michigan. we do know that object was shot down by an f-16. norad s commander says they aren t calling that object a balloon because they re not able to say right now how that object was able to stay in the air. the uncertainty is escalating the war of words between the united states and china. china claims the united states has been flying balloons over chinese airspace without permission. that s an argument admiral john kirby flatly denied earlier. not true. not doing it. that s absolutely not true. we or not flying balloons over china. also this week, over a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, rescue crews are amazingly still finding survivors in the rubble this morning, but the devastation is immense, spanning the area nearly the size of texas, and the number of people confirmed dead is now more than 35,000. in moments i ll be talking with former arizona senator jeff flake, now the ambassador to turkey about how the u.s. is helping people there.
custody. there s a picture there. right now the motive is unknown. it is unclear if the attacks were racially motivated. but we should know police are ramping up security in asian-american communities as a precaution. president biden has been briefed on the shootings, and at this hour he returns to the white house. we ll bring you any live comments. also today, concerns of another covid surge. cases are climbing in more than one dozen states. the cdc is sounding the alarm on two variants in california. we ll get to that in a moment. let s begin on this tragic shooting spree. our ryan young joins us this morning in atlanta. what do you know about the victims, eight total, six of them asian. what can you tell us? reporter: so far, very little information is coming out about the victims except, besides their races. of course, what we ve been told so far is at least six of the people killed are asian. of course, we re trying to move forward with parts of this investigation. w
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weekend tested positive for covid. those two jurors have now been excused. both the defense and the prosecution urged the judge to suspend the trial for at least a couple days. why? because the alternates are now going to be sitting with the jury, meaning just three are left. the concern is were any other jurors potentially exposed. the last thing either side wants is a miss striel in the murdaugh murder trial unfolding three weeks in. so far we ve heard from two of the south carolina, the enforcement division agents who responded that night of the actual murder here, but there s a lot of questions entering this fourth week. with regard to the alternates, they are listening the whole time as well, correct? correct. are they right in the courtroom, or in an ancillary room? they re all part of the jury here. the big concern is did the two jurors rors who tested positive
intimidated. they may feel hesitant to vote the way they truly want to. this is a journalistic atrocity, and for anyone involved, they need to be fired just for starters. this is a same network, by the way, at least, and it was intentional, the impetus trump access hollywood tape to the washington post, and triel election in the progress. that is not journalism, it is activism and why a solid majority of americans believe journalists purposely push information they know to be fake or false, per and axios poll. it is not about intent, it is malice, and it is patently insidious, sean. sean: will be ever be held accountable? i have 30 seconds, ari. no, they won t, sean, because the business interests don t want to. there is an imbalance of viewers who want to be told the news they want, by and large.