welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. great to be with you. i m boris sanchez. several new developments following the military s shootdown of that suspected chinese spy balloon off a south carolina coast. the fbi now analyzing that wreckage as china sends a warning to the white house. our team coverage from this story is looking at multiple angles this morning. also, we have new details out of ohio on it that train derailment that sparked a massive fire. officials are saying the cars contained hazardous materials and the cleanup is underway. plus, banned by association. how facial recognition software is being used to keep some fans out of madison square garden. why some say this is a slippery slope. plus, the proposal that could soon cut major cities off from the colorado river. that s just ahead on cnn this morning. most of you are waking up to a much warmer weekend morning. it is sunday, everyone, february 5th. thank you so much for waking up with
hello, everyone. thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredicka whitfield. a dramatic takedown and now a race to recover pieces of that suspected chinese supply balloon. the u.s. military shooting it out of the sky on saturday just off the coast of south carolina. you watched it with us live. president biden on wednesday ordering the balloon to be destroyed as soon as possible. his top military brass advising the president to wait until it was safely over the ocean. efforts are now under way to collect the fallen debris which will be taken to the fbi lab in quantico for analysis. the balloon had made its way across the country after first being spotted in montana on wednesday. its appearance over the u.s. and the military operation to take it down complicating the already tenuous relationship between the u.s. and china. beijing accusing the u.s. of overreacting and expressing strong dissatisfaction over the balloon s destruction. we have reporters around the world coverin
coast of myrtle beach, south carolina, collecting the wreckage of the downed balloon. republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. let s get the latest on the balloon and today s recovery efforts, zachary cohen is here. zachary, what more are we learning about this balloon and, i guess, at some point, they need to pull it up out of the ocean and start examining it. i think at this early stage, u.s. officials are not buying the chinese government s explanation that it was a civilian aircraft. they have strongly indicated, defense officials and administration officials, strongly told us that this was used for spying and they believe it was used to try to collect data about sensitive u.s. military sites across the country. now, that raises an being question, though, and one that the biden administration is going to have to grapple with in the next few days. they know that was the intent of this balloon, why did they not shoot it
former president trump again calling for a special master to intervene after a judge unseals documents regarding the search of his mar-a-lago home. the latest in this legal battle and what we re learning about those classified government secrets. plus, friday free fall, stocks plummeting after fed chair jerome powell promises, quote, forceful and rapid action to try and tame inflation. he says to expect more quick pain ahead. also, cnn rides along with the so-called water police in california. their creative ways to keep homeowners from wasting water amid the devastating drought. and we re going to introduce you to a very special 17-year-old, soaring into the record books after flying solo around the world. he ll join us live. new day starts right now. hello, everyone. good morning. and a warm welcome to your new day. it is saturday, august 27th. hello there boris. good morning, amara. great to be with you as always. up first, we start with donald trump renewing h
i love that. i was starting to join you. but you want me to cut it off now? my viewers are like, no. thank you good to see you, have a good one! a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin to another new legal filing of the fbi search to mar-a-lago, this is in addition to the head spinning legal documents in the last few hours. the newest one is from donald trump himself. it s a supplemental failing to support trump s request for a special master to review items seized by the fbi. in its, trump s lawyers are also asking for more detailed receipts from items seized in the fbi search, arguing that the redacted affidavit provides almost no information that would allow trump to understand why the search took place. or what was taken from his home. they also argued that the presidential records act is not a criminally enforceable statute. and new reaction from both sides of the aisle to the relea