the planes, 64 of them, en route to detroit. it does look like there is a bit of a curvature and slowdown. i will open it up more so you can see that where planes may be circling. all the fright headed for detroit are still en route. and they are coming in from all over the country and all over the world. some as star south as south america. we are tracking them for you here on flight explorer. the weather conditions, though, are a little snowy in detroit. >> we can see that from the pictures. it kreinesed in the past few minutes. there are a few flurries a few minutes ago. now looks like full-blown snowstorm on the way. >> yes. you can see the visibility is going to get worse it is a snow moves in from the south south. >> bonnie schneider, thanks so much. we will check back with you in the next hour. it is almost 4:00 eastern time. we are going to bring up to date on this story and many others. >>> two days after the botched terror attack on a plane flying into detroit, another incident onboard this same flight coming into the

allan chernoff is in detroit and good to see you. how many schools for play here in detroit? >> reporter: tony, we're talking about more than 40 schools. robert bob, the emergency financial manager of the public school system gave the number 45 a few days ago. it looks like we're going to talk about 45 buildings within the system in any event and that's more than one-quarter of all of the schools in this city. a massive announcement, and i have to say some people here are absolutely mystified, tony. this is why. this is the report from excellent schools detroit, a community organization that all of this is based upon, it's a plan to revitalize the public school system and within this report, the report says why we are hopeful. it's talking about how we're greatly encouraged by certain schools and one of those schools they talk about in here, it's going to be shut down. carston's elementary where 98% of third graders meet or exceed state standards in reading, 95% do so in math and that compares with single digits for the entire system. we spoke to the principal of the school a

the private sector business is doing well in detroit, coming to detroit.es over 90% in downtown and midtown detroit because of young people. the last obstacle for allowing detroit to take offer and grow is is the city government issue. by having better services, there's a real opportunity to see an exciting detroit, a great detroit again. >> give us an estimation how long you think it's going to take for the city to climb out of this state. >> well, in terms of the bankruptcy process, my hope is we can get that resolved by fall of next year. it is going to be a longer-term process to get through all these issues. you're going to see things improve in detroit in the next 30, 60 dies days, how can we st taking down structures, how can we do better with police protection? there's a new police chief. many good things are on the path to being put in place to help citizens. >> quickly, sir, before we lose you, what about the new red wings stadium? hockey fans want to know, will it go forward. >> yeah, that's one of the exciting things. detroit is a big sports to

so what is it about detroit?e know that it is the birthplace of american automobile making and the industry, but this documentary really is about that and beyond, that there is a future of this evolution of transportation and it has to do with detroit. >> well, i think there is a future for detroit, and i think it will happen along transportation lines. detroit is a place that has invented and reinvented itself over and over again in history of long transportation. when we built the erie canal, detroit began to thrive as a city. of course now we all associate detroit with the automobile and the decline of the automobile industry. but i think detroit, because of its very decay, could be a canvas upon which we can redesign the notion of a city along transportation lines. >> in what way? what are the indicators? >> well, i think one example is the fact that there is so much open space in detroit. and detroit now, in large part because of the highways that helped drain the city. now this open space is being considere

authorities are questioning him in detroit.s a result we're seeing long lines at some airports across the country. officials with the transportation security administration say they have beefed up security, but there have been no changes in the requirements for domestic or international flights as yet. the advice however if you're going to the airport you need to get in there early. >>> so the suspect says the explosive or incendiary device came from yemen. yemen was where al qaeda attacked the "uss cole "in 2000 killing 1, 00 sailors. yemen remain as hot bed of extremist thought. joining us now, spent time there. when it was learned this device may have come from yemen or may have been some corners between either someone in yemen and this suspect, what thoughts went through your mind? what thoughts perhaps went through investigators' minds in terms of the connection between yemen, the history of yemen and the u.s.? >> fredricka, i can tell you the security analysts i've spoken with and yemen officials told me it doesn't take a

poppy harlow is live in detroit. see the governor and city's emergency manager sitting there waiting. i think they were doing a mike check, i know you have new information for us now. >> reporter: hi there, carol. it's interesting, you point out the auto makers. but this city has been in decline for decades. it's not just about the automakers coming back. actually a lot of the auto plants and jobs are based outside of the city of detroit. this has been a result of corrupt politics for many, many decades. the city has gone from 1.8 million people to 700,000 today. many fewer people paying taxes. the city has an abysmal record at even collecting taxes. on top of that, you have the decline of the auto sector. even though it's back, it's not where it once was. the big deal is for city workers. the city workers, retired and current, their benefits could be cut dramatically. that's the big question right now i just talk to janet willisen, she's worked here for 32 years, and she's fell up. she's actually suing the governmen

that's the plan in detroit. the man behind the proposal says the closures are designed to help boost graduation rates to a near perfect 98%. our allan chernoff is live in detroit at a school that is already beating the odds. allan? >> reporter: fredricka, i'm at the cornerstone schools here in detroit. there are actually three of these institutions within detroit, one independent, this one, and then two that are part of the public school system. but at all of these schools the students are excelling. virtually all of them go on to graduate high school. they test well above the grade average. but they don't teach to test here. they have a holistic approach -- eth ethics, morals, very, very important, music and the arts. in fact, beginning in kindergarten these kids begin learning chinese. can you believe that? now, compare the situation here with what's going on at the detroit public schools. only 58% of the students graduate high school. so detroit today is announcing a big plan, shutting down more than 40 of it

chaos erupted at a detroit voting center. supporters pounded on the windows that were blocking the view of vote counting in the city. how do you avoid that mayhem this time around and get faster results? detroit now has expedited signature verification on ballots and new million-dollar machinery. cnn's marshall koehn got a maggie slysz of look. >> what if i told you this could help prevent this? the scene here is incredibly tense. for election officials in detroit, that is the hope. >> laws have changed. we have pre-processing now that certainly will speed up the results. >> it is election in america. >> in 2020 vote counting dragon past election night as joe biden overtook donald trump on his way to winning michigan chaos erected at the convention center where they were counting ballots. >> in detroit, there were hours of unexplained delays. >> this year, michigan's new election laws could avoid a repeat of chaos. we have been granted exclusive access to the election center in detroit. right behind me, they are processing ab

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>>> detroit declares bankruptcy. what the move means for city workers and retirees in the motor city. >>> plus they've been silent since the verdict. now the parents of trayvon martin, they are speaking out. >>> and the heatwave gripping much of the country getting worse. the question now is relief in sight? this is "cnn newsroom." i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. it's an iconic american city. the motor city. the capital of the u.s. auto industry. the city that gave us the motown sound. today, detroit has a more dubious distinction. it's the largest u.s. city ever to file bankruptcy. tens of thousands of current and former city workers are deeply worried right now their pensions will be slashed and that could set a precedent for other struggling cities across the united states. but michigan's governor who signed off on the bankruptcy filing says it's a chance to start turning detroit around. >> this is our opportunity to improve citizen services. they deserve a better answer than what they've gotten for de

, about 50 miles from detroit. >>> another incident today aboard flight 253 headed to detroit today happenedassenger was disruptive. the man was belligerent but genuinely sick, and he did not pose a threat to the plane. >>> violent protests and deaths in iran. a number of people have been killed and hundreds under arrest in fierce anti-government demonstrations in the capital. clashes erupted between protestors and security. the demonstrators defied a government crackdown. >> reporter: this turned out to be one of the deadliest days in iran since the disputed elections. this could be the biggest development of the day was that a nephew of opposition leader, mir hossein mousavi may have died on sunday. they were citing police reports that the young man killed in revolution square was not mir hossein mousavi's nevaphew. this is amateur video showing a group of protesters surrounding what appears to be a police van, smashing it out and dragging out what it looked like was a horrified driver. and the slashes, according to witnesses, lasting throughout the day and into the night. also reports of

detroit, god bless you.tes of america. [ applause ] >>> the president of the united states finishing up his annual labor day address in detroit. he talked about his plan a little bit that he plans to unvam on thursday, saying that his ideas, proposals will contain things that both parties can agree to. then he went on to say, we're not going to wait for them. he talked about construction jobs, roads and bridges need to be rebuilt. he also said the time for washington games is over. he wants the middle class tax cut extended and he was very pro-union during this speech. multiple times talking about strength of unions, talked about the crowds that came out in madison, wisconsin protesting the collective bargaining law there that restricted collective bargaining rights in wisconsin. he said at one point as long as i'm in the white house i'll stand up for collective bargaining. we'll get more on thursday and get specifics. when he unveils the plan in front of a joint session of congress. stay with cnn for our fr

but to come together as detroit, michigan, not detroit versus michigan, and bring all our resources to. >> reporter: detroit's mayor, dave bing, has long opposed such a move, saying this in 2011. >> he could void all of the contracts, he or she could fire everybody quite frankly. >> reporter: joe harris was detroit's auditor for ten years. an emergency manager has the right to rewrite union contracts, would likely see government job cuts? wouldn't real people feel this? >> it simply doesn't affect the average person, it affects the government workers. it affects the politicians. but it doesn't -- >> reporter: union workers? >> union workers. >> reporter: those are real people. >> you're absolutely correct. >> reporter: real people, like a mother of eight and a government worker. she fears losing her job if more cuts come. but knows something has to change. >> at what point does someone do something that's going to make a difference. it doesn't matter if it's the emergency manager, or god. >> reporter: the rescue could come from the private sector. >> what will ultimately be looked back

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thank you very much, martin savidge in detroit. the president is keeping close tabs on this latest security incident today, just as he has been on what happened christmas day. our senior white house correspondent ed henry is in honolulu where the president is on vacation. what is being said? >> reporter: well, fred, it's interesting. as marty noted, the white house jumped on this almost immediately to try and perhaps reassure the public, but also show that the president was being briefed on the situation that was unfolding earlier today in detroit. white house spokesman bill burton saying the president was quickly briefed by one of his top security aides about the unfolding situation, which relatively quickly, short order you saw it turned out according to federal officials to not really be anywhere near as serious as to what happened on christmas day. that's why the focus from the white house today has really been more on that first incident, what they initially called an attempted terror attack that ultimately failed. today for t

a hearing in the case happens this afternoon in detroit.abdulmutallab is not expected to be there. >>> and that got us thinking about airline security. we are asking you a question about it this morning on the blog. i want to know how safe you feel when you are flying these days. things have changed ten fold from 2001, of course, september 11th, and then 2006 with the alleged shoe bomber. how do you feel now after the most recent events? go to cnn.com/heidi. you will see more about the actual story we are talking about. we will read comments later here in the "cnn newsroom." >>> anti-government protest turning deadly in iran. the country's state-run media says eight people are dead and hundreds in custody and more arrests could be on the way. reza sayah is monitoring this. good morning. >> what a weekend in iran. this was by far the most violent weekend we have seen in iran since the disputed elections on june 12th based on the witness accounts, and based on the amazing amateur video we have been seeing. security forces were out enforce and

so joining me now to talk about it as i said is detroit -- is an investigative reporter from detroit. his name is scott lewis. he's from our affiliate wxyz. what in the world is going on? >> reporter: this has been a tough week in detroit. this is the second. unfortunately the other one from a suburb called livonia who was investigating a burkley last week was shot and killed. now we have -- i can confirm not three but four officers injured in the shooting at a police district on the northwest side of detroit. it happened around 4:30 today. >> four officers. describe what happened. i know you're getting reports there. this gunman walked into the precinct, and what happened? >> reporter: what we have in the northwest district. there's no bulletproof glass. you vuft have police officers sitting behind desks. around 4:30 today the man walked into the district. he looked to the police like he was a citizen coming in for some kind of help. my information is that he walked by the police desk, raise add shot gun, fired a shot at a female sergeant, hitting her in the chest. fortunately she ha

but when you look at crisis facing detroit, there is not one single chain grocery store in detroit, drewry store. i went into one. they had a tiny section of fresh fruits and vegetables. the rest was all packaged, processed food. saw new in the piece how who was interested find to find anything healthy. it is truly a crisis. and until you go and see it for yourself, you don't really see the extent how bad it is, drew. >> i've been there too, poppy and i have noticed the very thing you have pointed out. but i'm just wondering, you're a money person. isn't there a supply/demand thing here? >> sure. >> is the demand just not there? it seems like someone could come in and sell fruit and make a killing. >> very good point. there have been meetings in the city of detroit, they would love to bring a chain there. the question is, you have a very high unemployment rate, one of the highest in the country. do people have money to buy the fresh fruit and vegetables? from the people we spoke with outside the convenience stores, they want access to it. you look at eastern market, a place where people

. >>> saving detroit one song at a time. detroit's bad boy kid rock becomes the voice of the struggling city. >>> good evening to you. i'm brianna keilar in tonight for don lemon. our top story, a state of emergency declared in california as wildfires force thousands from their homes. so far three people have ignored those orders and suffered severe burns as a consequence. the growing wildfires now threatening more homes. and we're joined from flint ridge, california, with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, just over my shoulder here on this hillside, you can see one of the latest thrusts of this fire. you can see that line just moving down that hillside. just below it, another neighborhood here is on alert. concern about this fire moving down. but if we pan over, i'm going to show you where this fire raced through overnight. take a look at this hillside. you can see that it's completely charred. within about 23 hours, this fire more than quadrupled in size. overnight it burned right up to the edges of these

this is the detroit system for the free press and joins us from detroit. are parents encouraged or afraid of the possibilities of absolving the school board and possibly the mayor appointing a school superintendent? >> right now that is a huge issue. parents are really kind of divided about it. there a lot of people who remember 1999 to 2005 when there was a controlled district here in the city where the state took away the board and that left the school district in a huge budget deficit. $200 million budget hole. so they are really divided, but what's going with a $335 million dollar deficit projected for the end of this year, parents know that 40 schools will be closed and the district is saying we don't have a choice. we don't have the money. >>s are there is no choice but to close the schools. what about parents and students? what are they saying? >> parents are saying if you close my school, i will go somewhere else. >> where would they go? >> if we go back 10 years, detroit public schools had 175,000 students. 260 schools. fast forward now. u.s. educ

george howell in detroit. also, in detroit, the season finale of "parts unknown."er anthony's visit to detroit, he'll host a live, one-hour post-season show called "last bite" from las vegas at 10:00 p.m. tonight. >>> we have much more in "the newsroom" and it all begins right now. >> looking at the top stories we're following this hour, see the horrible conditions on the ground and find out why the government response hasn't been faster. >>> the lineman accused of bullying, hear what rich incog knee tee has to say. and a bizarre bet between husband and wife. the loser gets shocked by stun gun. the winner? goes to jail. around this breaking news right now concerning that typhoon,

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sorry, i'm a detroit tigers fan.ice spaces has rooftop bars that overlook the tigers stadium. you can go look at different office environments. the hottest spaces are around the corner in detroit. >> awesome. thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> you are welcome. let's go to the white house. president obama began speaking. he is speaking with millionaires and their families to push the buffett rule. >> we can settle on an economy where a shrinking number of people do well or reward hard work and responsibility. an economy where everybody has a fair shot. erveds is doing their fair share. everybody is playing by the same set of rules. the people who joined me here today are extremely successful. they created jobs, opportunity for thousands of americans. they are rightly proud of their success. they love the country that made their success possible. most importantly, they want to make sure the next generation, people coming up behind them have the same opportunities they had. they unde

" and in detroit mark wolf. tom i want to start with you, the reason we're doing the story is because the state of michigan says detroit is on the verge of collapse. help us understand what's happening now. >> what's happened over the years is the city's lost two-thirds of its population and a lot of it's text based and it's put off the day of reckoning by continuing to borrow to pay obligations that it's promised over the years and finally the day of roeckoning hs come, liabilities up to 14 billion. there's no credible plan for how to pay that in the future and eventually nobody will lend the city any money anymore, and they will come after the assets as collateral. >> the state of michigan, it's unlikely to bail out the city of detroit, even though detroit was once a major metropolis of the state of michigan and it's unlikely detroit is going to expand its tax base. it's not like they can collect any more taxes. am i saying that right? >> that's exactly it right. the state has limited amount of money, they can

this is something detroit has to work out? >> detroit has serious challenges.to have to work -- >> kind of moral support. >> -- it out with their creditors. >> poppy harlow has been covering what's been going down in detroit. how would you characterize this? is this normal channels for the federal government or is it a bailout that might get bigger over time? >> good morning, carol. no, i want to make very clear here this is not a bailout. this is not going to be a bailout. i would call this like an emergency band-aid for detroit for the services it needed most. i'm told by the emergency managers office in detroit that they were told unequivocally by the white house in april you're not getting a bailout. politically we can't get the votes and every other city in need would come to us for a bailout if you got one. let's look at what detroit is getting this morning, about $300 billion in federal grant money, $150 million to go fix what you're seeing on your screen which are those blighted properties, abandoned homes. 70,000 of them in detroit. they will try to cl

detroit is on the same trajectory and worse than new york and i think that the fact that detroit has a unique characteristics of the highest population and the fact that detroit is socially disadvantage also puts us in a unique situation. >> what is your sense of where we are today, the governor is trying to get what we need here when it comes to ventilators and masks and protective equipment. the destrtroit area is in bette shape now? are you still in a dire situation? >> we are still in a dire situation. we need more and more resources. i do hear more resources coming our way. we are still struggling. michigan is struggling and both with more resources and staffing. >> what is the biggest surprise for you as you look at the case data, as we try to learn for your study of what you can get paper if you would, from china or south italy and from new york. now you have real-life experience and in the state of michigan. what will are you learning of covid-19 that most surprises you? >> the most important thing in detroit is the growth rate is very high and the number of new cases. the nu

he is moved to a federal prison outside detroit. tighter security mshls mean long lines at airports today. passengers report pat downs, seat restrictions and restroom checks if you take too long. officials say air marshals have been called in from vacation and questions. the obama administration is digging into the security breakdown. republicans are demanding to know why the suspect's u.s. visa was not revoked after red flags were raised. there you have it a. bit of a snapshot of the attempted terror attack. let's get details with cnn homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve. jeanne, we are hearing from the suspect's family this morning in eye jeer yeah. >> reporter: umar farouk abdulmutallab's family will cooperate with the probe and his father reached out to authorities for the alarm bells of the radicalization. the family says in a statement the father reported the mat tore the nigerian security agencies about two months ago and to some foreign security agencies about a month and a half ago. today, homeland security secret

to detroit. northwest flight 253. it is a nine-hour right? to detroit. about 12:30 christmas day, just 20 minutes from detroit from landing, the suspect allegedly lit a substance in his lap. passengers and crew put out a small fire and then subdued this guy, and the plane landed safely in detroit at 12:51 p.m. again, nobody really hurt. minor injuries except for the suspect, who is now in hospital. and federal authorities are already moving forward on the criminal charges as martin savidge was reporting. cnn's homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve joins us from washington. i know, jeanne, you have delved into this rather brief charging paper that we have. but there is some information in there about the chemical that they believe was used or initial indicator for. what else are we learning about, not only the device, but what happened aboard that plane? >> first, the charges against umar farouk abdulmutallab, he is charged in this federal complaint today with attempting to destroy a nort

to pay down detroit's debt., detroit's emergency manager kevin orr asked the museum for an inventory to appraise its 60,000 pieces. >> they basically let us know that the collection was not off the table. >> reporter: what makes detroit unique is that the city actually owns all of the art here. making it vulnerable for sale. in most cities, a nonprofit owns the art. in a statement, orr insists there is no plan on the table to sell any asset of the city. but says it is possible that the city's creditors could demand the city use its assets to settle its debts. that's if detroit files for bankruptcy. what did you think when you heard that this was under consideration? >> he has got to look at what assets detroit has, what they are worth, and whether they should be sold. >> reporter: would it be irresponsible for him not to do this? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the possibility of selling off beloved masterpieces is sparking heated debate. >> i cannot even imagine this not being here. >> it is one of the things that

this is the line at detroit airport today and it is not just detroit. travelers around the world are feeling the security crackdown. across the nation today, the tsa tightened up its focus on airline safety. our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve has that report. >> reporter: security was up at airports across the country, and the effect was obvious. longer lines at checkpoints. >> we were pretty sure that security would be highly increased so we came early, we brought food, in case we got -- and they'll make us through it out. >> reporter: the transportation security administration says for now there are no new restriction on travelers. a single carry-on bag is permitted, as are three ounce liquid containers placed in a one quart plastic bag. but screeners were clearly increasing scrutiny of passengers and what they're carrying. >> a young lady with her child, they x-rayed the milk i don't know how many times and they took the milk out and sampled each and every bottle of the milk. i've never seen that before. >> reporter: a tsa official sa

you might recall the detroit windsor tunnel connects detroit windsor canada. threat that is taking place right now. take a look at the google map, and locate where it is. approximately 27,000 to 29,000 vehicles actually pass through this tunnel on a daily basis. so this is a big deal here. handles almost 9 million cars throughout the year. we are talking about mostly overwhelmingly cars, but trucks as well. it is one of two major thoroughfares between detroit and windsor and it is right now closed because of a bomb threat. we're going to try to get more information, but we're just taking a look at these live pictures. you can see some of the vehicles that have gathered there. those are, looks like police vehicles. right now, it is closed to traffic, and a tremendous amount of traffic that goes through that tunnel. but it is now at a standstill. that is because of a bomb threat. as soon as we have more information, we're going to go back to that picture and back to the ground. >>> we also want to show you a little bit of our favorite video of the day. a south c

that's where he boarded that plane to detroit, michigan.e are told that there was a secondary screening before he boarded the plane. it is not clear why authorities did not pick up the materials which he had apparently on his person. now, he was sitting in the 19th row of this airplane. that is relatively close to the front of the plane. he was in row 19a sit big a window. he chose to detonate that device just miles from this airport. he did it apparently on his lap. that is where he received the most severe burns. passengers heard a pop. they then saw smoke billowing. another passenger pounced on him. again, why he chose that seat also under investigation. was he told to sit in that area of the plane. again, that all comes down to who he met, who he saw. we do know that his apartment in london is being searched at this hour. again, authorities both here and overseas working very aggressively to get as much information as they possibly can, most specifically how did he get that material on board not one but two planes. brooke? >> all right,

about detroit from what i understand.rt of rallied the chicago troops to pick on detroit a little bit. we're going to have to talk about that. >> my question here, though is, how much more can this concert promoter sell? can he sell any more tickets after last night's terrible review? tonight you said it's better, but it's not great. how much longer can this go on? >> right, well, i thought that if he bombed again tonight like he did last night, i don't think he would have made it through the weekend, basically. i think he probably would have cancelled it. now you're going to get mixed reviews and the charlie sheen fans, there's a bunch of them. there's the "two and a half men" fans, there's the people that like this train wreck atmosphere we've been seeing. last night in detroit, i think we looked at the car wreck a little too closely, had to turn away or run away booing. i don't know, it's sort of up in the air, but that's his whole thing, though. the unpredictability is what got us to detroit to begin with. who knows w

i'm joined from detroit by the detroit free press education writer, chastity. thank you for joining us. you know much more about this situation than we do. so give me a characterization of what's going on. is this because there isn't enough money to keep these schools open? is it because of performance? is it because there's too many schools for too few students? what's the situation in detroit? >> well, the situation is there are too many schools for few too students. competition with charter schools, primarily competition with charter schools, has been the reason why the school district has lost so many students. just five years ago the school district had started closing schools. and 100 schools have been closed since 2005. and you add 45 to that, this is going to be the first major city to close more than half of its schools in just five years. so charter school competition is the major reason, and then there are some school districts in the suburbs that are starting to say, hey, we need students, we need money so they're accepting students from detroit as

it was going from amsterdam here to detroit. the plane was on final approach. then all of a sudden it appears that mr. abdulmutallab set off some explosive device. we are hearing from sources it was a combination of powder and liquid he mixed together and as a result the chemical reaction triggered an explosion and fire. that triggered chaos on the plane. fortunately though, it did not explode as big as it was expected on his part. and he was quickly subdued by passengers. one of which was jasper schuringa. he talked exclusively to cnn. here is some of what he said. >> i was on the right side of the plane. suspect was on a left side there. were quite some seats in between. when i saw that suspect, he was getting on fire, and i freaked, of course. without any agitation i jumped over all the seats and jumped to the suspect. because i was thinking he's trying to blow up the plane. so i was trying to search his body for any explosives. then i took some kind of object that was already melting and smoking out of him. i tried to put out the fire. then when i did that,

in detroit, thousands suddenly out of work. in michigan as a whole, 24%. 24% of the state labor force has applied for unemployment benefits in these past five weeks. cnn correspondent omar jimenez is in detroit with that story. omar, you've been talking to small business owners and workers. what are you hearing? i'm guessing it's not good. >> reporter: yeah, it's not great, john, but one thing i have heard from the many businesses and people i've spoken to here is they've been through a lot in the past decade and a half, and one thing they say they know how to do is survive, especially as the pandemic has had a huge impact on the economic way of life here from layoffs to newly uncertain futures for businesses. quiet downtown streets, economies grinding to a halt. all too common sights across america amid the coronavirus pandemic, and detroit is no different. the planning for a place like this takes years, and then here you are, weeks away from opening. >> yeah. we would have been ready to go at the end of march. >> reporter: no

and detroit news came without this article last week saying almost half of property owners in detroity tax bills. so when you don't have enough taxes coming in and enough revenue, basically people paying their taxes you have a problem like this. he's a very decisive man making a bold step here and we hope it turns things around for detroit. >> it is grate cia great city, harlow, thanks so much. best wishes as we go forward looking at the city of detroit. >>> up next, the hot topics face-off. the panel weighing in on a tv station airing the final hours of death row inmates before they were executed. plus, a developer creating a program that sends your tweets after you die. and sex education in kindergarten? good idea? my panelists revealed next. [ tylenol bottle ] nyquil what are you doing? [ nyquil bottle ] just reading your label. wait...you relieve nasal congestion? sure don't you? [ nyquil bottle ] dude! [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil® cold and flu doesn't. >>> welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. outrage, controversy, talk

detroit is a great city.the sense that there will be a comeback and the comeback will be breathtaking. >> poppy harlow joining us from new york. poppy, first of all, kudos to you for all the time you spend in detroit and reporting from there. >> it's my second home. look, i think detroit has been ignored. i think people need to pay more attention to how do you fix detroit? so we like to go back there. >> look, you showed us two possible solutions to this crisis. maybe give us some real sense of how serious a problem this is. >> it's a huge problem. i sort of found out about this a year ago, and i was trying to find the right time to do this story, and it was perfect for etocracy week. but the problem is massive. in detroit they have a 50% higher obesity rate than the rest of the country, a 70% higher diabetes rate in the country. they are more likely to get seriously ill or even die prematurely because of their lack of access to healthy food. you saw in just part of our hunt, we spent hours looking for health

is detroit trying to turn things around?year is upon us. >> they hired an emergency financial manager to cut costs and he doesn't have to answer to the school board and doesn't have to answer to anyone. his name is robert bob. you see him right there. what he has done, closed 29 schools in detroit since he took that position and plans to shut more. he's laid off more than 2,400 people, that, of course, includes teachers and he is the one exploring this bankruptcy option for the school system and his office told us today, no decision made on that yet. we'll see what happens come september, but like gm and chrysler, what a bankruptcy would do is allow the school system to renegotiate its debt and tear up the expensive union contracts and give the system a fresh start. we want to know what you think. this has never happened in the history of this country. should detroit public schools file for bankruptcy? quickly, heidi, one person said they think the whole u.s. government should file for chapter 11. let us know what you think.

this is coming out of detroit.t least three officers were gunned down today inside a precinct on the west side of that city. that's according to our affiliate, our detroit affiliate which report a gunman walked into the precinct and just opened fire. the officers were taken to the hospital. their conditions again not known. police say the gunman is dead. we'll bring you more information on this story as it becomes available to us. we're also awaiting a press conference there in detroit at any moment. >>> a nationwide manhunt is over for a kidnapping suspect. the fbi in bridgeport, connecticut, says ann pettway turned hurst in this morning and faces federal kidnapping charges. she faces charging for kidnapping an infant allegedly raising the girl as her own daughter. that girl carlina white disco r discovered her true identity and was reunite last week with her biological mother. >>> egyptian officials now say they know who was behind this attack at a christian church new year's day that left 23 people dead. a pales

as clint eastwood said, detroit is showing us it can be done. so the "talk back" question -- have you changed your mind about the auto industry bailout? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> all right. thank you. >>> here's a rundown of some of the stories we are covering. first, we're expecting a ruling soon on california's same-sex marriage ban. and this -- >> reporter: here's one of the problems with trying to completely eradicate the python. you probably don't even know is. it's right here, a six footer. >> wow. these exotic pets are killing off entire species in south florida. we'll find out why it is so hard to stop them. >>> then, the giants of the super bowl get a massive welcome home in new york. my name is robin. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mo

the struggle happened shortly before flight 253 lands eed detroit yesterday. abdulmutallab is the son of a nigerian banker. he's being questioned by the fbi, and one official says he's actually talking a lot. sources say his name was placed on a general watch list a few weeks back but he wasn't considered enough of a risk to warrant revoking his u.s. visa. >>> let's check in again with our jeanne meserve in washington. jeanne, you heard and learned a lot today, everything from the charges involved to now the components or chemicals or things that were located as it pertains to this investigation. >> that's right, a federal, criminal complaint has now been filed against umar farouk abdulmutallab charging him with attempting to destroy this northwest airlines plane and with placing a destructive device on the aircraft. according to an affidavit filed in connection with these charges, a preliminary fbi analysis of the device strapped to his body showed that it was petn, which was a high-caliber explosive. in addition, the affidavit says they found the remnants of

a second security scare on board a detroit-bound northwest airlines jet in three days. tonight the passenger was released from the custody of the u.s. customs and border patrol and the joint terrorism task force. cnn's martin savidge puts it all together. >> reporter: two days after a terror suspect attempted to set off an explosive device on board a northwest airlines flight from amsterdam to detroit, sunday the pilots of the same flight approaching the motor city radioed in, requesting emergency assistance. but unlike christmas day, this time the danger was minimal. initially said to be an unruly passenger acting suspiciously, pacing the aisles, spending long periods in the bathroom and being verbally combative with the crew. the plane land safely and taxied to a remote area of the detroit airport, where it was surrounded by emergency vehicles. at one point passengers' luggage was lined up on the taxiway to be checked by bomb-sniffing dogs. several hours later authorities said the passenger was not a safety risk but instead had simply been ill. >> about an hour before

and he also played a song for me in detroit. of your own songs, and instead he did a cover, he did "blue suede shoes." he's a very interesting, sort of ghost-like figure, but you can get his album on itunes now and they rereleased it with the film. hopefully he gets some of that fame and some of that fortune. >> "sugaring for sugarman," adding to it my netflix queue today. poppy harlow, great story. >>> when it comes to the tax debate, democrats insist that mitt romney should turn over many, many years of his returns. but today the republican fought back and made a rare admission. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ [ acou[ barks ]ar: slow ] ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] beneful playful life is made wit

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