. the crazy thing about this is that this is protective net. that s crazy. wow. look at that. yeah. it looks like it s water. geez. that is pretty crazy. good morning, everyone. we re so happy you re with us on assignment in los angeles. the northeast, is bracing for anarctic blast. extreme wind chills set to be the lowest in decades. this morning, the areas impacted by the cold temperatures. we ll take you live to boston. plus, a suspended chinese spy balloon the size of three buses has been seen hovering over usair space. where it was just spotted and what the pentagon plans to do now. plus this they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced. that is congresswoman omar. she has been removed from the house foreign affairs committee. democrats accusing republicans of racism. what kevin mccarthy is staying ahead. we do begin this hour with extreme arctic weather unleashing some of the coldest temperatures the northeast has seen in decades. forecasters ar
and the latest on what china is saying about that balloon hovering over the u.s. and president biden is going to speak following a new jobs report that smashed expectations. 517,000 jobs added in january and nearly three times the forecast. we will bring you reaction live. and a life-threatening deep freeze headed to the northeast, and millions are bracing for once-in-a-generation sub-zero temperatures. china is confirming that the balloon floating over to the u.s. is theirs, and it is not a spy balloon as the pentagon says, but it is a civilian airship used for research are the words of the foreign ministry, and it is said to be the size of three buses. china says it accidentally drifted off course. and the sources says that china cannot manually control it, but how did it get there in the first place? the continental u.s. is a big target. yes, what happens next is the big question. the pentagon says it is not a military or physical threat to the people on the ground
that we need to wake up to 18 65 year talking about the black codes, right? that s right, enacted to make it a crime for a black person to carry a gun in the south. but you re equating that to the current president, you re referring to economic change? what are you saying? i was referring to joe biden s. i think ill chosen expression to say they re the party that wants to put you back into chains. what i m actually saying is that if you look at the policies of the modern democratic party democrats, absolutely. so what i m saying is that actually, it s policies like that of lyndon johnson and joe biden that are actually holding black americans back the war on poverty yes, and in particular, his great society where he actually created incentives in the family. where if you re a family. you could actually get more money by not having the father in the home. what you get you get what you pay for. i think it s been really bad for the black community. i think it s really bad for al
top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. i m john berman. this morning president biden reassuring americans that the u.s. banking system remains safe. this despite the failure of two significant banks within 48 hours. silicon valley bank and signature bank have now been taken over by federal regulators. all customers who had deposits in these banks can rest assured. rest assured they ll be protected and they ll have access to their money as of today. that includes small businesses across the country that bank there and need to make payroll, pay their bills and stay open for business. no losses this is an important point. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. the president emphasized the customers will be fully protected while the bank s managers and investors will be held accountable. he also outlined the emergency measures his administration took to protect the bank s customers. cnn s priscilla alvarez is with us. look, a lot of this is trying to ease the anxiety
hear from her. but now the big two things. it is the charges against these officers and this video, when will we finally when will the public finally get to see the video. and executive director of the local naacp gave us information about the possibility of these officers surrendering themselves. but again, that has not been confirmed. that is according to her and her sources. in the meantime, the community reeling, family members reeling. and this community bracing for what is to come. yeah, we had a conversation with the senior pastor at the mississippi boulevard christian church here, that is the church where they will have services for tyree nichols on february 1. so there is real concern. you know, he made no bones about worrying about whether this was going to be explosive, how people are going to on respond once the video is released. but he said that they have been in talks and he said he saw something that he has never seen before happen in this community, a