Newsroom. We begin this hour with more Breaking News. Yet another shootdown of a highaltitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in Northern Canada. President biden and canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. A u. S. Fighter jet successfully brought it down. Its not clear if this latest shootdown is related to yesterdays downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. That was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if its related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. Arlette saenz is at the white house. The president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. Doesnt sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. But obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were Reporting On Last saturday which was the shootdown of that chinese spy balloon. And now these
downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border. nor is it clear if it is related to the chinese spy balloon shot down last saturday. any chance, any indication that we might hear from the president on this? what can you tell us? reporter: well, we are expected to see president biden in just a short while. he s hosting an event with the nation s governors. it is unclear whether he might address this issue at the top. the white house is saying that president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau jointly authorized this operation to shoot down what they described as an unidentified and unmanned aircraft in north american air space. i want to read you this readout from the white house which said that the two leaders spoke in, quote, an bundance of caution. that ll the recommendation of the militaries that they authorized it to be taken down. president biden authorized u.s. fighter aircraft assigned to norad to conduc
newsroom. we begin this hour with more breaking news. yet another shoot-down of a high-altitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in northern canada. president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. a u.s. fighter jet successfully brought it down. it s not clear if this latest shoot-down is related to yesterday s downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if it s related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. arlette saenz is at the white house. the president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. doesn t sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. but obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were reporting on last saturday which was the shoot-down of that chinese spy ballo
rescue crews are still pulling people out of the rubble at this hour, nearly six days after the catastrophic earthquake in turkey and syria. the u.n. aid chief is calling monday s 7.8-magnitude quake the worst disaster in the region in a century. but hope for additional survivors is dwindling each passing hour, making each new rescue a cause for celebration like this 19-year-old man. pulled from the rubble in turkey s hadi region haiti region after being trapped for 133 hours. and a 7-year-old girl found today miraculously still alive. those are the lucky ones. the death toll has already surpassed 28,000 people, and it s expected to climb even more in the days ahead. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. i m jim acosta in washington. you are live in the cnn