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cnn "this morning" starts right now. this is the aftermath of what we reported yesterday, our breaking news. good morning. there are countless people still trapped under those piles of rubble and screaming out for help across turkey and syria. the staggering death toll topping 5,000 after the catastrophic earthquake. we'll take you live to the disaster zone and the massive rescue operation under way. >> and live on capitol hill this morning where tonight president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address since republicans took control

of the house. it's a major moment and he will use it to make his sales pitch for the re-election campaign he's expected to launch soon. we'll have a full preview of what to expect in tonight's state of the union. cnn has new and exclusive reporting a chinese spy balloon flew across florida when donald trump was president, but did his administration know? and we'll take you live to ohio for a closer look at the tense and ongoing battle to keep a toxic and fiery train wreck from exploding. but we're going to begin with the desperate race to save hundreds of people who are still trapped and screaming for help under piles of rubble across turkey and syria. the sheer scale of this disaster is overwhelming. more than 5,000 people now confirmed dead. rescue teams still have thousands upon thousands of collapsed buildings and homes like these to search through. a warning now, you may find this video disturbing. [ speaking non-english ]

. >> that is a woman under a heap of concrete crying out for help. help, help, she is saying. this man says he can hear his mother and father in the rubble, but there is no way to reach them. elite search and rescue teams from around the world including the u.s. are rushing to that scene. so much death, so much despair, but there are moments of hope there like this one. you'll see a small girl crawling on her hands and knees out of a collapsed building into the arms of rescuers. straight now to nick paton walsh. nick, hello to you. it's freezing there. multiple aftershocks are slowing down rescue efforts. what's the latest? >> reporter: absolutely. turkey has not seen anything like this, a 7.8 initial shocker and 7.1 one that followed. the kind of weather we're dealing with, horizontal snow,

people trapped under the rubble of buildings. here in turkey there's a massive rescue effort in the kahramanmaras region where i'm standing. here is what we've been learning. night blanketed the destruction with freezing temperatures. fires reveal an unwavering operation. rescuers with only their barehands listening for faint voices of survivors trapped under their homes. the magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed and injured thousands in turkey and syria and left thousands more homeless sifting through the dust for what's left of their lives. >> translator: we barely escaped from inside the house. we have four children and left at the last moment. i guess there were several people trapped inside. it was a huge disaster. our situation is very bad here. we are waiting without water or food.

we are in a miserable state. >> reporter: the clock is another enemy here along with the bitter cold. aid is pouring in from all over the world. rescue dogs to sniff for signs of life and trickling into syria, ravaged by a decade of civil war. the first rays of dawn's sun light bring warmth and reveal the true scale of the devastating earthquake, the strongest this region has seen in nearly a century. dozens of powerful aftershocks mean the building still standing tall could come crumbling at any time. >> reporter: you can still see the horizontal snow, and that is

hampering the ability for turkey's agencies to get to the main earthquake zones. and down the road here in kahramanmaras clearly aid is trying to trickle in but it's hampered by the weather conditions. it is a race about getting people out from under that rubble while they still are essentially alive here in these awful conditions, don. the region simply hasn't seen anything like this for decades, and it is utterly startling to see those image and imagine how much worse things will be with the significantly fewer rescue resources across the border in syria. >> nick paton walsh reporting live, thank you. president biden is gearing up to deliver his second state of the union speech and his first before a divided congress. the president is expected to tick through his administration's accomplishments and future agenda all before a republican house speaker over his left shoulder who is determined to block it. the speech is also expected to offer a glimpse at his messaging as he approaches a re-election

announcement we're expected soon. how has the president been preparing for this? i know he was at camp david for a bit over the weekend. what are we expecting tonight? >> reporter: the speech has been weeks in the making. we expect final touches to be made. the president said he really sees the speech as an opportunity to talk to the american people and have a conversation with them. we, of course, expect him to paint an optimistic picture of the progress from everything from the economy to covid to some legislative accomplishments. it is going to be so much more than just a typical recap of the progress the country has made this will be one of the most politically significant speeches the president has given because it will serve as a preview, a dry run almost, of his re-election announcement that we do expect to come sometime in the next several weeks. not only will it be a looking back at the last two years but he certainly is expected to paint an affirmative picture of

the next two years. of course one of the challenges, kaitlan, that he faces, a majority of the country doesn't actually believe the president has accomplished much over the last two years. so he certainly has a lot of people to win over right now as well. >> yeah, and one of the major differences we're going to see tonight is the person sitting behind him. of course we all remember when former president trump would come up and give his speeches, pelosi would be behind him. now it's going to be mccarthy. what are you hearing about how mccarthy plans to respond to the president's speech? >> reporter: for the very first time we will see house speaker kevin mccarthy sitting behind president biden in this setting and actually we've already heard from him. he gave a prebuttal of sorts on issues they have already clashed on, on raising the debt ceiling. kevin mccarthy saying in a speech it would be irresponsible to raise the debt ceiling without getting in return some major spending cuts, though he didn't put on the table a specific proposal, any specific

cuts that he wanted to get from democrats. now this, of course, is seen as an attempt to try to get the president back at the negotiating table, though the president and the white house have made very clear that on this issue they are not negotiating but, again, just a reminder for the entirety of the speech of the very different political environment that the president is facing over the next two years compared to the last two years. >> you won't be able to ignore it. mj lee live at the white house, thank you so much. cnn has exclusive new reporting indicating u.s. military officials did know about china's use of the spy balloons under the trump administration. an air force intelligence report published last april mentioned spy balloon sightings in hawaii and florida before president biden took office. it still remains unclear exactly when, though, u.s. officials first became aware of those, and the public is now just learning about it. this comes as a parade of trump administration officials have denied knowing anything about previous intrusions.

listen to what president biden said when asked if the latest incident changes u.s./china relations. >> no, we've made it clear to china what we're going to do. they understand our position. we're not going to back off. we did the right thing and there's not a question of weakening or strengthening. it's just the reality. >> our carlos suarez joins us from the coast of south carolina, because they are in the ocean trying to gather all of this debris that is miles and miles wide. how are those recovery efforts going? >> reporter: poppy, good morning. military officials say the recovery effort is seeing a good deal of progress. recovery teams have been able to narrow that debris field. we're told they've been able to clear much of the debris that's at the surface of the ocean a few miles off the coast of south carolina. we're told crews spent much of yesterday using equipment to scan the bottom of the ocean to get a better sense of some of the larger pieces of this

balloon that remain in some pretty shallow water. we're told the balloon itself, well, it was 200 feet tall and that the payload, what it was carrying, was the size of a regional jet. now we're just 21 miles north of that main debris site at an area the navy has pre-positioned equipment as well as personnel all in an effort to get this done over the next couple of days. yesterday we were here and spotted a crew with the navy's salvage and dive team. the hope is they can get this done relatively soon. poppy? >> we'll be watching, carlos. thank you for that reporting. microsoft outlook facing big problems this morning. users couldn't send and receive emails after a major outage last night. the company said it was investigating with its 365 platform and tweeted this. a recent change is contributing to the cause of impact. we're working on potential solutions to restore availability of the service.

it is unclear how widespread the outage is. it appears emails are slowly starting to come back. a neo-nazi leader and woman under arrest in baltimore this morning accused of planning to attack the power grid and completely destroy the city. they allege the plot was driven by ethically motivated beliefs. they are charged with conspiracy to damage energy facilities. the fbi says the two had a personal and online relationship. >> russell provided instructions and location information. he described attacking the power transformers as the greatest thing somebody can do. >> according to the southern poverty law center russell's group wanted to usher in the collapse of civilization. we have more details later on in the show. this morning people from east palestine, ohio, are wondering when they'll be able to go home. officials ordered them to evacuate ahead of the controlled release of a toxic chemical that

could explode. the operation sent a giant plume of black smoke into the air as vinyl chloride was drained from five cars after a fiery train derailment. our jason carroll is live. that has to be terrifying to know that's happening right by your home. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely terrifying, and a lot of evacuees are now wondering when they'll be able to go home. testing needs to be done before that can happen. poppy, we're standing about a mile and a half from where it all happened and the acrid smell of smoke is apparent. state officials say the effort here was successful. it started with a thunderous boom and then a huge plume of thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles. this was the memento figureses in east palestine had been planning for, a controlled release of toxic chemicals from

several train cars at the site of a derailment, one that has forced thousands from their homes. >> all the way around everybody is frustrated and would like to go home. >> reporter: the decision to conduct a controlled release came just days after the train derailed in the rural ohio community sparking a massive fire. as the blaze continued to burn through the weekend, concerns quickly escalated. that's because five of the train cars carried the chemical vinyl chloride, an unstable material with the potential to explode, shooting deadly shrapnel up to a mile away and releasing toxic fumes into the air according to state officials. the governors of ohio and pennsylvania ordered evacuations for a one mile by two mile area surrounding the town which sits on the edge of eastern ohio. >> the release of toxic chemicals has the potential to be deadly if inhaled.

>> reporter: ohio's governor warned those in the evacuation zone if they did not leave some risked not only arrest but also severe injuries like burns and serious lung damage or even death. then around 4:38 p.m. local time monday, officials simultaneously detonated explosives on five train cars. >> during that detonation our crew that is were out there did observe two of the cars, we were able to control the release because of this action. i'm very pleased on what took place. the detonation went perfect and we're already to the point where the cars became safe. they were not safe prior to this. >> reporter: now residents are waiting to learn when they'll be allowed to return home, but the mayor says they still don't have a time frame. >> we just ask everybody to stay out. we don't know if we have to wait until the fire dies down,

hopefully in the daylight we'll have more answers. >> reporter: some displaced residents say they're frustrated by what they say is a lack of answers. >> my fiancee has two disabled daughters and we're trying to get home and we're all trying to get home honestly. because we can't get direct answers because nobody knows. >> jason, i mean, i have to speak for our viewers here, i think everyone watching this wanting to know are you okay? are you in a safe area if those folks can't be there? >> reporter: we are standing about a mile and a half away at the control center. looking at that huge plume of smoke growing and growing, again, this was a controlled breach is what they're calling it, i was standing next to some firefighters and i was asking them, is this what it's supposed to look like because this looks

really big. and, poppy, they said, yes this is what it's supposed to look like and this is better, much better than it would have been if the trains had exploded on their own. they said it would have been much, much worse. >> jason, be careful out there. thank you so much. ahead, what are some policies president biden could propose that everyone could just get along about, right? what would get bipartisan support? our senior political analyst john afvalonavalon. >> can't we all just get along? responds to both of you. y our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more reststful sleep per night. proven quality sleepep. only from sleep number. nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid for twice as long as pepcid. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nium.

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president biden is set tomorrow to deliver his state of the union address, and it's not a great sign that the best he can say is the state of the union is balloon free! >> the president is set to deliver his state of the union speech tonight, and he is facing some major head winds -- pun intended maybe -- facing a split congress. where can both sides agree here? joining us mr. john avalon, one of the biggest issues right now raising the debt ceiling. you're standing next to the wall. what are the numbers? >> let's play with the wall this is just a reminder that we are not as divided as it sometimes seems in washington. a number there's broad agreement. we should not default on our debt. raise the debt ceiling. 68% of americans say raise the debt ceiling.

that's a clear majority. it doesn't mean it will translate to congress. that's something biden will try to rally around. >> i was on a zoom with the white house previewing the speech tonight on the economic front, and he said, look, he's feeling good about the economy, but he talked about how the president will emphasize tonight middle out growth and not trickle down growth, but it's all moot if we default. >> that would be the biggest self-inflicted fail in the macro economy. biden historically focused on the middle class and can point to some pro guess on inflation but that's still shaping people's perceptions about what needs to be done. >> he's going to focus heavily on ukraine, overwhelming bipartisan support? >> this is important to remember because there's a cadre of folks who don't like that. 53% of republicans say we should be supporting ukraine. 81% of democrats as opposed to end the conflict quickly and let russia keep their gains. that's an area where there's majority support to draw upon

lest we forget. >> that's for sure. >> can we talk about police reform, george floyd and then the tyre nichols a couple weeks ago in memphis. what is the pulse of the nation when it comes to reform? tyre nichols' parents will be at the state of the union. >> that's exactly right. an indication this will be a major part. we saw police reform stall in the last congress. look at this. 47% of americans say major change is needed in police procedures. 42% say minor changes. only 11% say nothing needs to be done. >> that's really interesting. >> it is and it shows there's a place for a compromise to occur. there is a super majority support for making reforms. >> immigration, the border. >> yeah. this is always a big one. the reality check here is 68% of americans across the board disapprove over the current status at the border. this is an area joe biden will need to deal with border security, probably frame it in larger immigration reform but an

area his administration is playing defense on. here is what's interesting. in early january he announced new rules, tightening up restrictions. 60% of americans approve of that directional move. so that's an indication where he can probably cobble together some support if he moves more to the middle and finds a way to work with republicans on border security. >> there is a real divide when it comes to how americans feel about regulating big tech. is there a lack of consensus? what's going on? >> this is fascinating and this is something biden has been leaning into, we need to regulate big tech for issues like privacy, dealing with protecting children, a major emerging issue is defending our democracy. a year or so a majority support issue. over the last year republican support has eroded for regulating big tech, down to 44%. this is still an issue biden in an op-ed has gone from majority support to just under water over the last year. >> why? >> i think elon musk taking over

twitter, donald trump, republicans no longer being in the white house and saying big tech is attacking them unfairly. this had major bipartisan support. my guess there still is support in the senate. >> they don't want regulation on lies, is that what's happening? >> i think responsibility for lies and accountability. >> and the biggest bipartisan, how do you protect kids and privacy? >> i hope they do something. >> john, thank you, sir. appreciate it. join anderson cooper, jake tapper for our live coverage of president joe biden's state of the union address tonight on cnn. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. up next, we're going to bring you the latest in the alex murdaugh trial. what one woman who saw alex around the time of the murders has to say when she was in court. tles. veteran, dad, hair stylist. so adding a student title might feel daunting. nationonal university is here to support all your titles. national uniniversity.

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this morning the alex murdaugh double murder trial will resume after eye-opening testimony yesterday from the woman who saw murdaugh minutes after the murders of his wife and son. the caretaker for murdaugh's

mother said he explicitly told her he was at his mother's house for 30 to 40 minutes that night, but she testifies that is not what happened. our randi kaye joins us live in wa walterboro, south carolina. how important was it for her to be on the stand? >> reporter: it was really important, poppy. it was quite moving because she was very, very emotional. but today in court, poppy, we expect to hear much more about the alleged financial crimes. the judge ruled the jury can hear all about those and that was a huge blow to the defense because it speaks to motive. the prosecution says alec murdaugh kaldilled his wife andn to keep those from being exposed. >> was it unusual to see alex murdaugh at that residents at that time of night? >> yes, on my shift, yes. >> reporter: this woman is the only witness who saw alex murdaugh around the time of the murders. mushelle shelley smith worked as

a caregiver and said alex came to his mom's home some time after 9:00 p.m. on june 7, 2021, shortly after the state says maggie and paul murdaugh's phones ceased all activity, meaning they were likely dead. alex's mother had alzheimer's. smith said his mom was sleeping that night and it was unusual for alex to come visit her so late. smith recalled alex stayed about 15 to 20 minutes. despite that she says he told her the next day unsolicited that he was there much longer than that. >> just to be clear, what was the statement you said about how long he was here? >> 30 to 40 minutes. >> but his phrase was i was here -- >> i was here 30 to 40 minutes. >> was he there 30 to 40 minutes that night? >> not to my recall. >> smith cried on the stand as she shared how that conversation with alex made her so nervous she called her brother to tell him about it.

she seemed to suggest alex was sending her a message to say he was there longer the night of the murders. she described for the jury how alex seemed fidgety. the defense pushed back. >> is his normal behavior kind of fidgety? >> yes. >> reporter: smith told the jury alex returned to his mother's house around 6:30 in the morning with what looked like a blue tarp. >> something like this? >> yes. >> and what did it look like? >> a blue tarp, a tarp. >> blue? >> blue. >> okay. was it vinyl? >> it was like a tarp you put on your car to keep your car covered up. >> did he say anything when you walked in? >> no. >> what did he do when he walked in? >> went upstairs. >> reporter: the prosecution argued in opening statements a blue raincoat was recovered which had gun residue on it. this special agent which led the south carolina law enforcement division told the jury she found a blue raincoat tucked away in a closet at his mother's house. >> we located a blue raincoat in

the coat closet on the second floor. when you found it, it was balled up like this? >> that is correct. >> reporter: they got smith, the caregiver, to confirm she thought it was a tarp not a raincoat. >> and it was not a rain jacket, was it? >> no, it wasn't. >> it was a blue tarp? >> yes. >> reporter: the defense pointed out the blue item, whatever it was, didn't have a gun wrapped inside it such as a murder weapon which would have left residue. the caregiver noticed more about alex the night of the murders. >> did you observe anything about his face, anything on his face? >> a little cut or something. >> ma'am, i apologize. >> a little bruise or something. >> where was it? >> above his forehead. >> reporter: what she didn't see on alex was blood. >> did alex murdaugh have blood on his clothes? >> no. >> did he have blood on his

shoes? >> no. >> did he have blood on his hair? >> no. >> reporter: regarding that blue rain jacket, poppy, they found at alex's mother's house, the witness who oversaw the testing on that will take the stand today and we expect she will say they did find gun residue on that coat. the prosecution has already said we can expect to hear much more about that. the trouble is, poppy, we haven't heard from a witness who has testified to say they actually saw alex murdaugh wearing that rain jacket the night of the murders. >> so the defense will likely go that route. randi, thank you. kaitlan? back here on capitol hill we'll speak soon to mark esper after finding a chinese spy balloon flew over the united states during the trump administration plus this. >> i couldn't answer that for you. >> so you're saying those were unaware -- >> i don't do my own treasury.

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embattled republican congressman george santos says he is bringing 9/11 first responder michael winestock who suffers from nerve damage to the state of the union to raise awareness of illnesses caused by toxic exposure. santos is facing scrutiny over multiple lies he has told including that his mother was present at the world trade center during the september 11 terrorist attacks. he has repeatedly claimed his mom's exposure following 9/11 played a role in her death.

cnn found immigration records show his mother was in brazil between 1999 and 2003. >> you follow the money in congressman santos' campaign that might lead to his long time trea treasurer. he has dozens of expenses listed at exact ly $199.99. one penny short of $200 where you would have to report and have receipts and it turns out that same treasurer worked for another politician who had a lot of similar charges. we have brand-new reporting on this. we knew, we talked weeks ago about the fact this number would raise eyebrows. what do you know? >> that number is one that has certainly raised eyebrows, and my colleagues and i were looking through these filings talking to a number of people. what we discovered is santos' treasurer, nancy marks, worked on the campaigns of lee zeldin who ran for governor here in new york. what we discovered he had a similar pattern of 21 $199.99

entries all on the same day. now we talked to zeldin's campaign, the campaign manager told us he believed this was batched for accounting reasons but it certainly raises questions. we started to look at who is nancy marks, the treasurer. she did more than what your typical treasurer does, which would normally be an arms length books and records accounting, that she was involved in fund-raising, even setting goals for people to reach in fund-raising, and she was involved with for profit entity santos had set up. so their relationship goes much deeper that is starting to draw a lot more scrutiny. now santos is distancing himself from her saying that he wasn't involved with the filings, he had a treasurer for that. she resigned end of last month. a lot of questions here. i spoke to a long time client of hers. he's been with her for 15 years. he called her and asked her, have you done something wrong? she said absolutely not.

he said the big question to him, he doesn't nope what's going on, is she the problem or is she the victim? >> is this $199.99 thing happen to politicians across the board? are they doing anything unusual or is it the number of times they were doing it? >> it seems when we talk to a number of campaign experts that the number is very high, it's a pattern. the odd thing is if it's below $200, you don't have to report it. so the question is why are these coming in? and some of them do raise alarms, the w hoe ittel in sout beach. i would love to know when you can get it for $199.99. >> never. thank you for digging through that. kaitlan? now to more exclusive reporting, a u.s. military intelligence report from last year says there were sightings of chinese high altitude balloons in hawaii and florida during the trump presidency. it's still unclear when the u.s.

officials first became aware of them. joining us now to talk about it is former defense secretary, mark esper. the administration said they were going to reach out to key officials from the trump administration about getting a briefing on why these balloons, they did not know about them when you were in office, have they reached out to you yet? >> i haven't yet. give them a few more days. >> would you take the briefing if offered? >> sure. if i can have the time to do it, if they can give me the briefing at the right level of security. i'm curious, first of all, what happened. maybe i can offer insights and ideas how to plug this gap in our intelligence. >> what questions do you have about this whole incident? >> why didn't we detect it? that's question number one and what are we doing to address it. that's a big issue. look, we took during the trump administration we took our airspace sovereignty seriously. secretary pompeo and i pushed to

withdraw the united states from the open skies treaty because we were confident the russians were cheating by using their over flights in unauthorized ways to gain strategic intelligence. we got out because we thought it was damaging our national security. >> the top u.s. general who is basically in charge of protecting north american skies said that there was an awareness gap and that's why these past incidents went undetected. is that them basically saying they didn't see what they were supposed to see? >> that's what it sounds like to me, maybe it was lost in the noise, lost in the radar clutter, this balloon moving across the skies at 60,000 feet at a slow rate of movement. so, i don't know. if i were dod i would be ordering an inquiry as to what happened and why. i'm sure congress will do the same to find out what happens, how did it happen, when did we find out and what are we doing to fix the problem? we need to dig into it. their mission is the aerodefense of the united states and this is

one of these unknown unknowns as my predecessor would have said. >> off the south carolina coast yesterday this recovery effort for the downs balloon is ongoing. china is now saying the u.s., that debris does not belong to the united states, implying they should send it back. do you think the united states should? >> it's ridiculous. maybe we will send it back at some point like they did with our ep-3 plane they didn't shoot down but they knocked down in 2001, i think, and they eventually shipped it back to us in small boxes. maybe we should do the same. >> the president said he doesn't think this weakens u.s./china relations. do you think this does actually? >> it certainly undermines relations. it damages trust between our two countries, our leadership. to me right now that's one of the biggest questions what happened on their end? did xi jinping know or not know? were they acting to undermine the blinken visit or was it

incompetence? i think those are really big questions because xi jinping stumbled a few times, the terrible covid reversal. he has this issue. he has problems with demographic issues in his country. a lot of problems going on in china right now and this adds to the slate of issues he's facing. >> they also lied about what the balloon was. they said it was a meteorology balloon which i don't think anyone believes. >> they've lied throughout this. this is what autocracies do. they lie to advance their own interests. >> i want to ask you about trump. you served under former president trump. you've come out and have been quite frank about your views on him. he has done the same with you. a new "washington post"/abc news poll say they are excite bd abo a trump/biden rematch. >> we need a new generation of leaders from both sides. we need a new generation that can come forward from both parties and give the americans more choice, the american people more choice, and that's how i look at the situation

particularly for the republican party. it looks like we're going to have a good slate of candidates start to announce and already have announced. i think that will give gop voters a lot of choice. >> what do you do if trump becomes the nominee and he is running against biden? >> i think that's unlikely. >> but if it happens? >> i'm not going to support president trump, but, look, i think, again, we'll have a slate of very strong candidates, people that will advance traditional gop policy objectives and will do so in a way that's uplifting, that will bring people together, that will unify the republican party and win elections. you have to win elections. >> mark esper, thank you for your perspective on this. we talked to you on friday. grateful to have you back. >> i'm sure we will see him back considering what is it going on in the news. thank you both. sibling versus sibling, a matchup between two black qbs, quarterbacks. are you ready? >> yeah, are you going? >> maybe. i don't know. >> you go to every fun thing.

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