Security concerns for days. Most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. Lets go now to oren at the pentagon. Do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it . Theyll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. Whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, thats a different question. 47 feet of water according to a Senior Defense official, so not that deep, but still its a question of whats left, whats down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. Salvage vessel is on the way. It might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. Why is that so important . Because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese Surveillance Balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. And because of that, theres information they want to gle
world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely tracking the object and it s carrying a large payload of surveillance gear. military officials are advising against shooting it down now. china that has apologized and said the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident. bei
security concerns for days. most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. let s go now to oren at the pentagon. do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it? they ll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, that s a different question. 47 feet of water according to a senior defense official, so not that deep, but still it s a question of what s left, what s down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. salvage vessel is on the way. it might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. why is that so important? because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese surveillance balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. and because of that, there s information
the so-called war on woke is heating up. tonight, we re learning arkansas s republican governor, sarah huckabee sanders, may soon be signing a bill that would impose restrictions on direct shows. that s according to the washington post. this proposal still needs to make its way through the state house to the governors desk. her spokesperson telling the post, the proposal is not about banning anything but protecting kids from sexually explicit drag shows. unquote. cnn has reached out to governor sanders for comment, and we re still waiting to hear back. that s not all, her first month in office, she issued an executive order to prohibit critical race theory and arkansas schools. she also banned the term latinx, in official documents. and it s not just her, across the country more politicians are getting traction with rhetorical and legislative wars on so-called woke culture and language. i want to turn now to new york times columnist nicholas kristoff, he has a new piece out o
well, the so-called war on woke is heating up. arkansas governor may sign a bill that would impose restrictions on drag shows. that s according to the washington post. this proposal has to make its way through the statehouse and the governor s desk. but the spokesperson says the proposal is not about banning anything, but protecting kids from sexually explicit drag shows. cnn reached out for comment and are waiting to hear back. that s not all. in her first month in office, she issued an executive office to prohibit critical race theory in arkansas schools. and she banned the term latin x. it s not just her. across the country, more politicians are getting traction with rhetorical and legislative wars on so-called woke culture and language. i want to turn to nicholas kristof. he has a new piece out on these language wars and writes, in part, i fear that linguistic contortions, however well-meant, aren t addressing our country s desperate inequities or achieving progressive