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two other developments that we know of according to officials, the pilot had asked for a last-minute change of runway. there are two runways at the pokhara airport and the pilot asked for a change of runway. officials pointed out that there was no distress call when the pilot was talking to the air traffic control. for me, a very, very important and significant part this have was the fact of the impact, christine, that would be a lot worse. it was right next to a lot of homes and eye witnesses have spoken about fire and the explosion they heard. >> chilling to think of. vedica, thank you so much. the faa has launched an investigation to find out why a commercial airliner taxied in front of a jet taking off at new
he allegedly paid. the russian missile that destroyed a nine story building in dnipro carried a one ton warhead, a warhead designed to sink aircraft carriers. the devastating attack killed at least 48 people. dozens missing. claire sebastian has the latest. the u.k. is pledging a new round of military aid to ukraine. >> reporter: yeah. christine, that will for the first time include battle tanks. the u.k. says it's going to send a squadron of 14 challenger 2 tanks. the defense minister saying this will help ukraine alongside artillery and things like that to target russian command from a greater distance to try to help them break through. now clearly ukraine is hoping for more. obviously 14 tanks is not going to win the war on an 800 mile front line. they are increasing pressure on germany.
stain america's global reputation. >> that's your background. with me is the chief u.s. strategist. greg, house democrats want concessions. >> the chances are not zero, christine. this is the first time in decades that this is really a serious threat. i wrote the other day i thought it was 60/40 we'd get a deal but does it really mean there's a 40% chance of default? that's unthinkable. >> it is unthinkable. if you look at the new house republican majority, and the priorities, it wants to use this debt ceiling as leverage. >> sure. then you have to ask everybody, what would you do specifically? would you cut social security? medicare? would you raise taxes? would you cut defense? i mean. >> you have to get to specifics and then it gets much more difficult. >> so remind our viewers what
economists are anticipating economic growth to top 5% this year. christine? >> kristie lu stout, thank you so much for that. thank you. quick hits around the globe right now. some ukrainian troops are in fort sill to train on the new missiles. david keric has pled guilty to unprecedented charges the the police department is investigating 800 officers for sex abuse and domestic abuse. >> reporter: i regret what happened on the 8th. it's unbelievable. >> former president bolsonaro says he regrets what happened on the 8th. that's when his supporters a being at thatted the buildings.
>> so the video shows normal flight, then the plane shaking, people screaming and ends in a fiery scene. cnn has edited the footage so you can't identify anyone and we have cut it off the moment of the crash. we're showing it because it reveals how quickly events unfolded. aviation officials in nepal deny this is from the crash. cnn has corroborated it several ways including geo location, checking the flight request and identifying the passenger who purportedly shot it. the so far 70 bodies have been recovered. we have the information from the search for the last final two victims? >> reporter: christine, it's day three of search operations and officials told us on monday that the chance of any survivors looks very unlikely. now there is a search on for the last two bodies.
germany has the leopard tanks and germany has to grant permission. that will intensify this week when many western countries will be meeting in germany to discuss further military aid to ukraine. when you see the attacks like the one on dnipro which is one of the deadliest for civilians in months, this strengthens the resolve for the allies. the fear as always is that russia will see this as an escalation and that will make things worse in the short term for ukraine. the kremlin has said that the british tanks, quote, will burn like the rest. christine in. >> claire sebastian, thank you so much for that from london this morning. chilling new video has emerged of the final moments before the yeti airlines crash in nepal. we want to warn you, this video is disturbing. >> oh, yeah.
right, christine. i think on both sides there's a sense that they have talking points. the democrats can say oh, the republicans are cruel and heartless. the republicans can say this is illegal and leads to crime. everybody has their sound bites and i think it's in no one's interest to get a deal right now. >> the frustration at the white house we know because inflation seems to be peaking. jobless rate is the 3.5%. job market, there are hopes you might be able to avoid a recession this year or will it just be a mild recession and what could be, you know, white house leaning into all of this, there's this document story. more searches can be conducted at places connected to the president for documents. how damaging is this for the biden presidency and a second biden election? >> it really is, christine. i talked to a lot of people in this town who are stunned by the ineptitude of the white house.
santa, christine. mitch told me the criteria was real beard, real belly, real jolly. you have to have all three of those to be santa. they take it seriously. there's santa training schools, universities, events around the country. they really want to bring the cheer to kids. >> i probably couldn't. my kids were always afraid of the santa. they're like, who is that guy? i don't want to get close. they were always afraid of the santa. something wrong with my kids. coming up, dangerous cold weather sweeping the nation. thousands of flights canceled for holiday travelers and the great gloria estefan and family talking about their new album.
a product on amazon and other sites. knowing the history of a product's price is important because sometimes companies will jack up a price and mark it down and saying you're getting a good sale. we need to be wary of it. there are sales and good sales. consumers need to evaluate that. >> a couple of years of malls being bleak, mall santas are coming back. tell me more about the santa industry. >> mall santas are back. chris cringele is back in stores and malls this year, christine, without restrictions. kids couldn't sit on santa's lap or they had to do it behind plexiglass or do virtual santas, but this year it's back to normal. i spoke with mitch allen who's the founder and head elf of santa staffing agency hire santa. demand is up 20% from a year ago. people want their pre-pandemic experiences. not everybody can be a real
christine in. >> keep us posted. cities across the country are seeing temperatures plunge like never before. in chicago it's not just cold, it's dangerously cold. near 40 below with the wind chill. cnn's omar jimenez is on the ground in the windy and frigid city. >> reporter: it's not just snow, it's wind and cold descending onto the u.s. just days before christmas. over this week more than 80% of the country's population will see at or below freezing temperatures. some places way below like denver where the temperature dropped nearly 40 degrees in just an hour hitting negative 15 by thursday morning. or wyoming where a state trooper took this video, zero visibility and temperatures 60 degrees below zero. elsewhere, parts of the midwest are doing what they can to keep up. part of the biggest concerns in a winter system like this is the