the trump russia probe. he found not much, but we ll tell you about the brand-new reporting later in the program. we re also waiting to see the police body cam video from the horrific attack on paul pelosi, the husband of speaker nancy pelosi last year as well as the audio from the 911 call he made. a judge ordered that evidence to be made public in response to requests from multiple news organizations. that includes nbc news. and we ll bring you that footage as soon as it is released and we re able to turn it around for you. we begin with breaking news, the tragedy out of memphis. criminal charges have just been announced in the case of police brutality that stunned the nation and the world in just the past hour, the shelby county district attorney announced the fire officers involved in the fatal beating of 29-year-old memphis resident tyre nichols have been charged with second degree murder. here is that announcement. earlier today, the grand jury returned indictments ag
hello, everyone. i m katy tur. good to be with you. we re going to department of justice where attorney general merrick garland is addressing bad actor, foreign meddling in this country. in china, alleged fugitives fled to foreign countries, including the united states. the prc has a history of targeting political dissidents and critics of the government who have sought relief and refer , refuge in other countries. the indictment alleges that the defendants working at the direction of the government of the prc engaged in a campaign of harassment, threats, surveillance, and intimidation, aimed at coercing the victim to return to china. we also allege that the defendants threatened and harassed the victim s family members, both in the u.s. and in china. the prc government forced the victim s nephew to travel from china to the united states to convey the prc s threats to the victim s son. the defendants threatened the victim, saying that quote, coming back and turning theirsel
as they fell, you know. it was carnage. it was chaos. it was an emotional night for police officers like carey dunne and brian sicknick s partner brought to tears, reliving the horrific day. carey dunne will join us just ahead. the committee also used testimony from trump s own attorney general, and his daughter and adviser ivanka trump to show president trump was told repeatedly his claims of election fraud were a lie or as bill barr put it, bs, and he did not abbreviate. and committee chair bennie thompson previewing more damning testimony, linking extremist groups with people in the trump orbit. member of the january 6th committee, democratic congressman pete aguilar of california, congressman, thank you so much for being with us. that s where i want to start right there, with what chairman bennie thompson said to our jake tapper last night. listen. there is people in the hallways outside. that describe actual conversations between these extremist groups and anyo
into this so we get to the bottom of it and the american people know whether we have control of the direction of our government or not. all we re demanding of mike pence. that happened just hours before a violent mob of trump supporters turned insurrectionists who stormed the capitol on january 6. there is john eastman at the ellipse, warming up the crowd. new york times has called eastman the chief architect to over turning the 2020 election. he invoked the 5th amendment more than 100 times under the questioning of the january 6 select committee. while today there is a late breaking development involving mr. eastman. today the state bar of california filed him with multiple disciplinary counts. there are 11 in all. arising from allegations that eastman engaged in a court of conduct to plan and promote and assist then president trump in executing a strategy, quote, unsupported by facts or law to overturn the legitimate results
of the military. he did what he needed to do. what do you want attorney general merrick garland to see from these hearings and do after them? well, we hope a lot of people around d.c. and throughout this country will watch the hearings and understand them for the gravity that they are. to ensure that this doesn t happen again, we have to understand what truly happened. our job is to tell that story . but clearly the department of justice has a role here and we tip our hat to the work that they have done, in prosecuting hundreds of individuals, insurrectionists who stormed the capitol. they have an amazing record in seeking to achieve justice, by that means, but their work clearly isn t done. and so we hope that they pay atte attention, that they watch. we look forward to unveiling the evidence that we received, and