it is the first day of black history month. happy black history month, everybody. or as ron desantis calls it, month. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we re going to get to what is happening down in florida. there you key caitlan is live on capitol hill. president biden face s a series of investigations. also moments from now, the gop is gearing up to kick congressman omar off of a key committee. big questions on whether or not they have enough votes. they believe they do. they face some pushback from republicans. also hunter biden with a counter offensive. the president s son demanding investigations into those who access data from his personal laptop. what is behind this really aggressive new legal strategy. we ll get to all that in a moment. we re going to begin with breaking news out of ukraine. there is heavy shelling this morning. live to sam kylie. sam, hello. what are you hearing? well, hearing is quite literally what we ve been doing here,
test. test. test. test. . . . hello and a warm welcome to viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton here on cnn newsroom days after shooting down a suspected chinese spy balloon. u.s. officials currently a second object has been shutdown in alaska grief and devastation in turkey and syria as hopes of finding survivors fade following monday s powerful earthquake, brazilian president sits down for an exclusive interview. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula. for second time less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have taken down an object flying over american air space, i want you to take a look at this, officials say the latest one was shot down friday over frozen water near alaska s northern coast. and that apparently was on the order of president joe biden, smaller and not as well equipped as the chinese surveillance balloon, this object was at an altitude of 40,000 feet. not posed apparently a risk to civil
con congresswoman ilhan omar off the house foreign affairs committee. the lead starts right now. my leadership and voice will not be diminished, if i am not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger. republicans key committee, b comments that omar has meat critical of israel. some using anti-semitic tropes. comments for which he has apologized or ones she retracted. the minnesota democrat and only muslim refugee in congress asks today, how might this look to the rest of the world? plus, a despicable act. a young new jersey politician shot to death just steps from her own home. was she targeted or was she a victim of random violence? but first, russia ramping up strikes against ukraine, with warnings of a larger offensive on the horizon. cnn is in one town hit more than 70 times in just one day. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. russia s renewed offensive against ukraine may already be beginning. that s the assessment of volodymyr ze
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
ukrainian authorities later said they believe the missiles were s-300s, normally used to shoot down planes, devastating when launched at urban centers. as medics tended to the wounded, producer tim lister checks in with our headquarters. extremely large detonations really, really close. we re going to stay in shelter. reporter: as we take cover, residents are clearly traumatized by the violence. it is terrifying, natalia tells me. but what can we do? the strikes came as search and rescue efforts were ongoing in exactly the same neighborhood after a russian missile leveled an apartment block on wednesday night, killing at least three and wounding eight. the russians seem to be bringing the cities of this region into their war regardless of the consequences. and russian president vladimir putin is saying there is worse to come. putin spoke thursday at events commemorating the battle of stalingrad, where soviet forces defeated nazi germany 80 years ago, openingly threate