delays they aren t on account of any of your actions. to those in attendance as i explained to the defendants this can take some time so we ask for your patience, your continued patience, your continued civility in this case. we understand there may be some high emotions in this case but we ask that you continue to be patient with us. everyone involved wants this case to be concluded as quickly as possible. but it s important for you all to understand that the state as well as each one of these defendants have an absolute right to a fair trial. tyre nichols family was in the courtroom as well. his mother said that she wanted the officers to see her face. i feel very numb and i m waiting for this nightmare basically that i m going through right now, i m waiting for somebody to wake me up, right. i m really waiting for somebody to wake me up but i also know that s not going to happen, okay, i know my son is gone. i know i ll never see him again. i want each and every one o
top of a new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. five former memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of tyre nichols pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance. all five were arraigned together. they did not speak. some wore masks. the men faced charges of second degree murder, assault, kidnapping, and misconduct. during today s arraignment, the judge stressed the need for patience. be patient, work with your attorneys, cooperate with them, meet with them, make sure if there are any theys, that these delays are not on account of any of your actions. to those in attendance, this case can take some time. we ask for your continued patience and continued civility in this case. we understand there may be some high emotions in this case, but we ask that you continue to be patient with us. everyone involved wants this case to be concluded as quickly as possible. but it s important for you all to understand that each one of these defen
boundaries for their children. set boundaries for adolescents. set boundaries for teenagers on the use of phones. on use of social media. it s hard to protect them. on the use of everything. it s hard but it is it is a lot more important than so many other things. okay. we re over time here, though. we will revisit this. that does it for us this morning. it is so great that yasmin vossoughian is back with us, and she picks up the coverage right now. hey, everybody, good friday morning. i m yasmin vossoughian at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we ve got a lot happening this hour. we want to start in memphis where any moment now five former police officers will be arraigned in court in connection with the death of tyre nichols. you re looking at a live cam there right now inside that courtroom. all have been charged with second degree and a number of other counts as well. authorities say nichols was beaten by officers last month following a traffic stop. he died
and shot it off the coast of south carolina. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. i think j.j. should have a shot. take your shot. he needs a party first. have all the kids over. dana: more to come on that as well. bill: once the snow melts. incident ramping up tension between china and the u.s. antony blinken postponing his trip to beijing scheduled for this past weekend. dana: president biden said he ordered the military on wednesday to shoot it down as soon as possible. the pentagon waited until it was safely over the atlanta after a week of entering u.s. airspace. some lawmakers say officials should have acted sooner. michael waltz last hour. from a propaganda standpoint a tremendous win for china. they can now message to taiwan, our allies and others that on top of afghanistan, america is a declining power and they can t even stop one of our most basic surveillance tools, a balloon. that they are either in
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom. [ chanting ] this is the demand of protesters across the united states after the city of memphis releases the harrowing video of a fatal police beating. at the center of it all is this man, 29-year-old tyre nichols. we walk you through the clips of what he endured and where reform needs to begin. and a deadly shooting near jerusalem in a synagogue. across the united states we re seeing anger, we re hearing demands for change, but we re not witnessing the violent demonstrations many feared would come after the public saw those images. memphis officials released over an hour of video that started with traffic stop involving tyre nichols on january 7th. take a look. now there is already a lot of anger toward police over the incident with loud calls for reform. these protesters in memphis, for example, blocked a major bridge for a time, but n