breath as video of a violent beating is about to go public. the victim s family appealing for calm. sandra: we are learning more from the just released bodycam video of the attack at paul and nancy pelosi s home. another nonstop hour of news begins now. begin with the city on edge bracing for whatever reaction may come when video of a deadly police beating goes public today. hours from now, they will release the bodycam footage of 29-year-old tyre nichols, they say acts that defy humanity, steve is live in downtown memphis. steve, what are you seeing on the ground there so far today? sandra, right now a very visible police presence. we have seen police on horses in unmarked cars, marked cars as well. as far as protests or demonstrations, not a sign of anything yet. streets are quiet, life going on here as normal. as you mentioned, that tape expected to come out on the internet on the youtube channel five hours from now, the tape is expected to be one hour long, supposed t
murder charges this evening over the death of a black motorist during a traffic stop. memphis officials are worried about civil unrest tonight. the district attorney says the city will release body cam video tomorrow. correspondent charles watson is in memphis tonight with the latest. good evening, charles. good evening, bret. all five memphis police officers face second degree murder charges in the death of nichols. steve announced the charges this afternoon after a grand jury convened this morning and indicted the officers in their roles in the beating death of nichols during the traffic stop earlier this month. today all five officers were booked in the shelby county jail this coming nearly a week after the memphis police department fired the officers following an internal investigation that revealed multiple policies were violated during a violent confrontation with nichols on january 7th. body cam video of the encounter has not yet been released but folks. described it
been saying for months, for months. and you know, i have a few a few reporting from some of your colleagues, esteemed colleagues just the other day, washington post headline is house gop eyes social security, medicare and spending battle, and reuters in january, republican house conservatives threaten debt limit default to cut social programs. that has been consistent with what john: we are going to take a pause on the coverage of the white house briefing, still ahead is peter doocy with some questions for karine jean-pierre. we ll jump back in when we get to peter, and the nation holds its collective breath in anticipation of the tyre nichols bodycam video released later tonight. sandra: we are waiting on the rnc chair vote and also getting this into the newsroom just now,
sandra: we ll get back there when the news comes in. shannon bream is joining us right now, shannon, always, looking forward to seeing you this weekend. first up, do you believe and do you believe there is belief out there that desantis throwing his support now behind harmeet dhillon, will it swing the rnc chair vote? it s very interesting because for a long time we have thought ronna mcdaniel has the advantage as incumbents usually do, and a lot of people thousand that. you heard william talk about the late push, insurgent push that harmeet dhillon has been grassroots, gone member to member, talking about how she ll be able to work with former president trump when it s good, push back on him when she thinks he s out of line, so a lot of folks have had an open ear and said they have actually been persuaded by actually talking with her one-on-one. she has put in the time, doing a
also running. is he a fervent trump supporter and echoed many of the unproven theories of fraud in the 2020 election. with all three candidates tied to the former president trump is withholding an endorsement. in an interview with florida s recognize ron desantis many sees a a top 2024 contender praised dillon and says there needs to be new blood at the rnc. the rnc holds its chair vote tomorrow at its annual winter meeting. mcdaniel has been citing an endorsement letter with signatures from more than 100 of the 168 rnc members. enough to win easily. dillon has questioned those commitments and pointed out this vote is by secret ballot. bret? bret: we ll cover it all. have the results here. rich, thank you. speaking of elections, in the university of georgia post election survey, most black voters reported they had an excellent or good experience at the polls last november. the positive survey results come despite criticism from democratic gubernatorial nominee stacey abrams who lost