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hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. im fredericka witfield. we begin with major developments involving former president trump. trump saying today via social media post that he expects to be arrested on tuesday and is calling for protests. he made the announcement today in a social media post, lashing out at the manhattan district attorneys office, which has invited him to testify before a grand jury. the arrest, if it is to happen, would be part of the d.a.s investigatio...

>>. >> delta 94, cancel takeoff times. tonight, close calls. >> it would have been catastrophic had a collision taken place. >> bird strikes. >> its really hard to know how long we were going to survive trying to breathe in that. >> dangerous turbulence. >> this felt like a roller coaster. it is one of the days you count your blessings. >> unruly passengers. system meltdowns. >> we have been delayed three times. there are no more flights today that would get us there on time. >> amer...

rollercoaster. >> unruly passengers -- >> [bleep] >> get off -- >> system meltdowns -- >> we have been delayed three times, there are no more flights leaving today that would get us there on time. >> americas aviation industry, facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passengers and the future of flying. cnn takes you into the air -- on the runway, and inside the tower to get the answers. flight risk, a cnn primetime special starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> goo...

>> tensions in the skies, a russian fighter jet forcing a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force calling the encounter reckless and unprofessional. its at a potentially dangerous escalation at a crucial time in russias war against ukraine. joining me now from the magic wall is cnn military analyst, retired air force colonel cedric leighton. im so glad youre here to help us unpack. what happened in this moment? now, colonel, officials are saying that this drone was over inter...

>> 1943 cancel takeoff planes. >> reporter: they use radar, communication with pilots and relying on what they can see from the tower, at least when they can see. >> okay. >> reporter: now im stressed. the controller from their vantage point in the tower is not able to see the actual runway environment. fog and low visibility were the conditions in austin, texas, in february. a fedex plane was approaching austins international airport as a southwest plane was taking off from the same runway. wit...

>> [ bleep ]! >> cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. >> rejecting. >> air traffic uses radar, communication with pilots and relying on what they can see from the tower, at least when they can see. >> okay. now im stressed. >> the controller is not able to see the actual runway environment. >> fog and visibility were the conditions in austin, texas in february. a fedex plane was approaching to land as a southwest plane was supposed to have taken off from the same runway. with ...

That will be our first turnoff to the right. >> yank key 6 is the runway we use to exit the runway. telling where to get off the ground is just as important as the commands in the air. >> turn right at yankee 6 or yankee 7. contact ground. >> over to ground. >> bill points out to me how hes using an ipad app to track where we are on the airport grounds. >> how important is being aware of where you are in the airport, especially in a busy airport like dulles here. >> very important. we have airpl...

>> how important is being aware of where you are in the airport, especially a busy airports like dallas here? >> that is absolutely critical. look where we are right here, we have airplanes coming in and coming out of the terminal right there. both directions, all the time. in an airport like this there are multiple different runways aligned with one another. but i feel like if it comes to even more precarious at a airport that it is crisscrossing runways. when things make the news, like runway ...

To see the actual runway environment. >> fog and low visibility worthy where the conditions in austin, texas in february. a fedex plane was approaching the international airport to land as a southwest plane was supposed to have taken off from the same runway. with the weather, it would have been hard to visually confirm. >> maybe by now, that southwest should be off the ground, maybe i should be able to see on my radar. >> southwest aboard -- fedex is on the go. >> at the last minute, fedex pull...