right. now on america this morning breaking news the winter tornado threat in the south, a twister slamming this town in louisiana blowing apart homes, residents fleeing millions under storm alerts all the way to the upper midwest, where seven inches of snow is possible. today, we time it out. president biden speaks out in a new interview what he's now saying about the classified documents found at his home. plus he answers critics who say he was dishonest, claiming republicans want to cut social security and medicare and his answer when asked, is he too old to run for reelection? new video coming in from the earthquake zone, determination of rescue teams turkey and syria to find survivors in the rubble as we learn about an american family killed and an answer on why

initial quake response efforts were so slow plus 150. years later, the american shipwreck that's finally been located two major sports headlines a bombshell trade in the nba overnight and a pre super bowl honor for bills player tamar hamlin and later the secret that moon dust could hold when it comes to solving one of planet earth's biggest problems. hello. dance. yo. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew denberg, jacqueline lee. we begin with a severe weather threat in the deep south. at least one tornado has been reported in louisiana. new video shows the twister moving across a highway about 65 miles northwest of new orleans, drivers were seen dodging debris falling around them. parts of buildings and other debris ended up in the trees. the police

chief in tonga, paho parish, says numerous homes are damaged , but no serious injuries have been reported looking at the radar, more than eight million people are at risk for severe weather. the storms are stretching from the gulf coast to the midwest and great lakes. aside from the tornado in louisiana flash flooding is reported in arkansas will take a closer look at your forecast in just a few minutes. the other big story this morning, president biden speaking candidly during a new interview , addressing everything from his age to the classified documents scandal. he's also standing by his attack on republicans when it comes to preserving social security and medicare attacks that republicans say are dishonest. abc's faith of booby is here now with more faith. good morning. good morning to you, andrew president biden touched on just about everything in this new interview, including the chinese spy balloon. the boost from republicans at the state of the union and the classified documents found by the fbi. hi. this morning. president biden is opening up about those classified documents found at his home and former office, calling the files

straight papers from decades ago . the best of my knowledge, the kinds of things they picked up or things that from 1974 and stray papers. there may be something else i don't know. interview, the president defended himself, saying the searches for those documents were on a voluntary basis, and he shifted some blame to the people who packed up his offices. they didn't do the kind of job that should have been done to go thoroughly through every single piece of literature . that's there. the president also defended his handling of the chinese spy balloon last week after the pentagon waited days to shoot it down over the ocean. fearing people on the ground could get injured. critics have called the decision to wait a dereliction of duty. the idea that it was a dereliction of duties, i think is it's been our bizarre notion . china knows exactly that what the deal is with us. earlier yesterday, president biden discusses economic plan in wisconsin and he fired back a republicans who shouted liar

during his state of the union address after biden accused some of them of targeting social security and medicare for cuts. that means congress doesn't vote. i'm glad to see you now. i'll tell you why i enjoy conversion. marjorie taylor grid and others. two of them said a liar liar. reminds me of a liar. liar house on fire. yeah, well, guess what. you know, i remind you that rick scott from florida , the guy who ran the u. s senate campaign. has a plan. i got his brochure right here. the proposal by senator rick scott would sunset all federal legislation every five years unless congress passes each law again. but republican leaders insist cuts to medicare and social security are off the table. the one thing the president was saying is something that he knew was not true. meanwhile president biden is still not revealing his plan for 2024. only saying that it's his intention to run for president again. biden dismissed concerns he would be 86 years old at the end of a second term

, completely thoroughly honest with the american people. if i thought there was any health problem, anything that would keep me from being able to do the job, i think people have to just watch me. and asked what the economy president biden said he does not believe will see a recession anytime soon. jacqueline thank you. a classified briefing on the chinese spy balloon is being held today for members of congress and jorge santos will be among those receiving it. house speaker kevin mccarthy says he's okay with congressman santos attending the briefing, even as he faces several criminal investigations after lying about his life story. meanwhile santos is firing back at senator mitt romney after they clashed at the state of the union. romney's said santos should be embarrassed and should have sat in the back and stayed quiet. what happened? it's the first time in history that i've been told to shut up and go to the back of the especially by people who come from a privileged background and i think it's reprehensible that the senator would say such a

thing to me that the meaning way, he said. it wasn't very mormon of him. that's what i can tell you. romney called santos a sick puppy for lying about his education and background. more than 15,000. people have now died along the turkey syria border after this week's earthquake, but the final death toll may not be known for weeks because of the shee the survivaw is closing fast. this morning. time is running out to find survivors in the rubble of the turkey earthquake. the first critical 72 hours have now passed, the white helmet rescue team, sending a camera into the rubble, finding a young man pinned down. carefully chipping away at the twisted metal and debris were able to free him and a woman this little girl trapped but alive. one of the few have been safely evacuated to the hospital. but the losses are unimaginable. many victims are refugees who fled war torn syria. seven members of one

extended family were found they were killed as they slept youngest, six weeks old abc ian pannell was there. what's happening now is that they're basically using the digger to try and pull away as much rubble as possible. they unearth the boy's bedroom, but the news was not good. and overnight word that a family of four from new york city died in the quake while visiting family. turkey's president erdogan has acknowledged shortcomings in emergency response efforts, blaming bad weatherage access to twitter, which can be a communication lifeline for families of survivors like this man. from the rubble and holding a cigarette while getting on a stretcher. happy to be alive, who was beaming hi fives after being rescued from a collapsed building earlier this week. organizations like the red cross are now trying to provide blood clothes and blankets in the bitter cold, north korea and mark the 75th anniversary of its

army with a nighttime parade featured ballistic missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads. and ahead of that parade, kim jong un arrived with his wife and his daughter believed to be 10 years old. fueling speculation she's being groomed as kim's successor. we're getting new insight into the chaos that unfolded over the holidays when southwest airlines had to cancel thousands of flights because of a scheduling nightmare. and today, the airline faces questions from congress. here's a b cs andrea fuji. this morning. a southwest airlines executive is said to be grilled on capitol hill said. we can't hp u home.sohwest chief g officer will testify before congress about the airlines holiday travel meltdown when it was forced to cancel nearly 17,000 flights, stranding two million passengers at the end of december. christmas will just ruin this was the worst christmas ever. representatives from the pilots union also expected to testify and bring evidence of the chaos, including this message it says was displayed on a cockpit. computer

showing that dispatchers did not know which crews were on what planes? the message reading sketches asking to confirm who is operating this flight. it's a mess down here and behind, we were told, we aren't allowed to walk over and talk to them. the airline blamed cancelations on a winter storm and scheduling issues. but pilots also point to outdated technology, they argued since 2011 southwest averaged one major system failure every year and a half they're using processes and i t from the 19 nineties, when we were an airline less than a quarter of the size. us ceo has taken responsibility for the mess. there's just no way almost to apologize enough because we love our customers. we love our people. the airline says it's improving software and making investments to better prepare for cold weather. but the department of transportation is vowing to penalize the airline and investigate whether it over scheduled during the holidays on top of canceled flight refunds. southwest promised each affected customer frequent flyer points

equating to about $300. the debacle cost the airline an estimated $825 million. andrew jacqueline. andrea thank you time now for a look at your thursday weather. storm system in the south is bringing heavy rain to the midwest. the western side of the storm means snow from iowa to wisconsin, and by this afternoon all that rain and snow moves into the northeast. meanwhile today, the northeast will enjoy a spring preview with temperatures well above normal through saturday from philadelphia to main friday could see new record highs in some areas, checking today's high temperatures elsewhere, denver stays below freezing and mostly sixties across the southeast. blockbuster trade in the nba overnight, but first was the california lawyer killed during his vacation at a mexican resort . his wife provides new clues.

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blair, a public defender from orange county, and his wife, kim , were staying at a resort in rosarito last month. according to kim, she went to bed first, the night of elliott's death and resort workers woke her up after finding elliott at the bottom of their four story balcony. police investigation determined he fell but kim says she believes something much darker happened. we had never been in this situation before. hours before his death, kim says she and elliot were driving back to the resort when local police pulled them over. the officers claimed the couple had rolled through a stop sign. and then she says, the officers demanded cash. elliott got kind of stood. his ground showed him his work badge and said, look, we're attorneys were not down here to mess around, but we're also not going to be taken advantage of. kim says they told the officers where they were staying and then paid them. $160 we were both rattled. but at the same time we both had this feeling of thank

god they didn't do anything more to us. at the time of his death, mexican authorities suggested elliott was drunk. but kim says this was not a drunken fall. he's not some drunk. that stumbled off. the front ledge of our hotel room, but i want to make sure he's remembered. and coming up later on. good morning america. kim reveals new pictures of elliott's injuries, which could offer new clues about his death. a reporter was arrested yesterday while doing a live report on the recent train derailment in ohio news nation. correspondent evan lambert said he was held for five hours after being pushed to the ground and handcuffed. a cameraman said officers had asked lambert to stop talking. then told him to leave. while the governor was beginning his news conference, he was announcing that evacuation orders around the derailment site were being lifted. coming up to breaking headlines overnight, a us senator in the hospital and a deadly building collapse in maryland also ahead, the countdown to the super bowl and a special honor for tamar hamlin.

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been a big part of who i am was awarded the nfl player's associations alan page community award for his chasing ems foundation, which raised more than $9 million. after his collapse. hamlin took the stage with his parents to accept the award, thankful. to my father who's right here behind me growing up, just watching him do community days in our community, and i just always was waiting on my time. when it came one of my favorite quotes it's a blessing to be a blessing. um with that being said, i plan to never take this position for granted and always have an urgent approach and making a difference in the community. the nfl player's associations medical director was asked if he thinks hamlin could play again. i don't want to get into hippo issues, but but i guarantee you, the tamar hamlin will play professional football again. officials later stating the obvious that only hamlin knows the answer to that question. meanwhile, final preparations are being made for sunday's big game about seven miles from the stadium. luke air

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this is abc 7 news. reggie: a deadly new drug is what we are learning about. the new dangerous synthetic opioid ny city leaders are responding. >> a safe place for sex work in san francisco. one city supervisor floating early support behind possible postal. >> this would allow localities to keep people safe. >> that proposal aimed at an ongoing issue that mayor london breed may touch on in the state of the city address. reggie: good morning, welcome to thursday, february 9. drew: today is the warmest day of the entire week. it is going to feel quite like spring out there. we had some issues around santa rosa this morning. they are at 10 miles right now. just be aware of that. we are in the 30's and in the 40's this morning.