spy balloon making its way across the continental united states, then the diplomatic fallout trailing behind. it we re going to go right to beijing for the latest. plus, if republicans find use their house majority to target democrats and the biden administration with bogus, politically motivated investigation, they re going to have to get through veteran trump impeachment manager, stacey plaskett, first. she was just named the top democrat on a key panel created by the newly empowered house republicans. i ll talk to her later in the show. and in the wake of tyre nichols killing in memphis, another push for real reform. my congress fell just short of making history with the george floyd justice and policing act, and why you shouldn t believe the reason you re hearing from so many republicans who want to sound reasonable, but who will not support that bill. then, the crucial advancement separating post roe america from pre roe america s medication abortion. the abortion pill.
turner. it took over three years for five police officers to be indicted in the 2019 brutal beating of unarmed ronald greene in baton rouge, which, again, was captured on body cam video. that s it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of foot
now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. if accountability comes to people faster, then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of footage from police body cam footage and neighborhood security camera footage. the incident happened on january the 7th, 8:30 pm at night. the footage does not capture the and i
outrage, anger and grief. tyre nichols repeatedly beaten, kicked, tased and pepper sprayed by the police. on video for the world to see. the family of the father, skateboarder and photographer calling for peace as people around the country take their emotions out onto the streets in protest. and there are new questions about how to break the political stalemate to achieve some kind of real police reform. five former memphis cops already charged with murder, two more have now been relieved of duty. and a doj investigation is underway. this morning, we have memphis community leaders, experts on policing and a member of congress joining this crucial conversation. thanks to you for joining us this morning, i m katie phang, this is special coverage of the leash of the tylee nichols video. right now, the world is washing and reacting to that footage showing five memphis police officers kicking, punching, just beating 29 year old nichols after what was supposed to be just a traffic
coverage. i m kate firing live from msnbc headquarters live in new york. this morning, memphis in the rest the country is trying to come to grips with the newly released video of police officers beating, kicking, tasing, pepper spraying tyre nichols, it s 49 year old unarmed black man. it was a beating that ultimately resulted in tyre nichols death, and murder charges for the five now former police officers. to begin this hour, i m going to hear from his mother about what kind of son he was. my son, i know everybody says, mother say that they had a good son, everybody son is good, but my son actually was a good boy. he had my name tattooed on his arm. that made me proud. most kids don t put they mom s name. but he did. my son was a beautiful soul. and he touched everyone. that is just so getting to hear from her. and now we are going to play a part of the video that was released last night. but i want to warn you, it is graphic, it is violent, and it s unbelievably dist