ramping up. what our team is just hearing from the doj. plus, in memphis, a sixth officer has been put on leave at the horrific beating and death of tyre nichols, what s happening tonight, what s next in that investigation, and the new development this afternoon on the calls for more accountability on the federal level. we ll take you live to memphis and to capitol hill in just a minute. let s start here in washington. i m hallie jackson, with me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell who s with us. ryan noble, nbc news senior political editor mark murray, and julia ainsley is joins us as well. let me start with you, president biden in baltimore, set to take other trips this week, clearly meant to be a run up to the state of the union. he has a lot he wants to sell. he s also got some that s sort of a shadow hanging over him at this point. we mentioned the classified documents investigation. yes, this is the president, at least today, in a very c
why the nichols family is criticizing the investigation. plus, we re talking to troy carter. dangerous weather across the south and midwest being blamed for at least one death in texas. we re live with what s expected to be a multi-day ice storm and where it s headed next. the high-stakes meeting today between secretary of state antony blinken and the head of hamas. and an exclusive interview with homeland secretary alejandro majorca. it s my hope they take that problem and they fix it. we begin this hour in memphis where more first responders are facing disciplinary action over the tyre nichols death. the memphis police department now says two more officers were relieved of duty after the brutal and deadly beating of nichols which was captured on video. one of the newly named officers preston hemphill was involved in the initial traffic stop and used a taser on nichols before he fled from police. his lawyer says he was never present at the second seen. lawyer
of protocol. all this, after the memphis police department initially fired the five officers who have all been charged with second degree murder. lawyers for at least two ex officers emmitt martin and desmond mills say they plan to plead not guilty. joining us now is ellison barber live in memphis. what do we know about the roles of these two other officers and the three emts? reporter: when it comes to the two other additional officers, the big question you touched on it, the family of tyre nichols has and also community activists, why are we only finding out about these two officers now? one of the officers has been relieved of duty. we don t know their fame. we know the name of this officer, officer preston
duty as it relates to this incident, the detainment, and then death of tyre nichols, told nbc news this, quote, the memphis police officer, preston hemphill was the third officer. he activated his body cam. he was never present at the second scene. he is cooperating with officials in this investigation. we understand from our conversations with the memphis police department that the first body camera video that was released on friday, what was known as body cam 1 at that first stop, that was this officer s body camera footage. ellison barber live in memphis. thank you for that. garrett, let me go to you here. so much of the conversation has been around what are the next steps. you have tyre nichols parents going to the state of the union a week from tomorrow, and now renewed pressure on lawmakers to get something done on police reform, looking at the george floyd justice in policing act that failed in the senate. i think it was 2021, you have a new development today, as you