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
the wo woods just yet. ten storm-related deaths after facing an overnight hammering across the peninsula. residents describing what it was like to ride out one of the worst storms to ever hit the u.s. i feared for my life. i went across the street, i got sticks and it didn t last enough for the big bad wolf that puffed away. i was just scared for my children. trace: rescue and recovery efforts underway in numerous cities that have seen historic flooding, fallen trees, downed power lines, and large gaps where a bridge once connected the mainland to the barrier islands. we ve got team coverage for you tonight, kevin corke with a look at how this biden administration is responding to the storm. will nunley still on the ground and we begin with steve harrigan live in florida just 9 miles away from where ian came a short period good evening, you heard from people who rode out the storm the fear as the storm was coming through and then later we are seeing people talking tod
biden administration. what you basically saw over the week was really sort of a planned different pieces of an overall strategy. we want the balloon down. wednesday biden gives the orders. the military says the best way to implement those orders, because they are the experts, is when it gets over the water. that happened midday saturday. now that s the second part of the mission. the third part is now the debris pickup. so this is an ongoing mission in many regards, even though we don t see this part because it s not up in the sky. who knew that a balloon could cause such a kerfuffle. thank you so much. thank you. have a good one. so as we have mentioned, the wreckage from that balloon splashed down into the waters off the south carolina coast. and coming up we are going to talk to an oceanographer about the delicate operation to retrieve the debris from the ocean. also, president biden set to address the nation tuesday for