♪ hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster in london.

bianca is off for today, but just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> i've heard another tornado warning, it's like never ending today. >> this is an early wake -up cal for people living on the southern plains. everyone wants this constam nation gone from the community. >> the town is rallying around each other and i think we're all on the same page for the first time in two weeks. the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. >> i'm not entirely surprised. the chinese have mishandled covid at every step of the way. ♪ live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 27th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. where a powerful storm system is battering parts of oklahoma, kansas and texas with tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail.

at least nine tornadoes have been through so much, seven in oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking roads in the city of norman, home to oklahoma's largest university. tens of thousands of people statewide are or without power. >> a lot of real strong wind. i was standing out in the garage. my wife went to the neighbor's to get in their shelter. wood and debris started flying. and hitting things. so i jumped in the back seat of a car in the garage real quick. but it didn't last very long. thank goodness, seeverybody is okay. >> well, the system is so strong a wind gust of 114s per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 415 storms have been reported across the southern

plains. under 160 million are under high wind alerts a storm expert tells cnn it's still early for a tornado system. >> it's a nighttime tornado, those are always quite difficult and, you know, extra dangerous. one thing today, you know, it's february. it's traditionally the southern plains and tornado alley, if you will, doesn't really start to come alive with the tornadoes and severe weather outbreaks until maybe march, especially april and may. that's the peak tornado severe season here in the southern plains. this is quite an early wake-up call for people living on the southern plains. the great plains, i guess, are ready to start producing tornadoes already. >> cnn's local affiliate ksco is on the in oklahoma. our report from oklahoma city. >> reporter: we found a little more damage, now, these power lines are kind of leaning over

here, so we stepped out of the way. there's a downstairsed fence here, as well as debris scattered on the road back there. that's a back load back there. but on the ground, you see cement on the ground, that's an office building that we found that has a lot of damage. as you can see, there's cement everywhere. part of that building is over there. and some of is that roof also fell off. there's also a security guard here overnight. he told us, this was an office space. and he's here monitoring the space. also inside, you can see even more damage, we don't know if it's stuff falling from the roof. we don't know what it is. we can see more damage inside that office space. as of now, that's all we know so far, i'm going to send it back to you guys in the studio. and the theft of extreme weather is not over yet on the west coast. a winter storm dumped a massive amount of snow and rain over the

weekend and a rare blizzard warning. the storm made for dangerous travel conditions in some areas, as you can see. some residents tell cnn they've been unable to leave their homes since friday. and now a second storm system is about to move into the region in the hours head. more from cnn's camilla bernard. >> reporter: the sun is finally out in southern california, but we're still left with a lot of snow in this area, 1 to 2 feet of snow. in higher elevation areas, more than 6 feet of snow, over the last couple of days. a lot of snow, a lot of rain, a lot of wind in southern california. that is something that people in this area early just not used to. on sunday, some of the highways remained closed in the southern california area, including interstate 5 which is right behind me. normally, you would see a lot of traffic but authorities are still trying to clean up the highway, not only the highway but the off and on ramp.

but authorities say it's still not safe for a lot of these drives that are essentially stranded on the side of the highway, waiting to get back on the road to their final destination. in the l.a. area, a lot of rain over the last couple of days was flooding, downed trees and many, many left without power. thousands, in fact, still without power. just about 40 miles from where i am in cassaic, california, rvs ending up in the river because of what happened because of the storm. many residents extremely concerned and essentially stranded because they could not get on the highway. here's is someone impacted by this. >> i'm actually traveling to bakersfield, i've never been able to get there, 5 is closed because of bakersfield. and i'm not able to get to work and also i feel like we're going to have to evacuate.

>> reporter: and it's still not over, we're expecting more storms over the last couple of days. not as intensive as we saw over the last couple of days, but we could still see some rain and snow and wind in the southern california area. so authorities still telling people to be very careful, especially since we're not used to this time of weather in this area. camila bernal, cnn, lebec, california. now, the u.s. transportation agency has resumed taking waste out of the area in ohio where a train derailed. it will be sent to two epa-approved cities in ohio. but the mayor of one of those cities says he's concerned. >> the facility is secure. i know they've had an issue or two in the past. but i sent pictures over, this is, you know, literally, you can see it from my backyard, it's literally in some people's backyard. so it's definitely a concern. and we want it done the right way.

but, again, we're just going to be relying on them to guide us through this process. >> meanwhile, house republicans plan to investigate the derailment what they describe as a flawed response by the biden administration. so far, all railcars except 11 have been removed from the crash site, as several agencies continue to monitor air and water quality in the area. the national transportation safety board is till holding those 11 cars for investigation. however, the residents say the crash has impacted their lives and their businesses. >> and answers are slowly starting to leak out a little bit, you know, day by day, which is helping. because when this first started, nobody could give us answers which, obviously, if you're not going to answer, you start to speculate a little bit. you see it on social media. information is starting to be on a wide scale being trickled down to us which we can make conscious decisions for not only now but our futures. i'm out of my business right

now. my business is less than a half mile from the tracks, from the derailment. but the reality is, they've looked to us, the team of norfolk southern, and they said they're going to make our community right. they're going to make our businesses right, our residents right. that not only have we survived the crash, but they've committed to the long term for us. governor dewine said he's committed to the long term to be here, two, four six years from now. but there's a lot of people that wonder if their businesses will last two, four, six years. there's a concern. and again, the town is rallying around each other. >> meanwhile, joe biden is standing behind his administration's response to the derailment. cnn's priscilla alvarez has more. >> reporter: president biden is defending his decision to a train wreck that left water

seeping into waters, air and soil. federal officials are on the ground, helping residents, now with the aftermath of this wreck, especially as concerns grow over long-term health of these residents and for those who are already saying that they feel sick. now, federal teams are on the ground going door to door, to inform residents how to access free health assessments, as well as get testing for their drinking wells or drinking water. but the administration has come under fierce criticism for their response. and whether they acted quickly enough after this wreck occurred. now transportation secretary pete buttigieg responded to that and said president biden takes this as a tuop priority. >> president has taken a personal interest from this situation from early on. i wanted to make sure he knew about what i saw on the ground. mostly in terms of the administration response, and that's something that has been well coordinated. where our department comes in,

really, is transportation policy. making sure that in this moment, with so much focus on what happened with this derailment that we are acting to hold norfolk southern accountable but to make sure we prevent all derailments. >> reporter: president biden said his officials were on the ground two hours after the wreck. and they've been working with local and state officials. as far as whether he's going to visit, there are no plans as of yet. priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. the u.s. department of energy has determined the spread of covid-19 is most likely from a leak of a chinese laboratory in wuhan. that's according to a classified intelligence report. the two sources tell cnn the department has only low confidence in findings. the ambassador to china said no matter what the reason, more safe guards need to be in place in case of another pandemic. >> well, it's really important

that the national health organizations which includes the united states work with china to set up protocols on communication, alerts, anytime an accident might occur. or even if it really did come from an animal, making sure that all of that information is transmitted to health organizations all across the world, as soon as possible. so that political leaders, scientific leader, medical l leaders, can make an informed decision how they're going to proceed. part of the problem we had with covid, whether it came from a lab or came from animals is that the chinese were very, very slow in alerting the world to it. and only came out from bits and pieces from scientists and doctors from china, and then it was too late. so we really need to beef up our communications systems, our surveillance systems, so that all countries can act immediately. of course, we need to make sure

however this happened that we're prepared for the next pandemic, whether it comes from another country, whether it comes from animals, what have you. how are we going to respond? do we have vaccines available? do we have protective gear available? are hospital systems up to, you know, have the capability to respond to a huge pandemic? >> and lab-made theory is one of several floating around washington but there hasn't been a consensus or official opinion from the white house on the cause of the pandemic. china's foreign ministry has ponded saying a lab break is highly unlikely. >> arizona and federal authorities are reporting a major drug bust that took three years to pull off. they seized more than 4.5 million fentanyl bills and methamphetamine along with a large amount of heroin and cocaine. $300 million street value. 150 people have been charged in

the investigation thus far. now, in the day ahead, the double murder trial of disgraced attorney alex murdaugh is set to resume with at least four more witnesses taking the stand. it fold a heated cross-examination where murdaugh was grilled about the killings of his wife and son. the prosecution points out inconsistencies including the claim he wasn't at the dog kennels when the killing took place. >> so what you're telling this jurl jury, it's a random vigilante, that happened to know that paul and maggie would be alone, and knew you would not be there only from the tiles of 8:49 and 9:02, do they show up with a weapon, assuming they're going to find ammunition and weapons there. that they commit this crime around the same route you do,

around the same time in el nino. is that what you're trying to tell the jury? >> you got a lot of factor in there, mr. watters all of which i do not agree with, the sum of which i do. >> murdaugh has admitted to previous lies but insists he didn't kill his family. well, front lines in eastern ukraine are fierce and relentless fighting is raging in and around the city of bakhmut. that's where russian forces are now eyeing further advances as they edge towards the center of the city from three sides. this video posted on social media shows some of the damage left by the ongoing battle. it's unclear how many ukrainian forces are still inside the city. but officials say troops are launching counterattacks to try to preserve their access to bakhmut from the west. meanwhile, the u.s. is warning there will be real costs for china if the country were to provide russia with lethal aid

to be used in this war on ukraine. that comes after cia director said the u.s. is confident beijing is considering sending such aid. but that a final decision has yet been made. the u.s. internationational sec adviser weighed in. >> beijing will have to make its own decisions how to proceed. whether it provides assistance. but if it goes down that road it will be at all costs. >> we were watch carefully, we will be vigilant and we will continue to send a strong message that we believe sending military aid to russia at this time when you're using them to bombard citizens and atrocities would be a mistake. >> cnn max foster joining us here in london. that would change the entire dynamic of this, wouldn't it? >> yes, that's why you see the effort by the u.s. to talk about it publicly.

multiple sources coming oum and antony blinken, he laid out those potential consequences in the meeting with wang yi. we assumed there would be economic sanctions, things like that. the u.s. clearly making the point this will be a red line hoped this would be a deterrent but they didn't get to the point of those consequences but we have to care what about they're saying here because the cia director was out on sunday as well on cbs. he said they're confident that the chinese leadership is considering that equipment. they don't know, they have concrete plans, but there certainly hasn't been a shipment as of yet but they're confident they are considering it and they're trying to get out ahead of this. if china does make a decision it will come at a time when the u.s. underestimates its ability. take a listen to bill burns. >> i think putin is right now entirely too confident of his

ability to wear down ukraine, to grind away. and that's what he's giving every evidence that he's determined to do right now. at some point, he's going to have to face up to increasing costs as well, in coffins going home to some of the poorest parts of russia. there's a cumulative economic damage to russia as well. huge reputational damage, has not been exactly a great advertisement for russia arms sales. >> right. >> so, this is going to build over time but right now, the honest answer, i think, putin is quite determined. >> quite determined and bill burns actually pointed out that russia's ties with iran are, in his word, moving at a pretty fast clip. clearly, they're trying to avoid the same thing happening with china because that could turn the battlefield and be a very dangerous situation for ukraine. >> how much, i guess it depends what kind of weapons they receive. keeping with the reports running out of different weaponry and the soldiers are exhausted and

so many are dying, how much difference were that support from china make, do you think? >> i think it would make a major difference. the authorities have reported that it was ammunition and drones that china was considering not sort of larger-scale artillery and things like that. that is the issue at the moment, because of the type of fighting that we're seeing in the donbas, really heavy expenditure of ammunition, drones, heavy in use, we've seen them overnight attacking in the kyiv region. ukraine has shot down most of them. but these are the sort of disposable amount of weaponry that russia is burning through at an incredibly fast rate. it's reset the issue of the complex on the side of ukraine in terms of economic reliance and we know that russia has been looking at iran and potentially at tehran. >> thank you. still ahead, tragedy at sea as migrants try to find a better life. we go live to italy where dozens

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♪ officials say 59 migrants are dead after a wooden ship broke apart in the southeastern coast of italy. it's a heartbreaking tragedy. some of the victims are children. many of the migrants are fleeing poverty, violence and war. but they fell victims, to huge trafficking situations like this often. barbie nadeau joins us live from rome. what do we know about them? where did they come from? and what went wrong? >> you know, this is a very different kind of migrant disaster. we used to think people come from north african coast, coming from libya or tunisia. this boat, we understand, left turkey after it hit rocks off the coast of calabria.

calabria takes in a lot of migrants but they usually don't arrive by sea. let's listen to what the head of the area said. >> translator: this is a day of disbelief for calabria. calabria is a region that welcomes people. last year, we welcomed 18,000 migrants. and not living how we are living today and how we will live it tomorrow. >> reporter: listen to him, what he's saying it's absolutely true, you know, this is a tragedy based on indifference. and this is becoming a real test for the new government of giorgia meloni who won last september and campaigned on a platform, her main goal was to stop ngo rescue ships. and rescuing people at sea. a lot of the people on this ship

were from afghanistan, from iran, pakistan and somalia, and that's a different sort of demographic than we're used to seeing here. there have been 14,000, more than 14,000 people who have arrived by sea so far this year in italy. that's 160% more than last year this time, max. >> barbie in rome, thank you. u.s. commission president ursula von lleyton were in a meeting today, meant to prevent a opening between the northern ireland and republic of republic which is part of the eu. senior diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me here in london. this is deeply complex matter and damaging the relationship between northern ireland and the eu. >> and also president biden

because they favor getting the power sharing government in northern london back up and running. so these are all connected. so, we can look at this in a couple of steps, if you like, ursula von der leyen, meeting with the british prime minister, agreed to the last steps to the brexit deal, if you will, changing the northern ireland protocols. the prime minister having a joint press conference. the prime minister addressing cabinet, the prime minister addressing parliament. that seems to be, from where we stand right now, sort of set. but the big question about the power sharing government in northern ireland. do the pro-british party in northern ireland who have been most incensed by the protocols what they feel that is in northern ireland, do they sign off on what we hear today. we may not find that out today, because it's likely to allude to very complicated, many pages of

legal text, so they'll want to take some time to look at. probably for them, what we're hearing from them from the democratic unit, the biggest part for them will be how are they affected by laws, as they say, made in brussels by eu law. that's going to be the perhaps biggest test for them. >> and we could get an announcement, presumably preparing for possible announcement, nic, thank you. still to come, a disturbing new video shows a brutal attack on a florida school employee. we'll update you on what might have provoked it. plus, arrests and no charges in the gruesome killing of hong kong model abby choi. that's after the break. uses on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant sprayay. [girl coughs] and when it comes to your laundry, adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness-causing

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♪ welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster, if you're just joining us, let me bring you up to date with the top stories in this hour. the central u.s., a large storm system is moving east bringing tornadoes, heavy winds and hail. at least one tornado caused damage to homes and buildings, leaving tens of thousands without power in oklahoma. there are have been reports of 115 storms across the southern plains. and the u.s. department of energy has determined that the spread of covid was most likely from a leak at a chinese wuhan lab. the u.s. supreme court is set to hear all arguments on tuesday, in two cases, challenging u.s. president joe biden's student loan forgiveness program. the program promises to delivering to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers

but it's on hold as a legal challenge is played out. a decision is expected late june or early july. in texas, a judge is expected to rule on a decision of roe v. wade, the issue is a lawsuit, the government's abortion of the abortion drug. it is alleged that regulators improperly approved the drug years before. the judge was nominated by donald trump and known for his deep anti-abortion beliefs. if he rules in favor of the plaintiffs, critics say 64 million women would lose access to medical abortion care. a school in northern florida has released video of the moment that a student brultszly attattack attacked brutally attacked a school employee.

cnn has more on how it unfolded. >> reporter: the video is very difficult to watch. in it, we see a student 6'6" approximate 270 pounds, just brutally attacking the teachers aide, a paraprofessional. according to the arrest records, that student, the 17-year-old told the school resource deputy, the reason he went after her was because he was upset that she allegedly took away his nintendo switch game. i'm going to show you the video but first a warning, it is disturbing. it happened on tuesday, in flagler county, south of stant augustine. we see the 17-year-old student running towards that school below in the black and knocking her to the ground, five to six feet, he knocked her away. and she appears to be motionless, unconscious. as he starts to punch and kick at her repeatedly. eventually onlookers assess the situation and see this is a big

problem and start to pull him away. those are students and employees of the school pulling him away. even as they do, he's still trying to punch and kick at a school employee trying to take her to the hospital. listen to what rick staley had to say. >> this could have been homicide, when you push people down like that, they hit their head, you never know the outcome. fortunately, other students and other faculty members, administrators came and intervened. >> and this incident really just highlights a growing problem for educators. and that is the rise of threats and violence directed their way, oftentimes by students inside of school grounds. we have a study by the american psychological association conducted during the height of the covid-19 pandemic. it surveyed over 15,000 educators, and it found that one-third of teachers reported being victimized.

these, verbal threats of violence from students. and it turns out support staff, things like school resource officers, aides, like you've seen in this instance and bus drivers, they're most likely to report physical aggression with, in that case, 99% of aggressors actually being students. the survey also found that up to 34% of educators reported interest in either quitting or transferring schools because of the school climate or school safety issues. now, in this case, this teen was arrested. he faces a serious felony. aggravated battery with bodily harm. he has since been turned over to the department of juvenile justice. isabel rosales, cnn, atlanta. a ex-husband of a hong conmodel is being charged with murder along with his father and brother. his mother faces a lesser

charge. the case says all were denied bail. beijing bureau chief steven jiang joins us live with details. steven, this really has gripped the nation, this story. >> that's right, because it's so shocking and gruesome because abby choi was not just murdered but dismembered. on sunday, investigators sound a skull and harrir and ribs in a large pot. and in a northern suburb, they also found a meat slicer, electric saw and some clothing. as of now, some parts of her body including the torso remain missing. that's why police at one point deployed more than 100 personnel including divers in search of their researches. we know that the ex-husband alex wang and three of his family members have been charged.

despite the details, one thing we have not found out is why. the most tiff despite speculation, authorities have not confirmed anything. obviously, a lot of intense interest in abby choi who was a model with exposure often seen photographed at fashion shows with luxury brands from london to paris to shanghai. and also was an influencer with more than 100,000 followers on instagram. but all of that, of course, came to a screeching halt last wednesday when she was reported missing in a city of more than 7 million residents but for the most part considered to be very safe for people of all ages including young women. one thing that came out, the tragedy she left behind two children along with the ex-husband who is now awaiting trial for the very gruesome murder, max. >> steven jiang, thank you. and crowds in protest to the election process. they say the president's administration has put free and fair elections at risk.

he says they are simply trying to discredit his government. organizers have 500,000 demonstrating in mexico city but the local government put the number at 90,000. results are trickling in from saturday's election in nigeria. anger is growing after some did not arrive at polling stations. that mean some voters, and some went to protest even as others were able to vote on sunday, the day after the election. tour more on this, we're going to stephanie in lagos for us we're not going to get the full result expected for some time. >> reporter: good morning, max, know, results are slowly trickling in. we've only had one state reporting so far. the electoral commission here will have a briefing where more results will be announced state

by state. it's a bloody process, but we're hoping to have full results by tomorrow at the latest. but, max, as you say, there's a lot of anger here, the mood is tense. people are not just happy with howl the elections were handled. one observer that i spoke to described the process as disappointing. and said that imik needs to really get ahold of its perennial issues. what are the issues in some polling units election officials did not turn out. and i spoke to one, 30 polling units that election officials just did not turn up. and thousands of voters lost their chance to vote. and this is a picture that's emerging across the nation, max. people are complaining bitterly about voter intimidation, voter suppression and an attempt to snatch the ballot.

i myself went to one polling station here in lagos on saturday on election day. the military was forced to intervene, because what people called thugs turned up and started beating voters, throwing chairs at them. and also attempted to cut up the votes that had already been cast. so, these are the issues that really they must answer. but above all, dwyoung people a very angry. they say there's right-wing going on and we have not confirmed and they believe the election may be stolen. max. >> stephanie besari. ahead, now israel's military is responding to chaos. plus, the death toll in turkey from this month's devastating earthquake continues to rise. we'll go live to istanbul for an update. try bounce lasting fresh.

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♪ officials from israel in the authority have agreed to work on de-escalating violence in the region. those agreements were undermined on sunday by another deadly flare-up on the west bank. it started when two israeli settlers were fatally shot while driving in what officials say was a terrorist attack. later, a palestinian man was killed on what palestinian officials called israeli attacks on separatists. they now intend to send italians to the west bank to improve security. cnn's hadas gold joins us. it's an impossible situation, when they try to solve things on one level and things flare up and creating those situations even harder? >> reporter: well, it goes to show you, max, just the level of crisis that this region is in. because scenes like we saw yesterday are really unprecedented in a region that's already been beset by so much

violence and death. it started as you noted, those two brothers, actually 19 and 21 years old were driving in their car along a busy thoroughfare used by israelis and palestinians. and while they were in traffic, they say they came up and shot them at point blank range before managing to get away. then later in the day there was that summit with the americans, palestinian authorities, jordanians all aimed at trying to calm the situation on the ground, especially over the overlapping holidays, ramadan and pass jover, which in the past, have seen tensions flare up even more, especially here in jerusalem. and the communique coming out of that summit was seen as positive. the two sides, israelis and palestinians, agreeing to sit together in a joint security committee to establish operations. israelis talk about freezing settlements for a few months. palestinians saying they wouldn't go after the israelis

in the u.n. and the commitment to meet in march before ramadan. but then, max, before night fell, we got scenes of essentially the city burning, israeli settlers going on what is being called a rampage, burning homes and cars and we're getting reporting including one palestinian man what officials are calling a revenge attack that he was shot and killed by israeli settlers. i can't tell you where there are scenes like this, where you have, you know, groups of israeli settlers going through palestinian towns burning home. we've seen families have to be evacuated actually by israeli soldiers. now, we are getting some reports of some settlers being arrested but there is a lot of worry about what will come next. but when you look at it's internal politics of this, we seem to get some commentary from israeli officials seeming to

dismiss. saying what happens in jordan will stay isn't jordan, with the right-wing administering the government claiming there will not be any sort of settlement freezes. so it's not exactly clear what the israelis necessarily agree to versus the commentary from israeli government officials. meanwhile, the israeli military is sending extra battalion into the area to not only find those attackers who kills the two brothers but calm the israelis next. >> thank you. the death toll in turkey from the deadly earthquake earlier this month has increased to more than 44,000 people. the country's emergency management agency reports nearly 300 tent cities and more than 10,000 containers have been set up for survivors to sleep in. meanwhile, turkey's justice ministry says nearly 200 people have been arrested, pending trial, for allege d poor buildig construction. for more on this, we're joined

by cnn's nada bashir in istanbul, the blame game is in full motion now, nada. >> reporter: it really is max. and there is growing pressure on the turkish government when it comes to the devastating earthquake. so far 188 people arrested but more than 600 people have now been identified as potential suspects in allegations of construction negligence. and there has been some backlash against the government reports of construction amnesties being offer in the past, to those constructers, contractors who are building these apartment building, tall buildings in an an unsafe manner and notal following the building codes. the government says their fully examining these allegations and admitting there are lessons to be learned from this. thousands of and thousands of people have lost their homes, lost their loved ones and everything. and providing solace for tens of

thousand that not only not able to live in their homes, not only lost everything, but are being housed in temporary tents, containers, across southeast turkey. we visited some of these tent cities that are set up while the authorities and governments say they are planning to rebuild the affected areas within a year, the aide workers across the country in the camps told us they are here for the long haul. they're setting it up that this could be the reality for tens of thousands of people for the next two or three years at least. of course there is a sense of growing frustration, growing sense of anger, here, particularly as elections loom. we have heard continued calls for the government to take action, some even calling for the government to step down. max. >> nada, thank you. still ahead, spacex pulls the plug in the last minute on its planned launch. we'll tell you why that happens in just a moment.

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- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don't know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. spacex and nasa scrubbed a planned launch to send a crew of astronauts to the international space station just minutes before takeoff. engineers say the decision was made out of an abundance of caution due to an ignition issue. they hope to try again on thursday morning. the mission includes two russian

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new york university is warning students to keep their headphones in their pockets while outside. history was made on sunday at the screen actors guild. the program everywhere all at once is making big strides with asians making representation in media. and the first asian woman to win outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role. it's the latest trophy she's taken for her part in the science fiction film. and quong took home the trophy for a male in a supporting role. the first asian man to win that award. the cast of everything all at once took the top award, an outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. another standout moment was jamie lee curtis winning outstanding actress in a female role. >> i'm 64 years old. i've been an actress since i was 19. if i'm not having a good time,

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♪ all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday. and i'm christine romans. we begin with a laboratory leak in china