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really developing. it is not known what the chinese is trying to do with this thing despite the apology issued this morning. the chinese government saying it is wayward weather research balloon. lets get to it, and even more mounting at the hour. and first to kiley adwood who is here with me. what are you hearing from the state department about blinkens trip now being postponed, kiley? >> we just got off of the phone with the senior white house official, and they they this balloon is v...

morning" starts now. ♪ lets try it again. good morning. buenos dias. welcome to "cnn this morning." im boris sanchez. >> im amara walker. and then there were three. yes, for the third time in a week, u.s. fighter jets having to shoot down something over north america. this time over canadian airspace. what we know about this one and the coordination between the u.s. and canada to bring it down. plus, more than five days after that deadly earthquake struck turkey and syria, more s...

floating above the continental united states, and we dont know what data its collecting. you can see it right there on your screen and its visable to people on the ground in montana. at least it has been since wednesday. today beijing confirmed it is theirs, claiming it is a, quote, unquote, civilian research air ship that went off course, but minutes ago, the pentagon flatly rejected that claim, calling it a surveillance balloon. secretary of state antony blinkens upcoming trip to chi...

china says that contraption over the united states is just researching weather. yeah, okay, sure. "the lead" starts right now. china is calling it a civilian airship. the u.s. calls it a spy balloon. whatever you call it, its causing a huge diplomatic riff between two global superpowers as the pentagon contemplates shooting it down. and hate in home schooling. the discovery of disturbing pro-nazi and disturbing teachings to kids in ohio sparking a debate over what parents can teach t...

trillion could soon approach the size of the defense budget. let that sink in, neil. president biden is calling for more taxes on the rich. he speak recently in virginia beach. >> i want to make it clear, im going to raise some taxes. any of you who are billionaires out there, youre going to stop paying 3%. not a joke. >> biden met with kevin mccarthy just once since he became speaker and with a debt of over $31 trillion, many republicans are concerned about potential cuts in national ...

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a rollback of regulations on banks. i will be joined by democratic congressman and former venture capitalist josh harder on the next steps to stabilize the banking industry this hour, former president trump taking the fight directly to ron desantis in iowa. >> ron de-sanctiuos. he is aisciple of paul ryan. he reminds me of mitt romney in california, 11 people were gunned down in january, president biden will announce stronger gun background checks i will talk to the congresswoman f...

the caucuses seven years ago plus, themarkets get a break as cooling inflation sparks a much needed rally on wall street. but what about main street what does the latest report tell us about the cost of food and clothes and electricity? well break it all down for you. and forecasters in california warning that a new round of rainstorms may bring large scale and long lasting flooding up to eight more inches of rain falling on areas yet to recover from last weeks storm as the totals ...

thank you so much for joining me. we begin with this breaking news just moments ago, the faa lifting a flight restriction over lake michigan near wisconsin for what it called national defense air space. it is unclear why they impose the restrictions but it does follow a similar pattern that we have seen with at least three now high altitude objects shot down in the last week. and kylie atwood and arlette saenz are tracking the latest developments. what are you learning? >> reporter: we...