collecting over his state. james clyburn on the impact this is having on the president s big state of the union speech tomorrow. republican senator tom tillis on bipartisan calls for the administration to get tough on china and fast. it is all straight ahead. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with lucas tomlinson at the white house. hi, lucas. hi, neil. the white house press briefing just wrapped up and karine jean-pierre says things will china will continue to be calm despite u.s. forces shooting down a chinese spy craft. this was not the first brush with the chinese spy craft recently. four months ago, the same type of spy balloon crash landed in the pacific off of the coast of hawaii. mike waltz said the pentagon called them to tell them about other instances recently by these spy craft. what we were told is there were multiple incursions over florida, one over texas and separate reporting that we have not been able to ask about over hawaii and guam. so what we
just ahead on cnn they were buying medicine and they were caught in a confrontation. i would have told him don t go any further. more close calls on the ground and more runway incursions experts say are the result of an overloaded system. and it was just a big shake. they accuse the united states of plotting to create an asia pacific version of nato that could risk a repeat of a crisis breaking out in the region. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, march 7, 9:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. in eastern texas. matamoros, mexico where investigators are working to track down four americans believed to have been kidnapped by a mexican cartels. and two families in south carolina have identified them. a relative contacted the fbi on sunday as soon as she found out the group is missing. they haven t spoken to their loved ones in days and are hoping for the best. felt a little uneasy because i told them i had a dr
by gunman in matamoros was a case of mistaken identity. u.s. official tells cnn a mexican cartel likely mistook the americans for haitian drug smugglers when in fact they were tourists there for medical procedures. at least three of the victims were from lake city, south carolina. the mother of one says there is not much to to ndo now but pray wait. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages. but however, no news is good news. that is the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. reporter joining me live from bogota. what are the governments doing to get the americans back? reporter: the authorities are conducting search and rescue operations across the border area in particular in matamoros. and you can see from the images that yesterday there was increased police presence especially from federal mexican police. and at the same time the fbi is conducting their investigation on the northern side of the border. and they visited the hotel
just ahead here on cnn newsroom. republican and nikki haley begins her run for for confidene the tests, politicians over 75 years old. could she be targeting president biden? or donald trump? our political analyst weighs in. plus, anger in eastern ohio as residents wonder if this small town is safe after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed. and, later, survivors still being found under the rubble more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. but first, we begin with new developments in the investigation into former president donald trump s role in seeking to overturn a 2020 election. cnn has now learned a special counsel has subpoenaed trump s former chief of staff mark meadows, who was witness to trump s actions during the insurrection at the u.s. capitol. cnn s evan perez has more details now from washington. donald trump s former chief of staff
joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom they screwed up our town, they will fix it. it has been two weeks now and we have no plans of going back to our house. xw a key witness to a lot of the things donald trump was doing. if jack smith wants mark meadows testimony, jack smith will get mark meadows testimony. they have just unloaded the tents here. they is one of the hardest hit areas in the quake zone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is february 16, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in east palestine, ohio where in a few hours the air will be tested. this was the scene three days after the train derailed. federal investigators are reviewing numerous videos and data from the so-called black box and despite ohio s governor saying it is safe to return home, many residents have evacuated their homes and businesses out of concern for their safety from the toxic chemic