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putin. >> well, if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be is that you caused this. look at the mirror. >> back in the u.s., a milestone almost unthinkable just a few years ago. 1 million americans have died of covid. the president ordering flags lowered to half staff in a country changed forever. we are also learning more today about this amazing story involving nerves of steel and an emergency landing soft as a willow. what happened minutes before a passenger h...

Ten days after a supreme court leak stunned the nation, all nine justices meet for the first time. we have those details. and it just gets more miraculous. new details about what happened inside the plane before a passenger with no experience was forced to take control and land it. plus if this is a preview of the coming fire season in california, it is not good. homes swallowed by flames and people nearby forced to leave asap. we have the latest. stay with us. youre in the cnn news room. do...

Whose family did not want him named. the other was hired to guard it. >> my fathers name -- >> reporter: his daughter wanted the world to know his name, and what the russians did to him. both civilians, both unarmed. we know this because the video shows them greeting and getting frisked by the russian soldiers. and then casually walking away. neither seemed to suspect what was about to happen. that is when a member of the civilian fighting force who talked to the men a couple of days before the ...

Surveillance video. i have to warn you, the images are disturbing. cnns sara sidner reports. >> reporter: this is a stark example of a potential war crime perpetrated by russian forces. an example the world has not yet seen. russian soldiers shooting two civilians in the bac cnn obtained the surveillance video taken from this vehicle dealership that sits along the main highway to kyiv. the video is from the beginning as russian tried and failed to shell their way to the capitol. the fight along ...

Thats only the half of it. cnns carlos soares has the rest of the story for us. carlos, what have you learned? >> reporter: ana, good afternoon. so, according to the faa, the pilot told passengers that he felt sick in the minutes before he passed out on the controls after taking off from the bahamas. at that point, the plane descended a bit and then made a sharp turn. now, one of the passengers that was later identified as darren harrison, he was able to regain control of that plane and get on t...

Screwed up as putins if hes got to conduct a military operation. plus he has to go through open ocean. we have to keep our eyes on china, but russia is so incredibly disruptive right now, putin is such a despicable global pariah, the challenge we have is if putin suddenly leaves scene for whatever reason, but if he leaves the scene, is the world suddenly going to embrace russia and say the bad man is gone, lets have this normal relationship with russia? we know that putin is going to be replaced...