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
he did not do it. day four of the seditious conspiracy trial. trump should have acted, and just manned up to do it, but he didn t. tonight, new evidence of how hard the oath keepers pressed for a coup. congressman jamie raskin, on what it means for the committee s final hearing. then, even new reporting suggesting the justice department thinks donald trump is, still, hiding documents. plus, new reporting that herschel walker urged his ex girlfriend to have a second abortion. joe searcy owning, on the presidents candid remarks about vladimir putin, and nuclear armageddon. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. we begin tonight by setting a scene for you at the e barrett premium federal courthouse in washington d.c.. five members of the right-wing gang, the oath keepers, are currently on trial for seditious conspiracy. in connection with their plot to keep donald trump in pair power with, the 2020 election. we have been bringing you up
good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the horror. ukraine s ministry of defense releasing these jarring and grotesque images. this is before and after. the soldier here is ukrainian. the image on the left is him taken during the siege of the azostal steel plant. that is when they were hunkered down not getting the full food and water that they needed. but there he was fighting. and on the right four months later, that is him now, starved, deformed. it is not even possible to imagine what happened to that man. and yet that picture is the reality. it is how russia is treating human beings. and you can t look the other way when you see that. it comes as putin has taken the war to a whole new level today running a sham election in parts of ukraine that are kind of under russian control. i ll show you the ballot. it reads just one question. the wording varies depending on the region. are you in favor of seceding from ukraine and joining the russian federation? and dow
this is happening as the nation s power grid remains vulnerable and in the crosshairs of domestic extremist groups. some experts say 2023 could be the most catastrophic year when it comes to attacks on the power grid. cnn s john miller explains. reporter: all of a sudden 8:45 about 20 shots fired off right across the street. reporter: december 3rd, someone shot at two power substations in moore county, north carolina. tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left in the dark. got no way to heat because we don t have a fireplace. reporter: it took days to get the lights back on and so far no arrests. the power system is inherently very vulnerable and it may not take all that high-tech an approach to cause physical disruption that could have very large consequences. reporter: 163 reports of suspicious activity. vandalism, sabotage, and physical attacks on power
the hearing on thursday? it was the central culpability of donald trump, is how he began in augusta there. we hope that there is a continuing clear, and president danger, at the democratic institutions, and the right to vote face in america, because of this onslaught, unleashed by donald trump. we have a majority gop candidates across the country, who are now election deniers. that, obviously, poses a serious threat of electoral destabilization, going forward. the heightened threats of galvanized, domestic extremist groups, and the continuing assaults of registering peoples rights to vote, and their rights to votes to counted. people don t come to think of this as a discreet, and passed episode, but a continuing