congress is back in session. but rather than being in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy is taking his battle to wall street , the list of demands he now has for democrats as the high stakes fight heats up new reporting coming in from the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama, at least four people killed 28. others, many of them teenagers injured. police are now saying about this investigation. moments from now the most powerful rocket ever built is expected to launch into space. the mission eventually take people to mars. these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch and just about 20 minutes, the spacex starship is set to take off the rocket is nearly 400 ft . tall and has 33 engines and this launch will mark spacex s first attempt to launch the fully assembled starship vehicle . after years of testing. it s the first step in elon musk s vision to send humans back to the moon and mars. it s also somethin
failure. epic fireworks show. so anything is possible. exactly how all of this on fold. will be rather dramatic to see here in the coming moment, kate yeah, hearing him say we just want to blow up the launch pad is quite is definitely putting cold water and kind of maybe what to expect today, but we re going to be following it with lavandera is there with us? we re going to be we ve got we ve got the clock counting down. we re going to be there. we re going to follow this all this morning with ed. thank you so much. john new developments this morning and the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party. this happened in dade ville, alabama. four people were killed. dozens more injured. among the dead are the birthday girl s brother false, devious dowdell, a high school senior who had a football scholarship to attend jackson state university in the fall and high school senior kiki smith. she was the student manager of the track team and look forward to attending the university. of alabama. cnn s i