President Biden Defends the Decision to Shoot Down the Chinese Bible

More that 5,000 people are dead, and are thousands injured, after the earthquake that hit regions across Turkey and Syria yesterday. CNN reports live from the disaster area as the race to find survivors intensifies. Plus, Biden is to test run his re-election message before a divided Congress in his prime time State of the Union address. And, US Intelligence reports the details of the spy balloon incidents that occurred during Trump’s Presidency.

Also this morning: A Neo-Nazi leader and a Maryland woman are charged in a plot to “Destroy” Baltimore, scrutiny grows over the treasurer of Rep. George Santos’ campaigns, a 9-year-old graduates high school and says he wants to be an astrophysicist, and HBO’s “Last of Us” prompts fears over a zombie fungus.

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