good morning. time it running out to find survivors in the rubble of the deadly quake, the one that s taken nearly 5,000 lives so far in turkey and syria. cnn is there. madam speaker, the president of the united states. [ applause ] we re live on capitol hill where tonight president biden will deliver his state of the union address. what he ll focus on and who will be in attendance. the spy balloon from china, new cnn reporting reveals why the trump administration apparently didn t notice spy balloons over the united states during their term. new this morning, ukraine hints at the ability to strike russian territory. another significant escalation in the nearly year-old war. also here on capitol hill today, a hearing into the nationwide travel issues, including the near miss between a fedex plane and southwest flight that came within 100 feet of disaster. cnn this morning starts right now. we are going to begin in turkey and syria where countless people are st
Trauma in extremely critical condition. But later died. Michael Stevens a young man. Convicted of a deadly dui crash. Could spend the next 32 years in prison. Luis lopez pled guilty to two counts of felony dui. Police say he killed 26year old kahlil ali tiner when he ran a red light. And crashed into his car. It happened back in october at the intersection of lake mead and mount hood street. Tiners parents addressed the court. And compared lopez. To a terrorist randy tiner father of the victim your honor there isnt much for me to say, but for me, he may look like a young man, but he looks like a terrorist to me terrorist to me beth bozarth victims mother the murderous actions are totally beyond my comprehension. You chose to drink and drive at 19 years old, then you chose to run a red light. I will never forgive you for murdering my son and baldy injuring ted keith Michael Stevens a judge sentenced lopez to 72 to 240 months for the first count. And 32 to 144 months for the Michael Stev
Windy but once the sun came out so did the folks looking to fly through the fresh new powder. Lee canyon was a hot spot for hundreds of snowboarders and skiers. Sundays storm brought at least 18 inches of snow to this area which is up from last year. They are up 96 inches, compared that to last year where the area only got 72 inches. Now earlier this morning. There was a travel restriction but it was lifted around noon. Draw for people young and old. zach manning, sking and the snow is amesome. It is all flurry. How luckly you are, to have this so close to town. It is a jewel. This is like utah snow but it is only 45 minutes away. This is some of the best snow we have seen season. You got to get up here and enjoy this. so enjoy it while it last. Folks and officials want everyone to check Road Conditions before heading out. Ndots 511 has up to date Road Conditions for nevada. tony smith it is just a tad windy now but the wind is not stopping folks from heading up to enjoy the snow. Deni
Well be discussing this much of the morning. Oil back with a fivehandle after the rally. First time oils been above 50 since january 6th. Road map begins with surprise surge in the swiss franc after the National Bank scraps the currency floor set in 2011. In turn volatility jumps and markets around the world. Bank of america shares down in the premarket with profits and revenues both coming in below expectations. And target best buy moving dramatically in premarket but opposite directions. Well explain why in a moment. First up surprising news out of switzerland, the swiss National Bank scrapping exchange rate. It was the end of a currency floor set back in 2011 to head off deflation and in response, swiss franc surges against the euro major currencies. The swiss markets down 9 . People wondering trying to get out of the way of draghi next week. Well, i guess so. I mean this is a puzzling move because typically you dont do something that you know is going to hurt your country dont do s
This point. Fire officials are concerned about getting this fire contain and making sure none of the embers or flames reach the neighboring homes but what we know thinks fire started just after 3 00 oclock here on the 200 block of holeman street this was the old Arrow Safety Device Company but back in 2008 they consolidated and moved out of the state. Were told this building is now a vacant building. At this point we are told there are no injuries. Neighboring homes did have to be evacuated for precautionary purposes. It is a little bit breeze think morning so a big concern is that the embers might flow from the building to some of the neighbors homes so that is a big concern from the neighbors we see this morning. Back out here live on the scene, you can see smoke in the air and you can see the wind is still pushing that around and Fire Fighters, still working to get this fire under control. Again, starting after 3 00 this morning. We are going to continue to be out here all morning l