life. reporter: eight people dead and at least seven others wounded after yet another mass shooting on american soil. we have multiple reporter: this time at an outlet mall in allen, texas, saturday about 25 miles north of dallas. the gunshots, it sounded like a war zone. it was horrifying. reporter: investigators say the 33-year-old gunman who was killed at the scene by a police officer may have been driven by right wing extremism a. senior law enforcement source tells cnn there isn t a specific motive they ve identified yet but investigators have uncovered an extensive social media presence. stephen spainhour rushed to the scene. saw a little boy about 4 or 5, he kept saying my mother is hurt. i told him everything was fine, that help was on the way. i checked him for no wounds, but he was caked with blood from head to toe. reporter: greg abbott attended a vigil for the victims said authorities don t yet know enough about the gunman to make determinations.
cnn this morning starts right now. this is the aftermath of what we reported yesterday, our breaking news. good morning. there are countless people still trapped under those piles of rubble and screaming out for help across turkey and syria. the staggering death toll topping 5,000 after the catastrophic earthquake. we ll take you live to the disaster zone and the massive rescue operation under way. and live on capitol hill this morning where tonight president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address since republicans took control of the house. it s a major moment and he will use it to make his sales pitch for the re-election campaign he s expected to launch soon. we ll have a full preview of what to expect in tonight s state of the union. cnn has new and exclusive reporting a chinese spy balloon flew across florida when donald trump was president, but did his administration know? and we ll take you live to ohio for a closer look at the tense an
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states and all around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom, u.s. military taking down another object flying over american waters just days after the downing of the suspected chinese supply balloon. plus george santos claiming he s ard at work despite controversy swirling around hum. what he is or isn t doing on the job. we re one day away from super bowl lvii. we ll take you live for a preview of the big game. a u.s. fight er jet shot an unidentified object out of the sky friday off the coast of alaska on i d s order. there s significant differences between this object and the chinese supply balloon shot down from the atlantic last saturday. the object friday had no surveillance equipment ask steer itself. it was flying 40,000 feet over alaska s northern coast. it posed a threat to civilian aircraft. the debris field has been mapped and officials hope to learn more from the wreckage, but they aren t sure what it is or who
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. and i m amarah walker. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the differences between this object and the chinese balloon that was shot down last week. plus a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the huge loss, under days trapped under the rubble, a teenager is found alive. plus under review, memphis prosecutors say they are now looking at every case involving those now fired officers charged in the beating of the death of tyre nichols as we re learning new dethe tails about the officers involved. and executives at southwest airlines grilled by lawmakers on capitol hill. the changes the airline says it s going to make in the wake of that meltdown, ahead on cnn this morning. . take a deep breath and relax. the weekend is here. it s saturday, february 11th. we appreciate you re waking up with us. and we re together in person. t
hello, everyone. at this hour, enduring hope and continued heartache. more earthquake survivors pulled from the destruction in turkey and syria and at the same time the death toll is soaring. russia firing dozens of missiles across ukraine and escalating the attacks with a new offensive. and former vice president mike pence is facing a decision of what to do about the subpoena from the special counsel investigating the insurrection, and that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. the numbers in turkey and syria are staggering today. nearly 23,000 people h reported killed after that massive earthquake five days on. and time is running out to find the survivors, but still, this morning, incredible stories of hope after a teenaged girl is carried to safety and miraculously still alive after 107 hours under the rubble. another video of a family of six in turkey. six parents and their four children pulled from their home 102 hours a