good morning. well ccome to cnn this morning and president obama orders the military to shoot down an unidentified object off the coast of alaska. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the key differences between this object and the chinese balloon that was shot down last week. plus a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the loss after days trapped under the rubble, a teenager found alive. some incredible footage to share with you. pollus memphis prosecutors y they are now looking at every case involving the now fired officers charged in the beating of tyre nichols. as we learn new details about the officers involved. plus the end is in sight, the biden administration preparing to officially end the nation s covid-19 public health emergency. what is going to change and what will not, ahead on cnn this morning. it is the weekend. and we re together. somebody made a mistake putting us
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. no now to turkey where the death toll from the earthquake has hit 25,000. time is running out to find other survivors. one senior u.n. official warns they are approaching the end of the search and rescue window. many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one in turkey. most of the survivors are left with nothing. cnn s nick payton walsh looks a some of the amazing rescue stories. reporter: increased desperation, cold, a lack of shelter, a government desperately doing all it can that simply can t be enough given the millions affected. amid all of that horror are moments of joy and relief. a 70-year-old woman pulled after 121 hours under the rubble just in the last hours and three brothers also pulled out after 120 hours. we saw ourselves another rescue in the heavily hit key city of millions after 109 hours. here s our report. over 100 hours after the worst quake in nearly 100 y
thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we begin with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. u.s. fighter jets taking it down after the coast of alaska friday. pentagon officials say they acted swiftly after the object about the size of a small car crossed into frozen territorial waters. it s the second time in less than a week that u.s. fighter jets have shot an object out of the sky following that chinese spy balloon taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. katie bow little lis is with us. what are we learning about this second object? reporter: this object is still quite a bit of a mystery. what we know is that on thursday the military observed this unknown object in us air space just off the coast of alaska. they sent up military aircraft to get a look at this thing. pilots weren t able to tell a whole lot. they could see it was flying at about 40,000 fe
it has been 108 hours since the quake struck and hope is running out to find any more survivors in the rubble. but we just saw something remarkable just this morning. a family of six rescued in turkey after being buried alive for 102 hours. four children and two parents. they waved as they were brought out on stretchers. we are told they were in the first floor of a collapsed building. this is their son who wasn t inside the home when the quake struck, weeping with joy as he saw them emerge from the wreckage. the reality is that thousands are still missing and many could be dead or dying right now beneath piles of concrete. take a look at these before and after photos of the devastation. this is a mosque, a turkish mosque from the 19th century. it is in ruins. one of many historic sites destroyed by the earthquakes, some of which have stood for centuries. this is near the epicenter of the earthquake. apartment buildings and businesses completely flattened. this is a satel
Its 10 00 eastern, im ana cabrera, and thanks for being with us. We begin with the Breaking News dominating washington and the country this morning, California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. A trailblazer in so many ways. Feinstein was the longest serving woman in the senate, first elected in 1992. On capitol hill where she served california for decades, senators are just convening this morning. Heres majority leader Chuck Schumer. Peter schumer, do you have any reaction to Senator Feinsteins death. Very, very sad day for all of us, and ill be speaking on the floor shortly. We will be watching for those remarks on the senate floor any moment now. First nbcs Andrea Mitchell looks back at Dianne Feinsteins life and legacy. Reporter Dianne Feinstein, a leading woman senator for generations whose political career in california was launched by tragedy. November 1978, San Francisco mayor George Musconi and Board Of Supervisors member harvey milk were assassina