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top of the hour this thursday. i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zel...

>> reporter: that was the theme song for "butch cassidy and the sun dance kid" and took home another oscar for a movie. ♪ between me and the moon and new york city ♪ >> reporter: and he teamed up with ron eisley. ♪ raindrops keep falling on my head ♪ >> reporter: and he paired with british rocker elvis costello for the song "grace of my head." ♪ and that gave me strength ♪ >> reporter: in 2012, president obama paid tribute to him for the most highest music award the

Faster. >> absolutely, look, coming back with the throttles. >> can you pull out or is it too late >> i got 8,000 feet, i just hit the mountains. there's your reason. >> think how many seconds we had. you couldn't pull this out you just don't have enough strength >> reporter: the plane's black boxes could answer critical questions, did the plane suffer a critical mechanical or structural error, did the crew respond properly, and even, was the crash intentional. >> investigators got to look at the background of this flight crew and what was happening in this cockpit to rule out whether an inten...

>> the storm came, and then all communication was lost at that time >> nothing >> nothing >> reporter: right now flooding is among the biggest concerns with cars submerged at police as dorian dumps foot after foot of rain. >> we fear for our head quarters as dorian dumps foot after foot of rain. >> we fear for our lives >> reporter: tonight the prime minister tells me help is on the way but stresses he's never seen such a powerful storm. >> it's saddening. it's as if we're fighting a war with the enemy having all the weapons at their disposal and we it's as if we're fighting a war with the ene...