politicsnation. tonight s lead, some justice, but not enough. right now all five of the former memphis police officers whose encounter with motorist tyre nichols, ultimately ended his death three weeks ago are facing potentially life-changing punishment themselves. all five now facing second degree murder charges in addition to several others. two deputies that arrived after the police beating of nichols have now been relieved of duty pending investigation. at the county prosecutor is not ruling out additional charges. as tonight attorneys for two of the former officers, desmond mills and desmond mills junior and emmett martin the third, say their clients plan to plead not guilty. we are also getting word of this afternoon that the so-called scorpion special police unit they were part of has been disbanded. also tonight, the white house is balancing the message of sympathy for the nichols s family and community with calls for calm on the streets of memphis where demonstrators
awards. from rockefeller center, here is your host, al sharpton. good evening. welcome to politics nations 12th annual revvie awards. that s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2022, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing in some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year. and what a year and has been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel. republican strategist and msnbc coulee political analyst, susan el presidio. danielle moodie, host of the woke a f daily, and democracy podcast. and, host of right here on may msnbc. this year was dominated by the midterm elections. with that in mind, let s get right to our first revvie. the biggest political showdown. i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. then, the panel can chime in. the first is the senate showdown in pennsylvania between john fetterman and dr. oz. oz won the republican nomination based on fame, and he got dispensed
we have got lots of news to cover, lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. president biden just hours away from his first trip to the southern border, after announcing new immigration programs. we are live on the ground in el paso, texas, with the latest. plus, speakership fallout. kevin mccarthy s battle to win the gavel, laid bare, deep divisions within the party. and a possible opening for democrats. we will explain as we look ahead to another crucial house vote tomorrow. and, bombshell revelations, leaked from prince harry s upcoming memoir, less than a month after getting personal in a netflix docuseries. what is his endgame? all of that and more is coming up. and, a good sunday morning to you, i am katie fang. we got brand new details on president biden s first trip to the southern border since taking office. the white house says biden will use today s trip to call in congressional republicans, to fully fund his request for border security resources, and to s
continues to grow, house republicans refused of office. then, are worse that the week, we re putting the two craziest conspiracy theories against each other to see which gop controversy is truly more outrageous. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. started. we begin this hour with breaking news. today, we learn more classified materials have been found in president biden s delaware residents, white house lawyer richard sober uncovered these documents on thursday. in a box that was initially discovered by the presidents personal lawyer s the day before. bringing the total number of batches of records found 23. now from breaking route news, we want to go to some backroom deals. his exchange for that coveted gavel newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy similarly made a deal with the devil. but will the american people ever find out the details? the beginning of the week, mccarthy managed to get his caucus in line and narrowly passed a rules package for the 118th
student loan safety net. under the plan which was first announced an august, federal loan borrowers would see a long lower monthly payment, have an easier path to forgiveness and unpaid interest would not be added to a borrowers loan balance. the plan would also reduce payments to zero dollars for borrowers who make less than $30,000 a year. and right now, there are about 8. 5 million federal student loan borrowers already enrolled in a number of repayment plants. this proposal is a path towards a single simplified option. but, it is still unclear when the new plan will be up and running. it has to go through a 30-day public comment period, and the administration will consider feedback before the plan is finalized. this is all taken shape as biden student loan debt cancellation plan remains stalled, awaiting the supreme court decision. moral arguments for their case are slated for the end of her. coming up on the second hour of ayman, some backroom deals, with the kevin mccar