top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and two o clock in the morning in turkey where officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors have come to an end two weeks on from the earthquake that devastated the south of turkey and north west of syria. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 47 thousand people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks across both countries. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, surveyed the damage in hard hit hatay province as he toured the region by helicopter. he s expected to hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. with clean up efforts getting underway in turkey anger is building in some of the worst affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people are sti
he was released from a county jail on bail last night. but i m sure his lawyers are going to have a lot of questions because clearly, he had a constitutional right to be there to report the story. of course, waiting for more details in terms of what happened here. i just wonder, at no point in this time line did no one say this seems excessive standing there reporting and i was watching newsnation at the time. he was in the middle of a report and said we ve just been asked to stop reporting and i m stopping and then this happens. again, from what we could hear he was just being told he was being too loud. yeah. jason, thank you. it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m bianna golodryga. aim victor blackwell. the chinese spy balloon recovered in the atlantic, these are new pictures handed over by the bureau. officials say understanding its components could be important pieces of evidence for future criminal charges that could be brought. moments ago the s
more than 20,000 20,000 lives lost since monday s horrific earthquake. the lead starts right now. screams of joy amid the horror a mother and daughter found alive. coming up the miracle rescues. cnn is on the ground as crews climb through earthquake rubble in syria and turkey. and president biden takes his state of the union road show to rival rich florida and challenges a republican senator on his clear proposal to sunset all programs including social security and medicare. but first new images from the fbi as investigators begin to analyze that downed chinese spy balloon recovered from the atlantic ocean. and lawmakers begin to learn just how sophisticated the surveillance equipment onboard was. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. and we start with the world lead and new information about the chinese spy balloon shot done. it started analyzing the first pieces of its balloon, and senior officials say those parts could be used as evidence in a future possible crimin
awesome. damian lillard like he does, coming through in the clutch to beat the pacers tyrese halburton. it was extra special for lillard. went to college in utah at weber state, wore his school jersey for the competition. so he was really pleased he was able to come through and win that three-point competition. the all-star game, team lebron versus team giannis. see it all on tnt at 6:00 evening. i m taken by mcclung. the reaction from people was priceless. he looks like somebody i used to kappy off of math class in high school. he doesn t look like a slam dunk champion. incredible. thank you so much. that s what makes it awesome. what are they supposed to look like? the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. former president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his home in georgia. what we know about his condition and what his family is sayi