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Of alarm and criticism over their decision to not shoot down the balloon sooner when it was near alaska. the fact of the matter is alaska is the first line of defense for america. reporter: in four different often tense hearings, administration officials stood by their argument that it was safer to let the balloon cross the country while also gathering intelligence on chinese capabilities. many democrats satisfied, many republicans still rejecting the white house and pentagon s positions. next time, you know, we won t want for it to trend go across my state, all across the lower 48 and then shoot it down. reporter: officials say that it was a warning the defense intel agency the day before the balloon entered u.s. air space near alaska. when it did on january 28th, fighter jets were sent up to i.d. the balloon, but it was decided to let it fly on a northern trajectory and collect ....
Company when an employee approached him and shot and killed him. it was about 50 miles from where eunice dwumfour was killed a week ago. they say that it was a dreadful coincidence. shimon prokupecz explains. reporter: authorities there say that they don t believe this is even politically connected. what they believe is that this was a co-worker of russell heller, they suspect that he is the person that shot him as he was getting out of his car to go to work over at pse&g. the suspected shooter, gary curtis, was found ted a cok dea hours later from a self in-finfl inflicted gunshot wound. they don t believe that this is connected in any way to a second shooting that happened about a week ago where in a separate county 30-year-old eunice dwumfour was found dead. police don t know the motive ....
reporter: normal is how he said alex sounded. wilson told alex he had to call him back later. and he said that is fine, no problem. reporter: the phone call could be key. prosecutors seem to be showing that alex was allegedly trying to create an alibi after the murders. chris wilson said he called alex back at 9:20 and alex told him he was almost at his mom s house. all of this tracks with prosecutors saying that he left the property where the murders took place about 9:06. alex said he was napping before that and was not with his family around the time he was killed. wilson said alex sent him a text saying call me if you are up. wilson testified that he called alex back at 9:53 on the night in question to discuss a case. i told him i needed to talk to him and he said hey, that is cool, but i m gooabout to get b home, can we talk tomorrow. ....
And i said fine. reporter: and that is just before he says he found his wife and son bleeding. alex called 911 at 10:07. the defense leaned on wilson to tell the twrirjury what a lovin family the tau murdaughs. was the number one priority was his family? yes, sir. and i m talking about maggie, paul, buster. reporter: randi kaye, cnn, walterboro, south carolina. tennessee authorities will review previous cases involving the five former police officers charged in the death of tyre nichols. the district attorney s office says that it will examine in-all of the cases handled closed and pending. the former officers will be arraigned in connection with nichols death next week and they each face seven charges including second degree murder and aggravated assault. ....
Ukraine if high schit is part or nato effort. and because if you are parading alone, it could be a potential target to russianing a fwr aggression. scott, thank you so much. mike pence is facing a subpoena. the justice department wants his testimony about his interactions with the former president leading up to the 2020 election and on january 6 itself. evan perez has the details. reporter: his ttoric milesto in the investigation of donald trump and his allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. special counsel jack smith has issued a subpoena to former vice president mike pence seeking documents and testimony in the january 6 investigation. prosecutors want the former vice president to testify about his interactions with trump leading up to and after the 2020 election and crucial days before rioters who believed trump s ....