do? and more lies from republican congressman george santos. the latest has to do with now a broadway show. even the great white way can t escape this. we ll break down the new reporting and what it all means for the gop. but let s start with the story we re all talking about this evening, the chinese spy balloon flying over the country tonight. cnn s alex marquardt has the latest. reporter: tonight u.s. officials tell cnn the u.s. has not ruled out shooting down the chinese spy balloon once there s no risk to civilians below. but secretary of state antony blinken telling reporters that china s flagrant violation of u.s. sovereignty forced him to postpone his trip to beijing. i made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in u.s. airspace is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty and international law, that it s an irresponsible act and that the prc s decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions
world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely tracking the object and it s carrying a large payload of surveillance gear. military officials are advising against shooting it down now. china that has apologized and said the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident. bei
a familiar face at the political act conference in maryland, former president trump makes his pitch to be the republican nominee for the white house again. bakhmut could be on the verge of falling to russian troops but ukrainian forces say they re holding on in the fight to keep the city. over a month since the toxic train derailment in east palestine ohio, another norfolk southern freight train derails in the state live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with laila during crowd greeted former u.s. president donald trump saturday at the conserve in maryland, trump spoke nearly two hours promising retribution against democrats and republicans an scientific strap hold of cpack attendees found 62% want him to be the next republican presidential nominee compared to 20% who want florida governor ron desantis, cnn national correspondent christian holmes is there to at the conference and has this report. former president trump talking to a therapeutic crowd here at cpack
. this is special cnn live coverage as memphis and as we all come to grips with what we have seen done to a young man on video by five police officers who are now charged with murder. john, tomorrow, it will be three weeks to the day, since employees pulled over tyre nichols in a traffic stop that we see on video escalate out of all proportion, we then see nichols run off to be stopped at a second location and be given a fatal beating. before we show you just a portion of it. i want to take a moment and reaffirm that tyre nichols about his personhood to show you a little bit about who this man was, our sara sidener has that story. in memphis candles burn for a life snuffed out. 2019-year-old tyre nichols being remembered where friends say he felt the most free, a skate park, 12 years ago, nichols seen here doing what he loved, 12 years later, he ended up dead boat end boy five men sworn to protect and serve. knocks family wants people to know more about tyre nichols tha
and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. fiery words from donald trump in front of a very supportive crowd. we ll bring you the message he and other republicans brought to cpac. ohio once again facing a train derailment. details plus the latest from the toxic spill in east palestine is just ahead. and later, one ukrainian mother s journey to america, with her children to escape the horrors of war. the remarkable path she took, the stranger who took her in, and her message to those she was forced to leave behind. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. an adoring crowd at the conservative political action conference gives former u.s. president donald trump a rapturous reception and momentum for his 2024 presidential campaign. trump said he wouldn t drop out of the presidential race if he was indicted in the state or federal investigations he faces. he also promised retribution