8 pm eastern, the 11th hour starts right now. ht now tonight, explosive new evidence in the dominion lawsuit against fox news what host we re saying behind the scenes about the big lie. then, the five former memphis police officers accused in the death of tyre nichols appear in court for the first time. how the nichols family is reacting after today s developments, and the vice president doubling down on america s support for ukraine, what future aid could look like with a divided congress. as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. gratings i m simone sanders tanden in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump and the tv network that s been loyal to him for years are both facing escalating legal troubles, stemming from false claims about her so-called stolen 2020 election. a damning legal filing has
chauvin, derek chauvin wasn t charged with intentionally killing george floyd. he was charged with intentionally assaulting george floyd in the way that led to his death. these officers are also charged with aggravated assault, but to prove murder, second degree murder, you ve got to prove they knowingly caused tyre nichols death, in a strictly legal sense, that s difficult. when you re presenting evidence to a jury, juries often don t care, they re going to convict based on what they think is right. and this charge is the right one for these officers. so, what do you think about the case at the district attorney s, the prosecutor is building? can you also talk a little bit about the potential sentences that these particular officers face? and why, if convicted, they could spend more time behind bars then other officers we ve seen in the past? absolutely, the prosecution s case here should already have been built. we shouldn t be waiting on any new investigations or evidence to com
memphis police officers that story who recused of killing tyre nichols. they appear in court. what we re hearing from the nichols family in the da prosecuting the case. and later, nbc s explosive interview with vice president harris on the war in ukraine. we will look at where things stand in the nearly year old conflict. the 11th hour just getting underway on friday.
trial. i say that because you can say all you want to about we saw a snippet of the video, nothing undoes the snippets that we ve seen so far. there is no good defense to these crimes. the only thing officers can do is either one, try to flip on each other, try to make it clear that they are being characterized as lone wolf s, but lone wolf storm roman packs. the problems that we see in these videos is a systemic throughout the police department, an american policing in general, they can try to point that out. the other thing that might be tricky to actually get to trial time is, the second degree murder charge isn t going to be easy to prove. but i trust the prosecutors cannon would indict these officers for it. david, what would it take to prove the second-degree murder church? to prove second-degree murder, you have to prove the officers knowingly caused tyre nichols death. that sounds obvious, but it can be tricky when you re actually in a courtroom. that s why you don t typi