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good morning, everyone. we begin this hour with breaking news overnight. last-minute changes to house speaker kevin mccarthy's debt limit bill. the rules committee worked through the night, ajudge at 5:20 this morning as mccarthy scrambles for republican support ahead of today's possible vote. breaking news just in. ukrainian president zelenskyy has just had a conversation with chinese president xi jinping. that's notable. they had not spoken since before russia invaded ukraine. also, a multi-state manhunt underway this hour for four inmates who escaped from a mississippi jail. o...

watching for in tonight's big speech. right now in turkey, and syria, more than 5,000 people are dead, entire communities have been destroyed after two powerful earthquakes rocked the entire region. we'll take you live to turkey where international rescue cruise and aid are now arriving. also this hour, an inside look at the u.s. coast guard's efforts to address the rise in migrants arriving to the u.s. by sea, and the dangers those desperate people face in search of a better life. and we begin this morning with the horrific destruction in turkey and syria after two powerful ea...

collecting over his state. james clyburn on the impact this is having on the president's big state of the union speech tomorrow. republican senator tom tillis on bipartisan calls for the administration to get tough on china and fast. it is all straight ahead. welcome. i'm neil cavuto. let's get to it with lucas tomlinson at the white house. hi, lucas. >> hi, neil. the white house press briefing just wrapped up and karine jean-pierre says things will china will continue to be calm despite u.s. forces shooting down a chinese spy craft. this was not the first brush with the chinese spy ...

we began this morning with an update on that traumatic incident with the chinese spy balloon 60,000 feet in the air. eight days after it was first spotted in u.s. airspace, and have 22 raptor shot down the balloon with a single missile yesterday off the carolina coast. the search for degree is now underway. it my touch off a war of words between the u.s. and china. heightening tensions in an already data diplomatic relationship. china expressed its, quote, strong dissatisfaction. they have insisted that the device was a civilian weather balloon. a u.s. senior administration official ...

so many investigations, so little time, so few answers. let's go to david spunt and what we're learning right now. hi, david. >> i'm at the famous justice department where karine jean-pierre is instructing everyone in the briefing room to relay their questions to. i've reached out multiple times to folks here at the justice department with attorney general merrick garland's office. also with special counsel robert hur's office. no surprise, no comment. they're being incredibly tight lipped with information about this investigation in to the president of the united states and these cl...