test. test. test. test. . . . hello and a warm welcome to viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton here on cnn newsroom days after shooting down a suspected chinese spy balloon. u.s. officials currently a second object has been shutdown in alaska grief and devastation in turkey and syria as hopes of finding survivors fade following monday s powerful earthquake, brazilian president sits down for an exclusive interview. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula. for second time less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have taken down an object flying over american air space, i want you to take a look at this, officials say the latest one was shot down friday over frozen water near alaska s northern coast. and that apparently was on the order of president joe biden, smaller and not as well equipped as the chinese surveillance balloon, this object was at an altitude of 40,000 feet. not posed apparently a risk to civil
newsroom and good to have you with us, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto, and soon former vice president pence could be answering questions, because he has been subpoenaed, and what the special council is wanting to learn from him and what it could mean in terms of executive privilege. and plus another major review in tennessee after the death of tyre nichols, and the shelby county district attorney is expected to review all prior cases involving those five officers is charged for their role in nichols death, and what that could mean. and if the death toll continues to rise in turkey and syria and we are hearing of remarkable stories of survival and one girl survived after 107 hours under the rubble, and hope is understandably dimming in hopes of finding survivors as the crews continue their search there. we begin this hour with vice president pence who is under investigation in regard to former president trump, and so, in regard to this subpoena, what does the white hous
let s get straight to our top story. we re just learning right now that a federal court in florida has instructed the u.s. justice department to confer with former president trump about its request to unseal the search warrant and to tell the court by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow if he opposes it. our reporter is working the story for us. kaitlan, what s the latest? reporter: wondelf, we re talg about a court document under seal right now, and the judge has set a deadline of 3:00 p.m. tomorrow to get an answer whether donald trump and his lawyers want this document out there in the public s see. so the justice department requested in court to unseal this document. they want to give the courtesy to trump s team, as you normally would do in court, to get a response. the arguments the justice department is making is that it s in the public interest to put this document out there. and that a lot of it is already been spoken about by trump and his team that a search occurred at mar-a-lago
stands for! plus president biden following through on a core campaign pledge wiping away thousands of dollars in student loan debt. and russia s war on ukraine turns six months old today, still locked in a bloody stalemate. translator: we re holding on for six months. it s difficult for us. we clenched our fists, fighting for our fate. up first, is it momentum or just a moment? democratic lawmakers and strategists hope a win in new york s special election stops a midterm drift 11 weeks before november. the verdict out of hudson valley is that democrat pat ryan will now represent new york s 19th district, that s where president biden won in 2020 by just 1.5 percentage points. democrats see major national political implications in ryan s surprise win because the candidate made abortion the centerpiece of his campaign. the sad truth, mark molinaro and the republicans oppose a woman s right to choose. republicans will allow women and their doctors to be prosecuted for g
he may have tipped his hand here. 60% of the european union is under a drought warning. we are in the heart of it but you can see it s far from extinguished. it s monday, august 15th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington, and 12:30 p.m. in kabul where one year ago today the taliban seized control of the afghan capital. human rights have warned that millions are living under dire conditions. now cnn has obtained a copy of the scathing report on the withdrawal from the republicans. it said that president biden did not portray the events on the ground and failed to put a plan in place. republicans have relied on information from whistle-blowers, people living in kabul since the recall, and fact finding reports since the biden administration did not take part. it described inadequate numbers of u.s. personnel to handle the crowds and part of the planning got started in june and only a quarter of those evacuated were women and girls. over the past year, the