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joining us tonight on cnn. >> our coverage continues right now. >> multiple azerbaijani sources have told reuters that the plane was hit by russian air defenses. >> to me, it just indicates that the missile was not a direct hit. >> donald trump believes that panama is taking advantage of the united states and its companies. everything has to be looked at in terms of curbing russia and china influence, while also protecting the economy. >> this is no doubt a bittersweet time for president joe biden, as he says goodbye not only to this role as president, but to a decades long career in politics. >> live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. >> we begin this hour with that deadly christmas day plane crash in kazakhstan, where the discovery of a second black box could help authorities figure out what went wrong. that's

according to the kazakh state news agency. the country's deputy prime minister says it will take about two weeks to read the black boxes. he added that a commission involving kazakhstan, azerbaijan and russia has been set up to investigate the crash. but law enforcement agencies russia and azerbaijan won't be allowed to conduct a forensic investigation. at least 38 people on board the airliner were killed when it plummeted to the ground. new photos show wreaths being laid in the caspian sea on thursday to honor the victims. a u.s. official is now telling cnn. early indications suggest russian anti-aircraft defenses may have shot down the plane. cnn analyst david soucie is weighing in on the investigation and explains why he believes the jet was able to fly for so long after being diverted. >> well, to me, it just indicates that the missile was not a direct hit. and if you look at the damage to the aircraft that we have so far, and of course all we can see at this point is the tail section. but if the impact was mostly in the tail section, it would have avoided the fuel cells. it

would have avoided the engines. all of the critical parts of keeping the aircraft flying were avoided. >> cnn's dana bash is following the latest developments. >> this is the moment an azerbaijani plane attempted an emergency landing, bursting into flames upon impact. rescuers rushed to the scene, extinguishing the fire that engulfed the front of the plane and pulling out dazed survivors from the wreckage. out of 67 people on board, including crew, at least 38 died. remarkably, 29 people, including two children, survived and were taken to hospitals. questions swirled on why the plane, which took off from the azerbaijani capital baku en route to grozny in russia, diverted to kazakhstan. flight radar shows the plane flying across the caspian sea and circling near the kazakh city of aktau, before the crash, in a pattern,

an aviation expert says indicates loss of flight control systems. the crash came shortly after drone strikes hit southern russia. and while investigators say they are exploring all scenarios, multiple azerbaijani sources have told reuters that the plane was hit by russian air defenses. video verified by reuters reveals a rare glimpse into the last moments on board the flight. oxygen masks down as the camera tilts to the window, showing damage to the wing. then, in another geolocated, social media video, the plane appears to nosedive. in the resulting explosion, the plane fuselage is broken into parts with its rear half miraculously landing almost intact, but upturned. parts of the plane scattered across a wide radius. bodies seen covered in blue blankets. russia and azerbaijan evacuated

their injured citizens as families in baku waited to see if their loved ones had survived. for azerbaijan, it is a time of mourning. ned derbyshire, cnn, london. >> all right. i want to bring in geoffrey thomas, editor of airline news, and he joins us live from perth, australia. thank you so much for being here with us. so when it first happened, it was claimed this crash was caused by bird strikes based on the visual evidence we're seeing now. what do you think happened? >> no, there's no chance it was a bird strike. kim. it was definitely a missile of some kind. possibly a missile. an air defense missile that's designed to explode beside the aircraft and shower it with shrapnel and damage it in that way. um, and this would possibly be supported by images of the rear fuselage of the aircraft and the tail section,

which have shrapnel marks all over it. and there's also damage inside the rear fuselage as well. from the videos we've seen. so there's there is no doubt whatsoever now that those are the pictures we're showing now, you see sort of puncture marks in the fuselage that kind of bear what you're saying. >> although again, we should say that we don't know for sure. i mean, typically bird strikes. they wouldn't down a plane like this. is that right? at least the way it was flying and so on. >> no, look. absolutely not. um, certainly with the miracle on the hudson, you had a major bird strike that took out two engines, a totally different scenario. and that would have if that happened over grozny or one of the areas over in russia, it would have come down over there. but the aircraft continued on, um, across to aktau in across the other side

of the caspian sea. and flight radar data shows that in the last 74 minutes of its flight, the speed and the altitude changed over a hundred times. it was a very wild ride for the passengers on board and the crew. and this was that showed a loss of control from the tail, um, tail surfaces, which which were clearly damaged. and it's quite possible that that shrapnel damaged the hydraulic lines and then eventually the the pilot suffered a complete loss of control because all the hydraulic fluid had drained away. >> yeah. part of the circumstantial evidence, i guess, is the fact that there were ukrainian drone strikes in southern russia, near where the azerbaijan airlines plane was set to land. so, i mean, it begs the question, why wasn't the airspace shut down? >> well, that's a very good question, kim. and in fact, a lot of discussion centers

around the fact that there was a lack of communication between the various atc centers. um, and also obviously not adequate notice to airmen, uh, of, of the problem. so that's another issue again, um, of why the airspace was not shut down with, with uh, obviously ground defense forces looking for drones and objects that should not have been where in the airspace. and it possibly or quite probably is a tragic mistake. yeah. >> so so they have recovered both black boxes. will the definitive answer do you think be in the data or would interviews with passengers, for instance, be more useful in this specific case? >> well, certainly the passengers will, um, give a sense of what was going on. and they have done so already with the videos that have been shown on on social media and also

showing that some of those videos show damage to the wing. but what the black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder will give us is the actual cockpit conversation with air traffic control. and i'm sure the pilots would have said, look, there's something's gone wrong. we've been hit, we've been attacked. maybe they'll say that, um, i'm assuming they're going to say that because i doubt the russians will release the air traffic control conversations from their perspective. um, but certainly the the investigation by the. azerbaijan authorities will will reveal, um, what what took what was on the cockpit voice recorder. yeah. >> all right. we'll have to leave it there. but appreciate your expertise. geoffrey thomas in perth. thank you so much. pleasure. well, here in the u.s., more strong storms are expected over the next few days for the lower mississippi valley, including the possibility of hail and

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lady arrived in saint croix the day after christmas. this has become a holiday tradition for them over the years, and i can see why. >> you've got beautiful beaches behind me. >> the temperatures have been between the 70s and 80s since our team arrived. >> now, this time last year his trip was quite different. >> he was preparing for the election and seeking another four years in the white house. obviously a lot has happened since then. there were questions about his ability to serve another term. he stepped out of the race and endorsed his vice president, kamala harris, who then lost the election to now president-elect donald trump. trump is now the one preparing to serve another four years in office, while biden is focusing on preserving his legacy over the next few weeks, we do expect biden to give several speeches about causes and specific policies that he considers some of his best accomplishments, talking about issues like climate, the economy and foreign policy. after he leaves saint croix, he will spend new year's eve in

delaware. and then in early january, in the early part of the new year, he will have a foreign trip to rome and the vatican, where he'll speak with pope francis about global peace efforts. and we don't expect a lot of policy advancement in these next few weeks. white house officials believe that most of what they would get done in this final sprint toward january 20th could be overturned by the incoming administration. so, again, the focus on protecting his key accomplishments and preserving his legacy over these next 20 some days traveling with the president in saint croix, julia benbrook, cnn political turmoil is gripping south korea. >> the nation's parliament has voted to impeach the acting president, prime minister han duck soo, less than week, two weeks ago, president yoon suk yeol was stripped of his powers after his brief martial law declaration earlier this month. we'll go live to tokyo and cnn's hanako montgomery. so tenneco, uh, the country

embroiled in chaos yet again. so take us through what happened and then what might happen next. >> hi, kim. >> it's good to see you. so as you described the acting president, han duck-soo was voted to be impeached today by the country's parliament. >> and really, this comes at a very critical time for south korea. and importantly, it comes less than two weeks after the country's actual president, yoon suk yeol, was also voted to be impeached by the parliament. so what we're talking about here, kim, is two impeachment votes in less than two weeks. i mean, that's unprecedented not only for south korea, but also for much of the democratic world. now, there are many reasons why the acting president han duck-soo, was voted to be impeached today by the country's parliament. but what really stands out is a statement made by the main opposition party leader. give this a listen. >> yoon suk yeol. >> we will remove yoon suk yeol

from office, uproot his loyalist forces and fully suppress the insurrection. until that moment, we will pool all our resources and fulfill our historic responsibility. >> now for some background on the events that led to today's vote. south korea was plunged into political turmoil on december 3rd after the president yoon suk yeol declared martial law. then, less than two weeks after that, the country's parliament decided to vote to impeach him and he was stripped of his duties. but in order for the formal impeachment process to conclude, in order for it to end a constitutional court ruling upholding that impeachment vote is needed. but critically. and here's the problem here, kim. south korea's constitutional court is missing. a few judges needed to impose such a ruling, and it's actually the responsibility, the job of the acting president hahn, to fill those vacant spots on the bench. but so far he's refused to do so, leading to the

political deadlock that we're seeing in the country right now. now, in terms of south korea's future, for now, assuming the role of acting president is the country's finance minister, he's going to be next in line. but the country is still far from politically stable. and actually, this turmoil, this political game of musical chairs, if you like, comes at a very critical time for the country. they are preparing for an incoming trump administration, and there are lots of concerns and questions raised about how well south korea can deal with this new administration. if it doesn't have a stable leadership, how well it can engage in diplomacy and maintain stable u.s. south korean relations. and, kim, the question that still needs to be answered in south korea is when will all this political uncertainty end? and really, that's anybody's guess. >> kim, that is the question that's having a huge impact on the economy as well. hanako montgomery in tokyo, thank you so much. an investigation is underway into that passenger

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emerging from the investigation into a deadly christmas day plane crash in kazakhstan. crews have recovered a second black box at the crash site, according to the kazakh state news agency. the country's deputy prime minister says it will take about two weeks to read the flight data and voice recorders. he added that a commission involving kazakhstan, azerbaijan and russia has been set up to investigate the crash, which killed at least 38 people. a u.s. official is now telling cnn early indications suggest russian anti-aircraft defenses may have shot down the plane. now, it's not the first time we've seen an incident like this. cnn's oren liebermann takes a look at the similarities between this crash and the one over ukraine in 2014. >> it's worth noting that this has happened before, a decade ago, with malaysian airlines flight 17 mh17, it was a russian anti-aircraft missile operated by russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine that downed that commercial airliner, killing

those on board. so there has been a similar situation to what the u.s. may be seeing when it comes to this azerbaijan airlines flight. now, it's worth looking at the environment there. ukraine had just carried out a drone strike in southern russia, and according to defense experts, russia's air defenses were active in that region at around the time of this azerbaijan airlines flight. in fact, the u.s. official with whom i spoke said that because of the poor training for russia's air defense units and for its military, it may be that that led to the confusion in which russian air defense units may have fired on a commercial airliner. >> now to the baltic sea, where finnish authorities have seized a tanker carrying russian oil suspected of causing undersea internet and power cable outages. the vessel is believed to belong to russia's shadow fleet, looking to avoid oil sanctions. countries around the baltic sea are on high alert for sabotage after a string of disruptions with power, communications and gas in gaza,

medical officials say. israeli forces have surrounded a hospital in northern gaza and ordered staff and patients to evacuate people inside the kamal adwan hospital say they've been ordered to leave and go to the yard of the compound. earlier on friday, a nurse shared a video of a fire burning in the hospital's archives and heavy gunfire could be heard in the background. the ministry of health and hospital officials say israeli strikes in the area late on thursday killed about 50 people, including five medical workers. israel's military says it's unaware of the strikes, but says it's investigating the allegations. israel's military says it intercepted a missile launched from yemen early friday before it entered israeli territory. that comes just hours after yemen's houthi rebels vowed retaliation for a string of deadly israeli airstrikes on the country on thursday. the houthis say the attacks on yemen's main airport. a power station and two ports killed at least six people and wounded at least 40. israel says it hit what it called military targets

belonging to the houthis. the head of the world health organization says he and the u.n. team were about to board a plane at the asana airport when it came under israeli bombardment. doctor tedros ghebreyesus said, quote, the air traffic control tower, the departure lounge just a few meters from where we were and the runway were damaged. we will need to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before we can leave. elliot gutkin is in jerusalem with details. >> the houthis have lobbed ballistic missiles towards tel aviv for four out of the last seven nights. sending millions scrambling to bomb shelters. on thursday, israel responded, launching its first ever attack on yemen's main airport and hitting two power stations. the strikes, the israeli military said, targeted infrastructure. the houthis have been using to bring iranian weapons into yemen. among those hurt a crew member for a plane for the world health organization, whose director general says he was

just meters away from the impact. this was the fourth time israeli planes have attacked the houthis, who say they are firing on israel and international shipping in solidarity with palestinians in gaza on wednesday night in the war battered enclave. five men, all of them journalists, according to hospital officials and al-quds. today tv were killed while sleeping in their van. the channel, affiliated with palestine islamic jihad, which the u.s. and others describe as a terrorist organization, says the men were carrying out their journalistic and humanitarian duty. israel says they were islamic jihad militants posing as journalists for evidence. it provided what it said was a list of operatives it picked up during operations in gaza, edited to translate names and details on which four of the men's names appear, along with their roles. and as the war in gaza rumbles on, ceasefire talks aimed at securing the release of the 100 or so hostages still being held captive appear to have hit another snag. on christmas day, hamas accused israel of moving

the goalposts in negotiations and said this was why a deal had yet to be done. for its part, israel said hamas was lying and reneging on understandings that had already been reached. whatever the case, despite renewed optimism that a deal could soon be done, the reality is the two sides appear no closer to reaching an agreement that could end the year long war and bring all the hostages home. elliot gotkine, cnn, jerusalem. >> families and friends of hostages held in gaza are marking the second hanukkah without their loved ones. protesters marched in tel aviv to repeat their demand for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. others prayed for the safe return of hostages as they lit the menorah. the hostages and missing families forum says many of those freed from captivity are struggling to recover from the traumatic experience due to a shortage of resources for their complex needs. the sheba medical center, near tel aviv is taking an innovative, holistic approach to help the survivors

with physical as well as emotional care. and joining me live from tel aviv. doctor noya shiloh is the head of the returned hostages clinic at sheba medical center. thank you so much for being here with us. so when you when the the hostages and missing families form came out talking about all of the problems that are being experienced by the former hostages, both physical and psychological. i mean, you mustn't have been surprised. i mean, you've been facing such unique circumstances, treating them that you said your hospital quote had to reinvent medicine. explain why. >> and in many ways, i think that the atrocities of october 7th and the aftermath of people being civilians, children, elderly, women and men being taken hostage from their own homes, from their own beds and being taken

hostage in the most violent, cruel ways one can imagine is something that we've never faced before. and the aftermath of that really calls for a new kind of medicine, which is exactly what we're trying to invent for them. >> so before we get to exactly what that is, i just want to know what are some of the most common and and persistent challenges that you've seen in these patients now, a year after their release? >> okay. so we can there are a few types of things that we handle. first of all, there are injuries from the kidnap itself. usually most of them are gunshot injuries that were very badly dealt in gaza, obviously. and we're dealing with that. um, there are chronic diseases that were neglected, and we're dealing with the consequences of of them being deteriorated, deteriorated. and the third thing is the the damage, the

physical and emotional damage of being taken hostage and being in gaza. and this is an ongoing it's an ongoing challenge for them and for us to help them go through it. >> the report mentions the difficulties of reintegrating into daily life, including going back to work, education, things like that. i mean, one can just imagine intuitively it wouldn't be easy, but take us through some of the issues that they face. >> i think the main thing is that we cannot talk about healing or rehabilitation as long as we're not post the trauma, we're still the trauma is ongoing. some of my patients have family members who are still kidnaped in gaza, which is an unacceptable, unbelievable, and it does not allow them to go on with their lives as long as the war is ongoing and as long as there are hostages in gaza, it's impossible to move on. >> so what are you learning,

then, in terms of trying to help them to to integrate their care together? and what success stories have you seen? >> well, first of all, i want to say that i will not mention any personal stories because these are not my stories to tell. obviously it's theirs, but i think that's what what's really, um, moving, in my opinion, is to see the incredible resilience and the incredible power of the community, of the people themselves, of their families and of us being with them, trying to help them in any way we can. and i think that once, um, the, the see, there's the magnitude of miracle in the fact that they came back home and what we're trying to do is help them go from post-traumatic stress disorder or the trauma itself to post-traumatic growth. and this is actually one of the biggest goals of our work is to

help them grow beyond the trauma. it's a very big challenge. it's very individual. each patient has their own path, their own challenges. but this is our goal and this is what we aim for. >> yeah, a huge challenge. as you say. um, still some 100 hostages left in gaza. the report emphasizes the lack of a dedicated rehab path for former hostages. so one can hope that these 100 will come back to israel. in that case, what recommendations would you make to the israeli government that would improve the current system to support these people who come back? >> i think the main thing beyond anything else is bringing them home now. i think it's the obligation of the israeli administration, and we need all the help we can get, both from the american administration, the biden administration, the president elect, trump administration and everyone around the world to help us bring them back home.

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protect against that in the natural environment. >> the staff at the sanctuary are working tirelessly to disinfect the habitats while also protecting themselves from getting sick. they're wearing ppe, including n95 masks and doing foot baths when they enter and leave. >> the virus may mutate and become more easily transmitted person to person, so the more this virus circulates, and specifically co circulates with human strains, that's going to increase the odds of the virus evolving to more human to human transmission. and that that of course could could signal another pandemic. >> randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida.

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