncrewed science mission on tuesday from its facilities in west texas. it is the first liftoff after

the bezos founded company spent more than a year recuperating from a failed test flight. no one on board, but blue origin hopes to restart tourist trips to the edge of space soon according to company officials. thanks for joining me. i'm max foster. "early start" is next.

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