the republican presidential primary, we will look at who, and what is their chance to defeat the former president. and later on this hour, from getting cops called on her to a shout out from, of all places, yale, i m going to speak to nine-year-old bobbi wilson whose fascination with lanternflies made one neighbor suspicious but has made her family very proud. that s ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though once again with the fallout from the chinese spy balloon shot out of this guy off the carolina coast. beijing condemning the move to bring down the balloon. this is happening as u.s. senior government officials confirm the chinese balloon crossed into the u.s. at least three different times during the trump administration s. i wanna bring in msnbc national security analyst nick watt as well. george, let me start with you on this. when you are there in myrtle beach. what have you been seeing? good afternoon, yasmin. we know military operations to recover the bal
that claim. this graphic body cam video shows the moment police catch up to nichols when he runs away. give me your hands. hey, give me your hands. give me your hands. hey. you can hear nichols crying out for his mother there who was just a few blocks away. officers continue to hit and spray nichols struggling with him on the ground. more footage appears to show inaction by police officers, sheriff s deputies and even paramedics. five memphis police officers at the scene are now facing multiple charges including second degree murder and kidnapping. now two sheriffs deputies at the scene were placed on leave pending an investigation. former president barack obama speaking out on twitter today saying the vicious unjustified beating of tyre nichols and his ultimate death at the hands of five memphis police officers is the latest painful reminder of how far america has to go in fixing how we police our streets. along with mourning tyre and supporting his family, it s up to
leadership. yes, we are definitely thinking about it. having those conversations. at the end of the day you re gonna have a lot of republicans getting into that race. they re good people, they are good candidates. nikki haley, mike pompeo, governor desantis. a lot of folks are gonna get in. you re gonna have that discussion about where we are going, both as a party and make sure we are going there as a country. that was new hampshire governor, kristen, oona short time ago. the latest republican indicating a possible presidential run in 2024. nikki haley, the former ambassador to the u.n. and governor of south carolina expected to officially launch her campaign and it event at february 15th. this may kayleigh the first candidate to force to get into the race since trump announced his campaign last november. the former president also lashing out at haley, and potential candidate, ron desantis, as well. ron desantis got elected because of me. you remember, he had nothing. he was dea
several months, specifically since his launched his campaign in november have raised questions about whether his heart is truly in it. he has not been seen on the campaign trail until today. this is now two and a half months after he first announced his campaign last november. so him saying that in new hampshire, i think, was really meant to address those concerns head on. now, he s planning to, again, back up that message today by rolling out endorsements from a number of state legislators here in south carolina. he also has been endorsed by the state s republican governor, henry mcmaster, but we are just across the hallway from the state house chamber, and there are still a number of republicans in that chamber who have been wary to get behind trump s third presidential campaign as they wait to see who else gets into this race. one of those individuals is, of course, the former governor of this state, south carolina governor nikki haley who has in recent days suggested that she s int