hunting lodge. gillian: the judge in the case is deciding where some of the evidence of murdaugh s alleged crimes will be admissible for the jury to hear. phil holloway is going to break that down coming up, criminal defense attorney. we do know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and intern international law, it moves eastward over the continental of the united states. currently assess the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. john: fox news alert to start off this friday afternoon, no, it s not a weather balloon, not a civilian aircraft and definitely no mistake. the response from the pentagon in the last hour to china calling bluntly, chinese spying in our air space. gillian: this is america reports. secretary of state antony blinken was supposed to leave today for his own visit to china, high stakes diplomatic trip. he has indefinitely postponed the visit. the chinese foreign ministry admits it did origi
trying not to get hit. they are stonewalling reporters day after day. now the justice were dumb department is blocking the intelligence committee from accessing the documents found at both president biden s home and former president trumps properties. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are going after that move. and they are not they are no warning, rather they will stop at nothing to get their hands on those documents so they can do their jobs properly. you know, investigate, watch. the members of congress have an absolute right to this information so we can make an informed judgment that the risk if and eight this document imposed by not being properly handled. how can we judge and to see if it is accurate or if there mitigation efforts are sufficient if we don t know what it is where the materials that were exposed potentially as? we are left in limbo until somehow a special counsel designates it is okay for us to get briefed. is not going to stand. harris :
scenes from the scene of the killing. sandra: the first two witnesses took the stand, phil and lori are here to break down the latest developments from the courtroom coming up. but we begin america reports with bipartisan outrage boiling over after the senate intelligence committee had denied access to classified documents handled by president biden. former president trump and former vice president mike pence. hello, welcome, everyone. john: good to spend friday eve with you. senators are sounding off saying they need to review the documents to assess if there is damage to national security, congress grapples how to keep the sensitive information secured. sandra: met with more stonewalling. deferred the lawmakers to the justice department following the two-hour briefing that happened yesterday. john: troy nels will join us in a moment. sandra: the white house where our correspondent, peter doocy is standing by. live on the north lawn. hello, peter. good afternoo
of investigation, david roush as well as assistant director josh melton. i m also joined by other members of my staff including earnest brooks, ray lapone and also most relevant for today the trial team and the tyree nichols case, including paul hagerman and tanisha johnson. we re today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply and also hurts us all. the death of tyree nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief of the friends and family of tyree are experiencing right now and the great concern throughout memphis and shelby county about this case. we met several times this week with the family of tyree nichols. they described an almost perfect son, a cheerful and happy person that enjoyed skateboarding and sunsets over shelby farms park. we re grateful to the family of tyree nichols for their patience as we expedited the charges in this case and the understanding on the part of the family that premature release of the video could compromise both. and we did work
good afternoon. i m peter alexander in for chris jansing. as we come on the air, we are following that breaking news out of memphis. all five police officers involved this the fatal confrontation case of 29-year-old tyre nichols are behind bars. in a few hours, we re expecting a live update from the shelby county da. former prosecutor paul butler is joining us. we have a reporter on the ground who is there. we ll the get to her in a moment too. paul, i want to walk tokes through what happened. we know about the death of of tyre nichols. he was attacked by these officers. the family has seen video of what happened. this happened earlier in the month on january 7th. he ended up dying three days later. the police chief this memphis there has called the actions of the five officers, all of whom happen to be black, saying that it was heinous, reckless and inhumane and making a plea to the residents of that city to protest peacefully when video of the arrest is released to the publ