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 had no choice but to take controls. let s begin with finland s decision to pursue nato membership. nic, is there any doubt that nato would rush to approve finland s application? they ve already given them a green light, if you will. nato secretary general today said that they will be warmly welcomed. there s been a lot going on behind the scenes in brussels at nato head quarters. a lot of conversations between different nations. and all of it coming to the same point. if finland joins nato whic
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. you re in the cnn news room. don t go away. we ll drive e you happy at carvana. aleve x. itrevolutionary rollerball design delivers fast, porful, long-lasting pain relief. alevit, and see what s possible.
whose family did not want him named. the other was hired to guard it. my father s 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 attack told cnn. he did not want to be identified for security reasons. translator: we came there earlier, warned people to leave that place. we also hoped for the humanity of russian soldiers. but unfortunately, they have no humanity. reporter: you see the two men walking in the shadows toward the camera. behind them, the soldiers they were just talking to emerge. a few more steps, and their
surveillance video. i have to warn you, the images are disturbing. cnn s 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 this road was clearly fierce. but what happened outside this business was not a battle between soldiers or even soldiered and armed civilians. it was a cowardly cold-blooded killing of unarmed men by russian forces. the soldiers show up and again breaking in. inside of a guard shack two ukrainian men prepare to meet them. we track down the men s identities. one is the owner of the business
that s only the half of it. cnn s 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 the radio. now, on wednesday, we spent some time with him, with the air traffic controller, rather, robert morgan, aboard his cessna and he walked us through what he told harrison to do for the flight and the landing. morgan said that he guided harrison some 20 miles offshore south of boca raton airport to palm beach international airport because it had a longer runway. at one point, the two of them switched over to a cell phone because harrison did not know how to change the radio frequency and