address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
hello an a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just around the world. we re never leaving here. we re going to stay here. president biden ordered the takedown of an unidentified object in north american airspace. nobody should expect to fly over u.s. airspace like this and not be taken down. there s some semblance of hope we could still find survivors beneath the rubble. we re in a need. and today we re thinking about the most basic needs that are not being fiulfilled. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february 13th. 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington. government officials are working to get more information about another high altitude object shot down by u.s. military on sunday. the object was taken down over late huron-after u.s. picked up signals over montana until u.s. president joe biden gave the
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.
too intense or runs against his former boss. florida governor ron desantis presidential ambitions are less clear right now. he has emerged as trump s most formidable foe thanks to skyrocketing popularity among republican voters. other republicans rumored to be considering a run, they include former maryland governor larry hogan, trump s former secretary mike pompeo. new jersey governor chris sununu. with a republican afield already getting crowded, the key question is, will 2024 be a repeat of the 2016 election. could we end up with trump as a republican nominee again because of the splintered field? joining me now is hayes brown, who is a columnist and editor of msnbc daily. also with us is michelle goldberg, she pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the new york times and msnbc political analyst. let s start with you. let s start of this course about trump in 2016. huge field of republicans splintering the field. he marched through it. could this be a repeat of too many peop
derailment have been prevented? if so, how? the answer to that question will eventually come from the ntsb, which is currently investigating the crash, but we can and should take a look at the conditions of rail freight across this country and the allegations that across the industry safety is being sacrificed for profit. we spoke with one 40-plus year veteran railroader and certified accident investigator who told us what happened in east palestine was the logical outcome of precision schedules railroading. and that without change it will happen again. we re going to explain what that means in a moment with greg reagan, the president of the transportation trades department of aflcio. it s important to understand the operating conditions because the crash itself is becoming a political football. donald trump is touring the derailment site, and the mayor of east palestine who told us on this show the other day that he didn t want president biden to visit because the security d