To resign due to the scandal surrounding his hospitalization, his press secretary announced. At the same time, the department could not give the exact date of discharge of its head. A few days ago, loit austin was admitted to the hospital with complications after surgery. According to media reports, information about this was classified. Even his right hand deputy minister Kathleen Hicks found out about this only after she had already been acting as her boss for 2 days. However, how she managed this is also a big question, since she was on vacation these days. The us president and secretary of state were also unaware that the head of the Defense Department had been out of business for some time; the lack of transparency caused a scandal in political circles. Germany is on the barricades; farmers across the country are on strike, demanding the return of diesel fuel subsidies and tax breaks. Government before the holidays, i decided to replenish the treasury by canceling these benefits,
the first day back to school after the holidays turns deadly in iowa. the new details about the guns and the shooter s social media posts. this strikes at the heart of everything that we hold dear. norah: the major winter storm barreling towards the northeast, bringing heavy snow, ice, and wind. once it gets to the eastern seaboard, that s when things get really tricky, right, who gets the snow and who doesn t? norah: the new concerns about judge safety after that attack in a nevada court room. we are still definitely in survival mode. norah: eye on america. snow crab season is canceled in alaska for a second year in a row. why it has fishermen on edge. we are a dying breed. if we keep going the way we are going, there is not going to be any of us left. norah: and the new coins honoring the legacy of harriet tubman. good evening to our viewers in the west. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this thursday night. there is breaking ne
developments this morning following the military s shootdown of the suspected chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi analyzing the pieces of the balloon as china sends a warning to the white house. our team is covering this story from multiple angels. plus, new details on that train derailment that sparked a massive fire in eastern ohio. officials now saying train cars contained hazardous materials. the latest on that cleanup effort. and the fbi offering a $25,000 reward for information about the attacks on two power substations. why officials say these stations are increasingly being targeted by extremist groups. and could artificial intelligence soon put us all out of work? you may want to polish your resumé. it s all ahead on cnn this morning. we are starting another week and we are grateful to have you. it is sunday, february 5th. thanks so much for waking up with us. amara, i don t think as much attention has been paid to a balloon since tha
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we are following breaking news at this hour. the president declaring moments ago that he ordered the pentagon to shoot down the chinese spy balloon as soon as possible. the u.s. is in a recovery effort after a u.s. fighter jet launched a precision strike on the chinese spy balloon. it came after days of watching it float from montana, to missouri to the carolinas. here is another video of that strike. this is a tense moment in u.s./china relations. the world will be watching in the hours and days ahead. let s get straight to cnn s oren liebermann at the pentagon. oren, what more are you learning? i understand you were listening to officials explain how all of this went down. what can you tell us? it started on wednesday when president joe biden gave the authorization to shoot down the chinese balloo n as soon as possible. there were tankers and others to shoot this down. it was an f-22 that fired an a 9 side wind er. the ai
and at the brit awards in london as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners, with four awards including bagging album of the year. hello and welcome. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. now rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey, including reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. more than 100 people have been detained across the ten provinces affected by the quakes, with thejustice ministry ordering officials to set up so called earthquake crimes investigations units . 0ur correspondent nick beake is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old g