. top of the hour this thursday morning. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, testimony is underway in the double murder case against disgraced and disbarred former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. he s accused of killing his wife and youngest son in 2021. we ll take you inside of the courtroom just ahead. and aas soon as today police in fem memphis, tennessee, could release a number of videos from the death of tyre nichols. you see him there. overnight the memphis police chief called it a failing of basic humanity. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. those five officers and others failed our community and they failed the nichols family and that is beyond regrettable. in our outrage and frustration, there is still work to be done to build each other up, to continue the momentum of improving our police and community relationships and partnerships. to show those who watch us now that this behavior is not what will define our comm
and i m erica hill. kate bolduan will pick things up righ t now. [ no audio ] as they wait for the city to release videos showing police officers beating tyre nichols. the city s police chief spoke directly to this overnight. describing the video as heinous. that is the word that she used and she s pleading with residents to not react violently when they see it. we know that nichol s family has already seen the video. the family attorney said that it shows officers beating nichols, quote, like a pinata for three minutes after a traffic stop on january 7th. nichols died three days later. the five officers involved in the traffic stop have already been fired. the police chief also spoke to that overnight in that video saying that this was not just a professional failing, but also a failing of basic humanity and she said that there are additional officers also under investigation. the nichols family for their part is calling for murder charges now. and we ve just learned tha
department. for director wray, you could talk about how unusual this sort of operation is? has the fbi ever before penetrated a ran some ware network. so, we ve been listening to this, of course, jim, was an announcement about some ran some wear gang and we shared that with our evan perez. there was more than one effort there to ask some questions about these classified documents that have been found. of course, among former president trump, president biden and former vice president pence s other files and they were having none of it. it was the easiest way to put it. there was a district question asked to the attorney general general and he piv yosted and talked about this. we ll continue to follow that story for sure. thanks for join ug today. i m jim sciutto.
these things haeal. this is a long-term recovery. i m wrestling with, is it all worth it, for my family, what we went through, was it worth it? now my parents would say yes and my mother would say i m proud of the life that she s lived but for the family, the families are the ones that pay the highest price for this kind of life. indeed. alexandra pelosi is releasing a document about her mother s life and political service and hbo max owned by our parent company warner brothers discovery. thanks so much for join ug today. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. hello, everyone. at this hour, the founder of the crypto exchange ftx arrested and