united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. to see that i couldn t stop it, it was the worst thing. they were like my kids. we will go through this process with the citizens of east palestine for as long as it takes. just happened to hit some good shots finally and made a couple putts. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, february 17th. in washington, d.c., u.s. president biden is finally speaking publicly about those unidentified objects shot out of the sky by the military. he says nothing suggests these objects are related to china s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance objects from any other country. it is important to note the u.s. has not been able to recover any of the debris because of the remote locations and severe weather. phil mattingly r
it s over. it is over. and the kansas city chiefs have won it. whoo! it s my hometown! okay. so i was really torn about this one. you know why, right? i love mahomes. and joe burrow. i like both of them. i was really torn. i just kept rewatching it and rewatching. we re not talking about the vikings. i know. are you a mind reader this morning? how long have i known you? patrick mahomes did that on one good ankle is incredible. did you see him hopping around. he had that high ankle sprain eight days ago. amazing he played that well. we re on tv right now. good morning. good morning, everyone. for the first time in super bowl history, two black quarterbacks will lead their teams in the big game. so who s the favorite and who s the underdog? we re going to have much more on this story. we ll have that in just a moment. also, taking a turn here, new questions this morning in memphis. will the death of tyre nichols lead to actual federal nationwide police
officer. it s coming from benjamin crump, an attorney for the nichols family. this sixth officer is white. keep in mind, the five other officers that have been accused of second degree murder all black. his name is preston hemp hill. according to crump, he tased the tyre nichols. he tased him and said i hope to stop his blank. according to trump, he s been relieved of his duties. no charges known to be filed against him yet per crump. and crump is saying he and the family are disappointed no charges yet against the sixth officer, a white officer. we re continuing to see now day by day more fallout from this violent activity on january 7. two emts have also been relieved of duty. these rescuers arrived at the scene of the second beating when nichols was slumped over and for at least 15 minutes according to the tape, it does not show them checking to see if he s breathing or trying to help stop the breathing. no criminal charges yet. we could see a series of more firings and mo
it s 4:00 in new york. s.w.a.t. teams, secret phone calls, testimony from some of the most prominent political figures in america and a windowless conference room in which 23 people investigated a plot to end democracy. an exclusive and extraordinary piece of writing and reporting from the atlanta journal constitution pulls the curtain back on the special grand jury in fulton county, georgia, one of the two criminal investigations into the twice impeached disgraced ex president. it could result in anything truly historic and unprecedented. the indictment of a former president of the united states. from that piece of reporting, quote, in an exclusive interview with the atlanta journal institution, five of the 23 special grand jurors recounted what it was like to be a pivotal but anonymous part of one of the most momentous criminal investigations in u.s. history. they described a process that was, by turn, fascinating, tedious, and emotionally wrenching. one juror said she woul
some are members of the city s so-called scorpion unit scorpions answer street crimes operation to restore peace in our neighborhood. yesterday the memphis police department permanently disbanded that unit. eric we are also learning the five former officers will make their first court appearance on february 17 to be arraigned on murder charges for charles watson is live in memphis. charles, first off what can it tells the timetable for this arraignment? well, arthel, those arraignments will happen a few weeks from now as you mentioned on february 17. we are unsure whether that is normal timing for something like that barely reach out to a defense attorney who said it is a normal timeline for those arraignments considering five former memphis police officers taken into custody last week after a grand jury indicted them and freed after posting a bond that raised anywhere between $253,350,000 were getting this information just a day after the memphis police department announ