reported 123 laser strikes nationwide, 24 over the skies of new jersey, meaning an average night for laser strikes nationwide. localized entirely over one state. now, the fbi has been warning would be drone hunters against this, but this is the first time that we're getting new data. the faa says in all, there's been a 269% increase in pilot reports over the same period a year ago. this is what it looks like. that's the blue laser there that was captured by a passenger on an american airlines flight last friday. the passenger tells cnn that this was over new jersey as the flight was descending into new york's laguardia airport. now shining a laser pointer at an airplane or a helicopter is a felony. it carries an $11,000 fine from the faa, and people do get caught. just last week, a tennessee 18 year old was arrested for pointing a laser at a nashville police helicopter. >> kate, it's so scary. that's a huge increase. and the fact that they're even putting this connection right, this connection between the outcry over the drone sightings

and this, it's all adds up to being dangerous. pete, thank you so much for highlighting and bringing it to us. really appreciate it. new hour of cnn cnn news central starts now. happening right now. the man charged with murdering a health care ceo on the streets of new york is right now in court. prosecutors want luigi mangione extradited from pennsylvania to new york, and that decision could come very soon. also, as word that he could also be soon be facing federal charges. and on the brink of a government shutdown, the bipartisan deal that fell apart after elon musk started tweeting and donald trump called it a bad deal. there is no plan b at the moment, and they are very clearly running out of time. any moment now, we're going to get a first look at the new superman. the trailer about to release any second from one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. i'm kate bolduan with john berman and

sara sidner. this is cnn news central all right. >> happening at this moment, the man accused of murdering health care ceo brian thompson is inside a pennsylvania courtroom. this hearing has been going on. one hearing and a new one is about to begin on his extradition here to new york. once that does conclude, suspect luigi mangione who arrived in court, you can see the video of him arriving in court a little while ago. we are told he will waive extradition today. and the process to get him here to new york will begin. he could be here. theoretically this afternoon. so we've got teams inside the courtroom watching this, hearing outside with cameras inside the hallways everywhere. let's get to cnn's brynn gingras, who is with us here in new york

monitoring all the developments. we talked to you a few minutes ago. what's the latest now? >> yeah, john, the latest now is that we're hearing it's possible again, there are no communications inside the courtroom. so we're trying to filter this through our crews that are all there. it's possible that that first hearing has concluded. and maybe the second hearing, the extradition hearing is going to begin. it was expected to begin around 9:00 this morning. so again, not 100% clear, but we're still trying to firm that down. what we do know is that he had first a hearing at 830 on those charges he faced in pennsylvania, which was a forgery charge, a gun charge. and then what would happen is the judge had to swap out so that new judge would take the bench, and he would have a hearing for that extradition hearing. now, of course, our sources telling kara scannell that he was planning to waive extradition. that means that he will be brought back here to new york. so once that hearing is concluded, then mangione our understanding is that he will be in the custody of the nypd. now, we're still trying to also firm up whether or not he's going to be traveling from pennsylvania to new york

via helicopter plane, or if it's going to be a ground transportation by car. but either way, he will be coming back to new york sometime today. also not clear just yet is when he will actually go in front of a judge here in new york on the 11 charges that were unsealed in an indictment just two days ago, including murder one and murder two. we don't know if that hearing will take place today or tomorrow. so we're trying to firm up all of this, but we know he will be back here in new york. now, once he gets here, he will eventually make his way to 100 center. now that's the courthouse in lower manhattan. you might be familiar with it. that is where trump had his criminal trial earlier this year. he will be brought into what is called the tombs. he will have a booking photo done, fingerprinted, be in the custody of new york city and go in front of a judge. and tonight i can tell you that he will definitely spend the night in rikers, which is, of course, the prison or jail. rather, he'll be held in until he eventually makes his way to his trial. >> all right, brynn gingras, following all these developments, brian, don't go

far, because when something new happens, we're going to need you to give us that update. sara. >> stay with us, brian. just as john requested. but we also have with us cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. joey, i will start with you. so if the judge does waive extradition, when might we see mangione facing? because he has to face the official charges in new york. that has not yet happened. yes. >> so what happens in a court proceeding is that he has to voluntarily waive extradition, be advised of his right, and do a knowing and intelligent waiver. >> you have a right to contest it. you're not going to. >> and then of course, you move. >> so what will happen is, is that could be virtually immediate, right? >> not as in he's transported to new york, but ultimately he'll be brought to new york, i would assume, right away. and as early as tomorrow. right. he could be before a judge. and the purpose of that, we know he's indicted. he has a right as a defendant to be arraigned. that is apprized of the charges and now. right. due process. and what is due process? knowing and an opportunity to

be heard. he'll enter a plea of not guilty which is standard protocol. and then it's game on. in terms of his attorneys filing motions, discovery that is evidence being provided to the attorneys for evaluation. and then the case moves. >> bryn, if you are still with us, i do want to ask you about the parents role in in this. we waited for quite some time because he was fighting extradition as to whether or not he was going to fight or not. now we are hearing he is not going to fight this. what are you learning about his parents involvement with his defense? >> well, we know that he hired this high powered who we know well. attorney karen agnifilo. and we don't we don't believe or we've learned that they have not visited him in the pennsylvania jail where he has been held for the last week and a half or so. so we know that they are involved in some aspects, but they have not yet made an appearance in front of him on. don't expect them or any family members maybe to be inside that courthouse in pennsylvania for these hearings

right now, and it's unclear if they will even appear in new york. it is a media circus there, as you can imagine. now we are dealing with two states, with media all over the place. it probably would not be advised to draw more attention to this family, especially considering who this family is. their status in sort of the maryland community, the maryland community from where they are. but certainly they may appear at some point, but we haven't heard anything from them just yet. >> okay. now let's talk about something we got reporting this morning just a bit ago from katelyn polantz, who reported that federal charges are expected in this case as well. why bring federal charges when the state has already brought the most severe charge you can possibly bring first degree murder and said that he was because he has, in their terms, committed terrorism. why bring the federal case? >> sure. >> so it's always a matter of discretion. the federal government has jurisdiction. how do they have jurisdiction? what happens very briefly, right, is that you have

concurrent jurisdiction. the state, obviously, it was committed in manhattan. the state has a right to move forward. but that does not mean that the federal government, right, has an opportunity because of that concurrent jurisdiction to go forward as well. and so what they will do is they will likely file charges under what's called the travel act, the travel act. what does that mean? it means when you cross state lines and you're actually committing a crime, that's a problem. and it's federal in nature to the extent that you used interstate commerce to carry out what you did, then it raises all other questions, as the federal government does come in with respect to do they now go first? does new york go first? the big distinction, as we know, is that the federal government has the death penalty. new york state does not have the death penalty. his highest exposure, which is significant, is life in jail without parole under the federal system, however, you could be sentenced to death if convicted. >> so since that is the case, since the death penalty sort of looms over the potential federal charges, could this be a tactic to try and get some

kind of agreement, a settlement, if you will? >> you know, it could be sarah. it could be a plea ploy or what have you. but generally, i think that there's a need for justice. and i think there's certainly two competing schools of thought. there are people in the public, in social media who think he's a hero. saint luigi i mean, it's unbelievable what you look at in social media in terms of glorifying what he's done. there's others as it relates to governmental officials and prosecutors who say, are you kidding me? we have to deter this. you can have copycats and other people if we don't nip this in the bud, then there's going to be a problem. so the death penalty may not be strategic from the federal perspective. they may think that this is necessary and appropriate upon a conviction. we'll see. we're not there yet. the charges haven't even been formally released. but i think that there's a number of reasons why the feds could come in on this case. >> sending a message, as well as the legal ramifications. i do want to, you know, mention that the attorney who we know well, who just before the case was, was one of our analysts

here on cnn, karen friedman agnifilo, sent out a statement on the possibility of those federal charges. and she talks about it in the terms of she believes this would be double jeopardy. what do you make of that? you know, this sort of idea of piling on top of an already what she called overcharged first degree murder state terror case? >> so i make sauer that she's doing her job right. and obviously she wants to protect her client and in protecting him, wants to release a very, uh, you know, vehement, forceful statement which would suggest that this is unnecessary. at the same time, you don't have do not have a double jeopardy issue. why? double jeopardy pertains to specific charges that you're charged against and you're, for example, acquitted. and then you try it again on those charges. the federal government's theory of prosecution would be different. there's nothing in the charges in new york that say you crossed state lines. the feds, they say that, not double jeopardy. let's see what the charges are when revealed. >> if we will see there is a lot going on. and again, we

just should mention the court is happening now. judge is there, defendant is there. and we are expecting that they talk about this extradition at this hour like at right now. we will we will probably get an answer fairly quickly. yes. all right joey jackson, it's always a pleasure. thank you so much. okay. >> also happening right now. house democrats gathering behind closed doors to try to figure out what happens now. now after donald trump and elon musk jumped in at the 11th hour to spike a bipartisan deal that had been negotiated for weeks, now, they all need to figure out how are they going to avoid another government shutdown. plus, there are new details coming out this morning about the wisconsin school shooter and her connection to a man in california, how they talked about planning mass casualty events and what police are picking up about those communications. the cdc has announced the first recorded severe case of bird flu in a human, and the concern that is now sparking.

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unknown here as they're heading into a really tough period of time between now and friday night, midnight deadline to keep the government funded and open. we heard from we were speaking to house minority leader hakeem jeffries as he came in asking him the question, will there be a shutdown? and he was silent. that is certainly the undertone of this meeting right now is there is not a plan going forward. house democrats are wondering what that plan is and are eagerly trying to put the onus on republicans to get this solved in a matter of hours. now, we heard from many lawmakers as they came into the meeting really again, sounding off about the situation they find them in. here's congresswoman jayapal. >> it will be their fault that americans don't get disaster relief, that americans don't get their social security checks. that is, on the republicans. mike johnson negotiated a deal with leader jeffries and chuck schumer and joe biden, and now he's

reneging on the deal because the shadow president, elon musk, said that we shouldn't be doing this deal. so this is on them. they're going to have to figure their way out of it. >> so there you can really sense democrats trying to put the onus on republicans here at the state of. as one lawmaker said, the mess they find themselves in this morning. now speaker johnson, in about 15 minutes, he will be huddling separately with a small group of republican lawmakers to try to plot out a course as they come together. and last night he was up here late on the hill with j.d. vance. they emerged from that meeting noting that there has been no deal yet. now, the reality of the moment is that house democrats do have an important moment here, to an important part to play here, to speaker johnson needs their support. he needs their support going forward at whatever deal, kate, that they in the end, broker and many democrats signaling that they are not in a deal making mood given that they had already spent months and months negotiating the last

deal that got blown up. kate. >> all right. we'll see what happens. great to see you. thank you so much, sarah. >> all right. joining us now is democratic strategist matt bennett and republican strategist doug heye. thank you, gentlemen, for being here. all right. so instead of the president elect being the first to announce he's blowing up the funding bill, elon musk was the first to do so on his platform x, and he went off with many, many, many, many, many tweets. does this give the perception at least that an unelected billionaire is calling the shots? here, i'll start with you, matt it absolutely does. >> i mean, we're supposed to have one president at a time. >> at the moment, we have three. we have president biden, who is the president. we have the president elect trump, and we have the unofficial president elect in musk. and that is a very complicated and very bad situation you know, transitions are vulnerable times for the united states. we

have to make sure that things go as smoothly as possible, because our adversaries are watching. and if there is chaos, if we are shut down, if people are not at work not getting their checks, that that can be very dangerous. so this kind of shenanigans is bad. whenever it happens, it is especially bad just a few weeks before the inauguration of a new president you know, you just heard doug, congresswoman jayapal, using the words shadow government. >> the republicans have always said there's a deep state and there's a. but she was referring to elon musk. how do you how do you see this? because certainly a lot of people are looking at this going, who's in charge? >> well, it certainly gives democrats a real opportunity to drive a wedge, not just between republicans, but between donald trump and his most prominent ally. i expect they'll continue to do that as more examples and opportunities come. and here's where we should be as republicans right now, we've we've retained the

house. we've won the senate, we won the white house. we're going into january with unified government. this should be hammer time for us. and instead, republicans are hitting themselves over the head with a hammer going into a potential shutdown over the holidays into a speaker election, into an inauguration. and it means yes, as matt said, that there are vulnerabilities here, but it also means that this does not help donald trump's agenda to kick off the way that it should. if there are questions about the speaker vote, if we're dealing with those kinds of questions moving forward into an inauguration, it creates problems for donald trump that he doesn't need as a brand new president or as a president elect building that transition, and especially because shutdown or no, you have to then have some kind of a strategy for how do you get out of this? what is the deal you cut? how do you reopen government? i've worked government shutdowns where we haven't had that plan for reopening, and it's been a disaster. >> okay, i do want to ask you, because a lot of people looking at what's happening where you have conservatives going after speaker johnson for giving in,

in, in their terms to, to democrat demands. and so a lot of folks saying, looks like he's not going to keep his job, but we just got this from president elect trump, who went on his social media site and said, in his words that speaker mike johnson will easily remain speaker if and i'm quoting here, he acts decisively and tough and gets rid of all the traps being set by democrats, i can tell. is this a olive branch or is this a threat? first to you, doug? >> it's both. let's remember, and i've said this to you, sarah, before, donald trump doesn't give points. he only takes them away one at a time. this is him saying in advance that he's going to do so. and i tell you real quickly, sarah, there are real world implications to this. and yes, it's about, you know, government funds going out, the government keeping open. i'm going to be in western north carolina for christmas, and that area is still ravaged by the effects of of hurricane helene. if your home was destroyed by that hurricane, it

has not been rebuilt. you're in temporary shelters, shelters. thom tillis and ted budd, the two north carolina senators, have made it very clear that this will be included. and this is obviously a fight. this is part of the fight that's going to continue on this. >> i do want to ask you, matt, if democrats do you think would try to jump in and save johnson since he did work with them on the initial bill, which of course has now been blown up because of the words of donald trump and elon musk. >> well, he hasn't earned it. but democrats may end up helping him get this bill across the finish line because johnson's margins are so narrow and he's got a bunch of absolute radicals in his conference that won't won't vote for anything. but look, there's nothing there's no way to save him at the moment because it's very clear that there's no support among republicans for the deal that johnson just cut. so democrats i mean, trump trying to blame this on democrats is laughable. this is obviously a problem caused by musk and trump and the radicals. this is their mess to clean up.

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>> public health officials have just reported the first known severe case of bird flu in the united states in a human. the cdc not detailing the patient's symptoms, but saying it is an elderly patient in louisiana. now in california, the governor there just declared a state of emergency over h5n1 after local efforts to contain the spread has so far failed. right now, though, the cdc says they are monitoring the outbreak's current risk remains low. the man who will be tasked, if confirmed, with overseeing a federal response to this and other outbreaks like it in the coming administration. president trump's pick to lead hhs. rfk jr.. he's been on the hill meeting with senators all week to try and shore up support for his nomination, with serious questions remaining about his long history of denying medical science the very science used to fight potential outbreaks of many dangerous illnesses. joining us right now is doctor paul offit, director of the vaccine education center at the children's hospital of

philadelphia. doctor offit, thanks for coming back in, knowing what you do about rfk stated views in the past, how critical the agencies are within hhs in responding to any serious outbreak of disease. how do you envision he handles a crisis, like if bird flu became serious under his watch in the coming months? >> right. well, although i think bird flu is unlikely to become a pandemic, the there are 16 different types of influenza, all based on the hemagglutinin or h protein. >> so there's h1, h2, h3, h5 is bird flu. >> the only pandemics we've ever had in history are h1, h2, h3 because those viruses can bind to cells in our upper respiratory tract, reproduce, and then spread. h5 virus has never done that, but nonetheless, that doesn't mean that it can't. and we need to be ready for that. in fact, we are ready in the sense that ever since 2020, we have had a bird flu vaccine that is

licensed for everyone over six months of age in this country as a two dose vaccine. and indeed, indeed, europe has already distributed about 40 million doses of their bird flu vaccine, which is actually an h5n8 vaccine. so there and they've distributed it to industries that are at high risk. poultry, dairy and fur. and you could reasonably do that here. you could reasonably start to give vaccines to to people that work in the dairy industry or people who work in the poultry industry. so we certainly need to be ready. and now you have an anti-vaccine activist who i can't believe would get behind a vaccine should there be a pandemic. and so, of course, i'm worried. he has always said that he doesn't think there's any vaccine that is of value, so why would he think this one would be of value? >> and it's also not just how what his stated views are and how rfk jr. would operate with his vaccine cynicism. it's the people around him. this is a vast age. this is a vast department. 13 important agencies under and within hhs,

like we do, know that the man who is helping to vet officials to fill hhs has actually petitioned the fda a couple of years ago to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. that's why that's all been kind of started to be discussed. once again this week. and the man picked to head up the cdc is a former member of congress who, like kennedy, has questioned the safety of vaccines and has also said that he believes the false claim that vaccines can cause autism. i mean, if kennedy and those around him don't trust established science and deny scientific data when presented with it, what does it mean for them to oversee a science based agency that's exactly right. >> i mean, i first came to know dave weldon in the early 2000 when i was on the advisory committee for immunization practices to the cdc, because he believed that the mmr vaccine caused autism, even though there was abundant data that it didn't. and he made us vote on that. he made us vote on separating the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine into its

three component parts, because he thought that would lessen the risk of autism, which was so absurd given given what we knew. and so we all voted no. it was sort of an embarrassing moment, but he got what he wanted because then we the way the media covered that was we deliberated and we voted no, as if this was ever an issue. and he also believed that thimerosal, this ethyl mercury containing preservative that was in vaccines given to young children but really isn't anymore, not for young children. he also believed that caused autism, even though there was at least nine studies that showed that wasn't true. so you're right. do you want somebody who has a science based agency who denies science that doesn't comport with their particular point of view? >> one thing i noticed this week, doctor offit, is that donald trump said in his press conference about rfk jr.. he's not going to be as radical as you think, saying this to reporters who were asking questions about his past views. and if donald trump believes agrees with them. but it had me thinking, even short of revoking vaccine approval, this

agency more than maybe many in the federal government, depends on public confidence and trust. if that is eroded, what is the danger? >> i think you can look at this two ways. you could say if rfk jr. is made the head of health, department of health and human services, will that erode trust? i sort of see it in many ways, in the opposite way. i think the only reason that someone like rfk jr. would even be remotely considered for that position, given his liabilities, is that there has been a loss of trust. he doesn't trust. the health department of health and human services, and then the heads of the fbi. i'm sorry, the heads of the fda, nih, and national institutes of health and cdc also don't trust those agencies. so you're bringing in people who don't trust the agencies that are about to head. i can only imagine that would be enormously demoralizing for the civil servants, the public health servants who have given their life to try and make sure that we are as as healthy as we can be in this country. >> absolutely. doctor offit, i

always appreciate your expertise in coming on. thank you. really appreciate it. sara. >> all right. right now, teamsters union members are on strike against amazon in several cities. a spokesperson for amazon is calling the entire situation a pr play. cnn's vanessa yurkevich is here tracking all of this. i guess the first question to you is how big of an impact might this make on amazon? and obviously the workers on strike. yeah. >> well, amazon is saying that this will have no impact. the workers on strike, represented by the teamsters are hoping that this makes an impact. >> so you have thousands of amazon drivers on strike this morning at across four states at about seven locations. and essentially the reason that they are on strike this morning is because the teamsters, which represents them, says that amazon has not come to the table to negotiate with them on things like pay and benefits. but the reason that workers are on strike this morning are really personal. take a listen

to one worker in queens about why she's on strike this morning sometimes it could go up to 300 400 packages. >> i've heard people even getting more. if you're doing a heavy route like that for somebody who's not so energetic like me, that could take. till past 9:00. and they want you to be back at a certain time. i want to live better. i work for this billion dollar company. i deserve better, i deserve to be living good. like it's not fair. >> and i think a lot of us know just how hard these workers do work. i mean, everybody orders packages from amazon. this is symbolic in two ways. one, because this is the first time amazon has experienced a strike. this is the first time workers have gone on strike. but it's also symbolic because these workers are not recognized as union members by amazon and by the national labor relations board. and

amazon, for their part, is saying that this is an illegal strike because they are not union members. but the teamsters say we represent them. and ultimately the question is why now? because they have been trying to be recognized for so many years. well, this is ahead of the holiday season, and they want to make a stand. amazon saying that this will not affect people's deliveries for christmas and hanukkah, but just the perception that there is a strike at amazon might get someone, a consumer, to say, let me not order last minute from amazon. let me order last minute from walmart instead to ensure that i get my presents, my packages for the holiday season. and that ultimately is a win for these workers. >> vanessa yurkovich, thank you so much for your reporting. there's a lot of nuances going on there, but certainly there are workers really upset about their living conditions and their working conditions. i appreciate it, john. >> all right. it's a bird. it's a plane. it's the movie trailer we've been waiting for. it's everything we've been waiting for the new

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all right. the film is from warner brothers pictures, the division of cnn's parent company, which technically makes superman my coworker. it comes out in july. with us now is david betancourt, sports memorabilia and collectibles editor for the atlantic. he's also the author of the avengers assembled. and david, i asked this completely objectively how awesome was that trailer? >> well, first things first. i was very surprised that the first thing i wanted to do after watching that trailer is go home and hug my two dogs, bear and luna. i think that's very indicative of the james gunn style of storytelling. >> you know, james gunn was brought over to warner brothers to be the co-head of dc studios to bring in a new era for dc comics and their movies. >> and one thing we one thing that we know james gunn is very good at is taking secondary

characters that maybe not the whole world is familiar with, and turning them into household names. >> i think aside from the fact that superman is in this movie, we see with krypto that you know, more of the same will be happening with this movie. >> yeah, for those who don't know. and really, everyone should know, this krypto is superman's dog, and that was one of the very first things we saw in this trailer, and i didn't know we were going to. so when i saw krypto in that trailer, i had the same reaction. you did. you mentioned why this is important for warner bros. discovery, why it's important, i think, for the entire film universe, james gunn is trying to make the dc superhero universe superman, batman, et cetera. a big deal. again yes. >> i mean, one of the first things james gunn did when he came over as co-head is made a new name. it's not dc entertainment, it's not dceu, it's dc studios. that word studios is key. james gunn is coming over from marvel studios, where he had the very successful guardians of the galaxy trilogy. he's been a part of a studio that's been a

behemoth in hollywood that knows how to make superhero movies. dc now being called dc studios, is james gunn's way of saying, hey, we're warner brothers, we're dc, we have some of the strongest ip in the world, some of the most recognizable characters on the planet superman, batman, and wonder woman. there's no reason dc and their movie shouldn't bee breath, in the same neighborhood as marvel studios. that hasn't been the case for the last decade. i think this movie is showing that they're trying to strive for that. >> so i watched the trailer three times during the commercial breaks of the show over the last hour, krypto was the first thing that jumped out to me seeing david corenswet, and i think i'm saying his name right as superman. i just hadn't seen him do it as much. it was also very interesting, and it felt true to the character that we've known over the last four decades. what jumped out at you from watching the trailer? >> just how new it feels, just how bright and open it feels. you know, we see a lot of the scenes from when they were filming in cleveland. this is a world that's out in the open,

you know, even from the advertising for the trailer coming up. look up, look up in the sky.t's a bird. it's a plane, it's superman. this is they're doing a great job of embracing what makes a superman movie great. and i think this is a very positive trailer in terms of getting hype up, because let's face it, dc studios will now dc studios. it hasn't always been a positive thing going into making these live action movies, but this could be the start of something different. >> i also i have some questions and i think you're supposed to have some questions. i think i saw lois lane, rachel brosnahan, a close personal friend of kate baldwin, by the way. i think i saw lois lane kissing both clark kent and maybe hugging superman separately, which raises a lot of questions about the nature of that relationship. >> very much so. you know, we see lois and clark kind of have a look in the daily planet newsroom, and you kind of get the vibe of, does she know? does she not know? obviously, if there's a scene where she's kissing him and the glasses are off, but the superman suit isn't on, maybe that's kind of a spoiler to

let us know that at some point she's going to figure out clark's secret identity. you know, this movie is they're going for it right away. there's not a lot of origin story. there's not a lot of world building. you know, they're letting us know right away that superman is here. so it's possible lois may already know, just like you and i, that clark is superman. >> yeah, i think we know. david, listen, thank you for indulging me. my co-anchors here are laughing at me, but that was a serious question. the lois and clark thing was serious, and it was part of the trailer. and thank you for affirming me, david betancourt. come back any time. >> it's a very professional question. >> yes. very good. i have never seen you geek out more than i have today. i am shocked and happy about it. the trailer was good. super guy for superman. >> we see you, john. we see you, we see you, we hear you. >> oh, this is you. it's happening. >> superman. i'll show you the superman thing. >> oh, wait. >> you have to break. >> i was like, what? this is happening? >> you should have just done it as a teaser. just wait for it, guys. thanks for joining us this cnn news central cnn newsroom. up next

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