and i m am a ara walker. health officials are on their way to ohio after the train derailment. and the health concerns despite assurances. and five former memphis police officers charged in the beating death of tyree nick olgs nichols facing a judge yesterday. what his mother said about facing these men for the first time. kamala harris takes direct aim at vladimir putin in a speech at the munich securities conference. what it means at this critical juncture in the war. and plus what a u.s. military is officially calling off its recovery operation for the chinese balloon and the other objects it shot down. good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. i think the sun is starting to come up and it is time to eat your breakfast. they don t see us as they eat breakfast away from the scamcamera. yeah. and a lot of news to get to. the biden administration is deploying medical experts from the cdc and hhs to east palestine, ohio, where hundreds of worried residents are
and i m am a ara walker. health officials are on their way to ohio after the train derailment. and the health concerns despite assurances. and five former memphis police officers charged in the beating death of tyree nick olgs nichols facing a judge yesterday. what his mother said about facing these men for the first time. kamala harris takes direct aim at vladimir putin in a speech at the munich securities conference. what it means at this critical juncture in the war. and plus what a u.s. military is officially calling off its recovery operation for the chinese balloon and the other objects it shot down. good morning, and welcome to
shimon prokupecz has more. they didn t even have the courage to look at me in my face. reporter: an emotional day in memphis where the five former police officers charged with murdering tyre nichols appeared in court together in front of the nichols family for the first time. all five pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. judge jones emphasizing the case could take time. we understand that there may be some high emotions but we ask that you continue to be patient with us. art after the arraignment, attorneyses for the officers began to reveal how their defense will take shape. he was doing his job and he never struck him. and there has been no information that we have seen that indicates that there is any
sort of information that we can rely on to say that it is murder. reporter: when asked if his client had any regrets. i think he probably regrets being a memphis police officer on that night. because had he not been, he wouldn t have been called to do his job. reporter: and another defense attorney invoking his client s race and warning not to rush to judgment. let s not forget my client is a black man in a courtroom in america. is this a country where black people are incarcerated at five times the rate of white people. much has been said about the way the system has failed mr. nichols. i will work tirelessly to make sure that the system does not fail mr. mills. reporter: and for tyre nicholss mother, relief that the legal process has begun but the pain of her loss is clear. i know my son is gone. i know that i ll never see him again. but we have to start this process of justice right now. reporter: shelby county district attorney saying his