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the united states and around the world. good to have you with us. ahead on "cnn newsroom," we're learning more about what happened when a piece of an alaska airlines plane flew off in flight. details on why investigators are asking for the public's help. plus donald trump makes a bizarre claim about the civil war and levels an attack on one of his top rivals. the laigts ftest from the campa trail. and on this third anniversary of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol, department of justice believe this is new video shows an encounter between a republican and rioters. >> live from atlanta, this is have not "newsroom" with lynda kinkade. and a terrifying midair emergency that left a hole at a

passenger jet flying at 16,000 feet. ntsb officials said a door plug came off the alaska airlines flight shortly after takeoff causing the cabin to depressurize. incredibly the plane landed safely with only minor injuries among the 177 passengers and crew. the ntsb is investigating an held a news conference a few hours as go. >> when you are a customer purchasing an aircraft, boeing would make an air frame, one air frame, which is sold to multiple customers and the customers will order the design that they need for their operations. this particular aircraft for alaska is certified for up to

189 passengers. given the 189 passenger threshold, alaska would not have to have emergency exit doors at that location in the aircraft. alaska actually only has on this plane 178 seats. but this mid cabin door plug, there is one on the left, there is one on the right, they are not operational. what you would see in the cabin if you are a passenger is a window and just part of the cabin. you would not see those as doors unless you are outside of the aircraft. now, we know that there were 171 passengers on board the airplane. with two pilots. the captain was flying at the time. they also had four flight attendants on board. fortunately all passengers deplaned. we are not aware of any serious

injuries. we are aware of reports of minor injuries. with that said, i imagine this was a pretty terrifying event. we don't often talk about psychological injury, but i'm sure that occurred here. >> u.s. federal aviation administration has ordered the temporary grounding of certain aircraft operated by u.s. airlines or in u.s. territory. one passenger described the terrible moments after the hole ripped open before the emergency landing. >> i understand talking to a lady who was sitting in the row immediately behind where the panel blew out, you could see later that there was a section panel that blew out about as wide as a refrigerator and about two-thirds as high. a boy and mother were in that row and his shirt was sucked out

of him off of the plane and her boy's phone went out too. >> frightening. the ntsb is asking for the public's help finding the missing door plug that flew off that plane. a professor of safety and accident at the uk university and is joining us live from cri cambridge. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> so this is a relative wly ne plane delivered to alaska airlines november 11th. what would be your first line of questioning in this investigation? >> sginvestigators will have an open mind and they will want to look at everything from the manufacturer through the deliver i and any maintenance that might have occurred at alaska the last two months. i think the focus will be is there anything unusual about the way in which this aircraft was made, is there anything that might have been missed during

the quality assurance processes that inevitably would take place in that manufacturing. >> and we heard today that seats blew out, some people lost their clothing, the chair of the national transportation safety board said it could have been catastrophic had the plane be at cruising altitude. just describe for us what passengers would have experienced and what could have happened had this flight been further along in its journey. >> so you can only imagine it was a pretty terrifying experience for those on board. you absolutely don't expect something like this to happen. it is an incredibly rare event. but any decompression is likely to involve a sudden rush of air, there might be a significant change in noise because you now hear the slip stream outside of the aircraft. and those oxygen masks will drop down in front of you and people

need to put those on. so a pretty frightening thing and should immediately be followed by the crew descends to try to the aircraft at 10,000 feet. and that is a perfectly breathable altitude. this particular aircraft would have been pressurized 23 it was 8,000 feet inside the cabin, the event happened at 16,000 feet. so that is 8,000 feet difference in pressure to equalize through that heel. if this aircraft had been a cruising altitude at 35,000 feet, it would have been much more extreme and our concern there would be that as the air rushes out very quickly, and passengers in that area would be vulnerable, so it is a good reminder that when airlines say keep your seat belt fastened as much as you can, that is a very sensible thing to do even though this is such a rare events. >> and investigators are now calling on anyone who may have seen that part of the plane panel to call in. what could that piece reveal about what may have happened?

>> the thing we're referring to is the section that looks like about the same sizes as an aircraft door. it is known as a plug and it sits in the door frame. as explained in the earlier bit of this piece, some customers would put a door there if they have a high number of passengers. but this particular airlines just has a plug. a normal sized window in it and it is a section that bolted to the aircraft. so they will look can we see some fatigue, some damage, something missing from manufacturing. investigators are driven by evidence. and if they can find that piece of physical evidence, it will help us understand much more clearly what might have gone wrong in this case. >> and we do know that the faa has ordered temporary grounding of certain boeing 737 max 9 aircraft operated by u.s. airlines or in the u.s. territory. do you believe that all airlines globally that use the boeing 737

max 9 do the same? >> i would imagine that if you are operating the 9 with this plug configuration, rather than the door, then inspection is a very sensible thing do at this point. that is what the faa are requiring and united airlines have already started that inspection process. it takes about 4 to 8 hours in the hangar to do that. so that in-section is really sensible. what one thing we know about the safety board process, as soon as they find something that is of concern, they will feed that directly back through the regulator and share that information around the world. for example in the uk, civil aviation authority has already said aircraft that fly into uk air space, any 737 max 9 with this plug configuration would need inspected before they do that. so they will take a very conservative approach as an industry. >> as you'd expect and hope as a

passenger i'm sure. but when you look at that list of airlines impacted, plenty of canceled flights as a result, we know today was the planning fades, tomorrow the investigation begins. how long could this investigation take? >> so i think it could take quite a period of time to understand the full set of contributor to or causal factors behind something like that. we want to make sure that we get the right answer, not the fast answer. it doesn't mean we have to wait until we do something. so you will see the conservative approach. they grounded the particular element of the fleet which is a very sensible thing do. as soon as they have an inspection or process that allows them to unground them, they will do that. but at this stage of the investigation, nobody credible would be saying exactly how long it will take to finalize because we just didn't know how far we

need to go to understand was this a onoff, was it an unusual defect or something more him sy systemic. >> all right. professor, thank you very much for your time. former u.s. president trump is suggesting that the american civil war could have been avoided through negotiation. at a campaign event in iowa on saturday, trump argued that the fight to end slavery was ultimately unnecessary. and then american president abraham lincoln should have done more to avoid the bloodshed. >> the civil war was so fascinating, so horrible, was so horrible. but so fascinating. it was -- i don't know, just different. i find it -- i'm so attracted to seeing it -- see, there is something that i think could have been negotiated to be honest with you. i think it could have been negotiated and they wouldn't

have had that problem. but it was a hell of a time. >> this is ahead of the caucuses that happen in a little over a week where he's had a significant lead over his rivals. the former president also lashed out at joe biden's speech in pennsylvania on friday. >> reporter: former president trump crisscrossed the state of iowa this weekend and really tried to deliver his closing arguments to iowa voters in the leadup to the january 15th caucuses. and one of the main goals of his speech was not just to talk about the primary, but to look ahead to a potential general election rematch with joe biden. and a key part of that was responding to a speech that biden gave friday where he accused donald trump of being a threat to american democracy. trump as we've seen him do time and time again tried to flip the script and argue that biden is

actually the threat to democracy. and pointed to the series of indictments that he is facing as proof of his argument. now, trump also spent a lot of time this weekend attacking nikki haley, something that is really interesting. as someone who has covered the trump campaign for quite a bit, i can tell you that these are some of the sharpest attacks we've heard from donald trump on the campaign trail so far. trump argued that nikki haley is in the pocket of biden donors and also tried to paint her as an establishment figure. take a listen to what he had to say. >> people who fund nikki haley and ron aren't working for your interests, they are working for the other nations and themselves. nikki would sell you out like she tsold me out. >> reporter: i think the context is important to note. we see nikki haley is rising in the polls in new hampshire,

something that donald trump's team is very carefully watching as well. and i think that it also comes as he is spending a lot of money as well as not only the campaign but also his leading super pac are pouring millions of dollars into attacking nikki haley in new hampshire. and so i think that we'll continue to see him train that fire on her in the weeks to come. el el elena treen, cnn. and nikki haley campaigning in iowa and said that trump was good at breaking things but wasn't good at fixing them. she also said that chaos follows trump and pitched herself as a new venerasven generational lea that will leave the baggage behind. >> if those that want me to hit trump more, i just am not going to do it. i told you, i'm not going to do

it. if he lies about me, i'll call him out on it. if he's done something wrong, whether the economy or how he talks about dictators, i'll call him out. but i think politics is personal enough and i think let's focus on the issues and getting america back on track. >> ron desantis takes a slap at donald trump while campaigning in iowa. the florida governor criticized the former president for not having a plan to tackle election integrity despite trump's constant gripes that the 2020 election was stolen from him. desantis cited this as one of the many reasons iowans should support him. steve contorno filed this report. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis has staked his campaign on a strong performance in iowa and he has spent a lot of time here. and with nine days until the iowa caucuses, that was a big part of his closing pitch during his visits here. he is reminding voters that he

visited all the 99 count tis and unafraid to debate in any setting. contrasting himself with donald trump who has not debated at all. and he said he had a chance to watch the former president at his rallies and he said this is not the same today by any stretch of the imagination. >> beyond that, when you are doing the 99, the full grass league, it takes a lot of time, but i think it is a lot benefit. i think i'm the better dad and husband, i'm a better governor, i'm a better candidate. and might be a better president as a result of going through this. >> so the choice on january 15th i think is very simple. donald trump is running for his issues. nikki haley is running for her donors' issues. and i'm running for your issues. i'm running for your family's issues. i'm running solely for this country's issues.

and we have an opportunity here, indeed we have a responsibility to stand up and make our voice heard in 2024. and iowa gets the first crack at it. >> reporter: desantis also reminding voters that the iowa caucuses generally have pretty low turnout compared to pri prim primaries. so if they vote up with perhaps some neighbors, maybe they could deliver a surprise for him going into new hampshire. steve contorno, cnn. approximately 25 million people are under severe weather alerts in the u.s. as the northeast is bracing for a winter storm. overnight the heaviest snow is expected in central and northern new york and throughout new england. boston could get 6 to 8 inches of snow. officials there are advising passengers to check on their flights before going to the airport. more than 600 flight cancellations were reported on

saturday. a few flakes were already spotted in new york city and philadelphia saturday afternoon, but rain has now overtaken the snow in those cities. in connecticut transportation officials are preparing for the snowstorm headed their way. polo sandoval has more on the state's plans to keep thousands of miles of roads clear and safe. >> reporter: officials are said they don't expect any major disruptions in some of the major cities throughout the northeast. however, going into sunday, we do expect at least some significant snowfall particularly in portions of the northeast. in fact if the forecast holds true, we are expecting what could be perhaps one of the biggest snowstorms here in hartford, connecticut that we've seen in about three years. last time we saw close to a foot of snow. one of the reasons why connecticut transportation officials have really been preparing for this, they have been deploying, pre-positioning over 600 pieces of dedicated snow removal equipment. it will be their job to work

really throughout the night to make sure the nearly 4,000 miles of roadways are safe and clear. one of the things that officials have on their side is the fact that this storm will be hitting on the weekend during the overnight hours. so because of that, they do expect the impact of this storm to be at least fairly minimal at least that is what they hope for. i want you to hear from one transportation official as he breaks down why the storm is one that they are watching. >> we're new englanders, we're used to it, but i think that it is going to be good refresher course for a lot people here at the d.o.t. but also people throughout the state of this is what a winter should look like. >> reporter: experts are tracking and monitoring what is likely going to be a bigger even more menacing storm that will struck the interior of the u.s. and cut its way up to the great lakes region with a combination of ice, snow and heavy wind as well. polo sandoval, cnn, hartford, connecticut. diplomats are rushing to the

mideast to prevent the war in gaza from spilling over. but amid the talks more fighting breaks out on israel's northern boborder. ththat story a ahead.

diplomatic efforts are shifting into overdrive to prevent the war in gaza to spilling into other places in the region. right now u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in jordan where he held talks earlier this morning. this is video of him touring a world food program warehouse before heading to qatar and the uae later today. and top diplomat held his own talks in lebanon saturday saying it is a must to prevent the country from being dragged into the conflict. but if diplomats were to prevent an escalation, more fighting breaking out on the israel northern border. hezbollah militants say they fired a barrage of rockets from lebanon at an israeli operation point saturday. israel later struck down at the units that fired the rockets. hezbollah said that was only what it called an initial response to the recent killing of the senior hamas leader in lebanon. for more analysis, we're joined

by a senior columnist for the jerusalem post who is joining us from jerusalem. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> so today marks three months of war. israeli ministers have begun debating what gaza could look like after the war. the only thing that seems to be clear is there is no consensus. we've got two senior israeli ministers discussing gaza where palestinians would lead and given that you have your finger on the pulse in israel, what is the public view on this war especially given the fact that netanyahu support according to the polls is waning? >> it is a complicated question because on the one hand israelis would like to see a continuation of the war for israel to be able to achieve its goals of toppling the hamas regime in the gaza strip, preventing occurrence of a style massacre the like of which took place on october 7, and retrieving the 130 plus

hostages that remain inside gaza being held by hamas. on the other hand, israelis would also like to seen a end to this skon conflict. so how do we do that preserving security one hand but also on the other hand allows gaza to rebuild, reskruktconstruct and place that is stable and won't be taken over again by a terrorist entity like hamas. this is the complicating balancing act that they need to find a way to walk that will be able to preserve security but also give gaza the opportunity to flourish. i think that israel is also strained as you mentioned and limited by political considerations. there are members of the coalition who do not want to see any roll for the palestinian authority inside gaza. on the other hand hard to imagine any scenario without the palestinian authority. and netanyahu is in the middle because he doesn't want to lose his coalition. so a lot of levers at play at the same time. >> and it is a big question that you've raised there.

if hamas has gone would the palestinian authority step in and run the gaza strip, and if not, why not. talk to us more about who is against that. >> the palestinian authority which has basically been the entity that rules the palestinian people inside what is primarily the west bank, they used to be in the gaza strip and they were kicked out in 2007 by hamas when they lost the election in the prior year in 2 2006, hamas overran them 249 summer of 2007 and they haven't baby been there since. when you look at their governance in the west bank, they also have not been effective. there is rampant corruption. mahmoud abbas is in his 18th or 19th year of his four year term, in his late 80s, he is no longer effective. they have laws on their books that call for payments to be made to terrorists who murdered jews, they have a segment within their education system. so a lot are skeptical that the

skaultd peace partner of ours's is what should fill the vacuum inside gaza. on the other hand, we also have to recognize that there aren't people lining up to take on this role. people talk about saudi, emirati or egyptian initiative but i don't see any of them asking to take the refugees in to their countries let alone come and take over the gaza strip. so i think that we're left with really only one viable option and that is some role for the palestinian authority, but it is highly politically volatile if i can call it that because the right wing elements of netanyahu's coalition are against seeing them empowered, maybe out of fear that this could lead to pressure on israel to actually engage in a larger diplomatic negotiation with them about the larger conflict that we have also in the west bank. >> u.s. secretary of state is in the region, this is his fourth trip since the hamas terror

attacks. what are the expectations of this trip with regard to israel? we know the u.s. is biggest assumer of israel and certainly providing much of the weaponry used in this war. what do you think that we expect from this trip? >> i think that secretary blinken is here because he wants to get his -- put his finger on the pulse of what is happening in israel and what is the continued direction of the operation in the south. america would definitely like to see israel deescalate and move from the high intensity stage of the conflict to a less intense stage of the conflict where israel has a buffer zone, a greater defensive posture, but also will continue to go into gaza as needed to take out hamas infrastructure as a major requirement based on intelligence and operational needs. america would like to see that happen in the south. in the north as you mentioned, there was that massive barrage of rockets on saturday. the situation there is highly

tense. hundreds of thousands have been evacuated from their homes because of the threat from hezbollah. there was presumed israeli strike in beirut in the stronghold of hezbollah. so the situation is tense. and could within the snap of a firng lead to a fullout war and america wants to see the war contained, they don't want a larger escalation that would bring in the whole region. so blinken is here to kind of say to the israelis, let's see how you continue to deescalate in the south and make sure we don't escalate in the north. >> and in your latest article in "newsweek," you write about how various u.s. presidents have had different visions for peace in the middle east. over the years netanyahu has been pressured to agree, at times having his arm twisted. he doesn't seem to be facing much pressure from the u.s. at this point in time. is it only a matter of time? >> i believe it is only a matter of time.

the americans are giving israel a lot of leeway. i think out of a genuine understanding that something needs to change here, that it makes no sense for any country to live with a terrorist monster like hamas along its border and to be allowed to do what hamas did to us here in israel on october 7 when it has kerrmassa 1200 people and took those hostage. but patience is not unlimited. and legitimacy that israel has is also not without a limits. and therefore israel does need to come up with some sort of diplomatic vision. right? we always need to remember the military action is a means toward a political resolution. so the military operation is not the end all of what we want to see happen in gaza. we need to create continue conditions through the military to be able to allow something politically to happen there. and that is what blinken want to

make sure that netanyahu is still on track to articulate what is the political resolution. and what i was writing about is how we still have yet to hear from our prime minister what is his vision for that day after. and instead of israel outlining it, what likely will happen based on the past is that someone else will come shove it down israel's throat and say this is what you got to do, take it or leave it, and it might not be under optimal conditions. so my suggestion is we should outline what we want before someone tells us what we should do. >> and patience running out as death toll is rising. we appreciate your time today. thanks so much. >> thank you. still to come, we have new footage of rioters during the january 6 capitol attack and the video is shocking.

it is three years since the u.s. capitol was stormed and the justice department has released new footage where rioters attacked lawmakers through cracks in the house chambers. take a look. >> trying to get in. got the glass broken. this is our house! >> our house! >> open the door, brother. come on, man, open the door. >> you're socialist pigs. what's wrong with you? >> we got kids we're fighting

for today. [ everybody talking at once ] >> i can't hear what this guy is saying. what are y'all saying? we're your friends. what? >> i don't think they're going to -- >> we got pushed up to the front. never had a ticket in my life. ever. we're real, man. we're citizens and sick of this. we're making it known that we're sick of it. okay? >> i've been a law enforcement in texas for 30 years and never had -- >> talk a little louder. that is because you've never seen corruption like we've seen this last month. >> i'm as ashamed. >> and i'm ashamed of my congress people. stand up for it.

freedom is at hand. [ everybody talking at once ] >> hey guys, you got to -- >> you can get the same paycheck when the government gets replaced with real governors. >> good for your future, man. they are fake. it is all fake. >> former donald trump continues to repeat lies and disinformation about the events of the insurrection. on the campaign trail this week, he once again referred to the rioters in the mob as hostages. >> you have the hostages, the j-6 hostages i call them. nobody ever treated ever in history so badly as those people. but the j-6 hostages going to jail for 20 years, 18 years? it will go down as one of the saddest things in the history of our country.

by the way, there was antifa and there was fbi, there were a lot of other people there too leading the charge. >> of course those claimsed tim again. the white house says president biden and lloyd austin shared a conversation saturday after mr. biden was caught unaware austin had spent days in hospital. arlette saenz has more. >> reporter: president biden was unaware for days that defense secretary lloyd austin was hospitalized since new year's day. a source familiar with the matter tells cnn that the national security adviser jake sullivan briefed president biden on the issue after he himself had learned about the hospitalization on thursday afternoon. the pentagon did not publicly disclose us a ten's hospitalization until friday. he had entered walter reed after an elective medical procedure and experienced complications. he has stayed there throughout

the weekend a remains there at this time. the pentagon has not provided much information about how serious this matter was. but they did say that deputy defense sent kathleen hicks did assume some of the duties and responsibilities of the defense secretary while he was there. the defense secretary lloyd austin did assume full duties over the weekend. and he released a statement saying that he is on the mend and is looking forward to returning to the pentagon. but he did address some of these transparency issues with not disclosing the fact that he was in the hospitatal much sooner. he wrote in a statement, quote, i also understand the media concerns about transparency and i recognize i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. i commit to doing better. he added, but this is important to say, this was my medical procedure and i take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure. now, his hospitalization comes at an important time as the u.s. is still grappling with russia's

war in ukraine and also the conflc conflict in the middle east. there are also greater concerns about that conflict spreading and becoming a wider regional issue. so still many questions remain about what exactly sent austin to the hospital and why he waited so long to disclose this. not just to the public, but to president biden. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president in w wilmington, delaware. ukraine says crews are searching through the rubble for survivors after russian missiles hit the dough netsk region on saturday. 11 people were killed, including five children, eight others wounded. president zelenskyy offered condolences and warned russia that that there will be consequences for these attacks. joining us now for more is b

barbie nadeau in rome. this killed 11 people. what can you tell us? >> reporter: and these were not military targets, these were three residential buildings struck with the powerful russian missiles. 11 dead, five children. still searching for more. they were able to find one alive in the rubble. we haven't seen these larger numbers for quite some time of casualties in one attack. >> and of course over the past five days or so, moscow carried out some of the largest attacks since their invasion two years ago and it comes as ukraine is carrying out more cross-border attacks. >> reporter: that's right. the cross-border attacks are proving to be very damaging to russia as well. on friday an attack on a russian stronghold just as the russian military leadership they say were doing inspections in belgorod did destroy ukrainian -- ukraine says it destroyed a large stronghold

there. this all comes as russia is celebrating russian orthodox christmas. vladimir putin on saturday night visits with -- celebrated with families who had lost loved ones in the military operation as they call it, and today will be expected to do some celebrations again. ukraine of course celebrated december 25th. >> barbie nadeau, we'll leave it there. thanks very much. still to come, voters in bangladesh are casting their vote in the country's controversial general election. we'll have a live report next.

welcome back. voting is under way in bangladesh. and the country's general election, many critics say is one sided. the prime minister's ruling body is expected to win a fuel straight term, largely because the main party in bangladesh is boycotting polls. good to see you, so, this is a

highly controversial election, largely because of the opposition party is boycotting it. explain why. >> reporter: absolutely. even the last election, general election, in bangladesh was reasonable because of that reason. back then, the main opposition party had said, lynda, that was the main allegation. this time again, that is a concern, not only by the main opposition party but by critics as well, both inside of bangladesh and inside. with main opposition party followed by a massive crackdown on supporters of the main opposition party. we've seen the main opposition party over and over again, claimed thousands of their supporters have been arrested and some of them have even left the country. now, at a time like this, when they call the country democracy, one would expect a free and fair

election, one would expect some opposition from the main opposition party, in this case, like you pointed out, the main opposition party has boycotted the election. they have given the option to sheikh has sina, that she step aside as the prime minister of the country and let them supervisor the selection and that was a demand she rejected. after what we've seen, a lot violence on the streets of bangladesh. this morning, sheikh hasina did cast they are vote. just a couple of hours and the count will go begin. but at a time like this, the big question is what does this mean for the democracy of bangladesh, on the eve of the general election, protesting led by opposition leaders, party leaders and here's what one had to stay about the current state of affairs in bangladesh, listen in. >> we're protesting against a

parliament election which an election, and taking the people's voting rights. that's not an election at all. we want voting rights. we want democracy. >> reporter: it's a sham, it's a farce, that's what the main opposition party is saying in bangladesh, along with critics of the sheikh hasina government. now, she has been credited with turning around the economy in the 15 years she's been in power. as well as making the garment industry the second largest in the world. along with that she's been criticized for a lot of reasons including authoritarianism and free speech. it's backsliding because of last year. the big question remains really does remain the democracy of bangladesh as it stands.

>> good to have you here again. thank you so much. after 50 years, nasa set its sights on the moon.. comiming up, the boundary-y-pus technologygy it's usining to ge there.

indian prime minister narendra modi is hailing his new out out of space as an extraordinary feat. it has just reached its intended vision. an orbit with an uninterrupted view of the sun. the probe launched in september on a five-year mission. it's packed with instruments to study the sunday including how solar winds and flares affect the earth. with the landmark addition of the landmark move last year becoming the fourth to make a probe on the lunar surface. in the lunar south pole than any other craft. >> monday could be a landmark day in nasa's longtime mission to return to the lunar surface. the vulcan rocket is expected to gather data for future moon missions. but as cnn's christian fisher reports, not all payloads are scientific.

>> oh. >> reporter: appollo 17, 1972, the last time the u.s. made a soft lunar landing. now, 50 years later, nasa technology is returning to surface of the moon. the peregrine 1 is the start. pittsburgh based started here on the lunar rocket. the rocket itself was created by the unitited launch alliance. a joint t venture betwtween boe and lockheed martin. this will be a inaugural flight. nasa is taking that from its own ground control in pittsburgh. peregrin is expected to lan on january 30th, touching down officer the domes named after the astronomer. the clips which will allow the

space agency to launch the transport of its lunar cargo to private companies. that cargo is key to nasa's artemis program which aims to put the first women and first person of color on the moon. >> the peregrine is just under two meters tall. some of the cargo there gather data for future moon missions. also on board, a big coded coin fromom the seychelelles, a l lu rover buililt by studentnts s a carnegieie melon uniniversity a evenen human remainsns thanks t elysium space. captions of elysium will create a lunar memorial for friends to look at in the sky. on the heels of peregrine will be nasa's second mission on the

nova c-lander will land as early as february, delivering five more payloads to the moon's south pole. with around a daniella companies bidding for nasa's contracts, peregrine marks a giant leap for the entire space agency. christian fisher, cnn. well, that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm lynda kincade, good to have you with us. i'll be back after a very short break. stay with us. you're watching cnn.

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