developments this morning following the military s shootdown of the suspected chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi analyzing the pieces of the balloon as china sends a warning to the white house. our team is covering this story from multiple angels. plus, new details on that train derailment that sparked a massive fire in eastern ohio. officials now saying train cars contained hazardous materials. the latest on that cleanup effort. and the fbi offering a $25,000 reward for information about the attacks on two power substations. why officials say these stations are increasingly being targeted by extremist groups. and could artificial intelligence soon put us all out of work? you may want to polish your resumé. it s all ahead on cnn this morning. we are starting another week and we are grateful to have you. it is sunday, february 5th. thanks so much for waking up with us. amara, i don t think as much attention has been paid to a balloon since tha
live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a series of deadly storms have unleashed a massive flooding across the central and northern portions of the state. mandatory evacuations are underway where a levy breached earlier this morning. california national guard says this is just one of more than 50 rescues near the breached levee off the river. the 10th to strike california this winter. we are joined from monterey county. give us the latest. reporter: we learned a couple minutes ago there are more than 90 rescues in this tiny town, which is incredible just to see how concentrated the neighborhoods are and to know there were over 90 rescues in a few hours is amazing. we also learned local authorities are bringing engineers to figure out the best fix for the levy that has been breached. that is why we have this water all the way around us. around midnight the water came over a particularly vulnerable part of the levy and came to the lower point of gravity over here to the middle
the u.s. justice department warns the u.s. supreme court that classified documents seized from mar-a-lago are extraordinarily sensitive, urging the high court to stay out of the government legal battle with former president trump. and top republicans stand with herschel walker in georgia. closing ranks around their embattled u.s. senate nominee, walker lashing out at political opponents and speaking out tonight about the abortion controversy weighing on his campaign. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. this hour officials in ukraine are bracing for russia to strike again after two days of vladimir putin s new and widespread assault on cities across the nation. cnn s nick paton walsh is on the ground in the war zone. the second day of smoke over the capital in skies that had had been quieter for months. a power plant one of many hit today here by an iranian drone attack, officials said
also tonight the biden white house is sticking to the script as its new strategy for dealing with the classified documents crisis takes shape. we ll have the latest on what s happening behind the scenes amid growing pressure on the president. and prosecutors reveal chilling new evidence as the massachusetts man is form formally charged with murdering his missing wife. our experts will break down the case and all the disturbing new details. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the helicopter crash near kyiv is a tragedy, and he s suggesting that every death in his country is a result of the ongoing war. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward has more from kyiv on this disaster and the investigation that is now under way. reporter: a quiet kyiv suburb turned into an inferno. the sounds of screaming can be heard. min
will his strategy work as many americans are more focused now on the economy. i ll ask the white house press secretary. and the cnn, cnn gets an exclusive, firsthand look now at a massive attack drone that s part of putin s arsonal. we ll go to kyiv where a critical situation is unfolding as russia strikes again and again. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with our midterm countdown and the crucial choices facing voters. with just three weeks to go. three weeks before the election day. cnn national politics reporter, eva, is following some of the hottest races out there beginning in the key battleground state of georgia. with three weeks until the midterms, voters are already flocking to the polls in large numbers. in georgia, the state set a midterm turnout record for early voting with more than 130,000 voters casting ballots monday. on the trail today, republican se