top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
get a briefing on china while members of congress are holding hearings demanding answers about the u.s. response to that spy balloon that floated across the u.s. we ll talk to congressman gregory meeks who attended a house briefing on the matter earlier this morning. president biden is back on the road today heading to a key battleground state to sell his agenda, and he s doubling down on accusations that some republicans want to cut medicare and social security. and migrant crossing borders are up. they re up 700%, but not through the southern border. we ll explain. we begin with devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria where the staggering death toll is now more than 19,000 as workers are going through ruins in hopes of finding more survivors. i want to warn you that the following footage is disturbing, but it is the reality. the reality that people are facing today. right now dozens of unidentified bodies are laying out on the ground in a makeshift morgue in souther
Attempted to strike him. The male then struck two additional officers in the head with a machete. This is another reminder of what our officers face. Brian kohberger remains right here at the correctional facility. These murders have shaken our community. If he is not guilty of a crime, then i frankly fear for the future of this country. Touch down this was the best semifinal day weve ever seen in the College Football playoff era. Georgia bull dogs edging out ohio state here in atlanta. Im pamela brown in washington. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day, first day of 2023. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Well, new developments tonight in the idaho murder investigat investigation. For the first time were hear from the parents of the suspect in this case. Hes facing four counts of first degree murder in the brutal slayings of four Young Students at the University Of Idaho november 13th. His arrest is no doubt a relief for a community that has been living in a state of fear for wee
in other news, nicaragua frees more than 200 opposition political prisoners and deports them to the united states. # ijust don t know what # i just don t know what to # ijust don t know what to do with myself. we remember burt bacharach one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. hundreds of thousands of people across turkey and syria are spending a fourth night in freezing conditions in makeshift camps, having been made homeless by earthquakes. officials say more than 20,000 are now known to have died and hopes are fading that many more will be found beneath the rubble. the first united nations aid convoy has made it into syria and the world bank has promised around $1.8 billion to help turkey. let s start with this report from our correspondent anna foster in kahraman maras. an urgent call for quiet. these rescuers need complete silence. they ve heard voices. even though this building isn t safe,
around these rescue efforts, hoping against hope that their loved ones will still be pulled alive from this rubble. from doctors looking after the syrian baby born in the rubble. we hearfrom. in other news, nicaragua frees more than 200 opposition political prisoners and deports them to the united states. # ijust don t know what to do with myself. we remember burt bacharach, one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. hello and welcome to the programme. hundreds of thousands of people across turkey and syria are spending a fourth night in freezing conditions in makeshift camps, having been made homeless by earthquakes. officials say more than 20,000 are now known to have died and hopes are fading that many more will be found beneath the rubble. the first united nations aid convoy has made it into syria and the world bank has promised around $1.8 billion to help turkey. let s start with this report from our correspondent anna foster in kahramanmaras. an urgent