and at the brit awards in london as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners. hello and welcome. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. now rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey, including reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. more than 100 people have been detained across the ten provinces affected by the quakes, with thejustice ministry ordering officials to set up so called earthquake crimes investigations units . 0ur correspondent nick beake is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old girl rescued in the city. in hertime, five year old gir
dpogood evening, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. there sure are a lot of suspicious objects flying around our skies lately. exactly one week ago it was that chinese spy balloon. this afternoon it s what the the pentagon call a high altitude object shot down by an f-22 fighter jet about 10 miles off the northern coast of alaska. but what is that object? who does it belong to, and what was it doing up there? plus, of course, it s super bowl weekend. bob costas will be here tonight with what he s most excited about. americans are expected to bet $16 billion on this game. is this harmless fun or a new national addiction? bob costas will give us all the scoop on the big game. and congressman george santos is still at it. this time he s lying about senator kyrsten sinema according to her. we ll bring you the full compilation of santos deceptions from just this week and what his colleagues are now saying about him. let s start with the mice tearious obj
president biden ordering the u.s. military to take down another high altitude object that was hovering over the u.s. we re told it was flying about 40,000 feet making it a threat to commercial airplanes. this coming less than a week after the u.s. shot down that chinese spy balloon. i want to bring in cnn national security reporter natasha ber trn, military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton. great to have all of you. natasha, tell us what your latest reporting is on what happened today. yeah, alisyn, this was a big surprise by u.s. officials today. white house official john kirby he came to the podium and went through all his talking points and in the middle of the briefing he kind of sprung on everyone this had happen. essentially what happened off the coast of alaska on thursday night there was an object that was spotted, and it was unclear what that object actually was, but it was flying at a very concerning altitude, around 40,000 feet, just at that
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. no now to turkey where the death toll from the earthquake has hit 25,000. time is running out to find other survivors. one senior u.n. official warns they are approaching the end of the search and rescue window. many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one in turkey. most of the survivors are left with nothing. cnn s nick payton walsh looks a some of the amazing rescue stories. reporter: increased desperation, cold, a lack of shelter, a government desperately doing all it can that simply can t be enough given the millions affected. amid all of that horror are moments of joy and relief. a 70-year-old woman pulled after 121 hours under the rubble just in the last hours and three brothers also pulled out after 120 hours. we saw ourselves another rescue in the heavily hit key city of millions after 109 hours. here s our report. over 100 hours after the worst quake in nearly 100 y
it s really great. that was such a nice story that you brought. coy wire, thank you so much. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour in turkey, where rescuers are still finding survivors more than five days after the earthquake hit. the latest remarkable rescues happening just a short time ago. new video showing a woman being rescued 144 hours after the earthquake hit. [ speaking non-english ] wow. i mean, the rescuers celebrating her rescue. more than 25,000 people have died and time is running out to find other victims alive. and many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one, and there are growing fears of a humanitarian crisis as survivors cope without shelter or even running water. nada, what are the latest concerns? reporter: well, look, the days are passing sby and the death toll is growing. we have some glimmers of hope, more than 140 hours on we are still seeing people being