cbs' nancy cordes is going to start us off tonight from the white house. vening, nancy. >> good evening, norah. these were the president's most extensive comments yet about all four shoot-downs. he said most the debris from the chinese balloon has now been recovered from the atlantic ocean, and he acknowledged that the three other objects, which still have not been recovered, likely weren't involved in spying at all. >> we don't yet know exactly what these three objects were. >> reporter: president biden confirmed today that the three objects he ordered shot down last weekend probably posed no threat to people on the ground. >> the intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private company, recreation, or research institutions studying weather or conducting other specific scientific research. >> reporter: newly enhanced military radar picked up the three objects on three consecutive days as they floated from east to west at the same height commercial airliners use. the objects were shot down by

cbs's nancy cordes looking to start us off tonight from the white house. : good evening, norah. these were the president's most extensive comments yet about all four shootdowns. he said that most of the debris from the chinese balloon has now been recovered from the atlantic ocean, and he acknowledged that the three other objects, which still have not been recovered, likely weren't involved in spying at all. >> we don't yet know exactly what these three objects were. >> reporter: president biden confirmed today that the three objects he ordered shot down last weekend probably posed no threat to people on the ground. >> the intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. >> reporter: newly-enhanced military radar picked up the three objects on three consecutive days, as they floated at the same height commercial airliners use. the objects were shot down by u.s. fighter jets, using missiles

nancy cordes, cbs news, the white house. >> governor and u.n. ambassador nikki haley became the first major challenger to former president donald trump for the 2024 republican nomination. >> i'm nikki haley, and i'm running for president. >> she made the announcement in a social media video calling for a new generation of leadership and touted her background as the daughter of in indian immigrants. it's aboutface for haley. two years ago she said she would not challenge trump for the nomination. >>> overseas the earthquake death toll in turkey and syria has now climbed to more than 41,000. this morning turkish media reported that a woman was pulled from the rubble alive more than nine days after the quake. in hard-hit syria, thousands of survivors are battling bitter cold and a lack of much-needed need. -- much-needed aid. imtiaz tyab traveled to the rebel-held territory there. >> reporter: these are syria's youngest earthquake survivors. tiny bodies, battered and bruised, but alive. this 5-year-old nearly didn't make it. this video of her trapp

nancy cordes has more. >> reporter: a mystery on the sky causing confusion on the ground. >> what in the world is going on. >> reporter: the latest object appeared about a week after the chinese spy balloon was taken out after the south carolina coast. on friday an object roughly the size of a small car was shot down over sea ice in northern remote alaska. on saturday it was a cylindrical object over canada's yukon territory, and on sunday, an octagonal object over lake huron in michigan. >> what was it? >> we're still trying to assess what it was. >> reporter: that won't be easy until debris from the objects can be recovered. >> we are searching what is a fairly large area. >> reporter: canadian prime minister justin trudeau. >> there is some sort of pattern in there, the fact that we're seeing this in a significant degree over the past week. >> reporter: unlike the chinese spy balloon, u.s. officials say these objects did not appear to be sending any communication signals or possess any maneuvering or propulsion capabilities. >> the likely high pocket the sis is that they were bein

cbs's nancy cordes is at the white house. so, nancy, they were watching this from the beginning?rter: they were, norah. and what they saw was this balloon heading east from china towards guam and hawaii. but then it took a sharp northward turn, a beeline towards alaska. they also revealed today that the three subsequent objects they shot down probably were not involved in spying. the three objects shot down this weekend may have been harmless research balloons. that's now a leading theory for the intelligence community. >> there's strong consideration that these objects are, indeed, benign. >> reporter: they won't know for sure until they find the debris. >> they're in very difficult terrain. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff described the challenge. one object came down in the arctic circle, where it's minus 40 degrees. the second came down in a hard to reach part of the canadian rockies. and the third plunged into lake huron, a couple of hundred feet deep. >> we'll get them eventually but it's going to take some time to recover those. >> reporter: he defend

cbs's nancy cordes joins us now from the white house. good evening, nancy.a lot of good questions today at that briefing but not a lot of good answers. >> reporter: that's right, norah. u.s. officials couldn't say today whether these objects belonged to china or to some other government or even to a company or an individual. they say president biden made the decision to have them all shot down because they could not rule out the possibility that they were being used for spying. a mystery in the skies causing confusion on the ground. >> what in the world is going on? >> reporter: the latest objects appeared about a week after the chinese spy balloon was taken out off the south carolina coast. on friday, an object roughly the size of a small car was shot down over sea ice in remote northern alaska. on saturday, it was a cylindrical object hovering over canada's yukon territory. and on sunday, an octagonal object over michigan's lake huron. >> how big was it? >> we're still trying to assess what that was. >> reporter: that won't be easy until debris from this w

cbs's nancy cordes tells us how it all came together. >> reporter: sneaking the leader of the free world active war zone isn't easy. >> we're here to stay. >> reporter: it took months of secret planning by a handful of officials from the poongs, the secret service, the intelligence community, and the white house. >> it was an incredibly small team. >> reporter: amanda sloat was on that team. she's a top adviser to the president on european affairs. >> it was a very close-held operation, and i think everybody wanting to do everything they could to get the president there and back safely. >> reporter: here's how they did it. instead of his usual 747, they put the president on a smaller 757, changing the call sign from air force one to special air mission 60. the plane took off from joint base andrews outside d.c. at 4:15 sunday morning, stopping briefly in germany to refuel before turning off its transponder and flying to a polish air base near the ukrainian border. as the president and a tiny group of aides made their way into ukraine on a heavily guarded eight-car train, u.s. surveillanc

cbs's nancy cordes tells us how it all came together. >> sneaking the leader of the free world into anive war zone isn't easy. it took months of secret planning by a handful of officials from the pentagon, the secret service, the intelligence community, and the white house. >> it was an incredibly small team. >> reporter: amanda sloat was on that team, she is a top advisor to the president on european affairs. >> close held operation i think everyone wanting to do everything they could to get the president there and back safely. >> reporter: here's how they did it. instead of his usual 747, they put the president on a smaller 757. changing the callsign from air force one to special air mission 60. the plane took off from joint base andrews at 4:15 a.m. sunday morning stopping briefly in germany to refuel before turning off its transponder and flying to a polish airbase near the ukrainian border. as the president and a tiny group of aides made their way into ukraine on a heavily guarded gate car train, u.s. surveillance flights kept watch from polish airspace. he arrived in kyiv bearing

nancy cordes, thank you.w has his first challenger in the 2024 republican race for president, and it is a woman who once called him a great president. nikki haley, the former south carolina governor and united nations ambassador, made it official this morning with a twitter video saying the washington establishment has failed us. here is cbs's robert costa. >> reporter: former u.n. ambassador nikki haley's jump into the presidential race today makes her the first official rival to challenge donald trump. >> i'm nikki haley, and i'm running for president. >> reporter: and in a three and a half minute video announcement signaled she is ready for a political brawl. >> you should know this about me. i don't put up with bullies. and when you kick back, it hurts them more if you are wearing heels. >> reporter: the 51-year-old former south carolina governor touted her background as the daughter of indian immigrants and played up her diplomatic work as u.n. ambassador in the trump administration. but haley's decision

cbs's nancy cordes joins us from the white house. good evening, nancy. good questions at the briefing but not a lot of good answers. >> that's right, u.s. officials couldn't say whether the objects belong to china or to some other government or even to a company or an individual. they say president biden made the decision to have them all shot down because they could not rule out the possibility that they were being used for spying. a mystery in the skies causing confusion on the ground. >> what in the world is going on? >> reporter: the latest objects appeared about a week after the chinese spy balloon was taken out off the south carolina coast. on friday, an object roughly the size of a small car was shot down over sea ice in remote northern alaska. on saturday, it was a cylindrical object hovering over canada's yukon territory and on sunday, an octagonal object over michigan's lake huron. >> how big was it? >> we are still trying to assess what that was. >> reporter: that won't be easy until debris from this weekend's objects can be recovered. >> we a

. >> norah: nancy cordes at the white house. thank you very much.scary images from brooklyn, new york, where a driver of a u-haul went on a violent rampage, mowing down veterans and a police officer. at least eight people were injured, to cope critically. cbs's errol barnett is on the scene with new information about the driver. >> the surveillance video shows a moment 1 person was hit at another narrowly missed being run over by a man fleeing police driving a rental truck. authorities say the driver of that rental truck hit several pedestrians just before 11:00 a.m. then led police on a chase on a busy highway before he was finally arrested more than 4 miles away. just outside a major tunnel leading into manhattan. >> the truck hit the delivery guy on 72nd street, third third avenue. >> reporter: and all, police said eight people were injured including an officer. tonight, two are in critical conditions. sources identify the driver 62-year-old weng sor, who may have been living out of the truck which had been rented in florida. the suspect has a ne

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