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action. officials say they don't know what the object is or who it belongs to. the white house says president biden was first briefed on the situation thursday evening, and ultimately gave the order to take it down. >> the president absolutely was involved in this decision. he ordered it. at the recommendation of the pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down. and they did that. they did the fighter aircraft, assigned to the u.s. northern command. we're calling this an object because that's the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it's state-owned or corporate owned, or privately owned, we just don't know. we don't know. >> a lot of "we don't know." and let's bring in our intelligence reporter, katie, what more can you tell us about how this all unfolded and of course what we're hoping to learn from this unidentified object? >> well, you all put it exactly right, still more questions than

answers at this point. this is really kind of a real mystery. what we know is that on thursday evening, the u.s. military observed this unknown object, in u.s. air space, off the coast of alaska, they send up some military aircraft to take a visual look at it, and the pilots who go up there, they aren't able to learn a whole lot. we're told that they were able to determine that it was unmanned, and that it was flying at about 40,000 feet, which raised some concerns for interference with civilian air traffic. which ultimately of course is what we understand led the president to order the military to shoot this item down. but at this point we're still being told by the ppg that they're still referring to this as an object. we've been told it is about the size of a small car, and that it had, it appeared to have no maneuverability, it was kind of riding the winds and the air wave, which made its movements fairly unpredictable. cnn is told by a u.s. official that it did not appear to have any surveillance equipment

attached to it. but at this point, we are really going to be waiting for the debris from this object to be recovered by, by u.s. northern command, by norad, by the alaska national guard, as well as the fbi, to kind of take a look at this, and examine it, and try to figure out, was this something that was owned by a nation state, was this something that was privately owned? was it a drone? was it another kind of smaller-sized balloon? we are told by the pentagon that it is a different shape and size obviously than the chinese spy balloon that trans itted the united states last week, but still, big mystery, guys. >> thank you so much. let's pick the brain of an expert to try to get some perspective on this mystery. with us this morning, we have cnn military analyst, retired major general james spider marks, sir, we're grateful to have your expertise with us. it is a high altitude object. of course, about the size of a car. over alaska. unmanned. did not appear to have surveillance equipment.

what could this thing be? >> a lot of unknowns as was just reported. the government has indicated that they have called it an object, that it doesn't resemble the balloon that the chinese launched and trans itted the united states and they called it and said it is not a balloon so it falls into the ufo category for lack of a better term, it is aun unidentified flying object of some sort and it is really speculation what it could be, and katie went over the possibilities, it could be a drone, it could be a balloon, it could be any number of objects, we simply do not know, and the forensics will reveal all of this, so i'm at a loss to answer the question directly. we simply don't know. >> how important was it after we saw the chinese balloon drift over the u.s. for several days, how important was it for the white house to knock this thing down as quickly as they did? >> well, very important. in fact, what you see is that

operations like this are human endeavors, there's always going to be a tad hesitation, you want to gather as much information as you can, the one thing you cannot reclaim is time, so you go back to the balloon, first appeared on the radar, by the north american air defense command, out of colorado springs, when it was over the aleutians, so the discussion begins, what do we need to do? what do we think this is? and that object, that balloon was maneuverable, so it is continuing to move. and by the time you make some decisions, get a little bit more clarity, it is already over the united states, and that opened up some other challenges that needed to be addressed, and in this case, obviously, there was more preparation, folks who were leaning forward, this he had already worked through some -- they had already worked through some of those challenges before, so there was reflection, there was understanding, there were after-action reviews, so the joint staff, the joint staff and the pentagon, made a quicker decision, and made a recommendation both to the secretary of defense, who then

walked over to the president, the national security council, and the advisory role, that said here are the option, and the president very quickly said this is a no brainer in our case, primarily because it was at about 40,000 feet. that's a hazardous to civilian aircraft. the balloon flying last week was up around 75,000, 65,000 feet. outside of the civilian aircraft normal zone. and the other thing was, you have flights from the united states to asia, always go over the pole, so you would think over alaska, maybe no big deal, we would check it out a little bit, but at 40,000 feet and with the number of flight, the great circle routes, it becomes a hazard. so they made a quick decision, a good decision. >> and with the expedient way that this decision was made, i think it also sends a message to potential adversaries like china, about u.s. air space, right? >> well, very true, boris. you need to balance the two,

right? what happened last week, quite frankly, you could describe that as a tad of indecision, you got to give the benefit of the doubt to the joint staff and to the ic, the intelligence community, and the national security council, i mean this was an abnormality, if you will, an aberration, and they worked their way through it and made a decision to let it trans it the united states. right or wrong decision, that's what happened. so you got to balance that against what we saw in alaska just last night which was very swift, very certain, no regrets, and so any adversary, and look, the use of balloons, or in this case, an object, it is not unusual for intelligence collection. it provides information. it can stay over the grounds longer, it provides layering over satellites and aircraft and it provides a capability that works well so we should not be surprised to see more activity like this, frankly, but the united states has established itself at this point, let's do what we can to achieve levels of clarity, make a recommendation,

decisions. >> and on the foreign policy front, experts that have spoken with, they describe the balloon as just a symptom of a bigger problem, festering with a more aggressive china, one that obviously looms over the future of the pacific and taiwan. in your opinion, sir, what more could the u.s. do to prepare for a rise in china? >> boris, that's what you've described is what's normative. nations spy on other nations. let's assume this was, let's assume this was, assume, this was a balloon that came from china, or it came from russia, this is not abnormal. these kinds of activities take place. this is part of the landscape of nations as they posture and they try to figure out what the intentions are, the national security objectives and intentions, of their competitors, and possibly those that they want to cooperate with. and that's what the united states does as well. aggressive intelligence collection takes place not only in space, or in the air, but on

the ground and all through those domains of war, which include cyber. this is normative behavior going forward. >> important to get that context, especially as we look at the future of relations between these two powers. general spider marks, as always, appreciate your time. >> thank you, boris, very much. turning now to that earthquake in turkey and syria, rescue crews there continuing to find more survivors. more than five days after that devastating quake struck turkey and syria. more than 25,000 people confirmed dead following the 7.8 magnitude quake. emergency crews from around the world are still digging through the debris, looking for survivors. >> and this morning, a spectacular discovery, a 16-year-old boy pulled alive from the rubble of a destroyed building, nearly 120 hours after the disaster. rescuers started searching the location after they heard his voice coming from below the wreckage. and after 132 hours, crews

pulled a father and his young daughter from the fallen building, he was able to thank rescuers, but pleaded for them to keep digging. he believes his wife may still be alive. cnn has more from istanbul. it is just incredible that people have been pulled out alive. i mean some came out uninjured. i think it was a father and two sons, were pulled out of the rubble, just yesterday, i believe, and they had no injuries. but of course, it's a race against time. >> reporter: it is really a race against time. of course, it is these remarkable stories of people being pulled out alive, some 132 hours now after that earthquake hit, on monday. this is a significant advancement and there search and rescue teams working around the clock and many have traveled across the globe to support this rescue effort. there are so many people here, and across the border in

northwest syria, praying, hoping, that their loved ones may still be alive thanks they may still be pulled out of the rubble. of course, that hope is beginning to dwindle now, days on since the earthquake hit and concern of course is mounting that we will continue to see that death toll rising, in fact, in northwest syria, the white helmets, it has been leading on that rescue effort, they say they are no longer anticipating that they will find survivors, rather they are focusing on the recovery effort, and some real concern there, of course, and some troubling developments, for families and loved ones of those still trapped beneath the rubble and a huge emphasis, a huge focus on providing aid and humanitarian support, for all of those impacted by the earthquake here in turkey and across the border in syria. and of course, many people here now displaced particularly in syria, where there were more than 4 million people in that region, already heavily dependent on humanitarian assistance. we've seen the turkish

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justice department review that was initiated after pence's own lawyer searched the house and found around 12 classified documents, they handed those over to the department of justice who then started to initiate their own review, and that led to the search that we saw play out yesterday. now, it seems that pence's lawyers maybe missed this one document, and six additional pages that weren't marked classified but were removed as well. it is unclear what these documents were, and what they pertain to, but it's obvious that this will probably delay the justice department review itself. it is going to prolong that, which is not what pence wants, considering he is eyeing a potential 2024 presidential bid. >> how exactly is pence responding now? >> pechbs'nce's team is emphasi the fact that they intend to fully cooperate. that has been the same since the beginning. he accepted full responsibility for the documents found and mistakes were made and in sharp contrast from pence's former

boss, former president donald trump, where, you know, pence is really making the point that he is fully cooperating with the justice department probe. it also comes at a time when pence is facing a subpoena in the other special counsel investigation that focused on january 6th, that one a little bit more dicey, as far as weather pence will be, as willing to cooperate with executive privilege. the skes that come up in terms of will pence be able to talk about certain things, but pence facing a busy week this week, and it will definitely play out going forward as well. >> the dynamic potentially running against his former boss, while also complying with an investigation into him. that's got to be awkward. zack cohen from dc, thank you very much. let's delve into the legal implications with michael moore, a former u.s. attorney for the district of pennsylvania and we are glad to have your expertise. we were joking during the commercial break, you flip over a rock and there is another classified document. what could this mean for mike

pence? >> i think he is probably handling it the right way. glad to be with both of you here on the set. he has handled it the right way by saying he is responsible and he is responsible for this, and he has allowed them to come to the home to do a search. i think on a grander scale, it has probably bigger implications what may be going on with the trump documents case. the pence case and the biden case are completely different than the trump case but there is no way that there is not some overlap and correlation. that will be in the back of the prosecutor's minds as they think about what was found and what went on. and in the pence case, you know, he's, the documents are there, there is no question about it, but at the same time, he's given over the documents, he hasn't fought about it, he hasn't fought a subpoena, he hasn't tried to obstruct and give what i think are false statements about whether or not these are classified documents there. but once they were aware, he turned them over and that sets him apart in a way. >> with the latest findings, should we be talking about more

legal liability at this point, but the fact that he's at home watching the news and every so often, there is another batch of documents from biden's home or mike pence's home, how safe are our sensitive documents? there's got to be a better system in place. >> i think that's what we ought to be talking about, is what do we do to fix this. there is no question if you're the president, the vice president, speaker of the house, president of the senate, you need this information. you need to have access to the information. you can't ride to a scif, every time, a secure facility, to look at documents. so you have documents at homes. and we probably overclassify at times and we don't have the best way to track where the documents. are and instead of point can the fingers and blaming folks all around, we ought to be thinking about how do we fix this? again, a different case when you talk about defying a subpoena. that is a completely different thing. in the pence and biden cases, when the documents have been found, they are forthcoming, here they are, let's get to it. but i agree with you, the reason we have classification markings

is to protect the national security so we wonder what level these documents themselves were marked. >> i want to get your thoughts on what appears to be a shift in that trumpian strategy of not complying with an investigation. cnn reported yesterday that trump's legal team turned over more classified material, including a laptop that apparently belonged to an aid, what do you make of what appears to be, maybe a change in attitude? >> i think they're probably taking advantage of the ongoing cooperation by pence. and they know there is a political fight coming. let's call it like it. i'm sure they're saying this is what you need to do. what worries me is these documents were found after an fbi search. and so they searched mar-a-lago and apparently the fbi didn't find these documents. and also it bothers me somebody, some staff member, was that close to trump, that they were downloading classified documents on to their computer, which puts it at risk for being hacked and that is a real problem when it comes to classification. >> we also learned, regarding these documents found at

mar-a-lago, that donald trump's attorney, evan core cran, testified for, what, four hours, with the grand jury, you know what goes on, what kinds of questions are asked, i mean is this good news for trump? >> i don't know that anybody appeared in front of a grand jury is good news for trump, at the same time i think his lawyers are protecting him and built a little bit of a cocoon around him. my guess is he was asking questions about, getting asked questions about what efforts were made, who was doing the searching for the documents, when this letter was written, saying all of the requests had been complied with, who was responsible for drafting that, how much in put did you have from from trump, at the same time, i'm sure he claimed attorney-client privilege in large part because he is entitled to that. >> you can't do it for four hours. >> probably talking a lot about the logistics of the searching as opposed to what he told his client. >> how about mike pence being subpoenaed by jack smith, the special counsel, that will be interesting testimony. what do you think?

>> i think pence is an important witness. i think at the same time we're hearing there are rumblings that pence will claim executive privilege and trump may assert executive privilege, the problem is you wrote a book and you can't claim to be a patriot when you want to be published. you can't hide from the public. you can't be paid and published and plan to be a patriot. the secret that somehow i will not talk about it seems to me to be a little bit far afield. i think he is probably thrilled that trump will challenge the subpoena it looks like as well and claim the privilege, we know from the nixon case, with the supreme court, you can't use executive privilege as a shield to cover up and hide criminal conduct. so you think you will see him justify it before the grand jury. >> what are your prediction, not about the super bowl, but i mean especially with the documents, i mean where's this going to go? especially when it comes to trump. it seems like pence and biden obviously is a very different case. >> i think they are different cases. and everybody looks at it objectively, i think would say that. i think the problem is, in reality, when you're having

former presidents and current presidents and former vice presidents, all handed documents, it gets tough. trump's got plenty of other things that he can be talking about, and criminal problems that he's probably facing, in various jurisdictions, that i think you'll see more interest by prosecutors there. here, remember, you've got to present a case to a jury, and so these juries are made up of people all around the country, voters, and we've sort of seen how that goes. and so this would seem to me to be a pretty clear argument that a defense lawyer could make, that this is not the only time it's happened, it's happened in other circumstances, and think about the crazy scenario, in fact, that we're in today, and over the last couple of weeks, where you've got the fbi searching a sitting president's home. i mean this is sort of uncharted territory for us. >> so chiefs or eagles? [ laughter ] >> i don't know, probably the eagles. >> all right. >> fair enough. >> you never answered my question. >> miami dolphins.

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welcome back, everyone. a look at the top stories. senator john fetterman has been released from a hospital in washington, d.c. earlier this week he was admit ford a series of tests after he said he felt light-headed a spokesperson says doctors found no evidence of a new stroke. last year, fetterman had a nine

day stint in the hospital after suffering a stroke and had surgery to implant a defibrillator. in nevz, long lines at gas stations after the governor there declared a state of emergency over a fuel pipeline leak. the leak is at the kinder gordman gas pipeline in california. it is one that feeds gas storage in southern nevada. the emergency declaration allows the state to get gas in other ways while the pipeline is being worked on. the governor is urging residents to stay calm and not panic buy, saying that the leak is not yet impacting supply. five people were injured after an airport shuttle bus and an airplane collided at los angeles international airport. the american airlines plane was being toed from a gate when the crash happened. the tow driver, bus driver and the two passengers on board the bus were take tonight hospital. the soul worker on the plane was treated but released at the scene. other flights were not impacted. prosecutors in memphis say they will review every case

involving those five officers charged with the killing of tyre nichols. >> that includes both closed and pending cases as well. and the announcement came after newly-released documents so he that a sixth officer involved in nichols' arrest lied to investigator. we have more now, where it is unknown how many cases are involved in the reviews. >> that's right, we don't know the number of cases that they're going to be looking into this, but we do know that maybe something, to make it a lighter lift for the d.a.'s office, these officers were not on the squad, not on the force for very long, so maybe than a-hundreds of cases, it is maybe a couple dozen and the prosecutors will be lifting up a magnifying glass, into these officers, legal magnifying glass, into these officers, looking at every past criminal case involving these officers since day one of them becoming a police officer. steven mulroy, the shelby county

d.a., says that this means all cases, both closed and pending, on the flip side. it's not just cross prosecutors seeking action but defense are combing through cases seeing if their individual clients will any run-ins with even the members of this now defunct corpon unit. the hope here for them is that the legal troubles that their clients face will crumble away, the same as the credibility of the scorpion unit. >> cnn has new analysis, right, of the body cam footage, the surveillance video that we saw, with the top cam, and it is giving us a better understanding of what happened that night. >> right. so what we did is we put a public records request in and got some of the body camera, surveillance video, disciplinary documents, and we cross-referenced them, really piecing together which officer did what. how exactly they beat tyre nichols and who is the officer

to tase them. demetris haley, we know he yanked nichols out of the car and pepper sprayed him in the traffic stop and he went to the second location and rushed up to the two officers attempting to handcuff nichols and kicked nichols. he did not asignificance in handcuffs nichols backed away. >> and then emmitt martin, both scene, he stood there as nichols was yanked out of the car. here is what he told nichols. >> martin kicked nichols multiple times. he punched him in the face five times. both haley and martin. they were heard on that body camera footage telling their fellow officers that nichols reached for or put his hand on martin's gun. the problem is, with those

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stiffened players with major head injuries, roger goodell has dismissed the accusations and saying the claims were evaluated independently. listen to this. >> you will always have people who may think they qualify for it, doctors disagree, the joint board disagrees, that's the way the system works but i would tell you the benefits in the nfl are off the charts. >> joining us mow to discuss the case, one of the players' attorneys, christopher seger, sir, thank you very much for talking about this. your reaction to the commissioner's comments are what? >> those were his comments when we sued him for percussion injuries back in 2011 that resulted in a billion and a half dollar settlement, where the nfl is now compensating players for head injuries resulting from concussions. so i think that is kind of his standard line. i don't think roger goodell really knows what goes on, frankly. >> the suit is alleging that the nfl's benefit plan had an overly

aggressive and disturbing pattern of unscrupulous tactics. what does that mean exactly? >> well, one quick example would be the fact that we've got a lot of evidence that claims are denied without the board members who vote on those claims without looking at message records. we found a statistical relationship between the amount of money doctors would have in the plan and the number of deniers. one example is a doctor who received well over a million in compensation, well over a 90% denial rate. and to give you one last example, which i think is really telling is, that in the concussion settlement that i led, players would get a diagnosis in the con sus settlement of early dementia, or neuro-cognitive decline, bring that over to the plan and get denied. >> so you are arguing that you have evidence that the nfl paid certain doctors, incentivizing them to reach certain medical conclusions, is that right? >> yes, sir. to deny claims.

they're paid to deny claims. we'll prove. that just so i know, and i'm sorry to cut you off, this is really important, this onion began being unpeeled by federal judges who started to look at individual cases. some players started to sue. in federal court. and there are opinions written by federal judges saying that this plan has breached its duty of loyalty and it needs to be really looked at. and that's what we're doing. so you said earlier that we filed on behalf of ten players. no, we filed on behalf of all former players. it's a proposed class action. >> that's right. you're essentially trying to amplify this case. i do want to read a statement given to cnn by a league spokesperson about the lawsuit, they write, quote, the nfl p. a., disappeared distant plan is fair and administered by a board, compromised of an equal number of appointees of the nfl players association and the league which includes retired players.

the board reviews the activities of the office and the operation of the benefit program, s inclug every contested application for benefits to ensure that nfl players who are entitled to disability benefits reach them as contended. your contention is that that's not the case, and that that board is either negligent or corrupt. >> yes, i think that's a fair way to put it, i might go with corruption at this point. it's just too many years of a pattern of them denying claims. i started the concussion lawsuit because players were being, you know, screwed around, frankly, by the plan there, and it resulted in the settlement. look we're going to find out, we just filed this case in baltimore in federal court, a judge has just been assigned to the case, we're going to get discovery, we're going to unpeel the onion, we're going to see what's there, and this wouldn't be the first time that the nfl's official statements didn't match up with the fact, and i totally expect. that frankly, we wouldn't have filed the case. anybody in your audience who is

thinking about, this that will be the jury, ultimately, right, is it likely that 95% of retired players, 92% of retired players are being turned doubt for knee injuries, spine injuries -- turned down for knee injury, spine injuries, neck injuries, head injuries and this is a bargained for benefit, so folks understand, no one is asking for a handout, it was bargained for in the collective bargaining agreement, it is part of the deal, they put their bodies on the line, they put their health on the line, and now they're entitled to, this and they're being denied. so the nfl can save money. and we also know that there is over $9 billion sitting in this plan. and they're going to need to spend some of that. >> so i read that one of the players you're representing had severe head injuries, at least a former player for the jets, correct? what does this lawsuit represent, not only for him, but also other players, who as you noted, have put it all out there on the field and suffered for it? >> look, i think it's going to

give them some justice what they're entitled to. try to imagine you being involved in it, whether a carpenter or a plumber or nfl player, and you got union benefits, and when you go to use them, everybody is told no. we're all familiar with plans and insurance companies denying sclams claims. but this is at a level that's highly suspicious of fraud and wrong doing. >> christopher seeger, we have to leave the conversation there today, but we would love to have you back on as the case develops. >> happy to. thank you. all right, still ahead, i'm sure you had no idea. it is super bowl weekend. hello. and tomorrow will be all about two things. football and food. have you ever wondered what happens to all of those stadium leftovers? after the big game? well, this year, it's being donated to people in need. we'll talk to the woman coordinating this massive effort, next. ways get the wholee not part of it but the whwhole upstairs

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on super bowl sunday, food of course is just as big of a deal as the actual game, we were just talking about that during the break. at the stadium in arizona, tens of thousands of pounds of food are being prepared for fan, but what happens to the unused food at the end of the night. >> and that is where our next guest comes in, regina anderson is the executive director of food recovery network, the food waste has long been an issue at large scale events like the super bowl, so if you could explain how your team is working to combat that. >> hi, thanks so much. absolutely. so food waste is an extraordinary problem here in the united states.

and so what we do is we are the logistics for large scale events. we ensure that all of the surplus food that is safe to donate is packaged up and donated locally to nonprofits that are combatting hunger and food insecurity, all across the u.s., this weekend, we happen to be here at a super bowl in my hotel room, gearing up, we're so excited. but around 34 million people are suffering from food insecurity, all across the u.s. >> that is so important to note. and i know, you know, especially when you talk to people in the restaurant industry, and in general, liability is an issue, right? this is why we see so many billions of pounds of food wasted here in the u.s., because if you give it away, you ought to be held liable, if there is something wrong with the food, but there was a bill that was passed and that takes away the liability issue. >> it certainly does. so across the u.s., at the commercial and institutional setting, around 26 million pounds of food is wasted every single year, so that is on farm fields, large scale events as you just mentioned, corporate

dining, and so late december, the food donation improvement act was passed and that extended a 1996 law called the good samaritan law and that means if you donate food in good faith, you can't be held liable. and there are a few other details to, that but we want to make sure that people know you can donate food, it is perfectly fine to do that. just have a recovery plan in place. get in touch with food recovery network and we can help you with the logistics to make sure that food recovery becomes norm and not food waste. >> this this is your third super bowl now collecting food. i understand last year in l.a. you redistributed some 2,000 pounds of food. how much are you expecting to recover this year? >> yes, we were really excited to be at the super bowl last year, so this year, we're hoping to recover around that much as well. maybe even a little bit more. the third year, we recovered 5,000 pounds of food. >> wow. >> the reason why there is su plus food, it can vary a lot, no

matter what there is a recovery in place, 2,000 pounds of food, 5,000 pounds of food, we want to make sure we recover that food safely and donate it to the phoenix rescue mission. >> safely is the key word, right? you got to get the food to the people or the refrigerates, as quickly as possible, and what kind of man power and coordination does it take to pull all this off? >> it varies from event to event, this year, we happen to have, i'm with two other food recovery network staffers, so a shout-out to them and they're incredible and we're joined by our student leaders at northern arizona university. we have eight college students joining us, because they do recovery on the college campus every single day and they're going to come and help us out, so there is a small group of us, there's a lot of will power to make this happen, and then also, everyone, in the back, you know, who is supporting this event, they know that we're going to be here, they're excited that we're going to be here, they want to make sure that all of this precious food that is grown by incredible farmers, that was prepared by all of the celebrity chefs, we want to make sure that we're not throeing that food

away, and making sure it goes to people who are unfortunately suffering from food insecurity. >> and regina, it sounds like you're going to be tied up with work, are you going to be able to watch the game? and if so, who are you rooting for? >> well, we're going to be a little tied up. as soon as the game starts, we're going to be starting to recover the food. that is okay. i'm excited that it is an historical moment for the super bowl, two african american quarterbacks, so i'm just excited to watch the game, but on my tv. >> awesome. regina anderson, you're doing amazing work and i'm so glad to see that all of this food is going to go into the mouths of people who need it. so thank you for the work you do. appreciate it. >> thanks for your time. >> of course. so for the first time ever, the fly-over by fighter jets at sunday's super bowl will be performed by an all woman crew. the flyover comes during the "national anthem." and it is the climax of the

pre-game buildup. >> the team of u.s. navy pilots is set to commemorate of 50 years of women flying in the navy. one of the officers says she is humbled and honored to take part in the flight, calling it a once in a lifetime opportunity, adding, quote, it doesn't get any better than the super bowl, and truly for them, it is going to be an amazing experience. it is going to be great to see them do that, and then to pig out on chicken wings and pizza. >> what are you pigging out on? >> chicken wings and pizza. buffalo wing dip. buffalo wing dip. so i can do so. it's good. >> all right, well, it was so nice to have you here. >> thank you so much for watching, everyone. >> don't go anywhere. the next hour of "cnn newsroom," starts with fredricka whitfield, who is right over there. stay tuned for that. >> hi, fred.

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