nichols. demonstrators took to the streets demanding accountability from law enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs o
friend. we want to speak to, don t go anywhere. we have a lot more to discuss later on in the show. coming up on a man. the gop s house of chaos has a new cheap house oversight chair, keynes has been flying under the radar as he pushes conspiracies and political hiccups. no more, we are going to exposes double standards. plus, expanding troubles. special counsel jack smith is now looking into the ex president s legal team. including rudy giuliani. and it is now official. george santos is under investigation the new details about the probe into the embattled republican. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. just a short time ago, president biden commemorated the 50th anniversary badly sunday by walking across the edmund bridge in salmon alabama. selma, alabama. back in 1965, state troopers clubbed, tear gassed, and sick dogs on peaceful protesters marching against it was a solemn but crucial visit, especially given biden s teigen voters that played a large role in 2020.
asking the questions this time about the campaign, and its finances. our saturday night panel is going to weigh in on that. and the worst of the week, will it be trump s former secretary of state, mark pompeo or social media giant meta? i will explain when i m in let s get started. let s get started. we begin this hour with the breaking news on the tragic death of 29 year old tyre nichols at the hands of police in memphis, tennessee. there are demonstrations again tonight, we have seen this across the nation after friday s release of four harrowing videos of the deadly police assault. this comes as the memphis police department announced that it has permanently deactivated its so-called scorpion unit. that is a group of five of the officers involved in tyre nichols s death were members of. those officers have already been fired by the police department, and they are now charged with his murder. it is an important first step towards nichols and his family. but that is, it
among other things, mike pence s novel to put it kindly novel notion about why he should not have to testify before a grand jury. novel is one way of putting it, lawrence. i can t wait to see. it thanks, alex. thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump s lawyers to testify before a grand jury without being able to refuse to answer questions because of the attorney client privilege. the crime fraud exception can overrule the attorney client privilege. the new york times is reporting tonight federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former president donald j trump s handling of classified documents are seeking to pierce assertions of client attorney privilege and compel lawyers to answer more questions before a grand jury according to two people familiar with the matter, adding an aggressive new dimension to the inquiry and und
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