good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. and i m amarah walker. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the differences between this object and the chinese balloon that was shot down last week. plus a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the huge loss, under days trapped under the rubble, a teenager is found alive. plus under review, memphis prosecutors say they are now looking at every case involving those now fired officers charged in the beating of the death of tyre nichols as we re learning new dethe tails about the officers involved. and executives at southwest airlines grilled by lawmakers on capitol hill. the changes the airline says it s going to make in the wake of that meltdown, ahead on cnn this morning. . take a deep breath and relax. the weekend is here. it s saturday, february 11th. we appreciate you re waking up with us. and we re together in person. t
criticized by republicans for allowing the balloon to fly across the united states for days before shooting it down. so the pentagon says in this case, the object was flying low enough to interfere potentially with air traffic. so they had to act fast. do you buy that? also remember what the pentagons was saying and what the white house was saying. they wanted to wait until the it wouldn t affect civilians on the ground. that s why they waited until the waters off the coast of south carolina. but i think that there is a different element here. and there does seem to be a sense that the white house and the administration kind of learned from the outcry of criticism from congressional members last week, because it wasn t just republicans who say the madministration s spobs was not okay. you recall john tester, who is a democrat who represents montana. montana ky the supply balloon