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A Southwest Airlines plane is forced to make an emergency landing after the cabin fills with smoke. A bird strike is to blame. Plus: A protest at a construction site in Atlanta turns violent. And: Chris Rock finally speaks out about what happened with him and Will Smith on the Oscars stage. 

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Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering his wife and son. Sentencing is imminent after a jury took just three hours to decide the disgraced South Carolina attorney’s fate. Plus, outrage boils over in a meeting with officials in East Palestine, as families demand to be evacuated or relocated from their own hometown following the toxic train disaster. And, the severe weather threat is not over yet for millions of Americans as tornadoes continue to rip through Texas and Louisiana...

Breaking News: disturbing details about a plot aimed at killing Jewish elected officials in Michigan. Plus, the FBI and TSA intercept a suitcase containing explosives before it is loaded onto a flight. And, the dramatic closing arguments in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial...

The FBI Director publicly confirms the Bureau's assessment that Covid-19 “most likely” leaked from a Chinese lab. Plus, for the first time in more than 30-years, a Chicago sitting mayor has lost re-election in a race that was dominated by rising crime. Is it a warning sign for other big city Democrats? And, a devastating crash near Athens, Greece kills more than 36 people after a passenger train collides head on with a freight train...

Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch testifies in the Dominion Voting Systems Vs. FOX News defamation lawsuit, that some FOX hosts endorsed 2020 election lies. Plus, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona joins to discuss Biden’s student loans relief plan going before the Supreme Court today, with the eyes of 26 million applicants on the outcome of the hearing...

A dangerous winter storm hits Southern California, unleashing tornadoes as it heads East. Meteorologist Chad Myers joins to track the severe weather threat. Plus, there's growing concern that China may be ready to provide weapons to Russia. Could it be a game changer on the battlefields in Ukraine? And, House Republicans plot a probe into the Biden administration's handling of the toxic train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio...

As Ukraine braces for more attacks on the grim anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tells Katilin Collins what he thinks will change the tide on the battlefield. The National Transportation Safety Board says the Ohio toxic train crash was 100% preventable, but that the crew didn’t do anything wrong...

Angry Ohio residents grill officials, including the Norfolk Southern CEO, about the toxic train disaster - but were the answers good enough? The key moments from the fiery CNN Town Hall. Plus, a Spectrum News reporter and a 9-year old girl are among three killed in an Orlando shooting spree. And, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins to talk about how a Webb Space Telescope discovery could upend theories on the origins of galaxies...

The foreperson in the Georgia Trump election probe speaks out about the multiple charges the special grand jury recommended in its report. Plus, President Biden rallies the  “Bucharest 9” leaders at a meeting in Poland, following his stirring speech in support of Ukraine yesterday. And, the majority of companies in the largest four-day workweek trial decide to stick with it...

Putin gives a speech to mark one year of what he calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine, and in a significant move, suspends Russia’s participation in a nuclear pact with the US. Plus, anchor Kaitlin Collins covers President Biden’s speech live in Warsaw following his meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, and interviews its Mayor about the challenges the city faces one-year into the Ukraine war...