Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing part of your morning with us. As the grim reality sets in for survivors in hawaii, some are questioning the states response beforehand and how much was done to try to warn residents to get out. Plus Hunter Bidens legal troubles heat pup the Justice Department elevates the attorney to Special Counsel after plea talks fall apart. And donald trump and his legal team get a stern warning from the judge. Well have the latest on the contentious hearing. New data Shows Americans are pulling out of their 401 k and relying on credit cards. Well have a financial expert to weigh in with her advice. We begin with really grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have claimed at least 80 lives so far. The death toll will likely rise in the coming days. Crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and its unclear how many people are unaccounted for. Video shows the horror of the fire as people tried t
more than 20,000 20,000 lives lost since monday s horrific earthquake. the lead starts right now. screams of joy amid the horror a mother and daughter found alive. coming up the miracle rescues. cnn is on the ground as crews climb through earthquake rubble in syria and turkey. and president biden takes his state of the union road show to rival rich florida and challenges a republican senator on his clear proposal to sunset all programs including social security and medicare. but first new images from the fbi as investigators begin to analyze that downed chinese spy balloon recovered from the atlantic ocean. and lawmakers begin to learn just how sophisticated the surveillance equipment onboard was. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. and we start with the world lead and new information about the chinese spy balloon shot done. it started analyzing the first pieces of its balloon, and senior officials say those parts could be used as evidence in a future possible crimin
it s really great. that was such a nice story that you brought. coy wire, thank you so much. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour in turkey, where rescuers are still finding survivors more than five days after the earthquake hit. the latest remarkable rescues happening just a short time ago. new video showing a woman being rescued 144 hours after the earthquake hit. [ speaking non-english ] wow. i mean, the rescuers celebrating her rescue. more than 25,000 people have died and time is running out to find other victims alive. and many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one, and there are growing fears of a humanitarian crisis as survivors cope without shelter or even running water. nada, what are the latest concerns? reporter: well, look, the days are passing sby and the death toll is growing. we have some glimmers of hope, more than 140 hours on we are still seeing people being
over there by the beach. no, not like this. not like this, no. it is just terrifying to listen to those people scream and try to flee in just a few seconds notice. cnn s gloria pazmino is live with the latest. what do we know in terms of the rescue and recovery efforts? reporter: it is just absolutely terrifying to listen to those voices in you can literally feel the panic that they are in, the fear that they are feeling as they are fleeing from the flames. i want to talk about the rescue mission, the search mission we know is underway.
rubble for 15 hours, he tells us. i m speechless. a very bad dream. i m here and so many of our friends die here, so many relatives are dying. my feelings are all collapsed. i m only breathing at the moment. reporter: around the corner we find this man overseeing the search mission. for days he s desperately been trying to get his parents out. our government helps, but it s not enough, obviously. so we are trying to get our people on our own and we need you, we need everyone who can come and help us. reporter: he tells us he saw his mother s leg under the rubble. i am not able to reach her. she s there. i see her, but i cannot touch her. i understand my mother is dead. i m trying to get my mother. reporter: with every passing