united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. spy balloon down. a recovery effort now underway after fighter jets launched a precision strike. cnn has reporters across the globe on the latest developments. plus parts of the u.s. finally warming up, this after record-breaking freezing temperatures, the coldest in decades in some areas. we ll look at when people can see relief. and basketball superstar lebron james continues to chip away at the nba s all-time scoring record. we ll break down his latest game with cnn sports coy wire. you re about to see and hear the dramatic moment a u.s. missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that caused such havoc in the u.s. last week. have a look. it happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. the balloon was so high up that it took a few seconds of the sound of the blast
down. of course, the question tonight is, where is that exactly and when will it come down? by the way, how will it come down? the a spy balloon. the pentagon refusing to say whether they are considering shooting it down what looks like a chinese spy balloon floating high above some sensitive sites in this country. but officials telling cnn they haven t ruled it out either. meanwhile, this balloon, which is the size, by the way, of three school buses, is just meandering along thousands of feet up in the sky. it was spotted twice on wednesday over montana and twice over missouri today, including in colombia, missouri, this very often-afternoon where this exclusive footage was shot. it s flying about 60,000 feet up, 18,000 feet higher than a commercial airplane does. and now the pentagon says there is another chinese spy balloon that is currently somewhere over latin america. we will talk about what the heck is going on in the skies tonight. here to help us figure all this out,
balloon, the pentagon refusing to say whether they re considering shooting down what sure looks like a chinese fly balloon, officials telling cnn they haven t ruled it out either, meanwhile the balloon the size, by the way of three school buss is meandering along thousands of feet up in the sky. it was spotted twice on wednesday over montana and twice missouri today including in columbia missouri this very afternoon, where this exclusive footage was shot. now, the flying about 60,000 feet up 18,000 feet higher than a commercial airplane and the pentagon said there s another chinese spy balloon currently somewhere over latin america. we ll talk about what the heck is going on in the skies tonight here to help us figure this out. cnn tom foreman and animal coldnal layton, let me begin with you, tom at the magic wall, where has this balloon been and where is it going. if we trust what the military thinks about it where it s been was china, flying coming in over canada and drif
how silky smooth my back is right now, you d understand. fyi, my waxer started a gofundme to cover her therapy bills. get well soon tatyana. but it s a good day to mark your calendar because we may have found an honest politician. jeff jackson a north carolina democrat and freshman rep i m sorry, fresh person rep, looked into a camera and said something we ve all suspected but couldn t prove. that his colleagues are a bunch of phonies who don t believe a word of their own [bleep]. it was nice knowing you jeff. say hello to hillary before you re jeffrey epsteined. i m still brand new to congress i ve only been there a hundred days and i don t know if i m not supposed to say this out loud but it s true and important and if you don t know this you need to. it s really clear from working there for just a few months that most of the real angry voices in congress are totally faking it. these people who have built their brands around being perpetually outraged, it s an act. la
president trump and classified documents discovered, tonight, lawyers for the former vice president revealing about a dozen classified documents have now been found at his home in indiana. and what the vice president told me in november. did you take any classified documents with you from the white house? i did not. what s going on with classified documents? mary bruce live at the white house. tonight, in california, the two mass shootings in three days. tonight, the second one and the dramatic video showing police taking down the alleged gunman, wanted for killing seven people at two locations in half moon bay outside san francisco. and in monterey park, news tonight on that 72-year-old suspect, where 11 people were killed in that ballroom. matt rivers in california tonight. also breaking news, yet another deadly shooting we re following tonight. the urgent manhunt, a home surrounded in yakima, washington, after police say three people were killed. they believe at ra