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hello and a warm welcome to those joining us. just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> former south carolina governor, former u.n. ambassador formally announcing her ca campaign. >> she's certainly willing to be the first to go up against the president. both presidents really. now some people here will have to be trdrinking bottled water. >> this train apparently was not considered a high hazardous material train. >> children were throwing up, parents were panicking. >> seemed uncomfortable, nervous and fidgety. so that is why i started getting suspicious. >> his instinct was correct. these are nine checks and the name on each of them, george

santos. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is wednesday, february 15, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and south carolina where this just a few hours nikki haley is expected to speak at campaign launch event. haley has formally entered the 2024 race for the white house. >> and in the months ahead the field of gop candidates will surely get more crowded. big names including ron desantis and former vice president mike pence are among those widely expected to their their own bids at some point in that. >> and haley made the announcement tuesday in a campaign video. more from kylie atwood. >> i'm nikki haley and i'm

running for president. >> reporter: nikki haley telling her story to the american people as a presidential candidate for the first time. >> i was the proud daughter of indian immigrants. not black, not white. i was different. but my mom would always say your job is not to focus on the differences but the similarities. and my parents reminded me and my siblings every day how blessed we were to live in america. >> reporter: the 51-year-old casting herself as the future of the republican party. >> it is time for a new generation of leadership. >> reporter: urging the gop to chart a new course. >> republicans have lost the popular vote in seven out of the last eight presidential elections. >> reporter: and highlighting her accomplishments as a two term governor of south carolina. the state where she was born and raised. >> every day is a great day in south carolina. >> reporter: cutting taxes and leading her state through the aftermath of the 2015 deadly shooting by a white supremacist

at the mother emanuel ame church. >> we turned away from fear toward god. >> reporter: at the time haley confronted a controversial issue, spearheading efforts to remove the confederate flag from the state capitol. >> the biggest reason i asked for that flag to come down is i could not look my children in the face and justify it staying there. >> reporter: and also nodding to her experience on the world stage as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> china and russia are on the march. they all think that we can be bullied, kicked around. you should know this about me, i don't put up with bullies. and when you kick back, it hurts them more if you are wearing heels. >> reporter: but no mention of former president trump who tapped her for that role. >> i just want to thank nikki. >> she has all the qualifications to run for president. >> reporter: even though some are concerned that crowded primary could benefit former

president trump. >> it is exciting but i do have concerns if there are too many people on the ballot by the time it gets to south carolina that that lessens the chances of anyone else coming out in this thing. >> reporter: and wednesday nikki haley will make her pitch for the first time in person here in south carolina and then she's off to the races headed to new hampshire and iowa to continue campaigning. kylie atwood, cnn, charleston, south carolina. u.s. president biden is reshuffling his economic team ahead of an expected run for re-election next year. brainard was named as top can economic adviser. >> and president biden will head to maryland today to push his economic message, a key part of his agenda ahead of next year's election. phil mattingly is in washington with more on the president's plans for 2024. >> reporter: pressure officially has not made the decision yet.

he said so publicly and privately. but everything that the president's political team pushing towards is that 2024 re-election campaign. you've seen it in the public messaging, the events that he's attended to talk about his key agenda wins in the first two years in places like arizona and georgia, pennsylvania, they are not subtle, they are all very intentional and that is what we've seen publicly. also you saw the "state of the union" address which put together many of those political themes. an beand behind the scenes they have been building to set the table if whfor what lies ahead. hundreds of millions raised, tens of millions to build out state based organizations in all of those critical battle ground states, all driving toward the moment where the president announces his re-election. it is important to caveat the president has not said that and aides say they didn't believe

there is an urgency despite the fact that they had planned making an announcement this month. what they have seen on the republican side, slow buildout of the republican field, the former president's lackadaisical effort, but also the democratic side, the larger national democratic establishment largely coalesced behind the president, not trying to run against him, no urgency, but what they want to do is continue the path that they have been on and that path as the president laid out in that state of the union address is very driven by those agenda item wins and also what comes next. as the president said more than a dozen times, three words, finish the job. federal prosecutors investigating the hanging of classified documents are wanting to force one of his attorneys to provide more testimony. >> one source says that in writing he used an attorney in furtherance of crime or thought.

and he appeared before the grand jury last month, but he de declined to answer some questions. >> and it is unclear if the justice department has new evidence or whether they are using the same arguments made when they sought a search warrant for mar-a-lago last year. a legal analyst weighed in on this latest move. >> a court can find that client was either in cahoots with an attorney in jointly committing abilities oy s acts of crime or using that attorney in furtherance of a crime and then the attorney/client privilege is waived. so this is quite significant partly on account of how seriously our law treats the attorney client privilege. and new york appeals court has upheld sanctions totaling $110,000 for failing to respond

to a subpoena to the new york attorney general. police have identified three michigan state student shot and killed. brian frazier was a sophomore, ariel anderson was a junior, and alexandria verner was a junior. >> and president biden says america's hearts are with the students and family. >> it is a family's worst nightmare, this happening far too often in this country. while we gather more information, there is one thing we do know to be true, we have to do something to stop gun violence ripping apart our communities. >> police say the suspect who took his own life had a history of mental health issues. his father tells cnn that he became bitter, reclusive and angry after his mother's death two years ago. more now from adrienne broaddus. >> reporter: the gunman first

opened fire on the campus monday just before 8:30 p.m. >> oh, my god. >> people are trying to get out. >> reporter: shooting at two locations, the first inside a classroom at berkey hall. >> while the officers were managing that scene at berkey hall, we began receiving additional reports of another shooting at the msu union building. >> i'm coming down the stairwell 13 with seven people. >> reporter: new video shows students hiding in a classroom, reacting to a knock while on the phone with police. one witness says his fight or flight response kicked in. >> ducked down and he came in and shot three to four times in our classroom. >> reporter: police released a photo of the suspect, taken from

campus security cameras. and caller's tips sent them to lansing, michigan. >> suspect wearing red shoes and a backpack. >> reporter: the search ended just before midnight. >> subject down. >> reporter: police say the gunman shot himself during a confrontation with police and tied. >> we have absolutely no idea what the motive was at this point. we can confirm that the 43-year-old suspect had no off fill affiliation to the university. he was not a student, faculty, staff, current or previous. >> reporter: according to police they are now investigating a two page note found in the gunman's backpack saying that he will, quote, finish off lansing and that there are, quote, 20 of them who will carry out shootings. corresp according to a source familiar with the investigation. law enforcement now investigating a local residence where the gunman's father says he lived with him and two weapons, the shooter purchased

two handguns in michigan in 2021, a law enforcement source tells cnn. the gunman had been arrested before, he was released from probation in may of 2021 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for possession of a loaded firearm. msu students now dealing with what is next after spending hours hiding from a gunman. >> we took heavy furniture from around the library and just essentially barricaded ourselves into a study room to make sure we were safe. >> i was shaking in the bathroom. it was terrible. preparing myself for the worst thing ever. >> reporter: despite the tough circumstances, there is one greeting among spartans that still unites them. >> go green. >> go white! >> you guys smiled instantly. as disgusting and tragic as that was, we are all in it together and everyone was here for each other. >> reporter: and that is a

greeting that made them smile today and one that they learned during freshman orientation and it was needed especially as these students learn more about that 43-year-old shooter who police say had a note in his pocket threatening not one but two schools this new jersey. and out of an abundance of caution, at least one of those schools did cancel classes on tuesday, but police say there was no threat. they did say however that 43-year-old shooter has ties to new jersey. adrienne broaddus, cnn, east lansing. u.s. federal aviation administration is about to do a sweeping safety review after experiencing technological issues and other close calls over the past few months. the administrator says this is the safest time in aviation history. >> and this is after the grounding and two incidents where planes nearly collided on the run way.

both sides of the aisle are joining forces to crack town on big tech for not doing enough to protect children online. dick durbin accused companies including facebook and snapchat of doing everything that they can to keep kids' eyeballs glued to screens. >> and they are proposing a number of bills to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material and restrict the liability shield. >> the evidence of harm is heartbreakingly abuabundant. how many more children have to die before we make them a priority? this is an epidemic, it is a mental health crisis, particularly for young teenage girls. and we have no system in place to empower parents and empower consumers to seek justice, to fight back and protect themselves. >> the committee chairman says tech companies will get their

chance to weigh in. disgraced ftx founder sam bankman-fried is heading back to federal court on thursday. this after a judge found out that he was using vpn to access the internet in a way that the government can't track. his lawyers say he was using it to watch the football games. he is currently under house arrest in california as he awaits trial on fraud and conspiracy charges. and growing concerns that the federal reserve may raise interest rates for longer than hoped, this is after consumer price index report shows inflation surged in january. wall street may be feeling uneasy about the possible rate hikes, futures are all looking down. and trading got off to a rough start on tuesday and then rebounded and ended pretty mixed. vanessa yurkevich has a closer look. >> it has been a bumpy road to

cool inflation and longer road than many americans would like to see. but good news year over year inflation falling for seven straight months. but inflation in january rose 0.5%. and inflation and the economy have been key issues for president biden and coming off this report, he said that it is good news, but there is still work to do as inflation remains too high. so the biggest inflation drivers were energy costs which includes gas up 1.5% from a year ago, shelter which contributed to nearly half the increase last month, that rose 7.9% year over year. and food costs remaining extremely high up 10.1% year over year. some key items at the grocery store costing more. eggs up 70%. butter up 26.3%. and lettuce up 17.2% year over year. but you will see some savings on

a couple items. beef, veal and bacon are all t down year over year. so how does it translate to budgets? according to moodys analytics, families are spending nearly $400 more a month this year than they did last year on the same goods and services because of inflation. so this signals that there is still work for the federal reserve to tdo. we can expect continued interest rate hikes to try to bring down inflation in the months to come. bianca, max. coming up on "cnn newsroom," demanding answers. residents of a small town in ohio say that they need clear information about their safety after a train derailment spilled toxic chemicals into their community. plus russia reacts after a new report says the government has helped thousands of ukrainian children in a network of camps. details ahead. and a pair of winter storms is making their way across the united states. we'll have the latest from the cnn weather center.

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residents in a small town in ohio want to know if their families and pets are safe after a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed earlier this month. >> state health officials say the air quality following the crash does not appear to be the source of reported illnesses in residents and animal deaths near the site. ohio's governor says it is absurd the train was not considered as a high hazardous material train. and jason carroll has the latest on the environmental disaster. >> reporter: state health officials here in ohio are now saying that anyone who was evacuated and returned home, they are now strongly recommending that some of those who have returned home to drink bottled water. this is especially true of those who may be pregnant or breastfeeding. also including people who have private wells and have not had their water tested. so again, now some people here

are going to have to be trick i drinking bottled water. and state officials say the air quality is still safe. most of the contaminants they say has been contained in the water, but some of the c contaminants are clearly still out there. they are waiting for municipal test results to come back in order to lift that drinking water recommendation. and as a result of the so-called controlled release, they are also saying that their effort is focused on water water ways. and so far their best estimation indicates that some 3500 fish have died from 12 different species. we've spoken to a number of people here on the ground who do not quite frankly trust what the government is telling them. they are very frustrated and when the governor was asked about this, he was asked if you lived in the area and had to return home, would you feel safe

living here. >> look, i think that i would be drinking the bottled water. and i'd be continuing to find out what the tests were showing as far as the air. i'd be alert and concerned. but i think that anybodi'd probe back in my house. >> i think that was a very good answer. >> reporter: state officials say they continue to test the air quality and it remains within safe limits. but again, there is a lot of distrust here on the ground, people are just not sure how safe they should feel. jason carroll, cnn, east palestine, ohio. evacuation orders in place in parts of tucson after a truck carrying nitric acid crashed and started spilling tuesday. the driver was killed. >> portions of interstate 10

will remain closed the next few hours as authorities clean up the scene. according to cdc, exposure to nitric acid can cause irritation to the eyes, skin and mucous mem membrane. ntsb will further investigate the flight from hawaii that plunged toward the ocean after takeoff. they had previously said it wasn't investigating this incident from last department even though a probe has been completed. >> a passenger on the flight said the plane seemed fine after taking off but then climbed at a concerning rate before it nose dived. the incident gained attention after the weekend after an article was published about it in an aviation trade website. another humpback whale has been found dead on the new jersey beach, the 9n ninth sinc early december. some republican lawmakers think it could be linked to the development of a proposed offshore wind farm but scientists have ruled that out

as a possibility. >> meanwhile the government says three large whales including an endangered one have been found dead along the virginia coast just in the past week. and we're monitoring two storm systems as they make their way across the united states bringing with them the threats of heavy snow and severe weather. and derek van dam has the details for you. >> it is almost like we have a one-two punch swinging through the western and central u.s. two distinctly different storm systems, both creating havoc where they travel. and you can almost track this first initial storm system as it moves across the upper midwest bringing blizzard conditions over western minnesota and parts of the dakotas. the second more powerful storm system swinging in across south western u.s. creating snowfall throughout the four corners region. but it is also going to bring us a multiday severe weather setup. i'll explain that in a moment. here is our latest weather alerts in terms of he winter weather alerts, you can almost

separate the two storms. to the north that is the blizzard warnings. but winter storm warnings throughout four corners and watches extending into the chicago suburbs, that is where we have the anticipation of heavy snowfall. and so a lot of pent up energy with both of the storm systems moving through and of course that has translated into high wind at the surface. in fact we have over 80 million americans with high wind alerts stretching from the great lakes, lower. in river valley, all the way through the southwest. you can see some of those locations that wind alert warning actually could see wind gusts over 60 miles per hour. as the cold front traverses eastward, it will encounter an anonymously warm air mass for this time of year. and you know what happens when we get that collision of air masses, cold from the north and warm and humid from the south. that's right, you guessed it, we have the potential for thunderstorms and severe weather. we want to keep an eye to the sky if you are in paducah,

little rock, southward to lake charles. this is for wednesday. isolated tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. and then thursday we have more of a widespread severe weather event possible stretching from the gulf coast right through the tennessee river valley into ohio, this is where we could an tis pay the some isolated tornadoes and damaging winds as well. so keep an eye to the sky and be weather aware. central tennessee could see several inches of rainfall. so look out for potential flooding in and around nashville. cold arctic blast behind it, but the good news is that this will be a short lived cold blast of air and you can see that in the 7 day forecast with temperatures moderating by the weekend in chicago. max, bianca, back to you. and ahead, there is a new allegation against disgraced republican congressman george santos and it is coming from a member of america's amish community. and the u.s. warning of the devastating impact of the war after a new report finds that thousands of ukrainian children

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm bianca nobilo. >> and i'm max foster. let's bring you up-to-date. former south carolina governor and u.n. ambassador nikki haley set to deliver her first campaign speech later today. tuesday she announced that she'd be running against donald trump in the 2024 race for the white house. and the u.s. federal aviation administration says it will conduct a safety review after experiencing a system breakdown that caused the first

nationwide airplane grounding since the september 11th attacks and at least two incidents where planes nearly collided on the runway. beijing is reacting to news that the u.s. is black listing several chinese companies with ties to the military after the downing of a suspected chinese spy balloon earlier this month. the biden administration says it will take countermeasures. and the white house is sharing its leading theory about three different airborne objects shot down over the u.s. and canadian air space over the last several days. given the limited information that they have, officials believe that their balloons serving commercial or otherwise benign purpose. oren lieberman has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: after days of uncertainty about the flying objects in north american air space, the white house put authorized its leading theory, balloons for benign purposes. senators feel at ease but blasted the biden administration for not being trance parent

ab about the objects. >> i'm not unnerved by anything. i'm confidentparent about the objects. >> i'm not unnerved by anything. i'm confident this wasn't an attack on the country. i think it would have served the country well had the president explained what was going on. >> there was a lot of information presented to us this morning that could be told to the american people without any harm to sources or methods or our national security. >> reporter: and this revealing new complications like what happens if a fighter jet misses its target. the first missile missed the object over lake huron. >> the missile landed harmlessly in the lake. we tracked it all the way down. and we made sure that the air space was clear of any commercial, civilian or recreational traffic. >> reporter: new audio from the pilots trying to figure out what the object was over the great lakes.

the u.s. and canada haven't yet recovered any debris. the senior biden administration says it is possible they may never be able to. >> very difficult terrain. second one off the coast of alaska, that is up in some really, really difficult terrain with very low temperatures in minus 40s. meanwhile new audio the moment of an f-22 shot down the chinese spy balloon. >> the balloon is completely destroyed. >> reporter: the u.s. military has recovered a significant portion of that balloon. >> divers were able to get into the water and able to recover a significant amount of debris including some of the structure, some of the electronics. all r >> reporter: as for the ongoing recovery efforts off the coast of south carolina, a defense official says a significant portion of that balloon has been

recovered. but diverss haven't been able t work every day because of the conditions of the rough seas but they have been able to recover again a significant portion including the structure and some of the electronics that will be analyzed by the fbi. oren lieberman, cnn, the pentagon. now to a disturbing new report, the details of an expansive network of camps in russia where thousands of ukrainian children have been held since the start of the war before one of the report's you a authorizes says it appears the primary purpose of the camps is political reeducation. >> and clare sebastian is joining us with more. what evidence did they present? >> this comes from the conflict observatory and research lab, they have gathered the evidence using things like social media, satellite, imagery and in some cases direct contact with sources, parents.

and they say say the problem could be a lot bigger than even this report details. they have identified more than 6,000 children who at some point in the last year were in russian custody in one of these so-called camps. they found 43 facilities, 41 are ca camps that there is deportation. and orphans even more disturbing. they say the primary purpose is political reeducation of the children, so exposing them to russian centric material pictures. and in whotwo cases military education including firearms. take a listen to the spokesperson. >> network of facilities which the children are september a vast spanning from russia, occupied crimea, across russia itself itself, from the black see to t sea. the system of forced reeducation is a key element of the kremlin

systemic efforts to deny and suppress ukraine's identity, its history and its culture. >> and they say the unlawful and deportation of the children is a breach of the geneva convention and therefore a war crime. and the russian reaction, they call the statements by ned price absurd and said we remind that russia accepted children who had been forced to flee with their families from the shelling. now, the report does note that in some cases these children were taken to camps with the consent of their parents, but also questions the ability of parents to give that consent in the context of war and notes in the cases of children were kept whose status was unknown and whose stays were extended by

even several weeks. >> clare sebastian, thank you. and after the window for survival was expected to close, we keep hearing about new rescues in turkey from that devastating earthquake. details for you ahead.

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death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria has now passed 41,000. but today another two people were pulled alive from the rubble. not long ago turkish state tv reported a 45-year-old woman had been rescued 222 hours after the disaster. >> and we got word that 77-year-old woman was saved after 212 hours in the cold wreckage. turkish media say she was hugged by family members waiting at the scene of the rescue. >> and this little dog was also carried to safety by crew this is southern turkey.

he got a few pets on the back from his rescuers. and meanwhile the u.n. says that more trucks carrying aid crossed in to northwest syria and are reaching areas held by rebels, that is after two more crossings were approved. the syrian government had previously insisted that all aid go through the capital. back in turkey, nada bashir caught up with one family fortunate to escape the danger zone. >> reporter: landscape permanently changed. the death toll still rising. those who made it out alive now grappling with a devastating new reality. for this couple, it is a reality that is painful to come to terms with. they fled their apartment with their 3-year-old and 2-year-old seconds before the building collapsed. now they found temporary shelter in the home of one generous

intercontinental resident living overseas. but trauma is difficult to overcome and the memories still haunt the family. >> translator: our friends and relative are still under the rubble. the whole family is gone. >> reporter: the child says i don't have a room, i don't have a house, no toys, no friends. i want to go back to school. lena is constantly crying, she is my only daughter. >> translator: she's changed a lot. >> reporter: the chances of finding survivors beneath the rubble is getting slimmer by the hour. but in turkey, hope persists. with more miraculous rescues over the past 24 hours, but as the days pass by, the focus is shifting to recovering the dead and helping the living. as you see the volunteers have formed a human chain to carry

these boxes of donations into this truck, they have been loaded ready to leave the distribution center and head straight to southeast turkey. according to coordinators, there are some 20,000 volunteers working around the clock across two centers here in istanbul. they have been working for the last week sorting through thousands of boxes of donations all ready to be sent to people impacted by the earthquake. coordinators here say that they need more support and fear they will be forgotten by the enter national community. are you sad about what happened? >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared? >> yes. >> reporter: and while acts of generosity may go some way to help, for those who have lost everything, the rebuilding is just beginning. ed had today bashir, cnn, istanbul. new york congressman caught

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there is a bizarre new twist in the case of gabby petito. an attorney wants a letter written by laundrie to his mother helping him to bury a body and get out of prison. >> and the family is suing for emotional it is stress in connection to the death ruled a homicide. prosecutors are nearing the end of their case in the alex murdaugh trial. defense attorneys are considering putting murdaugh on the stand in his own defense. >> on day 15 of the trial, murdaugh's wife's sister testified offering a comprehensive view of her only sibling. she told the court that tau didn't appear focused on who killed his wife and son, instead

his mind was on a boat case that involved his son. >> we would talk about the boat case. and he was very intent on clearing paul's name. >> what did he say? >> he said that his number one goal was clearing paul's name. and i thought that was so strange because my number one goal was to find out who killed my sister and paul. >> murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to charges of killing his wife and son in june of 2021. disgraced congressman george santos tweeted wednesday that he will remain in office despite the ongoing investigations into his finances and a long list of lies. >> wofrone of the newest allegas is that he stole puppies from an

ambush dog breeder using a bad check. this report from pennsylvania. >> reporter: we told the am might be farmer that we'll protect his identity as he tells us the story of a man who came to his house a little over five years ago to buy puppies. >> he seemed uncomfortable and nervous, so i started getting suspicious. >> reporter: and his instinct are correct. these are nine checks from november 2017, the name on each of them, george santos. the checks to buy puppies were written to fred and other am might be dog breeders, they total more than $15,000. fred says the man he then simply knew as george came with a female assistant and they cut the deal in this very room we're standing in, the milk house. he said he wanted two german shepherds. >> he says okay, we'll take that puppy and that puppy and hiz assistant grabs the two puppies, takes them out door and he pulls

out a check. i was like oh, no, is this guy going to pay me with a check, by then i was very suspicious. >> because you told me she put the dogs in the car, correct? >> right. >> before they paid for them. >> right. >> so you were suspicious because he is going to pay with a check and you don't take checks. >> i told him i don't take checks, all i can take a cash. but he said would you expect me to carry enough cash to buy a bunch of puppies on a trip like this? i do not have cash. only thing that i can give you is a check. well, i thought to myself it looks like i'm done. >> you're stuck. >> i'm stuck. the dogs are in the car. >> you thought they pulled a fast one on you. >> right. and it was obvious to me by that time they probably pulled a fast one on me. >> so you said through the goodness of your heart i take it that you'll take the check. >> i said i've decided a check is better than nothing, i'll give it a try.

>> reporter: and the results of that try? >> the check bounced. >> the check bounced. >> and you were charged a fee for depositing a bounced check. >> right. >> have you gotten the money back? >> no. >> have you heard from anybody about it? >> no. >> reporter: just three days after all the puppies were purchased, santos participated in anne adoption event at a pet supply store. the owner says that he wrote a check for a few hundred dollars to santos' pet rescue charity following the event but later you a his check online and that someone crossed out the charity name and wrote another name santos has used. we received no comment from santos or his attorney regarding all this. santos was ultimately charged with theft by pennsylvania authorities. but the charge was later dropped after santos made a claim that somebody had stolen his checkbook according to a lawyer who was a former friend of his.

that lawyer says that she no longer believes him. >> he is definitely, you know, not qualified to be where he is in qualify. and he should really be in jail. >> this is george santos. do you believe this is the man who bought your dogs? put them in the car? some. >> i fear it is. based on my memory, i would say yes, it is. >> reporter: fred loves dogs and still breeds others. he has tried his best to to devote about being fleeced, but santos' ascension to congress has made for getting impossible. >> i'm disappointed that person like that would have a chance to get into the house of representatives. >> reporter: gary tuchman, cnn, pennsylvania. and this just in, lufthansa says it is experiencing a company wide i.t. outage. they say that it is causing flight delays and cancellations and they regret the inconvenience it is causing

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