we begin in memphis. the parents of tyre nichols are demanding justice as they prepare to bury their son. the funeral hours from now. you are looking at live pictures now from memphis. a church where the service will be held. the nation still reeling from the horrific video of police officers beating and kicking him and there is new developments this morning to tell you about. cnn has obtained the initial police report which was much different from what we saw on that video. cnn has also learned that the city of memphis is preparing to release more videos. civil rights leaders, the vice president mike pence set to attend the funeral. last night tyre s family spoke at the sanctuary where the dr. mart hear martin luther king gave his speech the eve of his as says nation. protect my wife. she is fragile right now. we need that. trust me. we got to stay strong for her. so justice for tyre. justice for tyre! justice for tyre! to begin our coverage we bring in shimon prokup
we begin in memphis. the parents of tyre nichols are demanding justice as they prepare to bury their son. the funeral hours from now. you are looking at live pictures now from memphis. a church where the service will be held. the nation still reeling from the horrific video of police officers beating and kicking him and there is new developments this morning to tell you about. cnn has obtained the initial police report which was much different from what we saw on that video. cnn has also learned that the city of memphis is preparing to release more videos. civil rights leaders, the vice president mike pence set to attend the funeral. last night tyre s family spoke at the sanctuary where the dr. mart hear martin luther king gave his speech the eve of his as says nation. protect my wife. she is fragile right now. we need that. trust me. we got to stay strong for her.
members of other families of victims who died by police. today is going to be about justice for tyre and reform. i think we will hear a lot about police reform and the needed changes. with vice president harris there it raises the question his family going to the state of the union in washington next week, makes it all but impossible that president biden himself will have to talk about that reform as well. every administration kind of has their police reform moment. this is perhaps biden s police reform moment certainly. you are looking live at the church where tyre nichols services will be held. that is the same sanctuary where the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. gave his final mount mountaintop speech on the eve of his assassination. now the funeral will be held in hours and we will be covering it. shimon prokupecz will continue to report as well. thank you. also this morning, the clock is ticking and this afternoon president biden is going to sit down face to face with h