address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
good morning, everyone. i m don lemon live in memphis, tennessee, where in just moments we re going to speak with the parents of tyre nichols. you heard there the police chief of memphis talking about what she saw on that videotape, what we re going to see a little bit later on this evening, 6:00 central time, 7:00 after 6:00 central, after 7:00 eastern time, when that video is released. the police chief saying what she saw doesn t really explain why tyre nichols was stopped in the first place and it speaks to just how horrific this videotape is, saying that it is reminiscent, if not worse than what we saw with rodney king. take a listen. can we talk about the nature of the stop? why what was the nature? why was he stopped? i m going to be honest with you about the stop itself. what was said is that there was a witnessing of what was considered reckless driving. we ve looked at cameras, we ve looked at cameras, and even if something occurred prior to this stop, we v
time now for jake tapper and cnn tonight. jake? thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jack tapper in washington. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight we re bringing you a cnn exclusive, brand-new video you ll see here for the first time in just a few moments. it s an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell, taking place during a rare cease fire in putin s brutal war. getting two hours of cover for this dramatic scene. cnn s crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones, 24 years old, u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august while fighting putin s forces alongside the military. this handover happened in a dangerous area known as no man s land, in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones body will now head back
the race stands at this hour. plus the nba player who took a stand quite literally from the national anthem. jonathan isaac of the orlando magic joins us to talk about his new book on the inside story of what was really happening in the nba. trace gallagher is on the case tonight. good evening, trace? reporter: the white house and the department of homeland security both noted today with a straight face that the dhs information board was shut down because of disinformation quoting the board has been grossly and intentionally mischaracterized. it was never about censorship or policing speech in any manner yet that was exactly the worry of so many republican lawmakers who felt the disinformation board or ministry of truth as many conservatives who refer to it wasn t nearly as concerned as foreign information threats as domestic opinions. utah republican senator mitt romney called the board a terrible idea that communicates to the world we are going to be spreading propaganda
Mark, you cant possibly think were going to pull this off. That call was crazy. He looked at me and started shaking his head, no, cass. He knows its over. He knows he lost. But were going to keep trying. There are good options out there still. Were going to keep trying. Cassidy hutchinson talking about mark meadows and tonight, there is blockbuster new reporting that meadows has been granted immunity to testify under oath about trumps efforts to overturn the election. Also tonight, a Tearful Jenna Ellis apologizes for her role in the Georgia Election interference rico crimes. Agreeing to tell prosecutors and a jury all that she knows about the trump gangs illegal activities. Plus, a third republican Speaker Designate down the drain today and a search for the fourth which is not a joke anymore. Its a disgrace. We begin tonight with breaking news. A potentially explosive development in jack smiths federal case against donald trump and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Abc news i