good morning. well ccome to cnn this morning and president obama orders the military to shoot down an unidentified object off the coast of alaska. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the key 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 loss after days trapped under the rubble, a teenager found alive. some incredible footage to share with you. pollus memphis prosecutors y they are now looking at every case involving the now fired officers charged in the beating of tyre nichols. as we learn new details about the officers involved. plus the end is in sight, the biden administration preparing to officially end the nation s covid-19 public health emergency. what is going to change and what will not, ahead on cnn this morning. it is the weekend. and we re together. somebody made a mistake putting us
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. no now to turkey where the death toll from the earthquake has hit 25,000. time is running out to find other survivors. one senior u.n. official warns they are approaching the end of the search and rescue window. many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one in turkey. most of the survivors are left with nothing. cnn s nick payton walsh looks a some of the amazing rescue stories. reporter: increased desperation, cold, a lack of shelter, a government desperately doing all it can that simply can t be enough given the millions affected. amid all of that horror are moments of joy and relief. a 70-year-old woman pulled after 121 hours under the rubble just in the last hours and three brothers also pulled out after 120 hours. we saw ourselves another rescue in the heavily hit key city of millions after 109 hours. here s our report. over 100 hours after the worst quake in nearly 100 y
it has been 108 hours since the quake struck and hope is running out to find any more survivors in the rubble. but we just saw something remarkable just this morning. a family of six rescued in turkey after being buried alive for 102 hours. four children and two parents. they waved as they were brought out on stretchers. we are told they were in the first floor of a collapsed building. this is their son who wasn t inside the home when the quake struck, weeping with joy as he saw them emerge from the wreckage. the reality is that thousands are still missing and many could be dead or dying right now beneath piles of concrete. take a look at these before and after photos of the devastation. this is a mosque, a turkish mosque from the 19th century. it is in ruins. one of many historic sites destroyed by the earthquakes, some of which have stood for centuries. this is near the epicenter of the earthquake. apartment buildings and businesses completely flattened. this is a satel
the funeral of 10-year-old rodriguez her classmates said she was brave and she was grabbing all the other student and telling them to hide before the gunman turned on her. she was so brave and courageous to tell the kids to hide. reporter: a heartbroken community attending five funerals today, four children and one teacher among the 21 killed. it s unclear during what point this video was taken. it was videotaped by a man who told cnn he heard the dispatch from a radio controlled border and customs control vehicle outside the school, adding new concerns about what law enforcement knew during that hour they were still waiting to enter the classroom. one border a patrol agent ran to the school when he heard about shots fired. the kids were jumping out through the window. reporter: at least two children called 911 multiple times begging police to come while the gunman was still inside their classroom. the information is flowing in, why doesn t dps have that informati
a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m isa soares in london. just ahead here is this what we want to protect or are we going to do our jobs and protect our children? the community of uvalde deserves answers. my plan is to address inflation, respect the fed. i think that i was wrong then. there have been up an tis participated and large shocks to the economy. trying to hustle and bustle many streets in shanghai after so long. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. warm welcome to everyone. it is wednesday june 1. and we begin in uvalde where the governor has now declared a state of disaster. a week after 21 innocent lives were cut short in that horrific school shooting. the declaration will accelerate state and local resources to assist of course the devastated community. meantime questions are mounting over the police response to the massacre, but officials say the incident commander duri