do? and more lies from republican congressman george santos. the latest has to do with now a broadway show. even the great white way can t escape this. we ll break down the new reporting and what it all means for the gop. but let s start with the story we re all talking about this evening, the chinese spy balloon flying over the country tonight. cnn s alex marquardt has the latest. reporter: tonight u.s. officials tell cnn the u.s. has not ruled out shooting down the chinese spy balloon once there s no risk to civilians below. but secretary of state antony blinken telling reporters that china s flagrant violation of u.s. sovereignty forced him to postpone his trip to beijing. i made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in u.s. airspace is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty and international law, that it s an irresponsible act and that the prc s decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions
i ve seen more devastation than i ve seen in my lifetime. i m on the ground in the middle of it, it looked like a war zone. i never felt so good about the cooperation of the federal, state and local government. ashley: alexandria hoff live from washington with the latest, good morning. alexandria: good morning. the people of mississippi are not the type to wait on help, people came from across the state to lend trucks, equipment and medical expertise. where assistance will be is temporary housing and loans for unsured properties. alejandro mayorkas took a tour of the small delta community where residents say every marker of existence is gone. flower shop, beauty shop, barber, law offices just down the street are all gone. there was an auto parts store, local restaurant that has been there for i don t know how many years, since i was a child. service stations, tire shop, just gone. alexandria: 26 lost their lives in mississippi and alabama, one death was reported.
video. reporter: good morning. prior to the video s release, we were told it would be inhumane and savage and appears the videos live up to the descriptions and it all started earlier this month an january 7 when memphis police officers pulled over tyre nichols. body cam video shows an officer aggressively yank nichols out of his vehicles and the 29-year-old tells officers he wants to go home. nichols escapes from police and they tase him as he takes off down the road and at that point officers chase him and later on other officers spot him and catch up to him. nichols is on the ground as officers restrain him, punch him, and pepper spray him. all the while the officers are demanding he give them his hands as nichols calls out for his mother. mom! mom! mom! mom! mom! reporter: now, even though it appears officers have control of nichols, the assault continues. at one point you see an officer kick nichols in the head at least twice as if he s punting a football and then offi
charles. reporter: good morning, guys. for days we were told that the beating of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police officers would be heinous and savage and unfortunately the videos live up to those descriptions. [ yelling ]. reporter: the first video captured on body cam and an officer approached tyre nichols with their gun drawn and aggressively yank him out of his vehicle as nichols tells officers he didn t do anything and officers throw him on the ground and throw laced commands at him and put him behind his back and nichols escaped from police and they tase him and takes off his shirt and runs away. at that point, officers chase after nichols and later on when officers catch up to him, you see nichols on the ground as he s being restrained. multiple officers punch nichols several times and pepper stray him as they demand he give them his hands and all this happening as nichols calls out to his mother for help. mom! mom! mom! mom! reporter: despite the fact t
scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the president s irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the president s insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost of an electric vehicle is more than $61,000 today on average, which is more, by the way, than the average salary per year of the average american. but critics are saying this proposal has some practical limitations that could make it impossible. my name is joe biden and i m a car guy. but maybe not so much a combustion engine car guy anymore despite his love for his corvette with the e.p.a. promoting sweeps cuts two thirds of cars and trucks sold by 2032 to be electric. wrote don t have a