it s the top of the hour in cnn newsroom. we re following multi-. concerns about that chinese spy balloon hovering over the u.s. secretary blinken just postponed his stop in china. the pentagon is about the size of three buses. it s huge. it was spotted soaring over montana at 60,000 feet. just moments ago the balloon was spotted over columbia, missouri. the national weather service tweeted these images of what they say is a large balloon in the kansas city area. despite growing calls to shoot it down, for now president biden is opting against that. the chinese are saying it s a weather balloon that blew off course. we re aware of the statement. the fact is we know it s a surveillance balloon. i can t be more specific than that. we know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and international law which is unacceptable. we ve conveyed this directly to the prc at multiple levels. john miller is here with us, cnn s intelligence analyst and kylie atwood. tell us abo
as it relates to that, and i will turn it over to d.a. mulroy, and did i mention that we will take questions after, but they will be we have a really limited amount of time. so, thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everybody. thank you for coming. i m joined today as ms. williams has already said with the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david rausch as well as assistant director josh milton. i m also joined by other members of my staff, including earnest brooks, ray lupone, and also most relevant for today, the trial team in the tyre nichols case including paul hagerman and tanisha johnson. we re here today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply, but also hurts us all, the death of tyre nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief that the friends and family of tyre nichols are experiencing right now as well as the great concern throughout all of memphis and shelby county about this case. we met several times this week with the family o
high-profile case of police brutality to result in charges. five former officers indicted. the victim s family says he was beaten like a human pinata. what led to nichols death is the big question. plus, the murder trial for alex murdaugh accused of killing his wife and son. the first witnesses called to testify and the key reporting the jury heard today. plus, democratic congressman adam schiff drops his name in what s shaping up to be a hotly contested senate race. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. we start with breaking news. five fired memphis police officers have been charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old tyree nichols. the shelby county district attorney announced the charges which include second degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and assault. police officers say they pulled nichols over and he ran away. there was then a confrontation. nichols died three days later. the district attorney said there was a lapsed period of time in getting medical
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feel more relief. i m not from here. i m from texas. i m doing okay right now. athena, thank you. we ll stop asking questions until you get back. that would be nice. athena, thank you. president biden is about to speak in philadelphia at a democratic party event. it will undoubtedly serve as a chance to take a victory lap after today s huge job report. cnn white house correspondent arlette zientz is in philly. the president is going to go on attack in this speech we understand? reporter: yeah, victor. president biden and vice president kamala harris are making this rare joint appearance out on the road today. a democratic official has said that here at that dnc speech later this evening the president