swim. i hate to live up to the stereotype. i'm sorry, mom, it's my fault. when i was seven, she said, mom said we're going to learn how to swim. and then i got really good at tennis. we started training, playing tournaments. i'm still playing tournaments to this day when i get too old to play tennis, mom, then i'll go back and learn how to swim. >> i have a great swim teacher for you. i'm taking swim lessons right now for that very. >> reason, and i just actually finished some swim lessons two months ago. but my bucket list item is not any of these. i would actually like to be on before olivia benson retires. i would like to be a meaningful extra on law and order svu with a role that is an extra meaningful. like i don't want just one line. i want to be a meaningful part of the story in a good way. >> all right. >> well, i'm in a similar boat. it's been my dream for a long time to appear in a movie. so i'm going to shoot my shot with our overlords at warner brothers. i understand you make some movies and have for some years. i just want to be in a

movie. i, i will do a nude scene. tasteful. >> wait a second. >> or and tasteful. but i just want a chance. i promise you i will not. i will not disappoint. you if you give me a chance. warner brothers, i've seen some of your movies. you could use new actors. i will literally kill it for you in a movie. just give me 30s on the. >> big screen. i will. >> do it. >> i will do it. it would be bad, i will. >> yeah. okay. scott. all right. it's been it's been relayed to the. to the people above us. >> hbo we own that too, right? we do. you guys. >> anything? we don't anybody else. everybody. >> thank you very much. and thank you for watching news night. cnn's coverage continues next. >> tonight on 360, the president's first cabinet meeting. >> starring non cabinet member elon musk, what he and the president said and what the white house is now signaling about where he ranks compared to all those senate confirmed cabinet secretaries. also tonight, the president's plan for gaza has been called absurd. and now he has an a.i. generated video, obviously not real to prove the point with bearded

belly dancers and more. and later, how safe are the skies in the wake of a near accident on a runway in chicago? several more incidents and close calls, including at reagan national scene of last month's deadly mid-air collision. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight, keeping them honest with the president's first cabinet meeting of his second term. now, it didn't repeat the first term. slavish display of devotion from one cabinet secretary after another as the cameras rolled, if you remember that. instead, it began with the president briefly outlining the administration's accomplishments for the first month, then quickly turning to the non cabinet guest of honor. >> i'd like to have elon musk please say a few words. thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. well, i actually just call myself a humble tech support here because. >> then with actual cabinet members looking on, musk proceeded to talk for about eight minutes. after that, he and the president took questions from the press, the first of which was whether any cabinet heads were unhappy with musk. >> and let the cabinet speak

just for a second. >> yes, exactly. >> were either. very unhappy. >> to say it, you know. >> if you are, will throw them out. >> of here. is anybody. >> unhappy? >> they sort of applauded in all by our count. elon musk spoke or took questions for about ten minutes of the 65 minute proceeding. he and the president took several questions about that email. he was behind the one demanding federal employees list five accomplishments in the prior week, or be presumed to have resigned, which sounds like they were being told to justify their jobs. but today musk said, no, no, no, it's not that at all. >> i think that email perhaps was misinterpreted as a performance review, but actually it was a pulse check review. do you have a pulse? do you have a pulse? and two neurons? >> now keep an eye on on us. if you're just looking for dead people still on the payroll, and you now have access to databases and records from all across the federal government, there are plenty of ways of finding them, i would think. additionally, if there is an expectation that

these emails would be going out to more than a few dead people, then what's the threat of losing their jobs for? for a deceased federal employee, that would seem to be the least of their problems, unless that threat is for the likely to be many, many more living workers who have not, replied. the president today threw out a number a million, he said. and given that most, if not all of them are likely alive, not dead. what he said about those million men and women amounts to threatening their jobs. >> i'd like to add. wait a minute. wait, wait. i'd like to add that those million people that haven't responded though, elon, they are on the bubble. you know, i wouldn't say that we're thrilled about it. they haven't responded. now, maybe they don't exist. maybe we're paying people that don't exist. don't forget we just got here. this group just got here. uh, but those people are on the bubble, as they say they may be. they're going to be gone. maybe they're not around. maybe they have other jobs. maybe they moved and they're not where they're supposed to be. a lot of things could have happened.

>> a lot of things, he says. but the likeliest reason they're not replying is simple. it's because all these agencies and cabinet departments have told their employees not to reply to these emails justice, state, homeland security, the fbi and the pentagon, which is nearly a million civilian employees on the payroll alone. musk today also made the same promise about fixing mistakes that he did earlier this month in the oval office. >> so, and and i should say, we also we will make mistakes. we won't be perfect. but when we make a mistake, we'll fix it very quickly. so, for example, with usaid, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola. ebola prevention. i think we all want ebola prevention. so we restored the ebola prevention immediately, and there was no interruption. >> now, keeping them honest, that claim on ebola is coming under question. five days ago, democratic senators wrote to secretary of state rubio, warning that the freeze on u.s. global health activities is causing devastation to lives and livelihoods. the letter cites ebola as the first example. here's two in a series of

tweets today from doctor craig spencer, who teaches at brown university school of public health and is himself an ebola survivor, quoting him now, i've been told by a colleague that uganda tried calling the white house to notify them of the outbreak for two days, but no one answered the phone. two months ago we had amazing experts working on global health security there. now there appears to be no one to pick up a phone. doctor spencer continues. you know who does ebola prevention here in the u.s.? the cdc, hundreds of these frontline experts lost their jobs last week as part of indiscriminate cost saving firings. more cuts are expected. usaid has long supported ebola response efforts overseas. he says. not no more. late last month, during confirmation hearings for secretary kennedy, doctor spencer was on the broadcast warning of the funding freezes and cuts that he alluded to online today. >> let me be very clear. >> this is. >> pure stupidity. as someone that has worked around the world battling. >> disease outbreaks. >> from ebola, hepatitis c, many others, i've seen the

relationships, relationships that we've had, the cdc with the w.h.o., i've seen what where we benefit from having eyes on the ground and having those relationships. at this point, our cdc folks can't talk to folks about a marburg outbreak in tanzania, about a possible ebola outbreak in the dr. congo, about what's happening with mpox in countries around the world. we're not able to do that. >> well, then there's the measles outbreak in texas and new mexico. health secretary kennedy was asked about the announcement today that an unvaccinated school aged child in lubbock, texas, died of it overnight. >> we're watching it. we put out a post on it yesterday, and we're going to continue to follow it. incidentally, there have been four measles. outbreaks this year in this country. last year there were 16. so it's not unusual. we have measles outbreaks every year. >> what secretary kenney did not mention is that this child's death is the first since 2015, ten years ago. he also said this, which is not true.

>> we're watching it. and there are about 20 people hospitalized, mainly for quarantine. >> uh, that's not true. according to a lubbock hospital health official who addressed the secretary's comment this afternoon. >> we don't. >> hospitalized patients. >> for for. >> quarantine purposes. quarantine is. >> not something that would happen in a health care facility. we admit patients who need acute. supportive treatment in our hospital. >> that's doctor larry johnson. you may have seen her in our own doctor sanjay gupta's recent report from lubbock's covenant children's hospital. >> how do you even booze? i drove. >> a truck. >> drove a cab. i jerked sodas. >> he grew up loving movies starring jimmy cagney and edward g. robinson. >> my mother and i were at a film once, and she said, i want to see you do that someday. and that was. >> all it. >> was needed at the pasadena playhouse, the aspiring actor met another young actor, dustin hoffman. the two were voted

least likely to succeed. >> take a good look. >> pop. i'm buck barrow. >> that changed when he was cast in bonnie and clyde. hackman was nominated for an oscar, the first of numerous anti-hero roles from the 1960s on. the acclaim covered up a potential career disaster. he was fired from the graduate, starring his pal hoffman, after just two weeks as mr. robinson. >> i thought it. >> was like the. >> beginning of the end for me. >> hackman pressed on a ski coach in downhill racer, an astronaut in marooned and a second best supporting actor nomination for i never sang for my father. there were tensions on set with father melvyn douglas, who had wanted another costar. in real life, hackman's own father left the family when he was 13. >> when you. >> decide to do. >> a role, you choose both the good. >> and the bad that's happened to you. >> and you try to make that that. >> come alive. >> i popeye's here. two hands on your heads. get off the bar

and get on the wall. >> as fierce new york city police detective popeye doyle, a defiant hackman bursts through the screen in the french connection. he didn't like playing a bigot, beating up people. >> i wanted to be fired from the film the first couple of days because i was very uncomfortable. >> also testing his nerves, driving in one of the most famous car chases in movie history. >> we would go. >> right down the street. >> without any crowd control and it was really scary. >> the role he wanted out of won him an oscar for best actor in 1972. the award ignited a monumental film biography. from the poseidon adventure. >> you mean to stand aside and close that door, to keep the air from coming in? or you can try to stop me. >> to the conversation. >> there's one sure fire rule that i have learned in this business is that i don't know anything about human nature. i don't know anything about curiosity. >> it wasn't always deadly serious. in young frankenstein. >> what is your name? hmm. i didn't get that. >> and there was superman. >> oh, yes. of course you've been there. i do forget you get

around, don't you? >> now a huge star. hackman said he always liked the idea of hollywood, but not the hubbub. >> personality wise, i don't fit in. >> it's been five years. >> hackman said his favorite film was the offbeat scarecrow with al pacino, which was not a commercial hit. >> i don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game. in my book, we're going to be winners. >> he was the basketball coach in hoosiers, one of the best sports films ever made. hackman was nominated for an oscar again for mississippi burning. >> you smile when the bulldozer ran over the black kid's body. >> he won best supporting actor for unforgiven. >> when he fires that, take out your pistols and shoot him down like a mangy scoundrel he is. >> it kind of puts a bookend to my career for me. i'm sure i'll do other films, but i can kind of relax as long as dustin doesn't get another one. >> i'm country. yes. i didn't figure for a patriot, mr. raw. >> hackman finally did get to work with his lifelong friend in runaway jury.

>> i've loved every minute. >> of my career. >> there's been, you know, tough times, of course, but i like the process so. >> much. >> we will, of course, be following this story and have updates for you throughout the hour. moving now to the hostages and missing families forum that has now confirmed the deaths of all four hostages released by hamas overnight. the group added in their statement that they should have returned alive. they could have been saved and brought back through an agreement. this comes as israel and hamas make their final handovers of hostages and palestinian prisoners as part of the first phase of the gaza ceasefire, set to expire on saturday. busses have been carrying hundreds of palestinian prisoners to gaza and to the west bank. today, cnn's paula hancocks has been following developments. joins me now live from abu dhabi. paula, first, what more can you tell us about the bodies of these four hostages who were returned? >> lai ching-te.

>> that's good. well, christina, all four have now been confirmed, uh, as the identities that israel believed they were. they were all male. they were all members of communities. kibbutzim just along the border with gaza. when they were kidnaped on october 7th, tsachi idan was from nahalal. he's a 50 year old who his family says will be laid to rest next to his eldest daughter, who was killed on october 7th during hamas's attack. itzhak elgarat, 68, from kibbutz nir oz. he moved to the kibbutz, we understand, to be with his brother. his brother has been very vocal during his captivity, vocally critical of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, saying more should have been done to bring his brother and the others home. ohad yahalomi is an israeli

french citizen. he was shot while he was trying to protect his, uh, his wife and his children. on october 7th from that attack. and then the oldest hostage to be taken on october 7th, shlomo mantzur, who was 85 when he was taken. now, the israeli military had said that they believed mansour was deceased. the other three they had not clarified until that confirmation came just in the last 24 hours. so we are also seeing palestinian prisoners and detainees being released to gaza. some are being sent on to to egypt. those who will be exiled and also going to the occupied west bank. now this all happened overnight. we saw some emotional scenes in the occupied west bank when families were reunited. we know some of the the detainees were being held without charge. some of the

prisoners were serving high sentences or life sentences, and hundreds were sent back to gaza. many of them were believed to have been detained by the israeli military since october 7th. all in all, we understand there were some 642 palestinians that were to be released as this part of the deal. this means that the the phase one is effectively coming to an end, though. christina. we know that this is the final hostage release exchange of prisoners that has been agreed between hamas and israel. and of course, the end of phase one does come this weekend. yeah. and with the end of phase one, there is concern about where that leaves phase two. do we know anything more about whether negotiations have begun? because this phase two is significantly going to be a lot more complicated than phase one. well that's right.

phase. phase one, this 42 day temporary ceasefire ends on saturday. now, the original deal said that as in early february, the two sides indirectly with the mediation of egypt, qatar and the u.s., would be able to finalize the details of phase two, which is when all of the hostages are released. more palestinian prisoners and detainees released, and the israeli military pulls out of gaza. it's not clear if these discussions have even begun at this point. we have had a statement from hamas this thursday talking about this, saying, quote, we renew our full commitment to the cease fire agreement in the gaza strip in all its details and clauses, and we affirm our readiness to enter negotiations regarding the second phase of the agreement. now, from the israeli side, we've had one israeli source telling us about a text message that was sent to the israeli

media, effectively saying that we will not exit the philadelphi corridor. this is the border between gaza and egypt. it's a border that the israeli military and the israeli government is concerned will be used as a smuggling route by hamas in the future if they pull out from this area. but of course, their pullout from this area is a key part of phase two. so it's difficult to see how israel would be able to agree to phase two. at this point. we have an israeli source familiar with the matter saying that the ideal would be to extend phase one and to try and have as many hostages released as possible. but it's unlikely that is something that hamas would agree to. now, we understand also that trump's middle east envoy, steve witkoff, is expected in the region this week to try and push this process forward. but of course, with phase one running out on saturday, there are

concerns about the fragility of this ceasefire hostage deal and what exactly comes next. christina. all right. we will continue to follow it. of course. paula hancocks there live from abu dhabi. thanks, paula. and we are following a developing story out of romania where a lawyer for internet personality andrew tate and his brother tristan says the pair have left the country on a private flight for florida. the brothers are under investigation for alleged human trafficking, sex with a minor and money laundering. they've been banned from leaving romania. but today prosecutors say they accepted their request to travel to the u.s. both men who hold dual u.s. british citizenship, deny any wrongdoing. romania's foreign minister last week said he had not come under pressure from u.s. president donald trump's envoy to lift restrictions on andrew tate, despite discussing the case. still to come, pope francis nears two weeks in hospital fighting pneumonia. more on his health condition

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receded. his blood also shows signs of improvement, but these are incremental. these are small. keeping in mind, of course, the pope has now been in here in rome's gemelli hospital for the last two weeks, still suffering from double pneumonia. so the doctors are still giving what is described as a guarded prognosis on his situation. keeping in mind, of course, that he has a history of respiratory problems going back many years, that he's suffering from mobility issues and sciatica as well. but certainly compared to the weekend when he had an asthmatic attack that has required him to get supplemental oxygen, that over the weekend, he also had to have a blood transfusion. certainly compared to the weekend, what we've seen basically starting monday is

small, gradual, incremental improvements in his health. but at this point, christina, nobody is talking about a time when he might be able to leave the hospital through the front door. that really their doctors are being very cautious, given all of the health issues that have plagued this pope over the last few years. christina. >> all right. ben. for now, we'll of course, continue to follow it there in rome. thank you. now, health officials in texas say the first death from a growing measles outbreak in the western part of the state was an unvaccinated, school aged child. it's the first measles death in the u.s. in a decade. 124 cases have now been confirmed in texas, most of them in children ages 5 to 17. measles is an airborne illness that can cause rash, fever, red eyes and cough, and in severe cases it can lead to blindness, pneumonia, and death. during president trump's

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sad news that has been coming in to cnn this past hour. obviously, we don't know more about the circumstances of hackman's death or his wife. um, but we do know that he was a beloved actor, a legend of hollywood. how is this news being received where you are? >> well. >> here in los angeles, the city is. of course, preparing for the oscars on. >> sunday. >> where the. >> in memoriam. >> segment will now. >> sadly feature. >> gene hackman. and. >> uh. >> at the. oscar parties. the talk switches. >> from who. >> will win to who we've lost. uh, gene. hackman made. >> over 100. >> films, and it's hard to find a weak one. >> in. >> the bunch. because he was always a touch of class. played a wide. >> variety of roles. um, always different. always brilliant. >> yeah. and just walk us through some of those highlights of his career, because his film career spans six decades, right? so talk to us about his greatest

hits. >> yeah, i went from 1967 to 2004. um, everyone's got their personal favorites. um, i could be here for hours if i listed all of them, but just let me toss out a few highlights for you. the poseidon adventure, superman, no way out, mississippi burning. you already mentioned, uh, the french connection. um, crimson tide, uh, so many more. i mean, i think i'm going to spend the day having my own gene hackman film festival, and it would fill a day, um, because, uh, you know what? what was consistent, uh, about his performances was he was never showy. he was never one of those over the top actors. he was always real. all actors strive for authenticity. uh, and regardless of the part, you always believed him. and yes, he was in a string of hits. it wasn't just that he picked good material. he made the material good. >> yeah, he was known very much as sort of hollywood's tough

guy. and i guess you could say that that came in part from his own tough personal circumstances growing up. you know, his sort of family life early on. what more do we know about the early life that led him to a career of film, and how that sort of built him as an actor? >> in his acting class, he was voted least likely to succeed. now, every actor has lots of knockbacks. um, a lot of them are caused to sort of walk away from the industry, but he instead said, i'm going to prove you wrong. he had the toughness that came from a few years in the marines as well. um, and, you know, whenever anyone doubted him, it just made his determination to succeed grow even more. and he did succeed. um, two oscars, two baftas, a string of other awards, lots of box office hits. but he didn't rest on his laurels. he would never be one of those actors who could ever phone it in. he was always professional, and his acting

always continued to be great, even up to his final film. 2004 welcome to mooseport, which is not a comedy anyone remembers, but if you go back and watch it, he was great, even in that he was incapable of giving a bad performance. and even though these are very unusual and very sad circumstances of his death, uh, will be part of his story. what a legacy he leaves on film. >> absolutely. i mean, i was reading here that he joined the pasadena playhouse in 1956, which is when he befriended befriended another aspiring actor, dustin hoffman. of course, the two went on to have a fabulous relationship. can you tell us about that sort of professional and personal career they shared together? >> yes, they were part of a real sort of generation of of talent. um, and, uh, yeah, they were very supportive of each other. um, and that was a friendship that continued, uh, for many,

many years as well. and, uh, yeah, they, uh, dustin hoffman, uh, you know, got more successful before, uh, gene hackman did. but, uh, you know, they both made it to the very top of hollywood and that friendship, uh, survived as well. um, and, uh, in, uh, in an industry where, uh, it's sometimes said it's hard to count your true friends, uh, you know, on the fingers of of one hand, you know, they were there for each other, uh, right from the start. and, and throughout. you know, it's a lovely thing that that sustained and, uh, you know, dustin hoffman also, uh, was, was doubted. and i think there's a lesson for everybody, really in those, those two careers, um, you know, don't, uh, don't believe the doubters, you know, work hard and your talent will eventually find a way it did for them. they could for you. yeah. >> we know that. he retired from acting in 2004. and after that, sort of rarely gave an interview again, almost became a recluse, really, as i understand it, at home with his wife, betsy. what

more do we know about his life post-career and the way he lived? >> he started. yeah, he started a whole new career writing historical novels. uh, and they were very well received as well. but he didn't even do the talk show circuit to promote them. you know, he retired and he stayed retired. um, there are so many actors who've called it a day and have a comeback six months later. um, and it's interesting. it's always said that, um, um, you never retire from hollywood. hollywood retires you, uh, but he did go out on his own terms, you know, he was, uh, 75 when he made his last film. so it was, uh, you know, you know, a rightful time to, uh, to to step away, perhaps, but, uh, yes, he, uh, he kept good to his promise and, uh, never went back to it. and, uh, and lived the, uh, the quiet life away from the spotlight. um, you know what? that quiet life, uh, you know, involved will certainly be reported and speculated on over the last few days, but, uh, certainly, uh,

today, uh, you know, i prefer to remember, uh, you know, all those incredible films, 100 of them, and hardly a weak one in the bunch. certainly not a weak performance. >> and i don't want to put you on the spot, sandra, but as we are now sort of reflecting on the legacy of his career, which film do you think most people will remember him for? i mean, we've talked a lot about how versatile he was, how he could do comedy, he could be a villain, you know, he he could switch in the moment. that was how talented he was as an actor. do you think perhaps, maybe the french connection will be the one? most people think of? it was the film that made him. >> i do. i do believe that the greatest judge of any movie is is not awards. uh, it's time. and it's also the time you spend watching a movie. i've probably seen superman 40 times. and so his performance as lex luthor in that will have been, to many people, their introduction to him. um, and then they'd go and watch him in other great movies like, uh, unforgiven and, and mississippi burning. uh, but for me, it's

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washington on friday. a draft of the deal, seen by cnn shows it does not provide kyiv with explicit security guarantees. mr. zelenskyy calls it a framework, with those guarantees to be decided jointly with the u.s. and europe. >> of course. >> this agreement is about economics, but i asked for there to be at least an understanding that we are seeing things the same way, that all of this is part of future security guarantees. >> president trump talked about the deal during his cabinet meeting on wednesday. it calls for a postwar reconstruction fund managed by the u.s. and ukraine, with money coming from the development of ukrainian minerals and other natural resources. the u.s. president laid out his position on security guarantees. >> well, i'm not going to make security guarantees beyond very much. we're going to have europe do that because it's in you know, we're talking about europe is their next door neighbor. >> one potential sticking point is the fact that some of ukraine's valuable mineral deposits are in areas under

russian occupation. cnn's anna stewart has more. ukraine mineral deal may be getting closer, but lots of questions remain about ukraine's minerals. where are they and how much are they really worth? first of all, what did president trump mean by rare earths? well, these are 17 elements in the earth's crust. they are crucial to the production of electronics, clean energy and some weapons systems. but actually, ukraine doesn't have a significant amount of these rare earths, and we don't really know which specific minerals the trump administration is most interested in with this deal. what ukraine has more meaningful reserves of are the more subjective category of critical minerals. now, each country defines this one a little bit differently, but it often includes things like graphite. this is a form of carbon, and you find it in batteries. then we have titanium and zirconium. these ones are critical for defense and lithium, which is used for rechargeable batteries. so very useful in making

electric vehicles. so the big question is where in ukraine are they. now in green we can see the rare earths. now as we said not a significant amount. but then we come to the critical minerals. let's have a look at graphite. we have this one in blue. these are significant. in total ukraine is believed to have 19 million tons of proven reserves. in red we have titanium and zirconium again quite large areas. and actually it's considered to be the largest titanium reserves in europe. and this is the fun one. this is lithium. now you can hardly see it. these tiny little splodges here. but ukraine is thought to hold one of europe's largest deposits, according to the ukrainian government, it could be 3% of global supply, but none of it has been extracted. so actually, it is hard to say definitively how much it could be worth. let's talk about some of the problems, because much of what we know about the rare earth deposits here are based on soviet era

assessments, so it's unclear if it can actually be mined and it would involve a lot of money. then of course, we have complications with some areas under russia control. you can see some of the deposits around there. president trump originally put a $500 billion price tag on ukraine's mineral reserves. the draft deal no longer mentions this number, and frankly, no one knows how much it could be worth. anna stewart, cnn, london. moscow and pyongyang went out of their way to keep the transfer of north korean troops to russia under wraps. that's according to a u.s. think tank that analyzed satellite images of the transfers and shares, shared the findings with cnn. the group believes at least two russian navy ships moved the troops in october and november, most likely at night. the soldiers landed in a remote military base in russia's far east, where it was easier to hide the activity. western and ukrainian officials believe some 12,000 north koreans were sent to help russia

regain its territory captured by ukraine. they say about 4000 of them have been killed or injured. the north korean leader, kim jong un, wants a stronger, more modern army ready for war. according to state media, he made the remarks tuesday while visiting an elite military academy where he was critical of the school's management and education facilities. south korean intelligence believes kim may be preparing to send more troops to support russia in its war against ukraine, where they have reportedly suffered heavy losses. u.s. president donald trump is refusing to commit publicly to defending taiwan if china invaded. here's the exchange he had with a reporter on wednesday. >> is it also your. >> policy that as long as you're president, china will never take taiwan by force? >> i never comment on that. i don't comment on anything because i don't want to ever put myself in that position. and if i said it, i certainly wouldn't be saying it to you. i'd be saying it to other people, maybe people around this

table. and very specific people around this table. so i don't want to put myself in that position. but i can tell you what, uh, i have a great relationship with president xi. i've had a great relationship with him. >> well, the u.s. has a long standing policy to be intentionally ambiguous about whether it would protect taiwan from a chinese attack. meanwhile, taiwan said it had no word of warning about china's new live fire zone southwest of the island. officials say china had set up the training zone about 74km, or 45 miles from taiwan's shores, without any advance notice. it happened a day after taiwan detained the chinese crew of the cargo ship, suspected of cutting an undersea cable near the island. an american airlines flight arriving at washington's ronald reagan national airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft. this came less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport, and roughly 90 minutes before a close call in chicago. cnn's brian todd has more on that. and

the spate of recent air travel incidents. >> new details on hair raising incidents like this one. a southwest airlines jet has to pull up at the last minute on tuesday to avoid a private plane crossing the runway at chicago's midway international airport. newly released data says the planes came as close as about 2000ft from each other before the southwest plane initiated the go around. just about 90 minutes before that, another incident occurred at washington's reagan national airport. an american airlines jet approaching from the north had to cancel a landing and turn away when it was just 450ft off the ground after it came within one and a quarter miles of a plane preparing to depart on the same runway. the american 2446. >> this go around, turn. >> right, heading up 2505 3000. one passenger on the flight telling cnn it was terrifying. all of this after a series of other plane mishaps. toronto, february 17th a delta airlines jet slides and flips over in a

fireball upon landing. incredibly, all on board survived. january 29th an american airlines regional plane and an army blackhawk helicopter collide over reagan national airport. all 67 people aboard both aircraft killed. you know. two days later, a private medevac jet crashes into a northeast philadelphia neighborhood, killing seven people. passengers we spoke to shaken by these recent incidents. >> i don't really have. >> much choice. >> in the matter, but i'm. not as. confident as i was. >> you know, it does make me nervous just because i travel a lot. >> on monday, passengers aboard a delta plane were forced to evacuate down slides at atlanta's hartsfield jackson international airport when smoke or haze permeated through the cabin. in early february, the wing of a japan airlines jet struck the tail of a delta airlines plane while taxiing at seattle tacoma international airport. >> right now, i'm very. >> scared to even get. >> on the plane. >> i'm being honest with you. >> it's too many mishaps going on.

>> some of this is coincidence. safety experts say, but there is also an underlying crisis. >> it's a underscoring of just how stressed the system is. we've got a lot more traffic going on these days. we've got controllers and pilots under stress because of, uh, the increased use of of runways. >> what's the most immediate problem that needs to be fixed right now? >> we need to make sure that our air traffic controllers have the personnel to do their job so that they are not forced to be doing overtime, forced to be staffing more than one position at a time. >> reflecting the overall volume of air traffic and what air traffic controllers have to keep track of. between january of 2023 and september of 2024, the ntsb investigated 13 runway incursions in the u.s. involving so-called for hire flights, meaning smaller chartered flights. those incursions ranged in categories from some with no immediate safety consequences to

others where a collision was narrowly avoided. brian todd, cnn at reagan national airport. >> u.s. president donald trump's remarks about turning canada into america's 51st state have already been booed at international hockey games. now they boiled over again into the world of sports as the head coach of canada's men's national soccer team, american jesse marsch is also condemning the president's comments. >> canada's a. >> strong. >> independent nation. >> that's deep rooted in. >> decency, really. >> and it's a place. >> that values. >> high ethics and. >> respect. >> unlike the polarized. >> disrespectful and often now. >> hate fueled. >> climate that's in the u.s., if i have one message to our president, it's lay off. >> the ridiculous. >> rhetoric about canada. >> being the 51st state. >> as an american, i'm ashamed, right, of the of the arrogance and disregard that we've shown one of our historically oldest, strongest and most loyal allies.

>> marsch was speaking there at an international soccer event in california. he was born in wisconsin and played 14 seasons in major league soccer and has coached canada's men's national team since last year. speaking to cnn, he defended his right to free speech and says he's not concerned about any political blowback from mr. trump. we are following breaking news this hour. the death of hollywood star gene hackman. authorities say the actor and his wife, betsy arakawa, were found dead in their home in new mexico, along with their dog. deputies were responding to a welfare check on wednesday when they discovered the bodies. no word yet on the cause of death, but the santa fe sheriff's office says it is not believed to be foul play. we'll bring you more information on the investigation when it becomes available. hackman, who was 95, starred in many famous films, including superman, hoosiers, the royal tenenbaums and unforgiven. hackman won an oscar for his role as a new york cop in the 1971 movie the french

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