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thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i'm 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. it's the second time in less than a week that u.s. fighter jets have shot an object out of the sky following that chinese spy balloon taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. katie bo...

it's 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. i'm 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 celebrating her rescue. more than 25,000 people have died and time is running out to find other v...

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 meltdown as the dow suffers its worst day since 2020. retailers grapple with the pain of inflation. the...

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 we're going to start using now isn't 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 there are so many positive signs. 2.2 million people a day are getting vaccinated. the cdc has new g...

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. >> cnbc's brian sullivan, thank you very, very much for coming on this morning. we'll be in touch. still ahead, the pentagon says russia has s...