hello, everybody. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy day in the republican race for president. in the next two hours, two new candidates as the field grows to ten. that s ankeney, iowa, where mike pence will announce his candidacy for the republican normination next hour. and in fargo, north dakota, the first lady is about to introduce the government nor. he, too, will enter the republican race for president. that will bring the field to ten. we believe these are likely the final two entries in the crowded republican field. we have reporters to bringout latest. let s start in iowa where mike pence will make it official next hour. what are we going to see? reporter: you re going to see in about an hour this official in-person rally for mike pence. this is the kickoff for his iowa campaign, where his campaign says they have to lean all in. this is where they will make their mark or be allowed to continue. and they plan on try too good that by go
today three people are still missing and we re expecting an update any minute from officials. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a big vote on capitol hill as soon as tonight. these two republican u.s. senators, florida s rick scott and utah s mitt romney, just told cnn s manu raju, the goal is to get a final vote on that debt ceiling bill tonight. it would go to the president s desk to be signed into law just ahead of that monday deadline or the government would otherwise run out of money to pay its bills. manu raju is on capitol hill covering this from the beginning. is that where the momentum, to get that done tonight so senators can go home for the weekend and don t want to interrupt their weekend plans? yeah, the smells of jet fumes in the air in the senate tonight as a push to get this done is intense. in fact john thune, number two republican who s deep in these negotiations to try to ensure that al
good morning, everyone. welcome to c cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. president biden ordering the military to shoot down an unidentified object off the coast of alaska. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the key differences between this object and that chinese balloon that was shot down last week. and also a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the loss after days trapped under the rubble, a teenager found alive. we ll have the incredible story along with the footage. and plus governor desantis is getting new power over one of the state s most iconic theme park systems. the potential impacts of the latest twist in his feud with disney. and the situation is terrible, i can barely breathe. but you re still staying. i don t have a choice. plus months after hurricane ian slammed into the state, some in the storm s path are still living in tents. their sto
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
this strike and it s not clear who carried it out, but it s according to that spokesperson who believes that the u.s. coalition, no comment from that side. this point they called it also an unjustified attack, but what we have seen in recent months, in fact, since is those october 7th attacks by hamas is a significant number of attacks by pro militias against u.s. targets in both iraq and also in seyria. is and there has been a significant increase in those attacks. so at this point, we are awaiting comment as to whether or not this was from the u.s.-led coalition. it s certainly what the iraqi side believes. come here. . this comes a day after the