russia. the lead starts right now. cnn on the front lines where ukraine s fight for freedom is in the trenches. the u.s. cia director was there before a critical meeting of nato allies. why he thinks instability in moscow is creating a unique moment. then, a holiday block party in bullet turns tragic. now the hunt for shooters who opened fire killing two injuring nearly 30 others including teens. the mayor s urgent plea for lawmakers nationwide to do more. plus, can cows help curb the climate crisis? you might have heard their possible gas problems, but there time cattle may be eating their way to a solution. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our world leader. multiple russian attack drones hit apartment buildings and an administrative center in the northeast of sumi, two people were killed, and 19 were hurt including a 5-year-old. as ukraine presses on tur counteroffensive, they ve gotten more territory from russia in the last
the ron desantis super pac, i believe in being blunt and honest. it s an uphill battle, but clearly donald trump is the runaway frontrunner. a description not just at the national polls, he said in this twitter spaces event they were double digits behind in the key battleground, early battleground states in the primary. what does that tell you that he s willing to be that blunt? it tells me he s trying to get a message to the desantis campaign. it s a super pac, and they re be technically supposed to speak, they re not legally supposed to speak. and so in my experience, i don t know about you all, in covering the campaigns when the super pac is very large, it has a lot of money and has a lot of power that they re supposed to wield, they send up flaires publicly. that looks like a giant flare coming from the desantis super pac. so interesting. you also spoke, dana, today actually with the president of the anti-abortion group susan b. anthony list. i want to play here what she
young kids lean towards the democrats to begin with. it signals a real red flag i think come november. when you have reverent al sharpton saying that african american communities are not siding with woke democrats. when you have analysts saying that the woke culture war is not working for democrats, period, the end, that is a giant flare for politics across the country, especially in purple states. martha: they drop the defund the police thing like a hot potato. i just watched the president. he was talking about how much they want to give more money to police and more money for protection and so we re just seeing a big turn on that. on all of those issues. we ll see. bret, good to have you in new york. great to be here. we did pictures for future election coverage. it s coming. martha: we look forward to seeing you more. thanks, karl. carl is in texas. great to see you.
A Giant Flare Detected From a Powerful Neutron Star 11.4 Million Light Years Away Published January 14th, 2021 - 08:24 GMT
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This is the highest burst to be detected since 2008 by NASA satellites
A giant flare that swept through the solar system in April sent scientists on investigation deep into space to uncover the high-energy burst s origin – and the hunt is finally over.
A group of researchers led by the University of Johannesburg revealed the explosion, dubbed GRB 200415A, was released from a magnetar a neutron star with a strong magnetic field – located in a spiral galaxy 11.4 million light-years away.
The elusive visitor flew past Mars in the early hours of April 15 which was picked up by a number of satellites, including the International Space Station, sparking the search outside of the Milky Way and to the distant galaxy NGC 253.
for a limited time money saving offer and for terms and conditions. here s some stories that will be happening later today. 1:45 this afternoon, president obama will sign a bill naming the new federal courthouse for judge john roll, the judge killed last month in the shooting that wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords, and later this morning, bill cosby will be honored as an honorary chief petty officer. he served as a navy corpsman from 1956 to 1960. a giant flare like this one will head toward the united states. it could affect gps and telecom