moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance. delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. an i-team meltdown, one airline grounded during the holidays, two runway near misses, now lawmakers want answers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper on capitol hill
looming over it all the latest and boldest example of chinese spying on u.s. soil. bill: that s the chinese spy craft shot down over south carolina. the military is in the process of recovering debris as we speak. crews combing through search area the size of 15 football fields. they ve already apparently pulled some pieces from the water and taking those to the f.b.i. lab in quantico for analysis. dana: republicans are pummeling the white house to allow the air ship to spend days over military sites. the president, through the national security advisor directed the military to refine and present options to shoot the balloon down immediately. to collect the bull balloon. we took maximum precaution to prevent any intel collection. i was in close coordination with the united states strategic command and we provided counter intelligence messages out of our intelligence shop across the entire department of defense and interagency so that we could take maximum protective m
next in this. china has decided to try to impose s will on the world. our economic security is connected to china whether we like it or not. imagine a missive flying so fast that you can t pick it up on radar. we ve seen behavior by the ccp, purchase of agricultural lands, strategic lands around military bases. china is the most challenging national security threat that the u.s. has faced in 30 years. martha: with that, we bring in general jack keane, fox news strategic analyst. good to have you with us. some strong voices from capitol hill about the threat that we face from china. do you expect that strength to be matched in the way that we talked about china in the president s speech tonight? i hope so. i mean, the president in his national security strategy and national defense china has identify them as a major threat in the future and now. he has to share with the american people, what are we doing about this. do we have any vulnerabilities. that s not to g
watching for in tonight s big speech. right now in turkey, and syria, more than 5,000 people are dead, entire communities have been destroyed after two powerful earthquakes rocked the entire region. we ll take you live to turkey where international rescue cruise and aid are now arriving. also this hour, an inside look at the u.s. coast guard s efforts to address the rise in migrants arriving to the u.s. by sea, and the dangers those desperate people face in search of a better life. and we begin this morning with the horrific destruction in turkey and syria after two powerful earthquakes devastated the region. this morning, the death toll stands at over 5,000 people. it is expected to climb even higher. right now tens of thousands of emergency crews are working around the clock to rescue and recover those trapped under the rubble. in some areas, rescuers are facing snow and freezing temperatures as they search for survivors. turkish president erdogan declaring a week of
ira allegedly after the government knew about the leaks and were desperately trying to find out who was behind it. we learned all that and more after 21 year old tixeira made his appearance in court today. jonathan shunt live in or wes coast news room with all the details. it was a brief court appearance for the accused leaker today in federal court in boston beginning a likely lengthy legal process and potentially a very long prison sentence. if 21 year old jack tixeira if he is found guilty under the espionage act. there are very serious penalties with that. sign there s if you try toep does he need its thisg mants goo astounding torting this ist forw look are. serious consequences that this country faces. we live in an extremely dangerous world and we are probably the most attractive jewel on the planet, and it s essential that we have intelligence agencies operating to make sure that we americans are what i have thought about sharing whether it was on a game site