top of a new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. five former memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of tyre nichols pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance. all five were arraigned together. they did not speak. some wore masks. the men faced charges of second degree murder, assault, kidnapping, and misconduct. during today s arraignment, the judge stressed the need for patience. be patient, work with your attorneys, cooperate with them, meet with them, make sure if there are any theys, that these delays are not on account of any of your actions. to those in attendance, this case can take some time. we ask for your continued patience and continued civility in this case. we understand there may be some high emotions in this case, but we ask that you continue to be patient with us. everyone involved wants this case to be concluded as quickly as possible. but it s important for you all to understand that each one of these defen
reorganization. we ll talk to the mayor and plus this. that is violence, serious violence escalating between israel and palestinians. and a mysterious drone strike against iran stoking tension in the region as america s top diplomat heads to jerusalem in the thick of it. facing a major test as this situation continues. a bombastic warning from a top u.s. general who is predicting war with china potentially. we re going to start though with the memphis police department permanently shutting down the scorpion unit after the savage and deadly beating of tyre nichols. the special unit is once celebrated for cracking down on high crime areas. it is now coming under intense scrutiny. the big question is was tyre nichols the only one? or did other people also suffer brutal treatment? you re going to stay on top of this. it has a very as i understand it, sketchy track record. well, we re hearing that certainly from people in the community. you were there. people would come
enforcement has the country asking once again when does this end? they have got to change and reform. president biden said it best. we must pass the jogeorge floyd police reform act. donald trump is back on the campaign trail. we ll take back the white house. will it be enough to jump start the flagging third bid for the white house? and follow the money. what is the source of the 500k considered a personal loan on excuse me. pardon me. thank you. new revelations raised fresh questions as to who funded george santos campaign. hello and welcome to inside politics sunday. he was a new father start agnew life in a new city and now 29-year-old tyre nichols is gone. veterans described the assault unlike anything they have seen. more than an hour of several recordings showing what was supposed to be a traffic stop became a brutal beating. we will not show you that video this morning but what it does show is officers dragging nichols from the car within seco
country. velshi starts now. good morning to you. it is sunday, january the 28. i m ali velshi. demonstrators in major cities around the country took to the streets again yesterday after the memphis police department released footage of the brutal beating of tyre nichols by five members of its own police force. in the continuing aftermath, memphis pd announced yesterday that it has permanently deactivated its scorpion unit. scorpion what the departments anti violence group which has been under scrutiny in recent days after it became public that all five of the police officers who were fired, arrested, and charged with second degree murder in nichols death where members of the unit. joining me now from memphis, tennessee, is nbc s antonia hylton who have been covering the story from the beginning. antonia. welcome tell us a bit about this new development with the scorpion unit, of which all five of these police officers were members. ali, i was actually with protesters yest
thank you, shimon. stand by. i m going to toss it back to my colleagues in new york. but you re watching the video being played now, being released by the memphis police department at this point. erin? don, you know, it is amazing, as we watch this together, you re in memphis, i m here, we re watching this and we are still watching. everyone should understand, this is still the actual video released by the city of memphis. so as we re watching here, this isn t a replay. this isn t a let s just show how long it took them. this is still happening. he is still lying there. we understand there s another six or seven minutes more to go before this sky cam video ends. so all of this time is happening as they re milling around and as sanjay was just telling don, in critical condition, you have someone lying on the ground there and they re doing nothing, as our converage continues, thi is a special edition of anderson cooper 360 and i m erin burnett along with my colleague don le