chinese spy balloon is clurntly crossing latin america. something so unexpected to be what it is, where it is, that it left people asking questions like this. what planet is that? actually, that s a good question. it s not mars or venus. the balloon is the size of three buses. and surveillance equipment spotted yesterday over montana, drifted across nebraska and then into the midwest today. floating at about 60,000 feet apparently following the prevailing winds. in a moment, we ll take a look at where it could be heading next. today, china said it was, quote, civilian airship, a vehicle gone astray, and secretary blinken postponed his upcoming trip to beijing. any country that has its air space violated in this way would respond similarly, and i can only imagine what the reaction would be in china if they were on the other end. in the meantime, the pentagon is not ruling anything out when it comes to shooting it down. at this stage, what i can tell you is again, we
good saturday morning, everyone. and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. all eyes on the sky this morning as a chinese spy balloon continues drifting over the united states. where it is expected to go and why the white house has not ruled out shooting it down. and a brutal blast of dangerously cold air sweeping across the northeast. in some places it will feel like 50 to 60 degrees below zero. where we re seeing the cold air and when things will start to warm up. plus new developments in the tyre nichols case, why another officer is out of a job and why some first responders are now losing their licenses. plus important new testimony in the alex murdaugh trial, twists in the case and what it could mean for murdaugh s defense, coming up on cnn this morning . hi, everyone. if you are not keeping track, it is saturday. not time to go to work for most of you. february 4. thanks for waking up with us. i m amara walker in atlanta. an
making the case the guns used to kill maggie and paul were fired many times on the property and were owned by am murdaughs. remember this witness? john bettingfield said he built three 300 blackout rifles. and paul s good friend rogan gibson testified this week about shooting the blackout with paul just a couple months before the murders. when you and paul were together with that blackout did you usually have the gun and shoot it or paul have the gun and hoot it? it d just depend. who had it more? probably paul. one guy is driving and the other is looking? that s correct. is something y all did frequently? a good bit, yes, sir. reporter: the state s goal, convince the jury the murder weapon was familiar to the murdaugh property and eliminate the possibility that the killer could have come from the outside with a weapon that hadn t been used on the property before. the defense tried to pour water on his findings by pointing out the murder weapons have never been offici
this expert s testimony is key. by telling the jury that shell casings scattered around the property where the murdaughs live and shell casings found at the murder scene match firearms at the home, the state is making the case that the guns used to kill maggie and paul had been fired many time on the murdaugh family and owned by the murdaugh. remember john bettingfield said he built three of the blackout rifles for alex murdaugh. and paul had spoke about using them. when you were with that blackout, did you usually have the gun and shoot or did paul usually have the gun and shoot? it would just depend. what had the gun more? probably paul. other guy is looking? that s correct. is that something that you all did frequently? a good bit, yes, sir. reporter: the state s goal is to convince the jury that the