we begin with the recovery efforts under way off the south carolina coastline following that dramatic takedown of a suspected chinese spy balloon yesterday. the u.s. military blasting the balloon out of the sky after it drifted over the atlantic near myrtle beach. president biden saying he ordered the military to take it down on wednesday. now, efforts are under way to recover the debris and analyze it to find out what it may have been doing as it drifted across the u.s. over the last few days. chinese is accusing the u.s. of overreacting. we re covering this from all angles from the nation s capital to the coast where the balloon was shot down. let s start with diane gallagher in surfside beach, south carolina, where the recovery operation is under way, even though the conditions right now are allwful. what are you hearing about the search and recovery efforts of the debris? reporter: the weather not exactly clear as it was yesterday when everybody here in the myrtle beach
Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Well see you again at 6 00. Tonight, as we come on the air in the west, several breaking stories. North korea. And here at home, the deadly walmart shooting. Authorities say the gunman was a disgruntled employee taking aim at coworkers with deadly force. Shooting a Police Officer who was raced to the hospital. They believe hes alive because of his bulletproof vest. And that Breaking News coming in from north korea right now. What theyve now done. James longman with new reporting. The severe Thunderstorm Watch in the northeast, as we come on the air tonight, as a Lightning Strike hits at least six people late today on the east coast. And the father who did not survive, trying to save his 11yearold son in a rip current. The boy made it to shore. The horrific case unfolding tonight. Multiple Family Members killed, then police say a man firing his way into a second home. The sheriff now asking tonight, was this suspect imitating the Jayme Closs Cas
to china after the balloon was spotted in the u.s. cnn s will ripley is with us now. will, give us the update from that perspective. it s interesting, fred, the statement you just read came from china s defense ministry talking about using necessary means to deal with similar situations and yet china this whole time has claimed that this suspected spy balloon is actually a weather balloon. they even fired the head of their national weather service in china which a lot of analysts say was a move to reinforce this dubious claim that the nature of this balloon was purely meteorological purposes and not to conduct surveillance over sensitive areas like the missile silos in montana. you have china clinging on to the claim that the pentagon h has yet their defense
dr. scholl s. born to move. to the index of other news. and a father has died while trying to rescue his son in atlantic city. his 11-year-old was struggling in a rip current. the father was then pulled underwater. the son did make it back to shore. and to the two skydivers colliding in midair over ottawa, illinois. two men slamming into one another, one of them was knocked unconscious before his parachute deployed a ba device automatically opening the chute. both did land safely. incredible. and the frightening scene overseas. this toddler, we want to let you know, does survive this. a little boy in china clinging to the side of a balcony on the sixth floor. he loses his grip, falls toward the ground, landing safely in a