whirlwind of action on capitol hill this wednesday morning. you could say it s a congressional hearing palooza on a slate of urgent topics from the origin of covid, the safety of air travel, the u.s. evacuation of afghanistan, and threats from around the world. that last topic is the focus of a hearing set to begin any second with the senate intelligence committee. we ll hear testimony from the nation s top intel chiefs including dni avril haines, cia director bill burns and fbi director chris wray. we can expect them to dive into a number of topics including new threats from china, questions about mishandling classified documents and concerns over domestic extremism. our team is monitoring this closely. meanwhile, in a different senate hearing, acting administrator of the faa is just moments away from testifying after weeks of disturbing headlines from the not so friendly skies, including a united passenger recently caught on camera attacking a flight attendant and threate
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
law enforcement preparing for a possible trump indictment. agencies looking at this, several taking steps in case an indictment comes down. who is involved?n new york rath say, georgia the agencies include people and police that protect the new york court buildings, nypd and then this most interestingly, the u.s. secret service is involved in these preparations they protect former presidents, no matter he s what s happening they are discussing these plans. all of this is a response to the reports we have seen, like that new york times bombshell about a likely indictment. it s a response to the way trump s team has prepared for charges, attacking the d.a donald trump s lawyer is saying he will follow normal procedures if they get to the point of surrendering there will be no standoff at mar-a-lago here is what this means. the u.s. government is preparing for the possibility of the first indictment of a former president, a step that wasn t taken after the accusations that
wow. you know what? they re angry. they every right to be angry. they re not getting a lot of answers. their health, lives are in jeopardy. good morning, everyone. good to have you back. good to be back. i missed you guys. we know. we like having the threesome back. she didn t miss us. of course i missed you. we have outrage growing in ohio after a toxic train crash. families demanding to know if their own homes are safe. we take you to east palestine. plus, a cnn exclusive this morning. the special counsel investigating former president trump subpoenaed his former white house chief of staff mark meadows. we ll tell you why he could be a crucial witness. and a blackhawk helicopter fell from the sky and crashed in the middle of a alabama highway. what we re learning about the tragic training flight two killed two national guardsmen. we begin in east palestine, ohio. there are reports of fish and animals dying. air smells like chemicals. residents demanding an
how did this happen? that s an excellent question, katy. the balloon was able to get past our west coast anti-balloon defense system, the seattle space needle, but once it was here, we were able to keep an eye on it with our sophisticated tracking technology of going like this. our thanks to saturday night live there. there are rising dramatic tensions, however, between the united states and china after a white house decision to shoot down that massive spy balloon. we ll walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout. plus a powerful earthquake leaves hundreds of people dead in turkey and syria. this morning rescue crews are searching through the rubble for any survivors. and heading into 2024, democrats have approved a new primary calendar, reshaping the way the party picks its precedential nominees, but there are still some potential challenges ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 6th. i m jonathan lemire