right now on early start, what is going on up there? three mystery objects shot out of the sky by american fighter jets. plus, against all odds. people are still being saved from the rubble of turkey and syria s earthquake disaster, more than a week later. kansas city erupts as the chiefs take the super bowl for the second time in four years. all right. here we go, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. we begin with the u.s. fighter jet shooting down another airborne object on sunday. this one over lake huron. according to the pentagon the object was not a military threat but it was determined to be a flight hazard. the operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over north american airspace. these are objects, i m not able to categorize how they stay aloft. it could be a guess. it s a type of balloon inside a structure. or it could be some type of a propulsion system. but c
Where israeli troops are still fighting its a mess on the ground inside of israel. Two days after the largescale attacks. Israeli Military Keeping strikes on gaza and has completely upgrades the fatalities in hamas. Hamas is claiming to have launched a major Missile Attack on the Southern Israeli City Of Ashkelon with israel saying an Apartment Building was hit, this comes as the militant group claims to now be holding 100. The death toll has claimed past 700 inside of israel. Aleast 260 were killed at a Music Festival near the israelgaza border. Were following the developments and elliott is joining us now. Elliott, this is so much to stay on top of. But there has been discussion about the hostages. Weve been hearing the harrowing stories from Family Members on our air. How much will that impact israels retaliation . It certainly complicates things. If they werent hostages weve probably already seen incursion by the israelis to demonstrate in the gaza strip. Because of the hostages, p
On the attack. Former President Donald Trump fighting back and lashing out at the judge overseeing His Civil Fraud Trial. Court is set to resume in just a few minutes. More what the trumps are facing and whether this case could have an impact outside of new york state. Thats ahead. Plus, will there be another battle for the gavel . Republican hardliners led by congressman matt gaetz vowing to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his speakership but do they have the notes and Will Mccarthy Cut A deal with democrats. Well take you to the latest. And a socalled pink tax is hurting Womens Health especially among Breast Cancer patients. Were going to explain why. Were following these stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. With his Family Business at stake, donald trump is again in front of a judge for the first day of His Civil Fraud Trial in new york. Inside court, where you can see trump with his attorneys sitting quietly before the proceedings began. But outside court hes been
objects over north america this weekend. this is to take this as a turning point to invest. we need more sophisticated radar systems. we have them. they just don t have them deployed to protect the united states. an integrated missile defense system. we ve seen others invest in integrated missile system. we don t have one ourselves. this is a threat and how do we respond to it. we have analyst shawn turner. do you agree with mike turner there this san opportunity for the u.s. to ramp up security and investments in radar systems? good morning, christine. thanks for having me. yeah. i do agree with the congressman. one of the things that adversaries understand about our systems is that they re based on signatures. and those signatures tell us whether or not we re talking about a civilian aircraft, or military aircraft or something else. so, we tend to look for those things that we know pose a
can anything be done to fix the system? it would be very difficult right now to do that. this san opportunity for the u.n. to look very hard at itself. but you re right, with china as a permanent member, the chances of a security council or the u.n. looking to expel russia from the security council as opposed to subordinate bodies within the u.n. would be quite difficult. other things to be done, john, would be to conduct thorough investigations into these crimes. secretary blinken was 100% correct, these are crimes against humanity. these are war crimes. and we should be willing to consider whether countries are willing to extend their jurisdiction over these crimesnd be willing to indict the russian and military leadership with the idea that if other countries join them in that indictment it makes it virtually impossible for russians to travel outside russia the hell it is today. as we look at that, we want to get to the battlefield that