planes. we are laser-focused on confirming their nature and purpose. reporter: three day, three unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighters. no precedent. efforts are actively under way right now at all sites to find what s left of those objects so we can better understand and communicate with the american people what they are. reporter: no shortage of unanswered questions, driving a robust all-of-government response from president biden. every element of the government will redouble their efforts to understand and mitigate these events. reporter: recovery efforts under way for downed ob jebts and critical. they are focused like a laser on figuring out what happened and coming up with sort of a comprehensive analysis of how we deal with this present and future. reporter: as even white house allies are raising concerns. in an absence of information people will fill that gap. reporter: a new cabinet-level task force underscoring the approach. we re sta
in an exclusive interview, we speak to a captured fighter from a notorious mercenary group. it s like a meat grinder, they don t care if you return home. why this man s punishment could be a first in new york in 60 years. at the super bowl, how fans put aside their differences for the gift of life. does anybody have a kidney i could get? he came through. later we re on the front lines of what some are calling education reform in florida. why books are being pulled from school libraries. teachers have been called groomers. this is the cbs weekend news. good evening and thank you for joining us. it has happened again. today another aerial object shot down by warplanes. the latest shootdown happened over lake huron following it over yukon s territory. we are started this was on both sides, and they are demanding more details as other officials say the objects were smaller and did not closely resemble the chinese spy balloon shot down earlier this month. canad
michigan. we do know that object was shot down by an f-16. norad s commander says they aren t calling that object a balloon because they re not able to say right now how that object was able to stay in the air. the uncertainty is escalating the war of words between the united states and china. china claims the united states has been flying balloons over chinese airspace without permission. that s an argument admiral john kirby flatly denied earlier. not true. not doing it. that s absolutely not true. we or not flying balloons over china. also this week, over a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, rescue crews are amazingly still finding survivors in the rubble this morning, but the devastation is immense, spanning the area nearly the size of texas, and the number of people confirmed dead is now more than 35,000. in moments i ll be talking with former arizona senator jeff flake, now the ambassador to turkey about how the u.s. is helping people there.
than 35,000 after two earthquakes devastated the region, and yet miracles bring glimmers of hope one week later. back here at home in kansas city, fireworks and celebrations after the chief s star quarterback patrick mahomes led the team to victory over the philadelphia eagles during sunday night s super bowl thriller. and we begin this hour with the mystery surrounding those objects in the sky. this weekend the u.s. shot down three flying objects over north american air space bringing the total to four in just over a week. on sunday, president biden directed a shootdown of an unidentified object flying over lake huron. the day before a u.s. jet was authorized to shoot down an unidentified obvious flying through canadian air space. on friday the u.s. shot down an object over northern alaska. this all comes after u.s. officials shot down a chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina last weekend. this morning the white house is denying a new claim from chine
deal with this present and future. and white house allies are raising concerns. in the absence of information, people will fill that gap. reporter: a new task force with an underscoring of the u.s. approach. we re recognizing these with extra vigilance and see them in different ways. and president biden has made the decision that we re not going to allow those over u.s. territory. reporter: with fighters on three separate occasions, using a missile to take down objects over alaskan air space, over canada s yukon on saturday, and over lake heron on sunday. all in the wake of a chinese spy balloon last month. these objects are different in appearance and capabilities. first of all, these are not posing a threat to the united states or to persons. these are benign objects from what we can tell. reporter: with current and former officials signaling they don t believe they originated in china. does that mean you think it s china? no.