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#cnn #news Boeing whistleblower, Ed Pierson, tells CNN's Phil Mattingly he is not surprised a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight mid-air and warns that when an issue happens on one plane, "there's a very good chance of it happening on other planes." #cnn #news

CNN correspondent Jeremy Diamond is on the ground with the IDF as it shows off, alleged Hamas tunnels and facilities for manufacturing weapons. #CNN #News

Former President Donald Trump is seeking to have the sweeping criminal conspiracy case against him in Georgia thrown out by arguing he is protected from prosecution under presidential immunity. Conservative lawyer George Conway discusses how his claim may play out in court. #CNN #News

An Alaska Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Oregon after a section of the aircraft blew off during the plane's ascent, according to firsthand accounts and video from passengers. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy joins Poppy Harlow to answer questions about the ongoing investigation. #CNN #News

CNN's Fareed Zakaria details why America is in a better place than most Americans believe. #CNN #News

Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of a section of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage said the lost piece has been found – a key element in the investigation of what happened during the plane’s “explosive decompression.” Complicating the investigation is the loss of critical cockpit audio recordings because of a device setting, said NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy. #CNN #News

Dramatic footage released by the Justice Department shows a tense exchange between two Republican congressman and Capitol rioters. The video was shot by Damon Beckley, who was found guilty of obstructing the electoral college certification and civil disorder by a federal judge. #CNN #News

Just as the first big winter storm of the season is ending, the next one is already on the move and is expected to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions, strong winds, potential tornadoes, and serious flooding as it carves a path from the Southwest to the Northeast through midweek. #CNN #News

President Joe Biden was not aware for days that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Austin was admitted to the hospital on New Year’s Day due to complications from an elective surgery. #CNN #News

CNN's Kaitlan Collins breaks down the ways the National Rifle Association's longtime chief, Wayne LaPierre, influenced Republican politics over his long tenure. #CNN #News

CNN's Kara Scannell breaks down the latest document drop in the Jeffrey Epstein case, which is so far the largest. CNN's Randi Kaye recaps how the case reached this point. #CNN #News

Pam Hemphill, a convicted January 6th participant who served two months in federal prison, gives her reaction to former President Donald Trump firing back at President Joe Biden's campaign speech. #CNN #News

The US economy added 216,000 jobs in December, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released, blowing past expectations and capping off a year of resilience in the labor market. #CNN #News

Donald Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, said on Fox News that she thinks the former president's appeal to the US Supreme Court to overturn his removal from Colorado's 2024 ballot will be a "slam dunk" because Brett Kavanaugh will "step up." #CNN #News

CNN political commentator Van Jones reacts after GOP presidential hopeful and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley spoke about her comments about the Civil War during a CNN town hall. #cnn #townhall

A defendant attacked Judge Mary Kay Holthus in Clark County, Nevada. The court says Judge Holthus experienced some minor injuries and a marshal was taken to a local hospital. The court said they are reviewing security protocols after the incident. CNN reached out to Deobra Redden’s attorney for a statement but did not immediately hear back. #CNN #News

Eric Olson, an attorney representing the plaintiffs who voted to remove Trump from the ballot in Colorado, joins CNN's Kaitlan Collins to provide insight on Trump's recent appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the ruling in Colorado. #CNN #News

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold explains the caveat that the Colorado Supreme Court put into place that allows former President Trump's name to be put back on the ballot for now. #CNN #News

The FBI is investigating a deadly vehicle crash as a New Year's concert was letting out in Rochester, New York. Police say one of the vehicles was filled with at least a dozen gas canisters. #CNN #News

The presidential election is about to become inextricably entangled with Donald Trump’s criminal turmoil as his crushing calendar of legal obligations collides with the race to the Iowa caucuses in two weeks. #CNN #News

At least five people have been killed when a Japan Airlines plane carrying hundreds of passengers collided with another plane and burst into flames at Tokyo's Haneda airport. #CNN #News

Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell, New York Times contributing writer Jane Coaston and National Review contributing editor Reihan Salam join CNN’s Chris Wallace to discuss the 2024 presidential election, including who may be Donald Trump’s biggest threat and what could happen if he is convicted. #CNN #News

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who admitted to helping her boyfriend kill her abusive mother in a case that generated national attention, was released from prison on parole, a Missouri corrections official told CNN. #CNN #News

Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, in a surprising decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban." CNN's Katelyn Polantz reports. #CNN #News

New details provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the chaotic last-minute effort to keep Donald Trump in office. CNN’s Marshall Cohen reports. #CNN #News