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thank you so much for joining me this saturday. im 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. its the second time in less than a week that u.s. fighter jets have shot an object out of the sky fol...

its really great. that was such a nice story that you brought. coy wire, thank you so much. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour in turkey, where rescuers are still finding survivors more than five days after the earthquake hit. the latest remarkable rescues happening just a short time ago. new video showing a woman being rescued 144 hours after the earthquake hit. [ speaking non-english ] >> wow. i mean, the rescuers...

mccormick that is still too close to call. trump is urging oz to declare victory anyway. sound familiar? the former president once again attacking the process and casting doubt on the results. steve kornacki is standing by at the big board with the latest on where that race stands right now. plus, president biden takes new steps to address the baby formula crisis, including invoking the same law that used to increase the medical supplies at the height of covid. another market meltd...

outbreak a global pandemic. our senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us to explain why. what makes it a pandemic? >> there are criteria that are somewhat defined to call something a pandemic. let me preface by saying this terminology that were going to start using now isnt so much to cause panic but rather to really cause a focus on preparedness. >> sanjay will join us in a moment. more than 525,000 americans have died since sanjay made those remarks. but this morning th...

Wheat, certain types of corn and certain types of oils. there are very real possibilities, and it is starting in places like sri lanka, mika, that we are going to see critical -- not baby formula shortages but food shortages for hundreds of millions of potentially billions of people, the longer this drags on. it is a terrifying story. i hate to say it, but we need to acknowledge it. it is real, and it could happen. we need to get the markets reopened. >> cnbcs brian sullivan, thank you very, ver...

It would be highly beneficial, not just on the korean peninsula, but to the rest of the world to see north koreas regime collapsed. one of the message that that would bring is nuclear weapons do not guarantee the survival of a tyrannical regime. that would be a really important message to get out of this point. >> neil: powerful stuff, claudia, thank you very, very much. >> thank you, neil. 102 plus degree temperatures there. >> neil: these are people lining up from the hundreds, im told, the th...

Their option. they can choose what channels they watch, fred. >> all right, polo sandoval, powerful stuff, thanks so much. there are new questions about the immediate response to the parkland, florida, shooting. the broward sheriffs office is investigating the actions of three broward county deputies who were outside the school and had not rushed in when other officers from coral springs arrived. this is, in addition to the one broward county sheriffs deputy who did not enter the building as t...

Our congress rejected it, not by the margin that would end it. >> i think it goes down as a deal that stinks to high heaven. i think it goes down as a deal in which a dictatorialing me la maniac president who does not understand history very well or who has genuine malice towards the state of israel, maybe both, is pushing a deal down the throats of americans and of the world that is, as i said, israels death warrant. a very, serious matter, and a very serious challenge to human decency. >> ben ...

>> as the investigation and search goes into another day, stay with abc news for the latest on this mystery. look for our updates on "america this morning" and "good morning america." now to a horrific story in new york. a blast that leveled two manhattan apartment buildings. at least four people are dead, nine missing and dozens injured after what is believed to have been a gas explosion. a tenant said neighbors complained repeatedly of smelling gas and, in fact, two utility crews were on the...

People in the world do. power is heavily concentrated there. one of the things thats essential and the only way to really fix things is to somehow get rid of the things that washington is doing, diffuse the power and send it back to the state. because the more power they have, the more things they are doing, the more lobbyists there are. you have to have the 3500 lobbyists because they are doing many things. there is plenty of business for them because of the centralization. >> jack abramhoff, h...