officers plead not guilty in the beating death of tyre nichols. and ukrainian president pleading to get the tools they need to end the war with russia. and the epa is talking to cnn after that toxic train disaster in ohio. that is what we are watching this hour. thank you for joining us. i m kristen in for kate bolduan. we start with the police officers who have been charged with the beating death of tyre nichols have plead not guilty to second-degree murder and assault. after they beat him, he died three days later. cnn did speak with tie ryre nic mother when she came into the courthouse. it is important for you to be here today? yes. they need to see my face. and shimon prokupiez has been there all morning. what exactly happened in court today? right. so this is the officers, the five former officers, and it was their initial appearance before the judge here in memphis, and behind me in court here, and they were out on bond, and they walked in. it is essentia
we think this was part of the culture of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what was done to tyre was a vicious violent gang assault camouflaged as policing. he was a human being. his life mattered. the black of black america is on your hands so stand up and do something. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, january 30th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. in memphis, tennessee, where a young black man s death at the hands of police is demanding change from systemic racism in america. family and friends are preparing to lay tyre nichols to rest as calls to tackle criminal justice reform are growing louder. in communities of color, they often have different types of policing than many of our white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates it that it s just culture that says it doesn t matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for yo
classes resume at a virginia elementary school for the first time since a first grader shot his teacher. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans this monday morning, secretary of state antony blinken in egypt this morning, the first leg of his three-day tour of the middle east. his visit coming at a time when violence is flaring between israelis and palestinians. iran and ukraine also high on the agenda as blinken prepares to leave cairo for israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu new right wing government is causing turbulence at home and abroad. nic robertson has the latest from jerusalem. what is blinken hoping to accomplish on this visit? reporter: i think the best hope here of people on both sides, palestinians and israelis is that he can lower the tensions at the moment. how does he do that? well, he s very likely to appeal to prime minister netanyahu to reconsider some of his cabinet s decisions over the weekend o
so we can focus on this little guy. singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. hey there. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m alisyn camerota. a sixth officer is now off the memphis police force in connection with the beating death of tyre nichols. preston hemphill was relieved of duty, and his lawyer confirms he was wearing a body camera on january 7th. the footage from it was released friday along with the other videos that show nichols ultimately fatal encounter with police. we have a warning for you. what we re about to play is disturbing. footage from the multiple cameras shows nichols getting kicked and punched and pepper sprayed and beaten with a baton. and when the assault stopped, no one gave nichols any medical attention for at least 25 minutes. now, five of the officers seen in the video have been fired and charged with second-degree murder and their unit to fight street crimes and guns known as scorpion, that s now gone. it s been
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