right now, two separate senate committees are drilling into u.s. and china relations. in the wake of that chinese spy balloon entering the u.s. just last hour senator jon tester made the stakes abundantly clear. china s a real threat and one we need to take seriously, which is exactly why we re here today. house members this morning receiving a classified briefing on the balloon ahead of a vote scheduled just a few minutes from now to condemn china s use of a spy craft. senators are set to receive an all members briefing of their own in about 30 minutes. all of this happening as the state department is revealing fresh details about china s surveillance program this morning. and just what the balloon hovering over the u.s. was capable of. in a few moments, i ll talk to former u.s. ambassador to china max baucus about what we can learn and the very real threat posed by china. plus, fading hopes for survival, days after devastating earthquakes rocked turkey and syria. the
a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the work. i m bianca nobilo from london. max foster has the day off. just ahead roads are damaged, people are dying. now is the time to explore all possible avenues to get aid and personnel into affected areas. special counsel jack smith has issued a subpoena to former vice president mike pence seeking documents and testimony in the january 6 investigation. president biden visited the state of florida on thursday where he sought to drive home the message that he wants to protect social security and medicare. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, february 10, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 12 noon in syria and turkey where the death toll from monday s earthquake has risen to nearly 22,000. and hopes are fading that rescuers can find anymore survivors. this the scene in southern turkey, emergency crews blow their whistles when they hear noises
hunt is live with us with the breaking news. good evening, trace. we learned the balloon is just one of a fleet operated by the chinese military. with a significant game of spying on the u.s. in this game, many other countries in many other cases and the balloon shot down by a u.s. fighter jet on saturday was laden with sophisticated equipment to gather intelligence and possibly to transmit that intelligence directly to beijing. the tool package, the equipment package on that balloon, was enormous. we were not able to jam the transmissions. we don t know the extent of the program. as the u.s. navy continues to collect debris from the waters off south carolina where the balloon was brought down, it s emerged that some of the recovered parts were western made and had english writing on them. officials have not pickly name the manufacturer of those parts, but they have said they believe that manufacturer has a direct relationship with the people s liberation army of china.
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