top of the hour this friday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and right now all five former police officers charged with murder and other charges in the death of tyre nichols are inside of a memphis courthouse. they are set to be arraigned on seven charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. this morning the shelby county district attorney said that the prosecutors are still looking into charging a sixth former officer who tased nichols in the traffic stop that night as well as others possibly. we are looking at everybody who was involved directly or indirectly in death of tyre nichols, and this is officer hemphill and those who showed up after the beating had concluded, and we will do what we can as quickly as we can, but thoroughly. now, we are still waiting for the release of 20 hours of additional footage from deadly beating and the aftermath, and it could be relevant, and cnn s shimon prokupiez is there at the courthouse, and i understand that
debris of that shot down balloon off of the south carolina coast. and now, residents are forced to evacuate from that train derailment that is a massive inferno. that is what we are watching this hour. i m kristen fisher in for kate bolduan, and we are beginning with the story overseas. a power 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 2,300 people in turkey and syria, and the death toll is expected to rise significantly possibly into the tense of of thousands. and this is rescue crews frantically searching to survivors, but the efforts are hampered by big aftershocks. we begin with jomana karadsheh in istanbul, turkey, and bring us up to date with the frantic search for survivors. it is an absolutely devastating situation, kristen, and across the border as well, and we have seen the death toll continue to steadily rise over the past few hours where more than 2,300 people confirmed kill and more than 1,500 of them here in turkey and hundreds killed in syria, both in r
washington. we are tracking major fallout in the fatal police beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols. a sixth memphis police officer was just relieved of duty for alleged involvement in the deadly incident. five previously fired officers charged with murder. those five were members of the scorpion unit that was disbanded over the weekend. this comes as new charges could be in play and as congress faces new calls to act on police reform. cnn s nick valencia joins us now. nick, anybody who watched this video can see that at various points that were more than five officers at the scene wh. what do we know about this sixth officer s role? reporter: they told me the sixth officer has been relieved of duty, put on administrative leave. that officer identified as preston hemphill who s been with them since 2018. we have reached the attorney, the man who said he s representing mr. hemphill. he can confirm that that is his client. he also says that it was the body cam footage of mr. he
hello, everyone. at this hour more objects shot out of the sky, but answers, they are still hard to come by. why lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to hear more. why people are clinging to hope as the death toll is rising in turkey and syria, and the truly incredible storiesen even and what president trump s lawyer is tell us about a classified folder found in his bedroom. hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan, and now it is a story that keeps taking more turns. over the weekend, another object shot down. the biden administration is not offering an explanation yet. and this is after the u.s. military shot down a spy balloon off of the coast of south carolina, and now after four shoot downs in a week, there are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle asking for answers. one lawmaker who did not want to be named said biden s silence is odd. we go to natasha bertrand who has more. yes, we are told that two objects shot down over alaska and northern canada friday and satu
thank you for being here, everyone. i m kate bolduan. president biden is wrapping up his momentous trip overseas to mark the one-year invasion of ukraine. he is meet welcome the bucharest nine in warsaw. the president declaring his unwavering support for the alliance. commitment of the united states and nato, and i ve said it to you many times and i ll say it again is absolutely clear. article 5 is a sacred commitment the united states has made. we will defend literally every inch of nato, every inch of nato. that meeting is one day after president biden accused russia of committing crimes against humanity when he was in ukraine. vladimir putin is having his own series of meetings with china s top diplomat around the time that president biden was in ukraine, russia tried to test a ballistic missile and let s begin with phil mattingly once again in warsaw. what s to come of biden s meetings today. it s interesting. this is not the dramatic symbolism of the monday surpris