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i'm alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. we just heard the kind of conversations that a lot of us are having at our own dinner tables. bill maher talk to jake tapper about politics and race and cancel culture and wokeness. >> how do you define wokeness? because i hear people use the term all the time. and it means something different to everybody. >> well, again, i think it's this collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism, but very often undoing it. i mean, five years ago, abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. [laughter] now th...

airlines 777 jet crossed a runway as a smaller cargo plane was landing. and then days before that, an american airlines flight at jfk crossed in front of a delta plane trying to take off. and then there is the near miss in austin, where a fedex plane almost landed on top of a southwest flight. i want to bring in our aviation expert david soucie, who has tried to make me feel better about these things. but david, i'm starting to think these are not all anomalies. it's going to feel like there's one of these a week that we report on. >> it seems like they are a lot more often. and that...

>> i'm buckling up more on flights before. >> you didn't buckle up? >> always. >> tighter. >> on a flight. >> yeah. well, you know, i mean, this is a big problem. good morning, everyone. welcome to "cnn this morning." we have to talk about another alarming close call at one of america's biggest airports between a private jet and a jetblue flight coming in for a landing. that makes five close calls in just two months. that's way too many. i don't think it's normal. we're going to check. the faa have a serious problem on their hands? we'll break it down. also to chicago and the mayor...

♪ very good wednesday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country's most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political -- >> sorry, go ahead. >> it's all yours. >> plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot...

attorney general wants tech giants to flag you. "the lead" starts right now. attorney general merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today from classified documents to abortion rights, fentanyl to rising crime. the wide-ranging topics have put garland on the spot. and five close calls in 2023 and it's only march 1st. the latest, a private plane came 565 feet from a jetblue flight loaded with passengers at boston logan. are these frightening encounters happening more often or just being reported more often? plus, protests turning violent. the faceoff between police and anti-net...