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
reckless and inhumane. i expect you to feel what the nichols family feels. i expect you to feel outrage in the disregard of basic human rights as our police officers have taken an oath to do the opposite of what transpired on the video. the memphis police chief warns the public ahead of today s release of body cam video in the death of tyre nichols, asking the community to protest peacefully. we ll have the latest in that extremely disturbing case. plus, it was supposed to be the investigation that would finally expose the deep state plot against donald trump, only it didn t find anything, and it cost taxpayers millions of dollars. we ll have more on that. and president joe biden slams house republicans for what he calls a maga economic plan. we ll play for you his comments on that and the overall health of the economy. we ll talk about it, as it comes as the president is considering a trip overseas to mark a year of war in eastern europe. good morning, and welcome to mo
supersonic spy drone. china is preparing cutting edge technology that could give beijing and espionage edge over the us this new discovery comes from classified documents leaked online reported in the washington post. lawmakers have plenty of questions understandably and will get a briefing from intelligence officials just hours from now. midnight deadline. the supreme court up against the clock to decide whether to take up a controversial case on medication abortion. this could set the stage for the biggest abortion rights case since the court overturned roe versus wade last year with the future of a commonly used abortion pill at stake. and an innocent mistake leading to two cheerleaders being shot after one of them confused someone else s car for her own. one of those victims is now in critical condition. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. today 21 year old suspected pentagon leaker jack to scherer wa
fatally beating by police on january 2nd, laid him to rest at the mississippi boulevard church. vice president kamala harris plans to attend according reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. and tomorrow night, we will speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment and what justice in this case looks like. but tonight, sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney, benjamin crump, are gathered at the mason temp bowl in memphis. in addition to the five police officers that were arrested on a litany of charges including some degree murder fired two medics and a lieutenant, who all failed to give tyre nichols medical attention in the immediate aftermath asked the officers who had just beaten him laughed on the sidelines. in addition to that, the memphis police department confirmed yesterday that two other memphis officers on the scene that night have been suspended since january 8th. one of those two
thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. ee you at the end of tomorrow thanks john for joining us this evening. tomorrow morning, the family of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old who was fatally beaten by police on january 7th, played nichols to rest at the mississippi boulevard christian church. vice president kamala harris plans to attend, along with current biden administration officials and former mayors keisha lance bottoms and mitch atlantic. reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. tomorrow night, we will speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment, and what justice can this case looks like. for tonight, sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney benjamin crump are gathered at the historic in memphis to discuss how authorities continue to respond to nicole s death. we learned yesterday that in addition to the five former police officers who were arrested last week on