good thursday morning i m erika hill. i m jim sciutto. happening right now, house lawmakers on capitol hill receiving a closed door classified briefing on the chinese surveillance balloon. this as cnn has new reporting on when u.s. officials were first warned about the threat. all of it sparking sharp criticism on defense and intelligence officials who were not aware of the depth of that threat. live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, incredible stories of survival out of turkey, including an infant pulled from the rubble after 58 hours, small signs of hope there. rescue workers among so many things facing freezing temperatures, lack of water and power. the death toll hard to imagine. now surpassing 17,000. cnn is on the scene. back here in the u.s. on the road again today. cue the 2024 election music. president biden headed to florida, where he is expected to drive home his pledge to protect social security and medicare. we have a preview of the trip ahead. we want
bret: but, first, breaking tonight. house republicans are taking a microscope to the hunter biden scandal. the oversight committee grilling former twitter executives today about their censorship of the story in the new york post which many in the g.o.p. contended could have directly affected the 2020 election. the most pointed questions though aimed at the u.s. government influence into the censorship decisions. correspondent david spunt reports tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a fiery hearing lasting the majority of the day. democrats argue there is nothing there but republicans believe something more sinister wer and. and this was the chance for republicans to make the case to the public. we don t know where the fbi ends and twitter begins. emotions running high. we are talking about hunter biden s half fake laptop story. i mean, this is embarrassment. front and center this new york post cover from october
straight after this programme. coming up on this week s show nigeria s looted treasures and the battle to get them back. they will not have any other choice than to release what belongs to us, because the whole world knows they are stolen properties. we get the low down on europe s sleeper trains. the private companies that are now embracing this new passion for sleeper travel are getting people back onto trains and away from short haul budget flights. and we head to south america and what s officially the most electrifying place on earth. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the historic university city of cambridge in the uk. now, it s the beginning of term and students are coming back, and like many generations before them, they ll be benefiting from some of the best educational resources in the world. and that includes valuable treasures looted from afar on colonial expeditions. but we re here because the university has recently announced i
pineapple express, a story of survival. an 81-year-old man trapped for nearly a week in a snowdrift with just croissants and candy has now been rescued. i will speak with his grandson. 30 rounds of russian shelling targets energy facilities and at least seven regions across ukraine, cutting power and killing at least six people. we will have a live report. plus, the skies are getting even more unfriendly why punches flew on this southwest flight. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we rosemary church. thanks for being with us. we begin in california, where the governor just declared a state of emergency in 21 more counties. that s 34 in total, as a new round of storms move in. authorities urge residents to get ready and be prepared for heavy rain and possible flooding over the coming hours. there are currently more than 17 million people under flood alerts across much of central and northern california, as well as parts of nevada. along with the heavy rain, the h
this so-called woke indoctrination agenda. i really take offense to the continued use of wokism referring to the democratic party. john: not just coming from the classroom but also disney. a cartoon under fire for what it s telling kids about race, such as pushing for reparations, not just for slavery in the nation s past, but also what s happening right now and wait until you hear why the show is telling kids that abraham lincoln was no hero. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. hi again, sandra. sandra: a lot of tense moments in that education hearing as democrats suggested parents concerned about woke lessons were worked up about nothing. we ll show you how republicans are responding. john: and the controversial disney cartoon may help prove their point. it s all ahead after a fox news alert. sandra: a bust at the southern border putting new perspective on a jaw-dropping statistic as we learn from border that enough fentanyl has been seized