hello, and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom, days after the suspected chinese spy balloon was shot down another unknown object is found floating above the u.s. why president biden didn t wait for this one to travel any further. plus, more classified documents found in the homes of both donald trump, and mike pence. how the feds are dealing with the new information. the desperate rush to get aids to survivors as temperatures are freezing in the earthquake zone. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. for the second time in less than a week u.s. fighter jets have taken down an object flying over american air space. the latest one was sht down friday over alaska s coast over joe biden s orders. it was smaller and not as well equipped as that chinese surveillance balloon. another difference, this object was an altitude of 40,000 feet, and posed a ri
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
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour, with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. the u.s. fighter jet is taking it down, off the coast of alaska this time, on friday, the pentagon officials say they acted swiftly, after the object, about the size of a small car, crossed into frozen territorile waters. the second time in less than a week a u.s. fighter jet has shot an object out of the sky. following the spy balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. cnn reporter is live in our washington bureau with more on this, so katie, twice, in a week s time, what are we learning about this second object, and who it might belong to? well, at this point, we still really have more questions than answers, and we do know is that on thursday, the u.s. military observed an unknown object in american air space, off of the
february 11th, i m stan stein, filling in for my friend ali velshi. we begin this hour with the latest signs at the justice department s investigation into donald trump s escalating and shifting to a more advanced stage. on thursday, nbc news learned that former vice president mike pence was subpoenaed by jack smith, the special counsel appointed by attorney general eric garland, to handle the justice department investigation in the january six. and donald trump s handling of classified documents. the subpoena was filed between pence s legal team and the doj. it s taking a hard look at the scheme to mistake electors to falsely declared trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. in december, just about a month after he was appointed, smith subpoenaed local officials in the spring state, the trump team targeted in effort to overturn the results. trump it had his way, would ve paid a critical role. which is why this subpoena is a significant mileston
that s the same type of aircraft and missile that shot down the chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. one of the questions we asked at the pentagon briefing was if there was so much intelligence to gain by letting the previous balloon fly across the united states and being able to observe it, why was this one shot down so quickly especially when the senators were furious it wasn t shot down earlier. was the pentagon wbowing to political pressure. the decision to shoot it down before it entered into u.s. airspace, the pentagon bowing to pressure from the hill? we re going to judge each of these objects on its own merits. it entered into u.s. airspace on february 9th. we sent up aircraft to assess what it was. the decision was made that it posed a reasonable threat to civilian air traffic. the president gave the order to take it down and we took it down. in the end this was shot down just a few miles over the water. that water frozen so it did essentially fall