defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
cnn this morning starts right now. this is the aftermath of what we reported yesterday, our breaking news. good morning. there are countless people still trapped under those piles of rubble and screaming out for help across turkey and syria. the staggering death toll topping 5,000 after the catastrophic earthquake. we ll take you live to the disaster zone and the massive rescue operation under way. and live on capitol hill this morning where tonight president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address since republicans took control of the house. it s a major moment and he will use it to make his sales pitch for the re-election campaign he s expected to launch soon. we ll have a full preview of what to expect in tonight s state of the union. cnn has new and exclusive reporting a chinese spy balloon flew across florida when donald trump was president, but did his administration know? and we ll take you live to ohio for a closer look at the tense an
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
day to all those who are irish and everyone else who wish they were. we are monitoring texas right now with the drone view you will see only here on fox. meanwhile, 400 miles north in dallas, the governor getting ready to give an update on the migrant kids the state is holding and overflow facilities there. sandra: president biden told those migrants, do not come over to the u.s. but in cities like war as mexico, that is not stopping thousands from making the dangerous journey, cartels and smugglers also taking advantage of this situation. the new york post slamming the bite administration for refusing to call the situation there a crisis. despite the fed s warning that the u.s. is on pace for the most border crossings in 20 years. the homeland security chief speaking about that in hearing today, taking a dig at past administrations. a crisis is when a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent and separate that family to deter fut
getting nato involved with against russia in a hot war, they have not decided on the democracy and anti-corruption and other things. let me read what they said. we will continue to support and review ukraine s progress on interoperability, the military coordination, as well as additional democratic and security reforms that are required. nato foreign ministers will assess progress through the annual national program. the alliance will support ukraine in making reforms on its path toward future membership. we will extend an invitation to ukraine to join the alliance when allies agree and the conditions are met. that s the frustration that ukraine has. they want an invitation now, that they are ready and waiting. the baltic states agree with them as part of the community. ambassador, that s dividing nato.