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
and a warm welcome it our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead for us here on cnn newsroom, the race to find survivors in turkey and syria. experts warn time is running out as cold weather heightens the danger. another object shot down off the coast of the united states. details still murky, but u.s. president biden is calling the operation a success. and brazilian president da silva meets with the u.s. president. we ll have part two of christiane amanpour exclusive interview with brazil s leader. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. more than 24,000 people are now confirmed dead in turkey and syria five days after a powerful earthquake absolutely devastated those countries. in turkey, emergency crews continue digging through the rubble with their bare hands if they have to, hoping to find yet another survivor. on friday, they rescued a mother and daughter who had been tr
good morning. well ccome to cnn this morning and president obama orders the military to shoot down an unidentified object off the coast of alaska. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the key differences between this object and the chinese balloon that was shot down last week. plus a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the loss after days trapped under the rubble, a teenager found alive. some incredible footage to share with you. pollus memphis prosecutors y they are now looking at every case involving the now fired officers charged in the beating of tyre nichols. as we learn new details about the officers involved. plus the end is in sight, the biden administration preparing to officially end the nation s covid-19 public health emergency. what is going to change and what will not, ahead on cnn this morning. it is the weekend. and we re together. somebody made a mistake putting us
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour, with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. the u.s. fighter jet is taking it down, off the coast of alaska this time, on friday, the pentagon officials say they acted swiftly, after the object, about the size of a small car, crossed into frozen territorile waters. the second time in less than a week a u.s. fighter jet has shot an object out of the sky. following the spy balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. cnn reporter is live in our washington bureau with more on this, so katie, twice, in a week s time, what are we learning about this second object, and who it might belong to? well, at this point, we still really have more questions than answers, and we do know is that on thursday, the u.s. military observed an unknown object in american air space, off of the
thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we begin with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. u.s. fighter jets taking it down after the coast of alaska friday. pentagon officials say they acted swiftly after the object about the size of a small car crossed into frozen territorial waters. it s the second time in less than a week that u.s. fighter jets have shot an object out of the sky following that chinese spy balloon taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. katie bow little lis is with us. what are we learning about this second object? reporter: this object is still quite a bit of a mystery. what we know is that on thursday the military observed this unknown object in us air space just off the coast of alaska. they sent up military aircraft to get a look at this thing. pilots weren t able to tell a whole lot. they could see it was flying at about 40,000 fe