developments this morning following the military s shootdown of the suspected chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi analyzing the pieces of the balloon as china sends a warning to the white house. our team is covering this story from multiple angels. plus, new details on that train derailment that sparked a massive fire in eastern ohio. officials now saying train cars contained hazardous materials. the latest on that cleanup effort. and the fbi offering a $25,000 reward for information about the attacks on two power substations. why officials say these stations are increasingly being targeted by extremist groups. and could artificial intelligence soon put us all out of work? you may want to polish your resumé. it s all ahead on cnn this morning. we are starting another week and we are grateful to have you. it is sunday, february 5th. thanks so much for waking up with us. amara, i don t think as much attention has been paid to a balloon since tha
should not allow this to leave the united states without it being taken into custody or shot down or whatever other appropriate steps we can take. neil: it is all anyone is talking about these days but fox on top of that chinese spy blue still flying over the top of the nine states of america. now, here s what we know. it was last seen over north carolina. it appears to be headed east. the defense department continues tracking it. said all options remain on the table to deal with it while insisting americans on the ground have nothing to worry by it. pentagon also confirming a second chinese balloon is flying over latin america. we do not know much about that one. here s what we still don t know, when exactly did the u.s. first start tracking this balloon? and why was it allowed to enter our airspace and the first place? what intel are the chinese gathering from it? why did secretary saint antony blinken wait until yesterday to cancel his trip to china if the administration
It s probably if it was the same balloon spotted over costa rica on thursday, that means that it was cruising eastward and it might be somewhere over the venezuelan airspace or eastward. i think this tells you how latin america has become a land of competition between the chinese and the united states. used to be twashington s backyard. now there is a lot of interest from china around here and, of course, theis adds more speculation to what the chinese were doing, if that is confirmed, of course, as a second chinese balloon. interest and financial investment in latin america by the chinese. indeed. thank you so much. so this latest balloon debacle is only further strange the already tense relationship between the united states and china. so where do diplomatic relations go from here? we will discuss when we come back. attacks on america s power
Balloon. it was a pretty dramatic and long planned operation. advanced f-22 fighter jets took off from langley air force base in virginia yesterday around 2:35 p.m. and then around 2:39 p.m. we saw that single missile that was fired from one of these jets that then, of course, caused the balloon to explode. now, this was the result of a lot of planning over the course of several days between president biden and his military team. ultimately, secretary of defense lloyd austin gafl approval after noon on saturday. now this is a recovery mission. it was successfully shot down. now they have to figure out how to get that debris because that is key. according to defense officials who spoke to lorp reporters yesterday, the u.s. really wants to get that debris so it can analyze it and potentially learn more about china s intelligence program and ability to surveil. of course the potentially
Soon after the balloon came down president biden explained why the strike that he ordered earlier in the week had to be delayed. on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible and decide the the best time as it got over water. so within 12-mile limit. they successfully took it down. well, china accused the u.s. of overreacting and expressed a strong dissatisfaction and protest over the shootdown. of course, that s adding to the escalating tensions between washington and beijing. we are covering this story only as cnn can. cnn s will ripley is live in taipei. jasmine wright is tracking the response from the white house. natasha, walk us through the operation to shoot town the