u.s. officials tell cnn the possibility of shooting down the chinese spy balloon has not been ruled out. this as the secretary of state warns beijing that the balloon s brazen flight over the united states is a clear violation and an irresponsible act. also tonight, president biden is out touting a blockbuster jobs report, proving it claims critics of his policies are wrong. we ll break down the political impact for the president just ahead of the state of union address and the expected launch of his re-election campaign. and a life-threatening arctic blast is bearing down right now on the northeast. stand by for an up-to-the-minute forecast on the bitter cold and dangerous winds, putting tens of millions of americans at risk. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the rising tensions right now between the united states and china as that massive spy balloon is still out there
former attorney general eric holder is here on set for sunday exclusive to talk about all of that and more. plus, trump s allies in the house but their sights on discern attorney alvin bragg. i m not freaking about what they re up to. i m gonna explain to you why. meanwhile, at least 26 people are dead after a tornadoes tore through mississippi and alabama. we got a live update on the recovery efforts. and later a conversation with gun safety activists turned congressman, maxwell frost. i asked him about vital records, finding a place to live in washington d.c. in his weekend routine. as his legal problems continue to mount, donald trump held the first major rally of his 2024 campaign last night. in many ways, it was a typical trump speech. maybe a little less energy. with a lots of self promotion, flat out lies in the usual votes of what s that to me was trump s embrace of the insurrection. the rally opened with a somber song recorded by a group of january six defendan
democracy, will all be decided today. the candidates have made their final closing arguments to rally an american public that is at once anxious, angry, and exhausted. are you ready to win this election? i m sick of talking about american decline. i think it s time we started to do something about it. please send me to washington, d.c. we re winning this. we ain t talking about no runoff. we re winning this. i believe in democracy. i certainly believe in a free and fair election. this is a transformative election. it s going to send a loud message to washington. we ve always done democracy better than anywhere else. and we are not going to stop now. y all ready to close this thing out? today we stand united as one voice. and i feel thean a massive vict shocks the world. i m ready for it. are you? well, now it s up to the voters. with millions heading out to cast their ballots today, we re keeping an extraordinarily close eye on the voting process nationwid
the headlines: russia investigates how and what caused the explosion that severely damaged its state of the art and well defended bridge to crimea. officials in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzia, say 17 people have been killed by a russian missile strike on an apartment block. former uk culture secretary, nadine dorries says prime minister liz truss needs to change course if she wants to keep the party together and avoid facing a wipeout at the next general election. police in ireland have named the ten people who died in an explosion at a petrol station in donegal among them a father and his five year old daughter. now on bbc news we are england: the barbershop. a warning this programme details with mental health issues including suicide. when i go and see fabio, at least two or three times a week, i still can t believe that my son is in this mausoleum. ijust remember the policeman calling over my mum and dad and theyjust said the words you just don t want to hear. ijust