super bowl and neal tee de gras die tyson talks about pop culture. and the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. and i m amara walker. all eyes are on the sky this morning as the chinese surveillance balloon continues to drift over the u.s. where it is expected to go and why the white house hasn t ruled out shooting it down. plus a brutal blast of dangerously cold air sweeping across the northeast. and some places it will feel like 50 to 60 grows below zero. we ll tell you where that is and when things might finally start to warm up. and a developing story out of ohio, hundreds of firefighters are on the scene of a train derailment there. you can see the huge fireball lighting up the night sky. the mayor of that town is joining us with an update. and new development in a strange case out of dallas, it has been a weird few weeks for the dallas zoo and now a man has been arrested after police sa
up in their face. new reverend revelations that representative jim jordan s quote, weaponization committee, heralded by those in the right as a way to bring down the so-called, as they re calling it, deep state. this is the tinfoil hat committee. there is nothing here. they are trying to do whatever they can to lay the groundwork for donald trump to come back to the white house. these are trump loyalists. the only reason, jonathan, this subcommittee was formed was so that kevin mccarthy could become speaker. this is the deal he made. i m going to speak to jordan s democratic colleague, congressman raja christian murphy, in the moment. also this hour, alec murdaugh gets a quick introduction to a new reality as begins serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son. this hour, we re going to delve into the twisted world of the murdaugh family. we also have the latest on the huge decision on insulin prices, which impacts millions of americans as well. and later on thi
ukraine and an all out effort to avoid a rail strike here in the united states. well, the clock is ticking for negotiators to avoid the potentially crippling rail strike here in the united states. talks led by labor secretary marty walsh have been going on throughout the early morning hours. one official tells cnn don t expect a resolution any time soon. a strike could put a serious dent in a u.s. economy already struggling to recover threatening deliveries of amtrak is warning of cancellations and more to come. more from pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the breaks on a rail worker strike that could bring a major blow to the economy. bosses met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting eve
testify after months of refusals. sue france it frantic rescue efforts in ukraine after a russian strike on an apartment building leaves nearly 20 people dead, and others trapped under the rubble. [ music ] forcemac by from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. penn is set to begin a two day farewell to former leader shinzo abe. this is where his body will be arriving at the temple, where a private wake will begin two hours from now. his funeral service will be held tuesday afternoon. us secretary of state anthony blinken made a scheduled trip to tokyo to pay his respects. during his time to dohfoz during his time in office, he took our country to new heights . as i shared with our colleagues, we saw in him somewhat rare, someone with a vision and the ability to realize that vision. i came at his behest, more than allies, we are friends. when a friend is hurting, other friends show up. meanwhile, new details are emerging about the suspect and what he
search. hard to say that the documents got there by accident. hello and welcome, it is thursday, september 1, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 9:00 a.m. here in london. and 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. where new develops are emerging from the et emmbattled zaporizh power plant. one of the reactors has been shut down and an emergency protection system activated because of the ongoing shelling in the area. this is as u.n. inspectors are en route to the site as fears grow that the shelling could trigger a nuclear accident. the head of the international atomic energy agency says that the team is pushing forward despite the significance risks involved. melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv. we heard from rafael saying that his team will continue to travel to the plant. this visit is becoming more important by the hour given the news of yet another reactor shut down. what more can you tell us about that? that s right. and what we re getting is a much clearer picture of how events have