going to do now? we may get some early answers when the white house briefing starts just a few minutes from now. and we have some brand-new information about the two americans who survived. plus, one republican lawmaker calling bs on tucker carlson s narrative that january 6th was a peaceful protest. another republican calling it flat out a lie. the capitol police are going further, insisting it invites the prospect of more antigovernment violence. and president biden s big pitch for 2024 that he s the only one who can save medicare. how it fits with his larger message to voters and contrasts with maga republicans he says are intent on making things worse. but, we begin with that breaking news. two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico just a few days ago have been murdered. two others are alive and we just learned minutes ago that they are now back across the border to the u.s. one of them, though, injured. a state department briefing is scheduled next hour with ke
a good saturday morning to you. it is saturday, february 4th, you re live in the cnn newsroom, thanks for joining us so much for sharing part of your saturday morning with us. we begin with an eye toward the sky. we re getting new reports about the location of that chinese spy balloon that has been drifting across the country. according to reports, it has been spotted over north carolina an officials say it could move off the east coast and out over the ocean in a matter of hours. and as you would imagine, the balloon is raising national security concerns, and it is adding to the tension between washington and beijing. it was people on the ground in montana who spotted the balloon as it passed overhead. that thing is not the moon. the moon is right there. this thing is so weird. it is definitely moving. the context and the timing of this are really important. the secretary of state antony blinken called it an irresponsible act by china. keep in mind, this comes just day
president. 19 days to go to election day. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith in new york, and i point that out, because he does not typically wear a suit. john: i bet it s a hoodie suit. i m john roberts in washington. 19 days until americans decide whether the democratic agenda in washington is working, 19 days for closing arguments and one from the white house chief of staff. first of all, we have done things to bring prices down. passed the inflation reduction act and when you look at where the economy was when we got here, 8% unemployment. we brought that down to the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. we are putting americans back to work. businesses are open that were closed two years ago, schools are open that were closed two years ago. the president is fighting to bring down prices of everyday things like prescription drugs, gasoline, and i think that s our message to voters at this very tough time. sandra: at this ver
Line. Were going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. And it is said to be the largest Lottery Prize in history, 1. 6 billion is up for grabs in tonights Powerball Drawing. It is saturday, everyone. Thank you so much for waking up with this. Good morning, boris. Thanks to our producers for that reminder that the Powerball Drawing is coming up. Ive got to get my lottery tickets. Are you playing . I am now. Thanks for the reminder. Appreciate that. We begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. The candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. And the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, President Biden, and President Trump also campaigning in the state today. Republicans heading into tuesdays elections, though, with a slight edge. But millions of voters have already cast their ballots. Everything voting is up compared
reported trade that trump wanted to make. next hour, i get a preview of this week s potentially final january six hearing from committee member member zoe lofgren. also ahead, gop heavyweights headed to georgia to try to help out herschel walker in the wake of his abortion scandal. we also following the latest on the explosion at a key russian lifeline to ukraine, how russia is dealing with it all. with an opec decision already having people at the pump, we will look at the state of the economy in their pocketbook. that is all coming up next. first, alabama senator tommy tuberville facing major backlash for making this racially charged comments about crime while campaigning with trump in nevada yesterday. take a listen. the democratic party, they have a majority. they could stop this crime today, they are some people say they are soft on crime. they are not soft on crime, they are pro crime. they won t crime. they want crime because they want to take over what you ve got. t