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hello, and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom, days after the suspected chinese spy balloon was shot down another unknown object is found floating above the u.s. why president biden didn t wait for this one to travel any further. plus, more classified documents found in the homes of both donald trump, and mike pence. how the feds are dealing with the new information. the desperate rush to get aids to survivors as temperatures are freezing in the earthquake zone. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. for the second time in less than a week u.s. fighter jets have taken down an object flying over american air space. the latest one was sht down friday over alaska s coast over joe biden s orders. it was smaller and not as well equipped as that chinese surveillance balloon. another difference, this object was an altitude of 40,000 feet, and posed a ri
that s the same type of aircraft and missile that shot down the chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. one of the questions we asked at the pentagon briefing was if there was so much intelligence to gain by letting the previous balloon fly across the united states and being able to observe it, why was this one shot down so quickly especially when the senators were furious it wasn t shot down earlier. was the pentagon wbowing to political pressure. the decision to shoot it down before it entered into u.s. airspace, the pentagon bowing to pressure from the hill? we re going to judge each of these objects on its own merits. it entered into u.s. airspace on february 9th. we sent up aircraft to assess what it was. the decision was made that it posed a reasonable threat to civilian air traffic. the president gave the order to take it down and we took it down. in the end this was shot down just a few miles over the water. that water frozen so it did essentially fall
america s fentanyl crisis. cbs news exclusive access to the drug raids, as law enforcement tries to get the dangerous poison off america s streets. stunning resignation. new zealand s prime minister steps aside. the young mother helped ban assault weapons. why she says she s leaving. and, remembering legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist, david crosby. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we are tracking two winter storms, one of them heading to new england late tonight and tomorrow, bringing snow, freezing rain, and sleet. also tonight, we have the story of a pre-dawn raid, and law enforcement s crackdown on fentanyl. cbs news was there today as more than 40 officers ready to raid a home where they believed the dangerous drugs were being made. but first, more than one year after that shocking shoo
jan crawford is here tonight on whether the justices or any of their spouses were implicated. america s fentanyl crisis. cbs news exclusive access the to the drug raids as law enforcement tries to get the dangerous poison off america s streets. stunning resignation. new zealand s prime minister steps aside. the young mother helped ban assault weapons. why she says she s leaving. and remembering legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist, david crosby. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we are tracking two winter storms, one of them heading to new england late tonight and tomorrow bringing snow, freezing rain, and sleet. also tonight, we have the story ofla enforcement s crackdown on fentanyl. cbs news was there today as more than 40 officers ready to raid a home where they believed the dangerous drugs were being made. but first, mo