jennifer griffin at the pentagon and the latest information about the balloon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, shannon. fox news has learned the chinese spy balloon could exit u.s. continental territory moving off the east coast in the next 60 hours. the spy balloon first flew over alaska on january 28th, exited u.s. airspace and then reemerged to cross into the continental u.s. on january 31st. passing from canada into idaho. the balloon was most recently seen flying over missouri. the balloon has changed its course. right now we assess that it will probably be over the united states for a few days. the pentagon is not buying china s apology and explanation that this was some sort of civilian research balloon that was blown off course. the spy balloon left montana airspace and moving east over the continental u.s. fox is told it was launched from mainland, china. this is a chinese balloon that has the ability to maneuver. the balloon continues to move eastwar
york s mayor and the nypd commissioner. prepares to address the media, drinking water and autism. a groundbreaking new study looks into the potential link and risks for pregnant women and their unborn babies. plus tonight is the night will it be yukon or san diego state? what you need to know before the final game of what has been a wild march madness, these major stories and more all coming in right now. to cnn news, central . live pictures now from palm beach airport in florida, where next hour former president donald trump is set to be wheels up and on his way here to new york city for historic moment. he is expected to be arraigned in a manhattan court tomorrow. we re getting new details of how this process will play out. the new york city mayor and the nypd commissioner will make a public safety announcement. the next hour, and donald trump is the first former president to face criminal a criminal indictment. all of this is connected to his alleged role in a hush money p
presidential inauguration. at this crucial mile marker it s important to stare into the mirror of who we really are as a country. two years after lies and conspiracies about trump s big loss led to, quote, medieval combat on the steps of the u.s. capitol between law enforcement and trump supporters. those very same lies that inspired that attack two years ago are now deeply embedded in the politics of the gop. they are the single animating principle behind everything that happens in one of the country s two major political parties. it is in large part due to the fact that the man who, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame in the attack as january 6th select committee member liz cheney put it that would be twice impeached president trump himself as well as his top lieutenants remain the dominant force in the gop. and they insist on continuing to gaslight americans on what actually happened on january 6th to this day, to this hour on this day. just yeste
hush money scheme. it may very well also be a court appearance that proceeds an indictment of a former president of these united states michael cohen, donald trump s former attorney and fixer went before a grand jury in manhattan today in what may be alvin bragg s end game a years-long investigation based on hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels payments made nearly seven years ago. here s what cohen had to say earlier today before he went in for his grand jury testimony this is not revenge, right? what is this is about accountability i don t want to see anyone, including donald trump, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. new york times reports this, quote, the manhattan d.a. s office has already questioned at least seven other people before the grand jury, hearing evidence about the hush money deal that s accor
in other news, nicaragua frees more than 200 opposition political prisoners and deports them to the united states. # ijust don t know what # i just don t know what to # ijust don t know what to do with myself. we remember burt bacharach one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. hundreds of thousands of people across turkey and syria are spending a fourth night in freezing conditions in makeshift camps, having been made homeless by earthquakes. officials say more than 20,000 are now known to have died and hopes are fading that many more will be found beneath the rubble. the first united nations aid convoy has made it into syria and the world bank has promised around $1.8 billion to help turkey. let s start with this report from our correspondent anna foster in kahraman maras. an urgent call for quiet. these rescuers need complete silence. they ve heard voices. even though this building isn t safe,