viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church, just ahead on cnn newsroom, the blood of black america is on your hands. so stand up and do something. police reform in the u.s. this follows outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins at the federal level. three woks after a first grader allegedly shot his teacher, students from one virginia elementary school will finally return to the classroom. we ll look what s being changed. and the u.s. secretary of state arrives in the middle east amid rising tensions between israelis and palestinians live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the boating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevents will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reform. hours after the video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, officials shot
you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. ahead. the blood of black america is on your hands, stand up and do something. demand for employees reform in the u.s. following outrage over the harrowing video we saw of police beating tyre nichols to death. why many say change begins in washington. we ll bring you the latest s the debate over the u.s. debt ceiling and how the outcome will be felt well beyond the united states and the u.s. secretary of state arrives in the middle east amid rising tensions between israelis and palestinians. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the beating death of tyre nichols and efforts to prevent police brutality in the future. on sunday, the nichols family attorney told cnn he hopes this will become a water shed moment in the push for criminal justice reforms. hours after video was made public showing nichols ruthless beating at the hands of memphis police, of
we think this was part of the culture of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what was done to tyre was a vicious violent gang assault camouflaged as policing. he was a human being. his life mattered. the black of black america is on your hands so stand up and do something. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, january 30th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. in memphis, tennessee, where a young black man s death at the hands of police is demanding change from systemic racism in america. family and friends are preparing to lay tyre nichols to rest as calls to tackle criminal justice reform are growing louder. in communities of color, they often have different types of policing than many of our white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates it that it s just culture that says it doesn t matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for yo
their oath. we need a national conversation about policing. the question is, where do we go from here? the president and speaker mccarthy set to meet this week, as the nation s debt ceiling crisis looms. i want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can take control of this run away spending. parents send their kids back to school tomorrow since the shooting in early january. am i 100% comfortable sending him back? no. i m pamela brown in washington, and you are live in the cnn newsroom. in memphis and across america, the cries for justice for tyre nichols raise a larger question. how can law enforcement finally commit to meaningful reforms? hours after the public viewed the horrific beating, memphis answered the outcry by shutting down the specialized scorpion unit. all five members that were fired and charged with nichols death were members of that controversial unit. cnn s isabella rah za lass joins us now. what is the latest? reporter: hey,