breaking news, six people killed in mississippi after a series of shootings. it is such a tragedy come and we never would have thought anything like that would happen here. answer the question. anger and anguish as parents and students accused a new jersey school of ignoring bullies. this place is toxic. i was headed to the back, i saw. the sirens were going off, and they are lucky that no one was seriously hurt. and stories of survival, the miracles 11 days after the earthquake hit turkey and syria. first responders still digging and pulling victims out from beneath the rubble alive. good evening: thank you for joining us. norah is off, i am margaret brennan. tonight, we have a cbs news investigation into a fight for thousands of veterans to restore their benefis after being less than honorably discharged from the military. plus, it s friday, so we go on the road. tonight, to meet a high school football star making a difference in his community. but
to keep the isis terrorist network from staging a comeback. it s a deadly game of hide and seek, but no american troops were killed or wounded in all of last year. there were actually two commando raid last night, and the second one, the leader of an isis assassination cell was killed without any u.s. casualties. margaret? margaret: david martin at the pentagon. now to the beating death of tyre nichols. the five former memphis police officers charged with murdering the 29-year-old appeared in court for the first time today. all five pled not guilty. just three weeks after the release of body cam footag of the violent arrest shocked this nation. cbs s elise preston was inside the courthouse. not guilty. reporter: one by one and wearing masks, the five former memphis police officers all pleaded not guilty through their attorneys. to second-degree murder and other charges in the brutal beaf
morale is hurt. things are irreplaceable. that is how we leave . diffi oakland and proof that there are good people. we are heading in a norah: tonight, forgo u.s. service members at a military dog injured in a helicd in syria. but here are tonight s top headlines. americans in a military hospital tonight after a raid by u.s. special forces. and isis senior leader was overseeing the groups deadliest terror network in eastern syria before he was killed in a raid. the parents of tyre nichols in court for the first time, facing the man accused of murdering their son. i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face.
tyre nichols. they didn t even have the courage to look at me in my face. reporter: nichols mother rowvaughn wells was inside the courtroom. i feel very numb right now. i am waiting for somebody to wake me up. but i also know that is not going to happen. reporter: nichols died january 10th, 3 days after s reptedly ed and punched by the scpion street crime unit. defense attorneys still unreleased video will show why their clients pleaded not guilt. we have a very long road of investigation and litigation ahead of us, and i implore the public to be patient. reporter: shelby county district attorney steve mulroy says there are an additional 20 hours of video that show other angles of what happened. this is an important case, and, you know, if we are going to hold police officers who violate the law accountable, then we need to make sure that we get the prosecution correct,.