go and how much he will go in demanding congress move to say avert a debt default, one of the big issues outstanding this congress. one in which the house republicans and the white house must resolve their differences to avoid a potential cevent to the economy and talking about all the issues surrounding the global security around the world, choir these spy balloon, the president expected to address the threat from china as well. a lot of questions about the president s tone and house republicans plan to showcase what they believe is a reasonable opposition, sit there, listen to the president, act respectfully as republicans are planning to battle back on things that they believe simply have no chance of passing this congress, jake. yeah, act respectfully is an interesting point. they are leaking and telling reporters mccarthy gave a warning to house republicans to behave during the speech. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, behind closed doors in the house republican co
this is cnn breaking news welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around world, we continue tracking in the middle east this hour, a major earthquake killed hundreds in sierra and turkey and the death toll is rising quickly, syrian report at least 237 people died in sierra and 600 injured in an unknown number could be trapped under rubble. we just got this video of a rescuer carrying an injured child away from the rubble of a damaged building, a group known as the syrian self-defense declared the northwestern part of syria disaster area, dozens buildings collapsed both countries. at least 76 people reported dead in turkey and more than 400 injured. emergency workers are asking for silence so they can hear if trapped under the rubble. the governor said nearly how to search and rescuers are headed to the impact region and turkey s disaster and emergency management agency is calling for international support. the u.s. geological survey said the epicenter of
last few days is they were able to collect intelligence about the way the balloon was transmitting information, for example, and other ways about how it maneuvered. ultimately we re told that the administration doesn t believe it was able to gather that much intelligence at all because the specifications were not all that sophisticated, no more sophisticated than the satellites the chinese have hovering in orbit as we speak. the issue with the satellites is they do not stay in one place for as long as a balloon can. a balloon can loiter for a much longer period of time as it did over montana, for example. the officials we spoke to said there are with steps taken to cover up certain areas, to make sure no unencrypted communications were happening in the vicinity of the balloon and minimize the ability of the balloon to collect intel. one detail we learned today is that the u.s. military actually doesn t have the capability on a day-to-day basis to collect intelligence on thing
quote, it felt like armageddon. the lead starts right now. a new baby, one of the thousands of innocent people killed earlier today in that catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked turkey and syria. the scramble to reach the people buried alive beneath crumbles buildings. then, we re learning more about china s suspected spy balloon shot down over the united states, including the concern that it may have had explosives onboard. plus, arrests in a neo-nazi plot to completely destroy an american city by targeting electrical substations. the details coming up on the wild conspiracy. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead. the frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than 3,400 people. a number that tragically continues to grow, seemingly every hour. the earthquake striking turkey and syria earlier this morning. powerful aftershocks complicating the rescue efforts, making things
developments this morning following the military s shootdown of the suspected chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi analyzing the pieces of the balloon as china sends a warning to the white house. our team is covering this story from multiple angels. plus, new details on that train derailment that sparked a massive fire in eastern ohio. officials now saying train cars contained hazardous materials. the latest on that cleanup effort. and the fbi offering a $25,000 reward for information about the attacks on two power substations. why officials say these stations are increasingly being targeted by extremist groups. and could artificial intelligence soon put us all out of work? you may want to polish your resumé. it s all ahead on cnn this morning. we are starting another week and we are grateful to have you. it is sunday, february 5th. thanks so much for waking up with us. amara, i don t think as much attention has been paid to a balloon since tha