address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
house of representatives is already grilling mayokas today. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. house republicans are taking their turn to hold homeland secretary mayokas accountable for the worst conditions at our border in our lifetime. this time yesterday senate republicans were tearing into him over his handling of the border crisis and repeatedly called for him just to resign. for hours they pressed him over his repeated claims of having we put this in quotes operational control of the border. he trow i had to tried to redefine the word and he did linguistic gymnastics why operational control means and why it works for him. a big focus on the raging fentanyl crisis and skyrocketing deaths from the drug. regain control of the border, go after the cartels, tell the mexican president get with it, work with us, or we re going to have to do things differently. secure the border now before we get attacked. it appears to me to be something that is
good morning, top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom i m erica hill. i m jim sueciutto. the head of the epa is headed to ohio two weeks after a train derailment that leaked chemicals into the air and the ground and the water. why are people getting sick? everybody that came here the rail company norfolk southern abruptly pulled out of last night s town hall, citing security concerns we ll go live to east palestine in a moment. standing by for news out of georgia this morning. the fulton county district attorney is expected to release parts of a special grand jury report on former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it is expected what will be released will be concerns that the panel had about witnesses lying under oath. we are monitoring that. we ll bring you those details as soon as it s released. let s begin in east palstein ohio. residents demanding answers in the wake of that train wreck. they packed a town hall meeting. railroad o
how did this happen? that s an excellent question, katy. the balloon was able to get past our west coast anti-balloon defense system, the seattle space needle, but once it was here, we were able to keep an eye on it with our sophisticated tracking technology of going like this. our thanks to saturday night live there. there are rising dramatic tensions, however, between the united states and china after a white house decision to shoot down that massive spy balloon. we ll walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout. plus a powerful earthquake leaves hundreds of people dead in turkey and syria. this morning rescue crews are searching through the rubble for any survivors. and heading into 2024, democrats have approved a new primary calendar, reshaping the way the party picks its precedential nominees, but there are still some potential challenges ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 6th. i m jonathan lemire
strengthens alliances with adversaries. vladimir putin meeting with syrian president bashar al-assad and a planned meeting with chinese president xi shipping next week. lucas tomlinson life in washington, good morning, lucas. good morning ashley and todd the russian warships may be spending hours looking for peace is at that $32 million rack andy will find much according to the u.s. military top brass. the russian seem to agree saying, i don t know if we can recover it or not, but we will certainly have to do that. we will have to deal with it. still not sure if the russian fighter jet meant to collide with the american drones and crashing down into the sea 75 miles south southwest of crimea. we know it landed in the plexi. probably 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the recovery efforts would be difficult at that depth. there is a pattern with aggressive actions being conducted by the russians. we know the intercept was intentional. we know that aggressive behavior was inte