chinese spy balloon and when they realized they must tell the president about it. this comes as u.s. navy divers and other military personnel are scouring the ocean floor off the coast of myrtle beach, south carolina. and we re getting new video in to cnn. a resident in south carolina shot this and said he believes it could be debris from the balloon. to be clear, cnn cannot independently verify whether or not this is, in fact, debris from that chinese spy balloon. we re reaching out to the navy for comment. in the meantime, republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. cnn s alex marquardt joins us now with more. alex, you re learning more about this timing, when it came down to the decision-making that was taking place inside the biden administration. we heard the president stating to reporters emphatically yesterday that he made this call on wednesday that the balloon be shot down as soon as it was safe to do so. but there s m
hello i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us. today we begin with the deadly storms ripping across parts of the midwest. the destructive system spawned at least 11 reports of tornadoes. now, take a look at this. this is video of missouri, where at least four people are now confirmed dead and several others may be hurt. missouri s governor, mike parson, has activated the national guard to assist with the storm recovery and is expected to go on a tour of that area soon, and this is the scene in neighboring illinois. you can see straight into that building after storms ripped off the roof and the danger is not over. yet more than 60 million people remain under the threat of severe storms. meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking that from the cnn weather center for us, but let s begin with cnn s adrian broadus, who is on the ground and kelowna, illinois. adrian i know that you have been speaking to some of these individuals who have lived through the storm and a
you re with us for a brand new hour. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. today the fbi is helping michigan state university students and staff return to the building where the shooting that happened they can recover any personal items today. the campus will stay closed until at least monday. community leaders, university staff, students begin to gather to mourn and show an overwhelming sense of outrage. i think that, when 20 kindergarteners were mowed down in sandy hook, not much changed. my hopes are low that something will change now. we re in a position where democrats are in control of all aspects of the state government. hopefully at least in the state of michigan we can make some changes. a vigil will be held tonight for the three students that died, brian fraser, arielle anderson and alexandria verner. five other students are in the hospital fighting for their lives. one of the students family members said, doctors tell us even in improving condit
newsroom. i m jim acosta. outrage and calls for action following the release of video showing the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that s where weigh start. the images we are going to show you right about now are graphic and disturbing but critical to understanding what happened to this 29-year-old man. here is what we know at this hour. nichols was pulled over by memphis police on january 7th, allegedly for reckless driving. in a shocking development, the police chief says the department has not been able to find anything to substantiate that blame. this video shows the moment police catch up to nichols when he runs away. again, if you haven t seen it yet, need to warn you, it is incredibly graphic. no! no! give me your [ bleep ] hands! hey! give me your hands! give me your hands! hey! ooh! watch out, watch out! mom! you can hear nichols crying out for his mother who just blocks i way. officers continue to hit and spray nichols struggling with him on
, all members of netanyahu s own party, suggests halting the controversial reforms. let s now go to journalist elliott godkin. he s in television for us, elliot. it looks like these demonstrations are growing their building. what are the what are the protesters want? they want an end to this judicial overhaul . jim that s what they ve been calling for. for the past three months or so. they ve been protesting and that s what they want even more now that the defense minister has lost his job because he became the first minister to come out. from this government to call for a pause in this judicial overhaul. and as you say other ministers are also saying that they would potentially support a pause to and they may not seem like a large number of ministers. but it s important to remember that prime minister benjamin netanyahu s coalition government has 64 out of 120 seats in the knesset. it only takes five of presumably members of his party because ultrareligious parties and the m