pete muntean, thank you. a fire hose of rain to california, triggering power outages and travel chaos across the state. fire officials spent much of monday rescuing residents trapped in surging floodwaters. this man jumped into the l.a. river to save his dog. >> a helicopter carullo kated both the dog, who swam to the edge to escape the rapids, and his owner, who was hoisted onto an aircraft, taken to a hospital. officials say both are doing okay after suffering minor injuries. cute pup there. >> very good boy. >> thanks for being with us. see you tomorrow morning. "cnn news central" is now. ♪ close to collapse. a bipartisan border bill may be dead just days after it was unveiled. some conservatives are refusing

to support policies they once championed. the elephant in the room encouraging a no-vote, donald trump. and any minute now, a michigan jury could decide if a mother is guilty for a mass shooting committed by her son. deliberation on manslaughter charges happening now. and remembering a country music superstar, toby keith, dead after a battle with stomach cancer. kit is away. i'm john berman with sara sidner. this is "cnn news central." this morning, the senate's bipartisan border bill is on the brink of falling apart before it even makes it to a floor vote. in a closed-door meeting last night, senate gop leader mitch mcconnell told senators they should feel free to vote against moving the bill forward. it is a huge reversal from the minority leader, who just hours earlier gave a speech from the

senate floor calling on senators to take action on immigration and foreign aid. mcconnell's messaging coupled with stiff opposition from donald trump and house republicans, painting a grim picture for the bill that took months to put together. cnn's lauren fox joins us from capitol hill. lauren, i don't know that we've seen this in a very long time, and especially since the republicans are starting to say the quiet part out loud, donald trump is in the mix, even though he's not an elected official at this point in time. where do things stand this morning? >> reporter: yeah, sara. it's really hard to deny trump's influence on the republican conference, not only in the house of representatives but also in the senate this morning. that is because, after less than 48 hours since the bill was released, it's very clear that this bill is on its way to collapse. the expected procedural vote was supposed to happen tomorrow in the united states senate. it's clear that republicans are coming out largely opposed to it or at least largely opposed to this procedural step.

just moments ago, we heard from a member of the republican leadership who said that he is opposed to this legislation. last night, behind closed doors, mcconnell told his conference they should vote their conscience and that he was comfortable with many of them voting no if that is what they wanted to do. so, clearly, despite the fact that one of their own senators, lankford, was creating this bill for the last several months in hard-fought negotiations with democratic colleagues, it is clear right now that this bill is going nowhere fast in the united states senate, including the reality that it was already dead on arrival in the house of representatives. meanwhile, tonight, the house will vote to move forward with its impeachment of secretary alejandro mayorkas. one thing is very clear, that republican leadership expects this will pass tonight. what is less clear is what happens in the united states senate once it does so. if it goes over to the united states senate, you can expect

that leaders there are going to look carefully about how they want to consider this. one of their options is they could quickly dismiss it. they could also refer it to committee. they could hold a brief senate trial. as one senator put it to me last night, they view this as blatantly political, but chris murphy said there are probably constitutional and procedural implications here they cannot ignore. sara? >> all right. i know you're all over this, lauren fox. we'll check in with you throughout the hour. thank you so much for your reporting. this morning, after helping torch the bipartisan border deal, donald trump has a new campaign ploy, challenging president biden to a debate now. cnn's kristen holmes is in washington. so, after ducking every conceivable opportunity for the primary, now trump wants to debate. >> reporter: that's right, because donald trump wants to run as though he is the incumbent president, and an incumbent president doesn't have to debate. but this is starting to feel

more and more like a general election rematch between biden and trump despite the fact he's not even the republican nominee, nikki haley, of course, still in the race. you have all these republican senators circling the wagons around donald trump, and now you have him calling out biden, saying he wants to debate and debate now. here's what he said in an interview yesterday. >> i'd like to call for immediate debates. i'd like to debate him now because we should debate for the good of the country. >> reporter: now, biden was asked about this in real time. this is how he responded to this call for a debate. >> do you accept? >> immediately. >> immediately? >> yes. >> he's got nothing else to do. >> reporter: a quick little quip

from the president of the united states. donald trump did not participate in one single debate. in fact, he changed the debate system overall by holding various counterprogramming events throughout the primary season. but he looks poised to be the nominee and is clearly itching to ask joe biden to take the debate stage with him now. >> hkristen holmes, keep us posted. the u.s. economy by almost all measurements is doing really well. january saw stunning jobs growth. consumers are spending. inflation is finally starting to ease. but there seems to be a disconnect between how the economy is doing and how americans say they feel about it. and president biden wants to know why. cnn's arlette saenz at the white house the v with the latest on this. arlette, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, john, the white house has been watching a lot of these improving signs of the economy, things like growing consumer sentiment, lower inflation, lower gas prices, and really felt that these are

indicators that could start to move some momentum in president biden's favor. that is something president biden himself has been asking his advisers, why, as there are these bright spots in the economy, why is it that consumer sentiment hasn't completely changed or grown in its trajectory. but there have been some upticks recently in consumer sentiment. a recent poll that was -- survey released by the university of micheauxed that consumer outlook was up 13% in january. that tracks with some of the numbers we've seen steadily progress over the coming months. but the one thing the white house is facing at this moment is an american electorate that has very negative views about the state of their personal financial conditions. and many of them are atltributig that to president biden. looking at a recent cnn survey, it found that 55% of voters believe that biden's policies have worsened economic conditions in this country with only 26% believing his policies

have improved conditions. the president's approval rating when it comes to his handling of the economy, stands at about 37%, really highlighting some of the challenges president biden has going forward. but we have seen over the course of the past few weeks the steady uptick in the way that the white house is messaging some of these economic bright spots. president biden on the trail has been pointing to the fact that inflation is down, gas prices are down, and also that consumer sentiment is rising. we've also seen him start to take this approach to try to tackle issues that are kitchen-table issues for voters, really trying to take a hammer to what americans are facing. one of his recent campaign events, he called out corporations for inflated prices, talking about greed-flation going on in this

country. if they're seeing these economic bright spots, how can they sell it to the american public while also acknowledging there is still more work to be done heading into november's election. >> arlette saenz, thank you very much. that michigan survey, i believe that was the biggest two-month increase in consumer sentiment since the early 1990s. so, some of those numbers are starting to move. sara? joining me to discuss is joseph pinion and f.e. kupp. hey, all. there's lot going on here. joseph, i want to start with you. we heard from mitch mcconnell a few hours, he says, this is the bill we want, let's go for it, and then the message was, vote your conscience, if you don't vote for the bill, i'm okay with it. what the heck happened? isn't this the biggest chance for republicans to get a lot of what they want in a crisis on the border? >> well, look, i think, first and foreign most, we have to acknowledge yes, the crisis is

real. we should also acknowledge we should never be playing political games with things that contribute to the safety and security of the american people or humanity writ large. having said that, this is american politics 101, and we do it all the time on a bipartisan basis. i think if you're asking how this happened, it's also because everything fell apart in the 11th hour due to the fact they didn't tell us what was happening until the 10th hour. i think there are many republicans, both down in congress and on main street, who could have told you if you are trying to solve a crisis by codifying the actual problems that predated the crisis, it was going to be a "no" from the voters and the legislators writ large. so, unfortunately, i think they thought it was going to be politics as usual, it would roll out whatever bill they wanted, that republicans would fall in line and vote for it. but i think part of the problem we see in the house, the food fight that has become effectively nonlegislation, is a direct result of the fact that that brand of politics is no longer palatable for the

electorate and certainly president trump tapping into that sentiment and that resentment as it relates to him trying to move forward and make an actual case for why he should be re-elected in 2024. >> in your opinion, does this have to do with donald trump and his re-election and nothing else, or are there real problems with this bill? >> no. 100% it's about trump. and this is what happens when politics becomes more important than policy, as it has in the republican party since trump. trump didn't care much about policy or principles or conservativism. it was all about politics, and republicans were happy to go along with him. politics is impeaching secretary mayorkas. policy is passing a border deal. politics solves no problems. policy does. but the policy is the hard part. despite the fact that republicans asked for these policies from this bill and for something to be done at the

border because it's a matter of life or death, and for their life, it is, suddenly the policies they asked for are not so important. why? because it's an election year, and trump wants to use the issue. that's politics. >> it's often what does infurp rate the american public, to see there's a crisis happening in many, many cities and now on the border, and now it's turned into politics. i do want to move on to donald trump. we are in a campaign, as we well know. donald trump says very loudly he wants to debate biden right now, immediately, when he did not want to debate and refused to debate any of his republican challengers. why? >> well, first and foremost, i think we should acknowledge the reality that donald trump is going to be the nominee for the republican party in 2024. i think, again, the hard truth is that this is not a republican problem. this is a bipartisan problem. the democratic party effectively told the voters of florida their vote was not necessary, that they'd already chosen their standard in joe biden. the democratic party made it impossible for anyone to

challenge joe biden, so much so that robert kennedy, whose family name is basically ingrained in the dna of the democratic party, was forced to leave the party to form a somewhat viable campaign for president. so, i think, yes, to his own credit or against president trump, he's decided he wants to move the battleground to the general election to go against joe biden. anyone who is taking issue with that, the fact he didn't debate, should also be equally upset with what's happening on the left. democracy demands debates, but that means we have to have a two-party system that invites that debate. >> a lot of people would like to see a three-party system, but that is not what we have right now. s.e. cuppp, donald trump is saying for the good of the country, i want to debate biden now. but south carolina hasn't yet happened. >> yeah. we're not in a general election. in fact, we are still in a primary, and he has an opponent who won 40-plus percent of the vote in the last state. so, we're still very much in a

primary and donald trump owes it to the american people and to his own voters to debate nikki haley. he won't. i know why he wants to debate joe biden, because he thinks he'll look good debating joe biden. and i don't think he's wrong. trump has some severe mental capacity issues. most are in evidence. but he comes off tougher and stronger than joe biden does. and so, i think this is, of course, all for donald trump. it has nothing to do with the good of the country. if it were about that, he would debate. and democrats should debate too. that's part of the democratic process. we should demand debates as voters. and the fact that these candidates are increasingly deciding when and where and if they debate i think is a real problem with democracy. >> there are a lot of people that would like to hear more from their candidates and from other alternatives. we were now getting to crunch time, though. and do you think people have sort of made up their mind already, just looking at the nrm

berps? >> from a historical perspective, rarely do we see an actual rematch of a previous presidential cycle. from that sentiment, you have to believe that the cake is pretty much fully baked for a large majority of voters. i think again, we're now talking about what does the environment dictate. i think that's why you see republicans being so very careful about how they proceed on the border. it's not a matter of if there is a crisis, but certainly trying to codify 5,000 people coming on average a day to the united states of america, before we even deal with something else, that's an issue they recognize will be front and center for not just republican voters but those valuable independents in places like michigan, wisconsin, and certainly all the places where we know that vote is going to be quite critical. >> thank you so much for being here, joseph, and to you, s.e. cupp. we'll bring you back to the studio. thvs not punishment. it happened. thank you both. john? the vast secrecy surrounding

the cancer diagnosis of the uk's head of state, king charles, what we know about who was visiting him during his treatments. and any minute, jurors could decide if a mother can be held responsible for the shooting committed by her child. details on what they asked the judge on day one. and sad news overnight -- toby keith has died from cancer at just 62 years old. ♪ i fill you up let's have a party ♪ ♪ let's have a party ♪

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you still think i'm crazy ♪ ♪ standing here today ♪ love that song. "how do you like me now." one of those songs that made toby keith a country music icon. this morning, we've learned the singer and father of three has died at the age of 62 after battling stomach cancer. he released more than 20 albums in his career, including songs like "american soldier," which united fans in the wake of 9/11. ♪ my brothers and sisters ♪ ♪ when liberty is in jeopardy ♪ we'll talk more on toby keith's legacy. a lot of you was remember "red solo cup." we can't say all the words to the song. but it's a party song. he had so many that touches do

many people. just his transformation from what he looked like before and what he was going through the treatment, what can you tell us this morning, what his family is saying and how they're doing? >> reporter: absolutely. this morning we are receiving confirmation from his publicist, and we do have a statement that says, "toby keith passed away peacefully last night on february 5th surrounded by his family. he fought his fight with grace and courage and asking for respect for the privacy of his family at this time." he actually just spoke to a local oklahoma outlet, his home state, just spoke about his cancer diagnosis. let's take a look at that. >> i finally got to a point in the spring, i was diagnosed in october '21, and i was going through all the chemo and the -- first time i'd been through chemo, radiation, surgery. and i just got to a point where

i was comfortable with whatever happened. i had my brain booby-trapped around it, and i was in a good spot either way. so, people without faith don't have that. >> reporter: you know, really holding on to his faith there until the last moment. in fact, sara, just posting yesterday on his instagram on stage saying he was back at it. as you said, an absolute legend, an icon in the country music space. over 40 top-ten singles, 32 number-one songs, and over 40 million albums sold. the tributes are pouring out this morning from the country music world and from fans who are now calling him just a great artist and a great american and a great supporter of the troops. bobby bones, who opened up for him, saying this morning he was just with him in the studio. also john rich, the country music star, saying that he woke up to the terrible news that his friend and legend, toby keith,

had passed away from cancer, calling him a true patriot and a first-class singer-songwriter, bigger-than-life kind of guy, saying he will be greatly missed. zach brian, country singer, he is supporting him. lance armstrong, kristin chen chenowith, the trib units are pouring out. and, again, he was not just a legendary artist. he really supported the troops. he traveled. he had hundreds of shows, and he said it's not political to support the troops. so, trib uniutes are going to b continuing to pouring out this morning. a sad turn of events for an american icon. >> very true. i'll be playing his music all day today as a tribute. that will be what we have left of him. thank you, elizabeth wagmeister. this morning, buckingham palace still unwilling to release details on the cancer diagnosis for king charles, the uk's head of state.

the british prime minister says he is thankful that the king's cancer was, quote, caught early. cnn royal correspondent max foster is outside the palace for us this morning where, max, i understand we have information about a stream of current and maybe even future visitors. >> reporter: yes. lots of speculation that prince harry has arrived in the uk. we actually seen him. if he does come, he'll come here because king charles is down the road where he stays when he's in london, receiving outpatient care for this cancer, which hasn't been identified as yet. i had an interesting conversation last night. it could be a case of watch this space, because he may decide to reveal what this cancer is, which would go against the tradition of the affairs in the palace because he's worked with charities over many years trying to raise awareness of this

cancer. so, that will be interesting. but i don't think it's imminent. i do understand, as well, that prince william is being brought in to carry out function, which charles was due to carry out on thursday, which was handing out honors at buckingham palace. so, prince william is stepping up in pirince charles' absence n the public stage, as it were, a recognition that the -- some helicopters coming in to buckingham palace. it does look like a royal helicopter coming into the buckingham palace garden. the only one we're really expecting is prince harry. interesting if he's allowed to travel in the royal helicopter. but prince harry will come back to spend time with his father. >> the helicopter just flew in, it wasn't a royal helicopter or

was? and that would carry a notable, which could be prince harry? >> reporter: it would be a member of the royal family, normally just william and the king and kate and charles would travel in that. if it is prince harry, it would be symbolic in itself because it's reserved for working royals. but there may be an exception made for prince harry because he's coming over and they want to protect his privacy as part of a family moment as well. so, we always look at these moments as, you know, steps towards rebuilding to have family, if there's something there. you know, we can't read too much into it. it could be something camila trying to get between spots in london without traveling in a car. >> i'll tell you what. we'll let you work your sources, get on the phone. let us know what you find out about the comings and goings. it is of extreme interest at this point. max foster, thank you. cnn medical dr. jonathan reiner. i'm going to lean into your pr expertise first here.

max was saying the palace might ultimately at some point come forward with more information about the king's cancer diagnosis. you got some experience with this. you treated former vice president dick cheney when he had his -- he still has a heart condition, but some of his repeated heart surgeries and what not. what's the advantage of being more public with this type of situation? >> hi, john. well, i learned the truth is going to come out and you might as well get it out at the beginning and tell the entire story because speculation is sometimes worse than the truth. the palace yesterday basically said his majesty has chosen to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation, but by actually not sharing his specific cancer diagnosis, they've only fueled speculation. so, look, if the news is not so bad, then that will extinguish

the speculation. and if the news is super serious and potentially tragic, then it would serve to help to prepare the country. so, at some point, you know, the full diagnosis is likely to come out, and i think sooner rather than later is the best pathway forward. >> there is speculation because of the scant information they did release. the fact that the king is undergoing treatment immediately, what types of cancer, generally speaking, would require immediate treatment, as in the minute you see it? >> right. well, aggressive cancers. first of all, let me just say that the decision not to disclose his specific cancer is not just, you know, a careless omission. it's a proactive decision, akin to saying let's not tell the public. but the kinds of cancers that -- the kinds of cancers that might

need to be treated quickly would be cancers that, if not gotten under control quickly, can be lethal. we can't really speculate other than we do know that his diagnosis was -- came after he basically was admitted to the hospital for his prostate surgery. so, one wonders if there was something as simple as a chest x-ray that prompted further work-up or a simple preoperative blood work that would precipitate a more intensive evaluation. but you're right, the fact that he's already getting treatment speaks to the seriousness of potential diagnosis. >> yeah. chest x-ray would be routine before going in for some kind of prostrate treatment. but right now it is speculation in the absence of actual information. doctor, thank you for your range of expertise on this subject.

sara? ahead, any moment, a michigan jury resumes deliberations for the verdict on the mother of the oxford high school shooter in this unprecedented case. we'll take you there live outside the court next.

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trial, the jury must reach a unanimous verdict on whether or not she, his mother, can be held responsible for that mass shooting as well as he has been. joining us is jean casarez in pontiac, michigan, and with me in new york in the studio, defense attorney misty maris. we'll talk to both of you. i'll start with you, jean. what can you tell us about what the jury -- they've only deliberated six hours, but six hours is something. now they're going into day two. what do you know? >> reporter: i can confirm we just learned they are deliberating, so this jury has started their second day of deliberations here at the oakland county circuit courthouse. and the questions yesterday, there were two of them, and they were really smart questions, sara. i mean, they were going to the heart of the material, and they really wanted to understand the legalese of all of this. you know, involuntary manslaughter is the only charge. there are no lesser-includeds at all. but the prosecution has two

theories of involuntary manslaughter, and jurors don't have to be unanimous on what theory they believe beyond a reasonable doubt for its conviction. they just have to be unanimous that they all believe there should be a conviction here. the first theory is gross negligence, and the first element of gross negligence is that jennifer crumbley knew the danger that her son presented to another and did nothing about it. the second theory is a legal duty. and this comes from the state of michigan, because in michigan, the parent has a legal duty to not allow their son, their child, minor child, to harm anyone, and if they are aware of any potential ti there, they must do something about it to stop it. now, both these theories have one thing in common -- foreseeability. that the parent needs to be able to see, foreseeability, that their minor child could cause injury to another.

>> those two questions means they are really paying attention to the evidence and the law, but there are also other questions. the judge's jury instructions also play at role in this. can you give us some sense of what that says about the jury and what happens there? >> absolutely, sara. so, jean pointed out the two theories of liability for the prosecution. they have to prove one of them beyond a reasonable doubt in the jury's mind. the jury asked a question about the distinction between those two theories and whether or not they had to determine tho those applied or one applied. so, they wanted to really understand how those alternative theories play out, which is a very, very nuanced question and shows that they're really going through the elements of each in order to make that determine napgs. >> you also talked a little bit about something else that the jury had been asking about, which is the gun, how he got it, what her mother's responsibility, jennifer

crumbley's responsibility was, when it comes to that. >> yeah. this is critical. one of those theories, the gross negligence theory, relates to how did this gun get into the hands of the shooter, and is jennifer crumbley responsible, did she fail to take action to allow this gun and these bullets to be accessible to her son. so, the question, very astute question, sara, the jury asked, can we draw an inference from evidence that was not shown in the trial? for instance, how did the shooter actually get access to the gun? there was no testimony relating to that, as we know. the shooter did not testify. and so, they asked if they could draw an inference based on that. that tells me they're really analyzing that aspect, which we saw so much from the defense relating to jennifer crumbley's responsibilities with the gun versus her husband's. so, they're really grappling with that. that's where that question leads us to believe the jury is thinking this one through. >> she laid a lot of blame on

her husband, who isn't on trial right now, but is expected to be on trial. the jury doesn't have to think about that. they only have to think about her role. lastly, can you give us an idea of just how unprecedented this case actually is? >> this case is the first time that we're seeing a parent being held responsible for the actual death in a school shooting. so, this has far-reaching consequences, because this opens up the scope of who could be held responsible in a killing. and here we're looking at it in the context of a mass shooter, but it could expand beyond that. so a lot of what we're seeing here in this case, this is trail blazer for a case, and it could have repercussionses in criminal law across the country, not just in michigan. >> i know jean casarez, who's outside court, she's seen so many cases, she'll be watching the details of this unprecedented case. we will have you back when this jury comes to a decision.

thank you. >> thank you. the biggest super bowl question of the day -- what travis kelce's teammates are saying about taylor swift. and the devastating scenes in california as historic rains cause more than 100 mudslides.

all right. this morning, millions still under alert from the powerful atmospheric river that slammed california for days. people had to be rescued from the rising flood even off the tops of their cars. cnn meteorology chad myers has the latest from los angeles. >> reporter: john, it takes a lot of power to move all this

debris and push it into this car, literally a football-sized rock that came down the mountain from somewhere. this is now -- it rained again just a little bit ago, and the water came back up. i mean, we're on this side of the road here. there's mud on this side, mud on that side. t there are hill sides that go up north and south here. and this is the problem. those hillsides are made of dirt, not granite boulders like in krocolorado. this is mud becoming super saturated. these debris flows, these floods, these little mudslides, may continue for days and days and days. this isn't over just because the rain is going to stop today. this could continue to slide as all of that weight, all of that mud wants to use its gravity and get down towards the bottom. that's what we're seeing here. it will be a very rough day for the people in southern california. >> quite a mess. chad myers in los angeles. thanks to chad. up ahead, how meta is trying

to make sure you know what's real and what was made by ai the next time you're on facebook or instagram. we'll explain. and we are live in las vegas as the chiefs and the 49ers get ready to rumble for the super bowl. travis kelce saying he's gotten some inspiration from guess who, taylor swift's recent historic grammy win. >> she's -- she's unbelievable. she's rewriting the history books herself. i told her i'll have to hold up my end of the bargain and come home with some hardware too.

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today, turkey and syria mark the one-year anniversary of a devastating earthquake that claimed more than 50,000 lives. turkey's president this morning said the pain, quote, continues to burn. the group representing the families of victims in turkey says 145 people are still missing including 38 children. this morning, actor jonathan majors has a sentencing hearing here in new york. he's facing up to a year in prison after he was found guilty late last year of assault and harassment of a former girlfriend. he's appealed the verdict.

treasury secretary janet yellen will be on capitol hill touting the positive economic reports. we'll watch that discussion closely. all right, even before kickoff, this year's super bowl has an mvp, most valuable pop star. you know who i'm talking about. last night at opening night, the stars of sunday's big game had nothing but love for taylor swift. cnn's coy wire joins us now in las vegas where i'm sure you're not getting into any trouble. ia spoke with some of the chiefs and niners about the taylor effect. i think actually you did get into trouble judging from the giggling going on. what an incredible group of people to add taylor swift into that, it must have been a lot of fun having that chat. >> reporter: oh, my goodness. a lot of fun. yes, no trouble yet. the week is young, sara. get back to me later in the week. last night, opening night, really cool event. it's like the supersized faceoff

before a heavyweight boxing title fight. this first ever vegas opening night was unlike any i have seen. nearly 24,000 fans. that would pack and sell out most nba arenas, and there was this new palpable hype, yes, because of the star-studded teams involved but the adding star power of someone named taylor swift, and yes, we did ask the players about it. >> she's a part of chiefs kingdom right now. it's fun seeing her enjoy the game of football, knowing it's kind of new to her life. >> we're not trying to get wrapped up in us against taylor swift. >> the antihero song is pretty sweet. can would say that, but i love love story. it gets me every time. >> it might bring the nfl money. if they show her on tv as much as they do, they show her more than the players sometimes. >> was that a little taylor swift shade? a little slander? listen, the players are fully

aware of what's going on. there are more than 6,000 credential media from more than 20 countries here this week for 49ers and chiefs. and sara, last year, 97 of the top 100 most watched tv programs were football related. now, we're just five days away from what will be this year's biggest show of them all. and thanks to the swifties i think it's safe to say there will be new nfl fans tuning in this year. >> her words to the song, it's me, hi, i'm the problem it's me. any team can say that it was her problem if they lose, so this could be interesting, as this goes down. can know a lot of people excited, the 49ers and kansas city chiefs going at it again, but this time in vegas. coy wire, try to be good. thank you. john. the players probably love this. this media week they normally hate. they have ridiculous questions. at least they have something to talk about, love. >> love. thanks, john. the faa under the microscope, pointed new questions after that door plug blew out of the alaska airlines flight.

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the faa feeling the heat. new questions about the door plug that blew off an alaska airlines flight and questions about much, much more. remembering a country music icon. toby keith has died from cancer at just 62 years old. the tributes are pouring in this morning. why buckingham palace will not release details about the cancer diagnosis for king charles. this as we're getting new information about a surprising list of new visitors. kate is out today. i'm john berman with sara sidner. this is cnn news central.

happening now, the head of the faa is on capitol hill, set to face a grilling soon about his oversight of boeing. after a near disaster last month, the door plug on an alaska airlines jet blew out midair on its way from oregon to california. 177 people were on board that flight. pete muntean is with us now. what do you expect to hear today? >> reporter: we're now going to hear about the ntsb's preliminary report and hearing it will come out affnoon today. significant because preliminary reports usually just the facts of an incident, but ntsb chair told me before this that she hopes to make some news. a lot of intrigue, but still not clear what will be in this. the ntsb has been painstakingly dissecting the door plug that fell off alaska airlines flight 1282 on january 5th and its lab in washington, d.c. they call it destructive testing. the question has focused on the bolts that hold the door plug in place. there were four of them. will the nts