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maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. "the lead" starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his s...

What stood out to you. >> it was exactly as we anticipated. it was limited. it was specifically targeted. limited to the production of chemical weapons. that went pretty much by the book as anticipated. i think the things that stood out to me, a couple of thing, the variety of locations and the weapons platforms and weapons that were used. i mean, the u.s. threw everything at these three sites. they launched from three different -- from water from three different angles, from the sea, from under...

>> any thing from the pentagon what their response would be? >> in the past the pentagon has always tried to stress the three allies involved here, japan, south korea and the u.s. almost every response has been to make sure to include assets from all three, whether thats fighter escorts, bringing in bombers from guam, flying them right up to north koreas border or in some case having south korea fire rockets the exact -- they fired them in the ocean, but the distance matters and the distance the...

Incredibly isolated. i think that the presidents rhetoric has backed them into a corner diplomatically with china, the main backer. i think genuinely, they believe that a u.s. strike on the and in previous legislations i dont think that they thought that was a possibility. that is good for us and the president. i thought it was interesting that they referenced bombers, me that they think somebody is coming after their nuclear facility, because they could easily say that we are going to target th...

Markets and perhaps ties with turkey, turkish oil market is highly dependent on russia. will suffer because of it. >> reporter: but its his potential military aggression thats scaring leaders from the middle east to washington. putin is moving anti-aircraft missiles what could hit planes over turkey to a base inside syria. experts say putin could bomb the ethnic turks who live inside syria and are allies with the turkish government. a u.s. official tells cnn theres concern tonight for the safety...

There should be a dialogue to make sure that happens. putin used fiery rhetoric. he is going to ensure it doesnt happen again through steam. there are surface-to-air missiles being deployed in the western part of syria near the area where this plane was shot down. he says jets on bombing missions will have fighter escorts as well. so it definitely seems like tensions are rising. but the international community is trying to do what they can to lower them. >> now, ian, we know, obviously, turkey i...

Rebels that are fighting isis, especially in northern and eastern syria. overnight we got word that four c-17 aircraft, u.s. air force, moved into the skies over that area of syria. backed up by fighter escorts in the sky and air dropped 50 tons of ammunition to the rebels in more than 100 pallets hitting the ground. this is ammunition, grenades, small arms types of things that these rebel groups desperately had needed for weeks. they had said they were running out of ammunition. the u.s. was de...

Rescue operations needed. it may be too technical for kids that just want on know when santa will arrive at their house. considering last night the website had 22.3 million visitors from 235 countries all around the world. reaction is widespread. health advocates say this is taking away from the beloved tradition of it all. >> it is inappropriate to have fighter jets either protecting santa or tracking santa. children who want to track santa perhaps this isnt the time in their psyche development...

Maritime units report they are ready to conduct, quote, any gift rescue operationing if necessary and land units to verify that, quote, lode-bearing capacity are rooftops are ready to go. it may all be too technical for kids who just want to know when santas going to arrive. considering last year the web site had 22.3 million visitors, reaction is widespread. child advocates say this is taking away from the beloved tradition of it all. >> kids are so young who are following this that perhaps the...

Foreign minister threatening north korea would launch a -- hydrogen bomb over the pacific. of course we dont know if north korea really has the capability to do that. the but certainly these are very specific threats aimed at the united states, and this was a real show of resolve, not only the farrest north of the dmz. these were also escorted with air force one fighter escorts. so a warning, if you will, to north korea to not even think about launching any nuclear or long range missiles over th...