good morning. time it running out to find survivors in the rubble of the deadly quake, the one that s taken nearly 5,000 lives so far in turkey and syria. cnn is there. madam speaker, the president of the united states. [ applause ] we re live on capitol hill where tonight president biden will deliver his state of the union address. what he ll focus on and who will be in attendance. the spy balloon from china, new cnn reporting reveals why the trump administration apparently didn t notice spy balloons over the united states during their term. new this morning, ukraine hints at the ability to strike russian territory. another significant escalation in the nearly year-old war. also here on capitol hill today, a hearing into the nationwide travel issues, including the near miss between a fedex plane and southwest flight that came within 100 feet of disaster. cnn this morning starts right now. we are going to begin in turkey and syria where countless people are st
Theres going to be hundreds, hundreds of casualties and some hostages in that area that you have to avoid killing. That really takes a whole lot of strength on the commanders point, first of all, to plan and conduct the operation, but also on the politicians part of telling the commanders, heres what we want you to do, and here are the kinds of risks we want you to take. This is going to be a very difficult operation, and certainly the anxieties, and the emotions are stoeked so thats going to play a part in how the Israeli Defense forces go into the gaza when they do, and were certainly they probably will. General mark hurtling, i appreciate your time tonight. Its hard to put into words, the horror that took place at that Music Festival, 260 killed, others abducted. We dont know the number yet. Young people running for their lives, many of them not making it out. In our next hour, were going to hear from the young woman whose boyfriend managed to get out of the danger, only to turn bac
[ cheers and applause ] usa! usa! that was a unanimous vote by the city council to pull the plug on plans by few feng to build a corn mill in the city. some were concerned about deepening economic ties with china. others speculated it could be used for spying on an air bofor base 15 miles away. a top official weighed in, calling the project a significant threat to national security. the city council vote coming right on the heels of that suspected chinese spy balloon shot down by u.s. air force. nba fans are eagerly awaiting the lakers versus oklahoma city thunder game homing to see thunder from lebron james because he may make history tonight. he is only 36 points away from becoming the nba s all-time leading scorer.