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>> bret: the death toll from a massive earthquake that shook turkey and syria today continues to climb. it stand injured. the world health organization estimates the death toll could climb exponentially. countlessbodies are believed to be under the rubble and some survivors have been texting or tweeting out calls for help from underneath the debris. today in southern turkey, a second earthquake or aftershock 7.6 within 12 hours of that first quake. correspondent alex hogan has the stor...

Team. general v van healthcare said te balloon was carrying 1 to 2,000 pounds of equipment and possible explosives designed to self-detonate the balloon. the u.s. flew u.s. u2 spy planes as it flew across the u.s. >> specific authorities were granted to collect intelligence against the balloon. >> navy warships have recovered most of the surface debris from an area 15 football fields by 15 football fields in water that is about 47 feet deep. >> the call sign of the pilot who brought down the bal...

And so im going to check with my producer to see if theres any updates, he shaking his head, no so as soon as we hear anything, we will let you know. but it could be coming any moment now. >> all, right you in denton flag, us thank you so much. as tensions grows china over now multiple spy balloons over the americas, the cia director issues a new warning when it comes to chinas military ambitions concerning taiwan, and it may be even more alarming than the balloon. e balloon. to mission control....

Should have allowed it to come into the airspace, and of course the biden ministration has a different take on. it >> all right dan, appreciate you following this for us. joining me right now is patrick tucker, science and technology editor for defense one. so patrick, we just heard from, dan this is not like a plane, they cant steer these precise movements, so talk to us about how you understand that this balloon is drifting and can any of it be remotely controlled by china? >> well probably no...

Certain area for a longer period of time. that obviously allows for a different type of collection for what a satellite can do. >> this is all anybody can talk about, as you can imagine. people right now in the carolinas reportedly taking out their cameras in the telescopes, trying to catch a glimpse. what is your message to people. we know the american people have been told that theres no immediate national security risk, but what is your message to people? >> i think my message is, we need to ...

Secretary yesterday and that briefing in the afternoon saying, we know this is a spy balloon. >> thats right. i think if you talk to experts, they say that it is possible that the balloon may be had technological or technical difficulties in the chinese did not mean for it to catch that jet stream and fly across the entire breadth of the u.s. mainland. on the other hand, i think there was a lot of skepticism that the chinese are saying that this was a weather balloon, and it does seem to have ch...