good morning. time it running out to find survivors in the rubble of the deadly quake, the one that s taken nearly 5,000 lives so far in turkey and syria. cnn is there. madam speaker, the president of the united states. [ applause ] we re live on capitol hill where tonight president biden will deliver his state of the union address. what he ll focus on and who will be in attendance. the spy balloon from china, new cnn reporting reveals why the trump administration apparently didn t notice spy balloons over the united states during their term. new this morning, ukraine hints at the ability to strike russian territory. another significant escalation in the nearly year-old war. also here on capitol hill today, a hearing into the nationwide travel issues, including the near miss between a fedex plane and southwest flight that came within 100 feet of disaster. cnn this morning starts right now. we are going to begin in turkey and syria where countless people are st
is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. and in sport, england s progress at the men s t20 world cup match looks precarious as rain delays their match against australia in melbourne. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked and escorted out of the company s san francisco headquarters by security. elon musk has previously been critical of twitter s moderation policy. twitter has not yet confirmed the takeover, but an early investor in
it feels really warm, we will continue to do so until the weekend, staying mild, windy with rain at times. now, we have already seen very heavy rain in places today. the radar shows that, it has been driving northwards and eastwards, it is clearing just about all area, lingering in northern scotland. we will see rain in the northern isles, elsewhere spells of sunshine, one or two shower, particularly in northern ireland, we will stay windy out there, the wind only slowly easing through the rest of the day. these temperatures for some a little down on where they were yesterday, but still, well above where they should be, at this time of year. now through this evening and tonight we will see more rain pushing up from the south. the wind will continue to ease a little. largely dry across the northern half of the uk, temperatures generally between eight and i2 temperatures generally between eight and 12 degrees as we start saturday morning. this low pressure has been with us for