need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the likes of
why the nichols family is criticizing the investigation. plus, we re talking to troy carter. dangerous weather across the south and midwest being blamed for at least one death in texas. we re live with what s expected to be a multi-day ice storm and where it s headed next. the high-stakes meeting today between secretary of state antony blinken and the head of hamas. and an exclusive interview with homeland secretary alejandro majorca. it s my hope they take that problem and they fix it. we begin this hour in memphis where more first responders are facing disciplinary action over the tyre nichols death. the memphis police department now says two more officers were relieved of duty after the brutal and deadly beating of nichols which was captured on video. one of the newly named officers preston hemphill was involved in the initial traffic stop and used a taser on nichols before he fled from police. his lawyer says he was never present at the second seen. lawyer
thank you for starting your weekend with us! breaking, this, morning how speaker nancy pelosi s husband is recovering from surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his arm and hands. after a man wrote into their san francisco home in the middle of the night. and attacks it with a hammer. according to the speaker spokesman. police say the attack was quote, not a random act. and a good saturday morning to you, again! i am katie fang, thank you for starting your weekend with us! breaking this morning, house speaker nancy pelosi s husband is recovering from surgery, to a pair is called factor and serious injuries to arms and legs after san francisco, home in the middle of the night and attacked him with a hammer according to the speaker spokesman. police say the attack was quote, not a random act. and the san francisco police chief said, the 9-1-1 this pattern likely saved paul pelosi s life. the motive for the attack is still under investi
overrun why junkies and vague grants. the speech came together at the last second. looks like a hail mary to me. nothing is sticking so they are going with january 6th. you think the president would close hard with a powerful message about the economy, but you d be wrong he s going with republicans are going to start a civil war. he is going to blame republicans for the actions of an insane, fairy loving, obama supporting illegal alien drug addict who hammered paul pelosi in the head. by the way we have fresh details on that attack a little later in the show it. looks like one of the biggest security failures of all time. speaking of break-ins. remember the democrat katie hobbs running for arizona governor her campaign headquarters got broken into and she blamed her opponent kari lake? right before we just came out on to air we found out that it was actually an illegal alien who broke into her office. and the democrats released him from jail already and didn t tell ice so he
leaving a handcuffed woman inside of a car as it s hit by a train. oh, [ bleep ]. oh, my god. oh, my god. incredibly, she survived, and we re going to tell you what s happening to the police that left her there inside of that car. but we start today with roger stone and the upcoming january 6th committee hearing. the washington post reporting that wednesday s hearing will use clips from the upcoming roger stone documentary, the filmmakers complying with the committee subpoena after balking. the documentary has footage of stone from over a period of two years, including trips he took to washington, d.c. for the stop the steal rallies and from his post at the will lard hotel on january 6th. it also includes comments from stone made months before the insurrection, predicted violent clashes. in a moment, i m going to talk to one of the reporter who is broke this news. this comes as we get new revelations from former gop congressman denver riggleman who worked as a staffer f