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
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
florida. he s laying more groundwork for his expected re-election bid on the turf of donald trump and florida governor ron desantis. and biden administration officials now reveal new evidence that a massive chinese balloon was spying on the united states, saying it was capable of monitoring secret communications and gathering intelligence. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in t te situation room. let s go right to the scene of that massive earthquake where rescue and recovery teams are working into the night. they re finding far more bodies than survivors three days after the first powerful tremor hit. cnn is on the ground in turkey, covering the destruction there and in syria. first to you. tell us what s happening where you are in southern turkey. reporter: well, wolf, earlier today, we traveled down to the city that is in hatai province, one of the hardest-hit provinces here in turkey, and on almost e
world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president biden s ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. john, thank you very much for running. president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the state s lieutenant governor to tout the administration s signature infrastructure law. this law is about more than rebuilding our infrastructure. it s about rebuilding the middle class. something john knows a lot about and talks a lot about. and to fund raise for the democrat who is running in one of the most competitive races in the country against mehmet oz. with the clock ticking toward election day, some campaigns taking a sharper approach like in georgia. for you, herschel walker wants to ban abortion. after weeks
in the 1990 s during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag astronauts had planted on mars. when gently informed no human being has been to mars because it s very far away, lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the science committee in congress and so on. we can spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories and it s tempting. on capital hill, she s known as the queen and not in a good way. but what s interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congressional district that sheila jackson lee supposedly represents. it s mostly inner city houston and it could use some help. lee s district has a poverty rate almost twice the national average, all the number markers of civilizationnal decline. high crime, bad schools, low social cohesion, drugs. now, lee has served in congress for nearly 30 years but it s hard to think of a single thing she has ever done to improve the lives of the people who elected