happy friday, thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we are tracking multiple breaking news stories this friday. in texas, a community flattened by a tornado leaving three people dead and dozens hurt. the town of perrington with over 8,000 people took a direct hit. dozens of homes now wiped off the face of the earth. the trailer park that the tornado first hit, there s probably 25 to 30 of those homes that are completely destroyed. and complicating the rescue and recovery efforts, a brutal heat wave descending upon the lone star state, some areasly c degrees. we re keeping a close eye on the supreme court this morning where at any moment the justices could release decisions on major cases, the fate of affirmative action and student loan forgiveness among them. we ve got a preview straight ahead. and remember this? eight years ago today donald trump announced his campaign for president. lately he s been making m
south carolina. the president just a little while ago says it was always his plan to take it out. we made it clear to china what we were going to do. they understand our position. we will not back off. we did the right thing. has it always been your view to shoot down a chinese spy balloon or only because it became public? oh, no it was always my position. once it came to the united states from canada i told them i wanted to shoot it down as soon as appropriate. they concluded, they concluded we should not shoot it down over land. they are not a serious threat and we should wait. greg: clearly this is his finest moment since corn pop. part of this scooped up and sent over to the fbi for further analysis and despite assuring the american people there was no threat the senior u.s. official says there may have been self detonating explosives off of the vessel. just like jessie s hair appeared republicans are reacting with usual pouncing. the message they were trying to
chinese spy balloon and when they realized they must tell the president about it. this comes as u.s. navy divers and other military personnel are scouring the ocean floor off the coast of myrtle beach, south carolina. and we re getting new video in to cnn. a resident in south carolina shot this and said he believes it could be debris from the balloon. to be clear, cnn cannot independently verify whether or not this is, in fact, debris from that chinese spy balloon. we re reaching out to the navy for comment. in the meantime, republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. cnn s alex marquardt joins us now with more. alex, you re learning more about this timing, when it came down to the decision-making that was taking place inside the biden administration. we heard the president stating to reporters emphatically yesterday that he made this call on wednesday that the balloon be shot down as soon as it was safe to do so. but there s m
timberlake with sunshine in your pocket? rachel: does it make you want to move? will: doesn t add up. pete: no rachel: but the song makes me want to just dance. pete: you wouldn t be dancing up there. will: is that the great ice wall of new hampshire? what is that? rachel: looks like some sort of ice cave or something. pete: i think it s an overlook. i think you can probably hike up there will: it s an observatory pete: and look out. will: it looks like the wall that the keeps the white walkers from coming down into game of thrones area. pete: or that. will: or that. hey, good morning. rachel: our studio down stains feels about down stairs feels about as cold. will: grab a cup of coffee, we re on the fourth hour of fox & friends. pete: fourth hour. will: she s going to pick up at least she s here this hour. pete: she missed the top of the last hour. rachel: i did. [laughter] pete: we started out joking about it will: she was two minutes late are. rachel: you t
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