stopped in that night. and fired their charge was second degree murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated kidnapping among other charges. last night, two deputies were released pending an investigation because of their involvement with the traffic stop. that memphis police department says, right now there is no proof that nichols was driving recklessly. joining me now from memphis is nbc s antonia hylton. antonia, you are on the ground. you ve been in the epicenter of it. are what is going on there? well, lindsey, there s a lot of hurt and shock. although people had days to prepare for this video, it is still really should people to their core. seeing not just me three minutes of a beating that we were warned by officials, by the attorney, by the family, that that was going to be horrific to watch. but also by what you mentioned. by the delay in care. i think that has really just urge people here, and already we are hearing some residents call for additional names abou
nbc news president biden directed the unidentified objects be shot down this afternoon. the president made the call out of an abundance of caution, at the recommendation of the pentagon. the source also saying the u.s. has no indication this latest object had surveillance tape capabilities, but they cannot rule it out at this point. this all comes after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude objects flying over alaskan air space on friday. then, on saturday, a u.s. fighter jet shot down another unidentified object over uconn territory in canada. back on for very fourth, the u.s. downed chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent julie. julie, how are members of congress responding tonight? what answers to they hope to get from the pentagon? well, look, they have more questions than answers. i should note, alicia, that all these different rank and file lawmakers from michigan, wisconsin, montana all of these
there are these some pure places located around the country where any lawmaker can go into them and receive classified calls from defense officials into this matter. so really, a developing situation here, but in the last few hours, president biden, of course, ordering the shootdown of a fourth objects over u.s. or canadian airspace in the last eight days. as you said, more questions than answers at this point. julie, as always, thank you. on capitol hill, as republicans ramping up a series of investigations into their political rivals. house gop is now launching investigations and border security. hunter biden s laptop, the convoluted deep state conspiracy that alleges the government is somehow out to get conservatives. on thursday, house held its first hearing from the new subcommittee focused on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. republicans used it to air their grievances and spread falsehoods about actions from federal officials, while donald trump was in off
nbc news president biden directed the unidentified objects be shot down this afternoon. the president made the call out of an abundance of caution, at the recommendation of the pentagon. the source also saying the u.s. has no indication this latest object had surveillance tape capabilities, but they cannot rule it out at this point. this all comes after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude objects flying over alaskan air space on friday. then, on saturday, a u.s. fighter jet shot down another unidentified object over uconn territory in canada. back on for very fourth, the u.s. downed chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent julie. julie, how are members of congress responding tonight? what answers to they hope to get from the pentagon? well, look, they have more questions than answers. i should note, alicia, that all these different rank and file lawmakers from michigan, wisconsin, montana all of these states tha
no. hey. what is going on here? this footage is sparking fresh debate on just how deeply political violence has spread throughout our system. and what exactly electric leaders are doing or not doing to keep constituents and themselves safe. joining me now is nbc news congressional correspondent julie on capitol hill. julie, what is the reaction been to this video that is really hard to watch. well, in the last two years especially we have seen a rise in threats against lawmakers here on capitol hill. in washington, and back home where they live. the reaction here that perhaps matters the most is that of nancy pelosi. as you heard her at the top there, i want to play another portion of what she had to tell reporters yesterday. and i should note, lindsey, she could not bring herself to watch this video or listen to the 9-1-1 call. as you know today, there was a release of some information. i have not heard the 9-1-1 call,