were standing around trying to create some alibi, some story that was so ridiculous. one guy was limping and one guy is saying, oh, he grabbed for my gun, did you see him, he swung at me. all of these ridiculous statements that were contradicted by what we saw with our very eyes. and i presume those were the lies that they went into the police station and told their superiors. and i was thinking all along, what possibly are they going to say that would justify the kind of injuries that we saw mr. nichols, the injuries he sustained. what lie would they tell that would be convincing to anyone that this man, mr. nichols, deserved the kind of injuries that he suffered at the hands of those police officers. there wouldn t be a lie that would protect them from criminal prosecution. we heard one of the lawyers say one of the ex-officers was surprised. really? are they that dumb? i don t know if they should be on the police officers, if they
it s over. he was sent back home. god is not going to let any of his children s names go in vain. all five officers associated with this incident have now been fired and charged with second-degree murder. as of this morning, four of them have been released after posting bail. one remains in custody. at this time, attorneys for two of the ex-officers say their clients plan to plead not guilty. joining us now from memphis is seen your national correspondent tom ya mass. also with us is a retired detective. and sharon fairly, tomorrower federal prosecutor at the u.s. attorney s office at the northern district of illinois. she s a professor of prctice at university of chicago law school. so tom, describe the mood in this community. what can we expect tonight with this video? reporter: great to be with
murder charges against ex-officers there in that case will continue later in the program with maya wiley. we also have a twist in the trial of trump aide peter navarro, that had been slated to start monday. i have a breakdown on that coming up. a lot of new information. and we ll get into why it matters. the top story right now is new evidence in the continuing domestic terror that this nation faces. right-wing political violence. authorities releasing new footage from that attack on the spouse of former speaker pelosi. paul pelosi. the violent and disturbing footage shows the attackers approach on the pelosi s home and the horrific attack, i think we can look at this in full. this was 11 days before the midterm election. this is the political violence that many republican officials failed to condemn or even minimize. here s what police found when they confronted the intruder.
charged in the death of tyre nichols. the 29-year-old was killed more than two weeks ago after an encounter with the memphis police. the court records show that the ex-officers have been charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault and kidnapped. they were fired less than a week ago after an internal investigation. the courthouse says that they will be charged with criminal charges. a warning that the images that you will see is disturbing. this is how nichols looked before his encounter with police, and then he was pulled over, and the nichols family said they saw the beating of their son, and they described it as savage. don lemon is in memphis, and don, what are the sources telling you about the release of the video? well, they are telling us that it is going to be tomorrow, and that is the plan as of now, victor, they will release it