more than 20,000 20,000 lives lost since monday s horrific earthquake. the lead starts right now. screams of joy amid the horror a mother and daughter found alive. coming up the miracle rescues. cnn is on the ground as crews climb through earthquake rubble in syria and turkey. and president biden takes his state of the union road show to rival rich florida and challenges a republican senator on his clear proposal to sunset all programs including social security and medicare. but first new images from the fbi as investigators begin to analyze that downed chinese spy balloon recovered from the atlantic ocean. and lawmakers begin to learn just how sophisticated the surveillance equipment onboard was. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. and we start with the world lead and new information about the chinese spy balloon shot done. it started analyzing the first pieces of its balloon, and senior officials say those parts could be used as evidence in a future possible crimin
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
mike pence s indiana home. what agents found. shocking allegations, a federal lawsuit accuses the same officers in tyre nichols death of beating and threatening to kill a black army veteran. three days before nichols was attacked. the new york-bound delta flight that made an emergency landing. we have the new details. ahead of the valentine s day, why lab-grown diamonds could soon become a $50 billion industry. and on the road with a story of forgiveness. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening to our thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, the losses in turkey and syria climbed to more than 23,000, but there are some glimmers of hope. a ten-day-old and his mother were pulled alive from the rubble today. and this family, a husband, wife, and their four children rescued after 101 hours trapped under debris. a small air pocket keeping them alive. another story we are trac
n 10 plus, remember that baby born in the rubble? now given a name, aya, which means miracle in arabic vehicle also this evening, thefr ce presint me pencdia home lawsuit cuses trstyreichols deo kill alack army veteran. three days before nichols was attacked. the new york-bound delta flight that made an emergency landing. we have the new details. ahead of the ballantine day, why have-grown diamonds could soon become a $50 billion industry. and on the road with the story of forgiveness. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, the losses in turkey and syria climbed to more than 23,000 but there are some glimmers of hope. a ten-day old and his mother were pulled alive from the rubble today. and this family, husband, wife, and their four children rescued after 101 hours trapped under debris. a small air pocket keeping them alive.
From the massive quake. Joe biden has left the g 20 summit and he is on his way to vietnam. We look at what he hopes to accomplish. I just watched a young lady take her very first grand slam. Cocoa stages a dramatic come back to take her first career grand slam at the u. S. Open. We do begin in morocco where rescue teams are racing to find more survivors. More 1500 are still in critical e to condition. The king has instruc officials to set up a commission to provide relief. Many count are offering help which includes Nigeria Whicis taking Th Extraordep to reopen airspace to allow morocco to fly in humanitarian aid. It is one of the poorest areas of the city, those people need help. Food, water and blankets. Whatever can help. Earlier a person was pulled from under a collapsed building and carried away to safety. Afterward workers breathed a sigh of relief and hugged each other to celebrate the rescue. Sam is life in marrakesh. There you are again at the scene of some of this devastatio