you can see the piece on the bottom of it. that is the piece that gathers the intelligence for this what loan. we ve known about this being in the skies over our country illegally for several days at least. some say going back months. so far, we have not done anything to impede this balloon from collecting surveillance over the country even though it s of clear violation of u.s. airspace. no word from the president of the united states at 3:00 eastern time. we ve known about this since last night really. twice now he has avoided shouted questions. watch this. mr. president, when will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? [question inaudible] are you worried about the balloon? martha: apparently not worried about the balloon as he walks across the lawn there. we know that it launched this instrument from china. you can see on that quick animation. maybe we can play it again from mainland china. now it has hovered over montana, h
according to a preliminary i understand denlt autopsy he suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. overnight the memphis police chief vowed absolute accountability for those held responsible. i m a mother. i m a caring human being who wants the best for all of us. this is not just a professional failing. this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. all five of the officers involved in that incident have been fired. the nichols family now calling for them to be charged with murder. cnn s sara sidner is in memphis this morning with the very latest. when we hear from the family, it is absolutely sara. what do we know? the family has said we re going to get justice for tyre, if it s the last breath i breathe. that came from his mother. she talked about never having her son walk through the door again. she said he would always come in and say hello parents. she and his step dad, as you might
> happening now, breaking news. five former memphis police office facing charges due to the death of tyre nichols. law enforcement agencies across the country bracing for reaction to footage a top tennessee official called sickening. this hour i ll discuss all the latest developments with the executive director of the memphis naacp. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. get right to the breaking news out of memphis. five officers charged with murder of tyre nichols. the moments before the encounter playing out on dispatch audio obtained by cnn. we got one male running. pull over. one running on foot. running. running we got one fighting at this time. let s get trright to our correspondent walk us through charges those officers are now facing. reporter: right. and, wolf, serious, significant charges here coming from the memphis d.a. just a short
questions about his 2024 ambitions. let s get to cnn s arlette saenz. she joins us from delaware where president biden is spending the weekend. what more do we know? reporter: well, jim, this will mark a significant shift in the leadership at the white house as cnn has confirmed chief of staff ron klain is expected to step down from his post in the coming week. sources saying that that is expected to happen after the state of the union address set for february 7th, but klain would stay on for a transition period as they work toward his replacement. now this comes as klain has steered the ship at the white house since the beginning of biden s presidency. seen accomplishments such as steering the country and getting covid-19 relief passed up on capitol hill. there was also that massive infrastructure bill, as well as historic investments when it comes to climate change initiatives. of course there have been a host of challenges facing this administration that klain has over
how there are backups? neil: you know what? the problems are not over yet. you re looking live at atlanta airport. airlines are struggling to get back on track after all flights were grounded because of a nationwide computer glitch. we don t flow what caused the glitch. close to 8,000 domestic flights delayed, more than 1,200 cancelled altogether and wore all over it with steve harrigan in atlanta and how folks are dealing with it there and how transportation committee members nancy mace on calls for investigations to what happened here. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it in atlanta with steve harrigan. steve, how are things looking there now? neil, planes are taking off and landing again. you can tell from the numbers here, this airport, the busiest in the world is empty today. no lines, no people. a long way from back to normal here. of course, what happened in the early hours this morning, almost unprecedented. you have to go back to 9-11. a complete